| 25-6552 |
Angeliina Lynn Lawson v. Jonathan David Lawson |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-12 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant removal-jurisdiction |
1 Whether 28 U.S.C. §1443(1) permits removal to federal court when a pro se litigant with disabilities alleges systemic discrimination, retaliation, a… |
| 25-643 |
Onwy Uzoigwe v. Charter Communications, LLC |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-03 |
Pending |
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appellate-review civil-procedure forum-defendant-rule pro-se-pleading removal-jurisdiction service-of-process |
1. Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding that a defendant's late return of a CPLR 312-a acknowledgment form does not constitute proper service u… |
| 25A189 |
Mawule Tepe v. Whirlpool Corporation, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-15 |
Presumed Complete |
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due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-practice removal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment state-court-removal |
Whether federal district courts may improperly remove state court cases when attorneys are not admitted to practice in that federal district court and… |
| 24-7506 |
Allan Douglas Wilson v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2025-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
defamation-claim federal-tort-claims-act official-conduct removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction westfall-act |
Whether a federal district court may dismiss a defamation case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after removal under the Westfall Act, rather th… |
| 24-1029 |
Abram J. Harris v. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-03-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure district-court jurisdictional-requirements removal-jurisdiction state-court statutory-interpretation |
Whether an action may be removed to the district court after it has been dismissed in the state court and a notice of appeal filed; Whether the remova… |
| 24A657 |
Ethan Margalith, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
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civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment homestead-rights removal-jurisdiction |
Whether the federal district court's misapplication of removal jurisdiction statutes under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1441 violated the plaintiffs' Fifth Amendmen… |
| 24A410 |
Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
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28-usc-1446b circuit-split federal-question removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation timeliness |
Whether a federal court can review an untimely notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b) when there is a circuit split on the issue of reviewability |
| 24-5579 |
John F. Kodenkandeth v. UPMC Health Plan, Inc., dba UPMC for Life, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
collateral-order-doctrine due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion removal-jurisdiction separation-of-powers |
Whether the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and District Court of Western Pennsylvania erred through arbitrary and capricious abuse of discretion in hand… |
| 23A1031 |
Ryan Welter v. Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company, dba Coverys, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
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28-usc-1446 federal-question removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction subsequent-paper timeliness |
Whether a federal district court may retain jurisdiction over a case removed beyond the 30-day statutory window when the defendants were aware of fede… |
| 23-990 |
George Dunbar Prewitt, Jr. v. Yazoo County, Mississippi |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction racial-equality reconstruction-acts removal removal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction three-judge-court voting-rights |
Whether the district court and the 5th circuit panel acted in the total absence of subject-matter-jurisdiction by illegally assuming the subject-matte… |
| 23-894 |
Gregory O. Garmong v. Maupin, Cox & Legoy |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Denied |
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28-usc-1447c bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-procedure martin-v-franklin-capital-corp remand-fees removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit is employing a new and incorrect standard for remand fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) |
| 23-677 |
Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. v. Anastasia Wullschleger, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split civil-procedure federal-question jurisdiction post-removal-amendment removal removal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supplemental-jurisdiction |
Whether a post-removal amendment of the complaint defeats federal-question subject-matter jurisdiction |
| 23A560 |
Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Connecticut |
Second Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Presumed Complete |
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climate-change federal-common-law federal-courts removal-jurisdiction state-law well-pleaded-complaint |
Whether federal district courts have removal jurisdiction over state-law claims that necessarily arise under federal common law but are artfully plead… |
| 23-534 |
Peter Otoh v. U.S. Bank Trust National Association, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction navarro-rule real-party-in-interest removal removal-jurisdiction securitized-trust traditional-trust trustee trustee-citizenship |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit was required to apply Navarro's rule to the Respondent |
| 23A205 |
Erie Indemnity Company v. Erie Insurance Exchange, an unincorporated association, by Troy Stephenson, Christina Stephenson, and Steven Barnett, trustees ad litem |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Presumed Complete |
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class-action-definition class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction procedural-gamesmanship removal-jurisdiction rule-41-dismissal |
Whether the Class Action Fairness Act permits federal courts to exercise removal jurisdiction over cases that plaintiffs attempt to restyle or refile … |
| 23-168 |
American Petroleum Institute, et al. v. Minnesota |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-22 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (3) |
civil-rights climate-change climate-change-litigation due-process federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction interstate-emissions removal-jurisdiction standing state-law-claims |
Whether a federal district court has removal jurisdiction over putative state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect o… |
| 23-23 |
Sebhat Afework v. Velanta Monique Babbitt, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-general civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity public-health-service removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tort-immunity |
Whether 42 U.S.C. § 233(c)(2) permits a deemed Public Health Service employee to remove a civil action or proceeding against him to federal district c… |
| 22-955 |
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. City of Seattle, Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-1447c article-iii article-three-limits federal-courts futility-doctrine jurisdiction remand removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Is the court-created 'futility' doctrine repugnant to Article III? |
| 22-7042 |
Rosa Serrano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence federal-habeas procedural-default removal-jurisdiction state-court-proceeding void-conviction whistleblower-act |
Whether removal of state court proceeding divested state court of jurisdiction to enter a judgment of conviction |
| 22-870 |
Eliezer Taveras v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-10 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure claim-splitting district-court due-process federal-courts forum-shopping improper-claim-splitting mandamus removal removal-jurisdiction |
Whether a district court's decision to dismiss with prejudice an action improperly removed from state court is clear and manifest error that should be… |
| 22-6685 |
Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review district-court-remand federal-law-supremacy federal-officer-removal federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction gorilla-rule maritime-communications removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-exemption |
Can a District Court remand a State Court action timely removed under 28 U.S. Code § 1442 without allowing the removing party rights to defend the rem… |
| 22-5526 |
William Paul Burch v. Homeward Residential Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-iii-judge bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction removal removal-jurisdiction standing state-court |
Is it a violation of the United States Constitution for a federal court to accept removal of a case from state court after thirty days or can it be ex… |
| 22-5482 |
William Paul Burch v. Homeward Residential Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bankruptcy-court due-process in-forma-pauperis non-article-iii-judge removal-court removal-jurisdiction removal-time-limit rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-appeals thirty-day-window vexatious-litigant |
Question not identified |
| 22-73 |
Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. |
Florida |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-removal federal-statute jurisdiction remand-order removal-jurisdiction standing state-court state-court-proceedings |
Whether state court proceedings and orders are void during the removal period |
| 21-344 |
Quest International Monitor Service, Inc. v. Rockwell Collins, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-award federal-arbitration-act limitation-period procedural-rules removal removal-jurisdiction state-court state-court-procedure uniformity vacatur |
Whether the FAA's three-month limitation period for vacatur of an arbitration award is a substantive provision that must be applied to petitions to va… |
| 20-1452 |
Rick C. Sasso v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
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28-usc-1295(a)(1) 28-usc-1338(a) breach-of-contract declaratory-judgment federal-circuit federal-patent-laws jurisdiction patent-jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether this is a case 'arising under' federal patent laws under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) within the Federal Circuit's jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(… |
| 20-7067 |
Wilma Pennington-Thurman v. Sansone Group DDR LLC |
Missouri |
2021-02-05 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction state-courts state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal courts should gain jurisdiction when a state supreme court refuses to recognize 28 U.S.C. 1446(d) |
| 20-313 |
Acer America Corporation, et al. v. Intellisoft, Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1451 claim-construction federal-jurisdiction gunn-v-minton inventorship patent-law removal removal-jurisdiction trade-secret |
Where Plaintiffs' theories of trade secret ownership, misappropriation, and damages depend on deciding the patent law issues of inventorship, claim co… |
| 20-169 |
Lawrence Richard Metsch v. Timothy Hajdasz |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-litigation civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-procedure removal removal-jurisdiction rule-11-sanctions sanctions stonewalling subject-matter-jurisdiction time-limit |
Did the Eleventh Circuit err in imposing sanctions on the defendant's lawyer for removing the case to federal court? |
| 19-8638 |
Walter Brzowski v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-review procedural-due-process remand removal removal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Can the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit review and discredit a previously entered Certified Copy of Order of Remand |
| 19-1158 |
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. v. Mary Riggs, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
28-usc-1442 administrative-delegation aviation-law civil-procedure delegation faa federal-aviation-administration federal-officer federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-removal removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a private party is 'acting under' a federal officer and may remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1) |
| 18-1118 |
Kim Kerrigan v. Qualstar Credit Union, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction presumption-against-jurisdiction procedural-presumption removal removal-jurisdiction standing standing-challenge state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction washington-law |
Whether the presumption against federal court subject matter jurisdiction is rebutted by state procedural law |
| 18-7870 |
Jeremiah W. Balik v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment armed-forces-status civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-bias judicial-review removal removal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment |
Whether harmful legal error occurred in the lower court proceedings |
| 18-550 |
Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1447d civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction geneva-conventions grave-breaches international-law preemption removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction war-crimes |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) is preempted by international law for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions |
| 18-5382 |
Muriel Fiedler v. Mace Brindley, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1441 civil-procedure civil-procedure-removal diversity-jurisdiction due-process forum-defendant-rule judicial-bias remand remand-procedures removal removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over the petitioner's case |