| 25-803 |
In Re Andy Desty |
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2026-01-07 |
Pending |
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constitutional-rights corporate-disclosure due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-power mandamus-petition |
1. Has the authority or ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Waters, 294 U.S. 405 (1935), been … |
| 25-6446 |
David Allen Benson v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al. |
California |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance mandamus-petition sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
1. Was Petitioner denied his right to speedy trial, even his criminal Trial has been delayed for six years without his consent?
2. Did Petitioner suf… |
| 25-5364 |
David R. Kauffman v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violations federal-procedure judicial-misconduct mandamus-petition rule-16 |
On October 3,2023, Petitioner David Ryan Kauffman ("Mr. Kauffman ") filed
a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court f… |
| 25A176 |
James Dondero, et al. v. Stacey G. Jernigan, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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abuse-of-discretion de-novo-review judicial-bias judicial-recusal mandamus-petition standard-of-review |
Whether a judge's recusal decision should be reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard or de novo review when reviewing potential judicial bias |
| 24-7463 |
Mark Christian Wroblewski v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2025-06-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure executive-discretion mandamus-petition prosecutorial-discretion rule-48-dismissal standing-doctrine |
Whether a district judge has authority to deny a government motion to dismiss with prejudice and whether a criminal defendant has standing to challeng… |
| 24-6492 |
Rufus Young v. Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
de-novo-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mandamus-petition probable-cause |
Does a district court abuse its discretion when it denies a habeas petitioner an evidentiary hearing where the state record remains undeveloped, where… |
| 24A562 |
Ikechukwu Okorie v. University Mall, LLC |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-09 |
Presumed Complete |
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conflict-of-interest judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality mandamus-petition procedural-irregularity writ-of-possession |
Whether a federal district court judge's potential conflict of interest, arising from being a named defendant in a related lawsuit, requires mandatory… |
| 23-680 |
In Re Frander Salguero |
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2023-12-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
brady-rule brady-violation constitutional-duty due-process false-evidence judicial-power mandamus mandamus-petition napue-rule prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether mandamus should compel the prosecutor to fulfill his constitutional duty and correct the known false record |
| 23-5774 |
Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-policy civil-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-ethics judicial-recusal mandamus-petition public-confidence standing |
Is the Eleventh Circuit's policy of refusing review of facially valid mandamus petitions for recusal causing irreparable harm to the public's percepti… |
| 22-1046 |
Thomas J. Kelly v. University of Florida Board of Trustees, et al. |
Florida |
2023-04-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus-petition presumption-of-innocence public-records separation-of-powers |
Whether a state civil trial court judge can adjudicate criminal guilt without notice, hearing, or charges against the petitioner |
| 22-7176 |
In Re Thomas J. M. Goodin |
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2023-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus mandamus-petition pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether granting of this writ will conform to the Court's appellate jurisdiction that only exceptional circumstances warrant the exercise of the Court… |
| 22-5706 |
Lynn Z. Smith v. Andrea Dobin, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-court-corruption civil-rights constitutional-rights docket-fraud due-process federal-judiciary judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-petition standing supreme-court |
Should SCOTUS handle corruption-in-circuits cases separately? |
| 21-7820 |
Darron Thomas v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal mandamus-petition probable-cause standing |
Whether the lower courts erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of mandamus to recuse a judge who engaged in wrongful, excessive, inappr… |
| 21-7175 |
Keith Smeaton v. United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus international-human-rights judicial-discretion mandamus-petition obstruction-of-justice |
Question not identified |
| 21-6910 |
Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano v. W. Stephen Muldrow |
First Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion attorney-for-government attorney-for-the-government criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure grand-jury grand-jury-procedure indictment indictment-validity judicial-discretion mandamus mandamus-petition |
Questions Presented for Court Review |
| 21-5895 |
In Re David Angel Sifuentes |
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2021-10-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure banister-v-davis case-precedent constitutional-provisions judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition rule-21 rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion sixth-circuit-jurisdiction |
Is the Sixth Circuit required to docket Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus and apply Banister v. Davis to Petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion? |
| 21-5343 |
Jimmie Washington, aka Jim Washington v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure cheney-standard cheney-test civil-procedure immediate-relief injunction injunctive-relief judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition stay writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a court of appeals failure to grant a first and second amended petition for writ of mandamus conflicts with this court and other court of appe… |
| 21-5300 |
In Re Richard Charles Lussy |
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2021-08-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure due-process estate-litigation extrinsic-fraud fraud mandamus mandamus-petition ministerial-duty oath-of-office probate-dispute vexatious-litigant |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to a writ of mandamus to compel the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to ministerially order the setting aside of … |
| 21-118 |
Apple Inc. v. Optis Cellular Technology, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-rulemaking federal-circuit inter-partes-review judicial-review leahy-smith-america-invents-act mandamus-petition patent patent-review uspto |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may review, by appeal or mandamus, a decision of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office denying … |
| 20-1770 |
Xiu Jian Sun v. Northwell Health, et al. |
New York |
2021-06-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-relief legal-procedure mandamus-petition religious-doctrine religious-freedom separation-of-church-and-state standing |
Whether the plaintiff's claims regarding divine revelation and instructions from God are cognizable under the U.S. Constitution and federal law |
| 20-6194 |
Brian E. Vodicka v. Michael B. Tobolowsky, Executor of the Estate of Ira E. Tobolowsky, et al. |
Texas |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-data civil-rights digital-privacy due-process fourth-amendment mandamus-petition riley-v-california search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent warrantless-search |
Whether the warrantless search and seizure of a cell phone's digital contents and location information by a private citizen debt collector violates th… |
| 20-583 |
Mitzi Elaine Dailey v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland |
Maryland |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-disciplinary-proceedings attorney-discipline confidentiality confidentiality-breach due-process equal-protection judicial-bias mandamus-petition pro-bono |
Should the Maryland Court of Appeals have granted Petitioner's request for a hearing on her Petition for Writ of Mandamus |
| 20-5659 |
Gabriel M. Robles v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication extraordinary-writ mandamus-petition standing veterans-benefits |
Question not identified |
| 20-5406 |
In Re Abdul Mohammed |
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2020-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights discrimination due-process executive-committee federal-judges judicial-harassment judicial-misconduct judicial-order mandamus-petition race religion retaliation |
Whether the Executive Committee's Order entered against the Petitioner is legal |
| 20-5367 |
In Re Abdul Mohammed |
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2020-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure district-court district-court-judgment frivolous-appeal good-faith good-faith-complaint judicial-immunity mandamus-petition subject-matter-jurisdiction |
whether-judges-have-immunity-for-lack-of-subject-matter-jurisdiction |
| 20-5136 |
In Re Abdul Mohammed |
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2020-07-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court due-process executive-committee executive-power federal-courts judicial-procedure legal-order mandamus mandamus-petition standing |
whether the Executive Committee's Order entered against the Petitioner on June 17, 2020 is legal |
| 19-8684 |
Brian David Hill v. United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process fraud-allegations fraud-on-the-court judicial-inaction jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge mandamus mandamus-petition pending-motions |
Where the U.S. Court of Appeals didn't think that the Petition for Writ of Mandamus should apply to the case of multiple pending motions not being act… |
| 19-5707 |
Sidney Jack Narciso v. Sandra V. Narciso |
Alabama |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-conflict judicial-review legal-services legal-services-act mandamus-petition parental-rights standing |
How the Unified Judicial System including the Judicial Inquiry Commission can deny a citizen any and ALL review, appeal, and Extraordinary Petitions f… |
| 18-9421 |
In Re Ronald D. Veteto |
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2019-05-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts administrative-penalty civil-procedure civil-rights clerk-misconduct due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandamus-petition notice-pleading prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights sanctions |
Whether the district court and Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Veteto's civil rights claims and petitions for mandamus relief |
| 18-8805 |
In Re Andre Rene Scott |
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2019-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus mandamus-petition procedural-rules standing void-judgment |
Whether the ruling in Marbury v. Madison still stands |
| 18-1263 |
Jason Brian Braun v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure-error civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-petition standing status-conference transfer venue venue-transfer |
Whether district court erred in dismissing claims and transferring venue in violation of rules and procedures |
| 18-8622 |
In Re Mark Garrett |
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2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-remedy mandamus-petition opinions-below patent reason-for-granting-the-petition rules-involved standing takings writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant legal principles |
| 18-8208 |
In Re Donivan Diaz |
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2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fair-notice fourteenth-amendment mandamus mandamus-petition professional-conduct state-bar-act |
Whether the California Supreme Court abused its discretion and/or committed plain error by failing to follow the State Bar Act, Rule 3-700(a) and depr… |