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25-920 Louis Vargas, fka Louis Galynsky v. Vincent Rodriguez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-02-05 Pending civil-rights due-process peonage-claim pro-se-litigation supplemental-jurisdiction thirteenth-amendment 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's federal peonage claim under 18 U.S.C. § 1581, by failing to recognize that economic coer…
25-6717 Alaa Elkharwily v. Kaiser Permanente, et al. Washington 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-limits due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigation 1- UNCONSTITUTIONALLY BIASED ADJUDICATION (RULE OF NECESSITY/ SELF-INTEREST): Did the state appellate court violate the Due Process Clause of the Fo…
25-6712 William Louis Armstrong v. Boyland Auto BGMC LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending IFP civil-procedure district-court-discretion frcp-service in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation 1. I filed with an IFP motion; the court found me indigent (including for counsel recruitment). I moved for service under FRCP 4(c)(3), but the distri…
25-894 Abiel Brathwaite v. Anthony Georgiades, Police Officer, Maryland Transportation Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending civil-rights fourth-amendment pleading-standards pro-se-litigation probable-cause section-1983 In §1983 claims for unconstitutional false arrest (a Fourth Amendment violation), the existence of probable cause is often treated as an absolute defe…
25-688 Veronica W. Ogunsula v. Michael Warrenfeltz Fourth Circuit 2025-12-12 Pending law-enforcement pro-se-litigation probable-cause qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion traffic-violation 1. Does a police officer observing an undisputed legal act(s) or something that is not illegal, without more, provide probable cause or a reasonable i…
25A689 Edward Allen Moore v. Gregory Hancock, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-12-11 Application certificate-of-appealability court-access eighth-circuit habeas-corpus prison-library pro-se-litigation Question not identified.
25-6233 Rod Serp v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice case-dismissal federal-courts government-accountability judicial-review pro-se-litigation This case began in late 2023 in Central District Court. It was dismissed without prejudice by Judge Fisher to be refiled in Federal Claims Court. Judg…
25A518 John T. Hardee v. Jeff Vergakis, Individually and as Superintendent, Hampton Roads Regional Jail, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-05 Application constitutional-rights court-access document-preparation legal-access prison-conditions pro-se-litigation Whether a state corrections facility's restrictions on legal research access and document preparation violate an incarcerated individual's constitutio…
25A473 Benzo Elias Rudnikas v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-24 Application estate-administration federal-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation probate-jurisdiction procedural-challenge removal-statute Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to a state probate court's estate administration ruling can be removed to federal court under 28 U.S…
25A471 Hasib Bin Golamrabbi v. California California 2025-10-24 Application indigent-defendant law-library-access legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure Whether a prison's restrictive law library access policy unconstitutionally impedes an indigent prisoner's ability to prepare and timely file a writ o…
25A470 Chase Hunter v. Joanne Auclair Massachusetts 2025-10-24 Application appellate-review constitutional-question due-process extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-litigation state-court Whether a state court's denial of a pro se litigant's application for further appellate review, coupled with alleged procedural irregularities and pot…
25-486 David Perez v. City and County of Denver, Colorado Tenth Circuit 2025-10-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-remedies due-diligence eeoc-complaint fraud-of-court pro-se-litigation title-vii On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the precondition in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requiring employees to file a charge with …
25A437 Francis T. Greiser, Jr. v. Marian K. Greiser, et al. Florida 2025-10-16 Presumed Complete artis-tolling certiorari-extension federal-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court should apply the tolling provision under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) to preserve state law claims dismissed due to statute of limita…
25-5808 In Re David C. White 2025-10-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law constitutional-interpretation dam-removal judicial-discretion loper-bright pro-se-litigation 1. Shall any hydroelectric dam be removed in the United States without express consent of Congress, when the simple, scientific solution is dam mainte…
25-5794 Jasmine E. Golden v. Amazon North Carolina 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice civil-rights corporate-misconduct gatekeeper-order intellectual-property pro-se-litigation 1. Petitioner was denied appropriate justice and retribution for the intentional maligning of her brand name, GoldenPrints, LLC, and intellectual prop…
25-5766 Jonathan Valentin v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industries Third Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourth-amendment pro-se-litigation Should the First Amendment provisions to the U.S. Constitution addressing the making of any law abridging the freedom of speech; and to petition the G…
25-5687 Curtis Gorham v. Michael Alan Jenkins, et al. Florida 2025-09-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights healthcare-liability judicial-procedure medical-malpractice mental-illness pro-se-litigation I became "mentally ill" in 2007 according to Social Security Disability. (See, Exhibits J & K). Apparently I'm entitled to "civil private counsel " I …
25-5660 In Re David C. White 2025-09-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity loper-bright pro-se-litigation 1. Shall U.S. Courts at all levels persist in extreme bias against pro se or any litigant, contrary to Judicial Code of Conduct and Loper Light, espec…
25-5586 David Priest v. Bentley, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-ruling district-court inmate-rights judicial-discretion legal-standard pro-se-litigation ARE PRO SE INMATE LITIGANTS HELD TO THE SAME LEGAL STANDARD THAT A LAWYER IS HELD? WAS THE PLAINTIFF GIVEN PROPER NOTICE OF HIS NEED TO RAISE HIS ISS…
25-5568 Donna Marie Conner v. Xfinity, United States General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-without-prejudice federal-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation telephone-consumer-protection-act Question not identified.
25A258 Tonnesha Kidd v. Lourdes Medical Center at Burlington, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-03 Presumed Complete employment-law pro-se-litigation race-discrimination retaliation summary-judgment third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit improperly applied summary judgment standards in a case involving claims of race discrimination and workplace retaliation
25-5463 Trent Nelson v. URSA Major Corporation Seventh Circuit 2025-08-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process-clause federal-court-procedure fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation 1. Do a Pro Se litigant have constitutional provision in federal court? Violation of the 5th and 14th Amendments, "Due process clause". Ensures that t…
25A211 Tamika D. Pless v. State Employees' Credit Union. et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Presumed Complete civil-rights eviction fair-housing-act housing-discrimination irreparable-harm pro-se-litigation Whether federal courts can provide emergency injunctive relief to prevent a potentially discriminatory eviction under the Fair Housing Act and 42 U.S.…
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 …
25-87 Kevin F. MacDonald v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Massachusetts 2025-07-23 Denied Response Waived due-process estate-law foreclosure pro-se-litigation property-rights standing The case is a wrongful foreclosure where due process of law has been denied, property rights have been violated, and a Massachusetts statute has been …
25-5131 Lucio Roy Atkinson v. Texas Texas 2025-07-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights drug-testing due-process forensic-evidence habeas-corpus pro-se-litigation 1. Can the State of Texas "dry lab" test results in order to obtain a conviction under TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 481.104(a)(2) and § 481.114(a)(c) ?…
24-7485 Christopher Langdon v. Sun Lake Multi-Family Holdings, LLC, et al. Florida 2025-06-25 Denied IFP court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-access legal-standards pro-se-litigation Do the courts in Florida deny due process, equal protection, and meaningful access to courts for pro se, non-prisoner litigants?
24-7484 Christopher Langdon v. Sun Lake Multi-Family Holdings, LLC, et al. Florida 2025-06-25 Denied IFP court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standards pro-se-litigation Do the courts in Florida deny due process, equal protection, and meaningful access to the courts for pro se, non-prisoner litigants?
24-1146 Gilda Ryan, et al. v. County of Imperial, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process judicial-supervision ninth-circuit pro-se-litigation section-1983 Whether the Ninth Circuit's sanctioning of the District Court's use of a pro-se §1983 civil action as on-the-job training constitutes a severe departu…
24-812 La Dell Grizzell, on Behalf of Her Minor Children v. San Elijo Elementary School, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights federal-court minor-representation ninth-circuit-rule pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether children must retain an attorney to pursue claims in federal court, or whether their parents may instead litigate pro se on their behalf
24-6439 Amir Abdul-Alim, et ux., Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Children A.A.A. and I.A.A. v. Clark County School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights equal-access-to-justice federal-court-procedure mandatory-legal-counsel parental-authority pro-se-litigation Under what circumstances does a federal court exclude parents from receiving court-appointed legal counsel for their children in pro se litigation whe…
24A732 C.M.C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2025-01-27 Presumed Complete bill-of-review judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-time-bar parental-rights pro-se-litigation termination-order Whether a state court can apply a jurisdictional time bar to preclude a bill-of-review proceeding challenging a parental rights termination order base…
24-6327 Onyinye Jideani v. Robert R. Rigsby, Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court District of Columbia 2025-01-16 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation Did the D.C. Circuit Court violate constitutional rights and improperly dismiss a pro se litigant's civil rights complaint against a judge under 42 U.…
24A682 Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus pro-se-litigation section-455 Whether a trial judge's repeated denial of motions for disqualification under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) constitutes a due process violation warranting mandam…
24A678 Gerald Nelson v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2025-01-10 Presumed Complete collective-bargaining duty-of-fair-representation federal-removal labor-management-act pro-se-litigation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts improperly exercised subject matter jurisdiction in a labor dispute involving a collective bargaining agreement and duty of fai…
24-6222 Donat Caleb Porter v. North Carolina North Carolina 2025-01-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights controlled-substance exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment pro-se-litigation state-police-powers Whether North Carolina's Controlled Substance Act and Federal Substance laws violate constitutional rights regarding marijuana possession and use
24A632 Patrick Comack v. Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-27 Presumed Complete administrative-determination disability-benefits medical-impairment neurodegenerative-disorder pro-se-litigation social-security Whether the Social Security Administration's determination of a claimant's neurodegenerative disorder impairment requires a more comprehensive evaluat…
24A589 La Dell Grizzell, on Behalf of Her Minor Children v. San Elijo Elementary School, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-17 Presumed Complete access-to-courts constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction minor-children parental-rights pro-se-litigation Whether a parent can bring a pro se civil rights action on behalf of minor children without retaining counsel, notwithstanding a categorical rule requ…
24-6139 Alexis Carberry Benson, Individually and on Behalf of K. C. J., et al. v. Lancaster County School District, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-12-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process education-law in-forma-pauperis parental-rights pro-se-litigation Can a court deny in forma pauperis status after previously granting it in related cases, and should parents be accorded appointed counsel when filing …
24-6070 David C. Lettieri v. James Quinn Auricchio Second Circuit 2024-12-04 Denied IFP court-filing imminent-danger jurisdictional-threshold pro-se-litigation procedural-rules statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) applies to government and private party litigation and how strikes are counted in such proceedings
24A522 Michael Boutin v. Chicopee Housing Authority Massachusetts 2024-11-27 Presumed Complete appellate-review disability-accommodation due-process pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure time-extension Whether a pro se litigant with documented disabilities is entitled to an extraordinary extension of time to file a writ of certiorari based on procedu…
24A512 Steven Burda v. Alla Korenman aka Alla Burda Pennsylvania 2024-11-26 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction emergency-relief legal-extension pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's procedural request for an extension to file a petition for writ of certiorari constitutes a valid legal basis for emergenc…
24A501 Christine Reule, et al. v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, District Court of Texas, 114th District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-11-20 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge due-process judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing-doctrine vexatious-litigant Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly interpreted standing doctrine and due process requirements in post-enforcement constitutional challenges to state…
24-509 Kathlyn Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-remedies disability-accommodation due-process pro-se-litigation sovereign-immunity tax-collection Does the Supreme Court agree that the Petitioner's case was wrongly dismissed due to disability accommodation issues and procedural violations by the …
24-5948 Colette Savage, et al. v. Mark Savage, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP contract-fabrication court-integrity due-process judicial-misconduct legal-fraud pro-se-litigation Whether court judgments based on fabricated facts constitute an illegality and whether Texas courts can construct fictitious contracts that conflict w…
24-5831 Colby Dranoel Leonard v. Keith Cooley, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights court-procedure judicial-error legal-defect petition-review pro-se-litigation Whether the Federal Court erred in ordering demonstrative defects in a pro se litigant's petition alleging constitutional rights violations
24-466 Vikramkumar J. Shah v. Novelis Fifth Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights corporate-defendants cross-jurisdictional-dispute judicial-discrimination pro-se-litigation procedural-fairness Whether the Supreme Court will address alleged discrimination against a pro se litigant in civil lawsuits involving multiple defendants in US and Indi…
24-459 Gordon Alexander Clark v. Santander Bank, N.A. Connecticut 2024-10-23 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-litigation state-constitution Whether the 7th, 5th, and 14th Amendments and Connecticut state constitutional provisions remain in effect for pro se litigants, specifically regardin…
24A380 Mahfooz Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete employment-discrimination frivolous-appeal habeas-corpus intellectual-property pro-se-litigation summary-judgment Whether a pro se litigant's employment discrimination and intellectual property claims can survive dismissal as frivolous when alleging unlawful termi…
24A381 Kirk E. Knopp v. CSX Transportation Inc. Sixth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete bar-admission certiorari judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure time-extension Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition based on counsel's pending bar admission challenges
24A367 Angela W. DeBose v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete access-to-courts court-management judicial-discretion prefiling-injunction pro-se-litigation vexatious-litigation Whether a federal district court may impose a prefiling injunction against a pro se attorney's litigation without violating her constitutional right o…
24A342 Robert Emert v. Andrea Schuck California 2024-10-10 Presumed Complete access-to-courts due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation vexatious-litigant Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses prohibit a state court from designating a pro se litigant as vexatious wit…
24A341 Ricky Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Colgate Palmolive Co., et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-10 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation rule-60-challenge Whether a pro se litigant can successfully challenge multiple court orders and legal proceedings alleging fraud upon the court under Rule 60(b)(4) whe…
24-5697 Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2024-10-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-deference erisa judicial-review pension-benefits pro-se-litigation Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied deference to PBGC's interpretations of ambiguous ERISA provisions and ignored substantial harm to the p…
24-5682 Lan Thi Tran Nguyen v. Kathryn Luebcke, et al. California 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights consumer-protection discrimination judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation real-property Whether a pro se litigant's consumer protection rights were violated in a real property dispute involving alleged judicial misconduct and discriminati…
24A230 Aaron Christopher Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-03 Presumed Complete anders-procedure criminal-appeal direct-appeal fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance pro-se-litigation Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly applied Anders v. California procedural standards in dismissing a criminal defendant's direct ap…
24-5291 Ethan Printemps-Herget v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Ninth Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights federal-court-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigation summary-judgment witness-testimony Whether pro se litigants are entitled to full legal participation and representation in federal court proceedings despite limited legal knowledge
24A155 Martin Akerman v. Department of the Air Force Federal Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete administrative-law federal-employment interlocutory-appeal jurisdictional-review mspb-procedure pro-se-litigation Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) can be properly named as a respondent in federal appeals challenging its jurisdictional and procedur…
24A147 Martin Akerman v. Department of the Army Federal Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete administrative-review civil-service interlocutory-appeal mspb-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation whistleblower-protection Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) can be properly named as a respondent in federal appeals challenging its procedural or jurisdictiona…
24-5165 Leonard W. Houston, as Beneficiary of Estate of Luis Houston Sr., Deceased v. Highland Care Center, Inc., Skilled Nursing Home Second Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process federal-court-access in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant judicial-screening nursing-home pro-se-litigation resident-rights standing in-forma-pauperis
24-5148 Alexander Harvin v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts assignment-of-security-deed civil-rights-violation due-process equal-protection foreclosure-challenge pro-se-litigation res-judicata standing Could the Petitioner have raised the issue of wrongful/illegal foreclosure in the 2014 court proceedings?
24A83 Rian G. Waters v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Presumed Complete civil-rights-conspiracy federal-proceeding pro-se-litigation section-1985 state-action witness-intimidation Whether a pro se plaintiff can establish a viable civil rights conspiracy claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) when alleging witness intimidation and obstr…
24-5122 Aaron Scurlock v. Chance Jones Seventh Circuit 2024-07-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cover-up due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation procedural-defects transcript-falsification Whether the district court's actions in this § 2254 habeas case sanctioned a departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings
24A45 Elaine Mickman v. Superior Court of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete civil-rights declaratory-relief eleventh-amendment pro-se-litigation state-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Eleventh Amendment bars a pro se litigant from seeking injunctive and monetary relief against a state court for alleged constitutional vio…
24A29 Rosalind Holmes v. United States, et al. Ohio 2024-07-11 Presumed Complete conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights federal-defendants injunctive-relief pro-se-litigation sixth-circuit Whether a pro se litigant can obtain emergency injunctive relief against multiple government officials and entities for alleged constitutional rights …
24-5044 In Re David Brian Derringer 2024-07-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice rico civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Question not identified
23-1348 In Re Charles Simon 2024-06-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Whether the Three Judge Panel's order denied and rubber-stamped the Mandamus All Writs Act 28 U.S.C. section 1651, consolidated with the appeal, ignor…
23-1336 Noel West Lane, III v. Matthew Curtis Witt, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure due-process fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion manifest-fraud pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation procedural-error Should the Supreme Court provide guidance on mandatory accommodation of judicial discretion to ensure fair hearings for pro se litigants and clarify i…
23-7761 Eddie L. Hatch, Jr., et ux. v. Tom Barrett, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mail-tampering political-corruption pro-se-litigation rule-of-law Question not identified
23A1114 Samuel San Miguel v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-14 Presumed Complete circuit-split civil-commitment due-process medical-care pro-se-litigation standard-of-review Whether the Due Process Clause requires a deliberate indifference or professional judgment standard for medical care claims brought by civilly committ…
23-1262 Ikemefuna Stephen Nwoye v. Barack H. Obama, former President of the United States, et ux. Second Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied civil-claim civil-liability continuing-wrong factfinding insufficient-pleading jurisdictional-conflict presidential-immunity pro-se-litigation scope-of-employment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations Whether the 2>4 Circuit erred in law
23-7628 Meng Ellen Xia v. Lina T. Ramey, and Associates, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination harassment pro-se-litigation supervisor-liability title-vii vicarious-liability workplace-harassment Whether the Faragher and Ellerth 'supervisor' liability rule applies to harassment by those whom the employer vests with authority to direct and overs…
23-1245 David Timothy Johnson, Sr. v. Urvashi Foster, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion judicial-power jurisdiction pro-se-litigation procedural-defect shotgun-pleading Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit's questioned Orders amount to an unlawful denial of due process, an oppressive exe…
23-7414 Mark A. VandenBoom v. Robert Strohmeyer Seventh Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-review circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-precedent precedent pro-se pro-se-litigation Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judgement conflict with this court's precedents resulting in a limitation of access to the court due to the p…
23-1152 Bernadette Dickerson v. Koch Foods, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights ex-parte-communication federal-procedure fraud judicial-bias pro-se-litigation retaliation sex-discrimination summary-judgment title-vii Whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment despite disputed material facts
23-1104 In Re Robert M. Miller 2024-04-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion bias-prejudice civil-procedure court-discretion federal-defendant judicial-bias judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation writ-of-mandamus Whether this Court should issue a writ of mandamus to reassign cases due to judge's bias
23-7204 Sean L. Hagins v. United States Third Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation court-discretion criminal-procedure defense-counsel-ineffectiveness habeas-corpus illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error plain-error-review pro-se pro-se-litigation sentencing Did the lower court have the obligation to correct an illegal sentence, brought to its attention, regardless of the passage of time?
23A881 Linda Baldwin v. Robert Pitman, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-04-04 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-challenge in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias pro-se-litigation vexatious-litigant Whether a federal district court judge's adverse rulings in prior cases constitute a cognizable constitutional violation or impermissible judicial bia…
23-1065 Robert A. Eaton v. Montana Silversmiths Ninth Circuit 2024-03-29 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion ninth-circuit pro-se-litigation standing waiver waiver-of-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit had power to waive Eaton's constitutional rights
23-7101 Deborah A. Redman v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process ethical-lapses free-speech judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation procedural-trap standing May federal judges reframe and distort Petitioner's arguments?
23-7077 Wayne M. English v. Lowell T. Cage, as Trustee Fifth Circuit 2024-03-26 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court-clerk judicial-jurisdiction mail-delivery mailbox-rule postal-service pro-se-litigation timely-filing Whether the Fifth Circuit's dismissal of the petitioner's appeal as untimely conflicts with the 'mailbox rule' established by this Court and other cir…
23-6962 Vernon D. F. Robbins v. John E. Wetzel, former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied IFP administrative-remedy-exhaustion circuit-split due-process equal-protection stare-decisis administrative-exhaustion equal-protection prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigation stare-decisis third-circuit-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of the same United States Court …
23-982 In Re Joshua Marbley 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure default-judgment due-process judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct legal-representation motion-dismissal pro-se-litigation standing Why were the plaintiff's affidavits ignored?
23-984 Joseph Dixon v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Eighth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied Response Waived arbitration-appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation standing Whether the district court improperly denied Petitioner pro se due process and equal protection of law
23-985 Yuri J. Stoyanov v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct mail-fraud pro-se-litigation standing summary-judgment wire-fraud Whether the district court judge committed fraud upon the court by intentionally planned and executed federal crimes of Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud to d…
23A825 Larry Muldrow v. Arkansas Eighth Circuit 2024-03-07 Presumed Complete civil-rights conspiracy due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Whether the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause protect a pro se litigant from alleged judicial misconduct and government harassment in a c…
23-6654 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Terry Quisenberry, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied IFP civil-rights comanche-tribe due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-recognition legal-liability pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether an enrolled member of the Comanche Tribe is liable for wrongs under a treaty
23A690 Debra A. Charles v. Anna-Jonesboro National Bank, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete bank-fraud contract-breach federal-jurisdiction fiduciary-duty pro-se-litigation venue-transfer Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a civil case involving alleged contract breach, fiduciary duty violations, and fraud against a federally…
23-6548 Andrew Joseph Avitable, aka Andrew Joseph Larson v. Wyoming Wyoming 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-breach due-process equal-protection forma-pauperis indigent judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation state-law-interpretation Can a State create policies, rules, and/or laws that contradict the State's and US Constitutions; and create a situation in which only those with the …
23A662 Jacques Saade v. Fay Servicing, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2024-01-18 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure filing-restrictions judicial-economy mortgage-default pro-se-litigation sanctions Whether a pro se litigant's repeated filing of substantially similar lawsuits challenging a mortgage default constitutes vexatious litigation warranti…
23-6473 Joseph Bergeron v. William Bolin, Warden, et al. Minnesota 2024-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis informa-pauperis judicial-fairness legal-obstruction minnesota-judicial-system pro-se pro-se-litigation Can the Minnesota Judicial system deny Informa Pauperis to impoverished Pro Se litigant as a means to obstruct Judicial fairness?
23-6329 Russell G. Finnegan v. David L. Chidester Seventh Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-fees due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure jurisdiction pro-se-litigation signature-requirement standing Are the orders from the Court of Appeals valid absent an authorized signature of a judicial officer?
23-6306 Devon Austin Earl v. Brandon Harris, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied IFP civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process false-arrest forma-pauperis jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations university-police issue being raised
23-637 Jingjing Zheng, et vir v. Shady Grove Fertility Maryland 2023-12-13 Denied civil-rights consumer-protection court-deception due-process fertility-fraud fertility-treatments intentional-misrepresentation maryland-law medical-fraud medical-malpractice pro-se-litigation standing Will granting this petition decrease a large amount of loss in IVF treatments in the United States each year to safeguard the significant interests of…
23-596 Yoseph Yadessa Kenno v. Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion newly-discovered-evidence pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-59 rule-59-motion spoliation-of-evidence Whether the Lower Courts violated Supreme Court precedents governing pro se pleading
23-576 Sohail M. Abdulla v. Southern Bank Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Is the right to due process being violated for pro se litigants?
23-6059 Michelle A. Ferrell v. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-agency federal-agency-bias judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation standing whistleblower-protection Why did the Federal Circuit Court ignore Petitioner's MSPB case regarding her IRA
23-6040 Ernest Bustos v. Encino Park Homeowners Association, et al. Texas 2023-11-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation Whether the Court violated Petitioner's protected rights
23-5961 Martin Robinson v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission, et al. Ohio 2023-11-06 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP accountability civil-procedure civil-rights court-accountability due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-transfer pro-se-litigation public-officials standing Is there a lack of accountability for public officials' corrupt acts, lying, stealing, and fraud?
23A385 Wayne M. English v. Parcel Express, Inc. Texas 2023-10-30 Presumed Complete appellate-rights court-access judicial-review pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Whether a pro se litigant's procedural due process rights are violated when state courts systematically impose excessive barriers, sanctions, and docu…
23-5866 James Allen Brickley, Jr. v. Marie Laurence Gloria Joseph-Stephen Texas 2023-10-24 Denied IFP best-interest best-interest-standard civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-sufficiency judicial-discretion parental-rights pro-se-litigation standing termination termination-proceedings Sufficiency of evidence to terminate parental rights
23A361 Meghan Kelly v. Disciplinary Counsel Patricia B. Swartz, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-23 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights first-amendment government-petition pro-se-litigation religious-exercise statute-of-limitations Whether a pro se litigant's constitutional claims regarding First Amendment rights to religious exercise and government petition can be preserved for …
23-340 Alejandro Evaristo Perez v. The Walt Disney Company Fifth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (3) copyright-holder copyright-infringement federal-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct monopolies-restricting-trade pro-se-litigation procedural-violations rossi-v-motion-picture-association-of-america trade-restriction us-code-title-15 us-code-title-17 Whether conspiring against and failing to defend a copyright holder in his own Federal Jurisdiction is a violation of US Code Title 17 (Copyrights), a…
23-5687 Isaac Brunson v. DeKalb County Schools Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination civil-rights employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jury-trial pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment summary-judgment Will the Supreme Court continue to allow federal district and appellate courts to pervert the original intention of the summary judgement device and t…
23-5548 Christian R. Aguirre-Hodge v. Charles E. Larson Seventh Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights counsel-recruitment due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation recruitment-of-counsel standing visual-impairment Whether a visually impaired plaintiff's case exceeds their capacity to coherently present it to the judge or jury
23-5401 Rayshawn J. Christmas v. Unknown Wedd, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction judicial-procedure magistrate-judge pro-se pro-se-litigation section-1983 standing Why did the court deny Mr. Christmas at least one chance to amend, if it is possible to fix what court thank is wrong with Mr. Christmas's complaint
23-128 Curtis Jason Wendt-West v. Hawaii Department of Education, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied Response Waived abrogation civil-rights civil-rights-act eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation sovereign-immunity title-vii Whether the States retain their Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity in private Title VII suits
23-5316 Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-09 Dismissed IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process failure-to-state-a-claim judicial-discretion legal-procedure pro-se-litigation public-interest standing How does this Complaint get dismissed by Both the Honorable District Court, and the Honorable Appeals Court, Sor Failure To State a Claim
23-5246 Aaron Abadi v. Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts circuit-court-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation standing Can the Circuit Courts of Appeals treat indigent pro se litigants differently than they treat litigants who can afford attorneys, by just dismissing t…
23-86 Christopher Bayre Chamberlin v. Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appellate-review attorney-malpractice civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process legal-ethics legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation Whether HBH's concealment of its family relationship with the adverse party violated the petitioner's constitutional rights to freely associate and ma…
23-5077 In Re Ronald Boyajian 2023-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court appeal-of-right appellate-procedure appointed-counsel court-access due-process legal-representation ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigation supplemental-brief Did the Ninth Circuit violate the defendant-appellant's due process right of access to the court in denying his pro se supplemental brief?
23-5048 Leonard W. Houston v. Highland Care Center, Inc. Second Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-procedure in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing Whether the lower court erred in denying the pro-se plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissing the appeal
22-7816 Onyinye Jideani v. Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. District of Columbia 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process discriminatory-practice due-process judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing want-of-prosecution Did the District of Columbia Court of Appeals violate existing laws and breach its duty to protect the substantive rights of a pro se litigant
22-7800 Mac Truong v. Richard Michael DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied IFP abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech intellectual-property pro-se-litigation standing standing-doctrine Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating his copyrighted intellectual property and constitutional rights?
22-7737 Stewart Hines v. Gwendolen Cleopha Nelson South Dakota 2023-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure beneficiary-standing civil-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigation real-party-in-interest rule-60b-motion standing trust-beneficiary trust-representation trust-trustee trustee-rights Whether the sole beneficiary and sole trustee of a trust is the real party interest and can represent that trust pro se?
22-1127 Christine Sawicky v. Tao Sykes, Manuel Real Beneficiary, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bribery due-process equal-protection honest-services-fraud judicial-immunity pro-se pro-se-litigation How can the DOJ bring multiple indictments for judges in several circuits, inclusive of counts for honest services fraud and bribery, but then represe…
22-7441 Colette Claire Savage v. Mark Savage Ninth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-corruption judicial-discrimination motion-to-dismiss pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Are motions to dismiss used administratively to hastily dispose of meritorious and government corruption cases especially targeting pro se litigants?
22-7446 R. J. Kulick v. Ruth Stubba, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights contract-validity due-process judicial-procedure national-security pro-se-litigation standing Question not identified
22-7393 Allen W. Thompson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2023-04-28 Denied IFP affidavit-requirement collateral-attack credibility-of-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-litigation standard-of-review Circumstances-for-pro-se-habeas-petitions
22-7394 Mike Webb v. Department of the Army, et al. District of Columbia 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies agency-discretion agency-response civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment foia foia-request privacy-act pro-se-litigation standing Whether the failure of an agency to respond to a FOIA request violates due process
22-1039 In Re Gary Pfeffer, Jr. Maryland 2023-04-25 Denied common-law constitutional-rights due-process failure-to-state-a-claim injunctive-relief judicial-review notice-and-opportunity pro-se-litigation redress-of-grievances Was the trial court's dismissal of the Appellant's Petition for Emergency Injunctive Relief lawful?
22-990 Bright Harry, et al. v. KCG Americas LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure free-speech judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing summary-judgment Whether the Ninth Circuit has statutory authority to deny oral argument to indigent and unrepresented litigants by applying incorrect standards, in co…
22-971 Glenn Henderson v. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., et al. North Carolina 2023-04-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process employment-dispute first-amendment free-speech legal-threat pro-se-litigation self-defense threat Is it legal to say you will attempt to defend yourself if attacked?
22-7201 Adrienne Brown-Mallard v. Next Day Temps, et al. Virginia 2023-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conspiracy-against-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech pro-se-litigation workers-compensation Is it a violation of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment on Freedom of Speech or abuse of power when Workers' Compensation Commissioners during he…
22-6976 Golda D. Harris v. Credit Acceptance Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-bias judicial-discrimination prima-paint-corp-v-flood-conklin pro-se-litigation stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent unconscionable-claims zahid-n-quraishi Is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit allowed to substitute its decision(s) and overrule the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. §81-…
22-6941 Terry Kerr v. Aldridge/Pite, LLP, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process judicial-procedure loan-modification mortgage-modification mortgage-services pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing summary-judgment whether-defendant-was-properly-served
22-6888 Samantha D. Rajapakse v. Seyfarth Shaw, et al. Second Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied IFP civil-rights credit-reporting credit-reporting-agency due-process fair-credit-reporting-act first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation standing Can a law firm retained by a credit reporting agency carry out the duties of and services of credit reporting agency business?
22-6865 Jennifer Reinoehl v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure complaint-sufficiency due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-bias judicial-discretion jurisdiction pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation standing Whether Courts have discretion to hold pro se litigants to a strictly following Fed.R.Civ.P. while ignoring represented litigants' late filings and wh…
22-6539 Israel Romero v. Allwell from Absolute Total Care, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction documentary-evidence federal-question pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-28-usc-1915 summary-judgment Whether a motion for summary judgment can be denied as premature
22-623 James William Hall v. G.M.S. Management Co., Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-rights court-access due-process first-amendment free-speech pro-se-litigation standing Does a person have rights to a day in court to represent himself as a pro-se even when the appeal court lower United States District and the United St…
22-6354 Thomas J. McNulty v. Rose Olivo, et al. Florida 2022-12-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate-law felony-conviction felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment inheritance pro-se-litigation probate-procedure standing Whether a lawful sole heir/beneficiary to an interstate estate, who is a convicted felon, awaiting the appointment of a personal representative, would…
22-6295 Jamisi Jermaine Calloway v. M. Martel, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied IFP access-to-courts ada-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights continuing-violation-doctrine disability-rights due-process indigent-prisoner-rights legal-assistance pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation section-1983 When should a total disabled incarcerated indigent prisoner be appointed legal assistant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case?
22-6198 Darrel Thorn v. Racetrac Petroleum, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-leniency meaningful-opportunity pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether the procedural treatment currently afforded to pro-se litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leniency is requir…
22-6175 Nancy Abbie Tallent v. Phillip Knight, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-exclusion judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-litigation section-1983 supervisory-power supreme-court-intervention Where officers violated the Petitioner rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States, under 42 U.S. Code § 1983, after exhausting all known…
22-6070 Charles Rochester v. City of New York, New York, et al. New York 2022-11-16 Denied IFP aba-rules attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights disqualification due-process judicial-misconduct legal-ethics pro-se pro-se-litigation Can the New York Supreme State Judge and the Opposing Attorney's join FORCER, to defeat pro-se, by being silent, on each one's Official Misconduct, in…
22-5995 Collucci J. Myers v. Clayton County Board of Commissioners, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-455 bias-complaint civil-discrimination civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process judicial-recusal notice-of-lawsuit pro-se-litigation procedural-standards standing Appropriate-standard-for-recusal-of-judges
22-5787 William Paul Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-10-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals-procedure bankruptcy-lien bankruptcy-lien-extinguishment bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-order debtor-rights in-forma-pauperis mortgage-servicing pro-se-litigation property-return void-lien If a mortgage holder and/or a mortgage service company were to have their lien extinguished in bankruptcy and then refuse to accept payments should th…
22-5501 In Re Eric Drake 2022-09-02 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights court-access due-process first-amendment prefiling-injunction pro-se-litigation sanctions state-courts vexatious-litigant Whether federal courts can issue prefiling injunctions without notice and a hearing
22-5425 William Paul Burch v. Bank of America, N.A. Fifth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii-court civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-removal federal-jurisdiction in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation removal sanction-fees sanctions vexatious-litigant Should-removal-from-state-court-to-federal-court-be-allowed-only-after-state-court-hearing
22-5366 William Michael Fields, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-access financial-affidavit financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status poverty pro-se-litigation redress standing waiver-of-fees Ability to Proceed In Forma Pauperis
22-5089 Mike Webb v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction freedom-of-access-to-clinic-entrances grand-jury-investigation mandamus pro-se-litigation standing writ-of-mandamus Whether a prima facie case under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act or 18 U.S.C. § 1512 establishes a clear and indisputable right t…
21-1442 In Re Adriano Kruel Budri 2022-05-16 Denied appellate-procedure brief-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation timely-filing Did the Panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err by dismissing for want of prosecution a pending Appellant's Opening Brief filed i…
21-7886 Leona Stack, et vir v. Menard, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-mandate due-process judicial-procedure mandate pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process rehearing standing summary-judgment Did the construal by the Seventh Circuit amount to a mis-construal in presuming the petition for en banc rehearing was a motion to recall the mandate?
21-7672 Jermaine E. Spence v. Reemon Bishara, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal dismissal due-process evidence in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process standing Were the causes of action substantiated by evidence or was the trial court not in error in dismissing the case?
21-7528 Philip A. Bralich v. Fox News Network, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process judicial-procedure national-interest novel-issue pro-se-litigation standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York erred in dismissing the civil case sua sponte
21-7179 Precious Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eisenhower-army-medical-center federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice medical-negligence pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing wrongful-death Why did the district court dismiss the appellant's Federal Tort Claims Act complaint alleging wrongful death due to medical negligence?
21-1101 Allan J. Nowicki v. Tinicum Township, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud municipal-action political-agenda pro-se-litigation property-rights rule-of-law standing Is it unlawful to advance the Political agenda of a Pennsylvania Municipality by violating the Civil Rights of its resident?
21-1032 Jason T. Berry v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. First Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment cell-phone-intrusion civil-procedure en-banc-review evidence exceptional-importance fbi-abuses fourth-amendment mandate-recall pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether additional evidence of claims occurring while a judgment is pending and immediately after case closure merit recall of a mandate
21-1020 Janet Tingling v. Educational Credit Management Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response Waived altered-documents business-records civil-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility genuine-issue loan-documents material-fact pro-se-litigation student-loans summary-judgment Whether the Court of Appeals position was inconsistent with the standards outlined in Rule 56(e)
21-6799 Erich William Norris v. Brook Forest Community Association, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-removal judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation racial-inequality rule-of-law state-court-procedure state-remedy texas-constitution Does patently unequal, disparate state administration of the Rule of Law and failure to provide state remedy in strict accordance with the Texas Const…
21-969 Jean Coulter v. Gerri Volchko Paulisick, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-01-06 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-courts Has the Trial Court accurately conclude that the Pervasive Bias which is evident in the states' justice systems, also extends even to this This Honora…
21-897 Brian Benson, et al. v. Ann Kemske, et vir Eighth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation res-judicata standing Whether pro se litigants are entitled to liberal construction of pleadings
21-6411 Harley David Sharp v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-review pro-se-litigation prosecutorial-misconduct standing Is a Brady Violation claim procedurally barred from Federal review?
21-6420 Simona Tanasescu, et al. v. Dorin Coroian, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-rule civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-fraud judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering Whether the United States Court for the Ninth Circuit departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings
21-6313 Glen Plourde v. Knox County, Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction human-rights judicial-abuse judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation standing torture-allegations Does the well-evidenced fact that a sua sponte dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ! 1915(e)(2), and The Appeal's Court's subsequent upholding of that dec…
21-601 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. Amy Berman Jackson, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-26 Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process irs judicial-review pro-se-litigation record-falsification standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-611 Gertrude Coretta Fennell Hamilton v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation retaliation sovereign-immunity whistleblower Whether a Pattern and/or Practice of Discrimination took place
21-573 John L. Roseman, Sr. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination pro-se-litigation second-amendment termination Whether courts below relitigated issues of disability, legitimate termination, and medical advice contrary to collateral estoppel
21-545 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-review due-process judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification recusal standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-5852 Jay Warren Arnold v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims constitutional-rights de-novo-review due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas pro-se-litigation procedural-inquiry state-collateral-review Whether an indigent prisoner's incorporation by reference of constitutional pleadings in the district court is adequate to state a valid claim on appe…
21-5785 Gregory Albert Darst v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights coram-nobis due-process irs-records judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification standing Does a pattern and practice exist whereby appellate courts refuse to adjudicate every issue presented by the Class of unrepresented litigants appealin…
21-5761 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael J. Buseman PC, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process jurisdiction pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner correct in determining that Petitioner needed to have served Respondents as 'adverse parties' to the appeal?
21-5696 Fan Gu v. Invista S.A.R.L. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights contempt discrimination due-process fifth-circuit-review forgery judicial-misconduct perjury pro-se-litigation res-judicata Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in claiming that the claims are barred by Res Judicata
21-342 Hong Tang v. RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner, New York Division of Housing and Community Renewal, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 appellate-preservation bolling-v-sharpe due-process equal-protection liberty-interest motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-litigation section-1983 substantive-due-process Whether a liberty interest claim was properly preserved for appeal
21-315 Jacquelyn Bouazizi v. Hillsborough County Civil Service Board, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Relisted (2) age attorney-negligence civil-service eeoc-claim employment-discrimination equal-pay equitable-tolling fmla gender pro-se-litigation race retaliation Should the Doctrine of Equitable Tolling be expanded?
21-5471 Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Correct Care Recovery Solutions, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process liberty privileges-immunities pro-se-litigation property psychological-injury sexual-violent-predator state-sovereignty Does petitioner retain any rights, if so, what are they, and by what standard should they be judged?
21-5442 Jasper Crook v. Robin Shea Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 10th-amendment 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 7th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation-claim equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation treason-allegation If beneficiaries of the United States Constitution have the right to prosecute in their own name under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution
21-5443 Rachel Crook v. Shea Fiduciary Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct oath-of-office pro-se-litigation treason If beneficiaries of the United States Constitution have the right to prosecute in their own name under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution protec…
21-132 Robert Pilchman v. National Labor Relations Board, et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion civil-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-review labor-relations pro-se-litigation standing Whether a government agency has absolute discretion in non-enforcement decisions
21-105 Harmon L. Taylor v. City of Sherman, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied compelled-commerce compelled-consent disqualification due-process illegal-seizure judicial-discretion malicious-prosecution municipal-court pro-se-litigation transfer-of-venue venue-transfer Was it abusive to deny that extension?
21-45 Peter C. Benedith v. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response Waived attempted-murder civil-rights due-process electronic-harassment free-speech legal-system-integrity pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation right-to-life Question presented to the court
21-5069 William Paul Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-precedent due-process judicial-overreach jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation Is a Circuit court allowed to establish new precedence by disregarding and/or overruling twenty-four statutes written by the Congress of the United St…
21-14 Elizabeth Harding Weinstein v. Village of Briarcliff Manor, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied civil-rights covid-restrictions due-process government-overreach government-services judicial-immunity mask-mandates medical-exemption medical-exemptions pro-se-litigation retaliation Whether a citizen can be deprived of government services or access for not wearing a mask due to medical inability
20-8474 Glen Plourde v. Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts geneva-conventions international-law judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation standing torture Does the continual refusal of the Federal Court System to address the judicially noticeable fact that the Petitioner has been Tortured and has suffere…
20-8423 Wilfredo Torres v. New York Legal Assistance Group, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-28 Denied IFP civil-rights court-corruption due-process extrajudicial-activities judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct law-clinic pro-se-litigation recusal standing Whether Southern District of New York federal Judge Ronnie Abrams erred in starting a law clinic as an extrajudicial tool to help dismiss politically …
20-8357 Andrew Hendricks v. Vincent Schiraldi, Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. New York 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-procedure due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-case-law judicial-intervention new-york-regulations prisoners-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigation standing Did I first exhaust all available administrative remedies before seeking judicial intervention?
20-8351 Kevin Herriott v. Aaron Joyner, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-dismissal pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court had proper subject-matter jurisdiction over parties' § 1983 claims
20-8308 Wilhelmina Montgomery v. NBC Television, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure copyright-infringement due-process fair-use jury-trial pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process service-of-process summary-dismissal summary-judgment visual-evidence As, I, the pro se Plaintiff-Appellant pointed out in my First Amended Complaint (Doc. 9) and in my Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 51) two (2) differen…
20-8271 Jess Howard Kriehn v. Lancer Insurance Nevada 2021-06-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel due-process fee-waiver poll-tax pro-se-litigation state-counsel Should a litigant be denied access to civil courts over monetary restrictions?
20-8089 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-05-20 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-v-monroe-county-board due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment haines-v-kerner municipal-liability pro-se-litigation qualified-immunity standing Whether pro-se-litigants are held to the same legal standards as counseled-litigants
20-1609 David R. Seaton v. Blake Johnson, et al. District of Columbia 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights de-escalation electronic-evidence evidence-standards police-brutality pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation recent-rulings summary-judgment use-of-force Question not identified
20-1585 Donnahue George v. William Snyder, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial government-agency illegal-seizure pro-se-litigation property-rights standing Are pro-se-litigants entitled to the same-interpretation-and-protections
20-7925 In Re Clement Mosseri 2021-05-04 Denied IFP court-access discrimination due-process equal-protection fair-hearing judicial-bias legal-representation pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel unbiased-tribunal Is petitioner entitled to a fair hearing before an unbiased tribunal?
20-7625 James Arthur Ross v. John Myrick, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-discretion due-process judicial-error prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation property-exemption standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Did the District Court error by ignoring Oregon's Wildcard Exemption Rule
20-7540 Anthony V. Caiby v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix Third Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP case-dismissal circuit-court-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process federal-appellate-procedure judicial-error jurisdiction opinions pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process standing Was the Circuit Court in err when it dismissed this case without Mr. Caiby ever having an opponent?
20-1227 David Louis Whitehead v. Netflix, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure consolidation constitutional-rights due-process fraud judicial-jurisdiction judicial-recusal jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigation Whether the 9th Circuit Court had full jurisdiction of the appeal, having no notice of appeal filed by petitioner in the District Court until 1 year a…
20-7184 Mitchell Wagner v. Archie D. Scarborough, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-complexity legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing Whether the failure of an appellate court to recognize an already approved and accepted in forma pauperis status violates the petitioner's constitutio…
20-1068 Jorel Shophar v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al. Kansas 2021-02-04 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services civil-rights county-judges due-process eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity parental-rights pro-se-litigation standing Is the enjoyment of the Eleventh Amendment Immunity for County judge's contradictory to Fourteenth Amendment for U.S. Citizens, when County Judges int…
20-1024 Geoffrey M. Young v. Adam Edelen, et al. Kentucky 2021-01-28 Denied appellate-procedure civil-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pro-se-litigation rule-11-sanctions rule-12-dismissal sanctions standing whether-trial-court-construed-complaint-favorably
20-6860 Antonia W. Shields v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 28-usc-453 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-review pro-se-litigation standard-of-review Does the federal government give unequal rights to a free U.S. citizen and the U.S. Constitution when the judiciary requires a different standard of r…
20-6696 La Verne Koenig v. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-precedent due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit pro-se-litigation state-rights Does the Federal Rule [Fed. R. Civ. Pro. Rule 4] significantly affect the result of a litigation for a Federal Court to disregard a law of a State tha…
20-847 Billie Renee Frances Lillian Powers v. The Bank of New York Mellon, fka Bank of New York, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigation summary-affirmance supervisory-authority Whether the pro se petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by the circuit court's treatment of informal briefs
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?
20-658 Sherri Cohen v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied consumer-disputes consumer-protection credit-disputes credit-file-accuracy credit-repair credit-reporting credit-reporting-agencies fair-credit-reporting-act pro-se-litigation reasonable-investigation Whether CRAs can satisfy the FCRA's reasonable investigation requirement by merely verifying information with furnishers
20-6288 Allen Snyder v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-error legal-review post-conviction-relief pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation victim-identification Whether the lower courts erred in denying Snyder's application for post-conviction relief based on an apparent confusion about the identity of the vic…
20-6104 Jacqueline Pidanick v. Paul C. LaRosa, III, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit child-custody civil-procedure court-fraud declaration due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-review Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
20-6077 Johnathan Pinney v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts frivolous-claims judicial-discretion pleading-standards pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes-rule Issues being raised
20-5963 Daniel Edward Murray v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-time-calculation hipaa hipaa-restrictions ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel medical-records medical-records-disclosure plea-agreement plea-agreements pro-se pro-se-litigation If there is a set of plea agreements taken at the same time and the court of appeals reverses a part of the appealed agreement, does this start the AE…
20-407 Nancy Massenburg v. Innovative Talent Solutions, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-charge employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations summary-judgment title-vii Whether the Fourth Circuit properly upheld the district court's dismissal of Title VII claim
20-5811 Ruth Torres v. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, et al. Texas 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection equal-protections governmental-immunity judicial-bias pro-se-litigation whistleblower-rights When Pro Se Indigent parties lack meaningful access, procedurally and meritoriously, does this constitute lack of due process and equal protections un…
20-230 Donald L. Baker v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-misconduct civil-rights due-process judicial-notice judicial-review patent patent-law pro-se-litigation retaliation Whether U.S. Agencies may commit fraudulent acts to obstruct and delay applications
20-5500 Valentin Spataru v. Pedro Antonio Suarez, et al. Florida 2020-08-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics pro-se-litigation procedural-rules professional-responsibility standing Whether Florida judges may disregard my filings and prior cases, and may not exercise the standard of care requested by law and expected from professi…
20-5401 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abstention access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection federal-forum judicial-abstention pro-se-litigation standing Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the U.S. District Court's abstention from ruling on Sundy's independent claims despite Su…
20-5420 Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Republic of Peru District of Columbia 2020-08-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel due-process pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-8a short-and-plain-statement standing venue venue-transfer Whether the court erroneously denied the motion for court-appointed counsel and erroneously held that the complaint failed to set forth a short and pl…
20-5024 Calvin Earl Brown v. Blair Williams, Clerk, Superior Court of North Carolina, Wake County Fourth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied IFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation standing state-court-procedure state-official Whether it is unconstitutional that this pro se litigant (Petitioner) is denied the ability to be able to challenge the explicit correctness of a stat…
20-2 Hector L. Valentin v. City of Rochester, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response Waived brady-rule civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-bias due-process judicial-conflict judicial-ethics pro-se-litigation suppression-of-evidence Should the Brady Rule apply to a presiding Federal Judge who suppresses exculpatory and damaging material from a Pro Se litigant's civil rights lawsui…
19-8851 Peter Szanto v. Alyce Ann Jurgens Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-157 bankruptcy-procedure district-court-review due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigation res-judicata Whether the lower courts erred in disregarding the mandatory requirements of 28 USC § 157(c) and in exhibiting irrational bias against the pro se peti…
19-1422 Nakisha Jackson v. Roy L. Brun, Judge, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Relisted (2) 501(3)c appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech funding internet-communication jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge legal-records-access misrepresentation personal-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation secretary-of-state small-business-administration standing Is it considered 'misrepresentation' when an individual is not registered with the Secretary of State (SOS), in their state, to represent an entity, b…
19-1394 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Herbert Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response Waived appeals civil-action civil-procedure civil-procedure-rooker-feldman civil-rights damages due-process federal-courts legal-fees pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine sixth-circuit-court standing state-courts state-employee-wages Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit misapplied the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
19-8641 Samir Hanna v. California California 2020-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-fees poverty pro-se-litigation redress Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
19-8632 Sandra Rumanek v. Sherry R. Fallon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 15th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-amendments equal-protection fraud-on-the-court judges-liability judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice pro-se-litigation Does the law shielding judges, officers of the court and state actors from personal liability in a civil rights suit facilitate and encourage bad acto…
19-8491 In Re Tim Sundy 2020-05-18 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights clerk-liability constitutional-rights court-record-falsification due-process falsification-of-record judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation standing state-tort-claim Whether the overt conduct of the Clerk of the Georgia Supreme Court and lower state courts to falsify the record of a court proceeding deprives a pro …
19-1268 Jeanetta Springer, et vir v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law due-process judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jury-trial pro-se-litigation recusal standing Can a court force a pro se litigant to a bench trial despite demand for jury trial?
19-8405 Irvin Reyes v. Kaiser Permanente Ninth Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice due-process inadequate-representation judgment-on-merits pro-se pro-se-litigation res-judicata rule-12b6 standing Whether a dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) is presumed to be with prejudice
19-1230 Bobby Knight v. Chenega Security, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law dismissal due-process evidence motion-to-dismiss pro-se-litigation qui-tam qui-tam-action standard-of-review standing whistleblower-protection Did the court below fail to use an appropriate standard of review when granting all the dismissal motions without recognizing the petitioner's evidenc…
19-7934 Kathleen Betts v. United Airlines, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-procedure arbitration-procedures civil-procedure collective-bargaining court-review due-process eeoc-charge employment judicial-proceedings lower-court pro-se-litigation retaliation seventh-circuit Whether the Seventh Circuit so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower cour…
19-7941 Jane Doe v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process pro-se pro-se-litigation reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the Second Circuit violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by dismissing the appeal without ruling on the reasonable accommodation reques…
19-7872 Samuel A. Wilder v. William F. Krebs Fourth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process fourth-circuit informal-brief motion-to-extend pro-se pro-se-litigation procedural-ripeness standing waiver-doctrine Whether the court should have assisted this pro se litigant with time to respond to the Defendant's motion to extend time and Defendant's response to …
19-7829 Dale E. Phillips v. South Coast Plaza, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination class-action constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing state-actor vexatious-litigant Whether California's Vexatious Litigant Laws violate the 1st, 8th and 14th Amendments
19-7702 Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-retaliation court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation retaliation retaliation-claims standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court decisions conflict with the formulation describing retaliation claims within the U.S. Circui…
19-7600 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC Georgia 2020-02-07 Denied IFP effectively depriving pro se litigants of the sub equal-protection full-access-to-court judicial-estoppel private-property-without-just-compensation right-to-be-secured-in-papers with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau constitutional-rights document-tampering due-process equal-protection full-access-to-the-court judicial-and-or-equitable-estoppel judicial-misconduct private-property-without-just-compensation pro-se-litigation right-to-be-secured-in-one's-papers Does this oppressive conduct and reckless defiance of elementary standards of justice and fair play, with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau…
19-7529 Veronica A. Williams v. Litton Loan Services, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights dodd-frank-act due-process financial-fraud fraud glass-steagall-act institutional-deception mortgage-servicing pro-se-assistance pro-se-litigation Whether lower courts failed to facilitate due process for the Petitioner
19-7428 Timothy O'Laughlin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons civil-commitment civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process personal-liberty pro-se pro-se-litigation pro-se-petition sixth-amendment standing standing-to-file Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4247(h) unconstitutionally deprives individuals of the right to litigate their personal liberty interests pro se
19-7405 Francienna B. Grant v. Marshall L. Williams New Jersey 2020-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights damages-denial due-process evidence ex-parte-evidence judicial-fairness legal-malpractice pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether a Pro Se litigant can prevail in a Legal malpractice case on liability after having suffered damages and be denied damages incurred
19-7339 Victor O. Jones, Jr. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violations due-process foreclosure fraud pro-se-litigation res-judicata rooker-feldman standing takings Whether a litigant who has been repeatedly violated can come to Federal Court for protection and relief when the state courts no longer adhere to stat…
19-7135 Hye-Young Park v. Charles Secolsky, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure campus-retaliation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation sexual-violence standing statute-of-limitations Whether the Seventh Circuit's treatment of pro se litigants was correct
19-7101 David Nowakowski v. E.E. Austin and Son, Inc., et al. Pennsylvania 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-organizations criminal-procedure criminal-racketeering due-process inchoate-crimes legal-remedies legislative-interpretation organized-crime pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering standing statutory-construction Where a plaintiff's position falls within the scope of an open Legislative statement, can the open ended nature of the statement be used to offset lon…
19-7029 In Re Paul Fahring 2019-12-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion prison-law-library prison-litigation pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing Whether an inmate has access to the state courts to address his constitutional issues in a guaranteed proceeding
19-6874 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard 2019-12-06 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in refusing to file the petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal
19-6879 Salim Abdul-Malik v. City Government Office of Court Administration, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-accessibility due-process immigration-procedures judicial-reform pleading-standards prisoner-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation state-action What is the proper treatment of pro se litigants in the federal court system to ensure their constitutional and judicially-recognized rights to a fair…
19-6763 Anthony D. White v. Florida Florida 2019-11-26 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process hearsay judicial-misconduct judicial-obstruction open-courts pro-se-litigation prosecutorial-misconduct standing state-officials Whether it is constitutionally lawful to deny a pro se litigant access to the courts when obstructed by state officials
19-6702 In Re Ricardo J. Calderon-Lopez 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights disability-benefits due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-writ pro-se-litigation social-security standing transfer Whether Petitioner has a Right for direct appeal to this court?
19-562 Brian Burke v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 ada civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation defamation due-process fair-labor-standards-act first-amendment leave-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-statute title-vii unconstitutionality Pleading standards for pro se parties in Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 1983, and ADA cases
19-6189 Lewis Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure clear-error due-process judicial-bias judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation sixth-circuit standing structural-error Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it committed clear error of judgment, by relying on clearly erroneous findings of fac…
19-451 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Jeff McCord, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Sixth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 1st-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules-of-appellate-procedure-due-p court-clerk-duties default-judgment due-process electronic-filing pro-se-litigation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit incorrectly dismissed the civil action in conflict with existing rules of appellate p…
19-6003 Patrick Christian v. William H. Dadmun, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-law due-process legal-procedure pro-se-litigation property-deprivation property-rights standing What constitutes any type of deprivation and what constitutes a conspiracy to do so?
19-5616 Russell Rope v. Facebook, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fraud judicial-integrity legal-standing pro-se-litigation standing Whether the law extends to all citizens & corporations in modern times
19-5453 Juan Pablo Revelo Salcedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance judicial-access motion motion-to-substitute-counsel poverty poverty-affidavit pro-se-litigation redress right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel when a defendant expresses dissatisfactio…
19-5405 Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights dismissal-order due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review mandamus pro-se-litigation sanctions sovereign-immunity standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims against the United States government and its officials, in violation of the pet…
19-5373 Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Carlos Castellon Cueva, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure judicial-misconduct personal-injuries pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations terrorism torture Whether the district court and appeals court erred in denying court-appointed counsel and dismissing the case despite the merits and evidence of terro…
19-5249 George E. Kersey v. Herb Chambers 1186, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2019-07-22 Dismissed IFP appeal appeals civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals district-court due-process filing-fee frivolous in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation sanctions screening standing Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's certification that the appeal was not taken in good faith
19-5208 Ruth Torres v. Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, et al. Texas 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights court-records due-process equal-protection inability-to-pay injunction judicial-misconduct mandamus pro-se-litigation prohibition Should US Supreme Court resolve denial of due process and equal protections when full release of requested clerk records was denied, then Writs of Man…
19-50 John DeRaffele v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals fair-housing-act federal-district-court federal-question judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings jury-verdict pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing tenant-standing writ-of-certiorari Does a Pro Se litigant have the right to request a Writ of Certiorari when the Court of Appeals has upheld a lower Court ruling on an important Federa…
18-9840 Kevin Fernandez v. Nevada, et al. First Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment interstate-compact interstate-corrections-compact liberty-interest minimum-custody-status pro-se-litigation property-interest settlement-agreement Whether a settlement agreement creates a liberty or property interest
18A1338 Robert Chester v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete access-to-courts constitutional-rights indigent-prisoner legal-research prison-law-library pro-se-litigation Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional rights are violated when restricted access to a prison law library substantially impedes preparation of …
18-9569 Joel Marvin Munt v. Tom Roy, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process judicial-recusal petition-for-appeal plra pro-se-litigation recusal standing three-strikes tro Can denial of a Rule 5 Petition for Permission to Appeal be a strike under the PLRA?
18A1265 Qihui Huang v. Ajit Varadaraj Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2019-06-05 Presumed Complete administrative-agency equal-employment federal-employment pro-se-litigation retaliation workplace-discrimination Whether federal administrative agencies can engage in workplace discrimination and retaliation against employees without legal recourse
18A1201 Napier Sandford Fuller v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-05-21 Presumed Complete ada-accommodations disability-rights mental-impairment pro-se-litigation reasonable-accommodations supreme-court-review Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state courts to provide reasonable accommodations for pro se litigants with documented mental imp…
18-9247 Hitoshi Ombe v. Susana Martinez, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP autism-disability civil-rights cognitive-ability competency competency-ability disability due-process emotional-damages executive-function instrumental-aggression knowledge-of-disability legal-competency pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing Does the depressed autism minority have adequate competency or ability to litigate on his own (pro se) without any help or support?
18-9249 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit-rules answering-brief appellate-procedure brief-filing civil-procedure deadlines judicial-sanctions motion-for-sanctions notification pro-se-litigation procedural-deadlines sanctions Whether the 9th Circuit erred in denying Plaintiff-Appellant's motion for sanctions against Defendant-Appellee for failure to file an answering brief …
18-9226 Anne A. Sears v. Lucas D. Bottorff, et al. Tennessee 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-checks contract-clause due-process elderly-protection judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-police-power What is the minimum level of judicial checks and balances constitutionally required of the judiciary and each judge when reviewing litigation involvin…
18-1392 John M. Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-property-rights constitutional-rights due-process fannie-mae federal-jurisdiction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud nemo-dat-quod-non-habet pro-se-litigation securities securities-law standing state-actor takings takings-clause Whether the U.S. government's unconstitutional involvement in millions of foreclosures through FHFA and de facto state-actor Fannie Mae subjects it to…
18-1387 Susan Lloyd v. Becky Doherty, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Portage County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts ada ada-violations civil-rights courtroom-access disability-rights discrimination judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation rehab-act service-dogs sunshine-law transcript-alteration Is a magistrate and judge allowed to refuse well behaved service dogs in a courtroom?
18-9111 El-Sayyid Nosair v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-02 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida judicial-review muslim-arab-prisoners prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation sentencing terrorism united-states-v-o'brien wrongful-conviction yick-wo-v-hopkins Whether the denial of equal justice by lower courts is still within the prohibition of the Constitution
18-8959 James Paul Arlotta v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court and appeals court properly addressed the constitutionality of the Wall Street Reform Act
18-8966 Eric Drake, aka E. V. Drake v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection free-speech pro-se-litigation standing vexatious-litigant Whether the denial of a pro se litigant's right to access the courts through vexatious litigant laws and rulings violates the petitioner's constitutio…
18-8930 Amy Rebecca Gurvey v. Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-1295 28-usc-1338 attorney-misconduct conflicts-of-law constitutional-access federal-circuit patent-appeal-jurisdiction patent-appeals patent-conflicts-of-interest patent-damages patent-infringement patent-jurisdiction patent-statutes pro-se-litigation Whether the Second Circuit was void of jurisdiction to adjudicate the instant appeal and improperly defied US patent statutes and Federal Circuit law
18-8860 David Clum, Jr. v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process due-process,fifth-amendment,habeas-corpus,pro-se,a equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-litigation sixth-amendment supervisory-powers Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the Fifth Amendment-Due Process Rights of the Petitioner
18-8771 Timothy Barr v. Rebecca Pearson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process due-process-rights judicial-authority jury-trial prisoner-civil-rights prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-precedent Does the 8th circuit federal court of appeals have the authority to supersede the standards and precedent set by the United States Supreme Court in pr…
18-8684 Robert E. Young v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Seventh Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment administrative-law burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jury-trial mixed-cases pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation rules-of-evidence standing summary-judgment Did the 7th District Court and the 7th Circuit Court deny the Appellant the protection and benefits granted by the 5th and 7th Amendments?
18-8685 Ervin Thomas v. Cathy A. Jess, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-district-court habeas-corpus pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing time-bar Whether a federal district court should deny petitioners petitions for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely and failed to issue a certificate of appeal…
18-1216 R. C. "Rick" Lussy v. Florida Elections Commission, et al. Florida 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) anti-trust civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-dispute elections emolument emolument-manipulation free-speech judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation property-appraisal standing stare-decisis Retaliation against pro se respondents, emolument manipulation, falsification of facts, lack of due process, election irregularities, anti-American bi…
18-8326 Dana Gray v. V. Romero, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-access due-process expert-testimony medical-care medical-care-claims medical-expert neutral-expert prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation summary-judgment Whether United States district courts need to reliably appoint neutral medical experts in individual prisoner pro se §42 USC 1983 medical care cases w…
18-1096 Charles G. Kinney v. Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied as-applied-challenge civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation retaliation standing vexatious-litigant Is California's vexatious litigant law unconstitutionally vague?
18-1091 Afoluso Adesanya, et vir v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Third Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-review civil-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-conduct judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation sanctions Dismissal of petitioner's employment discrimination lawsuit as a sanction without prior court finding or warning of discovery violation
18-7908 Twila Haynes v. Walmart, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment standing Whether an in forma pauperis (IFP) status granted by one district court is transferable to another district court
18-7891 Leslie Ann Haymond v. Helmand Investment, LLC Virginia 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction parrish-v-federal-nat-mortg-association pro-se-litigation standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-detainer Did the Court error when disregarding the maxim of stare decisis et non quieta movere
18-1020 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Communicar, Inc., et al. New York 2019-02-06 Denied case-consolidation civil-procedure Conflict-of-interest consolidation Discovery due-process Examination-before-trial judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-review pro-se-litigation standing subpoena Subpoena-Duces-Tecum Whether consolidation of three separate cases without a motion and overriding by another judge is legal and ethical
18-7752 Mohan A. Harihar v. US Bank NA, et al. First Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 appointment-of-counsel circuit-panel-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-complexity pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation recusal standing Whether the replacement Circuit Panel repeatedly refused to address/clarify Jurisdiction issues, ultimately denying Petitioner's efforts to resolve a …
18-7706 Syed Nazim Ali v. Interactive Brokers LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing civil-rights corporate-law corporate-laws corporate-representation due-process fair-justice judicial-procedure legal-representation legal-standing pro-se-litigation shareholder shareholder-exception shareholder-rights standing Whether the district court erred by dismissing the case on the grounds that the Petitioner who is the sole owner and shareholder of the corporation di…
18-971 Faye R. Hobson v. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense Sixth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response Waived ada administrative-exhaustion chevron-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling fmla pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation rehabilitation-act standing title-vii Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be expanded to include a pro se party's mistaken belief about filing deadlines
18-7225 Neil Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Florida 2019-01-03 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment administrative-procedure buyer-incompetence civil-rights constitutional-challenge disciplinary-functions due-process federal-regulation foia foreclosure home-equity-conversion-mortgage hud-jurisdiction lawyers-guild mortgage-law nonlawyer-ownership older-americans-act privacy-rights pro-se-litigation securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 standing the-florida-bar trial-by-jury unlicensed-practice-of-medicine void-for-vagueness voting-rights Is the federal HECM reverse mortgage program unconstitutional?
18-6998 George Cleveland, III v. South Carolina South Carolina 2018-12-11 Denied IFP access-to-courts bounds-v-smith civil-appeal civil-rights court-of-appeals direct-appeal docket-fee docket-fees due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant indigent-litigants pro-se-litigation south-carolina Whether Bounds v. Smith 430 U.S. 817 97 S.Ct. 1491 (1977) requires the waiver of the docket fee in a civil on direct appeal to Indigent litigants who …
18-6933 Asia Johnson v. Children Youth and Families Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process negligence pro-se-litigation standing state-agency-liability summary-dismissal Was ordered to Dismiss my complaint summarily affirmed lower court decision
18-637 Donald C. Marro v. Caesar's Entertainment Operating Company Seventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-158 access bankruptcy-court-clerk bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-deprivations" due-process equal-protection equal-protection-and-access frbp judicial-access mail-filing-rules pro-se-litigation pro-se-status property-deprivation USPS-mail-filings Does it violate equal protection and access, is it a property deprivation (i.e., the civil action for damages) and FRBP and 28 USC 158 violation when …
18-595 James P. Tatten v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in creating a special pro se pleading standard for cognitively-disabled litigants
18-6500 In Re Sandra Rumanek 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware usurp this Court's judicial power in violation of FRCP rules?
18-6506 Guy Boudreaux, Jr. v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel judicial-procedure legal-education legal-mail legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation procedural-error right-of-access-to-courts Is our system of justice truly just when it requires an attorney to attend six years of college prior to being permitted to practice law, but requires…
18-6274 Robert Klein v. Centennial Ranch and Aspen Mountain Ranch Association Colorado 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-obligations constitutional-rights court-orders discrimination due-process judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-procedure legislative-intent prevailing-party-rights pro-se-litigation standing state-courts-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether state courts are following what the legislators have put in place
18-6254 Lou Tyler v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias bias-in-courts big-business civil-rights consumer-protection due-process fair-credit-reporting-act fair-debt-collection-protection-agency federal-jurisdiction foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure pro-se pro-se-litigation standing statute-of-limitations Why did lower courts refuse to hear Plaintiff's case, is there bias in favor of Big Business?
18-6259 Lou Tyler v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias big-business cfpb-enforcement civil-rights consumer-protection due-process fair-credit-reporting fair-debt-collection foreclosure judicial-bias mortgage-foreclosure pro-se pro-se-litigation standing statute-of-limitations Why did lower courts refuse to hear Plaintiff's case, is there bias in favor of Big Business?
18-5862 Samuel Ross v. Clerk of Courts of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-claims civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation standing Whether a prisoner has a constitutional right of access to the courts to litigate civil claims unrelated to his/her sentence or conviction?
18-5361 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-litigation pro-se-prisoner-litigant Whether the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits retrying a defendant on a higher level charge after being convicted of a lesser include…
18-5186 Dominick Theresa v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-limitations claim-validity due-process judicial-review legal-principles patent patent-claims patent-examination pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether the lower courts deprived the pro se petitioner of due process and disregarded the limitations within the patent claims as well as the validit…