| 25-7097 |
Gordon Ray Lewis v. Ryan Sinclair, District Attorney of Hood County, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-03-24 |
Pending |
IFP |
civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleading-standards rule-8-frcp |
1. Did the complaint in this case, factual allegations,
if taken as true, state a plausible claim for relief
that is plausible on its face, and did … |
| 25-759 |
Amber Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board |
First Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
12b6-motion circuit-split constitutional-rights gender-transition parental-rights plausibility-standard school-policy |
In December 2022, Petitioner discovered a chest binder in her 13-year-old child's room. After speaking with her child, she learned that a social worke… |
| 24-1325 |
Go New York Tours Inc. v. Gray Line New York Tours, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
factual-inference judicial-interpretation plausibility-standard pleading-requirements summary-adjudication twombly-iqbal |
There is substantial confusion and inconsistency among the lower courts concerning how to interpret and apply the "plausibility" pleading standard, le… |
| 24-897 |
Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Nelson County, Kentucky |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection national-origin plausibility-standard |
Nelson absolutely and completely ignored Qiu for employment since Nelson found Qiu's Chinese accent. Qiu the American citizen sued Nelson under Title … |
| 24-871 |
B. W., a Minor, By Next Friends M. W. and B. W., formerly known herein as Jon AISD Doe v. Austin Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights-act plausibility-standard political-viewpoint racial-harassment school-discrimination title-vi |
Whether a plaintiff can state a claim for racial harassment under Title VI even if the "primary impetus" for the harassment was the plaintiff's politi… |
| 24-70 |
Ilya Kovalchuk v. City of Decherd, Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights discovery-standard due-process fourth-amendment monell-claim monell-liability municipal-liability plausibility-standard section-1983 twombly-iqbal |
This dispute concerns municipal liability in a § 1983 action against the City of Decherd, Tennessee ("City"), and a Decherd police officer. The office… |
| 23-764 |
Facebook, Inc. v. Rosemarie Vargas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction Iqbal judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-precedent plausibility plausibility-standard standing Twombly |
Does the Twombly-Iqbal plausibility standard apply to a plaintiff's allegations of Article III standing? |
| 22-573 |
BRFHH Shreveport LLC, dba University Health Shreveport v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center, dba Willis-Knighton Health System |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
antitrust-law circuit-split motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleading-standards rule-12(b)(6) section-1 sherman-act twombly |
May a Section 1 claim be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), consistent with Twombly, based on evidence suggesting an alternative, non-con… |
| 22-6003 |
Whistleblower 7107-16W v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights confidential-sources due-process informant irs-informant-award judicial-review open-courts open-courts-doctrine plausibility-standard spending-clause whistleblower whistleblower-anonymity |
Whether, contrary to the US Supreme Court's clear affirmation of the 'strict plausibility' pleading standard, the US Federal Courts nevertheless retai… |
| 21-1382 |
Audubon Imports, LLC, dba Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge, et al. v. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG), et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust civil-procedure conspiracy conspiracy-inference district-court lawful-conduct plausibility-standard pleading pleading-burden sherman-act |
To determine whether plaintiffs have met their
burden to plead a plausible claim under § 1 of the Sherman Act, may the district court weigh whether an… |
| 21-1077 |
Yacaira Reyes v. Westchester County Health Care Corporation, dba Westchester Medical Center, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process election-of-remedies employment hostile-work-environment plausibility-standard retaliation retaliation-claim time-bar |
1) Whether the Courts below erred in holding the election of remedies and New York City impact doctrines barred Plaintiff's NYSHRL and NYCHRL claims, … |
| 21-6498 |
Hye-Young Park v. Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1915-e-2-b collateral-estoppel judge judicial-remedies plausibility-standard prior-suit res-judicata sexual-harassment university-policy |
This Case presents conflicting interpretations between the Lower Courts and the Supreme Court regarding the application of res judicata, collateral es… |
| 21-727 |
Robert R. Snyder v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-16 |
Denied |
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access-to-courts active-interference civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process law-library-access plausibility-standard prisoner-rights procedural-due-process prospective-relief standing |
Did the lower court's incorrectly apply Christopher v. Harbury in its attempt justify the dismissal of Petitioner's Active Interference claims? Does H… |
| 21-280 |
Amy Harrison v. Kevin Lilly, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-12(b)(6) iqbal judicial-review motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleadings pleadings-stage standard-of-review twombly |
Therefore the question presented is whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals failed to follow this well settled standard and dismissed this… |
| 19-1476 |
Vantage Energy Services, Incorporated, et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
|
ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights conditions-precedent due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intake-questionnaire iqbal plausibility-standard pleadings statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements verified-charge |
1. Whether the combination of an unverified intake questionnaire submitted on behalf of the charging party and an inexcusably dilatory verified charge… |
| 19-297 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP v. Malibu Textiles, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
|
access access-requirement copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-registration copyright-validity plausibility-standard pleading-standard striking-similarity |
1. In light of the "plausibility" standard established by
this Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly , 550
U.S. 544 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal , 5… |
| 19-1 |
Karen Khan v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-06-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment judicial-procedure plausibility-standard standing |
Federal Circuit's Application of the Plausibility Standard to Weigh Evidence Against Plaintiff Conflicts With This Court's Precedent In Twombly and Iq… |
| 18-1171 |
Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (12)Relisted (4) |
42-usc-1981 but-for-causation causation civil-rights contract-dispute discrimination plausibility-standard pleading race-discrimination section-1981 standing |
1. Does a claim of race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 fail in the absence of but-for causation?
2. Can a plaintiff state a plausible claim fo… |
| 18-820 |
Teresa Y. Weinacker v. National Loan Acquisitions Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence legal-precedent plausibility-standard standing subject-matter-jurisdiction twombly-iqbal |
Whether lower courts can blatantly disregard U.S. Supreme Court, Eleventh Circuit and sister circuit precedent law, ignore landmark cases, disrespect … |