rule-60-motion

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7447 Gilbert Aguirre v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure chevron-deference fraud-upon-court judicial-review rule-60-motion veterans-preference Is a Rule 60 Motion for Fraud upon the Court sufficient basis for judicial intervention and review on its merits?
24-6904 Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Garmin International, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process financial-conflict judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics pro-se-plaintiff rule-60-motion Whether the District Court in Kansas denied pro se Plaintiff due process by declining to file a Rule 60(b)(6) motion to vacate orders issued by Distri…
24-5918 Ricky Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Balchem Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights federal-procedure judicial-review rule-59-motion rule-60-motion subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a federal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to order relief from a judgment under Rule 60(b)(4) and Rule 59(e), and whether such actions v…
24-5895 Jonathan Godwin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss relief-from-judgment rule-60-motion Whether a District Court abused its discretion by dismissing a Rule 60(b)(4) Motion for Relief from Judgment alleging a due process violation
24-5619 Francisco Tineo-Santos v. Lynn Lilley, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus pro-se rule-60-motion Whether the denial of a pro se Certificate of Appealability (COA) by the United States Court of Appeals constitutes a merits denial of civil habeas co…
24-5338 Jerry Lester Willis v. Warden, Valdosta State Prison Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-16 Denied IFP federal-civil-procedure judicial-review merits-not-reached multi-round-litigation rule-60-motion time-bar Does the passage of time preclude a federal court from issuing a ruling on a Rule 60(d) motion when the merits of a claim have never been reached thro…
24-5020 Velina M. Johnson v. Inland Residential Real Estate Services, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP automatic-stay civil-procedure-60b-motion due-process fair-housing-act fraud-on-the-court housing-discrimination housing-retaliation judicial-bias rule-60-motion shotgun-pleading willful-violation-of-automatic-stay Whether a motion to vacate the court of appeals judgment is proper when the court of appeals defied its prior decision on the definition of a 'shotgun…
23-7590 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied IFP brady-violation capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus miller-el-standard plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion Where reasonable jurists could debate whether a petitioner is entitled to Rule 60 relief where the State has concealed evidence
23-1211 E. Thomas Scarborough, III v. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Northampton County, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-13 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process expedited-discovery federal-claims fraud judicial-notice prima-facie-evidence rule-60-motion standing void-order Whether the Court below misconstrues Petitioner's principal cause of action?
23-6867 Nelson L. Bruce v. Bank of America, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP consumer-dispute consumer-disputes credit-reporting-agencies credit-reporting-agency data-furnishers fair-credit-reporting-act frivolous-claims good-cause rule-60-motion statute-of-limitations Whether each dispute sent to a Credit reporting agency or a data furnisher by a consumer that has not been determined to be frivolous or irrelevant st…
23A503 Kathy Allen, et al. v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-04 Presumed Complete appellate-review due-process erisa judicial-explanation life-insurance rule-60-motion Whether the district court and appellate courts violated due process by failing to provide a substantive explanation for denying a Rule 60 motion in a…
23-6107 Joseph G. Cua v. Roberto A. Arias, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-error rule-60-motion time-limitations Whether exceptions to the AEDPA one-year time limitations rendered the district court's 2015 dismissal for untimeliness of Cua's habeas petition and d…
23-533 Jack Jordan v. Department of Justice District of Columbia 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure due-process federal-appeals fraud judicial-misconduct misconduct rule-60-motion standing summary-action summary-affirmance Whether a U.S. Court of Appeals may preclude appellant's filing of any brief and presentation of any oral argument
23-5585 Scott David Creech v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-amendment franks-v-delaware habeas-corpus rule-60-motion statute-of-limitations stone-v-powell Can a 60(b)(6) motion be considered a 60(b)(3) claim if it does not assert relief from judgment due to fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct by an o…
23-5280 Robert A. Griffin v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60-motion Whether Mr. Griffin is entitled to a COA
23-24 Grist Mill Capital, LLC v. Universitas Education, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied civil-procedure due-process forum-state general-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction reasonableness rule-60-motion specific-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether the Panel was correct in not following major decisions of both this Court including Daimler v. Baumann and International Shoe and its progeny …
23-5048 Leonard W. Houston v. Highland Care Center, Inc. Second Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-procedure in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing Whether the lower court erred in denying the pro-se plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissing the appeal
22-7202 Gina Russomanno v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-writ mandate-law pro-se-plaintiff rule-60-motion standing Whether the Supreme Court will consider the merits of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
22-6219 Bruce Wood v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-05 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability coa conflict-with-court-precedent due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60 rule-60-motion When Petitioner's exculpatory evidence infers an innocent man is imprisoned
22-5527 Dora L. Adkins v. Tyson's Lodging, LLC Fourth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court-affirmance civil-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-courts legal-sufficiency per-curiam-opinion rule-60-motion standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Erred in the per curiam unpublished opinion and/or Judgment
22-55 Leo Kramer, et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process evidence-fabrication fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-estoppel judicial-misconduct property-rights rule-60-motion standing Should lawyers be allowed to commit fraud upon the court?
21-991 Diana Berber v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-precedent klapprott-v-united-states liljeberg-v-health-services-acquisition-corp manifest-injustice rule-60-motion Did the Court of Appeals, despite the presence of the requisite 'extraordinary circumstances', by affirming the District Court's denial of Petitioner …
21-5331 Zachary R. E. Rusk v. Fidelity Brokerage Services Tenth Circuit 2021-08-11 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process judicial-interference judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge rule-11 rule-11-motion rule-60-motion standing timeliness Did the 10th circuit apply the law incorrectly?
21-5275 Alan Gregory Ender v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appealability attorney-abandonment civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances notice-of-appeal rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) Did the Eleventh Circuit err when not considering attorney abandonment to be an extraordinary circumstance warranting relief from a final judgment pur…
20-7494 Kirk A. Simmons v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-issue fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-innocence rule-60 rule-60-motion standing Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it dismissed petitioner's Rule 60 motion, which asserted evidence falsification and Fraud on the Cour…
20-6950 In Re John Poullard 2021-01-26 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure rule-60-motion standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Can the United States District Court of Appeals 5th Circuit Clerk of Court refuse to file my FRCP(60)(B)(4) motion for relief from the 2-1 decision ju…
19-1262 Steven Eric Greer v. Dennis Mehiel, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights final-policymaking-authority first-amendment government-entity government-liability monell monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services petition press probable-cause retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60-motion Did the lower courts misapprehend Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Fla. and Greer v. Mehiel?
19-8306 Marcel Nwagu v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-04-19 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure collateral-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default rule-60-motion standard-of-review whether-petitioner-is-entitled-to-rule-60-b-6-relief
19-7033 Ali Darwich v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 district-court district-court-discretion due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-review motion-for-reconsideration rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) sixth-circuit-appeal standing Whether the panel erred in construing Darwich's motion as a motion for reconsideration under local rule 7.1(h)(1) and remanding the case back to the d…
19-7010 Omar Folk v. Prime Care Medical, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discovery-issues double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus mandate-stay rule-59(e) rule-60-motion standing third-circuit-appeal Whether Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judges applied the correct standard under Rule 60(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
19-6537 Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing Can the frivolous standard of Title 28 U.S. Code section 1915 (e) (2) (B) (i) and (ii) be applied to a subsequent appeal of a decision on a motion for…
19-6286 Vara Birapaka v. United States Army Research Laboratory, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict civil-procedure due-process fraud impartiality judicial-review plausibility prima-facie procedural-fairness professional-conduct rights rule-60-motion standing Whether a federal court may write off a Rule 60 motion without analyzing the elements
19-6004 Lynn Taylor v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion affidavit civil-procedure court-procedure discovery discovery-violation due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion standing Did the Northern District Court abuse its discretion in not forwarding the full discovery to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals?
19-5257 In Re Vincent Johnson 2019-07-19 Denied IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules-60-b-6 clerk clerk-filing due-process federal-appeals federal-courts judicial-procedure jurisdiction motion motion-for-relief relief-sought rule-60-motion sixth-circuit standing Whether the clerk for the Sixth Circuit Debbrah Hunt should be order to file movant's R. 60(b)(6) motion
18-8429 Tracy Lane Beatty v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied IFP adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b6-martinez-v-ryan-conflict-amon federal-courts federal-habeas martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing timeliness Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve a conflict among the federal courts of appeals as to whether petitioners may ever prevail on a Fe…
18-8005 Jason Brooks v. Angel Medina, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied IFP appellate-review exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies federal-appellate-court federal-appellate-review federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus merits-determination res-judicata rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) state-court-appeal state-court-appeals state-remedies Whether a federal appellate court can deny making a merits determination for a petitioner's failure to exhaust state remedies, when the petitioner's a…
18-7120 Carlos Zuniga Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-d constitutional-right district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing gonzalez-v-crosby rule-60-motion rule-60(d) standing successive-claim Whether a Rule 60(d) motion challenging only the District Court's failure to hold an evidentiary hearing presents a successive claim within the meanin…
18-6585 Raymond Alfred Gagnon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appeal civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process fraud-on-the-court gonzalez-v-crosby habeas habeas-corpus prosecutorial-fraud rule-60 rule-60-motion second-or-successive-habeas-petition standing Whether the Appellate Court properly resolved the District Court's abuse of discretion
18-5836 Ya'shua Amen Shekhem El-Bey v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-30 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court minute-order rule-60 rule-60-motion service-of-process standing Whether the district court denied Petitioner's rights to due process of law