litigation
13 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A766 | Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida | Florida | 2026-01-02 | Application | certiorari extension-of-time litigation petition 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 unique circumsta… | |
| 25A709 | Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Gus Lopez, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-17 | Application | certiorari eleventh-circuit extension litigation petition pro-se | Whether a pro se litigant's delay in filing a petition for certiorari constitutes good cause for an extension of time | |
| 25A710 | Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Gus Lopez, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-17 | Application | certiorari eleventh-circuit extension-of-time litigation petition pro-se | 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 unique circumsta… | |
| 24-1194 | John Doe v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. | Nevada | 2025-05-22 | Denied | Response Waived | anonymous-investigation elected-officials first-amendment litigation public-figure speech-preparatory | Are speech preparatory investigations expressive and subject to First Amendment protection? |
| 24-718 | Blake Andrew Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-01-08 | Denied | Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | federal-court legal-standing litigation parental-representation pro-se statutory-interpretation | Whether children must hire an attorney to pursue their claims in federal court, or whether their parents may instead litigate pro se on their behalf |
| 24A148 | Jane Doe v. East Lyme Board of Education | Second Circuit | 2024-08-08 | Presumed Complete | appellate-procedure certiorari litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension | Whether a pro se litigant's personal and professional circumstances constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary extension of time to file a pet… | |
| 23-6675 | Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo v. Timothy Ryan, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. | Arizona | 2024-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure contract-law discretion equity-principles judicial-discretion litigation public-policy rescission settlement-agreement settlement-agreements | Does public policy strongly favor settlement of disputes without litigation or do courts have discretion to not enforce settlement agreements? |
| 21-6571 | Ruben Orlando Benitez v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2021-12-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | case-review collateral-relief court-manipulation judicial-review legal-procedure litigation litigation-hindrance mississippi-court-of-appeals mississippi-court-of-supreme record-of-facts rehearing | Question not identified. |
| 21-5355 | Jung Won Yun v. Chung Cha Kim, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-12 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights covid-19 due-process fee-waiver language-barriers legal-documents litigation pro-se standing supreme-court translation | Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and economic conditions justify an exception to the normal rules for filing a petition for writ of certiorari |
| 21-5191 | Tammy H. Hepburn v. Teleperformance | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-23 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights-act discovery employment-discrimination evidence failure-to-preserve-evidence hostile-work-environment litigation racial-discrimination spoliation-of-evidence title-vii workplace-retaliation | Whether spoliation of evidence or failure to preserve evidence is relevant to a case when the case has been deemed for litigation |
| 19-1188 | Samaca, LLC v. Cellairis Franchise, Inc., et al. | Georgia | 2020-03-30 | Denied | Response Waived | arbitrability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-arbitration-act georgia litigation preemption sanctions standing state-law | Is Georgia's remedy for abusive litigation under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act? |
| 19-565 | Antonio Passaro, Jr. v. Virginia, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2019-10-30 | Denied | civil-procedure federal-court federal-jurisdiction lapides-v-board-of-regents litigation removal sovereign-immunity state-court waiver | Whether, in the context of a federal claim brought in state court where the state would enjoy sovereign immunity, a state's voluntary removal to feder… | |
| 18A1341 | Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Presumed Complete | certiorari litigation petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension | Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a pro se petition for writ of certiorari given multiple concurrent legal proceedings |