jurisdictional-requirements

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25-942 In Re Ronny Jackson, Individually and as U.S. Representative for Texas's 13th Congressional District, et al. 2026-02-09 Pending congressional-districts district-court jurisdictional-requirements mandamus statutory-interpretation three-judge-court Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a) requires a district judge to request the convening of a three-judge district court whenever an action is filed challenging…
25A584 Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-18 Application certiorari criminal-procedure deadline-extension jurisdictional-requirements petition-timing supreme-court Whether a criminal defendant may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari beyond the standard 90-day deadline and under what extr…
24-1029 Abram J. Harris v. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. District of Columbia 2025-03-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure district-court jurisdictional-requirements removal-jurisdiction state-court statutory-interpretation Whether an action may be removed to the district court after it has been dismissed in the state court and a notice of appeal filed; Whether the remova…
24-759 Wye Oak Technology, Inc. v. Republic of Iraq, et al. District of Columbia 2025-01-16 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) breach-of-contract causation-principles circuit-split commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-requirements Whether in a breach of contract case under the FSIA's third clause, courts must apply traditional causation principles or require an additional findin…
24A689 Christopher Langdon v. Sun Lake Multi-Family Holdings, LLC, et al. Florida 2025-01-14 Presumed Complete civil-rights discretionary-jurisdiction extension-of-time jurisdictional-requirements pro-se supreme-court-procedure Whether a pro se litigant's procedural errors in seeking discretionary review should be construed liberally under the standard of Haines v. Kerner and…
24A511 Harry Lee Goldsboro, II v. Florida Florida 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal state-supreme-court Whether a criminal defendant's notice of appeal to a state supreme court can be deemed timely and valid when the court dismisses the appeal without an…
23A1148 Mark Manuel Angeles Marino v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure jurisdictional-requirements petition-for-certiorari supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a criminal defendant's right to file a petition for certiorari can be extended under Supreme Court Rule 13.5 when seeking review of a lower co…
23A880 Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-02 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-procedure deadline-extension fifth-circuit jurisdictional-requirements supreme-court-rules Whether a criminal defendant may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond the standard 90-day deadline under Supre…
23-6315 In Re Miguel Antonio Garcia 2023-12-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements lower-court-interpretation precedent-analysis res-judicata rooker-feldman standing Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the case based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
23-232 BASF Metals Limited, et al. v. KPFF Investment, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Amici (3) civil-procedure co-conspirator conspiracy due-process forum-contacts jurisdictional-requirements personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether due process permits a court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant based on the forum contacts of an alleged co-conspirat…
22-6600 Eric Banks v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prison jurisdictional-requirements statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether the prosecution must show the facts required under 40 U.S.C. §3112(b) to establish territorial jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. §7(3)
22-5228 William Paul Burch v. America's Servicing Company Fifth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-court civil-procedure federal-issue federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements removal removal-procedure service-of-process state-court state-court-removal state-issue Should removal from a state court to a federal court by a defendant only be allowed after the state court judge conducts a hearing to determine if the…
21-7203 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael Schwab Oregon 2022-02-25 Dismissed IFP adverse-judgment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was it justified for the appellate commissioner to dismiss Petitioner's appeal
20-8373 Kevin Herriott v. Associate Warden Ford, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP civil-rights discovery due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements legal-mail mail-room procedural-law standing state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation Did the court of appeals misunderstood the governing rule of law that the right to discovery was predicated upon?
20-1696 Jeriel Edwards v. Steven Harmon, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response Waived bodycam-evidence bodycam-video civil-rights civil-rights 20-1695" civil-rights-litigation de-novo-standard excessive-force fifth-circuit-review frcp-60b4-motion inherent-court-powers jurisdictional-requirements qualified-immunity rule-54-attorney-fees section-1983 summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit can refuse to review the Does Scott v. Harris alter or merely implement traditional summary-judgment
20-1695 Todd Phillippi v. Humble Design, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees callon-petroleum-v-frontier civil-procedure de-novo de-novo-review frcp-60(b) frcp-60b4 jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements rule-41-dismissal rule-54 standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit can refuse to review the denial of a FRCP 60(b)(4) motion under the de novo standard of review
20-7969 Refugio Agustin-Pineda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a 'notice to appear' that fails to specify the hearing's time and…
20-5510 Robert L. Pernell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 direct-appeal equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default supreme-court-precedent Whether the governing provisions in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals precedent case law, In re Goddard, has unlawfully created an arbitrary or ambi…
20-5291 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. John Marlar Tenth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict civil-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements medical-treatment standing tenth-circuit warrant-constitutionality Whether the Tenth Circuit's failure to satisfy itself of district court's jurisdiction resulted in it exceeding its discretion and jurisdiction
19-8794 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Erik A. Hooks, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-possession criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements restitution territorial-jurisdiction Has the burden of proof been removed in criminal possession cases?
19-1369 TRUMPF, Inc. v. CSI Worldwide, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-303 bankruptcy-law-11-usc-303 bankruptcy-standing congress-authority congressional-authority court-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy judicial-estoppel judicial-overreach judicial-usurpation jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements separation-of-powers standing standing-requirements Whether it is unconstitutional and impermissible for a court to usurp Congress' authority by reducing the strict standing and jurisdictional requireme…
19-787 Michael Lynn Robertson v. Banner Bank Tenth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-procedure claim-processing-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-requirement jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal whether-an-untimely-motion-to-alter-or-amend-a-jud Whether the time prescription for filing an appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 158(c)(2) is a jurisdictional requirement
18-9162 Kurtis D. Worley v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-caption civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements legal-document petition-formatting procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions supreme-court Whether the cappelare Cound erred by not aptly ine
18-1352 Commerce Bank v. Beverly Williamson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-court jurisdictional-requirements original-defendant removal removal-statute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a counterclaim defendant in a state court class action is any defendant' entitled to remove a class action which satisfies the jurisdictional …
18-7952 Stanley D. Partman, aka Goat v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements standard-of-review unconstitutionally-vague Is the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal's Standard of Determination for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability in Essence Decides an Appeal Without …