liberal-construction
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5700 | Patricia Ann Jackson v. John Xiao-Jian Qian, et al. | California | 2025-09-22 | Denied | IFP | affidavit default-judgment judicial-error liberal-construction pro-se truth-in-commerce | Is truth expressed in the form of an affidavit? Is an unrebutted Affidavit fact? Is truth sovereign in commerce? Are pro se filings to be liberally… |
| 24-6481 | Frederick Stampone v. Michigan Supreme Court, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2025-02-05 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights judicial-review legal-standard liberal-construction pro-se-pleadings procedural-interpretation | OV£R 71 YEA&5 OLD WITH NO CRIMINALJr Petitioner stampone is NI STORY, WAS ARRESTED IN THE SAME COUNTS WARRENT WAS ISSUED ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES OF KID… |
| 23-7378 | Frederick Herrod v. Members of the 79th Congress | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adjudication appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus liberal-construction motion necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se pro-se-litigant speech-and-debate-clause | 1) If the Congressional command of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 24(a)(5) requires that certain submissions MUST BE INCLUDED with a motion, is a… |
| 22-647 | Ross Anthony Scott v. Texas | Texas | 2023-01-11 | Denied | circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure defendant-rights defendant-silence fifth-amendment liberal-construction prosecutor-comment prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination | In considering whether a prosecutor's comment on a criminal defendant's failure to testify infringes on the defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege agai… | |
| 21-7001 | Adam J. Tenser v. Beth Silverman, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attorney-representation civil-rights due-process fairness judicial-interpretation legal-solicitude liberal-construction pro-se self-representation slander standing | Whether this Court's articulation of the pro se liberal construction rule in Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 529 (1972) implies a general withdrawal of the… |
| 18-7441 | James L. Wheeler v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-01-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process haines-standard haines-v-kerner judicial-review liberal-construction pro-se pro-se-pleading procedural-fairness standing | Was the lower Court's Action in failing to allow Liberal Construction of Petitioner's claims in conflict with this Court's holding in Haines v. Kerner… |
| 18-6504 | James D. Russian v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-defendant criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus haines-v-kerner liberal-construction liberal-construction-rule pro-se pro-se-filings pro-se-pleadings right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitution-of-counsel | When a criminal defendant's pro se filings can be stated as a valid basis for substitution of counsel, must a federal court read those filings in such… |
| 18-5488 | Eddie Allen Jackson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-08-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2255-motion due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legal-construction liberal-construction lower-court motion plea-bargaining prejudice pro-se pro-se-pleadings section-2255 standard-of-review | Does the lower court violate this Court's directive to liberally construe documents filed pro se when they construe assertion in a §2255 Motion as mer… |