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25-6284 Leonard W. Houston v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-litigation individual-actions jurisdiction pleadings statutory-provisions WAS IT ABUSE OF DISCRETION ON ALL CLJA ACTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL DOCKETS, AS COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT NEED NOT FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS IN STAYED INDIVI…
25-5598 Mary Martha McComas v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure district-court judicial-discretion pleadings pro-se Whether a district court must provide a reason for denying a pro se litigant leave to amend a complaint when such denial occurs
24-30 John Garland, et al. v. New York City Fire Department, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure discovery due-process employment-law federal-rules motion-to-dismiss plausibility plausibility-requirement pleading-standards pleadings When are pleadings sufficient to state a claim under Iqbal/Twombly standards?
23-7171 Darryl Puderer v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-04-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-claims out-of-time-appeal pleadings standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
23-7103 Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
23-7007 Howard T. Tyson, Sr. v. Kris Y. Lee, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-orders judicial-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings pro-se-appellant standing why-do-courts-fail-to-follow-supreme-court-opinions-on-pro-se-motions-to-dismiss
23-7004 Noel Vincent Thomas v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Florida 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-dismissal discovery-process dismissal due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review pleading-sufficiency pleadings standing trial-court-discretion Whether the Trial Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claim
23-6328 Andrew Fields, III v. Patrick J. Bouldin, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied IFP appellate-review case-dismissal civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-justification pleadings procedural-dismissal standing Whether the Avgellet Couet ceroRed in dismisSinG 4 prellants Appeal Soe dniluee to cure A defect
23-6136 Shawn C. Leftwich v. State Farm Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process pleadings pro-se procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Honorable Court in the United States District of Georgia Harta Division Abused Plaintiff's Procedural Due Process Rights
23-536 Kendall Merlo v. Ingrid Warren, Presiding Judge, Probate Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas Texas 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived competency competency-hearing due-process estate-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-procedure notice pleadings probate-court sua-sponte Does a state trial court violate due process by appointing a guardian ad litem for the adult beneficiary of an estate, who is presumed to be competent…
23-5986 Francisco Rodriquez Ruiz, Jr. v. Jordan Wierenga Seventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pleadings procedural-default standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims against defendants without properly considering the factual allegation…
23-426 Ralph Lisby, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ashlynn Lisby, Deceased v. Jonathan Henderson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-claim discovery discovery-rights judgment-on-pleadings pleadings police-misconduct procedural-posture section-1983 summary-judgment Whether the Petitioner pled sufficient facts to support his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Respondent Jonathan Henderson
23-5804 Joseph Alexander Clarke v. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure maxims-of-law pleadings standing supreme-court-review Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals failed to properly address the issues raised in the petition, including the failure to address the suffi…
23-378 Joel Douglas, et al. v. David Hirshon, et al. First Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied civil-procedure district-court extrinsic-documents extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings public-records standard-of-review Whether the District Court was required to consider extrinsic documents that were public records or not directly challenged by anyone attached to the …
23-5545 Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Seventh Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant Did the lower courts err in dismissing the case and denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint
23-5289 Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pleadings sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Is it a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process to allow a conviction to stand where some of the elements of the crime were not est…
22-1045 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal due-process pleading-standards pleadings prisoner-rights rule-12 section-1983 standing Does Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12 permit a defendant to file successive, pre-answer Rule 12(b)(6) motion(s) to dismiss—each towards a sepa…
22-909 Kroger Limited Partnership I v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995 Sixth Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied Response Waived arbitrability arbitration civil-procedure federal-courts judgment-on-pleadings labor-arbitration labor-law pleadings presumption-in-favor-of-arbitrability rule-12c Does the universal standard for judgment on the pleadings apply to a Rule 12(c) motion to compel a labor arbitration or does the general principle of …
22-831 Bailie Bye v. MGM Resorts International, Inc., dba Beau Rivage Resort and Casino Fifth Circuit 2023-03-02 Dismissed civil-procedure complaint legal-theory motion notice-pleading pleading pleadings summary-judgment Is a plaintiff precluded from invoking a legal theory in opposition to a summary-judgment motion solely because she did not expressly cite that theory…
22-5853 Steven Trapp v. Erica Huss, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied IFP civil-rights complaint-dismissal constitutional-violation covid-19 departmental-memorandum due-process pleadings sixth-circuit standing Should the Sixth Circuit Court's dismissal of petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim be overturned?
22-5124 Michael Jerrial Ibenyenwa v. Elroddrock B. Wells, Sr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process frivolous frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis pleadings prisoner-plaintiff qualified-immunity twombly Whether a defendant sufficiently and properly invokes a qualified immunity defense in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights action lawsuit through broad and g…
22-5060 Fred Auston Wortman, III v. Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alford-plea civil-procedure complaint-dismissal due-process inferences judicial-procedure plea-agreement pleadings standard-of-review summary-dismissal summary-judgment Whether the District Court erred by summarily dismissing Petitioner's Complaint by failing to accept as true all of Petitioner's factual allegations a…
22-16 Business Exposure Reduction Group (BERG) Associates, LLC v. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. Second Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal inference-drawing inferences judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleadings rule-12b6 state-of-mind twombly-standard Whether the courts below deviated from and disregarded this Court's holding in Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
21-8088 Evelyn Howell Massey v. Biola University, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-8022 William Dew v. S. Columbia Terrace, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process factual-deficiencies motion-to-dismiss neitzke-v-williams pleadings pro-se sua-sponte Whether the district court may dismiss a non-prisoner pro se complaint sua sponte basis of factual deficiencies in complaint or must wait until defend…
21-1370 Spireon, Inc. v. Procon Analytics, LLC Federal Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea claim-construction fact-question federal-circuit judicial-exception patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility pleadings What is the appropriate standard for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101?
21-7308 Deon D. Colvin v. Howard University District of Columbia 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment issue-preclusion pleadings pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process standing Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process by failing to consider all of the pet…
21-7002 Jeffrey Charles Wren v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-document pleadings scotus-petition standing supreme-court Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-6773 In Re Robert L. Hedrick 2022-01-07 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleadings rule-8(a) standing Did the Court Error in ruling that the 'complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)?
21-963 Neil McNaughton v. Eric Adams, Mayor of the City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied civil-rights due-process erickson-precedent federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-accountability judicial-reasoning pleadings pro-se-pleading standing twombly twombly-plausibility Does the persistent misapplication of the Twombly plausibility test by Federal judges invariably lead to a violation of this Court's mandate in Ericks…
21-842 Mark Donelson v. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-litigation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-strike pleading-standards pleadings separation-of-powers standards Whether class allegations can be struck under FRCP 12(f)
21-6095 Jabari J. Johnson v. Donald Nunez, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied IFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction pleadings remedies standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's request
21-5752 Ivan Alexandrovich Vetcher v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court civil-rights controlled-substances court-access-rights deportation-challenge dismissal-with-prejudice due-process immigration immigration-law pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleading Whether the district court and court of appeals properly applied the requirements for pleadings as applied in most circuits
21-5598 Cedric D. Mack v. CarHop Finance Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pleadings service-of-process standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint
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 Whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals failed to follow the well-settled standard for a motion to dismiss under FRCP 12(b)(6) and dismiss…
21-5405 George A. Luna v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause domestic-violence due-process evidentiary-rule federal-jurisdiction forfeiture-by-wrongdoing hearsay-exception pleadings standing witness-unavailability Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-146 Christine Clifford, as Administrator of the Estate of John Clifford, et al. v. Richard Federman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-standard pleadings rule-12 rule-8 shotgun-pleading twombly-and-iqbal Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 'shotgun pleading' rule used to strike pleadings with prejudice directly conflicts with the Twombly and Iqbal standard …
21-5024 Gary E. McKinley v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2021-07-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence exhibits pleadings prisoner-rights pro-se standing state-court-system Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for relief
20-1577 John S. Barth v. Adam Buckley, et al. First Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
20-7927 Daryl DeWayne Riggins v. DeAnn Morris, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP admissions civil-procedure contract-interpretation denials exhibits federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts pleadings state-court-jurisdiction Whether a party's responsive pleading must admit or deny the statement(s) in the other party's pleading, such as whether a copy of the parties' contra…
20-1255 Jeffrey Schweitzer, et al. v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary-duty imprudent-investment investment-diversification participant-claims participant-rights pleadings single-stock-fund Is an ERISA fiduciary entitled to dismissal on the pleadings of a plan participant's claim that the fiduciary imprudently maintained an undiversified,…
20-7175 Timothy W. Elkins, Jr. v. Tony Guinn, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim
20-6127 Jermaine Antwan Tart v. Jamese Vigus, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression housing judicial-procedure pleadings summary-judgment video-evidence How can the case be closed without any decision on one of the due process claims?
20-270 Irma Rosas v. R.K. Kenzie Corp., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived 7th-circuit case-law civil-complaint civil-procedure dismissal george-v-smith judicial-precedent pleadings procedural-rule seventh-circuit standing Whether a civil complaint can be dismissed solely pursuant to George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605 (7th Cir. 2007)
20-5515 In Re Tracey A. Merrill 2020-08-27 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit pleadings predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
20-204 Ming Wei v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for lack of standing
20-175 Jinil Steel Company, Limited v. ValuePart, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response Waived appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure forfeiture judicial-discretion legal-forfeiture oral-argument pleadings preservation-of-error procedural-preservation Whether a litigant forfeits an argument by raising it thoroughly in an oral proceeding in bankruptcy court or other court of first instance, but not i…
20-5315 Robert Lee Stabnow v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services Eighth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-5061 Philip Emiabata v. BB&T, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice pleadings pro-se-litigant rule-12d summary-judgment Whether the district court is required under Rule 12(d) to exclude matters outside the pleadings or give notice of conversion to summary judgment
20-5021 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts judicial-opinion legal-standing petition-review pleadings procedural-complexity standing Whether the petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual matter to survive a motion to dismiss
20-5022 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Sara Glines, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process federal-circuit judicial-interpretation pleadings precedential-opinion standing Whether petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual allegations to survive a motion to dismiss
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 Whether the combination of an unverified intake questionnaire and an inexcusably dilatory verified charge meets the statutory requirements of the Amer…
19-1408 James Coppedge, et ux. v. Janet Z. Charlton Third Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint civil-rights-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction pleadings procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District Court review of the facial sufficiency of 42 USC § 1983 and § 1985 complaint below ignored the requirements of FRCP Rule 12(c)
19-1377 In Re Nina Shahin 2020-06-15 Denied 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-8217 Blake Jones v. McKee Foods Corporation Eighth Circuit 2020-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure discovery evidence pleadings summary-judgment Whether a defendant may ignore evidence provided through interrogatories, depositions, and motions for the purpose of summary judgment and have the wo…
19-799 Streambend Properties II, LLC, et al. v. Ivy Tower Minneapolis, LLC, et al. Minnesota 2019-12-23 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection failure-to-state-claim jury-trial jury-trial-rights pleadings standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing with prejudice Petitioners' claims for failing to state a claim for which relief may be granted
19-583 Estate of Robert Cunningham, et al. v. Mark McGuire First Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied facts-underlying false-claims-act first-to-file-bar judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-provision legal-standing pleadings procedural-analysis qui-tam statutory-interpretation Whether Section 3730(b)(5) of the False Claims Act is a jurisdictional provision that permits courts to consider all of the 'facts underlying the pend…
19-437 John Paterno v. City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment causation causative-nexus civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-entitlements pleadings procedural-claim standing stigma-plus temporal-proximity Whether the Second Circuit erred in applying a temporal proximity test to dismiss a procedural Due Process claim
19-400 Garmin USA, Inc., et al. v. Cellspin Soft, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 civil-procedure claim-construction eligibility inventive-claims inventive-concept judicial-review legal-question motion-to-dismiss patent patent-eligibility patent-law pleadings question-of-law subject-matter-eligibility Whether patent eligibility is a question of law for the court that can be resolved on a motion to dismiss, notwithstanding allegations in a complaint …
19-388 Mimi Korman v. Julio Iglesias Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied where a district court dismisses the action on th civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment intent judicial-estoppel pleading-stage pleadings property-rights standing takings Is a civil plaintiff deprived of property without due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment where a district court dismisses the action on …
19-262 Xiao-Ying Yu v. Robert R. Neall, Secretary, Maryland Department of Health, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-amendment-immunity ada-title-vii civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc-jurisdiction employment employment-discrimination federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction pleadings retaliation right-to-sue standing Whether the lower courts' refusal to consider EEOC's right-to-sue letter and her statements as part of pleadings, and her request and leave for amendm…
19-179 Naora Ben-Dov v. Shoshana Zelda Sragow, aka Stacy Suzanna Sragow, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal continuous-accrual court-discretion criminal-law criminal-offenses dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-review pleadings procedural-violation statute-of-limitations Should an action based on multiple civil and criminal offenses be considered from the first instance, the last known instance, or after evidence of nu…
19-5517 Eric Alan Sanders v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC Fourth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 eeoc eeoc-charge pleading-amendment pleadings right-to-sue rule-15 rule-15(d) title-vii Whether an aggrieved person can amend a complaint under Rule 15 or supplement a complaint under Rule 15(d) after the deadline for amending pleadings h…
19-5076 William J. Daugherty v. Randy L. White, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the judge had a sufficient basis to dismiss the complaint
18-1560 Richard Leland Neal v. B. Marc Neal, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied amended-complaint appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-rules motion-to-dismiss ninth-circuit pleadings rule-12(b)(6) standing Whether the Arizona District Court and the Ninth Circuit created a split by holding that defendants timely responded to Plaintiff's amended complaint …
18-1533 William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. City of Richardson, Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 civil-rights-42-usc-1985 civil-rights-statute conspiracy conspiracy-claims due-process federal-jurisdiction municipal-liability pleading-standards pleading-sufficiency pleadings section-1983 texas-tort-claims-act Whether allegations are sufficient to support claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1985(2)-(3)
18-9314 Randall Pierce v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure clearly-established-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleadings sentencing-information standing supreme-court Was the District Court Judge's liberal construction of the pro se pleadings a denial of access to the courts?
18-8724 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics motions pleadings procedural-rules right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have a duty to protect a defendant's right to counsel of choice?
18-7956 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Paul Penzone Ninth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the court below committed a reversible error in dismissing Appellants Complaint for Failure to State a Claim upon which Relief can be Granted,…
18-7754 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-procedure pleadings right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have a duty to protect a defendant's right to counsel of choice?
18-7514 Toni R. Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Technology Risk Office Tenth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied IFP case-merits civil-procedure complaint-analysis court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-review legal-interpretation pleadings standing summary-judgment Whether the district court and appeals court erred when they granted the defendant's motion to dismiss despite evidence submitted by the plaintiff tha…
18-885 Bennie Kennedy, et al. v. Schneider Electric, fka Square D Company Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-455 case-consolidation civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-review pleadings standing summary-judgment supervisory-power Whether or not this Court should call for an exercise of this Court's supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit's reasoning
18-7171 Zuri Sana Kabisa Young v. M. Voong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied IFP access-to-courts bias civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing Whether the courts constitute a success in stating a cognizable claim for relief when a plaintiff has failed to satisfy a claim's elements, as require…
18-7001 In Re Michael Kennedy 2018-12-12 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction free-speech habeas-corpus pleadings standing Whether the lower federal courts erred in dismissing petitioner's claims without allowing him to file any pleadings
18-6192 Pedro Rodriguez v. William D. Gore, Sheriff, San Diego County, California Ninth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-6125 Willie Frank Wright, Jr. v. Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights consideration constitutional-violation due-process factual-allegations federal-courts judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleadings procedural-dismissal scheuer-v-rhodes Twombly-Iqbal Whether a court can rely on material outside the pleadings when ruling on a motion to dismiss
18-5476 Abdul Hakiym Ismaiyl v. Fatimah D. Brown, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-52 clearly-erroneous due-process fabricated-facts fact-finding judicial-discretion pleadings rule-12b6 rule-52 rule-60 Whether the fact-finding process under Fed. R. Civ. P. 52 permits a court to fabricate or use fabricated facts not found in the pleadings, altering th…
18-115 Kimothy Maurice Wynn v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied civil-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-courts federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements pleadings sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction