protective-order
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-865 | Perles Law Firm, P.C. v. Qatar National Bank, et al. | District of Columbia | 2026-01-21 | Pending | Response Waived | circuit-split discovery-application foreign-tribunal forum-shopping protective-order section-1782 | The question presented is whether a district court may grant an application under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 when it would amount to a modification of a binding… |
| 25-864 | Daniel Otu v. Anita Whyte-Otu | Georgia | 2026-01-21 | Pending | constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment protective-order void-for-vagueness | 1. Does a court of law violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause when the issuance of a permanent protective order relies on the Petitione… | |
| 25-281 | Patrick Byrne v. US Dominion, Inc., et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-09-10 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice defamation due-process fifth-amendment protective-order | Whether a District Court erred in disqualifying counsel of choice in a civil defamation case for violating a protective order by reporting potential c… |
| 24-1216 | In Re Micron Technology, Inc., et al. | 2025-05-29 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-discovery district-court executive-branch national-security protective-order technical-documentation | Does a district court clearly and indisputably err in ordering production of sensitive technical documentation without applying the standards set fort… | |
| 24-6708 | Grace Wilson Marshall v. Benjamin Ryan Caudill | Kentucky | 2025-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-custody domestic-violence federal-law jurisdiction protective-order uccjea | Whether a domestic violence victim's temporary protective order provides sufficient legal protection for her and her children under federal and state … |
| 24-5925 | Francis Yomi v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services | Tenth Circuit | 2024-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | discovery-dispute judicial-misconduct motion-to-stay procedural-rules protective-order sanctions-motion | Whether the District and Circuit Courts erred in dismissing the plaintiff's case and denying multiple motions for procedural and medical reasons |
| 24-5851 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Deshawn Hector | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | corrections-staff exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance power-of-attorney pretrial-detainee protective-order | Is the inmate grievance process the exclusive remedy for pretrial detainees and convicted persons seeking protection from abuse, and must they exhaust… |
| 24-5850 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Shannon Blackwell | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | corrections-staff exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody | Is the inmate grievance process the exclusive remedy available to pretrial detainees and convicted persons for protection from abuse? |
| 24-5849 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Jeremiah Kinney | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance power-of-attorney pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody | Whether the inmate grievance process constitutes the exclusive remedy for pretrial detainees seeking protection from abuse in state custody |
| 24-5848 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Tiara Thomas | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | corrections-personnel exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody | Is the inmate grievance process the exclusive remedy for pretrial detainees seeking protection from abuse in state custody? |
| 23-455 | United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-31 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-5260 | Mary Beth Harcrow v. Clyde Harcrow, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights domestic-violence due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-enforcement judicial-notice protective-order vawa | Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to recognize and enforce a Delaware domestic violence order under the Violence Against Wom… |
| 22-6383 | James T. Woo v. Colorado | Colorado | 2022-12-22 | Denied | IFP | case-files civil-rights discovery discovery-access due-process judicial-discretion post-conviction post-conviction-claims pro-se pro-se-defendant protective-order | Whether the district court improperly misused a protective order to deprive a pro se defendant of access to materials outside the scope of the order a… |
| 22-311 | Michael Vechery v. Florence Cottet-Moine | Virginia | 2022-10-03 | Denied | Relisted (2) | child-abuse child-custody child-neglect child-visitation due-process family-court fourteenth-amendment parental-rights protective-order | Does the Due Process Clause require a finding of child abuse or unfitness to terminate all parent-child contact? |
| 21-7894 | Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht | New Hampshire | 2022-05-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | domestic-violence due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment objective-standards orders-of-protection protective-order supreme-court | Whether the Due Process or Equal Protection Clause require objective standards for the issuance or extension of a domestic violence order of protectio… |
| 21-622 | Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-10-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-procedure dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction modification motion-modification protective-order rule-41 voluntary-dismissal | Whether the voluntary dismissal of a plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) permanently strips the district court of jurisdic… |
| 20-1599 | John Doe 7, et al. v. Chiquita Brands International, Inc. | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-05-17 | Denied | Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | burden-of-proof civil-procedure confidentiality disclosure modification-standard protective-order rule-26c stipulated-order stipulation | Does a party seeking to modify a stipulated Rule 26(c) protective order bear the burden of showing good cause for the modification? |
| 20-7867 | Howard Allen Groffel v. Virginia | Virginia | 2021-04-27 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession firearms protective-order protective-orders status-crime status-crimes | Does the Double Jeopardy Clause permit charging multiple 'status crimes' for a single criminal act? |
| 20-7276 | Russell Lawayne Montague v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-03-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process protective-order sentencing-disparities sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review supervised-release | Whether the district court ordered an unreasonably long 114-month prison sentence |
| 20-6394 | Michael A. Hagar v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-judicial-power criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction protective-order sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act venue venue-limitations | Question not identified |
| 20-6046 | Eric Gerard McGinnis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-10-16 | Denied | IFP | history means-end-scrutiny protective-order second-amendment text tradition | Should the Second Amendment be evaluated based on text, history, and tradition instead of means-end scrutiny? |
| 19-7848 | Barton Joseph Adams v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | binding-plea-agreement criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11-c-1-c criminal-procedure-rule-32-2-e-1-a district-court-misconduct due-process forfeiture plea-agreement property-forfeiture property-rights protective-order rule-11 rule-32.2 sealed-court-order sealing-orders sentencing sentencing-procedure | Whether the lower court violated the mandatory requirements of Rule 32.2(e)(1)(A) and breached the Rule 11(c)(1)(C) binding sentence |
| 19-6648 | Ralph Loren Barenz II v. Alaska | Alaska | 2019-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | community-condemnation criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct protective-order | Has the petitioner been deprived of due process? |
| 19-5867 | Angela Krasny v. Jacob Krasny | New Jersey | 2019-09-09 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights commencing-during-pendency due-process full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction parental-rights protective-order standing takings | Whether New Jersey can deny or limit civil procedural due process protected under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution especially when the court … |