motion-to-amend

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24-869 Randall P. Ewing, Jr., et ux. v. Erik Carrier, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure claim-preclusion district-court judicial-discretion motion-to-amend Whether a court should dismiss a plaintiff's claim based on an unsuccessful motion to amend in a prior lawsuit when claim preclusion does not require …
24-273 SBFO Operator No. 3, LLC, et al. v. Onex Corporation, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied boilerplate-release civil-procedure dispositive-motion motion-to-amend rico-liability wire-fraud Whether a boilerplate release induced as part of a wire fraud scheme can immunize a defendant from RICO liability and prospectively absolve future vio…
23-1238 Chinyere Ogbonna-McGruder v. Austin Peay State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-state-law employment-law hostile-work-environment motion-to-amend motion-to-dismiss notice-pleading reasonable-person retaliation retaliation-claim Whether Petitioner's claim for retaliation required her to prove she suffered severe or pervasive conduct by her supervisor rather than conduct which …
23-924 John Anthony Castro v. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response Waived arizona-ballot article-iii article-iii-standing ballot-access campaign-expenses hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion motion-to-amend presidential-candidate standing Does an Arizona ballot-placed Republican Presidential Candidate lack Article III standing if a lower court determines he is not 'genuinely' competing …
23-6374 Vonell Davis, Jr. v. Wayne Hill, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process health-risks inmate-rights motion-to-amend standing Did the district court err when it denied the original complaint without a hearing, and concluding appellant had no cause of action?
23-5028 Eric St. George v. E. E. Colorado 2023-07-05 Denied IFP 12b6-dismissal amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing Is it permissible for a State District Court to deny a pro-se plaintiff every motion to amend,to never allow an amendment to a meritorious case,to dis…
21-748 Chinyere U. Nwoke v. University of Chicago Medical Center Seventh Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination district-court due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-review motion-to-amend pay-equity standing university-employment Whether the lower courts judged Petitioner's claims correctly
21-5841 Rafiq Sabir v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP arabic-language-expert brady-claim brady-v-maryland district-court-discretion exculpatory-evidence factual-dispute government-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-amend rule-33 Could-reasonable-jurists-debate-whether-the-district-court-abused-its-discretion
21-5587 Calvin Jarrod Hester v. Folashade Ituah Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conflict motion-to-amend standing Whether the lower court erred and abused its discretion in dismissing the deprivation of constitutional rights and civil rights violations claim
20-1793 Aura Moody, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, J. M. v. National Football League Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-amend procedural-due-process standing Whether the court had authority to dismiss the appeal without giving the petitioner opportunity to present evidence and be heard on the merits
20-7596 Olen Ware, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied IFP amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-amend motion-to-suppress Did the federal district court err in dismissing the habeas petition without considering the petitioner's motion to amend
20-869 David E. Henry v. Castle Medical Center Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foman-standard foman-v-davis judicial-discretion motion-to-amend post-judgment-amendment rules-59-and-60 standards-for-amendment Whether a district court must consider and decide on the merits a post-judgment motion for leave to amend the complaint
20-724 Donovan Middleton, et al. v. Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice judicial-discretion motion-to-amend post-judgment-motion rule-12b6 rule-59e standard-of-review Should the standard of review in a Rule 59(e) post-judgment motion to amend following a dismissal with prejudice under Rule 12(b)(6) be clarified
19-6142 Santo Leone v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely?
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?
19-5294 Abraham Asley Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-15a due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-notice federal-rules-civil-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus motion-to-amend pleading responsive-pleading section-2255 standing Whether the Fed. R.. Crim. P. 15(a) Motion's right to amend as a-matter of course' a 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 before a Responsive pleading is filed can be …
18-9333 Gustavo Gomez v. California Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP appeal case-law constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction motion-to-amend sixth-amendment standing Were this Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights according to the United States Constitution violated by the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth …
18-452 Jesse L. Wesley, III v. Town Square Media West Central Radio Broadcasting, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure de-novo de-novo-review motion-to-amend standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether a district court's decision on a motion to amend a summary judgment should be reviewed with the standard of abuse of discretion or de novo
18-259 City of East Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Derrick Wheatt, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-deadline due-process indemnification motion-to-amend qualified-immunity settlement-agreement standing state-actors wrongful-conviction Whether the Court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner City Defendants Qualified Immunity defense