| 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 |
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| 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
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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 |
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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… |