| 25-6610 |
Robert Franklin Brown v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law due-process legal-access legal-assistance prison-system prisoner-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 25A639 |
Stanley Donald v. Carol Micci, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2025-12-02 |
Application |
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appellate-review certiorari legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court time-extension |
Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari due to difficulties in obtaining legal assistance during holida… |
| 25A637 |
Arun K. Chhabra v. ACW New Jersey, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-02 |
Application |
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deadline-extension disability-accommodation legal-assistance medical-limitation pro-se supreme-court-procedure |
Whether a pro se litigant's physical disabilities and temporary lack of assistance constitute grounds for extending a deadline to file a petition for … |
| 24-6679 |
Chance Blackman v. Theresa Cisneros, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-principles circuit-split equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-assistance mental-disability |
Whether agency principles apply when a severely mentally and physically disabled inmate relies on an incarcerated, non-lawyer advocate for legal assis… |
| 24A524 |
Pamela S. Julian v. Dhurata Ametaj, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2024-11-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari extension-of-time health-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court |
Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the need for legal a… |
| 24A458 |
Corey Dequan Broome v. James R. Scheibner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-07 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-right constructive-denial ineffective-assistance legal-assistance pro-se sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a finding of constructive denial of counsel when an indigent defendant is denied meaningful legal assistance duri… |
| 23-7753 |
William Lee Boyer v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-assistance legal-notice notice one-year-deadline prisoner-rights |
Equitable-tolling-doctrine-for-federal-habeas-corpus |
| 23A649 |
Alphonza L.P. Thomas-Bey v. John Stine |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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court-rules document-preparation filing-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court |
Whether the Supreme Court will provide relief to a pro se litigant facing procedural challenges in document preparation and filing for a Supreme Court… |
| 22-6438 |
Tommiel Q. Claiborne, aka Tommie Lee Claiborne, Jr., aka Tommie L. Claiborne v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2023-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection legal-assistance peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment |
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel for Failing to Exercise the Right to Challenge Jurors for Cause or Peremptory Challenge Purposes |
| 22-6295 |
Jamisi Jermaine Calloway v. M. Martel, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts ada-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights continuing-violation-doctrine disability-rights due-process indigent-prisoner-rights legal-assistance pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation section-1983 |
When should a total disabled incarcerated indigent prisoner be appointed legal assistant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case? |
| 22-5830 |
William Richter v. Ghaliah Obaisi, as Executor of the Estate of Saleh Obaisi |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-assistance pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process procedural-errors |
Whether the Faivie Te Apnot Cowimwrel Oy Apneal Foa Rosie, OF the Disthirel Cords Alaue of Dis hes Ze Faleng To Recess wee Conmtel Upow Wilheincsal of… |
| 21-7781 |
Jorge Palacios v. Kevin Smith |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-assistance legal-procedure medical-care standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Why was my testimony denied? |
| 21-7200 |
John L. Jacques v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronically-stored-information ineffective-assistance legal-assistance legal-representation postconviction postconviction-relief procedural-default rule-of-completeness standing |
Is it sufficient reason for failing to raise new issues in a postconviction motion after first appeal that were not already litigated |
| 20-6496 |
Michael Alford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-services expert-witness forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-assistance motion-of-innocence pro-se-litigant right-to-counsel |
Whether the court erred in refusing to order legal assistance and forensic software expert assistance to obtain and submit factual evidence |
| 19-8384 |
In Re Levon Spaulding |
|
2020-05-01 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process federal-action free-speech institutional-conditions legal-assistance prisoner-rights standing takings |
Question not identified. |
| 19-644 |
Melba L. Ford v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anomalies civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights doj due-process irs judicial-review legal-assistance right-to-counsel standing |
Does a defendant in an IRS/DoJ civil forfeiture proceeding have a constitutionally protected, due process right to counsel? |
| 19-281 |
Capital Associated Industries, Inc. v. Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights content-based-restriction content-based-speech first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association legal-assistance legal-services non-profit non-profit-organizations professional-licensing strict-scrutiny |
Do the North Carolina statutes prohibiting the Association's attorneys from providing legal assistance to its members violate the freedom of associati… |
| 19-5644 |
Keith Stuart Cumbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure does-judicial-confession double-jeopardy due-process due-process-clause fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus indigent-defendant judicial-confession legal-assistance legal-assistance-clause sixth-amendment without-prior-appointment-of-counsel without-waiver |
Does judicial confession in this case, without a waiver and without prior appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant, violate the Legal Assistan… |
| 19-5542 |
Robert Maloy v. New York |
New York |
2019-08-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-assistance post-release-supervision sentencing state-court unusual-punishment |
Did the Auton Couty Supreme Court violate Petitioner's right to the due process of the law and right to the equal protection of the law by failing to … |
| 18A1348 |
Daniel Brian Masson v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
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certiorari extension-of-time institutional-limitations legal-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner is entitled to an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari due to institutional limitations and need for … |
| 18-9309 |
Valentin Spataru v. Harmony Healing Center |
Florida |
2019-05-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-justice appellate-rules civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-assistance legal-dismissal standing |
Whether a County or State Court may dismiss a complaint without due process |
| 18-9207 |
Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library |
Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One… |