| 25-638 |
Zhongxiao Michael Chen v. Michigan State University |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure electronic-filing in-forma-pauperis prima-facie rule-12b6 |
1. Whether a civil action is "commenced " under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3 when a complaint is
electronically delivered and date -stamped by … |
| 25-599 |
James P. Baumgartner v. United States |
Armed Forces |
2025-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
court-martial discretionary-review gender-discrimination panel-selection prima-facie race-discrimination |
Since at least 1988, race- and gender-based discrimination was permissible when selecting court martial panel members, the functional equivalent of ju… |
| 23-7659 |
Miracle Hurston v. Indiana Gaming Company, LLC, dba Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights contract-rights due-process equal-justice intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case procedural-due-process section-1981 summary-judgment trial |
Must a plaintiff prove intentional discrimination as an element of the prima facie case in a 42 U.S.C § 1981 claim? |
| 23-6528 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-2000e civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment-discriminat… |
| 23-783 |
Darren Kossen v. Asia Pacific Airlines, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-hearing air-21-statute burden-of-proof burdens-of-proof circumstantial-evidence clear-and-convincing-evidence legal-standard prima-facie res-judicata whistleblower-protection |
Did the ALJ, ARB and the 9th Circuit turn on its head AIR 21 law on burdens of proof? |
| 22-823 |
Alicia Thompson v. Janelle Henderson |
Washington |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
burden-of-proof due-process equal-protection evidence-standard implicit-bias jury-verdict prima-facie racial-bias |
Whether the Washington Supreme Court's novel standard addressing implicit bias violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause |
| 22-6588 |
In Re Beverly A. Jenkins |
|
2023-01-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection instructions legal-notice lower-tribunal notice prima-facie pro-se standing |
Is it herein shown that the LT deviated from Sufficient Instructions/required sufficient Notice for non-counsel litigants? |
| 22-6518 |
In Re Beverly A. Jenkins |
|
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure due-process equal-protection lawsuit-dismissal lower-tribunal prima-facie procedural-rights standing |
due-process,equal-protection,civil-procedure,standing,prima-facie,lawsuit-dismissal |
| 22-6173 |
Steven D'Agostino v. Bunce Atkinson |
Third Circuit |
2022-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy-trustee barton-doctrine chapter-7 chapter-7-bankruptcy conflict-of-interest prima-facie standing statutory-obligations trustee-handbook |
What is the significance and/or importance of the United States Trustee Office's Handbook for Chapter 7 Trustees? |
| 22-5944 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-2000e employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment discriminat… |
| 21-1421 |
Valerie Kline v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management |
District of Columbia |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination fruit-of-poisonous-tree mcdonnell-douglas pretext prima-facie unlawful-detail |
Whether an unlawful detail into a position prior to officially filling it is relevant to raise an inference of pretext, when the prima facie stage und… |
| 21-6659 |
Glen Seals v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky habeas-corpus johnson-v-california judicial-review mixed-question-of-fact-and-law peremptory-strike prima-facie prima-facie-case race-discrimination standard-of-review |
whether-courts-may-consider-potential-race-neutral-reasons-at-batson-prima-facie-stage |
| 21-6539 |
In Re Kenny Blanc |
|
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing |
To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … |
| 21-6538 |
In Re Kenny Blanc |
|
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 collateral-review constitutional-law federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing |
To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … |
| 21-6484 |
Thomas Lee Battle v. California |
California |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-shifting civil-rights discrimination hypothetical-justifications jury-selection prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-discretion title-vii |
Should analysis of a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson prohibit reliance upon hypothetical justifications never advanced by the prosecut… |
| 21-5824 |
Mary Jill Allgeyer v. City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination magistrate-review prima-facie protected-class reverse-discrimination standing title-vii wage-disparity |
Reverse-discrimination |
| 21-359 |
Flomo Tealeh v. Ward County, North Dakota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case protected-activity title-vii workplace-harassment |
Whether the standard for the second prong of a prima facie case of discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas v. Green's burden-shifting analysis is t… |
| 21-5333 |
Michael E. Harris v. Anthony Akidi |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals discretionary-dismissal jury-demand jury-trial personal-injury prima-facie |
Did the United States court of appeals error and abuse its discretion, in dismissing the petitioner's prima facie personal injury, civil rights compla… |
| 21-5070 |
Calvin Bernhardt v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability district-court-error eighth-circuit ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate prima-facie prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the Eight Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion in denying… |
| 20-8155 |
Frederick Wayne Smith v. California |
California |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence autonomy civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie sixth-amendment successive-petitions |
Should the May 2, 1995 Order to Show Cause/Prima Facie case; The NOV 05 2018 Superior Court writ of habeas corpus/Prima facie showing of violation of … |
| 20-8015 |
Noel Brown v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii |
Was decisions under Title VII also recognize that a person claiming that he has been the victim of intentional discrimination may make out a prima fac… |
| 20-7813 |
Richard Allen Benson v. Kevin Chappell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard capital-case capital-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence prima-facie state-law |
When a federal habeas court examines for reasonableness a silent state court habeas denial pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) (AEDPA) and Harrington v. R… |
| 20-200 |
Morgan McCoy v. Michael Bullock, et al. |
Ohio |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
|
8th-amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process evidence landlord-tenant-law prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination selective-enforcement standing |
Does pretrial court dismissing prima facie case before its evidence filing deadline constitute R.103(D) plain error in constitutional violation of due… |
| 19-888 |
Eric A. Longmire v. Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP |
New York |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure due-process employment-discrimination legal-malpractice motion-to-appeal prima-facie procedural-due-process standing sua-sponte |
Whether the State Appellate Division wrongfully denied Petitioner's Motion for Leave to Appeal |
| 19-6897 |
Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction plaintiff-burden prima-facie prima-facie-showing private-party-analogue standing statutory-interpretation |
What prima facie showing is it necessary and sufficient for a plaintiff to make, in order to establish the existence of a private-party analogue suppo… |
| 19-6378 |
Raymond Gentile v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 21-usc-846 criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection federal-statute geographic-classification geographic-disparity geographic-location marijuana-legalization marijuana-offenses prima-facie prima-facie-claim prosecutorial-discretion selective-prosecution |
Is geographic location an arbitrary classification in the application of prosecutorial decisions for marijuana-related offenses under 21 U.S.C §§ 841 … |
| 19-6286 |
Vara Birapaka v. United States Army Research Laboratory, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict civil-procedure due-process fraud impartiality judicial-review plausibility prima-facie procedural-fairness professional-conduct rights rule-60-motion standing |
Whether a federal court may write off a Rule 60 motion without analyzing the elements |
| 19-233 |
Eryon Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, L.L.C., dba Nottingham Regional Rehab Center |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-22 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights comparator comparator-standard due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pregnancy-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii |
Whether the analysis applied by the Fifth Circuit as articulated in the Pre-Young decision of Brady vs. Office of the Sergeant at Arms 820 F.2d 490 (D… |
| 19-186 |
Leslie Moore Mira v. Argus Media, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment nonconsensual-dissemination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii workplace-harassment |
Does such misconduct by an employer constitute a Title VII violation and create a prima facie hostile and discriminatory workplace? |
| 19-83 |
Veronica W. Ogunsula v. Staffing Now, Inc. |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
adea employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case staffing-agency temporary-employment title-vii |
How does the McDonnell Douglas framework apply in a Title VII and ADEA case involving temporary employment agencies? |
| 19-49 |
Michael Simons v. Boston Scientific, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split employment-discrimination fmla FMLA-retaliation mcdonnell-douglas pretext pretext-standard prima-facie retaliation summary-judgment temporal-proximity |
Whether the McDonnell Douglas framework applies to FMLA interference claims |
| 18-8748 |
Dajuan A. Alridge v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-04-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-selection jury-unanimity juvenile-sentencing non-unanimous-jury prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
Whether statistics alone are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination in the first step of a Batson analysis? |
| 18-823 |
ZUP, LLC v. Nash Manufacturing, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-12-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
invention invention-evaluation legal-analysis long-felt-need non-obviousness obviousness obviousness-standard patent patent-invalidity patent-law prima-facie prior-art rebuttal secondary-considerations |
Whether evidence of 'secondary considerations' is less important in rebutting prima facie evidence of obviousness |
| 18-207 |
George Duggan v. Department of Defense |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
affirmative-defense agency-burden clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-circuit personnel-actions prima-facie prima-facie-retaliation protected-disclosures retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-enhancement-act |
Whether after a prima facie retaliation for whistleblowing has been found under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012, does the Agency'… |
| 18-5152 |
Rodney Howard v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
Does a black defendant make a prima facie showing of discriminatory use of peremptory strikes under Batson's first step when he demonstrates that the … |