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25-832 Bonnie Michelle Smith v. Shirley Smith Georgia 2026-01-13 Pending constitutional-law judicial-activism legislative-interpretation policy-making rule-of-law separation-of-powers Does judicial activism violate the separation of powers and improperly transform the Court into a super legislature?
24-5779 Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-10-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-discretion error-waiver legal-interpretation procedural-rules rule-of-law Whether the Commonwealth Court abused its discretion by applying Pa.R.A.P. 302(a) to conclude waiver of error, conflicting with Pa.R.A.P. 1925 and pro…
23-7761 Eddie L. Hatch, Jr., et ux. v. Tom Barrett, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mail-tampering political-corruption pro-se-litigation rule-of-law Question not identified
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.…
23-277 Usha Soujanya Karri v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abstention bribery civil-rights civil-rights-violation color-of-law criminal-cover-up judicial-misconduct murder-conspiracy procedural-technicality rule-of-law Is it lawful when the Trial Court cites 'abstention grounds' and refuses to order for investigation as per the 'Rule of Law', as Chicago Police were b…
23-5366 Ricky Alan Deephouse v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-08-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process hearsay-evidence illegal-opinion-issuance judicial-review rule-of-law single-justice-opinion state-court-procedure state-power-abuse state-supreme-court wyoming-rules-of-evidence Did the state supreme court abuse/misuse its power, fail to follow the rule of law, enter a valid affirming of sentence and conviction by only one jus…
23-114 Sharon A. Finizie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure factual-findings judicial-procedure legal-error legal-errors misapplication-of-law rule-of-law standard-of-review third-circuit Did the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit constitute erroneous factual findings and/or misapplication of a properly…
23-5214 Cody J. Key v. Florida Florida 2023-07-26 Denied IFP codification constitutional-provisions due-process federal-judicial-canon judicial-canon legislative-power notice rule-of-law rule-of-strict-construction state-legislature statutory-interpretation Whether the due process/notice requirements of a federal judicial canon (rule of strict construction) can be abrogated by a state legislature by codif…
22-7830 Steven Nicholson v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-circuit constitutional-rights diminished-capacity due-process federal-circuit-courts michigan-law rule-of-law voluntary-intoxication Does the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals position to acquiesce to MCL 768.37 by not interfering with Michigan's jurisdiction conflict with how multiple U…
22-1176 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-error jurisdiction rule-of-law standing Whether inexcusable error or neglect by U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Court of Columbia
22-7556 R. J. Kulick v. Patrick Soon-Shiong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP 9th-circuit civil-procedure constitution constitutional-rights discretionary-exception due-process greater-good judicial-procedure judicial-process rule-of-law Whether the 9th Circuit denied due process in dismissing the petitioner's appeal
22-1030 Gary Lewis v. United Automobile Insurance Company, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism insurance-law insurance-regulation judicial-procedure jury-trial rule-of-law Whether the constitutional right to a jury trial can be usurped by the trial court and appellate court interfering with the jury's fact finding role
22-6946 Clement Mosseri v. 7 West 21 LI LLC Second Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process government-immunity judicial-immunity legal-standing rule-of-law standing Judicial immunity and government immunity conflict with the Constitution
22-780 Scott Meide, et al. v. Noah Centineo, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-review brief-requirements civil-rights court-obligations due-process judicial-discretion judicial-independence judicial-procedure judicial-review legal-standards rule-of-law separation-of-powers Do we have a government of laws and not of men?
22-763 Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence cross-examination due-process evidence fraud-on-the-court judicial-procedure rule-of-law sanctions Whether the Sixth Circuit panel's decision to affirm the District Court decision that was based on the application of the wrong legal test constituted…
22-590 Sergio Verdu v. Trustees of Princeton University, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-27 Denied Response Waived federal-courts rule-of-law supervisory-authority third-circuit title-ix title-vii whether-courts-should-issue-not-precedential-opinions
22-6380 Joseph Bergeron v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al. Minnesota 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-duty administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-review legal-discretion rule-of-law separation-of-powers state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation Can Minnesota State Courts ignore issues presented to it by a party, circumvent the rule of law to effectuate a clearly biased opinion?
22-6367 Randall Bernard Allen v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-action individual-rights rule-of-law standing takings Where government, state and city administrations are regulators, can The Rule of Law, and U.S.Constitutional rights be abandoned for those administrat…
22-6040 William H. Wyttenbach v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii-court civil-procedure conclusions-of-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process findings-of-fact fourth-circuit-court jurisdiction rule-of-law Has the Fourth Circuit Appellate Court and the lower court violated all three foundational corner stones of Rule of Law; Jurisdiction, Finding of Fact…
22-390 Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2022-10-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-rights attorney-fees attorneys-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-sanction limited-jurisdiction rule-of-law sanctions whether-the-superior-court-of-california-has-exceeded-its-jurisdiction
22-122 Philip Snyder v. Tenth Presbyterian Church Pennsylvania 2022-08-09 Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process factual-findings legal-review pennsylvania-law rule-of-law standard-of-review superior-court Did the decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania constitute erroneous factual findings and/or misapplication of a properly stated rule of law?
21-7941 Linda A. Petralia v. American Express National Bank New Hampshire 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-discretion res-judicata rule-of-law state-court-jurisdiction summary-judgment Whether the state court abused discretion and violated due process by reopening a dismissed case
21-1101 Allan J. Nowicki v. Tinicum Township, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud municipal-action political-agenda pro-se-litigation property-rights rule-of-law standing Is it unlawful to advance the Political agenda of a Pennsylvania Municipality by violating the Civil Rights of its resident?
21-1095 "I Am" School, Inc. v. City of Mount Shasta, California California 2022-02-07 Denied Response Waived cannabis-regulation civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment just-compensation property-rights retroactive-overruling rule-of-law school-protection takings Whether state appellate courts, consistent with the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, may apply prospective overruling retroactively to a litigant's ca…
21-6799 Erich William Norris v. Brook Forest Community Association, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-removal judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation racial-inequality rule-of-law state-court-procedure state-remedy texas-constitution Does patently unequal, disparate state administration of the Rule of Law and failure to provide state remedy in strict accordance with the Texas Const…
21-55 Genet McCann v. Ward E. Taleff, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-integrity due-process fraud judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct legal-standards ninth-circuit rule-11 rule-of-law standing vexatious-litigant Whether the Ninth Circuit's departure from the settled course of antecedent principles warrants this Court's supervisory power to reverse and preserve…
21-22 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-corruption judicial-independence jury-trial legal-misconduct rule-of-law standing Judicial corruption
20-8454 In Re Randy Dale Jackson 2021-06-30 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question rule-of-law standing Whether petitioner was deprived of equal justice and liberty under the rule of law?
20-1191 Robert Singletary v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection jurisdiction rule-of-law Do the accused have a right to reside?
20-935 Anne Richards, et al. v. Sam Olens, et al. Georgia 2021-01-11 Denied Response Waived bribery civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extortion fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction obstruction-of-justice rico-act rule-of-law Whether the total breakdown of Georgia's justice system—in which the state never responded to documented allegations of fraud, obstruction, bribery, a…
20-6028 Carmencita Maria Pedro v. City Fitness, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-duty due-process equal-protection evidence-fabrication forgery judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct rule-of-law standing If United States District Court Judges are unable to discern the falsity of forged documents, how can the public have confidence in the federal judici…
20-5970 Dominique Little v. District of Columbia Public Schools, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-accountability government-misconduct legal-liability oath-of-office official-accountability public-officials rule-of-law Who is responsible for holding public officials of the law accountable for violating citizens' constitutional rights and breaking the laws they are sw…
20-5255 Don Mashak v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment irs-authority natural-law natural-rights retaliation rule-of-law tax-enforcement Is it unconstitutional for the IRS to punish or retaliate against citizens without legal foundation?
20-44 In Re David A. Golden 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process false-claims-act free-speech judicial-discretion rule-of-law standing Whether the 9th Circuit and Western Washington District Court have abused their discretion
19-8853 Alan Rene Sajous v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-significance due-process federalism judicial-review legal-meaning legal-validity national-principles rule-of-law standing Does the Constitution mean anything in the United States of America anymore?
19-8829 Anastasia Purnell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation pro-se rule-of-law standing Should courts be held responsible for abuse of discretion when failing to follow the rule of law as written?
19-1302 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. George Russell Kayer Ninth Circuit 2020-05-20 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (9) aedpa aedpa-standard comity de-novo-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit rule-of-law sixth-amendment standard-of-review Did the Ninth Circuit violate 28 U.S.C. § 2254's deferential standard, and employ a flawed methodology this Court has repeatedly condemned, when it gr…
19-7989 Roger Bryner v. Clearfield City, Utah, et al. Utah 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech judicial-bias rule-of-law standing summary-judgment utah-rule-of-civil-procedure-83 Issues being raised
19-591 Chestnut Hill Sound Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-transparency patent reasoned-opinions rule-of-law summary-affirmation summary-affirmations Can a court ever choose to write reasoned opinions for one class of losing appellants and not another under the Due Process and Equal Protection Claus…
19-5226 Patrick Demon Caldwell, II v. Arizona Department of Public Safety, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arizona-court-system civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief rule-of-law standing Whether the court erred in not recognizing the presented evidence
19-34 Paul Maravelias v. David DePamphilis New Hampshire 2019-07-03 Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection extraordinary-sanction findings-of-fact first-amendment original-jurisdiction pre-deprivation-hearing retaliation rule-of-law standing supreme-court vagueness Did the NHSC violate the Due Process Clause to deny Petitioner's requested pre-deprivation hearing and by failing to make a single finding of fact in …
18-1375 Douglas Walter Greene v. Independent Pilots Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fraud free-speech freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct jury-trial rule-of-law Whether federal district and appellate courts may render decisions abridging First Amendment rights based on overwhelming fraud in the record, while a…
18-8887 Miriam Soler v. Capital One Auto Finance Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied IFP appeal appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-interpretation courts-of-appeal due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure original-jurisdiction rule-of-law Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals infringed the ex-post-facto-clause, depriving Petitioner's right of remedy sustaining no due-process at …
18-7463 Sherwin V. Koyle v. Sand Canyon Corporation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct newly-discovered-evidence perjury public-policy rule-of-law Whether a federal judge or justice condones fraudulent misrepresentation, perjury, disregard of the rule of law, denial of newly discovered evidence, …
18-7438 Armando A. Villa v. Robert J. Kowalski Illinois 2019-01-16 Denied IFP abuse-of-power appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation due-process free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-procedure legal-profession rule-of-law standing unclean-hands Why would the United States Supreme Court refuse to hear the Appeal of a case in which an individual, who as an 'Honorable' member of the legal profes…
18-7095 Miguel Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circumstances circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-search rigid-legal-rules rule-of-law search search-and-seizure search-warrant Did the Court of Appeals violate the principle that rigid legal rules are ill-suited to an analysis of probable cause by relying on a rule to find a m…
18-6741 Charles Mamou, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3599(f) court-procedure due-process funding funding-request habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-review procedural-default rule-of-law statutory-interpretation substantial-need-test Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in how it applied Ayestas v. Davis?
18-611 John J. Tatar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-claim burden-of-proof civil-procedure due-process equal-protection frivolous-claims rule-of-law tax-evasion tax-refund Did Petitioner-Tatar carry his burden of proof for his tax refund claims?
18-6643 Sobhy Fahmy Amin Iskander v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-standards rule-of-law state-court-decision Whether the state court decision is contrary to federal law based on the principle of an independent, fair, and competent judiciary
18-497 Jean Coulter v. Cathy Bissoon, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct recusal rule-of-law separation-of-powers vexatious-litigant Have the courts' refusal to recuse and non-compliance with criminal/civil statutes, case law and their code of conduct and the rule of law resulted in…
18-330 Douglas Walter Greene v. Frost Brown Todd, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) amendment-violations constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering judicial-misconduct jury-trial perjured-witnesses perjury public-policy rule-of-law May the Federal District & Appellate Courts knowingly & purposely render a Decision based on overwhelming fraud in the record