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25-1150 Roger Lee Morse v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2026-04-03 Pending appellate-jurisdiction jurisdictional-deadlines notice-of-appeal post-trial-relief pro-se-representation procedural-default 1. Given Morse's untimely appeal, did the circuit court have jurisdiction to solicit a ruling from the district court, instead of dismissing the appea…
25-7113 Gurjot Singh Dhaliwal v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County Ninth Circuit 2026-03-26 Pending IFP due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus misdemeanor-procedure pro-se-representation right-to-counsel 1) Can local, states and/or federal government to circumvent the constitution of the United States, due process and equal protection of the law, and t…
25-6993 Matthew D. Snider v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit 2026-03-10 Pending IFP all-writs-act judicial-immunity pro-se-representation rooker-feldman-doctrine writ-of-mandamus younger-abstention 1. Whether the Clerk of the Supreme Court properly rejected a petition for certiorari before judgment requiring the removal of references to "Rule 11/…
25-6890 Tiffany Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant pro-se-representation procedural-default sixth-amendment 1. Whether Petitioner was denied effective assistance of appellate counsel when court-appointed counsel failed to file or consult Petitioner about fil…
25A872 Djavon Holland v. United States Third Circuit 2026-02-03 Denied appellate-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.
25-6345 Felix Verdejo-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce pro-se-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction Can the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit deny the Petitioner his motion pro se requesting to invoke the supervisory power of the Court to verify…
25-6271 Eric Arthur Walton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretionary-standard district-court pro-se-representation standard-of-review supervised-release Whether the standard of review of a district court's decision to allow a defendant to proceed pro se at a supervised release revocation hearing is de …
25-6170 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana, et al. Louisiana 2025-11-19 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process jurisdictional-error pro-se-representation self-representation 1. WHETHER THE STATE APPELLATE COURT COMMITTED PLAIN JURISDICTIONAL ERROR WHEN GRANTING STATE APPELLEE'S MOTION FOR EXTENTION AFTER FILING DEADLINES H…
25-5926 Anthony Boyd v. Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure pro-se-representation separation-of-powers 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred barring a condemned inmate from filing pro se while represented elsewhere in violation of the federal right of a…
25-5729 Raylon Browning v. Georgia Georgia 2025-09-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance pretrial-incarceration pro-se-representation speedy-trial Whether the trial court violated Browning's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial by failing to try his case within two complete court terms after h…
25A213 In Re Gavin B. Davis Fifth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure faretta-waiver pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment If a criminal defendant is forced against their will to proceed in propia persona absent a bona fide unequivocal Faretta waiver, while timely and dili…
25A206 Arthur Fayne v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-21 Presumed Complete effective-assistance-of-counsel material-misrepresentation non-victim-compensation pro-se-representation restitution right-to-defense 1. The Sixth Circuit issued its ruling in this case on May 21, 2025, just one day before this Court decided Kousisis v. United States, which directly …
25-210 James Synnott v. Paul Burgermeister, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Relisted (2) children-rights circuit-conflict due-process family-integrity pro-se-representation pseudonym-privacy Whether using pseudonyms for parents and children —in cases involving children, especially with sensitive information —is appropriate and outweighs th…
25A163 Cheryl Steele v. Micah Salb District of Columbia 2025-08-06 Presumed Complete attorney-of-record en-banc-review judicial-procedure mandate-recall notice-requirements pro-se-representation Question not identified.
25A61 Mary E. Hill v. Consandra Jones Virginia 2025-07-15 Presumed Complete attorney-client-relationship ineffective-assistance legal-malpractice pro-se-representation professional-misconduct writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A48 Dale H. Sundby v. Jeffrey Myers, et al. California 2025-07-11 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-question fiduciary-duties pro-se-representation trust-interest trustee-beneficiary Question not identified.
25-5023 Mychal Andra Reed v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2025-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-appointed-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation procedural-rights racial-justice-act sixth-amendment 1) Can the Superior court rightfully force petitioner to except court appointed counsel for his P.C.. Section 745(a) RACIAL Justice Act proceedings th…
24-7522 Rachael Lynn Boehme v. Oregon Oregon 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sixth-amendment When trial court would neither agree to relieve defense counsel, even after he took positions that were plainly adverse to his client, nor permit the …
24A1258 Willie Dennis v. United States Second Circuit 2025-06-20 Presumed Complete due-process faretta-right ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation procedural-standing right-to-counsel Question not identified.
24-761 William H. Viehweg v. Insurance Programs Management Group, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection kay-v-ehrler legal-counsel pro-se-representation Whether the lower courts' recognition of three defendants' entries of appearances as their own attorneys, including legal counsel, rather than persona…
24-681 Konstadin Bitzas v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-12-26 Denied Response Waived due-process emergency-caretaker fourth-amendment pro-se-representation probable-cause search-warrant 1. Under Franks v. Delaware , 438 U.S. 154 (1978), do defects in the search warrant application process, including failure to satisfy the oath require…
24-6007 Warren Dale Watson v. Dave Bergman, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-11-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP faretta-guidelines judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-procedure 1. Mr. Watson alleges that the District State Court failed to follow the requirements in which Watson made a clear and unequivocal request for self-re…
24-5983 Trevor Spencer Taylor v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law evidence-tampering fruit-of-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation veterans-claims #1 - "If the allegations occurred of obstruction of justice, fraud on the court, and evidence tampering, which led to prejudicial losses with harmful…
24A474 Blake Andrew Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied access-to-courts child-representation counsel-mandate federal-litigation parental-rights pro-se-representation Whether parents can represent their children pro se in federal court.
24-5929 David Mark Fink v. California California 2024-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidentiary-hearing faretta-right judicial-discretion pro-se-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial (1. The People have no standing to interject between an accused and his right of self-representation . When the court permits them to do so, does it u…
24-5868 William J. Webb, Jr. v. Delaware Delaware 2024-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure faretta-hearing pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel violated when the trial court ordered petitioner to proceed pro se without conducting a proper Faret…
24-5842 Dallas Staden v. Marcus Myers, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied IFP fair-trial hybrid-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standby-counsel K, h</S rarest*-!ah'*si over -the <Je£svd*srf [ ohjc&fv&p is ^/ficjecP fionnorpb /*■<4 hybrid rcP/tSfr>fet?)>a / cAn the c/ePyst*nt /4v> jtd< ccvirioo…
24-448 Oskana Marinaro v. Parks Ziegler, PLLC Virginia 2024-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review attorney-fees due-process fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation state-law 1). The XIV Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the due process of law. Can a state appellate court refuse to provide full appellat…
24-5549 Norman Paul Felts v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure fourth-circuit-review ineffective-assistance legal-abandonment pro-se-representation timeliness Should the Fourth Circuit have addressed the merits of Petitioner's appeal even though it was untimely filed because he alleged that his counsel " aba…
24-280 Kevin Cichowski, et al. v. Andrea K. Totten, Judge, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response Waived ada-compliance electronic-notification first-amendment judicial-immunity pro-se-representation state-bar-restrictions A pro se can conduct their own case under 28 U.S.C. § 1654, however, because the practice of law is ill defined, and often varies from venue to venue,…
24-5511 Jane Doe v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Second Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied IFP contract-law deliberate-indifference federal-funding pro-se-representation sexual-harassment title-ix Q1: Does it amount to deliberate indifference under Title IX when a recipient (a) fraudulently tailor sexual assault case outcome to secure federal fu…
24A228 Elliot Morales v. New York New York 2024-09-03 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing-exposure sixth-amendment waiver Whether a criminal trial court violates Iowa v. Tovar, 541 U.S. 77 (2004), in failing to advise a defendant, before he waives his right to trial couns…
24-207 Carlos A. Alonso Cano, et al. v. 245 C & C, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion pro-se-representation transcript-integrity 1. - Whether any U.S. Federal Court, could prohibit an adult plaintiff from pro se representation in a civil case, when he/she has demonstrated the ab…
24-5349 Ryan Monroe Allen v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-procedure faretta-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sixth-amendment-rights trial-court-discretion I. HAVE THE TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEALS DECIDED AN IMPORTANT FEDERAL QUESTION IN A WAY THAT CONFLICTS WITH RELEVANT DECISIONS OF THE UNITED …
23-7541 Tommy Duane Barnes v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-to-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdiction pro-se-representation standing texas-jurisdiction tyranny 1) Was Ashtian actually MUR"ERE" as part of a plan ? 2) Was the petittioner(TOMMY BARNES) Constitutional Rights violated by The United States "istri…
23-1203 Terpsehore Maras v. Mayfield City School District Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minors mootness mootness-doctrine parental-rights pro-se-representation pro-se-rights statutory-interpretation 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1654, do minors have pro se rights that can be asserted by their parents on their behalf based on a parent's fundamental right to…
23-7406 Bobby Rouse v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment 1. Is it a violation of appellant's Sixth Amendment constitutional rights for defense counsel to refuse to investigate the evidence and interview witn…
23-7090 Ambrose C. Mendes v. Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum, Attorneys at Law, Inc. Rhode Island 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accounting civil-procedure due-process ethical-obligations judicial-precedent pro-se-representation probate probate-law settlement-terms standing trial-by-jury trial-court-duty a. Whether the Trial court held a duty to obey the State supreme court holdings that it follows a prior judge ruling unless consent of parties agree o…
23-7009 Warren Simpson v. Alan Simpson Arizona 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-counsel liberty pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trustee 1) Should every US citizen, on the defensive side of any adverse legal issue, be provided council if they wish such and cannot afford or find; and com…
23-6975 D'Amantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio 2024-03-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen trial-court Can a trial court deny a criminal defendant the right to self-representation solely because he was designated a sovereign citizen?
23-6758 Frank Bernard Johnson v. Virginia Virginia 2024-02-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-competency pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel In any trial in which a guilty verdict can result in a criminal conviction; is it lawful to have compulsory pro sc representation by the defendant? I…
23-6317 Vicky West, on Behalf of Laura West v. Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Texas 2023-12-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process incapacitated-person indigent-representation legal-standing power-of-attorney pro-se pro-se-representation standing I. Whether a legal executed POA, Pro Se which is recognized by the judicial system can be used in a C Court of law to assist or represent indigent and…
23A558 Gerald D. Fields v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Whether Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975), imposes a duty on trial courts to make defendants aware of "the da…
23-6187 Jamar Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-07 Rehearing Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-review constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing waiver-of-counsel waiver-of-rights 1. Whether an uncounseled felony guilty plea is Constitutionally valid when the defendant was not properly warned by the trial court of the perils of …
23-6162 James Williams v. United States Third Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure irreconcilable-differences judicial-discretion mckaskle-v-wiggins pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver Question 1: In light of this courts decision in McKaskle v. Wiggins. 465 U.S 168, 104 S.Ct. 944; 79 L.Ed 2d 122(1984), as interpreted by the Third Cir…
23-222 Dawn M. White, et vir v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights close-relationship court-criteria due-process hindrance legal-capacity legal-standing pro-se pro-se-representation procedural-rights spousal-representation standing Can a husband represent the interests of his wife in a pro-se capacity if they meet the criteria previously established by this Court for a close rela…
23-5296 Leonel Marin-Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice-reform effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-relief first-step-act guidelines-range ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. Whether a district court, when deciding a First Step Act motion on the pleadings, complies with Concepcion v. United States, when it fails to calcu…
22-7637 Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court constitutional-rights district-court due-process forced-counsel jurisdiction pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment vagueness this case presents an important issue concerning what constitutes "the right to have the assistance of counsel" under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. …
22-7333 David Jah, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions pro-se-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act 1) Will the theory of the government, assisted by their witnesses, known to be fabricated, asserted to be harmful and outreagous conduct, be enough t…
22-7300 James D. Sullivan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability counsel-abandonment counsel-misconduct federal-bench habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct miscarriage-of-justice plea-withdrawal pro-se pro-se-representation standing 1. Will this Court remand with a certificate of appealability in a case where a district court perverted the habeas corpus process by ignoring specifi…
22-6910 Carolyn L. Fields v. Hunter Conrad, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eeoc-complaint employment employment-discrimination government-job human-relations-commission pro-se-representation retaliation standing workplace-harassment wrongful-termination ISN'T TRUE THAT EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO AN ATTORNEY? WHAT WAS MY CHANCE OF SUCCESS WITHOUT PROPER REPRESENTATION? DOES THIS CASE NOT HAVE MERIT AND …
22-643 Jason Devon Lenoir v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability faretta-hearing fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation psychological-evaluation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Is a criminal defendant entitled to a COA when he has demonstrated and made a substantial showing that his rights were denied under the Sixth and Four…
22-6404 Paul Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency constitutional-rights fair-trial indiana-v-edwards mental-illness pro-se-representation self-representation trial-competency 1. Whether a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial impose s upon trial courts a duty of inquiry to determine whether a defendant is compete…
22-6276 Lester S. Barney v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se-representation self-representation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Whether, because the state court unreasonably determined that Lester S. Barney ("Barney") did not clearly and unequivocally assert his right to pro…
21-8261 Elgin Z. Haynie v. Ohio Ohio 2022-06-29 Denied IFP appeal conviction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sentencing own faulty pro se representation.
21-8204 Reginald Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture ineffective-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel severance sixth-amendment Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10, a review is warranted as this case present an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, s…
21-8027 Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency conflict-of-counsel counsel-conflict faretta-colloquy faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court-discretion Does the Sixth Amendment require a trial court to conduct a competency colloquy, pursuant to this Court's holding in Faretta v. California, where a de…
21-7633 Charles Awusin Inko-Tariah v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication government-misconduct judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-treatment pro-se-representation self-representation 1. Was the Supreme Court ruling in Faretta vs California violated or trampled by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circu…
21-7540 In Re Rufus Paul Harris 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right fair-trial in-absentia pro-se-defendant pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel trial-court The question presented by this case has never been addressed to permit existing stand-by counsel to assume representation for an 'in absentia' pro-se …
21-7127 Ngozika J. Nwaneri v. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP District of Columbia 2022-02-16 Denied IFP appeals bill-of-rights civil-procedure due-process equal-justice fourteenth-amendment judicial-error legal-procedure pro-se pro-se-representation standing a). Whether the state court erred in omnibus order and subpoena order granted Quinn Emanuel on October 20, 2021 and in 5th January, 2022 order denying…
21-6914 Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal-standard due-process fifth-circuit-interpretation judicial-proceedings pro-se-representation standing successive-petitions supervisory-power Question No. one: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has entered a decision involving denial of a Constitutional Right which is…
21-6634 Roy Cornell Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-stage 1. Was the Petitioner afforded his Constitutional Right to accurate assistance of Counsel in his sentencing stage. 2. Did Petitioner fail to prosecut…
21-6607 In Re Andrew Thomas Burns, Sr. 2021-12-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-error waiver-inquiry 1. DID THE TRIAL COURT'S FAILURE TO CONDUCT AN AFFIRMATIVE WAIVER INQUIRY PRIOR TO ORDERING PETITIONER TO PROCEED PRO SE AT TRIAL, DENY PETITIONER OF …
21-679 Tim Shoop, Warden v. August Cassano Sixth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Relisted (14) aedpa criminal-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation sixth-amendment timely-invocation 1. Should th e Court summarily reverse the Sixth Circuit 's award of habeas relief? 2. When a three -judge panel clearly errs in awarding habeas r…
21-6025 Stewart Hines v. Gwendolen Cleopha Nelson South Dakota 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-due-process court-access due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation standing trust trust-law Whether a sole Beneficiary and Trustee can represent that Trust pro se. Whether SDCL 15-6-24(a) (Fed.R.Civ.24(a)) would have automatically substitute…
21-5978 Derek Levert Hall v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure indigent-defendant pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel waiver The federal courts of appeals are about evenly split over whether an indigent criminal defendant's waiver of trial counsel requires a clear and unequi…
21-5655 Timothy Dean Leners v. Wyoming Wyoming 2021-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal sixth-amendment ONE: Was Defendant's 6th Amend. right to Effective Counsel violated when 1st chair appointed counsel testified at W.R.A.P. 21 hearing for new trial th…
21-5614 In Re James Williams 2021-09-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error [1]. Does the District Courts arbitrary denying defendant Sixth Amendment Constitutional Right to Self-Representation on initial 2255 constitute extra…
21-363 Wendy Marie Meigs v. Trey Bergman, et al. Texas 2021-09-08 Denied abuse alternative-dispute-resolution court-ordered-mediation courtroom-guidelines family-court judicial-process manipulation mediation mediation-liability pro-se-representation victim-protection vulnerable-victim Should a mediation, family court-ordered or not, follow normal courtroom guidelines as courts defer court functions to mediation which creates the exp…
21-230 William Herman Viehweg v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied attorney-conduct bordenkircher-v-hayes civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court disqualification due-process equal-protection judicial-impartiality legal-privilege pro-se-representation Whether separate attorneys' representing a defendant corporation and attorneys' representing a non-party key witness, mutual claim of a protective leg…
20-8233 Adam Paul Strege v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment free-speech judicial-review pro-se-representation standing is it legal fore all life and objects on Earth and other Planet God and everyone in Hell to spread the Plague and Corona Virus to Exterminate 100% of …
20-1630 Susan Chen v. Kate Halamay, et al. Washington 2021-05-20 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process guardian-ad-litem judicial-interpretation legislative-power pro-se-representation separation-of-powers The Courts "have power to say what the law is, not what it should be." Obsergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) (Roberts, J., joined by Scalia and T…
20-7873 Kenneth McBride v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-duress criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process pro-se-representation right-to-counsel WHETHER A STATE CAN FORCE A U.S. CITIZEN TO FACE CRIMNINAL CHARGES, WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AFTER THE U.S. CITIZEN KEPT TELLING STATE COURTS…
20-7834 Steven Cooper v. Florida Florida 2021-04-22 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-rights criminal-mischief criminal-procedure due-process grand-theft mandamus pro-se-representation self-representation trespass • Whether it is unconstitutional for a defendants ' pro per Motion to Discharge Counsel and Waiver of Right to Counsel to be dismissed for the only r…
20-7431 Anthony O. Wint, Jr., By and Through His Next Friend, Oral Wint v. Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights counsel due-process federal-court-procedure incompetent incompetent-litigant legal-standing parental-representation pro-se-representation standing Where a federal case is brought by a non-lawyer parent on behalf of an incompetent who cannot represent him or her self pro se, should no issues conce…
20-1253 Charles L. Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi 2021-03-10 Denied chancery-court civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-to-strike pro-se-representation sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1 DID THE MISSISSIPPI SUPRME COURT BREAK STATE LAW WHEN IT WOULD NOT APPLY THE MANDATORY LANGUAGE IN THE USE OF THE WORD OF SHALL IN MISSISSIPPI CO…
20-7274 Michael Diabolis Griffis, Sr. v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard federal-courts pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. WHETHER THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION CONFLICTS WITH CLEARLY ESTABLISHED LAW IN FARETTA V. CALIFORNIA AND CONFLICTS WITH THE DECISION…
20-6812 Keith McCoy v. Michael Atherton, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inter-prison-transfer involuntary-treatment liberty-interest mental-health prison-transfer pro-se-representation state-law stigma 1. Did the Appeals Court err though McCoy might have had a liberty interest in avoiding transfer to a mental hospital for involuntary psychiatric trea…
20-6176 Brandon J. Weathers v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standard-of-justice standard-of-review 1. Did the Court of Appeals correctly apply the interest of justice standard into the Petitioner's substitution of counsel claim where the trial facts…
20-6110 Samuel Hogans v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-procedure trial-proceedings Under the Sixth Amendment, is it constitutional for a competent criminal defendant to be denied the fundamental right to self-representation when the …
20-5263 Patrick W. Schroeder v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-08-05 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mitigation mitigation-evidence pro-se pro-se-representation proportionality sentencing 1) Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution are violated when a capital sentencing panel issues a death sentence…
20-5137 Antoine Dewayne Myles v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias pre-sentencing pro-se-representation self-representation suppression suppression-of-evidence wire-tap-interception 1. Whether the district court violated the defendants Due Process right to a fair in an impartial, tribunal where the district court presentenced defe…
20-5069 Pablo Enrique Rosado-Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico First Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights due-process evidence-disregard fair-credit-reporting-act judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation public-interest standing supreme-court-rules 1. By re-affirming the final opinion of the magistrate judge from the District Court, "The Court does not weigh the evidence", 3 Appellate Judges sai…
19-8266 James Heard v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-15 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trial-court 1. Whether the trial court erred in denying James Heard's pre-trial motion to proceed pro Se? 2. Whether the appellate court unreosonably applied the…
19-7856 Richard Kenneth Djerf v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel In a state capital murder case, the state prosecutor and trial court recognized on the record that trial counsel were not properly investigating and p…
19-7564 In Re Michael Dewayne Seibert 2020-02-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty-case due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-representation resentencing resentencing-hearing void-judgment When a defendant is represented by counsel, who refuses to raise a substantial meritorious claim of fraud on the court, and therefore defendant's conv…
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation 1) Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment t…
19-775 In Re Philippe Buhannic 2019-12-17 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appeal appeal-rights bias constitution constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause-of-the-14th-amendment equal-protection federal-court foreign-litigant judicial-bias prejudice pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation Whether the Federal court has the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant. The denial is so ob…
19-6815 Blake Wingate v. New York New York 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-application pro-se pro-se-representation WHERE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED PRO SE IS CONSTITUTIONAL# EVEN ON APPEAL OR A POST CONVICTION APPLICATION , IS IT A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS AND OR THE EQ…
19-6525 Sean Trent Barnes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing sentencing-enhancement The issue subsuming all other issues in this appeal is whether I. or not, Mr. Sean Trent Barnes, while incarcerated in pre-trial cus tody as a federal…
19-6437 Lee E. Peyton v. California California 2019-10-31 Denied IFP confrontation-clause courtroom-protocol criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause farretta-v-california fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment This Petition presents an issue of fundamental importance to all defendants facing criminal prosecution in California: whether the Sixth and Fourteent…
19-6408 Adam Strege v. United States First Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access discovery discovery-motion due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mandamus mandamus-request pro-se-representation For Review of Mandamus For Recusal of the Judge and Public Defender both Maliciousley Prosecuting me because i sent a 200 Page Email to 40 Million Peo…
19-6406 Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-10-28 Denied IFP conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel I. WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT OPINION IN AFFIRMING THE NEBRASKA LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO …
19-543 Jeffrey Wills Lusk, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Jean Ross Lusk, Deceased v. Crown Pointe Care Center, et al. Ohio 2019-10-25 Denied beneficiary beneficiary-status civil-procedure creditors estate estate-representation executor executor-rights legal-standing pro-se pro-se-representation probate-law standing May the executor and sole beneficiary of an estate without creditors represent the estate pro se?
19-6165 Ricky G. Davis v. Virginia Virginia 2019-10-04 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process pro-se pro-se-representation probation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standing CAN VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONALLY HALE A PERSON INTO ITS CRIMINAL COURTS AND THERE FORCE A LAWYER UPON HIM, EVEN WHEN HE INSIST THAT HE WANTS TO CONDUCT H…
19-5503 Patricia Gill v. Mercy College, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech harassment judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation standing state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Plaintiff does not feel that the court of appeals decision does not reflect the whole truth in this case. The appeals decision states that Plaintiff i…
19-5482 Joann Jefferson v. OneWest Bank, FSB New Jersey 2019-08-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation discovery due-process equal-protection estate-rights fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding pro-se-representation procedural-due-process property-rights standing trial-procedure 1. Can Pro Se Legatees, Heirs, Executors, Estate Representatives, Devisees, successors, in a foreclosure pendency, (a new defendant, in an ongoing lit…
19-5011 Danny P. Phipps v. New York New York 2019-06-28 Denied IFP 4th-amendment abandonment abandonment-property burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jury-selection pro-se-representation property-abandonment search-and-seizure standing 1. Can Appellate Division develop a rule that shifts the burden from the People to a defendant to prove he or she did not abandon property making it…
18-9764 Adnan Ibrahim Harun A. Hausa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-court-conflict circuit-split faretta faretta-inquiry pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-counsel 1. Should a petition for writ of certiorari be granted to resolve a conflict between the Second and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal on whether a def…
18-9308 Clarence Scranage, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner waived his Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights to Counsel, by being forced to represent himself by the lower Court, pro-se, without th…
18-1300 Nevenka Obuskovic v. Kathleen L. Wood, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,equal-protection,family-l color-of-law divorce due-process equal-protection family-court family-law forced-labor fourteenth-amendment involuntary-servitude peonage pro-se-representation Was Federal law violated under color of law, for violations of Fourteenth Amendment substantive and procedural Due Process and Equal Protection Under …
18-8639 Anthony Franklin v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection faretta-hearing faretta-v-california habeas-corpus pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment third-circuit third-circuit-law Whether the district court err in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner, and by Holding that Petitioner's multiple interjections did not amoun…
18-1136 Beverly L. Hennager v. Troutman Sanders LLP Fourth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees charging-liens civil-procedure civil-rights client-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-ethics legal-fees pro-se-representation standing 1. Whether the rules and laws governing how charging liens are imposed and executed in Federal District Courts should be clarified so as to uniformly …
18-1098 Daniel E. Witte v. Jayden H. Huynh, nka Jayden Scacco Utah 2019-02-22 Denied 14th-amendment civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech pro-se-representation self-representation strict-scrutiny In Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 829-32, 830 n.39, 833-34, 834 n.46 (1975), this Court held that state courts may not compel pro se litigants i…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation At the end of Henry Bryant's direct appeal the government informed his appointed attorney (Sheryl Lowenthal) that the lead investigator had been disci…
18-8072 John J. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-02-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment access-to-courts appellate-counsel constitutional-violation criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process pro-se-representation sixth-amendment transcripts (1) Can appellate counsel be denied, forcing a criminal defendant to represent himself in a direct appeal to the state district courts of appeal? Wou…
18-7925 Syed Nazim Ali v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-immunity civil-rights corporate-representation due-process fair-hearing finra-arbitration immunity legal-standing pro-se-representation small-business small-corporation sole-owner Whether FINRA Arbitration process violated the Petitioner's rights of due process of law by failing to be fair and using the arbitration immunity to s…
18-7905 Christopher A. Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indiana-v-edwards medical-condition medical-resuscitation medication mental-competency pro-se-representation self-representation "Does a higher standard exist for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial, than for competency to stand trial, in a case wherein a criminal…
18-996 Charles Lavel Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi 2019-01-31 Denied Response Waived chancery-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1654 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation DID THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT REFUSE TO APPLY THE MANDATORY LANGUAGE IN THE USE OF THE, WORD OF SHALL IN MISSISSIPPI CODE OF ANN § 11-1-17 IN VIOL…
18-7694 Raymond Crespo v. New York New York 2019-01-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process faretta-v-california judicial-discretion legal-timeliness pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation timeliness "How soon in the criminal proceeding must a defendant decide between proceeding by counsel or pro se?" Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 852 (1975)…
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure FX ONS _JUSTiCe so eloQuent ly pot Veo "Lest We SEHe WWISTI Ch ONL DAT TR AROUND ) Sttouks THE UNE@ViVOCA RLGKT TO RENRESENT ONES SEIF OR HAVE COUNSe|…
18-7398 Kerry Kruskal v. Peter Sprunt New Mexico 2019-01-14 Denied IFP amended-complaint association-ditch-fees civil-procedure constitutional-rights contested-issues due-process issue-preclusion motion-to-reconsider pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation property-dispute property-rights sanctions standing stored-water-rights summary-judgment surface-water-rights warranty-deed water-rights In this case- Was the district court correct to adversely rule on Sprunt's summery judgment motion when there were so many legitimate contested issues…
18-7196 Edward Allen McElroy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing supervised-release waiver-of-counsel Where a defendant is charged in federal court with possession and production of child pornography, the maximum punishment for which carries a lifetime…
18-6990 Elena Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates District of Columbia 2018-12-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion court-procedure due-process guardian-ad-litem incompetence incompetent-person judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-representation standing The affirmative answer to the following questions constitutes the proof that both US Courts have drastically departed from the accepted and usual cour…
18-697 Tony Von Carruthers v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied argersinger-v-hamlin capital-case capital-punishment criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver Does depriving a criminal defendant of trial counsel against his will, without at least the warnings and voluntary waiver required by Faretta, violate…
18-644 David Carl Cottingham v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Washington 2018-11-19 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct bar-discipline due-process first-amendment objective-analysis petitioning petitioning-rights pro-se-representation professional-discipline regulatory-approval split state-court strict-scrutiny A Washington State Bar disciplinary investigation continued through to suspension, notwithstanding Attorney David C. Cottingham's opposition to unlawf…
18-6417 Derrick Wilson v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP faretta-v-california faretta-waiver Fifth-Amendment-due-process Fourth-Amendment Franks-v-Delaware johnson-v-zerbst pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right United-States-v-Giordano voluntariness waiver wiretap-application When (a) trial counsel informs the court that he is not prepared for trial; and (b) the court's Faretta colloquy does not inquire into the voluntarine…
18-6298 Robert Alan Fratta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-amendment due-process fatal-variance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-review miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standing sufficiency-of-evidence *** CAPITAL CASE IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR A U.S. COURT OF APPEALS TO ACCEPT, SANCTION OR MAKE DECISIONS THAT: ALLOW STATE COURTS 110 REFUSE TO. ACCE…
18-5910 Curtis Dee Packard v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation public-defender right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court withdrawal-of-counsel Whether both the trial court and the State's Public Defender's Office invited error and erroneously denied the Petitioner his 6th Amendment rights to …
18-5459 Zachary David Warnell v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure douglas-v-california due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel CAN A STATE, SUCH AS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH HAS AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF APPEAL WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL WITH AN ADEQ…
18-5156 D'Angelo Battis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness pro-se pro-se-brief pro-se-representation sentencing standard-of-review unconstitutional-sentence Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it ignored Petitioner's pro se brief, in its entirety. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of…