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25-852 Kimberly Edelstein v. Eliott Edelstein Ohio 2026-01-16 Pending civil-rights fourteenth-amendment judicial-notice property-interest state-law supremacy-clause 1. Did the state court err and violate the Supremacy Clause and Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights in reclassifying a federal civil rights ver…
25A700 Jesse Fernando Perez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-16 Application circuit-split federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice legislative-fact statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether a federal court may take judicial notice of a location's special territorial jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 7 as a legislative fact
25-244 Demetric Simon v. Officer Keith Gladstone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights equitable-tolling fraudulent-concealment judicial-notice law-enforcement-conspiracy statute-of-limitations Whether equitable tolling, fraudulent concealment, and civil rights claims should apply when law enforcement officers conspired to frame a defendant a…
25-222 Victor Everette Silvers v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-25 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-notice maritime-jurisdiction sixth-amendment trial-by-jury Whether taking judicial notice to conclusively determine that a location is within the 'special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United St…
24A1227 Victor Everette Silvers v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-06-12 Presumed Complete beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jury-trial sixth-amendment special-maritime-jurisdiction Whether a court may conclusively determine through judicial notice that the government has satisfied its burden to prove an essential jurisdictional e…
24-6558 Mauricio Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-notice statutory-interpretation witness-testimony Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in multiple legal interpretations regarding statutory application and judicial procedure in a criminal case involvi…
24-824 Bernice M. Rutland v. Regions Bank, as Trustee of the William Hunter Rutland Family Trust Mississippi 2025-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) chancery-court due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-notice rule-56 summary-judgment Whether a Chancery Judge has jurisdiction to modify a final divorce order thirteen years after the original ruling, without a Rule 59 motion or appeal…
24-642 Lamel Jeffery, et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-12-12 Denied Response Waived constitutional-scrutiny curfew-restrictions due-process emergency-powers fundamental-rights judicial-notice Whether the constitutionality of a mass curfew can be determined at the pleading stage without record evidence based solely on a government emergency …
24A489 Bernice Rutland v. Regions Bank, as Trustee for the William Hunter Rutland Family Trust Mississippi 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete divorce-decree evidence-rules judicial-notice property-settlement summary-judgment trust-interpretation Whether a trial court may improperly use judicial notice and unadjudicated attorney correspondence to modify a prior unappealable divorce decree and p…
24-444 Otto L. Haselhoff, Individually and as Trustee v. City of Santa Monica, California California 2024-10-21 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violation due-process judicial-notice notice-requirement property-rights takings-clause When government acts without notice in a way that seriously impacts the rights of citizens, does the lack of statutory and constitutionally required n…
24-5696 Gregory Savoy v. Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland Maryland 2024-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP chemical-lobotomy constitutional-rights customary-international-law due-process federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-notice Whether courts can deny judicial notice of a scientifically verifiable fact when such denial potentially constitutes a crime against humanity under Cu…
23A1121 Gary Pisner v. Robert McCarthy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-18 Presumed Complete district-court due-process judicial-notice motion-clarification oral-arguments procedural-defects Whether the district court's procedural deficiencies and failure to provide oral arguments or adequately address multiple pre-opinion motions constitu…
23-1211 E. Thomas Scarborough, III v. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Northampton County, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-13 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process expedited-discovery federal-claims fraud judicial-notice prima-facie-evidence rule-60-motion standing void-order Whether the Court below misconstrues Petitioner's principal cause of action?
23-7257 Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-18 Denied IFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice premeditated-murder self-defense use-of-force witness-testimony Whether the jury used unreasonable facts to prove a premeditated design
23-6676 Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo v. Bestway USA Inc., et al. Arizona 2024-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP deficient-service evidentiary-hearing interlocutory-decision judicial-notice parol-evidence res-judicata service-of-process settlement-agreement settlement-agreements void-order May a Court take judicial notice of another Court's Order; that be void due to deficient service
23-6014 Curtis Conway Bailey v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sexual-conduct direct-appeal due-process immutable-fact ineffective-assistance-counsel judicial-notice mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence michigan-law sentencing Whether a trial court can find the fact of a defendant's age as an element of the offense of first-degree criminal sexual conduct under Michigan law
23-5715 Taquan Rahshe Gullett-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-05 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation consular-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice national-identity sovereign-status standing state-law treaty-rights Whether the petitioner has standing to challenge the court's judicial notice of certain facts under Federal Rule of Evidence 201 and Florida Statute §…
23-5260 Mary Beth Harcrow v. Clyde Harcrow, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights domestic-violence due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-enforcement judicial-notice protective-order vawa Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to recognize and enforce a Delaware domestic violence order under the Violence Against Wom…
22-7891 Ronald James Littlefield v. California California 2023-06-29 Denied IFP access-to-courts due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness judicial-notice pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process state-court Can a state tribunal deprive litigants to that tribunal equal protection of the law and even handed justice based upon a commitment offense?
22-1141 Gary Pisner v. Marla Rubinstein, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied civil-procedure cross-jurisdictional-preclusion defamation defamation-privilege documentary-evidence evidence forum-non-conveniens judicial-notice litigation-privilege procedural-requirements Whether a party can take judicial notice of documents without identifying the purpose, material to be recognized, and grounds under Fed. R. Evid. 201(…
22-7408 Robert E. Hammersley v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte ex-parte-denial habeas-corpus judicial-notice post-conviction postconviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation wrongful-conviction Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in ex parte denying unheard petitions for judicial notice, investigation, post-conviction relief, and presen…
22-995 Angelica Limcaco v. Steve Wynn, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-evidence-rule foreign-agents-registration-act judicial-notice property-injury rico rico-act standing Whether a harm to an intangible property interest is a sufficient injury to a business or property interest under RICO
22-845 Robert Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process duty-to-assist judicial-notice judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the presumption of regularity violates due process
22-5444 Robert JW McCleland v. Rick Raemisch, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied IFP expert-witness indigent-litigants judicial-notice medical-evidence medical-information pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-201 rule-706 undue-burden Does requiring an expert witness to present medical information create an undue burden on the courts and unfairly prejudice pro se, indigent litigants…
21-8280 James Michael Forney v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process electronic-dockets federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-notice procedural-dismissal rule-4 section-2254 timeliness Whether Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases allows the district court to research online electronic dockets, take judicial notice, and di…
21-6675 Robert JW McCleland v. Rick Raemisch, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expert-witness fed-r-evid-706 indigent-party judicial-notice medical-facts pro-bono-counsel standing summary-judgment Whether the appellate courts should apply case law established under Fed.R.Evid. 706 to an indigent party's request for the appointment of pro bono co…
21-831 Matt P. Jacobsen v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response Waived claim-preclusion factfinding federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice logically-consistent mortgage-dispute prior-action res-judicata statutory-interpretation Does Res Judicata apply when the earlier action(s) did not cover all the claims and allegations of the later case?
21-449 Bilal Abdul Kareem v. William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights d-c-circuit due-process government-media government-transparency judicial-notice online-publication standing sua-sponte technology Whether the D.C. Circuit's decision to dismiss the case based on disputed facts noticed sua sponte and without due process was improper
21-5014 John Bruce Fifield, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-history criminal-procedure judicial-notice plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether a court of appeals may consider judicially noticeable facts presented for the first time on appeal in deciding whether an error is plain?
20-8140 Jamaal Diggs v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure diligence due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas federal-petition habeas-corpus judicial-notice state-court state-habeas Whether Diggs exhibited sufficient diligence to entitle him to equitable tolling
20-1014 Organic Cannabis Foundation, LLC, dba Organicann Health Center v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied administrative-law due-process equitable-tolling fifth-amendment judicial-notice jurisdictional-deadline tax-law tax-procedure Is 26 U.S.C. § 6213(a)'s deficiency petition (90-day) filing deadline jurisdictional under current Supreme Court case law?
20-784 Jeffry Schmidt v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy District of Columbia 2020-12-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-review arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious-standard disability-evaluation disability-ratings judicial-notice medical-evidence military-compensation military-disability new-and-material-evidence veterans-affairs veterans-disability Did Federal Circuits refuse to recognize consistent disability ratings between the U.S. Military and Department of Veterans Affairs
20-764 Mark E. O'Brien v. U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Connecticut 2020-12-03 Denied due-process foreclosure foreclosure-procedure judicial-notice loan-servicer mortgage-note new-evidence procedural-defect standing standing-challenge testimony Were the Defendants' due-process rights violated?
20-5696 Dan Grandberry v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure forfeiture-rule habeas-corpus judicial-notice limitations-period procedural-waiver state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the ordinary forfeiture rule, as codified in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, applies to the limitations period of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a)
20-230 Donald L. Baker v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-misconduct civil-rights due-process judicial-notice judicial-review patent patent-law pro-se-litigation retaliation Whether U.S. Agencies may commit fraudulent acts to obstruct and delay applications
20-121 Marshall Spiegal v. Michael C. Kim Seventh Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response Waived collateral-estoppel debt-collection debt-collector-allegations debtor-conduct direct-connection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa judicial-notice statutory-interpretation transaction-nexus Does 'arising out of' require a 'direct' connection to the transaction?
20-112 Sherry Hernandez v. PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund Investors, LLC, et al. California 2020-08-03 Denied Relisted (2) due-process fourteenth-amendment fraudulent-documents judicial-notice law-of-case law-of-the-case mers-system notice wrongful-foreclosure Did the California Superior Court and the Court of Appeal deprive Petitioner of her right to Due Process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, by Re…
20-5083 Telly Kavantzas v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court electronic-dockets federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-notice rule-4 rules-governing-section-2254-cases section-2254 timeliness Whether Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases allows the district court to dismiss a habeas corpus petition as untimely without calling for…
19-8533 Michael A. Lajeunesse v. Megan Anne Chambers, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-05-23 Denied IFP brady-violation civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence judicial-notice prosecutorial-misconduct section-1983 standing Whether the petitioner can seek relief under 42 USC §1983, 1985, or 1986 for alleged conspiracy to withhold exculpatory evidence
19-8302 Richard H. Morrison v. Florida Florida 2020-04-19 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process habitual-offender hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-notice preponderance-of-evidence prison-release-reoffender sentencing-enhancement Is the state required to prove the defendant qualifies as a PRR by a preponderance of the evidence?
19-8133 Jorge A. Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation causation constitutional-rights conviction-notice criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process health-care-fraud judicial-notice statutory-interpretation Whether the 'but-for' test of general causation is synonymous to the statutorial element of actual causation
19-902 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1846 civil-conspiracy collateral-order collateral-orders constitutional-protection criminal-complaints defamation judicial-notice pa-constitution trial-court-discretion Does Exhibit F. The Hill School Conversations sufficiently represent the facts supporting civil-conspiracy,defamation
19-7174 John H. Stewart v. William Honsal, as Public Administrator of Humboldt County, California, et al. California 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP domestic-violence due-process evidence-admission fair-trial hearsay judicial-notice property-rights Was Petitioner's federal constitutional right to due process of law violated by an unfair trial?
18-9816 Kabil Anton Djenasevic, aka Anton Genase, aka Kabil Genase, aka Kabil Kraja v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-testimony fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-notice sixth-amendment standing Whether petitioner was denied his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights
18-8719 Ciaran Paul Redmond v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-conflict criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jurisdictional-element jury-instructions jury-trial sentencing standards-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether, after a jury trial, a federal court of appeals can take judicial notice of evidence submitted by the government for the first time on appeal …
18A1005 Jiying Wei v. University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-03 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure judicial-notice pro-se-pleading res-judicata seventh-amendment Whether the Seventh Amendment requires a federal court to apply the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a manner that preserves a plaintiff's right to…
18-7060 Brian William Schumaker v. Hector Joyner, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims due-process judicial-notice jury-instructions prudential-consideration theory-of-defense void-for-vagueness Whether the lower courts erred in recharacterizing and failing to fully consider the petitioner's constitutional claims of actual innocence and theory…
18-6720 Joseph Witchard v. Bryan M. Antonelli, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violations criminal-procedure due-process false-charges judicial-notice prosecutorial-misconduct standing Does the prosecutor's egregious misconduct of filing false court documents unlawfully cause petitioner's unlawful prosecution and conviction?
18-520 WeConnect, Incorporated v. Brooks Goplin Seventh Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied appellate-review due-process federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice standing sua-sponte unauthenticated-website website-authentication Whether Federal Rules of Evidence 201, 901, and 902 and principles of due process forbid a district court to, sua sponte, take judicial notice of info…
18-6133 Bernardo Olivares-Cepeda v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-notice notice service-of-process supervisory-power Whether failure to serve a denial of a 2255 motion violates due process and invalidates the judgment
18-5635 Charles Alfred Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice judicial-review procedural-due-process state-court-proceedings strickland-standard Whether the district court sidestepped the COA determination under §2253(c) when it denied Jackson's appeal and his COA and justified its denial of hi…