prisoner-litigation
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6474 | Anthony Dove v. Dr. Broadwell, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-05 | Pending | IFP | constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction imminent-danger injunctive-relief plra-three-strikes prisoner-litigation | I. Did Plaintiff's July 12, 2029 "Motion To Reinstate Proceeding Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and Rule 10(b)(1), (2), and (d)" with Affidavit Suffi… |
| 25A495 | Mark Hanna v. John Bel Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-30 | Application | appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights good-faith-standard in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation procedural-default | Whether a prisoner's in forma pauperis (IFP) status can be denied on appeal when procedural challenges prevent full review of the underlying civil rig… | |
| 25A186 | Charles Brooks, et al. v. Jeremy James Allen | Eighth Circuit | 2025-08-15 | Presumed Complete | amended-complaint eighth-amendment interlocutory-review plra-exhaustion prisoner-litigation section-1983 | Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act's exhaustion requirement applies to an amended complaint filed after a prisoner's release when the original c… | |
| 25-5074 | Michael Horton v. Captain Gilchrist, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-07-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | discovery-rights federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se-litigant section-1983 summary-judgment | This Court's precedent is clear that federal courts "should generally not depart from the usual practice under the Federal Rules on the basis of perce… |
| 24-7034 | Jacques Dorcinvil v. Marlyn Kopp, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility | Second Circuit | 2025-04-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals-jurisdiction district-court-procedure notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal | Whether the late filing of a Notice of Appeal by a District Court's clerk sent by a pro se prisoner can deprive the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction o… |
| 24A974 | Greg Gogin v. Michael Meisner, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2025-04-11 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights federal-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an enlargement of time to file a writ of certiorari should be granted when the petitioner claims limited legal … | |
| 24A923 | Cecil Jerome Quinn, Jr. v. J. Mark Hayes, II, Judge, Circuit Court of South Carolina, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2025-03-26 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights magistrate-recommendation prisoner-litigation pro-se section-1983 summary-dismissal | Whether a pro se prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging constitutional violations can survive sua sponte dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A wit… | |
| 24A402 | Carl Ezekiel Woods v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-24 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-right extension-of-time federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted when the litigant lacks profes… | |
| 24A247 | Sam Autry Fletcher v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2024-09-09 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights habeas-corpus prisoner-litigation pro-se section-2254 technological-evidence | Whether a pro se prisoner's constitutional rights were violated when the district court denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition without fully cons… | |
| 24A111 | Stan Brown v. Corey Pankow, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2024-07-30 | Presumed Complete | appeal-deadline federal-rules-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction prisoner-litigation pro-se | Whether a pro se prisoner's untimely notice of appeal can be excused due to unique circumstances or equitable tolling principles when filed beyond the… | |
| 23A1168 | Alex Ryle v. Brian Emig, Warden, James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, et al. | Third Circuit | 2024-06-27 | Presumed Complete | certiorari constitutional-rights legal-research prisoner-litigation pro-se time-extension | Whether a pro se prisoner's request for a 60-day extension to file a certiorari petition should be granted based on his limited legal research capabil… | |
| 23A1125 | John Ross Stenberg v. Don Langford, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2024-06-20 | Presumed Complete | legal-resources prisoner-litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources and lack of counsel constitutes good cause for an extension of time to file a petition f… | |
| 23A961 | John W. Patton v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2024-04-26 | Presumed Complete | civil-procedure court-costs in-forma-pauperis indigent-status prisoner-litigation pro-se | Whether a pro se prisoner's in forma pauperis application satisfies the legal standard for proceeding without prepayment of court costs in federal cou… | |
| 23A923 | Bryant Christopher Watts v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-16 | Presumed Complete | civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se | Whether a pro se prisoner's untimely notice of appeal can be excused under equitable tolling principles when the delay results from alleged procedural… | |
| 23A833 | Brandon Roberts v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2024-03-11 | Presumed Complete | civil-rights fourth-circuit legal-access prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources constitutes an unconstitutional burden on his right to seek judicial review of his civil… | |
| 23A774 | Dexter Conrad Jackson v. Lavar Ham, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-02-23 | Presumed Complete | appellate-filing-fee civil-procedure district-court-dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se | Whether a pro se prisoner's in forma pauperis appeal can be dismissed without explicit assessment of the required appellate filing fee | |
| 23-6698 | Reginald Harris v. FNU Watson, Hillsboro Police Officer, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process indigent-status mental-health mental-health-commitment prisoner-litigation section-1983-claim standing | Whether I.F.P., on-duty Department of unlawful unwarranted mental health committment civil claim, should be afforded appointment of counsel, to avoid … |
| 23A693 | Jabari J. Johnson v. Correctional Officer Giles, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2024-01-26 | Presumed Complete | civil-rights dismissal prisoner-litigation pro-se procedural-due-process tenth-circuit | Whether a pro se prisoner's civil rights complaint can be dismissed for lack of prosecution without a clear warning or opportunity to show good cause | |
| 23-6395 | In Re Daniel Lee Beckley | 2023-12-28 | Denied | IFP | all-writs-act appellate-procedure federal-appeals filing-deadline houston-v-lack incarcerated-person mandamus prison-mail prisoner-litigation pro-se-filing supreme-court-mandate timely-filing | Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to abide by the Supreme Court's holding in Houston v. Lack and accept Petitione… | |
| 23A500 | Michael W. Bohannan v. Erica Redic, Texas Department of Justice-CID Law Library Supervisor, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-12-01 | Presumed Complete | civil-rights court-sanctions in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation pro-se | Whether a pro se prisoner's failure to strictly comply with Prison Litigation Reform Act procedural requirements warrants dismissal of a civil rights … | |
| 22-7268 | Derek Sloane v. Robert L. Langley, et al. | Second Circuit | 2023-04-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules imminent-danger imminent-danger-exception in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule | Whether a prior dismissal is a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) |
| 22-6115 | Danny Fabricant v. Federal Election Commission, et al. | District of Columbia | 2022-11-21 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | article-iii-standing campaign-finance constitutional-law constitutional-qualifications declaratory-judgment equal-protection federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission prisoner-litigation standing statutory-interpretation | Does 52 U.S.C. § 30101's requirement that potential candidates for the House of Representatives report contributions or expenditures before being cons… |
| 22-6074 | Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-11-16 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights security-measures | Whether the procedures required to institute unusual security measures apply in civil cases brought by prisoner plaintiffs? |
| 22-5025 | Arthur Luther McKinney v. Gary Painter, Sheriff, Midland County, Texas, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2022-07-05 | Denied | IFP | administrative-law civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies prisoner-litigation standing | Did McKinney exhaust the administrative remedies required by the PLRA? |
| 21-7336 | Karsten O. Allen v. J. Mayo, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2022-03-10 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prison-conditions prisoner-litigation pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-defect state-created-rights virginia-department-of-corrections | Does the language of Virginia's statutes and Department of Corrections' Operating Procedures establish a state-created liberty interest in good time e… |
| 21-7166 | Mustafa Ozsusamlar v. P. Adams, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2022-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-remedies civil-rights discrimination due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-prison free-speech habeas-corpus postal-service prisoner-litigation standing | Whether the prison's practice of opening, reading, and forwarding legal mail to the warden or unit manager, which delays or destroys the mail, violate… |
| 21-6337 | Kendall K. Magee v. Gloria Perry, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2021-11-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement federal-courts prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights | Whether a prisoner must proceed to the final step of the administrative grievance process to meet the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation … |
| 20-8250 | Nathaniel Howard Thomas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-06-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | access-to-courts appeal appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process federal-prisons legal-resources prison-access prisoner-litigation | Was the petitioner denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to federal prison closures? |
| 20-6681 | Robert Wright v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-12-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement prison-grievance prisoner-litigation pro-se-litigation procedural-default standing | Was Wright required to exhaust state remedies under the PLRA? |
| 20-360 | David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-17 | Denied | attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation | Whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily prescribes | |
| 20-5671 | Michael Ward v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission | Michigan | 2020-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection fees-and-costs indigent-litigant prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights | Is Michigan's statute, MCL 600.2963(8) unconstitutional on its face and/or as applied to this petitioner, as violating the right of access to courts a… |
| 19-8145 | Santiago Cruz v. C. Betancourt | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-grievance administrative-remedies civil-rights eighth-amendment exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process prisoner-litigation procedural-error procedural-errors waiver | Whether the district court erred in finding that the petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies for his Eighth Amendment claim |
| 19-7276 | Ketut Pujayasa v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules due-process judicial-discretion prejudice prisoner prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-4a6 time-limitation timeliness | Did the district court and appellate court err in concluding that the petitioner's Rule 4(a)(6) motion, which was sent on February 20, 2019, and recei… |
| 19-7211 | Joseph A. Brown v. Dr. Sage, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-01-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation standing | Whether the disposition in Brown v. Kemmerer, U.S.D.C. Del. Civ. No. 13-cv-0138, qualifies as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) |
| 18A1311 | Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2019-06-14 | Presumed Complete | appellate-fees court-procedure dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se | Whether a pro se prisoner's failure to timely pay appellate filing fees constitutes grounds for dismissal of an appeal without further procedural safe… | |
| 18-9421 | In Re Ronald D. Veteto | 2019-05-24 | Denied | IFP | access-to-courts administrative-penalty civil-procedure civil-rights clerk-misconduct due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandamus-petition notice-pleading prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights sanctions | Whether the district court and Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Veteto's civil rights claims and petitions for mandamus relief | |
| 18-8697 | Frederick H. Banks v. Pennymac Holdings, LLC, fka Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust Holdings I, LLC | Pennsylvania | 2019-04-04 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure document-submission due-process electronic-filing fifth-amendment immigration institutional-barriers judicial-access land-use pacer prisoner-litigation privacy privacy-policy property-rights regulatory-takings social-security takings | Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from requiring a property owner to provide a public easement as a condition… |
| 18-5695 | Robert Wayne Annabel, II v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2018-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | ada amendment-opportunity civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy deliberate-indifference due-process plra plra-dismissal prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights rehabilitation-act res-judicata retaliation sua-sponte | Whether the Sixth Circuit's interpretation of the PLRA's dismissal procedures denies a fair and adequate opportunity to object or amend the complaint |