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25-915 Robert J. Murphy v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending attorney-suspension constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process legal-ethics reciprocal-discipline Whether petitioner sustained his burden prohib iting United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit exercising original jurisdiction from imposing…
25-6525 Bryant Calloway v. United States Third Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure legal-ethics model-rules professional-conduct prosecutorial-ethics sanctions Is requesting, For sanctions inapplicable in criminal Proceedings when an or violates the Model Rules i professiona| Con uct ? Tin requesting that so…
25-743 Gary Pisner v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2025-12-22 Pending constitutional-rights disbarment due-process judicial-procedure lawyer-discipline legal-ethics 1. Whether the court that has jurisdiction over lawyer disciplinary matters can issue orders disbarring an attorney without first addressing cited, un…
25-650 Raymon Walters v. United States Third Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response Waived counsel-strategy criminal-defense defendant-rights jury-trial legal-ethics sixth-amendment Whether defense counsel may concede an element of an offense over the defendant's objection, where the concession is reasonably designed to advance th…
25-371 Clark's Barber Lounge, LLC, et al. v. Destin Health and Fitness, LLC Florida 2025-09-29 Denied Response Waived attorney-representation conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-ethics per-curiam 1. Whether a conflict of interest exists for an attorney who gave advice to one client and then represented another client on the same matter, and whe…
24-7376 Yu Hin Chan v. Honorable Joy F. Campanelli, et al. Second Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied IFP court-documents due-process ex-parte-communication immunity legal-ethics official-act 1. Is Joy I . Campanelli 's behavior of forging Court documents an official act? 2. Is Joy F. Campanelli 's repeated ex parte communication with Peti…
24-6918 John Berman v. David Modell, et al. Maryland 2025-04-02 Denied IFP court-corruption due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics procedural-fairness 1. Does a judge's deeming "moot" (because "this Court dismissed the [petitioner's] captioned appeal") a respondent's request for a filing extension fo…
24-1009 Joseph D. Lento v. Pennsylvania Office of Disciplinary Counsel Pennsylvania 2025-03-21 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline disciplinary-proceedings due-process judicial-fairness legal-ethics procedural-rights The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) issued a 134-page Report, with 496 factual statements, followed by legal conclus…
24-6725 Fernando Yates v. Spring Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights eeoc-brief judicial-error legal-ethics perjury Where the Fifth Court of Appeals erred in ignoring relevant evidence, and failed to properly consider the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Amic…
24-763 In Re Bo Zou 2025-01-17 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review conflict-of-interest court-jurisdiction judicial-recusal legal-ethics procedural-irregularity 1. Whether district judge John D. Russell may hear his Client's Case after he left his former law firm only one month. 2. Whether the panel of the Te…
24A328 Good Lawgic, LLC, et al. v. Juan M. Merchan, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County New York 2024-10-04 Presumed Complete first-amendment judicial-sanctions legal-ethics media-litigation professional-responsibility trial-court-conduct Question not identified.
24-5645 Johnny Patterson v. Florida Florida 2024-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-standards due-process judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct legal-ethics procedural-integrity BY CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS, WHEN DOES A JUDGE COMMIT FRAUD?
24-5440 Edward Moses, Jr. v. Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel Louisiana 2024-09-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-discipline confrontation-clause due-process judicial-procedure legal-ethics professional-misconduct Is "Emperor Moses " the real party in interest entitled to an injunction barring the state officials from operating within the Atakapa Indian Nation1.…
24-5423 Cessaly Denise Hutchinson v. State Bar of California California 2024-08-29 Denied IFP civil-rights corporate-liability legal-ethics medical-malpractice racial-discrimination settlement-dispute 1. WHETHER MS KAGAN'S MESOTHELIOMA COMPLAINT USED RACE TO BLACKMAIL SETTLEMENT BY MULTINATIONAL TALC POWDER, ASBESTOS AND PHARMACEUTIAL CORPORATE DEF…
24-68 Jian Wang, aka James Wang v. International Business Machines Corporation Second Circuit 2024-07-22 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights communication-barrier due-process interpreter legal-ethics legal-misrepresentation settlement settlement-dispute sign-language-interpretation Whether $207,500 should be corrected to $207 million in the settlement term plus interest because effective and clear communication between attorneys …
23-7798 Evan C. Wilhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP christeson-v-roper conflict-of-interest counsel-performance cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice professional-reputation professional-responsibility Whether prejudice should be presumed when a conflict of interest forces Counsel to choose between denigrating their own performance on behalf of their…
23-1072 Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul v. United States District of Columbia 2024-04-02 Denied Amici (3) 28-usc-455 circuit-split federal-judges federal-judiciary government-service impartiality impartiality-standard judicial-recusal legal-ethics recusal statutory-interpretation The federal disqualification statute, 28 U.S.C. §455, compels federal judges to recuse themselves "in any proceeding in which [their] impartiality mig…
23-6753 Michael Avenatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 civil-litigation criminal-extortion federal-criminal-law honest-services-fraud legal-ethics settlement-negotiations statutory-vagueness void-for-vagueness Petitioner, an attorney representing a plaintiff with potential contract and tort claims, was convicted of honest services fraud, in violation of 18 U…
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 1. Should judges or other government personnel in the United States be protected by any form of civil immunity at all for willful crimes they commit w…
23-815 Laurie Ann McRay, et al. v. Dow Golub Remels & Gilbreath PLLC Texas 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-client-relationship attorney-fees counterclaims due-process judicial-fairness legal-ethics legal-malpractice prosecutorial-fees substitute-counsel summary-judgment trial-procedure When a law firm sues its own clients, demanding an award for both alleged past-due attorney's fees and then attorney's fees for prosecuting the lawsui…
23-6538 Ye-Ying Cen v. Oliver Wilfred Cass Minnesota 2024-01-23 Denied IFP alimony-tax-law cognitive-impairments due-process fairness fiduciary-duty guardian-ad-litem legal-ethics procedural-fairness spousal-support 1) The Minnesota Lower Court's Disregard for Informed Consent and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Eroded the Petitioner's Rights and the Integrity of the Leg…
23-784 Kenneth James Rosellini v. New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics New Jersey 2024-01-18 Denied civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech legal-ethics res-judicata 1) Can an attorney can be sanctioned in an ethics proceeding for failure to obey the rules of a tribunal when he is openly asserting that no valid obl…
23-747 Marylin Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2024-01-10 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline legal-ethics new-york-times-v-sullivan professional-conduct rules-of-professional-conduct Does the actual malice test of New York Times v. Sullivan protect lawyers' First Amendment rights in disciplinary proceedings?
23-6096 Thomas Oliver v. Joseph Leonard Michaud, et al. First Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied IFP civil-litigation civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-activity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing Can a party to civil litigation in the United States —no matter who the party is—commit crimes in order to win its case, all the while have judges at …
23-86 Christopher Bayre Chamberlin v. Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appellate-review attorney-malpractice civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process legal-ethics legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation 1. Whether HBH (concealing its family rela tionship with the adverse party in the underlying probate litigation) violated Petitioner's constitutiona…
22-7570 Gideon Charles Arrington v. Minnesota Minnesota 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-evidence fraud legal-ethics legal-system standing statute-of-limitations time-bar 1. Can the use of false evidence (which is fraud) be time/knaffla barred? 2. Is anyone above or below the law? 3. Is it a justice system or a legal …
22-7142 William Matthew Plump v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process fraud legal-ethics legal-misrepresentation mail-fraud misrepresentation sentencing wire-fraud The law of the Eighth Circit is that an attomey volates the federal mail andwi frand stattes 18 U.5.8 134 and 343, if thy Make Mat Misstatements or am…
22-6852 Marvin Charles Gabrion, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied IFP adverse-witness attorney-client-privilege attorney-representation civil-procedure conflict-of-interest formal-appearance legal-ethics professional-conduct professional-responsibility standing Can an attorney who provides legal advice to counsel of record without filing a formal appearance in the case have a conflict of interest if the attor…
22-684 Jack Jordan v. Kansas Disciplinary Administrator Kansas 2023-01-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing A lawyer, in motions filed in federal court proceedings (requesting reconsideration of an order or disqualification of a judge) stated that one or mor…
22-619 In Re Larry E. Klayman 2023-01-06 Denied Relisted (2) attorney-discipline bar-discipline civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process legal-ethics legal-suspension professional-conduct temporary-suspension time-served writ-of-mandamus 1. Did the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ("DCCA") err by "temporarily suspending" ("Mr. Klayman") from the practice of law pending the outcome…
22-6297 Kevin W. Malone v. Nebraska, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics sixth-amendment trial-bias I. Does the trial counsel's fraudulent behavior and conflict of interest violate the Petitioner's 6" & 14" Amendment right to conflict free counsel? …
22-6070 Charles Rochester v. City of New York, New York, et al. New York 2022-11-16 Denied IFP aba-rules attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights disqualification due-process judicial-misconduct legal-ethics pro-se pro-se-litigation 1. Can the New York Supreme State Judge and the Opposing Attorney's join FORCER, to defeat pro-se, by being silent, on each one's Official Misconduct,…
22-159 Steven Pascale v. RPI Company California 2022-08-19 Denied civil-procedure concealment constitutional-rights disbarment discovery due-process federal-statutes lawyer-discipline legal-ethics legal-practice oath-of-office professional-misconduct Brayton Law was barred from practicing due to lying, breach of lawyers oath of office, impropriety, and dishonesty: See Appendix K, p. 27 (CV 442750 J…
22-5257 Daryl Stephen v. New York New York 2022-08-02 Denied IFP attorney-conduct attorney-misconduct civil-procedure damages legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-responsibility professional-standards standing tort-law Legal malpractice by petitioner attorney Contravenion of the law
21-8169 Ghassan Hage v. Fida Mhanna California 2022-06-17 Denied IFP civil-rights default-judgment due-process due-process-violation family-law fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-abuse-of-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics (l) Where Fraud upon the Court became normal in Family Justice Center in Santa Clara county, Department 76 when a lawyer committed numerous count of F…
21-7981 Jeffrey Ray Sundwall v. Florida Florida 2022-05-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartiality judicial-misconduct legal-ethics public-trust Contrary to Severener's errer, Grndaticol eer Or Harmless Preedureal Delbele can any Trdlted-wnreade be vali when browaht by Un credible Persons who a…
21-1343 Victor R. Marshall v. Supreme Court of New Mexico New Mexico 2022-04-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-recusal lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct standing Does the First Amendment permit a state to suspend a lawyer from practice indefinitely because it found statements in a motion, in which the lawyer so…
21-7211 Theodore William Taylor v. The Kendall Law Group, P.L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-ethics misconduct statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit violated the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to Due Process of the Law by permitting such egregi…
21-1180 Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor Eighth Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied Response Waived attorney-disbarment attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure discovery due-process judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing 1. Whether a federal court may disbar an attorney without instituting a separate proceeding for such purpose, apprising the attorney of all material f…
21-7160 Edward R. Brown v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-18 Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship attorney-obligations civil-rights court-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-ethics professional-misconduct 1. Why hasnt my Lawyer answered any of my prone calls of came "rot hSy me! ; ° ' 2. Why hag nw my Law yer Lawrenee Corrales henoved the oath of abFvw…
21-983 Rhonda Meisner v. Zymogenetics, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-membership diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction incorporated-parent-company legal-ethics limited-liability-company procedural-standing standing 1. Does diversity jurisdiction exist when the sole member of a named Limited Liability Company defendant, is its incorporated parent company? 2. Whet…
21-638 David R. Watkins, et al. v. Brian F. Spector, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure class-action data-breach due-process ex-parte judicial-procedure legal-ethics settlement settlement-agreement state-law-claims After a data breach at Equifax disclosed nearly 150 million Americans' sensitive personal information, 300 class actions against Equifax were consolid…
21-592 Jeffrey Isaacs v. USC Keck School of Medicine, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response Waived contract-interpretation decade-and-a-half Gibson-Dunn inconsistent-positions judicial-estoppel legal-ethics medical-license oath settlement-agreement USC whistleblower-claims Under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, should the lower courts have upheld the sanctity of the oath and estopped USC and Gibson Dunn from arguing in…
21-6023 Dina Elizabeth Guardado v. Eric Aldridge, Warden Virginia 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process legal-ethics standing IaHu* did Mr. Prices Kosh Sta±H Oct t&ui&n Clsu^ Shock Svd donS ShcSS MlC^durUS CI 9 d Hood IS it tfaut hC- UJOJS asSi^neJ to bs m-i court (tffoud&l…
21-529 Bataski Bailey v. Fair & Walker Unit Owners Association, Inc., et al. Georgia 2021-10-08 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment attorney-misconduct civil-rights defamation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceeding judicial-proceedings legal-ethics 1. Do intentional false statements made by an attorney in a judicial proceeding violate the opposing party's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights? 2…
21-5750 Richard A. Waite v. Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility New Hampshire 2021-09-22 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bar-regulations civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ethical-rules judicial-standards lawyer-conduct legal-ethics professional-responsibility standing Is conflicted cansel- Actual/Real conflict of intrest ineffective Counsel? And aviolation of Constitutional Rights? Do ABA (or state eQvivilent> ethi…
21-355 In Re Larry Klayman 2021-09-07 Denied bar-admission bar-discipline client-interests constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice disciplinary-proceeding due-process legal-ethics presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel 1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ("Eleventh Circuit") err by denying Larry Klayman, Esq. ("Mr. Klayman") admission pending th…
21-5337 Garrett McElveen v. Illinois Illinois 2021-08-10 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics Wherein M. McElveen's original public defender became the lead State's Attorney, does not an appearance of impropriety exist? By extension, does not t…
21-162 Mark Lee Williams v. State Bar of Arizona Arizona 2021-08-04 Denied Response Waived arizona-supreme-court attorney-disciplinary-proceedings bar-complaint bar-disciplinary-proceedings constitutional-rights due-process legal-ethics notice notice-of-charges respondent Whether Petitioner was denied his right to notice and Due Process in Arizona bar disciplinary proceedings? Whether the Arizona Supreme Court and Resp…
20-1736 Katrina L. Webster v. Thomas W. Harker, Acting Secretary of the Navy, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights deposition-misconduct due-process eeoc eeoc-procedure employment-discrimination evidence-tampering legal-ethics summary-judgment witness-tampering Defendant's Counsel stopping a deposition to direct a deponent [CAPT Patrick Croley] to change his testimony to hide discrimination, should be suffici…
20-1274 Richard G. Wern v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct South Carolina 2021-03-15 Denied Response Waived disciplinary-counsel due-process lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct public-protection punitive sanction supreme-court unannounced-standard Did the South Carolina Supreme Court deny Petitioner Richard G. Wern of due process of law by disbarring him based on a previously unannounced standar…
20-6295 Donna Raively v. Thomas A. Whelihan New Jersey 2020-11-12 Denied Relisted (3)IFP attorney-ethics attorney-misconduct case-conflict civil-procedure client-representation client-trust fiduciary-duty legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-misconduct standing 1. Whether an attorney is held to a certain standard of fiduciary duty in lower courts; his knowledge of the law far exceeds that of the average perso…
20-5989 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio 2020-10-09 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-rights court-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation pro-se sanctions Petitionee denied her due peocess WAS RioHts, Decause she is A PRo liticant? se fees on Petitionee, when Peritioner did seot bet AN oPPDR tUNiT4 TO Re…
20-5500 Valentin Spataru v. Pedro Antonio Suarez, et al. Florida 2020-08-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics pro-se-litigation procedural-rules professional-responsibility standing Whether Florida judges may disregard my filings and prior cases, and may not exercise the standard of care requested by law and expected from professi…
19-1428 Tina L. Morin v. Montana Office of Disciplinary Counsel Montana 2020-07-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights disciplinary-counsel disciplinary-proceedings due-process Fourteenth-Amendment guardianship legal-ethics legal-representation professional-conduct right-to-counsel Did the COP violate Morin's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment when the COP ordered Morin suspended from practice for allegedly violati…
19-8894 Michael Halliburton v. Board of Professional Responsibility Tennessee 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics party-standing procedural-rights procedural-rules professional-responsibility substantive-rights A. Should the determinations of the Board of Judicial Conduct — responsible by Statute and by the Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for maintaining the in…
19-8434 Audrey Jean Ukkerd v. State Bar of California California 2020-05-12 Denied IFP attorney-misconduct civil-rights due-process fraud legal-ethics medical-evaluation professional-responsibility settlement-conference workers-compensation 1. Why did Attorney Michael Siegel, state that, "The State Bar of California states that, in your complaint . (Audrey J. Ukkerd), you assert that you…
19-8417 Dante C. Stone v. Kentucky Kentucky 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-syndication direct-appeal due-process government-corruption ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct 1. In resorting to felonious criminal syndication against The Petitioner (hereafter T.P.) as well as complete disregard for all applicable law in lieu…
19-7929 Caryn Hall Yost-Rudge v. A to Z Properties, Inc., et al. Florida 2020-03-13 Denied IFP attorney-misconduct city-attorney city-commission city-government civil-procedure disqualification due-process fraud legal-ethics municipal-fraud 1. Whether the Due Process Clause is made invalid by denying disqualification of an opposing attorney whom caused great harm as city vice-mayor yet co…
19-7898 Richard C. Murphy v. United States Third Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review attorney-client attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-ethics due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation procedural-integrity representation standing Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals abuse their discretion by allowing counsel to continue representation after counsel documented his unwillingnes…
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution 1)Was this case criminal in nature? 2)Was the right to counsel waived? 3)Would an impoverished layman have the needed skills and ability to defend h…
19-7065 Carrie A. Braspenick v. Johnson Law PLC Michigan 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure contract contract-law court-judgment judgment legal-ethics legal-representation order professional-ethics statute-of-limitations termination 1. Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case? 2. Did the lo…
19-6937 Scherrieto Little v. Janis Nau, as Administrator California 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power attorney-ethics civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-fraud fraud judicial-misconduct legal-ethics probate probate-law rule-8.4 1. WHEN A VIOLATION OF CA RULE 8.4 (c) OCCUR, SHOULD THE HEIR 'S OF AN ESTATE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FRAUD, CORRUPTION, AND LIE'S THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTE…
19-6914 Levi Rockefeller v. California California 2019-12-11 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights collusion conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-ethics sixth-amendment trial-procedure Question not identified.
19-6814 Issac Efren Jimenez v. California California 2019-12-03 Denied IFP attorney-client-privilege attorney-ethics attorney-representation conflict-of-interest criminal-law criminal-procedure ethics former-client legal-ethics leniency prosecutorial-discretion witness-testimony Whether an attorney in a criminal case may subsequently represent a client who seeks leniency in exchange for testimony in a pending case against that…
19-663 Robert J. Wilson v. State Bar of Texas Texas 2019-11-22 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts constitutional-rights dent-v-west-virginia disbarment disciplinary-procedure due-process governmental-immunity in-re-ruffalo legal-ethics state-bar Introduction: Petitioner contends he was disbarred without notice or opportunity to defend himself by his state bar and then denied access to the Cour…
19-660 David Silver v. Hamrick & Evans, LLP California 2019-11-21 Denied attorney-accountability civil-procedure due-process false-statements judicial-integrity legal-ethics professional-conduct standing tribunal-misconduct tribunals Does a lawyer or a law firm deserve to be given a free pass by the lower courts when the lawyer and the law firm make false statements of material fac…
19-410 In Re Richard J. Fields 2019-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-distribution fraud judicial-discretion legal-ethics mental-health probate probate-procedure standing testamentary-capacity will-forgery wills witness-testimony This case relates to a 9 million dollar estate of a 96 year old blind man and his family which had three mental patients. Within one hour Judge Rita M…
19-270 Patricia Rodriguez v. LPP Mortgage Ltd., LP Ninth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-procedure client-advocacy credible-arguments due-process legal-ethics rule-11 sanctions zealous-representation Whether rule 11 sanctions against attorney Patricia Rodriguez and her law firm should be reversed, as it conflicted with her duty to represent her cli…
19-5662 Carter Stephens v. Marcelo Britto Gomez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process henderson-factors judicial-intervention legal-ethics legal-malpractice sanctions standing state-bar state-bar-regulation 1. The plaintiff Carter Stephens was not informed by the State Bar of the abhorrent record of the neglectful attorney he subsequently retained. This a…
19-226 Noel L. Smith v. Diane Smith Carusos Second Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction due-process judicial-procedure legal-ethics procedural-due-process remand remand-order removal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a U.S. District Court have subject-matter jurisdiction to grant a motion that admittedly has never been served? Does a U.S. Court of Appeals hav…
18-1537 Youras Ziankovich v. Colorado Colorado 2019-06-13 Denied Response Waived choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding due-process federal-agency federal-agency-practice federal-preemption free-speech interstate-practice legal-ethics license-suspension preemption professional-conduct professional-misconduct standing state-licensing supremacy-clause Petitioner is a lawyer licensed by the State of New York and duly authorized to practice before the U.S Department of Homeland Security pursuant to th…
18-9587 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-06-07 Denied IFP 5th-amendment administrative-suspension attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial legal-ethics professional-conduct property-rights we-the-people Can license to practice law be suspended only on the basis of remaining silent without considering the merits of alleged violation? Does right to a j…
18A1278 Melinda Maldonado v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2019-06-06 Presumed Complete attorney-grievance disciplinary-proceedings due-process judicial-misconduct legal-ethics professional-reputation Question not identified.
18-9487 Willie Lee Johnson v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation jury-selection legal-ethics oregon-state-bar presumption-of-innocence QUESTION No. 1: Did the Ore. State Bar and the Ore. Supreme Court's Chief Justice's approved adoption of the Bar American Association's Model Rules of…
18-1406 Kristin Roebuck Bethell v. Bryan Stephens, et al. Arizona 2019-05-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-ethics attorney-sanctions civil-rights client-advocacy client-representation conflict-of-laws due-process free-speech judicial-discretion judicial-procedure judicial-sanctions legal-ethics legal-ethics-and-professional-responsibility professional-conduct sanctions standing writ-of-certiorari Whether counsel Roebuck Bethell's Petition for Writ of Certiorari should be granted after she was sanctioned by the Arizona courts for: (1) believing …
18-8859 LaShunda Borden v. Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-perjury criminal-procedure due-process employment-law first-amendment fraud free-speech freedom-of-speech legal-ethics perjury standing Is it Illegal for a company to commit perjury to win a lawsuit? The first Amendment gives everyone the right of freedom of speech does, not that incl…
18-8724 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics motions pleadings procedural-rules right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have any duty to ensure that a defendant's right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—rep…
18-8690 Dagoberto Ontiveros v. Michael Pacheco, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-appeal anders-v-california appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights direct-appeal due-process legal-ethics legal-frivolity right-to-counsel When rejecting a criminal defendant's direct appeal under the provisions of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967…
18-8589 Demetrius S. Rankin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-law court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance legal-ethics legal-standards procedural-review right-to-counsel Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied and ignored the procedural pronouncements made in Anders v. California, 386 US 738(1967)? Wheth…
18-8428 Samuel V. Martinez v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus legal-ethics professional-conduct right-to-counsel standing state-court-review should not the United States District Court of Clorado have granted the Petitiuner counsel after he informed them that he had an ongoing complaint aga…
18-1136 Beverly L. Hennager v. Troutman Sanders LLP Fourth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees charging-liens civil-procedure civil-rights client-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-ethics legal-fees pro-se-representation standing 1. Whether the rules and laws governing how charging liens are imposed and executed in Federal District Courts should be clarified so as to uniformly …
18-829 John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-discipline attorney-removal civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-ethics presumptive-reasonableness seventh-circuit supervisory-power Whether this Court should call for an exercise of this Court's supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit's reasoning in John H. Davis v. Jean…
18-6423 Marlan McRae v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-conflict fiduciary-conflict-of-interest fiduciary-duty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics manifest-necessity sixth-amendment vague-precedent Can the unconscionable and illegal actions of an attorney, in addition to a fiduciary conflict of interest between an attorney and his client, amount …
18-6383 Robert J. Kulick v. Steven Rein Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation attorney-client attorney-client-rights civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process legal-ethics legal-malpractice legal-representation pro-per-status pro-se standing state-bar-bias Why the CA State Bar denied an investigation against Steven Rein, Esq. for his blackmail against me, & :-;why attorneys allowed to be relieved as an a…
18-438 Carllene M. Placide v. Supreme Court of Washington, et al. Washington 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived attorney-client-relationship attorney-disbarment attorney-discipline bar-discipline constitutional-rights due-process due-process,civil-rights,equal-protection,legal-pr equal-protection legal-ethics legal-practice legal-procedure procedural-fairness racial-discrimination Whether an attorney can be deprived of his/her constitutionally protected right to practice law pursuant to an order of disbarment by the Court below …
18-5178 Kimberly Baltimore v. Frank Stephen Buck Alabama 2018-07-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion-reversal-judgm civil-rights conspiracy district-court due-process fraud fraud-allegation judicial-misconduct legal-ethics procedural-irregularity standing unsworn-testimony Whether this court continue to let the appellee, Frank S. Buck hereinafter Buck, (or the defense) continue the "Because I said so" defense even with e…
18-5010 Christine Chang v. Robin Andrews California 2018-06-28 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collusion due-process equal-protection evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct legal-ethics subpoenaed-evidence Does collusion between the superior court judge and lawyer, covering up petitioner's evidence of: (1) subpoenaed surveillance photos and, (2) petition…