| 25-6380 |
Anthony James Merrick v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-16 |
Pending |
IFP |
due-process first-amendment grievance-rights judicial-decision legal-access pro-se-prisoner |
I. THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION CONFLICTS WITH TURNER V. SAFELY, 482 U.S. 78 AND CREATES A DOUBLE STANDARD FOR PRO-SE PRISONERS THAT DO… |
| 25-6229 |
Douglas A. Krusley v. Abigail Caudill, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence brady-violation court-access equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se-prisoner |
WHETHER PETITIONER QUALIFIES FOR EQUITABLE TOLLING DUE TO INABILITY TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY AND OTHER RESOURCES AND ON THE MERITS OF BEING ACTUALLY INNO… |
| 24-5810 |
Andre Wilburn v. Virginia Nguyen, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-defect in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion oath-of-office pro-se-prisoner |
Whether a district court errs when dismissing a pro se prisoner's complaint without leave to amend for futility reasons when defects could be cured, a… |
| 24-5466 |
Jarell Davis Terry v. William Straughn, Deputy Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force pro-se-prisoner |
Whether the use of force against a handcuffed and compliant individual violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment |
| 23-5871 |
Darryl Smith v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus judicial-sanction pro-se pro-se-prisoner vexatious-litigator |
Whether judges and magistrates can collectively craft orders to impose a vexatious litigator tag on a pro se prisoner and ban his filings to appeal hi… |
| 23A309 |
Aaron Mohanlal v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
Presumed Complete |
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AEDPA habeas-corpus local-rules page-limits pro-se-prisoner section-2254 |
Whether a federal district court may dismiss a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 with prejudice based on non-compliance with local page li… |
| 23A229 |
Richard Summerall v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
access-to-courts appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-prisoner |
Whether a prisoner's right to adequate access to legal resources and law library facilities is violated when institutional lockdowns and heavy caseloa… |
| 23-5370 |
Charles Alan Dyer v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process legal-research lewis-v-casey post-conviction-appeal pro-se-prisoner procedural-bar procedural-bars |
Whether a state can place procedural bars on a pro se prisoner's initial post-conviction appeal after denying the prisoner access to legal research fa… |
| 22-5607 |
Steven Justin Villalona v. Mr. Hansen, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine federal-rules-civil-procedure filing houston-v-lack notice notice-of-judgment pro-se pro-se-prisoner statutory-interpretation |
Whether this Court's holding in Houston v. Lack was based on equity or the interpretation of the word filed? |
| 21-6096 |
In Re Byron T. McCollum |
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2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge mandate-recall pro-se-prisoner procedural-due-process void-judgment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals can refuse to consider and rule upon a duly filed Motion to Recall Mandate |
| 19-1237 |
LeRoy K. Wheeler v. North Dakota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-04-21 |
Denied |
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access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-access court-access due-process judicial-bias judicial-review legal-prejudice meritorious-claims prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner |
Do poor pro-se prisoners have a constitutional right to access the courts and to justice that will compel courts to rule on the merits of valid consti… |
| 19-7285 |
In Re Lawone Wilkinson |
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2020-01-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
auto-repair-laws business-dispute-criminal-case constitutional-conflict criminal-conviction deceptive-testimony diligence-and-cause habeas-corpus mandated-compliance new-evidence possession-property-interests pro-se-prisoner robbery robbery-elements state-federal-laws unconstitutional-error |
Under Habeas Corpus, can this Court take NOTICE of a previous UNconstitutional ERROR having a Substantial INjurious EFFECT |
| 19-6222 |
Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. K. Harrington, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-errors due-process extraordinary-circumstances free-speech judicial-oversight mandate-recall pro-se-prisoner public-policy standing |
Whether pro-se prisoner can be denied First Amendment right based on court errors? |
| 19-5687 |
In Re Luis E. Morales |
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2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process due-process-rights mandamus obstruction-of-justice pro-se-prisoner procedural-rights rebuttable-presumption rebuttal second-successive-motion successive-habeas-petitions |
Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals created a rebuttable presumption in its order denying the petitioner's request to file a second/successive §… |
| 19-5207 |
Admassu Regassa v. Emily Cimino, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ftca ftca-claim judicial-review prison-conditions pro-se-prisoner |
Whether the district court erroneously dismissed the petitioner's Second Amended Complaint and the Seventh Circuit improperly affirmed the dismissal |
| 18-9023 |
Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-collateral-order-doctrine collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-violations due-process enlargement-of-time federal-relief habeas-corpus magistrate-judge prison-litigation prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner standing |
Whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked when a party is deprived of an opportunity to preserve issues for appellate review |
| 18-8929 |
In Re Lavont Flanders, Jr. |
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2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process habeas-corpus indictment-amendment mailbox-rule postal-service-error pro-se-filing pro-se-prisoner procedural-due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when the indictment was amended during a critical stage of the proceedings with… |