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25-507 Chang Y. Aiona, V. v. County of Hawaii, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii 2025-10-23 Denied defamation first-amendment legal-precedent milkovich-standard opinion-exception public-interest Whether the "opinion" exception can be extended to a private, non-public interest, defamation lawsuit in violation of the Court's decision Milkovich v…
24-6429 Robert Michael Kuczewski v. Robin Marien, et al. California 2025-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP defamation first-amendment free-speech government-speech limited-purpose-public-figure public-interest Whether the standard for classifying limited purpose public figures and the scope of defamation liability for republishing official government documen…
23-7811 Frederick Ware-Newsome v. Southern Management Companies, LLC Maryland 2024-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review maryland-supreme-court public-interest standing state-courts Question not identified
23-7803 Michael Sean Graham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause covid-19-restrictions due-process fifth-amendment public-interest sars-cov-2 sixth-amendment trial-procedure Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that masking trial witnesses did not violate the defendant's due process and confrontation rights?
23-1165 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. CSAA Insurance Services, Inc., et al. California 2024-05-01 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process duty-to-settle fourteenth-amendment good-faith-dealing insurance insurance-law public-interest standing third-party-liability tort Whether injured third parties can directly sue an insurer for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, even without obtaining a …
23-1147 Jahmir Christopher Frank v. Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-04-23 Denied civil-procedure equitable-powers federal-civil-rule-60(b)(6) medical-malpractice medical-records public-interest rule-60 sixth-circuit tort Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for f…
23-1090 Scott D. Pitta v. Dina Medeiros, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Administrator of Special Education for the Bridgewater Raynham Regional School District, et al. First Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Amici (3) citizen-rights civil-rights expressive-activity first-amendment free-speech government-employee inherently-expressive public-interest public-space recording-rights Whether the act of recording a government employee engaged in his or her duties is inherently expressive activity entitled to First Amendment protecti…
23-6537 Gregory Steshenko v. Foothill-De Anza Community College District, et al. California 2024-01-23 Denied IFP ostensibly justified by business necessity violated the constitutional equal-protection business-necessity civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection public-education public-interest standing Whether permission of discrimination in public education against the protected classes
23-6426 Leonard Nyamusevya v. CitiMortgage, Inc., et al. Ohio 2024-01-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-violation discharged-debt due-process judicial-report mortgage-foreclosure property-taking public-interest statutory-interpretation takings whether-a-supplemental-final-judicial-report-violates-the-ohio-and-u.s.-constitutions
23-5650 Lijo Panghat v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process national-security public-interest rule-of-law standing title-ix whistleblower-protection Whether the illegal denial of 'Due Process' to Petitioner and the harm being persistently inflicted upon him, violates the rights promised by the U.S.…
23-285 Amory Investments LLC, et al. v. Tyson Foods Incorporated, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied antitrust-law appellate-review collateral-order-doctrine district-court federal-antitrust-law judicial-procedure private-enforcement public-interest standing Does a district court order permitting significant interference with private enforcement of federal antitrust law implicate an interest sufficiently i…
23-5318 Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-procedure due-process failure-to-state-claim judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-review 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
23-5317 Aaron J. Bressi v. Jeffery Brennen, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure court-procedure due-process failure-to-state-a-claim failure-to-state-claim judicial-discretion legal-review procedural-dismissal public-interest standing How does this Complaint get dismissed by Both the Honorable District Court and the Honorable Appeals Court, for Failure to State a Claim
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
23-55 J. Cory Cordova v. Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College Board of Supervisors, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) adversary-system attorney-misconduct first-amendment fraud judicial-review litigation-tactics medicare-fraud public-interest sanctions viewpoint-discrimination Whether the lower courts' imposition of punitive sanctions violates Petitioner's rights under the First Amendment
22-1235 Brandon E. Ogbolu v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-duty disability-discrimination due-process emotional-distress felony-conduct pro-se public-interest standing sua-sponte Whether lower courts have a constitutional duty to sua sponte assess all unlawful conduct and harm to the public interest
22-950 Dorothy A. Smulley v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause digital-transactions due-process insurance-valuation interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act public-interest securities-exchange-commission software-as-a-service standing Whether personal motor vehicle physical damage (MVPD) insurance valuations performed by a third party Software as a Service (SaaS) company over the In…
22-7120 Aaron J. Bressi v. Pennsylvania Parole Board, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-27 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion case-significance civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal court-discretion due-process judicial-review legal-procedure public-importance public-interest standing Question not identified
22-610 Warren Adam Taylor v. Augusta-Richmond County Consolidated Commissioners, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied case-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss public-interest qualified-immunity standing statute-of-limitations Question not identified
22-5611 William A. White v. Department of Justice, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions disclosure due-process freedom-of-information-act judicial-review legal-jurisdiction public-interest standing statutory-provisions Whether the Seven Circus eXia Riding, Phe ony perseas' FOIA disclosure obstructions 'greatly Comfounded' under 5 USC 552(a)(4)(B) could be justified b…
22-241 Marie Farrell, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights disabilities-education due-process executive-agency executive-power idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunction-standard pendency-provision public-interest school-mask-mandate state-executive-power Whether the State Executive's promulgation of a statewide school mask mandate that conflicts with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDE…
22-5512 Maurice Diggins v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-249 district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction public-interest public-interest-prosecution racially-motivated-assault substantial-justice thirteenth-amendment Does a United States district court have jurisdiction under the Thirteenth Amendment for a racially motivated assault prosecution under 18 USC Sec. 24…
21-7806 Mike Webb v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP covid-19 executive-privilege glomar-response grand-jury mandamus marbury-vs-madison public-interest supreme-court-rules Whether a writ of mandamus can compel the convening of a grand jury
21-1092 Aaron Evan Perry v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-02-07 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment agency-law civil-rights constitutional-protections constitutional-rights fourth-amendment loss-prevention private-enforcement private-search public-interest state-action state-action-doctrine Whether the distinction between state and private actors has blurred in retail crime investigations
21-6881 Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals-court civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-dismissal public-interest standing subpoena-service Whether the U.S. District and U.S. Appeals Court erred in dismissing motions for appointment of counsel and amended complaints without serving defenda…
21-848 Spire Missouri Inc., et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund, et al. District of Columbia 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-decision energy federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review natural-gas public-interest remand remand-without-vacatur vacatur Whether remand without vacatur is the appropriate remedy where the record indicates that an agency's inadequately reasoned decision could be corrected…
21-5802 David A. Bridgewater v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP brooklyn-savings-bank compassionate-release contractual-principle department-of-justice first-step-act plea-agreement public-interest statutory-right statutory-waiver Does the rule of United States v. Mezzanatto preclude application of the contractual principle expressed in Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil?
21-108 Clint A. Krislov, et al. v. Cook County Officers Electoral Board, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied ballot-access civil-rights due-process first-amendment mootness mootness-exception public-interest public-interest-exception signature-requirements Whether federal courts recognize a public interest exception to mootness
20-8012 Jack Vo v. California California 2021-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law judicial-review public-interest standing supreme-court-discretion supreme-court-review voting-rights Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review a case of public importance that was denied consideration by the lower courts
20-1554 Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation Third Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release Whether a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the public may be released in a bankruptcy case prior to the appropriate government official obt…
20-1523 Rolando Cruz, Jr., Marc Hernandez, and Roscoe Villega v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied constitutional-rights drug-conspiracy integrity-of-courts jury-selection plain-error-review public-interest sentencing structural-error substantial-rights Whether a structural error that is both obvious and affects substantial rights can be excused on plain error review due to the potential costs of retr…
20-6501 Shannon Riley v. Carrie Kathleen Meehan South Carolina 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit original-jurisdiction public-interest writ-of-mandamus Has the 'public interest' requirement been met under the Full Faith and Credit Clause to entertain review of a petition for a Writ of Mandamus?
20-410 NTCH, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2020-09-29 Denied administrative-agency administrative-law agency-discretion auction auction-integrity cash-payments integrity public-interest regulatory-agency regulatory-benefits rule-making Whether an administrative agency may accept cash payments in exchange for granting regulatory benefits required to be granted solely on relevant publi…
20-70 Jagan Mahadevan v. Prem Bikkina California 2020-07-24 Denied civil-rights defamation due-process federal-preemption first-amendment free-speech public-concern public-interest research-misconduct scientific-integrity standing Whether federal statutory and regulatory scheme for research misconduct preempted state law defamation claims
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 Whether verifiable evidence has no importance and the one with more money is correct, no matter evidence shows is completely wrong
19-653 Theresa Ortloff v. Dave Trimmer, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Response Waived connick-v-myers due-process first-amendment first-amendment-speech-public-interest-connick-v-m free-speech procedural-due-process public-employee public-employee-speech public-interest speech whistleblower-protection Must the entire record, including motives, main thrust of the speech, and all instances of speech be reviewed under Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 1388 (1…
19-600 Jon Krakauer v. Clayton T. Christian, Montana Commissioner of Higher Education Montana 2019-11-07 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights due-process ferpa free-speech gonzaga-v-doe higher-education judicial-discretion privacy privacy-rights public-interest public-records student-privacy student-records university-athlete Does FERPA confer an individual right to privacy sufficient to block a court from ordering the release of personally identifiable information about a …
19-6451 Lori Zarlenga v. Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals Rhode Island 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression mootness mootness-doctrine public-interest public-interest-exception Whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred by dismissing Petitioner's appeal on the grounds of mootness
19-6442 William Conrad Yeager, II v. National Public Radio, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights defamation defamation-law first-amendment free-speech libel libel-standards media-access newsworthiness public-controversy public-figure public-figure-doctrine public-interest Whether the petitioner, an unknown musician and independent filmmaker, who fails to meet the requirements for a limited purpose public figure under Ge…
19-537 Jeffrey G. Thomas v. Norman Solomon, et al. California 2019-10-24 Denied 501(c)(3)-preemption bankruptcy-automatic-stay bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process frivolous-appeal monetary-sanctions new-york-times-v-sullivan public-interest standing state-court-judgment Whether a Judgment of a State Court Violates the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy
19-378 Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure costs frcp-59(b) public-interest unclean-hands Whether the federal court abused its discretion granting costs to Respondents-Defendants despite their unclean hands and without any consideration of …
19-307 Stuart A. McKeever v. William P. Barr, Attorney General District of Columbia 2019-09-05 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) disclosure district-court-authority grand-jury grand-jury-secrecy historical-significance historically-significant inherent-authority judicial-discretion public-interest rule-6(e) rule-6e Whether district courts have inherent authority to release grand jury materials in extraordinary circumstances
19-145 Vincent Mastanduno v. National Freight Industries, et al. North Carolina 2019-07-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights compelling-state-interest constitutional-rights due-process health-information informational-privacy privacy public-disclosure public-interest state-action state-agency state-disclosure transparency Does a person have a constitutional right to privacy over his personal health information; and where the State publishes a person's private health inf…
19-69 Diane B. Weissburg v. Los Angeles Unified School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied Response Waived anti-slapp civil-rights due-process educational-rights iep-meetings official-proceedings privacy-law public-interest recording recording-consent recording-rights retaliation Are Individual Educational Placement (IEP) meetings Official Proceedings?
18-9828 Dylan Magluilo v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflicting-decisions constitutional-law due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review public-interest reasonable-doubt Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Dylan Magluilo right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving, Conflicting Decisions …
18-7807 Christopher Young v. Michael M. Kraus, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals-court civil-rights due-process hrcp-rule-4 indigent-rights insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct no-fault-claim public-interest public-safety standing standing-issue state-court-jurisdiction summons-order Whether the lower Court had Standings to hear and Dismiss a No-Fault claim issue, under abuse of HRCP Rule 4
18-946 Abigail Arroyo v. Angel M. Torres-Sanchez, et al. First Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment judicial-discretion property property-rights public-interest standing takings Whether the Petitioner's rights to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, property and due process were violated by the Respondents' alleged deceit, abu…
18-6445 Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee Tennessee 2018-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-bargaining public-interest sentencing sentencing-procedure unconstitutional Whether the provisions of Rule 36.1 of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-21-101, and Tennessee law are unconsti…
18-282 Kelly H. Tucker v. Patrick Atwater, Jr., et al. Georgia 2018-09-05 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-interests Pickering-balancing-test pickering-test public-employee-speech public-employment public-interest qualified-immunity section-1983 Whether Pickering and its progeny apply to off-duty public employees speaking on matters of public interest unrelated to their employment, and the app…
25A899 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas Application balance-of-equities irreparable-harm likelihood-of-success public-interest standard-of-review stay-of-execution Question not identified.