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25-6671 M. Norman Hammerlord v. Heather Ferbert, San Diego City Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending IFP appellate-jurisdiction court-procedure judicial-review notice-of-appeal panel-order time-to-file Whether the new appeals court panel erred in issuing an order stating that they lacked jurisdiction due to an untimely notice of appeal, and thereby o…
25-6531 Rafael Jorge v. Marie Adler First Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending IFP appellate-procedure district-court judicial-discretion jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant Whether a court of appeals can dismiss an appeal by a pro se litigant for failing to file a Notice of Appeal within 30 days of entry of judgment by th…
25A762 Mark Mazza, et ux. v. Bank of New York Mellon Third Circuit 2025-12-31 Application due-process excusable-neglect notice-of-appeal pro-se property-rights rule-60 Question not identified.
25A380 William Scott v. Howard Hanna Third Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-defect mandatory-deadline notice-of-appeal time-limit Whether the federal appellate courts properly dismissed an appeal for untimely filing under the mandatory 30-day notice of appeal deadline
25A375 Jeremiah Vance v. Jeffery Mims Fifth Circuit 2025-10-01 Presumed Complete bankruptcy-appeal federal-rules jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se time-bar Whether a pro se litigant's untimely notice of appeal from a bankruptcy court order can be excused or tolled due to unique procedural circumstances
25-5513 In Re Olamide Olatayo Bello 2025-09-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure district-court mandamus notice-of-appeal pro-se Whether an Appellant that Proceeded On Appeal Pro Se Oriel Intention^ did So and Without a Course/ and (AUfMout Qnj notice <% Appearance fronn arug Co…
25-5295 David C. Lettieri v. Department of Justice, et al. Second Circuit 2025-08-06 Dismissed IFP appeal-duration constitutional-procedure jurisdictional-timing notice-of-appeal prisoner-mailbox-rule procedural-prejudice 1. For a notice of appeal it is sixty days from the notice to the petitioner? 2. Does the "prisioner mailbox rule" matter? 3. Does length of duratio…
25A121 James Taric Byrd v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-29 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing district-court life-imprisonment notice-of-appeal third-circuit Whether the district court's imposition of a life sentence for the charged criminal offenses was legally appropriate given the circumstances of the ca…
25-78 Patrick D. Lands v. City of Raleigh, North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied circuit-split excusable-neglect fmla-leave good-cause notice-of-appeal pioneer-factors Whether the First, Second, Fourth, Eighth, and Tenth Courts of Appeal have misinterpreted this Court's opinion in Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick…
24A1246 Perteacher Drone v. Robert J. Conrad, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-06-17 Presumed Complete appeal-deadline federal-rules-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-requirement notice-of-appeal subject-matter-jurisdiction timely-filing Whether a federal court can dismiss an appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when a notice of appeal is filed well beyond the prescribed 60-d…
24-7211 Jeffrey Spivack v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals federal-rules-criminal-procedure motion-to-dismiss notice-of-appeal May a Court of Appeals disregard the scope of an appeal when the appellant has clearly articulated the scope and nature of the appeal by identifying t…
24-7034 Jacques Dorcinvil v. Marlyn Kopp, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals-jurisdiction district-court-procedure notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal Whether the late filing of a Notice of Appeal by a District Court's clerk sent by a pro se prisoner can deprive the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction o…
24A511 Harry Lee Goldsboro, II v. Florida Florida 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal state-supreme-court Whether a criminal defendant's notice of appeal to a state supreme court can be deemed timely and valid when the court dismisses the appeal without an…
24A322 Charles D. Hood v. Donald J. Trump, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure district-court-judgment federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement notice-of-appeal time-limit Whether a federal court lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal when the notice of appeal is not filed within the statutorily prescribed 60-day period af…
24A291 Charles Garo Avetian v. United States Third Circuit 2024-09-24 Presumed Complete circuit-split electronic-filing federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant Whether a notice of appeal filed outside the 60-day deadline due to an electronic filing system malfunction should be deemed timely under federal appe…
24-275 Donte Parrish v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) appeal-period district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-appellate-procedure judicial-procedure notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether a litigant must file a second notice of appeal after the appeal period is reopened under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c)
24A133 Aisha Wright v. Transportation Communication Union/IAM Fifth Circuit 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete civil-rights district-court-dismissal jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal pro-se time-limitation Whether a pro se plaintiff's untimely notice of appeal in a civil rights case can be excused due to extraordinary circumstances or equitable tolling
24A109 Irina Collier v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules jurisdictional-requirement notice-of-appeal time-bar Whether a notice of appeal filed beyond the 60-day period established in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(B) can be deemed timely when the …
23A923 Bryant Christopher Watts v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-16 Presumed Complete civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's untimely notice of appeal can be excused under equitable tolling principles when the delay results from alleged procedural…
23-7170 Edward Revenous Brown v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation district-court due-process federal-habeas federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-error notice-of-appeal state-habeas Did the United States District Court magistrate err in denying the petitioners' 28 U.S.C. §2254 state habeas corpus petition without ruling on the mer…
23A894 Terrance Brown v. Andrew Beshear, Governor of Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rules jurisdictional-prerequisite notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant time-limitation Whether a pro se litigant's notice of appeal filed outside the standard 30-day window can be considered timely under federal appellate procedural rule…
23-6817 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-rules-criminal-procedure first-circuit judicial-quorum nguyen-v-us notice-of-appeal standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the First Circuit's Judgment was a valid decision by a quorum
23-6583 Muhammad Khan v. SAP Labs, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied IFP 9th-circuit appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment judicial-review notice-of-appeal personal-property special-needs time-limitation unreasonable-searches-and-seizures warrantless-seizure Whether the government's warrantless seizure and indefinite retention of a person's personal property, without any showing of exigent circumstances or…
23-797 Marco Gonzalez v. Salem Shahin, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rules judicial-discretion jurisdiction notice-of-appeal post-judgment-motion time-extension Does an unobjected-to extension of time to file a post-judgment motion, even though unauthorized by the civil rules, permit appellate review of the un…
23A685 Evan H. Nordby v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete federal-circuit judicial-review notice-of-appeal patent-law supreme-court-rule time-extension Whether a patent applicant may seek judicial review of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision after failing to timely file a notice of appeal
23-711 James P. Ryan v. Carlo DeMaria, Jr., Mayor of the City of Everett, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal-jurisdiction civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction good-cause notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion statutory-interpretation time-limitation time-limits Whether a federal court is deprived of jurisdiction when a notice of appeal is filed beyond the 30 days in the first provision of § 2107 but meets the…
23A619 Steven Antonius, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Shervington Lovell, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Argemiro Zapata-Castro, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2024-01-03 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance notice-of-appeal procedural-default right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when counsel fails to timely file a notice of appe…
23-6052 Larry Bailey v. West Laurel Water Association, et al. Kentucky 2023-11-17 Denied IFP appeal circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status notice-of-appeal standing Whether the Franklin Circuit Court violated my constitutional rights to due process
23A433 Nelson L. Bruce v. Bank of America, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete district-court-order federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal rule-59-motion timely-filing Whether a district court's denial of a Rule 59(e) motion can be appealed after the 30-day jurisdictional deadline for filing a notice of appeal has el…
23-5972 Barney A. Dunlap v. David Mitchell, Superintendent, Lanesboro Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-statement notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appellant procedural-default Whether the Court of Appeals' disposition on the notice of appeal issue should be vacated
23-5471 Scott A. Shreffler v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-08-29 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure clerical-error due-process evidentiary-hearing houston-v-lack notice-of-appeal prisoner-mailbox-rule pro-se-filing timeliness Whether the Pennsylvania appellate court erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal for untimely filing of notice of appeal
23-5003 Monty J. Banister v. Kansas Kansas 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure duty-to-consult effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance notice-of-appeal post-conviction-relief roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment trial-counsel Does this Court's decision in Roe v. Flores-Ortega establish a rebuttable presumption of Sixth Amendment duty to consult client post-conviction?
22-7730 Israel C. Salazar v. Ricardo Salazar, as Trustee California 2023-06-07 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights clerical-error clerical-errors court-filing due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure notice-of-appeal standing trust-document writ-of-certiorari Will the Supreme Court of United States address the concerns of many United States citizens of the published and/or unpublished cases which involve er…
22-7611 George Cunningham v. Maria Quinn, et vir Sixth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment becker-v-montgomery child-custody civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure icara material-evidence notice-of-appeal standing Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have accepted a corrected notice of appeal involving failure to sign, in conflict with…
22-7574 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment mental-illness notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion separate-document-rule separate-judgment statutory-interpretation timely-appeal whether-the-court-of-appeal-erred-in-its-reliance-on-28-u.s.c.-§-2101(c)
22-1027 The Dutra Group, Inc., et al. v. Kelly Zaradnik, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-24 Denied administrative-law agency-review appellate-jurisdiction benefits-review-board judicial-review longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation workers-compensation Whether appellate courts can restrict the limited jurisdiction of the Benefits Review Board
22-7313 Rakim Moberly v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-standard compassionate-release criminal-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-step-act notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appeal Whether the petitioner's letter to the district court clerk qualified as a notice of appeal
22-7254 Danny Wayne Alcoser v. Texas Texas 2023-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP amended-motion appellate-court appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process electronic-filing ineffective-assistance judicial-proceedings notice-of-appeal procedural-error Did the Texas Appellate Court(s) depart from judicial-proceedings to deprive petitioner's due-process rights
22-7023 Maria Orosco v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appointed-counsel civil-rights due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal procedural-default timely-filing Should my writ of certiorari be granted when my appointed attorney failed to file a timely notice of appeal?
22-6795 Jacobo Rozo Posso v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice notice-of-appeal post-conviction-relief procedural-default right-to-appeal Whether counsel was ineffective for failing to file a notice of appeal when requested
22-6767 Travis Ray Thompson v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-02-13 Dismissed IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure covid-restrictions district-court due-process excusable-neglect federal-courts frap-4 habeas-corpus notice-of-appeal standing Whether the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in finding that the petitioner had not shown excusable neglect for not filing his Notice of Appeal wit…
22-6611 Joseph P. Counts v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights cohen-collateral-order due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-counsel notice-of-appeal pro-se standing timeliness urgent-matters Whether district courts must rule on pro se motions regardless of representation
22-6249 Ruben James Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure jurisdiction motion-to-reopen notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-deficiency Whether a pro se litigant's 'Notice of Appeal' constitutes a liberally-construed 'Motion to Reopen Time to File' as well as a 'Notice of Appeal
22-6034 Francis Stock v. Chanelle Braswell, et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-filing notice notice-of-appeal prisoner-rights service-of-process standing Whether a prisoner's notice of appeal was timely filed when he did not receive notice of the district court's dismissal order within 21 days
22-5953 Robert Lee Swinton v. New York New York 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-of-right appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal procedural-default right-to-appeal Whether counsel can fail to file a Notice of Appeal after a defendant has shown a desire to appeal
22-5885 Christopher Surles v. Warden, Limestone Correctional Facility, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process federal-government federal-procedure notice-of-appeal procedural-rules standing time-limitation time-limits united-states-agency Whether the time limit for filing a notice of appeal is extended when the United States or an agency of the United States is a party?
22-334 Alice Guan v. Gary Bell, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment notice-of-appeal petition-government Whether Fourth Circuit affirming district court's decision based on altered Notice of Appeal without performing any review on the merit of the appeal …
21-8255 Christopher Alexander Reilly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeal appellate-rights certificate-of-appealability due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress notice-of-appeal section-2255 Whether the district court and court of appeals should have granted a certificate of appealability
21-1345 Jeffrey B. C. Moorhead v. Glenda Lake, Clerk, District Court of the Virgin Islands, et al. Third Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied 28-usc-1291 28-usc-47 appellate-review district-court judicial-bias judicial-procedure lawyer-suspension legal-practice mandamus-relief notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Does a lawyer have the statutory right to appeal a final order suspending the lawyer from the practice of law?
21-7360 Marc N. Greenberg v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fundamental-fairness notice-of-appeal supervised-release Whether the technical requirements of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(c)(1)(B) trump an individual's due process rights
21-1211 Constance George v. House of Hope Recovery, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Amici (2) appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant service-of-process service-requirement standing Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3 permits a court of appeals to dismiss an appeal because the appellant did not serve the notice of appeal
21-815 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. Bruce S. Rogow, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts jurisdictional-limits notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-documents standing Has a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the relevance of the resetting of the end date for the filing of the Notice of Appeal under FRAP …
21-6220 Jehoni Kierre Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied IFP 2255-motion abuse-of-discretion amendment civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal Whether the District Court denying petitioner's request to Amend is in conflict with The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15?
21-5906 Michael Jerome Pettway v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance notice-of-appeal rule-11 section-924(c) sixth-amendment Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
21-5818 Cynthia Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judgment judgment-amendment legal-rights notice-of-appeal time-to-file Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly split from the well-established rule of the Court and other Circuits
21-5357 Sandra Harmon v. Department of Finance, Sussex County, Delaware, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-closure appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure district-court-order due-process final-order judicial-misconduct jurisdiction notice-of-appeal third-circuit-court Whether the Third Circuit Court can create a reason unsupported by the District Court Judge that the docket was mistakenly marked closed and rule admi…
21-5275 Alan Gregory Ender v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appealability attorney-abandonment civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances notice-of-appeal rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) Did the Eleventh Circuit err when not considering attorney abandonment to be an extraordinary circumstance warranting relief from a final judgment pur…
21-5115 In Re Lisa A. Biron 2021-07-16 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process gatekeeping-mechanism habeas-corpus jurisdictional-duty notice-of-appeal standing threshold-function Whether a § 2255-Certificate of Appealability applicant must file a notice of appeal for the circuit court to obtain jurisdiction to consider the appl…
20-1823 K. S. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2021-07-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-timeframe due-process good-cause notice-of-appeal procedural-fairness state-supreme-court Whether a due process violation under the 14th Amendment exists when a State Supreme Court refuses to permit the docketing of a late notice of appeal
20-8225 John Anderson v. The University of Iowa, et al. Iowa 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure covid-impact disability due-process first-amendment notice-of-appeal procedural-rules tolling-statutes Is a Notice of Appeal, although with the trial court's designation, but filed with the Appellate Court automatic grounds for dismissal?
20-8153 Samantha J. Jackson v. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court civil-procedure docketing excusable-neglect filing-deadline jurisdictional-issue notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-filer Did the Appellate Court erroneously calculate the filing deadline for the Notice of Appeal?
20-8123 Verlan Perez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal precedential-ruling Can an appeals court deny a certificate of appealability to a petitioner who has shown that the district court ignored precedential rulings from this …
20-1477 Randy R. Bell v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion district-court due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction notice-of-appeal standing Did the district court lack jurisdiction due to fraud upon the court?
20-7657 David Erike MacLloyd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-appellate-procedure mailbox-rule notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-standard standing Should a Writ of Certiorari Issue because the Sixth Circuit failed to apply the Pro-Se-Litigant-Standard to a Pro-Se-Defendant's-Pleadings
20-7558 Kesha S. Packer v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections Seventh Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure district-court excusable-neglect jurisdiction notice-of-appeal procedural-default standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff's appeal?
20-1227 David Louis Whitehead v. Netflix, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure consolidation constitutional-rights due-process fraud judicial-jurisdiction judicial-recusal jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigation Whether the 9th Circuit Court had full jurisdiction of the appeal, having no notice of appeal filed by petitioner in the District Court until 1 year a…
20-987 Spielbauer Law Office v. Midland Funding, LLC, et al. California 2021-01-25 Denied appeal civil-procedure constitutional-taking due-process entry-of-judgment judicial-discretion notice-of-appeal procedural-rights statutory-interpretation takings If a statute appears to reasonably permit the filing of a notice of appeal upon entry of order or entry of judgment, is it a denial of due process of …
20-6816 Edward G. Rodriguez v. Timothy Filson, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit notice-of-appeal procedural-error right-to-appeal Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Rodriguez's request for a certificate of appealability on an ineffective assistance of counsel clai…
20-5778 David Davalos, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rules district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules forfeiture forfeiture-order jurisdiction money-judgment notice-of-appeal time-limits Whether a district court exceeds its jurisdiction by entering a preliminary order of forfeiture and an order of money judgment beyond the time limits …
20-5754 Palani Karupaiyan v. New York City Department of Education Second Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process homelessness notice-of-appeal pro-se-petition standing timely-filing Jurisdiction-under-28-USC-2107
20-258 Alvin E. Medina v. Federal Aviation Administration Federal Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-rights arbitration arbitration-decision civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review notice notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant whether-the-failure-to-provide-notice-of-appeal-rights-with-arbitrator's-decision-and-certificate-of-service-to-pro-se-litigants-warranted-a-favorable…
20-5511 Debbie Pittman v. Ronnie Pittman Illinois 2020-08-27 Denied IFP appeals civil-contempt civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection notice-of-appeal premature-filing prematurely-filed standing Whether a notice of appeal filed on May 10, 2016 is considered prematurely filed when the orders being challenged cover the period between 2013 and 20…
20-133 Joseph Michael Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-appeal eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sexual-contact Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that counsel was not ineffective assistance
20-67 Delaney E. Smith, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights contradictory-rulings due-process en-banc-panel federal-removal notice-of-appeal racial-discrimination standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals forfeited subject matter jurisdiction
19-8796 Gary Daniel Rodgers v. R. McIntyre, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-filing due-process evidence legal-equivalence motion motion-to-release notice-of-appeal procedural-requirements Whether Petitioner's timely filed 'Motion and Order to Release Evidence' satisfies the requirements as a functional equivalent of a Notice of Appeal
19-8276 In Re Levar Lee Anthony Spence 2020-04-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60 court-of-appeals district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction notice-of-appeal petit-rule Whether the district court should have filed the Petitioner's Civil Rule 60 petition as a notice of appeal in the Court of Appeals?
19-7888 Josephine Banks v. Waffle House, Inc. Georgia 2020-03-05 Denied IFP appeal appellate-rights civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure denial-of-appeal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-error legal-document notice-of-appeal procedural-justice record standing When a lower court overlooks a required legal document that is in the record, fails to correct their error and proceeds to deny a litigant the right t…
19-7611 D'Marlo Levonne Faulk Johnson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-02-10 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appeal-process appellate-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal post-conviction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the 6th Amendment right to counsel extends to the appellate process and requires the effective assistance of counsel when petitioner's attorne…
19-7493 Charles T. Kirvin v. L. Grant, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect good-cause jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit notice-of-appeal standing timeliness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arbitrarily and erroneously denied appeal notice for lack of jurisdiction
19-7315 Andrew Wright v. United States Second Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255(f)(4) civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal retained-counsel standing statutory-interpretation Does equitable tolling automatically apply under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(4) where a defendant relies, to his detriment, on an oral order of a United State…
19-7204 Eric Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal strickland Should petitioners notice of appeal have been construed as a request for a certificate of appealability on grounds 1-12 and 14-15, and was failure to …
19-7090 Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega 19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to cou…
19-787 Michael Lynn Robertson v. Banner Bank Tenth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-procedure claim-processing-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-requirement jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal whether-an-untimely-motion-to-alter-or-amend-a-jud Whether the time prescription for filing an appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 158(c)(2) is a jurisdictional requirement
19-6903 Alvin R. Barney, II v. Escambia County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure failure-to-prosecute final-judgment judicial-discretion jurisdiction notice-of-appeal premature-appeal sanction sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Eleventh Circuit had the authority or subject matter jurisdiction to dismiss a premature notice of appeal as a sanction for failure to pro…
19-5990 David Alan Vogel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-18 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction notice-of-appeal procedural-defect right-to-appeal standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals conflict with Supreme Court precedent by denying the petitioner's right to appeal based on a minor defect in th…
19-320 Harold Wade, et ux. v. Kreisler Law, P.C. Seventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure claim-processing federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure functional-equivalence jurisdiction jurisdictional-rules mandatory-claim-processing-rules notice-of-appeal petition-for-appeal petition-for-permission-to-appeal whether the 'functional equivalence' doctrine applies to nonjurisdictional mandatory claim processing rules requiring a petition for permission to app…
19-5700 Maximo Brito-Tejeda v. United States First Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP client-request constitutional-right due-process garza-v-idaho habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice notice-of-appeal procedural-default right-to-appeal sixth-amendment Whether Garza v. Idaho, 139 S. Ct. 738 (2019), applies to petitioner's claim that his defense counsel was ineffective by failing to file a notice of a…
19-5505 Jose Hernandez-Carbajal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner's Sixth Amendment Rights to the Effective Assistance of Counsel Was Violated
19-5408 Gregory Daniels v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction legal-error notice-of-appeal standard-of-review standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred as a matter of law by dismissing petitioner's notice of appeal
19-5109 Wayne English v. Roadhouse Holding Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure first-amendment-rights mail-delivery notice notice-of-appeal usps Whether the actions of the Bankruptcy Court in intercepting and redirecting only USPS mail delivery prevents litigants from the timely filing of their…
18-9413 Hozay Royal v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appeal-deadline appeals civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadlines mail-filing notice-of-appeal postmark statutory-interpretation time-computation time-limits Does the thirty-day period under 28 U.S.C. § 2107 and Fed.R.App.Proc. 4(a)(1)(A) allow for the notice of appeal to be filed in the United States Distr…
18-9137 Michael D. Hickingbottom v. Indiana Indiana 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material civil-procedure civil-procedure-filing-deadlines due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal post-conviction-relief prison-mailbox-rule prosecutorial-misconduct standing Does the prison mailbox rule announced in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) excuse the late filing of the notice of appeals which were filed in the…
18-1380 Thomas P. Gannon v. Riverwatch Condominium Owners' Assn., et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1927 appeal-procedure appellate-procedure attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal due-process judicial-discretion notice-of-appeal procedural-technicality standing Whether an attorney's notice of appeal that identifies the judgment being appealed but does not specify the attorney as the party taking the appeal sh…
18-8917 Gilbert Demetrius Aguilar v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-ineffectiveness due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Aguilar's certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. Sections 2107, 2253(c)(2) despite cou…
18-8344 James Edward Whitney v. Arkansas Arkansas 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-procedure appeal-process-issues civil-procedure clerk-error clerk-of-court clerk-of-court-duties court-filing due-process institutional-filing notice-of-appeal record record-filing record-lodging standing timeliness Whether the clerk of the court improperly declined to lodge the record on the petitioner's appeal from the order of the Circuit Court for Washington C…
18-8053 Malcolm Roland Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3006a 6th-amendment career-offender due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-proceedings notice-of-appeal prejudice sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Whether ineffective counsel failed to file a notice of appeal and object to career offender sentencing guideline
18-8096 Antonio R. Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court houston-v-lack mailbox-rule notice-of-appeal pro-se timeliness timely-filing Does the presumption of timeliness under Houston v. Lack apply when the petitioner proves timely mailing but the district court did not receive the no…
18-7928 Gilbert Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abney-rule appeal bail bail-denial criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction notice-of-appeal Was U.S. District Court, (S.D. Cal.) divested of jurisdiction because of Abney-rule
18-7021 Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the 'Equitable Tolling' in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public …
18-6968 Alejandro Quinones Leyva v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel language-barriers notice-of-appeal plea-bargaining prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-rights sixth-amendment Whether the defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel due to counsel's failure to file a notice of appeal
18-6790 Clarence Otworth v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeal appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights equal-protection federal-jurisdiction final-order jurisdiction notice-of-appeal oath-of-office presidential-nonfeasance standing Is an appeal of a final order and a notice of appeal the same thing?
18-434 Dawn Mosby v. Matthew G. Parilla New York 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-practice civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion Judicial-review Legislative-authority legislative-intent notice-of-appeal separation-of-powers timeliness-of-appeal Whether the Appellate Division, Second Department, violated the New York State Constitution's separation of powers doctrine by permitting a late appea…
18-6123 Ameen Green v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal legal-standing notice-of-appeal procedural-error standing third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in dismissing Mr. Green's Notice of Appeal?
18-6141 Damian O'Neil Towne v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver criminal-procedure government-objection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review notice-of-appeal sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-miscalculation untimely-notice-of-appeal Whether a gross miscalculation of the sentencing guideline range should be corrected where a defendant's appellate waiver does not preclude an appeal …