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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-54 Palani Karupaiyan v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied civil-procedure extraordinary-writs mandamus prohibition relief standing test-condition writ writ-of-certiorari writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Question not identified.
23-7822 Nukarri Williams v. Florida Florida 2024-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-code fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction petition relief state-court writ Whether the state court's failure to provide the petitioner with the relief provided to similarly situated defendants violates the Equal Protection Cl…
23-1309 Karnail Singh v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response Waived breach-of-plea-agreement coram-nobis corum-nobis due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement relief sixth-amendment Whether the denial of corum nobis relief was erroneous given that Petitioner suffered ineffective assistance of counsel
23-7008 Lawrence Martin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-court new-trial relief trial-rights Was Martin entitled to production of documents, did a Brady violation occur when favorable material evidence was withheld/discarded, was Martin entitl…
23-923 Palani Karupaiyan v. Arnaud Vaissie, et al. Third Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure extraordinary-writs mandamus prohibition relief relief-sought standing test-condition writ-of-prohibition Whether the petitioners have satisfied the requirements for the extraordinary writs of mandamus, prohibition, or alternative relief
22-6448 Rickey Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied IFP case-review civil-rights compelling-circumstances compelling-reasons due-process extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion legal-standard petitioner-relief relief standing Whether extraordinary and compelling reasons exist in granting Petitioner relief in this case?
22-5064 Dervanna H. A. Troy-McKoy v. Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York 2022-07-11 Denied IFP attachment civil-procedure fraud motion relief signature Whether the court erred in denying relief based on the alleged fraudulent signature on the attachment to the original motion
21-7930 Daniel Coleman v. Minneapolis Public Schools Eighth Circuit 2022-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure fraud inherent-authority jurisdiction relief voluntary-dismissal Whether trial courts have jurisdiction or inherent authority to grant relief from a voluntary dismissal in which there have been allegations of fraud …
20-8324 Ricardo Valdez v. Walker, C.O., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-right due-process exceptional-circumstances final-judgment fourteenth-amendment klapprott-v-us liberty-interest procedural-mechanism relief speedy-trial Whether a state-created liberty interest in a spee Can Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) be used for the purpose of obtaining relief from the operation of a subsisting, final judgment, when exceptional circumstanc…
20-7016 Andrew David Bruins, II v. Michele Whitman, Associate Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-provisions civil-procedure civil-rights court-proceeding due-process mandate relief remedies standing statutory-interpretation undue-burden Does the act or process of accommodating or accommodative information establish when court proceedings are deemed?
20-5450 Darnell Perkins Washington v. Florida Florida 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment florida-constitution relief standing Does a defendant deserve relief from an Mega Sestece that constitutes Cruel and Unusual punishment under Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitu…
19-1404 Michael Lieberman v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act amendment criminal-defendant district-court judicial-relief post-conviction-remedies relief restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation What relief is available to a criminal defendant under the All Writs Act?
19-5258 Ernest Morris v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP 60(b)(6) change-in-decisional-law change-in-law civil-procedure constitutional-relief decisional-law due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus relief rule-60(b) search-and-seizure sixth-amendment standing Should relief under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6) be available to habeas corpus petitioners when a change in decisional law occurs?
18-9815 Kazi Bowles v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions discretion district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction petition relief standing writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the district court erred in not applying a clear error standard of review when reviewing the petitioner's motion for relief from judgment for …
18-1521 Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego, Inc. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2019-06-07 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law de-facto-officer de-facto-officer-doctrine ongoing-injury oversight-board principal-officers puerto-rico relief uncon-stitutional-appointments united-states-constitution Whether the de facto officer doctrine allows for unconstitutionally appointed principal Officers of the United States to continue acting, leaving the …
18-8520 Aaron Haas, et al. v. City of Richmond, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure document-evidence documents due-process facts judicial-review legal-relief procedural-fairness relief standing Would the court provide due process when facts and documents to entitle relief are provided to the court are not never considered?
18-8318 Helen Thomasina Gardner v. Verizon Communications Inc. Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach civil-procedure defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duties erisa-section-502 fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty health-insurance life-insurance participant plan-participant relief standing statutory-interpretation Do sections 502(a)(2) and 502(a)(3) of ERISA authorize a participant to sue for relief caused by breaches of fiduciary duties?
18-7893 Sheila J. Halousek v. Bank of America, N.A. California 2019-02-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights consistent-application constitutional-law due-process legal-notice legal-relief notice process-service relief service-of-process What constitutes due process for proper notice in service of process?
18-7478 Lloyd Michael Blair v. Michigan Michigan 2019-01-17 Denied IFP constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect jury-trial post-conviction-relief relief resentencing sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment Are the sentencing proceedings that were found to be unconstitutional made to be invalid?
18-7255 In Re Andre Barnes 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure courts due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction parties relief standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-6895 Michael Clark v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons circuit-court classification criminal-history habeas-corpus judicial-review relief revocation sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief seventh-circuit Whether being placed in too high a criminal history category is a cognizable harm for which a defendant can obtain relief
18-5791 Robert Wharton v. Donald T. Vaughn Third Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-law federal-laws judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-procedure relief standing takings third-circuit Did the Third Circuit erroneously apply, enlarge and/or ignore several established federal laws in denying petitioner relief?
18-5740 In Re Mark Clark 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process relief separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statute