post-judgment-motions
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A178 | Michael Rene Garrett v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-08-12 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims habeas-corpus post-judgment-motions pro-se-litigation section-2255 | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) for challenging a district court's denial of post-judgment motions in a 28 … | |
| 24A1270 | Robert Gene Rega v. Lorraine Rega Scottie | Fourth Circuit | 2025-06-23 | Presumed Complete | appellate-review civil-judgment federal-rules post-judgment-motions pro-se standard-of-review | Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to a civil judgment can overcome the standard of review for affirming a district court's ruling | |
| 23-111 | United States, ex rel. Howard Beck v. St. Joseph Health System, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-08-04 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction post-judgment-motion post-judgment-motions rule-59 timely-appeal | Whether a court-created exception barring successive post-judgment motions can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is timel… |
| 18-7449 | Joel Darnell Patton v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality-of-judgment gonzalez-standard habeas-corpus post-judgment-motion post-judgment-motions reconsideration rule-59-motion successive-motions successive-petition | Does a district court have the authority to reconsider the merits of a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 action in response to a prisoner's timely post-judgment motion… |