judicial-immunity

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25-6690 Sabrina D. Davis v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2026-02-02 Pending IFP civil-procedure judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct legal-review rule-60b4 void-judgment DOES THE JUDICIAL IMMUNITY DOCTRINE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PERMIT MALICIOUS AND CORRUPT JUDICIAL RULINGS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS ERRORS OF LAW OR MISAPPLICA…
25A860 Ruth Torres v. Veretta Frazier, Judge, 44th Civil District Court, Dallas County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-01-30 Application constitutional-violations declaratory-relief due-process judicial-conduct judicial-immunity state-court Question not identified.
25-795 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Chauncey J. Watches, Judge, Steuben County, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response Waived due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity petition-clause second-amendment WHETHER federal in forma pauperis litigants may be significantly denied immediate access to Court while filing-fee paying litigants suffer no such con…
25-694 Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr. v. Leandra G. Johnson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-15 Pending Response Waived judicial-immunity just-compensation permitting-monopoly property-rights res-judicata takings-clause 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's opinion citing res judicata allows the government to overextend and leverage its permitting monopoly to take private…
25-6333 Cameron Kemp v. Michael Powers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-12-10 Pending IFP access-to-courts due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity municipal-liability self-help-eviction 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the denial of Petitioner's statutory right to appeal, despite Judge Sims' knowledge of a self-help evi…
25-658 Matthew Jones, et al. v. Amber M. King, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-12-08 Pending administrative-acts civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity jury-selection political-retaliation 1. A Texas justice of the peace ordered the wrongful arrests of her political rivals while conducting the "plainly administrative" act of qualifying a…
25-647 Kevin Frymier v. Dianne Curvey, Individually, and as Judge, 280th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-12-04 Pending eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young first-amendment judicial-immunity pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity 1. Whether a federal appellate court may deem constitutional arguments waived when a pro se appellant, entitled to liberal construction under Haines v…
25-5979 Hubert Arvie v. Cathedral of Faith Missionary Baptist Church, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-intervention judicial-immunity section-1983 younger-abstention Questions have risen out of state and federal court final judgments involving retaliatory, fraudulent, conspiratorial, and ultra vires acts or omissi…
25-485 Alvin E. Williams, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2025-10-20 Denied constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct 1. Whether the doctrine of judicial immunity protects judges who engage in and facilitated fraud in violation of constitutional due process rights? 2…
25-5852 Amro N. Elkabany v. Louis C. Shapiro, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County, et al. Third Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity rooker-feldman-doctrine state-law Part I - Constitutional / Federal Questions Whether judicial immunity bars relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when a judge conducts a secret, off-the-reco…
25-5845 Ohio, ex rel. Christopher Michael Williams v. Marilyn Zayas, Judge, First District Court of Appeals, Hamilton County, Ohio, et al. Ohio 2025-10-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling judicial-immunity state-court-procedure QUESTION #1: Does a state Court Judge, commit a violation of a Defendants 14th Amendment rights to the United States Constitution for Due process, an…
25-5725 In Re David C. White 2025-09-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law affirmative-action agenda-21 due-process educational-priority judicial-immunity Whether United States citizens shall be given priority over foreign students for participation in doctoral programs of public educational institutions
25-330 Eugene Cory Dingle v. James G. McGee, Judge of Dorchester County Family Court, Individually and in His Official Capacity, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-19 Denied 42-usc-1983 fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment guardian-ad-litem judicial-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a state judge who acts in the clear absence of subject-matter jurisdiction may invoke absolute judicial immunity to bar a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 sui…
25-5660 In Re David C. White 2025-09-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity loper-bright pro-se-litigation Whether U.S. courts systematically violate due process and judicial conduct through administrative law and summary judgment procedures in pro se litig…
25-5604 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Nancy M. Ley, former Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied IFP civil-prisoner-litigation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-immunity section-1983 stare-decisis Is the deprivation of due process rights in state criminal litigation exempt from the civil prisoner litigation clause 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) in 42 U.S.C…
25A235 Anjelica R. James v. Terrence V. Sharkey, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-28 Presumed Complete certiorari due-process judicial-immunity parental-rights pro-se supreme-court Whether judicial immunity can be challenged when fundamental due process and parental rights are allegedly violated by lower court actions
25A202 Kevin Frymier v. Dianne Curvey, Judge, in Her Individual and Official Capacity, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-08-20 Presumed Complete civil-rights dismissal-as-frivolous fifth-circuit first-amendment judicial-immunity pro-se Whether a pro se civil rights plaintiff can overcome judicial immunity and First Amendment barriers to challenge a state court judge's actions in fede…
25-5187 Shantell Lewis v. Hernan Castro, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-tribunal civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-immunity veterans-benefits Whether state judges have jurisdiction over veterans benefits and whether administrative tribunal judges can be held accountable for civil rights viol…
25-97 Susan M. Smith v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Tenth Circuit 2025-07-24 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-immunity section-1983 Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's frivolous docket notice and whether a good faith defense shields defendants from dam…
25-40 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied Response Waived attempted-murder fbi-liability federal-government human-rights-violations judicial-immunity terrorism Can the Federal Government's Judicial influence and the Courts' interference protect the Federal Bureau of Investigation from liability for a Terroris…
25-5066 Danielle Sposito v. Linda Rollins-Threats Texas 2025-07-09 Denied IFP 42-U.S.C.-§-1988 child-custody civil-rights judicial-immunity malicious-actions parent-facilitator Whether a parent facilitator was entitled to judicial immunity when the actions she took in a child custody case were done maliciously and in excess o…
25-21 William F. Kaetz v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-law constitutional-challenge first-amendment judicial-immunity separation-of-powers student-loans Whether federal courts can create federal common law on judicial immunity and student loan bankruptcy remedies in violation of separation of powers, a…
25-5035 Jennifer Lynn Dees, et al. v. Jillian Knox, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity pro-se racketeering Whether federal courts can dismiss pro se, IFP civil rights and RICO complaints with prejudice at the pre-service stage without notice or opportunity …
25-5022 Shemica Taylor v. Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied IFP executive-immunity federal-statute judicial-immunity legal-standard prosecutorial-standard rule-60 Whether an officer of the Judicial branch must be subject to a different standard to determine entitlement to immunity from prosecution
24-1272 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations first-amendment-retaliation judicial-immunity self-representation separation-of-powers sixth-amendment-rights Whether the lower court's actions constitute a violation of First Amendment retaliation, Sixth Amendment right to self-representation, and separation …
24-1213 In Re Bahig Bishay 2025-05-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violations declaratory-relief individual-capacity judicial-immunity official-immunity Whether government employees classified as judicial officers are absolutely immune from prosecution for declaratory relief when sued in individual cap…
24-7206 Mark Bochra v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discrimination-retaliation executive-committee first-amendment judicial-immunity public-forum Question not identified.
24-7056 Andrew D. Anderson v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied IFP article-iii first-amendment judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity res-judicata sovereign-immunity Whether judicial and prosecutorial immunities are consistent with Article III judicial power and constitutional due process
24-7006 Owen Marlon Alexander v. Andreea Gleeson, et al. Second Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct Are State and Federal Judges above the law, and do constitutional rights apply to a nationalized citizen experiencing alleged systemic abuse?
24-6901 Junior-Tony Dieujuste v. Jessica Sin, Judge, Family Court of New York, Queens County, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-action child-support court-proceedings judicial-immunity servicemark trademark-law Whether judicial immunity extends to administrative actions taken by court officials in child support proceedings involving unauthorized use of a regi…
24-6860 Mitchell S. Sanderson v. Kari Agotness, Judge, District Court of North Dakota, Northeast Judicial District Five North Dakota 2025-03-26 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct oath-of-office supremacy-clause Whether a County District Judge can systematically ignore or violate multiple legal standards and constitutional protections
24-6857 Maria Herta v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2025-03-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights custody-proceedings due-process first-amendment judicial-immunity jurisdictional-challenge Whether the Superior Court of San Diego County violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by issuing and enforcing a custody orde…
24-6851 Irving A. Harned, Jr. v. Office of the Clerk, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied IFP absolute-immunity court-order georgia-law interested-parties judicial-immunity legal-jurisdiction Can Georgia law grant 'ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY' to any party other than a judge without a court order?
24-6728 David C. Lettieri v. Lawrence Joseph Vilardo, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of New York Second Circuit 2025-03-10 Dismissed IFP 42-usc-1985 bivens-action civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity sixth-amendment Can a judge be held liable for civil rights violations under Bivens and 42 U.S.C. 1985(3) despite claims of absolute or qualified immunity?
24-921 Kenneth Sorak v. Theresa Cisneros, former Judge, Colorado Fourth Judicial District Court, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-02-26 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment color-of-law constitutional-rights judicial-immunity rooker-feldman-doctrine rule-12b1-dismissal Did the 10th Circuit err in its application of the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine and 11th Amendment when state agents acting under color of law allegedly vi…
24-6432 Zemirah El v. Bernard Moore, dba Administrative Clerk Third Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-immunity oath-of-office void-judgment Whether a judge refusing to take the oath of office loses judicial immunity and renders their orders void ab initio
24-6327 Onyinye Jideani v. Robert R. Rigsby, Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court District of Columbia 2025-01-16 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation Did the D.C. Circuit Court violate constitutional rights and improperly dismiss a pro se litigant's civil rights complaint against a judge under 42 U.…
24-6012 Cyrus Hazari v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. California 2024-11-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights disability-discrimination due-process judicial-ethics judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct Whether judicial ethics can be restored when systemic discrimination against disabled litigants occurs despite judicial immunity and potential constit…
24A395 Onyinye Jideani v. Robert R. Rigsby, Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court District of Columbia 2024-10-23 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-violation federal-jurisdiction judicial-capacity judicial-immunity section-1983 Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 permits civil rights claims against judicial officers who allegedly act outside their judicial capacity or breach judicial ob…
24-382 Quannah L. Harris v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-10-03 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights eleventh-amendment judicial-immunity prospective-injunctive-relief younger-abstention Whether a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 can proceed against a state administrative agency and an administrative law judge when the plainti…
24-308 Vishrut Amin, et ux. v. Carla R. Pepperman, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as County Judge for Lake County, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response Waived 42-USC-1983 article-iii constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity remote-hearing Whether a judge's unilateral order for remote court appearance violates constitutional rights under the 4th, 5th, and 14th Amendments and qualifies fo…
24-280 Kevin Cichowski, et al. v. Andrea K. Totten, Judge, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response Waived ada-compliance electronic-notification first-amendment judicial-immunity pro-se-representation state-bar-restrictions Can State immunity be overruled to enforce 28 U.S.C. § 1654 and First Amendment speech rights in the context of ADA compliance?
24-5517 Charles Bonner v. Bryan Collier, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights heck-v-humphrey judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct post-trial-judgment Whether a judge can waive judicial immunity by fabricating a post-trial judgment and sentence that falsely purports jury findings, and whether success…
24-261 Ammar A. Idlibi v. Mary-Margret D. Burgdorff, Judge, Middlesex Judicial District, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied Response Waived constitutional-exception discrimination-claim judicial-immunity parental-rights racial-animus religious-discrimination Whether constitutional exceptions should exist to judicial immunities in discrimination claims against judges
24-5345 Benjamin-Macon Bell, Jr. v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied IFP civil-rights-violation contract-law federal-question-jurisdiction judicial-immunity state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a state judge can be held accountable for actions taken outside judicial capacity and without jurisdiction, and if judicial immunity applies i…
24-65 Tony Ping Yew, as Executor of the Estate of John Y. Wei v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60b en-banc-review federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity procedural-defect rooker-feldman-doctrine sovereign-immunity summary-judgment void-judgment Whether the Third Circuit have any jurisdictional power to rule to begin with; and even if the lower courts have jurisdictional power, Whether it is v…
24-51 Randall Bock v. Candace Lapidus Sloane, et al. First Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied judicial-immunity licensing-board market-participants professional-licensing quasi-judicial-immunity sherman-act sovereign-immunity state-action-doctrine state-action-immunity supreme-court-precedent antitrust-law
24-5064 Rona Johnson Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-arrest judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1315 Maxwell Jones v. United States Federal Circuit 2024-06-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious conflict-of-interest dfas-denial forged-documents judicial-immunity military-pay military-records records-correction wrongful-discharge Whether the military pay and records correction case involves issues of wrongful discharge, forged documents, and conflict of interest
23-7618 Jesse A. Reynolds v. Titus County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-housing fair-housing-act judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitations takings Question not identified.
23A1013 Jean Coulter v. James P. Coulter, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-15 Presumed Complete administrative-judge conspiracy due-process judicial-immunity property-rights section-1983 Whether a federal district court judge's actions in assigning cases and allegedly conspiring to influence property ownership constitute a violation of…
23-7081 Elias Makere v. E. Gary Early, Administrative Law Judge Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights clerical-functions clerical-tasks court-procedure judicial-immunity legal-immunity ministerial-duties ministerial-tasks Are judges immune from civil prosecution when performing clerical or ministerial tasks?
23-976 Jeremy Henning v. Donald V. Snowden Seventh Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bivens-remedy civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process excessive-force federal-law-enforcement fourth-amendment implied-damages judicial-immunity warrant-execution warrants Whether the court of appeals erred in allowing a Bivens remedy in this case, where the claim arises from an arrest made outside the home, in a place o…
23-6761 Feifei Gu v. Sergio Jimenez Second Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity standing sua-sponte-dismissal Can the court sua sponte dismiss the case when the defendant as a Brooklyn housing court judge did not even answer/raise immunity?
23-6720 Lawrence Remsen, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. California 2024-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights class-action declaratory-relief due-process first-amendment free-speech good-time-credits judicial-immunity liberty-interest standing Did the CSC deny class member Bruce Koklich his First Amendment right to petition for declaratory and injunctive relief?
23-6636 Thomas Oliver v. Kristin T. Mihelic, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-immunity civil-liability civil-rights court-orders government-accountability government-personnel judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics official-duties official-misconduct willful-crimes Should judges or other government personnel be protected by civil immunity for willful crimes?
23-809 Peter Kleidman v. Martin R. Barash, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response Waived brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-tort due-process equitable-relief federal-judges free-speech judicial-immunity prospective-injunction pulliam-precedent standing Are federal judges immune from claims for equitable relief?
23-6548 Andrew Joseph Avitable, aka Andrew Joseph Larson v. Wyoming Wyoming 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-breach due-process equal-protection forma-pauperis indigent judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation state-law-interpretation Can a State create policies, rules, and/or laws that contradict the State's and US Constitutions; and create a situation in which only those with the …
23-691 Samuel Ghee v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-immunity official-liability standing stare-decisis state-law willful-misconduct Whether qualified or judicial immunity immunizes willful misconduct and failure to perform duties
23-6280 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-action fraud judicial-immunity property-rights taking-clause Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
23-6288 Carlos Velasquez v. Robert Baldock, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-procedure fed-r-civ-p-59 fed-r-civ-p-60(d) fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-immunity judicial-malpractice new-trial-timing rule-60 Will the Supreme Court of the United States reject Political-Fraud,fraud-and-false-statements-in-official-transactions,when-expressed-by-political-aut…
23-6268 Clifford A. Gooden, III v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-15 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment government-immunity judicial-activism judicial-immunity ku-klux-klan section-1983 Is the original scope and purpose of a section 1983 action to allow black citizens the right to sue racist government where it has been infiltrated by…
23-6189 Karen Gail Brainen Kleinman v. Cynthia A. Norton, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions bankruptcy-procedure collateral-estoppel creditor-rights due-process judicial-immunity res-judicata stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Whether the intent of Congress in enacting 11 U.S.C. §522(1) and Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4003(b) as interpreted by this Court's precedential and controlling de…
23-6063 Kieffer Michael Simmons v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment judicial-immunity subpoena witness witness-subpoena Whether Simmons should have been entitled to judicial immunity for his subpoenaed witness
23A393 Alexzandria Orta v. Mark E. Repp, Judge, Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-01 Presumed Complete circuit-split constitutional-violation contempt-order judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct section-1983 Whether a judge's unconstitutional detention and contempt order can still be shielded by judicial immunity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when the actions are…
23A392 Brenda Dawson Battle v. Atty Creel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-31 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-violation dismissal judicial-immunity pro-se section-1983 Whether a pro se litigant's civil rights complaint against multiple judicial and law enforcement officials can survive dismissal when alleging potenti…
23-381 Richard Sharif v. Myron F. Mackoff, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Seventh Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity jurisdictional-bounds legal-procedure rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-order Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bar a claim
23-333 Evan S. Gutman v. Citibank, N.A. Florida 2023-10-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity litigation-privilege tortious-act Does a State Supreme Court infringe upon the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause's Rights of a Litigant in both the Civil and Criminal Context in …
23-262 Vinodh Raghubir v. Bonnie Jean Parrish, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied 1985 1986 civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy conspiracy government-official-liability immunity judicial-immunity section-1985 section-1986 sovereign-immunity Do immunity statutes protect government officials from civil rights conspiracy claims?
23-105 Joe Thorpe v. Township of Salisbury, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response Waived absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment harris-v-harvey immunity judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the rule announced in Harris v. Harvey, 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir.…
23-102 Marvin Carrera v. Rhonda K. Forsberg Ninth Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-due-process constitutional-violations eleventh-amendment federal-court-jurisdiction judicial-immunity rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-federal-court Can a Judge use the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to divert the State Federal Court from looking in to violation of civil and Constitutional violations?
23-5234 Cheryl Kristy Jenkins v. Mark Joseph Tengowski Pennsylvania 2023-07-28 Denied IFP child-custody civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct protective-orders recusal standing Is it a violation of the Constitution for a judge to evaluate their own judge recusal and if they do should the case be vacated?
23-5175 In Re Gregory Albert Darst 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-procedures appellate-dismissal civil-procedure docket-manipulation judicial-immunity mandamus procedural-due-process recusal standing Did Clerk Smith or staff attorney dismiss appeal 22-10918 without involvement of judicial officers?
22-7876 Gideon Charles Arrington, II v. Dyanna L. Street, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-06-28 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence judicial-immunity legal-accountability moral-nation prosecutorial-misconduct Is the use of false evidence a crime?
22-1242 Jon McClelland v. Dr. Jack Chapman, M.D. Colorado 2023-06-27 Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract due-process judicial-immunity property property-interest state-law Is a Complaint a cognizable 'three-party' Contract
22-7607 Sensa Verogna v. Andrea K. Johnstone, et al. First Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-duties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process extrajudicial-knowledge federal-judges judicial-immunity judicial-recusal recusal standing Should a judge recuse themselves having learned through their administrative duties, material facts deriving from an extrajudicial source?
22-1127 Christine Sawicky v. Tao Sykes, Manuel Real Beneficiary, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bribery due-process equal-protection honest-services-fraud judicial-immunity pro-se pro-se-litigation How can the DOJ bring multiple indictments for judges in several circuits, inclusive of counts for honest services fraud and bribery, but then represe…
22-7545 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction Whether a State court is permitted to issue decisions in conflict with Supreme Court precedents and violate fundamental rights under the Fourteenth Am…
22-7525 Joseph S. Barone v. The Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection, et al. Second Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-facts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fact-finding judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct legal-procedure Does judicial immunity apply when a judge rewrites the facts of a case in order to achieve a pre-determined result?
22-1081 Bruce J. Chasan v. Correale F. Stevens, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-05-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction credibility-determinations defamation excess-of-jurisdiction fact-finding judicial-authority judicial-immunity non-monetary-relief statutory-limitations usurpation-of-authority Where Superior Court judges in Pennsylvania are deprived by statute of jurisdiction to make findings of fact and credibility determinations as appella…
22-7425 James Conerly, et al. v. Kaiser Permanente, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-immunity ninth-circuit subject-matter-jurisdiction systemic-racism Whether the Ninth Circuit Court abused its discretion
22-7285 Susan Lloyd v. Thomas Pokorny, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jury-trial sanctions standing trial-procedure Are the orders from the 6th Circuit void, should Lloyd's motion for reconsideration be denied?
22-921 Dan Cherner v. Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied civil-rights court-appointed court-immunity custody-proceeding due-process family-court forensic-evaluator judicial-immunity qualified-immunity state-action state-actor Are respondents state actors?
22-902 Sara Gonzalez Flavell v. Tracy Jane Marshall, et al. District of Columbia 2023-03-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts immunity international-organizations judicial-immunity judicial-power procedural-rights state-action Whether the two federal courts may in this manner and by issuing these rulings deprive a litigant of the right to pursue their state action in state c…
22-883 Rachel Evens v. David Gilbertson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-immunity standing state-court-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction younger-abstention What constitutes 'acts in excess of jurisdiction' versus 'the clear absence of subject-matter jurisdiction', with the judges being subject to civil li…
22-854 David Archer v. Winn Dixie Stores, Inc., et al. Florida 2023-03-08 Denied civil-rights color-of-law conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct recusal standing Whether judges and court officers who contravened the law under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 are immune from 'conflict of interest or lack of impartiality'
22-6946 Clement Mosseri v. 7 West 21 LI LLC Second Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process government-immunity judicial-immunity legal-standing rule-of-law standing Judicial immunity and government immunity conflict with the Constitution
22-836 Hiram I. Perez Soto v. Maite D. Oronoz-Rodriguez, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied Response Waived civil-rights declaratory-judgment disbarment due-process ethical-complaints injunction judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct section-1983 standing Whether a Federal Court in a claim filed under Section 1983 can void a disbarment judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in which the disbarred …
22-833 John E. Reardon v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-mandate due-process equity-relief judicial-immunity jurisdictional-defect legal-recourse mandamus ministerial-acts standing Whether the lower courts have abused their authority by refusing to comply with this court's mandates and findings of liability, thereby denying the p…
22-811 John E. Reardon v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-§1983 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge standing Judges Liability for Equity, Prospective and/or Legal Relief
22-6773 Ernest Adimora-Nweke v. Steven C. McCraw, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights class-action due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity probable-cause prosecutorial-immunity standing Whether Petitioner's in forma pauperis status from state court applies post removal to Federal Court
22-758 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, LLC Utah 2023-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-immunity procedural-rules record record-review standing u.r.a.p-11 Whether the Court of Appeals allowing materials not on the record conflicts with the requirements of U.R.A.P 11?
22-741 Faith Bible Chapel International v. Gregory Tucker Tenth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied Amici (12)Relisted (4) church-autonomy civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-amendment free-speech interlocutory-appeal judicial-immunity ministerial-exception religion-clauses religious-freedom standing Whether the First Amendment's 'ministerial exception' should be understood as an immunity from judicial interference in church employment decisions fa…
22-6544 Bradley B. Miller v. Andrea Plumlee, Judge, District Court of Texas, Dallas County Texas 2023-01-17 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-removal fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity jurisdiction res-judicata standing state-court-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations Whether state court jurisdiction halts during the pendency of a federal removal
22-322 Zia Shaikh v. Madeline F. Einbinder, et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied access-to-courts civil-rights de-novo-review due-process first-amendment judicial-immunity section-1915 standing vexatious-litigant Did the Third Circuit err in not doing a De Nova Review
22-153 Wanda Bowling v. Lester John Dahlheimer, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-circuit gubernatorial-liability immunity-invocation judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-overreach prosecutorial-immunity res-judicata standing Did the Fifth Circuit Court error by issuing a boiler plate opinion omitting any language addressing Petitioner's caselaw nullifying immunity invocati…
22-5238 M. Stephen Minix, Sr. v. Charity Stone, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceeding judicial-immunity osborne-v standing state-case-law stump-v-sparkman void-ab-initio Did Respondent Judge issue rulings on Respondent Stone's claim that were void ab initio and taken without judicial immunity under Stump v. Sparkman be…
22-5085 Palani Karupaiyan, et al. v. L. Naganda, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights conjugal-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court family-court-procedure judicial-fraud judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice parental-rights Did the USCA 3rd circuit fail to vacate the Dist Court's sua sponte dismissal of the complaint/FAC/SAC?
22-24 Vincent Gabriel v. El Paso Combined Courts, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response Waived amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-immunity motion-to-dismiss prejudice prosecutorial-immunity standing Is it appropriate for a trial court to dismiss a complaint with prejudice prior to allowing an individual at least one opportunity to amend the compla…
21-8245 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida 2022-06-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-immunity property-rights takings Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
21-8246 Richard D. Bostwick v. 44 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity reasonable-accommodation regulatory-taking standing substantive-due-process Whether the Remedies, Procedures and Rights set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act are unconstitutional
21-8193 Robert D. Keith v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law conflict-of-interest due-process eleventh-amendment judicial-immunity state-court title-iv-d Does a State Judge have authority to preside over a case when they have a conflict of interest?
21-8136 Dionne K. Thompson v. Morris Heights Health Center, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-discrimination administrative-determination civil-rights disability-rights due-process judicial-immunity meaningful-access reasonable-accommodations state-court-system Is an Entity shielded from a claim when its agents and/or employees have clearly violated a Litigant's rights under the ADA, by refusing to provide re…
21-7993 Louis Neptune v. Andrew Carey, et al. Third Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process ex-parte-communication federal-procedure judicial-immunity probable-cause procedural-rules recusal standing Whether the lower courts violated due process, exceeded their jurisdiction, and failed to follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
21-7947 Cedric Greene v. Harbor Police, et al. California 2022-05-24 Denied IFP amendment-interpretation case-records civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-immunity legal-standards punitive-damages rights-protection standing vexatious-litigant Whether the petitioner was wrongfully identified as a vexatious litigant in the Court of Appeals case
21-7955 Michael Palma v. Harris County Appraisal District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct libel state-law state-sovereignty Do federal judges have the absolute right to ignore the laws of the State in which they sit and while doing so libel the Petitioner?
21-1338 NSO Group Technologies Limited, et al. v. WhatsApp Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-08 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) agent-entities agents-for-foreign-governments common-law-immunity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act government-contractors judicial-immunity legal-precedent private-entities samantar solicitor-general Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act entirely displaces common-law immunity for entities, such that private entities that act as agents for fo…
21-7491 Cassandra Bonita Charles v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-action civil-rights civil-rights-violation due-process eleventh-amendment false-claims-act federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Does Eleventh Amendment immunity apply when an officer of the court violates 31 U.S. Code 3729?
21-1255 Acres Bonusing, Inc., et al. v. Lester John Marston, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied absolute-immunity administrative-conduct circuit-split conspiratorial-conduct court-employees functional-approach judicial-immunity ministerial-conduct Should this Court's 'functional' approach to absolute immunity be discarded to allow absolute judicial immunity to bar claims against court employees …
21-1159 Balubhai Patel, et al. v. Julie A. Su, et al. California 2022-02-22 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights declaratory-relief federal-courts-improvement-act injunctive-relief judicial-immunity quasi-judicial-officers section-1983 Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 extends quasi-judicial immunity to claims for injunctive relief
21-7044 Marc Fishman v. Office of Court Administration New York State Courts, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-function americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split court-access disability-discrimination judicial-immunity meaningful-access reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations Whether a judicial court attorney is shielded from a claim that she violated a litigant's rights under the ADA by refusing to provide a reasonable acc…
21-6811 Stephen Cummings v. Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity legal-discovery standing takings Whether the lower court erred in denying the petitioner's constitutional rights, including the right to call witnesses, conduct discovery, and present…
21-981 Lan Tu Trinh v. David Fineman Third Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied 12(b)(6) 12b6-motion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity pro-se-action quasi-judicial-immunity receiver-appointment section-1983 standing Did the district court err by granting the receiver's motion to dismiss on immunity grounds under Rule 12(b)(6)?
21-6756 Tracy Clare Micks-Harm v. William Paul Nichols, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity administrative-function civil-rights constitutional-rights HIPAA hipaa-immunity judicial-immunity proprietary-functions qualified-immunity retaliation search-and-seizure third-party-doctrine Whether rie, retaliation, deliberate indifference to the violation of civil-rights, acts committed within the scope of administrative-function, acts c…
21-6728 David Schied v. U-Haul International, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied IFP article-iii civil-rights constitutional-oath criminal-allegations due-process fiduciary-duties government-accountability judicial-immunity judicial-oaths whistleblower Are U.S. courts operating under the U.S. Constitution or the UN's International Association of Judges?
21-6729 David Schied v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii civil-rights constitutional-accountability criminal-allegations due-process fiduciary-duties judicial-immunity judicial-oaths standing whistleblower Are U.S. courts operating under the Constitution or the UN's International Association of Judges?
21-904 Charles G. Kinney v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-act civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity malicious-prosecution ministerial-act rico rico-elements vexatious-litigant whistle-blower Whether judges intentionally abused a 'ministerial' act to conceal or cover-up that other judges had intentionally abused an 'administrative' act to e…
21-6509 Adesijuola Ogunjobi v. United Nations, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure complaint-dismissal covid-19-class-action district-court fourth-circuit judicial-discretion judicial-immunity merit-of-complaint procedural-rules standing subject-matter summons-service Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held that the district court has the absolute authority to dismiss a valid complaint on its own without allowin…
21-6497 Hye-Young Park v. Colin S. Bruce Seventh Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-remedies due-process false-statements federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-act judicial-immunity judicial-process Whether a judge knowingly replacing facts with false statements is a judicial act
21-790 Bradford Disney Lund v. David J. Cowan, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 ada civil-rights declaratory-relief judicial-immunity ninth-circuit respondeat-superior section-1983 title-ii-ada Whether judicial immunity applies to Title II ADA claims
21-6303 C. K. J. v. M. J. T. Pennsylvania 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights custody-proceedings due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal protective-orders recusal standing Is it a violation of the Constitution for a judge to evaluate their own judge recusal and if they do should the case be vacated?
21-668 Charles G. Kinney v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-procedure due-process ftca ftca-exception judicial-immunity malicious-prosecution pre-filing-order vexatious-litigant whistle-blower-rights Can the 'law enforcement proviso' exception to the FTCA's exclusion of intentional torts by law enforcement officers (acting within the scope of their…
21-360 Joseph Constant v. DTE Electric Company, aka DTE Energy, aka Detroit Edison Company, aka DTE, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights contract-conspiracy fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-ethics judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct rico rico-act Did Judge Kumar and the Executives of the Judges' RICO Enterprise made frauds upon the court
21-5458 Henry J. DuLaurence, III v. Douglas P. Woodlock, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts First Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bivens-action constitutional-rights criminal-obstruction-of-justice due-process fraud-upon-the-court judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Whether the May 21, 2021 dismissal in the instant case must be declared void
21-204 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response Waived bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal Whether a district court judge violates due process by sua sponte dismissing a complaint as frivolous without a hearing
21-5171 Stephen Cummings v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law federal-procedure judicial-immunity property-rights standing That the lower court (and-or previous appeals court) have decided a legal matter in error, and in conflict with State and Federal Law
21-14 Elizabeth Harding Weinstein v. Village of Briarcliff Manor, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied civil-rights covid-restrictions due-process government-overreach government-services judicial-immunity mask-mandates medical-exemption medical-exemptions pro-se-litigation retaliation Whether a citizen can be deprived of government services or access for not wearing a mask due to medical inability
20-8397 Louis A. Banks v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights custodial-interrogation due-process edwards-violation fifth-amendment judicial-immunity law-enforcement rule-23 rule-60 Whether law enforcement violated Edwards v. Arizona by interrogating a minor who invoked the Fifth Amendment, and whether claims for declaratory and m…
20-1718 Samuel H. Sloan v. Maria Childress, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived child-custody interstate-custody judicial-immunity judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction new-york parental-rights religious-freedom supreme-court third-parties virginia Where may a family court take jurisdiction over a child custody case
20-8176 Leslie Willis v. Lawrence J. O'Toole, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-duty fraud judicial-immunity jurisdiction petition-clause standing summary-judgment Whether a Court may grant summary judgment without jurisdiction
20-1567 Marshall Abbas Khan v. Clark County Enforcement, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied 11th-amendment administrative-capacity bill-of-attainder civil-rights color-of-law conflict-of-interest eleventh-amendment judicial-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a county/state judge have authority to preside over a case when they have a conflict of interest?
20-7527 Kimberly Johnston v. Mark J. McGinnis, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP barron-test civil-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct property-rights retaliation Whether a judge can be liable for acts outside the scope of Barron judicial immunity, including theft of a non-party's personal property without due p…
20-1228 Chris Ann Jaye v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Eighth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 all-writs-act civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-authority judicial-immunity legal-remedies void-orders What legal authority did this Court have to impair the rights of the governed?
20-1068 Jorel Shophar v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al. Kansas 2021-02-04 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services civil-rights county-judges due-process eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity parental-rights pro-se-litigation standing Is the enjoyment of the Eleventh Amendment Immunity for County judge's contradictory to Fourteenth Amendment for U.S. Citizens, when County Judges int…
20-1037 Wanda Bowling v. John Roach Fifth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied 11th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights court-conflict due-process fifth-circuit judicial-immunity judicial-precedent legal-remedy prefiling-injunction standing vexatious-litigant Whether the Fifth Circuit's panel's opinion is in direct conflict with its own previous decisions, other U.S. Court of Appeals, and with the U.S. Supr…
20-757 Timothy L. Ashford v. Office for Counsel for Discipline, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-discipline bad-faith-exception civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity race racial-discrimination standing younger-abstention Whether the federal court should abstain in an attorney disciplinary action
20-6431 John L. Howell v. David Adler, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP article-iii-powers bankruptcy barton-injunctions civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity non-core-claims qualified-immunity quasi-judicial-immunity To deny a plaintiff's constitutional right to due process and prohibit suit against a particular set of defendants who it wishes to shield from liabil…
20-6432 Elise LaMartina v. David Adler, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP automatic-stay bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction barton-doctrine creditor-claims immunity judicial-immunity jurisdiction state-court trustee ultra-vires-acts May a bankruptcy court exponentially expand the Barton Doctrine?
20-705 Chris Jaye v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts first-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-immunity petition-rights pleading-standards standing Has the US Court of Federal Claims and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit acting in opposition to controlling law (Erickson vu. Pardus, Johns…
20-698 Alan Headman v. Royal I. Hansen, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection inadequate-forum involuntary-servitude judicial-immunity thirteenth-amendment Whether the lack of 'specific' terms within a written agreement should prevent state court officers from imposing terms of servitude
20-6312 Abdul Azeem Mohammed v. Jorge L. Alonso, District Judge, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-authority due-process judicial-discretion judicial-immunity legal-procedure procedural-defect standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a judge has judicial immunity when presiding over a case without subject matter jurisdiction
20-653 Henry Hamilton v. City of Hayti, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response Waived arrest-warrant arrest-warrants discretionary-authority fourth-amendment gerstein-v-pugh judicial-immunity municipal-court probable-cause quasi-judicial-immunity Did the court clerk unconstitutionally exercise a judicial function under the Fourth Amendment and Gerstein v. Pugh
20-592 Hallmark Care Services, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of Washington, Spokane County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-04 Denied civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-action state-court-proceedings Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bar federal constitutional claims arising from a government action in the state trial court before a final ruling in …
20-593 Hallmark Care Services, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of Washington, Spokane County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-04 Denied citizen-redress civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-damages due-process ex-parte-order government-liability judicial-immunity standing Does the doctrine of judicial immunity extend beyond protecting the individual judges, personally, for their actions, to shielding the government, on …
20-5724 Justin Lamar Johnson v. Joseph Gibson, Judge, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-conspiracy civil-rights court-appointed-attorneys fraud immunity judicial-immunity res-judicata state-action state-actors Are court-appointed attorneys state actors for 42 USC 1983 claims?
20-324 Peter J. Barclay v. Oregon Department of Justice, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied constitutional-sovereignty federal-preemption judicial-accountability judicial-immunity stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-injunction statutory-injunctions supervisory-powers Will this Court exercise its supervisory powers against lower court judgments which expressly hold the stare decisis of this Court 'irrelevant' and wh…
20-309 John E. Reardon v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-attack common-law-mandates due-process judicial-immunity jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct standing void-proceedings Whether Judges, Prosecutors and other officials can be held liable for either Equity and/or Legal relief
20-5559 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Georgia 2020-09-02 Dismissed IFP constitutional-rights court-record-tampering criminal-immunity due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity judicial-remedy Whether the refusal of Georgia courts to provide a Georgia litigant any 'plain, speedy, and efficient' remedy to officers of the Georgia courts tamper…
20-192 Mary Louise Serafine v. Karin Crump, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity prospective-relief section-1983 standing state-court-proceeding Whether City of Los Angeles v. Lyons may be expanded to bar Article III standing under Section 1983 in a suit for prospective relief against state jud…
20-5367 In Re Abdul Mohammed 2020-08-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure district-court district-court-judgment frivolous-appeal good-faith good-faith-complaint judicial-immunity mandamus-petition subject-matter-jurisdiction whether-judges-have-immunity-for-lack-of-subject-matter-jurisdiction
20-5096 In Re Shavez Evans 2020-07-16 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law declaratory-judgment due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-elections judicial-immunity state-court Did the District Court of Arizona deny the petitioner Evans justice when abusing their discretion ruling Judges are absolutely immune from §1983 suits…
19-1396 Richard C. Stephens v. Chad F. Kenney, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process elder-abuse judicial-immunity property-theft real-property sixth-amendment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in affirming the Dismissal on Complaint; in violation of the Petitioner's Const…
19-1367 Vernon Lee Havens, II v. Maureen O'Connor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-law judicial-immunity jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 section-1988 superior-courts Do Mireles v. Waco, Brookings v. Clunk, and associated case law combine to grant absolute judicial immunity to all other regulation, Section 1988 suit…
19-8632 Sandra Rumanek v. Sherry R. Fallon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 15th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-amendments equal-protection fraud-on-the-court judges-liability judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice pro-se-litigation Does the law shielding judges, officers of the court and state actors from personal liability in a civil rights suit facilitate and encourage bad acto…
19-1268 Jeanetta Springer, et vir v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law due-process judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jury-trial pro-se-litigation recusal standing Can a court force a pro se litigant to a bench trial despite demand for jury trial?
19-1111 Michael Anthony Deem v. Lorna DiMella-Deem, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response Waived abstention-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations-abstention due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-claims federalism judicial-immunity parental-rights standing Does a federal court have a right to decline the exercise of jurisdiction over federal-question claims?
19-1077 Chris Ann Jaye v. Oak Knoll Village Condominium Owners Association, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response Waived civil-liability color-of-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-immunity separation-of-powers Are the circuit judges of the Third Circuit acting in violation of the US Constitution by providing different due process to citizens similarly situat…
19-7782 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity contempt-of-court-18-usc-401 contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-42-a-2 federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-28-usc-1331 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct immunity judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's opinion declining jurisdiction over contempt proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §401 violates Federal Rules of Criminal Proced…
19-987 H. Stephens Winters, Judge, District Court of Louisiana, 4th Judicial District, et al. v. Stanley R. Palowsky, III, Individually and On Behalf of Alternative Environmental Solutions, Inc. Louisiana 2020-02-06 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1257a administrative-function case-pending federal-law forrester-v-white judicial-immunity record-destruction state-court state-law Does Louisiana Supreme Court have jurisdiction to review judicial immunity under federal law?
19-7542 Noah-Wade Pelmear, et al. v. Maureen O'Connor, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection free-exercise immunity judicial-immunity oath-of-office obstruction-of-justice Whether state actors acting under color of state law can impair, impede, deny, discriminate, threaten or otherwise obstruct petitioners' federally pro…
19-955 Shirley Hirshauer v. AQ Holdings, LLC, et al. Maryland 2020-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bias bias-in-judiciary civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraudulent-conveyance judicial-immunity plain-error-rule standing Was Shirley Hirshaver's, and her sons, Constitutional Right to Due Process violated?
19-890 Tom Jensen v. Hannah Blumenstiel, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response Waived attorney-misconduct bankruptcy-court declaratory-relief due-process injunctive-relief judicial-immunity public-access Is a Bankruptcy Court judge absolutely immune from a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief for denial of public access to the court?
19-750 In Re The Law Offices of Nina Ringgold, et al. 2019-12-12 Denied civil-procedure-28-usc-1446 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1866 civil-rights-act-of-1886 due-process federal-jurisdiction first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity recusal-requirement removal-procedure removal-statute state-court-procedure supremacy-clause Whether in conflict with the clear authority of this court California local rules of court may defeat the command of 28 U.S.C. § 1446 (d) that a state…
19-6563 Robert William Wazney v. South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights court-access due-process federal-courts in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity ministerial-duty standing state-court Whether federal citizens have standing when federal courts ignore their claims
19-559 John E. Reardon v. Noel Hillman, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied absolute-immunity administrative-acts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity notice notice-and-hearing notice-of-hearing right-to-be-heard standing standing-order void-judgment Is the court's failure to set aside a void judgment due to lack of prior notice and right to be heard a fatal defect?
19-482 ASAP Copy and Print, et al. v. Canon Solutions America, Inc. California 2019-10-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-28-usc-1446 civil-rights-act-of-1866 due-process judicial-immunity law-of-the-case recusal recusal-requirement removal-procedure removal-statute state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause Whether in conflict with the clear authority of this court California's common law concept of 'law of the case' may defeat the command of 28 U.S.C. § …
19-5632 T. A., et al. v. Howard B. Leff, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations domestic-relations-exception due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity quid-pro-quo racketeering rooker-feldman standing sua-sponta-fiduciaries Is it error to impose judicial immunity when the pleadings detail that NYS Judge and sua sponta appointed Part 36 Fiduciaries acted without jurisdicti…
19-5506 Darrel R. Fisher v. J. Doe Eighth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity jurisdiction standing Can a federal court's judge make up his own rules that violate civil, constitutional and legal rights and privileges protected by the laws of the Unit…
19-5090 Frances Du Ju v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 28-usc-2283 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 7th-amendment 8th-amendment absolute-immunity judgment-on-the-pleadings malicious-prosecution quasi-judicial-immunity re-examination-clause amendment-violation civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judgment-on-pleadings judgment-on-the-pleadings judicial-immunity malicious-prosecution rooker-feldman Whether the District Court's Rooker-Feldman doctrine, Judgment on the Pleadings, and 'copy and paste' to dismiss this Malicious Prosecution case commi…
19-26 Darlene Collins, et al. v. Charles W. Daniels, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bail-reform constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment judicial-immunity legislative-immunity new-mexico-constitution sovereign-immunity Was the application of legislative immunity to actions of the New Mexico Courts to legislate policy outside of the authorities granted to them by the …
19-8 Jessie D. McDonald v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process judicial-conduct judicial-council judicial-discretion judicial-immunity judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct standing Whether the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council have supervisory powers over district court judges?
18-9750 John G. Curry v. Mark Joseph Lopez, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act civil-rights-violations constitutional-deprivation due-process federal-forum federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity mandamus mandamus-relief rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Whether John G. Curry or someone similarly situated can be denied a federal forum, contrary to standards, by misapplication of doctrines, such as Rook…
18-9171 John Priestley, Jr. v. Two Houses, in Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-1962 beneficiary campaign-misconduct electronic-communication estate estate-property fiduciary fiduciary-duty judicial-immunity racketeering-statute rent rent-collection rental-contract violation Is a fiduciary's collection of rent from a beneficiary at approximately one hundred times the rental value of an estate's property a violation of 18 U…
18-1387 Susan Lloyd v. Becky Doherty, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Portage County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts ada ada-violations civil-rights courtroom-access disability-rights discrimination judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation rehab-act service-dogs sunshine-law transcript-alteration Is a magistrate and judge allowed to refuse well behaved service dogs in a courtroom?
18-1351 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-law civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment discharge-injunction due-process enforcement-duty first-amendment fraud judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct statutory-violation Kinney v. Clark
18-8837 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-standing due-process federal-tort-claims-act judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct notice pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process sovereign-immunity standing sua-sponte-dismissal Whether a trial court should render a sua sponte decision to dismiss an informa pauperis pro se litigant first pleaded affidavit to commenced civil ac…
18-8817 Michael Clark v. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Second Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bradley-v-fisher civil-rights color-of-law common-law-rights due-process federal-procedure federalism first-amendment first-amendment-rights free-speech judicial-immunity nixon-v-warner standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Northern District and Second Circuit Courts violate the Clark Family First Amendment and Common Law Rights related to the two fraudulent court…
18-8597 Barbara E. Brown v. Scott Burton, Deputy Sheriff, in His Individual Capacity, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice search-warrant standing state-court-liability trespassing unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether District Court Judge Cormac Carey obstructed justice under the definition of 18 U.S.C. 1503 when he refused Petitioner Counsel?
18-8505 William L. Burrell, Jr. v. Patrick Loungo, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations convict-leasing human-trafficking judicial-immunity judicial-immunity-doctrine qualified-immunity section-1983 slavery Should judges be liable under section 1983 for intentional conduct characterized as judicial acts but prohibited by statute, caselaw, or criminal stat…
18-8308 Leonard Burton Jones v. Virginia Virginia 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congressional-privileges constitutional-boundaries constitutional-law due-process in-personam judicial-immunity judicial-mechanics judicial-review privileges-and-restrictions prosecutorial-immunity separation-of-powers ultra-vires What is the Jurisprudence of the intra vires constitutional boundaries within the applied mechanics of exercising the judicial law of prosecutorial ab…
18-8008 Cedrick Euron Draper v. Muy Pizza Southeast LLC, dba Pizza Hut Fourth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-courts'-review-of-a-federal-courts'-decr appellate-review detected-fraud-upon-the-court-predominantly-voidab federal-courts fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court immunity impersonation-by-title-18 intentionally-and-unintentionally-protected-or-unp judgment-void judicial-immunity legal-misrepresentation overrule-frivolous-defiance pro-se-ligitant's-defense-not-identified-to-author pro-se-litigant procedural-defiance voidable-judgment fraud upon the court
18-7897 Larael Owens v. Maria Zucker, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation contract-law due-process federal-question-jurisdiction immunity judicial-immunity standing state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
18-7940 Charles Kelvin Johns v. Alabama Department of Human Resources Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity property-rights Question not identified. racial-discrimination Whether the 11th Circuit has interfered with the black appellant's rights under 42 USC §1981 and 42 USC §1982
18-7450 Bradley B. Miller v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP anti-injunction-act civil-liability civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law judicial-immunity removal removal-proceedings state-court-procedure state-courts supremacy-clause title-28 Whether federal jurisdiction remains during the pendency of a removal
18-7108 Timothy Gene Pryer v. Thomas Gardner, III Mississippi 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-limits criminal-acts due-process judicial-discretion judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct sovereign-immunity standing takings Does the Constitution grant judges jurisdiction to commit criminal acts by way of judicial decisions?
18-665 James Michael Alvis v. Leland W. Schilling Tenth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied 14th-amendment child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity state-court-action state-law Whether Respondent, a state court judge, was entitled to judicial immunity when he took action in a child custody matter in contravention of state law
18-635 Brian M. Burmaster v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response Waived attorney-general criminal-conspiracy federal-court-judges federal-judges immunity international-criminal-court international-law judicial-immunity jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction u.s.-attorney-general Are US Federal Court Judges and former U.S. Attorney General immune from the International Criminal Court?
18-473 John Davis v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived conclusive-presumptions constitutional-law creditor-standing due-process eviction foreclosure foreclosure-statute judicial-immunity property-rights standing summary-judgment Whether foreclosure and eviction of homeowners, by virtue of statutory conclusive presumptions that allow courts to deem a creditor's ownership withou…
18-5856 David Gerard Jeep v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-04 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process eighth-circuit judicial-act judicial-immunity probable-cause qualified-immunity rico-act standing xiv-amendment Is the issuance, and support on appeal, of a court order without a 'reasonable probable cause' a judicial act?
18-5783 Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process issue-preclusion judicial-immunity jury-trial manuel-v-city-of-joliet ninth-circuit preliminary-hearing qualified-immunity self-defense Was the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the dismissal based on issue preclusion in violation of Manuel v. City of Joliet?
18-5590 Veronica M. Johnson v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-act judicial-immunity ministerial-duty spousal-support spousal-support-judgment Is judicial immunity an affirmative defense that must be pleaded and proved by a judge when Plaintiff files a clearly stated, sufficiently documented …
18-57 Gerald E. Vallejos v. Lovelace Medical Center, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure honest-services-fraud judicial-immunity misprision-of-felony obstruction-of-justice section-1983 standing statutory-standing Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides statutory standing for a District State Judge, a US District Court Justice, and Three Justices of the 10th Circuit C…