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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 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 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 I'/♦'The 3ezC\s\6vx by -Vke Unl-VeA CoiLf^ of Is skooAA be fe\Aer^eJ P e^iAetoe \a -Hie ftgk-V mo 5 4" -fMovable fo -fae PhWnKK a^A AenteA kVw + |fty…
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 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…