| 24A328 |
Good Lawgic, LLC, et al. v. Juan M. Merchan, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County |
New York |
2024-10-04 |
Presumed Complete |
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first-amendment judicial-sanctions legal-ethics media-litigation professional-responsibility trial-court-conduct |
Whether a state court can impose sanctions or restrict legal practice based on litigation conduct in a high-profile criminal case involving a media co… |
| 23-7798 |
Evan C. Wilhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
christeson-v-roper conflict-of-interest counsel-performance cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice professional-reputation professional-responsibility |
Whether prejudice should be presumed when a conflict of interest forces Counsel to choose between denigrating their own performance on behalf of their… |
| 23-5541 |
Mark A. Hartle v. New York |
New York |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-interest criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-inquiry professional-ethics professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel trial-strategy |
Is a criminal defendant denied their right to effective assistance of counsel when there are indications, of which the defendant was unaware, that tri… |
| 23-5220 |
Amy Jacquelyn Harkins v. Citizens Bank |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law attorney-client-privilege civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law crime-fraud-exception evidence judicial-review legal-procedure professional-responsibility statutory-interpretation |
whether-a-court-can-compel-a-party-to-disclose-privileged-communications-under-the-crime-fraud-exception |
| 22-7789 |
Douglas Manning v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-merits civil-rights defendant-justification due-process harmful-consequences ineffective-assistance legal-excuses legal-malpractice plaintiff-claims procedural-grounds professional-responsibility standing |
Was the defendant's representation so deficient that the plaintiff should be held responsible for it? |
| 22-6852 |
Marvin Charles Gabrion, II v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
adverse-witness attorney-client-privilege attorney-representation civil-procedure conflict-of-interest formal-appearance legal-ethics professional-conduct professional-responsibility standing |
Whether an attorney who provides legal advice to counsel of record without filing a formal appearance in the case can have a conflict of interest if t… |
| 22-5257 |
Daryl Stephen v. New York |
New York |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-conduct attorney-misconduct civil-procedure damages legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-responsibility professional-standards standing tort-law |
Whether the petitioner's attorney committed legal malpractice by contravening the law |
| 21-5750 |
Richard A. Waite v. Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility |
New Hampshire |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure bar-regulations civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ethical-rules judicial-standards lawyer-conduct legal-ethics professional-responsibility standing |
Whether the conflict of interest between a public defender's office and its appellate division violates a defendant's constitutional right to effectiv… |
| 20-8207 |
Bernier Gerard Jackson v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
best-interest constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-offer professional-responsibility right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel requires counsel to advise his client to accept a plea offer which is clearly… |
| 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… |
| 19-8894 |
Michael Halliburton v. Board of Professional Responsibility |
Tennessee |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics party-standing procedural-rights procedural-rules professional-responsibility substantive-rights |
Should the determinations of the Board of Judicial Conduct - responsible by statute and by the Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for maintaining the integ… |
| 19-8434 |
Audrey Jean Ukkerd v. State Bar of California |
California |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-misconduct civil-rights due-process fraud legal-ethics medical-evaluation professional-responsibility settlement-conference workers-compensation |
Why did Attorney Michael Siegel state that the State Bar of California asserted certain claims in the complaint? |
| 19-858 |
GemCap Lending I, LLC v. Quarles & Brady, LLP, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-09 |
Denied |
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attorney-ethics civil-procedure commercial-loan commercial-transactions duty-of-candor fraud fraud-representation legal-misrepresentation professional-responsibility summary-judgment |
When an attorney's false and misleading representations in a commercial loan application can lead to summary judgment in the attorney's favor despite … |
| 19-6916 |
Sherri Jefferson v. Supreme Court of Georgia |
Georgia |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
attorney-discipline disbarment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent professional-responsibility self-incrimination |
Does this Court's opinion in Spevack v. Klein, 385 U.S. 511 (1967), In re Ruffalo, 390 U.S. 544 (1968), and North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v… |
| 19-6427 |
Ray A. Smith v. John Chapdelaine, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
charging-document criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
As representatives of the Office of Public Defender, did lawyers Willie Rios and Eric Zale fulfill their professional responsibilities and obligations… |
| 19-5725 |
Charles Rochester v. The Fortune Society |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
anti-injunction-act civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest document-tampering due-process eeoc-review equal-employment fraud-upon-the-court jurisdictional-challenge obstruction-of-justice professional-responsibility retaliation tampering-with-documents whistleblower |
issues being raised |
| 18-8012 |
Tasha Michelle Blackburn v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-communication criminal-procedure due-process duty-to-advise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-acceptance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations professional-responsibility sixth-amendment |
What constitutes communicating a plea, and does counsel have an obligation to recommend accepting a plea, or rejecting a plea and proceeding to trial? |
| 18-5209 |
Michael Barrett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship conflict-of-interest constructive-denial-of-counsel impermissible-risk ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion professional-ethics professional-responsibility right-to-counsel standard-of-review |
Does it create a conflict of interest for a lawyer to have to argue on appeal that the trial court should have replaced him? Can this create an imperm… |