official-misconduct

17 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A414 Larry Householder v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete federal-prosecution hobbs-act official-misconduct public-corruption quid-pro-quo sixth-circuit Whether a federal public corruption conviction under the Hobbs Act requires proof of an explicit quid pro quo exchange or can be sustained based on ci…
24-407 Bonnie Burkhardt v. Penney Azcarate, Chief Judge, Fairfax County Circuit Court Virginia 2024-10-11 Denied Response Waived common-law constitutional-rights criminal-activity grand-jury official-misconduct public-safety Does a citizen have a Constitutional and Common Law right to report evidence of felonious activity to the grand jury, especially when public safety of…
24-285 Robert M. Rogers v. Jackson County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 county-commissioner due-process equal-protection kirkland-v-state official-misconduct Does the 1923 Florida Supreme Court embezzlement Case of Kirkland v State excuse Jackson County's acquiescence to County Commissioner Peacock to creat…
24-5276 Rhoda Stahmann v. Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Seventh Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law-enforcement official-misconduct statutory-violation Whether the Director of the FBI violated his duties to enforce the law and protect civil rights under 18 U.S.C. sections 242 and 1001
23-1172 Kristen Lovell, et al. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. Georgia 2024-05-01 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived constitutional-rights critical-infrastructure election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment georgia-constitution ninth-amendment official-immunity official-misconduct sovereign-immunity voting-rights Whether the granting of the defense of sovereign or official immunity for employees or officials that are acting outside of the authority of their off…
23-6636 Thomas Oliver v. Kristin T. Mihelic, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-immunity civil-liability civil-rights court-orders government-accountability government-personnel judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics official-duties official-misconduct willful-crimes Should judges or other government personnel be protected by civil immunity for willful crimes?
22-7353 Martin Robinson v. Ohio Ohio 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP accountability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-acts due-process judicial-process official-misconduct standing wrongful-imprisonment The right to an effective judicial process
22-774 Adam Delgado v. Department of Justice Federal Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived breach-of-contract false-documentation foia government-liability official-misconduct perjury Whether the Federal government can breach a contract without justification and subsequently submit allegedly false documentation, evidence, and affida…
22-6005 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights due-process foreign-influence habeas-corpus law-enforcement-abuse official-misconduct political-persecution standing Whether public officials and private professionals can help the Chinese communists persecute a US citizen who is a China democracy advocate
20-7939 Cedric Jones, Sr. v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure clerk-signature collateral-review court-order due-process judicial-procedure mandamus official-misconduct procedural-validity recusal standing Whether an appellate court clerk can sign a valid order without a judge's signature
20-986 Michael Gregory Hubbard v. Alabama Alabama 2021-01-25 Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-statutes due-process fair-notice first-impression-law legal-interpretation official-actions official-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-theory statutory-interpretation Did the Supreme Court of Alabama deprive Petitioner of due process of law?
20-456 Michael Elder v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied 4th-amendment civil-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-procedure official-misconduct party-presentation search-and-seizure supervisee-rights supervisee-search suspicionless-search Whether the Second Circuit violated the party presentation principle
20-5336 Matthew Jones v. Captain Alice Brumbley Delaware 2020-08-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-liability due-process government-immunity immunity legal-accountability official-misconduct Do government employees enjoy immunity from committed crimes and civil prosecution?
19-8752 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Annette Moore, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process fourth-circuit judicial-procedure jurisdiction official-misconduct precedent standing Whether the petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual allegations to survive a motion to dismiss
19-1083 Jeffrey A. Clouser v. Kim Doherty, et al. Delaware 2020-03-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection official-misconduct qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity state-tort-claims state-tort-claims-act whistleblower-protection Whether the Delaware Supreme Court's application of sovereign immunity unconstitutionally places state financial interests above individual rights
18-9668 Miguel Angel Arias v. Ashley B. Moody, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud fraud-abuse government-immunity government-misconduct judicial-ethics official-immunity official-misconduct qualified-immunity takings Does a government official maintain immunity after using their position to commit fraud and enrich themselves?
18-8142 Michael Williamson v. Karen Slusher, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech jurisdiction official-misconduct prisoner-lawsuit standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the case