petition-dismissal
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A511 | Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Marcus Bach Armas, Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami Dade County, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-04 | Application | case-volume civil-rights eleventh-circuit judicial-review petition-dismissal pro-se-litigant | Whether a federal court of appeals systematically and improperly dismisses a litigant's civil rights or constitutional claims without substantive revi… | |
| 25-5349 | Paul Bruce v. Steve Upton, Warden | Georgia | 2025-08-13 | Denied | IFP | due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure petition-dismissal supreme-court-clerk | Whether the Supreme Court Clerk can dismiss a Habeas Corpus petition without allowing the petitioner to present evidence or speak on their behalf |
| 22-5268 | Anthony Peters v. Tim Hooper, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2022-08-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus limitations-defense petition-dismissal procedural-timeliness state-court-review state-courts timeliness | Whether a federal court lacks authority, on its own initiative, to dismiss a habeas petition as untimely, once the State's highest court has answered … |
| 21-7953 | Antonio D. McCaster v. Ron Neal, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2022-05-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion petition-dismissal procedural-error related-cases standing time-bar | Whether the United States District Court Northern District of Indiana South Bend Division's judge abused his discretion in dismissing the petitioner's… |
| 20-5687 | John Oliver Bryant v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure district-court due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-review petition-dismissal standing suspension-clause timeliness | Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petition as untimely |
| 18-8934 | Teresa Miller v. Phillip Douglas Gaujot, Judge, Monongalia County Circuit Court, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evading-review habeas-corpus judicial-review jury-trial petition-dismissal review standing | Why was a civil petition dismissed without review because the defendant was no longer in states custody it was not a heabas petition it was a civil pr… |
| 18-8212 | Harry Brantley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections | Fourth Circuit | 2019-03-01 | Denied | IFP | appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-convictions dismissal district-court due-process federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus petition-dismissal standing state-court timeliness | Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his state court convi… |
| 18-6393 | Omar Qazi v. Janice Killian, Warden, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2243 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure petition-dismissal standing | Does 28 U.S.C. § 2243 authorize dismissal of a 2241 petition for failure to state a claim? |