| 25-6441 |
Kamlesh Banga v. Lawrence R. Lustig |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
IFP |
article-three judicial-recommendation magistrate-judge objection-standard procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court violates 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Article III when it adopts a magistrate judge's recommendation through complete judicia… |
| 25-94 |
Angela DeBose v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-error district-court judicial-procedure magistrate-judge motion-to-dismiss rule-65 |
Whether the district court properly dismissed and closed the case if the case was filed in the wrong court, rather than transfer it to the correct cou… |
| 24A906 |
Deloris Phillips v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-24 |
Presumed Complete |
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appellate-review final-order interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction magistrate-judge pro-se |
Whether a pro se litigant's appeal of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation can be considered jurisdictionally valid when the underlying orde… |
| 24A733 |
Joshua Gunnar Olson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
court-authority federal-appeals-court jurisdictional-challenge magistrate-judge procedural-forfeiture writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a federal court of appeals improperly determined that a petitioner forfeited his challenge to a magistrate judge's authority by failing to rai… |
| 24-6392 |
Joseph Raymond McCoy v. Angel Gonzales, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
district-court judicial-review legislative-intent magistrate-judge procedural-fairness summary-judgment |
Whether a district court's failure to comply with legislative intent under Title 28 Sections 636(b)(1)(A), 144, and 1291 constitutes grounds for judic… |
| 24-27 |
Next Generation Technology, Inc., et al. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure de-novo-review district-court federal-magistrates-act federal-procedure judicial-review magistrate-judge subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver waiver-of-objections |
Waiver-of-subject-matter-jurisdiction |
| 23-1216 |
Moliere Dimanche, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii article-iii-constitution civil-consent-jurisdiction civil-procedure election-interference federal-magistrate-act federal-magistrates-act judicial-conflict-of-interest magistrate-judge thompson-v-clark void-conviction writ-of-prohibition |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that the Writ of Prohibition was frivolous? |
| 23-912 |
Dora L. Adkins v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process magistrate-judge standing |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit properly affirmed the district court's and magistrate judge's orders |
| 23-887 |
In Re Eugene Misquith |
|
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review magistrate-judge magistrate-review procedural-fairness |
Did the Eleventh Circuit's opinion improperly introduce the Magistrate Judge and deny due process by providing no reasoning? |
| 23-6513 |
Michael Mogan v. Sacks, Ricketts & Case LLP, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
anti-slapp-statute civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure magistrate-judge magistrate-jurisdiction recusal rule-11-sanctions standing |
Did the Ninth Circuit erroneously fail to recognize that 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) precludes the parties from selecting a magistrate judge |
| 23-6140 |
In Re Yi Tai Shao |
|
2023-11-30 |
Pending |
IFP |
28-usc-636 civil-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-conspiracy judicial-disqualification judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge venue-change |
whether-district-court-dismissal-order-must-be-reversed |
| 23-5928 |
Michael David Beiter, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process initial-appearance judicial-procedure legal-representation magistrate-judge right-to-counsel |
Can a magistrate judge force counsel upon a defendant without consent? |
| 23-5633 |
Demetrius Verardi Ramos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure de-novo-review due-process factual-error judicial-procedure magistrate-judge objection-standard report-and-recommendation waiver |
Does the court of appeals' opinion conflict with Raddatz and principles of due-process? |
| 23-5401 |
Rayshawn J. Christmas v. Unknown Wedd, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction judicial-procedure magistrate-judge pro-se pro-se-litigation section-1983 standing |
Why did the court deny Mr. Christmas at least one chance to amend, if it is possible to fix what court thank is wrong with Mr. Christmas's complaint |
| 23-5268 |
Marc Amouri Bakambia v. Paul Schnell, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights de-novo-review district-court due-process judicial-procedure magistrate-judge report-and-recommendation summary-judgment |
Whether the provision of the 28 U.S.C. 636 requires the district court judge to prevent the assigned magistrate judge from issuing a report and recomm… |
| 23-5169 |
Michael Mogan v. Sacks, Ricketts & Case LLP, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure magistrate-judge magistrate-jurisdiction rule-11-sanctions rules-enabling-act statutory-interpretation |
Did the Ninth Circuit erroneously fail to recognize that 28-U.S.C-636(c) precludes the parties from selecting a particular magistrate-judge |
| 22-7375 |
R. J. Kulick v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-authority magistrate-judge pro-per-status procedural-fairness report-and-recommendations standing |
The USDC & USCA-9 denied Kulick's right to Due Process by NOT Addressing Clause '(5) Filing Of Magistrate -Judge's Report And Recommendations Before T… |
| 22-819 |
Franz Wakefield, dba CoolTVNetwork.com v. Blackboard, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard magistrate-judge markman-test patent patent-validity standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Magistrate Judge can invalidate a patent using a preponderance of the evidence standard and failing to follow the Markman test |
| 21-7952 |
Steven P. Grados v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-assignment magistrate-judge procedural-error recusal retaliation third-circuit-court-of-appeals |
Whether a trial judge can assign a non-consent magistrate judge to hear a 2255 motion involving the trial judge's own actions |
| 21-7187 |
Paul E. Jozwiak v. Raytheon Missile Systems, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
alternative-service civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure jurisdictional-authority magistrate-judge service-of-process |
What-methods-for-service-of-process-must-a-court-accept-when-mail-signature-services-and-personal-process-services-were-suspended |
| 21-7164 |
Charles Pyne v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-judge post-conviction-relief subject-matter-jurisdiction unreviewable-determination |
Whether a certificate of appealability should issue |
| 21-635 |
Larry Fields v. Cincinnati, Ohio Police Department, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure magistrate-judge standing trial-fairness |
Whether the magistrate judge intended violation of the federal rules of civil Procedure? |
| 21-562 |
Kenneth A. Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights default-judgment due-process government-authority injunctive-relief magistrate-judge paris-climate-accord standing ultra-vires uncac |
Can Counsel for Respondent U.S. Government defend or assist RUVA for ultra vires acts outside scope of government authority, when RUVA has not filed a… |
| 20-6550 |
Kenneth H. Newkirk v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech magistrate-judge school-discipline standing student-speech |
Whether the U.S. Magistrate Judge violated the petitioner's due process rights by acting like the lawyer for Warden Kiser et al. by responding to the … |
| 20-5749 |
Elijah Hart v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-infirmity fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement law-enforcement-disclosure magistrate-judge magistrate-review warrant warrant-application |
Whether the good-faith exception should apply when law enforcement officers technically disclose a crucial fact that would reveal a warrant's constitu… |
| 20-5746 |
Brandon Thomas Finnesy v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-636 consent-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea judicial-consent magistrate-judge statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(3) authorizes a federal magistrate judge to accept a guilty plea with the parties' consent? |
| 19-1423 |
George Vortman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity |
Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab init… |
| 19-8603 |
Melvin P. White, Jr. v. Internal Revenue Service |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-docket-entry civil-procedure constitutional-challenge district-court-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-review notice-and-certification procedural-standards record-keeping standard-of-review |
Did the U.S. District Court fail to enter a petition for review by the Supreme Court, causing the exclusion of a prior order for money owed in the civ… |
| 19-8031 |
James Allen Gregg v. United States District Court for the District of South Dakota |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure credibility credibility-determination district-court due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review magistrate-judge procedural-fairness witness |
Is a defendant's due process rights adequately protected when a district judge rejects a magistrate judge's proposed findings on credibility when thos… |
| 19-7991 |
Oscar Garcia v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii-judge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-magistrates-act guilty-plea magistrate-judge rule-11 |
Whether a magistrate judge can fully and finally accept a felony guilty plea with the defendant's consent |
| 19-7886 |
Dennis Mahon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-review custodial-interrogation district-court effective-assistance-of-counsel functional-equivalent-of-interrogation judicial-disagreement legal-standard magistrate-judge miranda-v-arizona right-to-silence substantial-showing |
Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find that a defendant made a substantial showing that jurists of reason could disagree on a constitutiona… |
| 19-7521 |
Elisha Paul Harley v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-admission free-speech judicial-discretion law-of-case law-of-the-case legal-review magistrate-judge magistrate-procedure racist-comments review standing |
Whether the magistrate judge erred in admitting evidence of racist comments attributed to the petitioner, in violation of the law of the case doctrine |
| 19-7112 |
Gabriel Galindo-Serrano v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
confession confession-suppression court-of-appeals criminal-procedure delay magistrate-judge motion-to-suppress plain-error standard-of-review waiver |
Whether the standard of review on appeal of an untimely motion to suppress a confession, based upon the failure to bring the defendant before a magist… |
| 19-7053 |
Jason Dean Barnes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-disclosure constitutional-infirmity digital-technologies good-faith-exception law-enforcement magistrate-judge magistrate-review warrant warrant-infirmity |
Whether and in what circumstances the good-faith exception should apply in cases involving emerging digital technologies when law enforcement officers… |
| 19-6890 |
Kevin Lamont Pearson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-court due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure final-revocation-hearing magistrate-judge probable-cause procedural-review revocation-hearing rule-32.1 standing |
Does the plain text of Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure bar a district court from considering an alleged violation at a final revo… |
| 19-6595 |
Raymond Tavelle Holmes v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
cell-phone civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-636 due-process fair-trial florida-statute-934.23 fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel inevitable-discovery magistrate-judge objection procedural-error report-and-recommendation search-and-seizure severance similar-fact-evidence sixth-amendment standing third-party warrantless-search Whether the failure to sever counts deprived the P Whether the warrantless search and seizure of text williams-rule |
Whether the Magistrate Judge failed to file a report and recommendation as required, depriving the Petitioner the opportunity to file a written object… |
| 19-6187 |
Jon Kaiser v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affiant-misconduct affidavit child-pornography civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-review lascivious-exhibition magistrate-judge probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant |
Whether an intentional or reckless omission of purported child pornography images from a search warrant application undermines a finding of probable c… |
| 19-6008 |
David W. Tippens v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-jurisdiction search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity |
Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab init… |
| 19-5748 |
Seth Mitchell v. Macy's, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-motion disability-accommodation due-process employment-discrimination erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment hipaa magistrate-judge motion-to-amend timeliness title-vii |
When, if ever, can a magistrate judge intentionally violate FRCP 15(a)(1)(B) in denying a timely motion to amend a complaint? |
| 19-5357 |
Daniel Eugene Cookson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights exclusionary-rule federal-magistrate federal-magistrates-act federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception magistrate-judge search-warrant territorial-jurisdiction |
When a warrant authorizes a search beyond the issuing judge's territorial jurisdiction, does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply t… |
| 19-5339 |
James Kenneth Ganzer, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
authority exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception magistrate-authority magistrate-judge search-warrant void-ab-initio |
Can the good faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule apply to a search warrant that was void ab initio, and therefore without lega… |
| 18-1547 |
Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-636 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-litigation constitutional-violation federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rights magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-selection magistrate-jurisdiction prison-litigation-reform-act prospective-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in allowing parties to choose their own magistrate judge and in permitting prospective relief in a prisoner case witho… |
| 18-9075 |
Ponce D. Howard v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure conflict conflict-of-evidence declaration-conflict declarations investigation investigation-findings magistrate-judge procedural-review summary-judgment workplace-policy |
Did the Magistrate Judge, District Court, and Eleventh Circuit misapply summary judgment principles by not addressing the conflict between the declara… |
| 18-9023 |
Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-collateral-order-doctrine collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-violations due-process enlargement-of-time federal-relief habeas-corpus magistrate-judge prison-litigation prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner standing |
Whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked when a party is deprived of an opportunity to preserve issues for appellate review |
| 18-8626 |
Aaron Murray v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arrest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process federal-criminal-procedure initial-appearance magistrate-judge plea-bargaining plea-hearing right-to-counsel |
Was Petitioner Aaron Murray Entitled to an initial appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge under Fed. R. Criminal P Rule 5? |
| 18-8174 |
Jack D. Hall v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
brady-violation cheney-v-u.s.district-court due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus magistrate-judge townsend-v-sain writ-of-mandamus written-order |
Should federal habeas corpus rule 8(a) require a written order from a federal district court judge when not appointing a magistrate judge to oversee a… |
| 18-8094 |
Eric Gros v. Jason Kent, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights comity comity-principle due-process exhaustion-of-remedies exhaustion-of-state-remedies fifth-circuit finality habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition judicial-review magistrate-judge report-and-recommendation state-remedies |
Whether the Magistrate Judge for the U.S. Eastern District Court of Louisiana erred when he issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that the p… |
| 18-7791 |
Joyce Ann Smith v. City of Princeton, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-dismissal civil-mediation civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court due-process magistrate-judge mediation procedural-review reconsideration settlement settlement-dispute standing towing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 18-7354 |
Derrick L. Johnson v. Charles Bradley, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process federal-magistrate-act magistrate-judge notice procedural-rules service service-of-process sixth-circuit supervisory-power |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to exercise its supervisory power to establish a rule that precludes a United States District Magist… |
| 18-6875 |
Kendall Thrift v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing false-statements franks-hearing franks-v-maryland magistrate-judge ninth-circuit omissions search-and-seizure substantial-showing warrant-challenge |
Whether the Court should grant certiorari because the Ninth Circuit's decision that defendant Kendall Thrift had not made a substantial preliminary sh… |
| 18-6847 |
Sergio Antonio Haro v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing government-agent-reports impeachment impeachment-of-credibility magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-plea-negotiations plea-negotiations prejudice pro-se pro-se-habeas sixth-amendment |
Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
| 18-6507 |
Alice Brown v. Del Norte County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-discrimination dereliction-of-duty due-process equal-protection fraudulent-concealment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal judicial-disqualification jurisdiction magistrate-judge ninth-circuit |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing the interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction, thereby violat… |
| 18-5771 |
Jim Walter Qualls, Jr. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts felony-case guilty-plea judicial-authority jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judges plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Whether a United States Magistrate Judge has statutory authority to accept a guilty plea in a felony case and adjudge a defendant guilty |
| 18-5134 |
Ronald Raymond Fowlkes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-magistrates-act habeas habeas-corpus magistrate-judge notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-respond plea-bargaining procedural-rules |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to find a violation of the petitioner's due process rights when the district court denied… |