| 25-6358 |
Larry E. Webster, Jr. v. Bala Davuluri |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-15 |
Pending |
IFP |
false-claims-act first-amendment hipaa-rights intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress medicaid-jurisdiction medical-malpractice |
Under Article III of the Constitution, Federal courts can hear 'all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, [and] the laws of the U… |
| 25-6012 |
Julia Dixon v. Medhost Dispatcher, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2025-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection indigent-plaintiff medical-malpractice |
1. Whether requiring an indigent, self-represented plaintiff to post a mandatory medical tribunal bond as a condition for access to a malpractice tria… |
| 25A416 |
Kyle John Roberts v. Regions Hospital |
Minnesota |
2025-10-10 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-rights judicial-review medical-malpractice standards-of-care state-court statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state court's interpretation of medical malpractice statutes and standards of care violates a plaintiff's constitutional right to judicial r… |
| 25-5687 |
Curtis Gorham v. Michael Alan Jenkins, et al. |
Florida |
2025-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights healthcare-liability judicial-procedure medical-malpractice mental-illness pro-se-litigation |
I became "mentally ill" in 2007 according to Social Security Disability. (See, Exhibits J & K). Apparently I'm entitled to "civil private counsel " I … |
| 25A310 |
Ryan Thomas Thornton v. Ascension All Saints Hospital, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2025-09-17 |
Presumed Complete |
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hospital-negligence informed-consent medical-malpractice patient-rights sepsis standard-of-care |
Whether a hospital's alleged failure to timely diagnose and treat a patient's sepsis constitutes medical malpractice under state law and violates the … |
| 25-5430 |
Ravon Lovowe Ramsey v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony jury-trial medical-malpractice |
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| 25-22 |
Ricky Koel v. Citizens Medical Center, Inc., et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
circuit-split emergency-treatment emtala hospital-liability medical-malpractice patient-rights |
1. Whether the emergency imperative of EMTALA displaces a State Law medical malpractice exception just as the EMTALA emergency imperative displaced a … |
| 24-6906 |
Reginald Mack v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion expert-witness jury-intelligence medical-malpractice spoliation summary-judgment |
Was the layman's intelligence gravely discounted in this medical malpractice case without determining the base of that common knowledge of a Virginia … |
| 24-6665 |
Craig LaFayette Stingley v. John Laczkowski, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2025-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment due-process equal-protection medical-malpractice non-economic-damages state-action |
Does Wisconsin's Medical Malpractice Non-Economic Damages CAP Law violate the 14th Amendment's State Action Clause by arbitrarily abridging the consti… |
| 24A765 |
Kevin Razzoli v. Richmond University Medical Center, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Presumed Complete |
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daubert-hearing due-process expert-testimony judicial-procedure medical-malpractice pro-se |
Whether the district and appellate courts violated a pro se plaintiff's due process rights by failing to conduct a Daubert hearing in a medical malpra… |
| 24-5564 |
Marlene Fearing v. University of Minnesota Medical Center, aka M Health Fairview Clinics, et al. |
Minnesota |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process medical-malpractice obstruction-of-justice res-ipsa-loquitur subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the state court lose subject matter jurisdiction by violating state and federal laws and committing obstruction of justice? |
| 24-5423 |
Cessaly Denise Hutchinson v. State Bar of California |
California |
2024-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights corporate-liability legal-ethics medical-malpractice racial-discrimination settlement-dispute |
Whether a mesothelioma plaintiff alleges corporate misconduct and legal malpractice involving racial targeting and settlement manipulation |
| 24-5262 |
Stephen Tripodi v. David Fero, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discrimination due-process expert-witness medical-malpractice pro-se-litigant veterans-affairs |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's affirmation of summary judgment against a pro se litigant for failing to produce expert witnesses, when such witnesses are… |
| 23-1281 |
Ryan G. Carter, et al. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine judicial-precedent medical-malpractice military-medical-malpractice military-service-members service-member-rights sovereign-immunity tort-claims |
Should the Feres doctrine be limited and not bar tort claims brought by service members alleging medical malpractice where the service member was unde… |
| 23-1251 |
Paula Bourne, et vir v. Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, LLC |
Arizona |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias medical-malpractice standing vexatious-litigant |
Did the Arizona Court of Appeals errantly affirm and allow Arizona Superior Court to designate Bourne's vexatious litigants and dismiss their case? |
| 23-7538 |
Jose Luis Garcia v. Kyeong Park |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-discretion medical-care medical-malpractice qualified-immunity standard-of-care summary-judgment |
Did the Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming Summary Judgment When There Is Evidence of Deliberate Indifference of Dr. Park? |
| 23A948 |
Christine M. Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
employment-scope liability-standard medical-malpractice medical-staff public-university state-tort-law |
Whether a public university's medical staff can be held liable for alleged medical malpractice under state tort law when acting within the scope of th… |
| 23-1147 |
Jahmir Christopher Frank v. Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure equitable-powers federal-civil-rule-60(b)(6) medical-malpractice medical-records public-interest rule-60 sixth-circuit tort |
Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for f… |
| 23-7258 |
T. C., Minor Child, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Theodore Cabaniss v. Pfizer, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emergency-declaration federal-government federal-immunity fifth-amendment medical-malpractice |
Does the due process clause permit federal government to immunize medical providers from malpractice suits when there is no actual emergency? |
| 23-1133 |
Rick Sasso, dba Indiana Spine Group v. Marc Harding, dba Harding Law Firm |
Iowa |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure conflict-of-laws due-process interstate-commerce interstate-litigation jurisdiction-analysis legal-consultation medical-malpractice personal-jurisdiction |
Whether Iowa courts have specific personal jurisdiction over an Indiana doctor |
| 23A844 |
David W. Murphy, Individually, and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Kathleen J. Murphy, et al. v. Medical Oncology Associates, P.S., et al. |
Washington |
2024-03-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
due-process estate-claim medical-malpractice ninth-circuit personal-representative statute-of-limitations |
Whether a state court's application of a statute of limitations can violate a plaintiff's due process rights in a medical malpractice case |
| 23-6923 |
Curtis Gorham v. Gary H. Lavine, et al. |
Florida |
2024-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure discovery due-process expert-witness medical-malpractice standing |
Can a medical expert not review matters? |
| 23-637 |
Jingjing Zheng, et vir v. Shady Grove Fertility |
Maryland |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights consumer-protection court-deception due-process fertility-fraud fertility-treatments intentional-misrepresentation maryland-law medical-fraud medical-malpractice pro-se-litigation standing |
Will granting this petition decrease a large amount of loss in IVF treatments in the United States each year to safeguard the significant interests of… |
| 23-5771 |
Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Ken Maynard, III, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process failure-to-state-claim frivolous-claims judicial-procedure medical-error medical-malpractice procedural-due-process standing |
Did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas err in dismissing Plaintiff's Civil Rights violation complaint? |
| 23-5727 |
Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. Kory Knapke |
California |
2023-10-06 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-constitution judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice statute-of-limitations |
Can the lower courts ignore federal civil rights claims and allow a medical rapist to escape liability? |
| 23-5520 |
Tamara Sue Harbec v. North Country Hospital and Health Practices, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process expert-testimony interpreter-access medical-care medical-malpractice medical-rights patient-care |
Was it constitutional to deny the right of an interpreter because of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss? |
| 22-7366 |
Donald Joshua Smith v. Omoniyi Akintola |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process inadequate-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence toxic-exposure |
Why was Akintola not held medically responsible for examining, diagnosing, and treating plaintiff's medical conditions? |
| 22-7250 |
Willie T. Washington v. University of Texas Medical Branch, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
causation exhaustion informed-consent medical-malpractice relief-claim statute-of-limitations surgical-procedure unnecessary-surgery |
Question not identified |
| 22-7028 |
John L. Dickerson, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Betty Jane Matlock, Deceased v. Emmanuel Noel Cruz Tancinco, et al. |
Arkansas |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-administration judicial-procedure medical-malpractice procedural-rights standing substantive-rights wrongful-death |
Whether the petitioner's substantive and procedural due process rights were violated when the Circuit Court and Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed th… |
| 22-6595 |
Solita Harrington v. MedStar Washington Hospital Center, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance medical-malpractice ninth-circuit standing state-court |
Whether the respondents' actions violated the petitioner's constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 22-6131 |
Andrew Guy Moret v. Poornima Ranganathan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights due-process government-standard legal-procedure malpractice-standard medical-malpractice medical-professionals mental-health professional-liability qualified-immunity state-standards |
Whether the standard for mental-health professionals to receive qualified immunity is higher, lower, or the same as other medical professionals? |
| 22-5933 |
Gennett M. Holmes-Smith v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights damages due-process federal-jurisdiction medical-malpractice standing |
Whether the federal court had jurisdiction to hear the case against the hospital and Department of Labor |
| 22-5266 |
Elizabeth Downing, as Administrator of the Estate of Linda Berry v. Paul Grossman, et al. |
Iowa |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process fraudulent-concealment informed-consent kidney-tumor medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-rights statute-of-limitations statute-of-repose |
Whether the care received by the plaintiff constitutes fraudulent concealment |
| 21-8006 |
Charles A. Inko-Tariah v. Federal Medical Center Butner, NC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment medical-malpractice unreasonable-search-and-seizure |
Was the U.S Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit correct in affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit against Federal Medical Center, Butner, North Caro… |
| 21-1257 |
Brian K. Evans, as Administrator of the Estate of Helen Marie Bousquet v. Ronald A. Marvin, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
|
appearance-of-impropriety conflict-of-interest due-process interests-of-justice judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice recusal |
Was the judge's failure to disclose his wife's connection to the hospital appropriate? |
| 21-7179 |
Precious Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process eisenhower-army-medical-center federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice medical-negligence pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing wrongful-death |
Why did the district court dismiss the appellant's Federal Tort Claims Act complaint alleging wrongful death due to medical negligence? |
| 21-7111 |
David Roy Worthy v. Corizon Medical Group, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights delayed-diagnosis due-process government-liability informed-consent medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-harm patient-rights professional-liability standard-of-care |
Whether a delayed diagnosis of a medical problem that results in a patient's health condition worsening constitutes a cognizable injury under the Four… |
| 21-6792 |
Pauline Leslie v. Alexander Bodkin, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hipaa independent-medical-examiner medical-malpractice |
Whether the State of Massachusetts has authority to abrogate a citizen's Constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment Due Process |
| 21-6617 |
Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
american-heart-association civil-rights civil-rights-violation drug-eluted-stents due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice procedural-error res-ipsa-loquitur |
Reverse and settle personal injury |
| 21-806 |
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, et al. v. Ivanka Talevski, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gorgi Talevski, Deceased |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (32)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction medicaid medical-malpractice nursing-home-amendments nursing-homes private-rights section-1983 spending-clause statutory-interpretation third-party-beneficiaries |
Whether Spending Clause statutes give rise to privately enforceable rights under Section 1983 |
| 21-362 |
Reuel Jacques Abale Gnalega v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights discovery due-process federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment va-hospital veterans-affairs |
Whether Appellate review of a grant of summary judgment was de novo |
| 21-163 |
George Cantu v. Providence Hospital, et al. |
Washington |
2021-08-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights discovery-rule due-process equal-protection healthcare-providers medical-malpractice right-to-jury-trial special-privileges-and-immunities statute-of-limitations |
Does Washington State's medical malpractice statute of limitations violate constitutional rights? |
| 21-5208 |
Samuel W. Wani v. George Fox University, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion causation discovery discovery-violation expert-testimony fair-trial insurance-policy medical-malpractice medical-records standard-of-care |
Wani's failure to provide expert testimony regarding the standard of care and causation |
| 21-5086 |
Frank Craig Purpera, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-intent criminal-law good-faith jury-instructions lawful-practice medical-malpractice medical-practice professional-ethics professional-standard subjective-intent subjective-standard |
Whether a physician alleged to have acted outside the 'lawful course of professional practice' is entitled to a good faith instruction defining good f… |
| 20-8410 |
Brenda Ford White v. Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital, et al. |
Michigan |
2021-06-23 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion medical-malpractice race-discrimination rico rico-claim standing |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend herself against attempted murder by doctors, … |
| 20-8409 |
Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. |
Michigan |
2021-06-23 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process fraud judicial-interpretation medical-malpractice racial-bias rico rico-violations standing vulnerable-citizens |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case aga… |
| 20-8382 |
Joseph Essilfie v. Jordan Keating, et al. |
Washington |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process government-corruption medical-malpractice standing toxic-exposure |
Where the Supreme Court of Washington State dismissed my case on petition for review over the decision of the Washington Court of Appeals, which affir… |
| 20-8162 |
Bralen Lamar Jordan v. C. Rivers, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
admissibility circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-malpractice medical-records pharmacy-records procedural-challenge |
What is the legal issue being raised? |
| 20-8050 |
Jennifer Van Bergen, aka Gwendolyn Stone v. Scott Koppel |
Florida |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection indigent medical-malpractice pro-se pro-se-litigant separation-of-powers |
Does the Florida Medical Malpractice Act's presuit medical expert affidavit requirement violate the 14th Amendment equal protection clause and the 5th… |
| 20-1403 |
Benny Hernandez v. Excel Contractors, Inc. |
Louisiana |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
|
bone-growth-stimulator closed-records federal-court-procedure medical-malpractice spinal-cord-injury workers-compensation |
Whether the Soeket M50-2018 Spinal Cord Injury Bone Growth Stimulator is Compensable under Workers' Compensation |
| 20-7654 |
Alan Douglas v. State Bar of California |
California |
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice res-ipsa-loquitur standing |
Reverse and settle personal injury |
| 20-7424 |
Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-error due-process judicial-bias medical-malpractice personal-injury res-ipsa-loquitur standing writ-of-certiorari |
Reverse and settle personal injury judgment |
| 20-7321 |
Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights court-judgment due-process judicial-bias legal-procedure medical-malpractice personal-injury res-ipsa-loquitur standing |
Whether the appellant's U.S. constitutional and civil rights were violated |
| 20-6881 |
Alan Douglas v. Nancy Zimmerman, et al. |
California |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation court-procedure due-process judicial-bias medical-malpractice res-ipsa-loquitur standing writ-of-certiorari |
Reverse and settle personal injury |
| 20-834 |
James A. Widtfeldt v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
biological-weapons civil-rights constitutional-rights lyme-disease medical-care medical-malpractice pre-trial-testing stevia |
Question not identified |
| 20-6672 |
Adam L. Coleman v. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center |
Kentucky |
2020-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-of-majority civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause estate-administration legal-representation medical-malpractice wrongful-death |
Can a state pass legislation that jeopardizes legal representation of a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice asserted claim that would otherwise be g… |
| 20-798 |
In Re Leonard Patti |
|
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
affidavit-of-merit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process informed-consent judicial-review medical-malpractice medical-procedure standing statute-of-limitations |
Why was I denied my right to a trial by jury, or even a hearing on the case? |
| 20-797 |
Leonard Patti v. George C. Peck, Jr. |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 7th-amendment affidavit-of-merit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process informed-consent jury-trial medical-malpractice standing |
Why was I denied my right to a trial by jury, or even a hearing on the case? |
| 20-6534 |
Deverick Scott v. Rory Griffin, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment grievances inmate-rights medical-malpractice medical-treatment policy |
Is A.D.C.'s Correct Care Solutions Medical policy unconstitutional when it denies Scott's tooth restoration? |
| 20-6378 |
Brenda L. White v. Wishard Hospital |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
breach-of-trust equipment-failure medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-rights patient-safety physical-therapy standard-of-care |
Whether a medical professional can be held liable for injuring a patient and abandoning them |
| 20-6223 |
Brenda L. White v. Tavel |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
duty-of-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence patient-rights professional-accountability professional-liability remedial-damages standard-of-care |
Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away? |
| 20-6222 |
Brenda L. White v. Yang Acupuncture, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
damages medical-ethics medical-malpractice patient-consent patient-safety patient-trust professional-accountability professional-negligence standard-of-care unauthorized-treatment |
Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away? |
| 20-5682 |
Simon F. Ranteesi v. Eric Arnold, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony fair-trial ineffective-counsel jury-instructions medical-malpractice mental-state prosecutorial-misconduct |
Question not identified |
| 20-217 |
Richard Balter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-25 |
Denied |
|
expert-witness federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice proximate-cause standard-of-care virginia-medical-malpractice-act |
Does the Virginia Medical Malpractice Act's requirement apply to a medical malpractice claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act? |
| 20-5068 |
Li Qin v. Barbara Kong-Brown, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment ada-protection arbitration arbitration-fraud civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-jurisdiction due-process fraud medical-malpractice rooker-feldman-doctrine |
Where is the jurisdiction in U.S.A. over a corruptive arbitration? |
| 19-8805 |
Shane Bruce v. Great Britain, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights class-action constitutional-animus district-conspiracy due-process equal-protection foreign-litigation industrial-poisoning medical-malpractice pro-per-amendment standing toxic-torts |
Are victims of industrial poisoning persecuted as a group with grounds for claims a subclass facing Unconstitutional animus? |
| 19-8766 |
In Re Linda Ann Wright |
|
2020-06-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment carotid-artery civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment medical-malpractice obstruction-of-justice |
Was there a concerted effort to deny petitioner her Due Process, under the 5th and 14th Amendments? |
| 19-1313 |
Donovan Dave Dixon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-liability drug-trafficking gonzalez-v-oregon medical-malpractice medical-practice mens-rea standard-of-care |
Whether juries must be instructed that the government must prove that a physician acted with the mens rea of intent as to issuing a prescription outsi… |
| 19-8114 |
Brenda White v. Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital, et al. |
Michigan |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit-of-merit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion medical-malpractice race race-discrimination rico rico-claim standing |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend herself against attempted murder by doctors, … |
| 19-8116 |
Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. |
Michigan |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-interpretation medical-malpractice race racial-discrimination rico rico-claims standing vulnerable-citizens |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case aga… |
| 19-8115 |
Brenda R. White v. EDS Care Management, LLC, et al. |
Michigan |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-capacity medical-malpractice race-discrimination rico rico-claims standing |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend herself against attempted murder by doctors, … |
| 19-7143 |
In Re Steven Darby McDonald |
|
2020-01-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-deaths inmate-rights judicial-misconduct medical-care medical-malpractice ninth-circuit-court prison-conditions pro-se-brief standing |
Why is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Washington allowed to act as the right arm of the DOC? |
| 19-740 |
Kayla Butts, Individually and on Behalf of Her Daughter, A. F., a Minor v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-52a evidence-consideration expert-testimony fact-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standard-of-care standard-of-review trial-court-deference |
Did the Appellate court violate Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 52(a) when it failed to consider all of the evidence before the trial court, inserted… |
| 19-6872 |
James Ray Clark v. UNC Hospitals, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights cover-up criminal-act criminal-law due-process healthcare-liability institutional-cover-up medical-malpractice medical-misconduct medical-negligence negligence patient-rights |
Has the surgeon committed a second criminal act by concealing the mistaken incision location and performing a second corrective surgery? |
| 19-596 |
Sandra G. Hale v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-claim civil-procedure continuing-tort-doctrine dismissal-with-prejudice federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standing statute-of-limitations |
Whether the continuing tort doctrine was misapplied to the statute of limitations set under the Federal Tort Claims Act |
| 19-6498 |
Andrea Rene'e Tootle v. Beaux Art Institute of Plastic Surgery, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abscess cellulitis civil-rights duty-of-care informed-consent medical-malpractice patient-harm plastic-surgery radiation-treatment standard-of-care surgical-consent tissue-expander |
Is defendant liable for harm, maime, disfigurement, misuse patient trust, use extreme care, practice outside the realm of plastic surgery, fail to per… |
| 19-578 |
Sandra G. Hale v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law chemical-burns chemical-exposure expert-testimony federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice pesticide-regulations pesticide-usage veterans-affairs |
Whether an expert Toxicologist can testify regarding chemical burns |
| 19-5966 |
Delbert Heard v. Andrew Tilden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process electronic-evidence medical-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence ostrich-defense prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity surgical-delay |
Whether prison doctor can evade culpability for 8th Amendment violation for delay of prisoner's hernia surgery |
| 19-5477 |
Brian Keith Waugh v. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital |
District of Columbia |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
amended-complaint civil-procedure due-process en-banc-review interests-of-justice medical-malpractice mental-capacity notice notice-pleading rule-15c statute-of-limitations |
Can the filing of a claim(s) in an Amended Complaint serve as Notice characteristic of State and Federal Rules and Civil Procedures' Rule 15(c) Notice… |
| 18-9455 |
Scott William Dummert v. Renee Ngo |
Nevada |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process expert-affidavit financial-hardship medical-expert medical-malpractice reasons-for-granting standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions |
Whether the Nevada Supreme Court erred in dismissing petitioner's medical malpractice claim against respondent for lack of standing despite petitioner… |
| 18-1464 |
Milos Jiricko v. Frankenburg Jensen Law Firm, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-oath due-process judicial-review legislative-statute medical-malpractice standing supreme-court-review takings |
Whether the US Supreme Court can apply a blind eye to the alleged unconstitutionality of the Utah State Medical Malpractice statute, Code 78B-3-401 |
| 18-9039 |
Kent Vu Phan v. National Jewish Health, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
ada ada-violation civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process environmental-contamination medical-malpractice racial-discrimination standing state-actor |
Whether the petitioner's disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act was violated by suppression instead of protection |
| 18-8806 |
Marguerite Dutton v. Nikkisha P. McCrea |
Pennsylvania |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection frivolous-litigation medical-malpractice pa-constitution pennsylvania-constitution us-constitution-14th-amendment |
Whether Pa. Rule 231.1 (frivolous litigation) violates Article I Section 26 of the Pennsylvania Constitution (No discrimination by commonwealth and it… |
| 18-1299 |
Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-retaliation at-will-employment circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-ruling civil-rights common-law due-process employment-law emtala emtala-statute free-speech medical-malpractice preemption public-policy-exception retaliation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Does the precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals directly contradict Supreme Court precedent and the intent of Congress regarding the … |
| 18-7264 |
Joel E. Miller v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-liability drug-trafficking gonzales-v-oregon jury-instructions medical-malpractice medical-practice medical-practitioner prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-care united-states-v-moore |
Whether the phrase 'issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of his professional practice' mus… |
| 18-7190 |
Zachary Q. Wicks v. Jon H. Radnothy, et al. |
Florida |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal constitutional-rights due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure medical-malpractice statute-of-limitations testimony trial-court |
Did the trial court deny Petitioner's due-process rights when it refused to allow testimony or review evidence presented in support of Petitioner's as… |
| 18-799 |
Deborah J. Davis v. Mehul Bhatt |
Georgia |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law battery-claims civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection expert-witness georgia-state-law legal-procedure medical-malpractice standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause to the facts of this cas… |
| 18-7055 |
Brenda White v. Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital, et al. |
Michigan |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit-of-merit civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, due-process judicial-discretion medical-malpractice race race-discrimination rico rico-claims standing |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend herself against attempted murder by doctors, … |
| 18-7054 |
Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. |
Michigan |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion disciplinary-records due-process equal-protection medical-malpractice race racial-bias racial-discrimination rico rico-claims standing vulnerable-citizens |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case aga… |
| 18-628 |
Rebekah Cooper, as Administrator of the Estate of Jason Cooper, Deceased v. Ehtsham Haq, et al. |
Alabama |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure federal-question medical-malpractice state-law-claims statute-of-limitations supplemental-jurisdiction tolling tolling-provision wrongful-death |
Are the state-law periods of limitation for Alabama wrongful-death and medical-malpractice claims immune from the tolling provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 13… |
| 18-6668 |
Michael Tory, Jr. v. Whited, RNB, et al. |
Virginia |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure common-knowledge due-process jury-determination jury-selection legal-standard medical-malpractice procedural-rights state-authority state-regulation |
Can the State of Virginia in all medical malpractice cases determine the common knowledge and experience of a jury? |
| 18-570 |
Felisa Tunac, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Randy Tunac, Deceased v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-review civil-procedure healthcare judicial-review judicial-review-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitation medical-malpractice negligence negligence-claims va-healthcare veterans-affairs veterans-judicial-review-act |
Whether the court below erroneously held that its jurisdiction was limited by the Veterans' Judicial Review Act to negligence claims against Departmen… |
| 18-460 |
Walter Daniel, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rebekah Daniel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine medical-malpractice military-discipline military-exigencies service-member service-members stare-decisis statutory-interpretation |
Does the Feres doctrine bar service members, or their estates, from bringing claims for medical malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act where th… |