judicial-independence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6334 John Fredenburgh v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law judicial-deference judicial-independence sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Does judicial deference to the Sentencing Commission's Commentary to the United States Sentencing Guidelines violate the principles of judicial indepe…
23-510 Dan Caulkins, et al. v. Jay Robert Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al. Illinois 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived campaign-contributions caperton-v-massey due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment guarantees-clause judicial-independence judicial-recusal second-amendment Does a self-evaluative review by a state court justice challenged for disqualification deny the due process right to a fair hearing under the Fourteen…
22-780 Scott Meide, et al. v. Noah Centineo, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-review brief-requirements civil-rights court-obligations due-process judicial-discretion judicial-independence judicial-procedure judicial-review legal-standards rule-of-law separation-of-powers Do we have a government of laws and not of men?
22-6123 Brian David Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-blackmail judicial-independence judicial-misconduct special-master subpoena whistleblower Where the U.S. Court of Appeals did not properly and appropriately proceeded with two consolidated interlocutory appeals on the District Court's order…
22-145 Aidong Chen v. KPMG LLP, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-16 Denied civil-rights corporate-influence due-process institutional-discrimination judicial-accountability judicial-independence judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute supreme-court-review How to deal with compromised judges in lower courts
21-7980 Perry Singo v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-independence political-influence political-interference separation-of-powers state-constitution Are the attacks on the judiciary and the efforts of politicians to change the judiciary so it will do things the politicians want it to do denying due…
21-859 The Montana State Legislature, et al. v. Beth McLaughlin Montana 2021-12-09 Denied Amici (1) conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal legislative-investigation legislative-oversight recusal separation-of-powers Whether the refusal by the Justices of the Montana Supreme Court to recuse from a case in which they harbored direct, substantial, and admittedly disq…
21-6522 Mithun Banerjee v. Bank of America, N.A. Maryland 2021-12-06 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fair-trial judicial-corruption judicial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-recusal recusal Will the US Supreme Court provide a fair trial to the Plaintiff where the Circuit Court Judges have conflicts of interest?
21-628 Ebenezer K. Howe, IV v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process irs judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant recusal Do courts of appeal exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY ISSUE presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresented litigan…
21-5422 Jeffrey Alan Olson v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-selection due-process federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-independence judicial-selection standing Judicial-selection
21-22 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-corruption judicial-independence jury-trial legal-misconduct rule-of-law standing Judicial corruption
20-8210 Anthony A. Patel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2021-06-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-authority executive-power judicial-authority judicial-independence martial-law presidential-powers separation-of-powers supreme-court-justices Can the Executive Branch impose martial law on courts?
20-1085 Scott Erik Stafne v. Thomas S. Zilly, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 article-iii civil-rights due-process good-behaviour-tenure judicial-independence judicial-tenure jurisdictional-challenge separation-of-powers standing Whether the challenge that a jurist is not an Article III judge because she or he does not have 'good behaviour' tenure is a jurisdictional one which …
20-5382 William Charles Graham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process federal-system government-discretion judicial-independence legal-safeguards standing Whether the Constitution of the United States of America, its Articles, and its Amendments are the Supreme Law of the land?
19-8001 Valery Vinarov v. CitiMortgage, Inc. Illinois 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights corporate-personhood corporate-power due-process equal-protection equality-before-law fraud-on-court judicial-independence property-ownership property-rights Whether US Constitution equally applicable to all entities in US, including large corporations — Banks
19-7424 Christine Ham v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. California 2020-01-27 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-bias judicial-disclosure judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal public-confidence Does an intolerable conflict exist when the Supreme Court of California and the Ninth Circuit squarely address whether the appearance of partiality su…
19-7121 Jay F. Shachter v. City of Chicago, Illinois Illinois 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-adjudication administrative-hearing administrative-hearings civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process employment-status judicial-independence municipal-ordinance municipal-ordinances state-supreme-court-split Whether the adjudication of municipal ordinance infractions in the City of Chicago violates due-process
19-6974 Wilfredo Torres v. Bellevue South Associates LLP, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process federal-judiciary judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 455(a) is unconstitutionally vague, ambiguous, arbitrary, capricious, and violates due process of law
19-6895 John William Williams v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-bias due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-elections judicial-independence separation-of-powers state-judicial-elections state-judiciary supremacy-clause Has the external influence of state judicial election politics upon the state judiciary come to represent a constitutionally intolerable risk of bias …
19-6483 Carl Robinson v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Retreat Third Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-standard clearly-erroneous'-rule-52(a),exhaustion-of-remedi conviction court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-independence judicial-procedure legal-remedy procedural-due-process standard-of-review statute supplemental-response timeliness unfairness Was the Petitioner denied due process of law,in vi When there is no authority for the preparation of an opinion by the attorney for either side, should the Court of Appeals have applied the 'clearly-er…
19-309 John C. Carney, Governor of Delaware v. James R. Adams Third Circuit 2019-09-06 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-appointments judicial-independence judicial-qualifications judicial-selection party-affiliation political-balance political-party standing state-constitution state-sovereignty Does the First Amendment invalidate a longstanding state constitutional provision that limits judges affiliated with any one political party to no mor…
19-5047 Cathy L. Toole v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-justice equal-protection federal-courts judicial-independence separation-of-powers standing Whether federal judges employed in the federal courts are required to obey federal laws and the Constitution
18-6643 Sobhy Fahmy Amin Iskander v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-standards rule-of-law state-court-decision Whether the state court decision is contrary to federal law based on the principle of an independent, fair, and competent judiciary
18-6052 Mohsen Khoshmood v. Catholic Charity, et al. District of Columbia 2018-09-20 Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights court-system discrimination due-process judicial-bias judicial-independence judicial-misconduct judicial-system standing Whether the judicial system in the superior courts is completely corrupt, resulting in misjudgments or unjust judgments that undermine public trust in…
18-5050 James E. Whitney v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States Eighth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP accountability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-authority judicial-independence jurisdiction legal-standing separation-of-powers sovereignty standing Is the living breathing sentient mortal sovereign of the world-of-man government constructs known as the United States or a sub-servant and subjugated…