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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A665 Unified Life Insurance Company v. United States Fire Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2025-12-08 Application certiorari legal-filing petition procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari beyond the standard deadline
25A501 Nicholas Hansen v. Mark Miller, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2025-11-03 Application legal-filing prison-resources pro-se statute-of-limitations time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari should be granted due to limited access to legal resources
25A251 Erika Mabes, Individually and on Behalf of L. M., J. R. M., and J. A. M., Minor Children, et al. v. Shannon Thompson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-09-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure legal-filing summary-judgment supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a summary judgment record exceeding 3,800 pages warrants an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
24A169 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, et al. California 2024-08-12 Presumed Complete civil-procedure court-access judicial-restriction legal-filing pro-se vexatious-litigant Whether a state court can designate a pro se litigant as a vexatious litigant and restrict their ability to file future legal actions
23A1126 Sir Mario Owens v. Colorado Colorado 2024-06-20 Presumed Complete counsel-obligations legal-filing petition-for-certiorari professional-responsibilities supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari due to counsel's professional and personal responsibilit…
23-7337 In Re Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr. 2024-04-29 Dismissed IFP case-number civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-filing patent petition standing takings transfer Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
23A834 Raymond Pierson v. Northern California Collection Service, Inc. California 2024-03-11 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari legal-filing pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's competing legal demands and resource constraints constitute good cause for an extension of time to file a petition for cer…
23A717 Call-A-Head Portable Toilets, Inc., et al. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al. New York 2024-02-02 Presumed Complete counsel-delay covid-extension legal-filing procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether COVID-related disruptions constitute good cause for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari
23A708 Brad Johnson v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC North Carolina 2024-02-01 Presumed Complete academic-duties extension-of-time legal-filing petition-for-certiorari professional-obligations supreme-court Whether a tenured university professor may be granted an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari due to professional academic re…
23-6273 Eugene Lucas v. J. N. Ottinger, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-15 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure diligence due-process judicial-discretion legal-filing mailbox-rule prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing prisoner-rights procedural-diligence Can a district Court negate the Prison mailbox rule by finding A prisoner did not show diligence
23A400 Taquarius Kaream Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-03 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-filing prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-rule time-extension Whether a pro se prisoner's transportation between correctional facilities and resulting delay in accessing legal materials constitutes good cause for…
23-5136 Chastity Quintana v. Rodney Wirthlin, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-counsel judicial-review legal-filing legal-standard procedural-error standing Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by having an unqualified or ineffective court-appointed counsel represent them in a…
22-6050 Jane Doe v. City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process federal-procedure judicial-misconduct legal-filing procedural-due-process statutory-law supreme-court-precedents Whether the federal court of appeals should be allowed to criminally dismiss the strikingly meritorious appeal
22-5659 Donovan Moenell Williams v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-process case-jurisdiction civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-filing scotus-petition standing statutory-interpretation Whether the court's interpretation of the statutory provision is correct
22-41 Xiu Jian Sun v. Michael P. Kelly, et al. New York 2022-07-14 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech judicial-review legal-filing mandamus-request religious-petition standing Whether the civil magistrate has the authority to restrain crime but not control conscience, and whether punishing guilt but not suppressing the freed…
21-8252 Isaac Jude Rodriguez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect jurisdiction jurisdictional-time-limit legal-filing procedural-rules state-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the court of appeals correctly concluded that petitioner's motion for certificate of appealability was filed untimely
19-8462 Juan F. Perez v. Julie L. Jones, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-review legal-expertise legal-filing procedural-error standing Can the fact that the defendants' actions resulted in a deprivation of federal constitutional guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment be consi…
19-7279 Charlotte Oliphant-Johns v. Good Deal Remodeling Pennsylvania 2020-01-17 Denied IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights court-records court-system due-process jurisdiction legal-filing municipal-court procedural-error record-keeping standing What laws of Gwil Court jurisdiction were applied in this Municipal Court; why were the defendants barely questioned concerning my complaint; why did …
19-7162 Carlos Juan Negron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process filing habeas-corpus houston-v-lack judicial-procedure legal-filing prison prison-filing prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether a document when placed in the hands of prison officials hands for mailing pursuant to Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.…
19-803 Xiu Jian Sun v. Michael P. Kelly, et al. New York 2019-12-23 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech freedom-of-conscience freedom-of-speech judicial-review legal-filing mandamus religious-freedom religious-petition separation-of-church-and-state standing state-court takings Petition for writ of certiorari
18-7328 Anthony Sheely, et ux. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure compensation costs court-access declaration due-process fifth-amendment financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure legal-filing poverty poverty-exemption private-property regulatory-burden takings Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires compensation when the government imposes a regulatory burden on private property that does …
18-6596 Matthew James Dury v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause district-court-jurisdiction document-processing due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction legal-filing procedural-due-process standing Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction under Article III, Section 8, Clause 3 to deny petitioner's challenge to the Interstate Commerce Act, r…