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25-925 Peter Malkin, et al. v. Virginia Shasha, et al. New York 2026-02-06 Pending arbitration-award circuit-split email-service federal-arbitration-act manifest-disregard service-of-process 1. The first question presented involves the proper scope of review of an arbitration award under the Federal Arbitration Act. The Courts of Appeals …
25-804 George Baldwin Hutchinson, Jr. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending appellate-review civil-procedure due-process ftca-claim government-liability service-of-process 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the district court's requirement that Petitioner serve individual government employees in a Federal Tort …
25A740 BNSF Railway Company v. Tanner Lynn Minnesota 2025-12-23 Application dormant-commerce-clause due-process interstate-commerce personal-jurisdiction service-of-process state-registration This application does not contain a "Question(s) Presented" section in the traditional sense. The document is an Application for an Extension of Time …
25-643 Onwy Uzoigwe v. Charter Communications, LLC Second Circuit 2025-12-03 Pending 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…
25-610 Hansueli Overturf v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District California 2025-11-25 Denied civil-procedure default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment hague-service-convention service-of-process 1. Whether entry of default based on defective service of process, which failed to provide defendant with actual notice of the action, violates the Fo…
25-6074 Olayiwola Adebisi v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas Texas 2025-11-10 Denied IFP child-support-enforcement due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-access pro-se-litigant service-of-process Whether the Texas courts violated clearly established federal precedent protecting jurisdictional access and due process rights of pro se litigants wh…
25-5958 Elet Valentine v. Verizon Wireless, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-10-24 Denied IFP 14th-amendment arbitration cpni due-process federal-communications-act service-of-process 1. Whether Appellant Valentine's federally protected Due Process rights and access to the courts under the 14th Amendment of the United States Constit…
25-483 Edward Jacob Lang, et al. v. Daniel Thau, et al. District of Columbia 2025-10-20 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules incarceration-rights judicial-discretion service-of-process The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia—reciting its awareness that the Petitioners /Plaintiffs were incarcerated and even some in soli…
25A408 In Re Gregory Alvin James Van Etten First Circuit 2025-10-08 Application constitutional-injury due-process federal-review jurisdictional-defect service-of-process void-judgment Whether a federal court may refuse enforcement of state court orders entered without valid service of process and in violation of due process protecti…
25-5670 Sarai Hannah Ajai v. North Dakota Department of Transportation, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment pro-se rule-4m service-of-process Petitioner, a pro se civil-rights litigant, challenges the ongoing alteration and redistribution of her state-issued North Dakota REAL ID identificati…
25A290 Christopher Matthew Henderson v. Alabama Alabama 2025-09-12 Presumed Complete authentication capital-murder confrontation-clause evidentiary-authentication protection-order service-of-process Whether the Confrontation Clause requires live testimony from a sheriff's deputy to authenticate a protection order's return of service in a capital m…
25-5456 Elbert Gaynor v. Extended Stay America Maryland 2025-08-25 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appointed-counsel equal-protection mootness procedural-due-process service-of-process 1. Whether a state court of last resort erred in affirming a lower court decision to dismiss petitioners' appeals overlooking deprivation of petition…
25-5287 Andrew W. Bell v. Karli Swift, et al. Georgia 2025-08-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-guarantees due-process election-contest fourteenth-amendment judicial-jurisdiction service-of-process 1. Whether Georgia courts may dismiss election-contest petitions for "failure to perfect service " when O.C.G.A. § 21-2-524(f) places that duty on cle…
25-5251 Shahriar Behnamian v. Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-07-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-clerk deficiency-notice federal-rules-civil-procedure pro-se service-of-process summons 1. Whether a pro se plaintiff has properly served a defendant when the plaintiff serves the defendant himself at the advice of the court's clerk and…
25-55 Kevin Cichowski, et al. v. Discover Bank Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied legal-notice mail-presumption mail-tracking postal-delivery procedural-presumption service-of-process Is the presumption in kerr of getting legal mail in 3 days is out of date? Kerr v. McDonald 's Corp., 427 F.3d 947, 953 n.9 (11th Cir. 2005).. Courts …
24-1195 In Re Symon Mandawala 2025-05-22 Denied civil-procedure jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss rule-12(b)(6) service-of-process sua-sponte Whether a district court itself can invoke a motion to dismiss sua sponte under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a civil case …
24-1126 Avon Capital, LLC, a Wyoming Limited Liability Company v. Universitas Education, LLC Tenth Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Relisted (2) district-court mootness personal-jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in assuming the District Court reacquired subject matter jurisdiction after a judgment's expiration without new claims…
24-1008 Justicia Rizzo v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion service-of-process Whether the Petitioner is entitled to Default Judgment and whether the Eastern District Court abused its discretion in multiple procedural rulings
24-6751 Victoria Lunn Jones v. Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Fourth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-jurisdiction eeoc-guidelines judicial-procedure pro-se-litigant service-of-process summary-judgment Was the Respondent's Reply to Plaintiff's Response In Opposition to Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment filed on September 13, 2023, but the proces…
24-6547 Mitchell S. Sanderson v. Janne Myrdal, et al. North Dakota 2025-02-12 Denied IFP due-process judicial-oath jurisdiction rules-of-court service-of-process supremacy-clause Whether the Rules of Court must be followed by the Court and whether judges can violate their oath of office, due process, and the Supremacy Clause
24-6528 Marlon Abraham Rosasen v. Kingdom of Norway, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP civil-rights diplomatic-service due-process international-law service-of-process tort-jurisdiction Whether a substantial part of the torts took place in the United States and whether denying motion to execute proof of service via diplomatic channels…
24-6502 Willie Bandy v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of Treasury, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process pro-se-plaintiff service-of-process stimulus-check subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether due process is violated when United States Marshals fail to properly serve a complaint, when the IRS does not issue a stimulus check, or when …
24A749 Frederick Luehring v. Los Angeles County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-31 Presumed Complete civil-rights court-order dismissal pro-se section-1983 service-of-process Whether a pro se plaintiff's failure to serve a complaint and comply with court orders warrants dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b)
24-6367 Nyah Sekel v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-service civil-procedure ethical-violations judicial-discretion procedural-default service-of-process Is the defense still in default because they failed to physically serve the Plaintiff in compliance with the Rules of Civil Procedure?
24-6289 Marilyn Tillman-Conerly v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-service covid-19-pandemic judicial-discretion knick-v-township ninth-circuit service-of-process Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in applying Knick v. Township of Scott and abused its discretion in finding that alternative service during the COVID-…
24-5769 Tanya Tyson v. Quiktrip Corporation Oklahoma 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review default-judgment jurisdictional-challenge petition-of-error service-of-process supreme-court-procedure Did the Supreme Court err in dismissing the Motion to Dismiss the Default Order when it had already been certified and docketed, and in mooting compan…
24-375 Leonard Carroll, et ux. v. Kendra Ross Fourth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process private-citizen-standing service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a private citizen has standing to bring a claim in federal court when alleging misconduct by a law firm and challenging court jurisdiction bas…
24-5542 Timothy Allen Honea v. Fred Webb, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied IFP appellate-review court-jurisdiction judicial-procedure legal-documents service-of-process writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States Court of Appeals improperly denied a petition for writ of certiorari related to judicial procedure and service of legal docu…
24-272 Thomas DeCola v. Matt H. Sheafer, et al. Indiana 2024-09-10 Denied due-process property-rights service-of-process statutory-compliance tax-deed void-judgment Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in failing to uphold precedents regarding void tax deeds due to non-compliance with service of process and att…
24-5495 Madena Bishop v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights court-procedure judicial-misconduct pro-se-petition service-of-process Whether multiple legal issues can be raised in a pro se petition involving alleged procedural irregularities and constitutional violations in Cook Cou…
24A136 In Re Dependency of M. R. Arizona 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete child-safety constitutional-rights fraud-allegations rule-60 service-of-process void-judgment Whether a state court's failure to enforce constitutional rights and alleged procedural irregularities constitute valid grounds for vacating prior jud…
24-17 Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Judgment Issued civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act requires satisfaction of the minimum-con…
23-1347 Fang Zeng v. Mingan Chen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-26 Denied burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-procedure 23-1346" default-judgment default-judgments due-process employment-discrimination foreign-defendant foreign-defendants Is the McDonnell Douglas framework applicable to m mixed-motive personal-jurisdiction pretext service-of-process substituted-service summary-judgment title-vii Due process-requirements-for-service-of-process-on-foreign-defendants
23-1291 Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal v. Sheddf2-FL5 LLC Florida 2024-06-11 Denied corporate-disclosure covid-19 foreclosure general-appearance non-litigation-counsel pandemic-procedure service-of-process waiver zoom-hearing Whether a Spanish entity waived service of process
23-1261 Gussi S.A. de C.V. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award circuit-split federal-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure foreign-parties international-law marshal-service nonresident-service service service-of-process statutory-interpretation Have the Marshal service requirements of 9 U.S.C. § 9 on an application to confirm an arbitration award on a nonresident foreign adverse party been im…
23-7576 Solomon A. Jones v. Georgia Department of Labor, et al. Georgia 2024-05-28 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process employment-law in-forma-pauperis minimum-wage pandemic service-of-process sovereign-immunity unemployment-benefits unemployment-insurance Can unemployment insurance benefits be denied to persons whose employment is terminated through no fault of their own?
23A927 Fang Zeng v. Mingan Chen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-17 Presumed Complete due-process foreign-defendant personal-service reasonably-diligent-search service-of-process substituted-service Whether due process requires a plaintiff to conduct a reasonably diligent search in a foreign country before obtaining substituted service on a foreig…
23-6785 Raleigh G. Rogers v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. North Carolina 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure class-action class-actions contact-information due-diligence due-process notice opt-out rule-23 service-by-publication service-of-process Is it Substantial Harm to the Public to allow the Defendant in a Rule 23(b)(3) 'opt-out' class actions to withhold contact information it maintains in…
23-6772 Jackie-Devere Allen Cole v. District Court Colorado 2024-02-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights confidentiality defendant-rights discovery due-process federal-litigation jurisdiction service-of-process standing Did the Supreme Court err when it failed to issue a writ of prohibition to preclude the District Court of El Paso County, Colorado from compelling the…
23-6676 Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo v. Bestway USA Inc., et al. Arizona 2024-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP deficient-service evidentiary-hearing interlocutory-decision judicial-notice parol-evidence res-judicata service-of-process settlement-agreement settlement-agreements void-order May a Court take judicial notice of another Court's Order; that be void due to deficient service
23A723 Rufus Young v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-05 Presumed Complete certification legal-document prisoner-filing pro-se service-of-process supreme-court Whether a pro se prisoner's handwritten legal filing meets the technical requirements for proper service and filing with the U.S. Supreme Court
23-6290 In Re Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure contract-law due-process in-personam in-personam-judgment jurisdiction license-agreement parol-evidence personal-jurisdiction service-of-process void Is a judgment rendered in personam against a defendant without jurisdiction of his person void?
23-6299 Jovon Montell Hollowell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-authority jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-courts tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether the District Court was obligated to prove its jurisdiction and proper service before proceeding, whether the court was required to allow the d…
23-656 Arthur Lee Hairston, Sr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs Martinsburg, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-of-appeals default-judgment due-process legal-procedure procedural-due-process service-of-process show-cause-order summary-judgment united-states-marshal-service Whether the Court of Appeals decision denying procedural due process was an error of law?
23-5957 Khadijah Bronson v. District of Columbia Department of Buildings District of Columbia 2023-11-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-judicial-process administrative-review civil-procedure court-dismissal default-judgments due-process judicial-access notice-of-infractions procedural-deficiency service-of-process appropriateness-of-dismissing-appeal-petition
23-407 Robert Perkel, et al. v. Frank Canella, et al. New Jersey 2023-10-19 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard probate probate-law service-of-process will-contest Where the State of New Jersey's probate laws and rules of procedure require a party seeking to probate a decedent's Last Will provide notice and oppor…
23A258 Tracy Nixon v. General Motors Corporation Fifth Circuit 2023-09-21 Presumed Complete due-process-clause fifth-amendment long-arm-statute personal-jurisdiction registered-agent service-of-process Whether a federal district court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant corporation where service of process was atte…
23-5448 Charles Belssner v. Westgate Las Vegas Hotel, LLC, et al. Nevada 2023-08-25 Denied IFP address-verification administrative-procedure civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-notification notice notice-to-appear service-of-process standing Isn't the appellant entitled to notice to appear?
22-1193 Jeffry Thul v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection expedited-proceedings federal-employees federal-employment post-traumatic-stress-disorder service-of-process Whether service of process is relevant in a psychological disability case
22-7591 In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. 2023-05-18 Dismissed IFP 28-usc-1361 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation Did the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge violate Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 4(c)(3), and 28 U.S.C. §1915(d)?
22-7558 Mike Vigil v. Midas International Corporation, et al Nevada 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure default-judgment disability-act due-process elder-abuse elder-exploitation felony fraud intentional-fraud service-of-process standing Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review the intentional fraud and felony conduct by the defendants in the lower courts
22-1086 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veteran Affairs, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-05-08 Denied Response Waived appeals civil-procedure court-authority due-process federal-courts federal-rules-civil-procedure jurisdiction procedural-defect service-of-process standing summons-requirements Did both the U.S. District Courts have a right to issue any ruling if the defendant was not properly served?
22-6941 Terry Kerr v. Aldridge/Pite, LLP, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process judicial-procedure loan-modification mortgage-modification mortgage-services pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing summary-judgment whether-defendant-was-properly-served
22-670 Pacesetter Consulting, LLC v. Herbert A. Kapreilian, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied Response Waived arizona-law civil-procedure damages damages-rule federal-courts federal-procedure service-of-process special-appearance statute-of-limitations waiver-doctrine Whether defendants who make a purported 'special appearance' and obtain dismissal from a case without prejudice must be served with an amended complai…
22-673 Robert G. Hicks v. City of Hopkinsville, Sewerage and Water Works Commission, dba Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority Kentucky 2023-01-20 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment default-judgment due-process eminent-domain jurisdictional-statute non-residents service-of-process supremacy-clause Does a failure to cite jurisdiction and service of process statutes in a default judgment violate due process?
22-608 CVG Ferrominera Orinoco, C.A. v. Commodities & Minerals Enterprise Ltd. Second Circuit 2023-01-03 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award federal-arbitration-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sovereign-immunities-act new-york-convention public-policy service-of-process service-of-summons Did the Second Circuit err in holding service of a Summons pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, upon a party…
22-571 United States and Michigan, ex rel. Mohamad Sy, et al. v. Oakland Physicians Medical Center, LLC, dba Pontiac General Hospital, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice false-claims-act qui-tam retaliation-claim service-of-process statute-of-limitations Whether a district court may decline a discretionary extension of time to effect service and, in effect, dismiss with prejudice a relator's individual…
22-526 Pulak Barua v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Texas 2022-12-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing administrative-law default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment notice notice-requirement service-of-process state-administrative-agency takings Whether the notice given to Petitioner violated his Due Process rights
22-6111 In Re Katrese Nickelson 2022-11-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-sealing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard motion-to-quash service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detainer writ-of-mandate Whether Assembly Bill No.2819's mandatory automatic and permanent case sealing requirements in limited unlawful detainer cases extends to sealing Appe…
22-6034 Francis Stock v. Chanelle Braswell, et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-filing notice notice-of-appeal prisoner-rights service-of-process standing Whether a prisoner's notice of appeal was timely filed when he did not receive notice of the district court's dismissal order within 21 days
22-5932 Nick Casavelli, et ux. v. Donna Johanson, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary T. Johanson, Deceased Arizona 2022-10-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-justice administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption legislative-standard service-of-process standing state-legislation substantive-review vexatious-litigant Can states pass laws that challenge the power of Congress to regulate constitutional rights?
22-396 Christa Fischer, et al. v. Federal Express Corp., et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bristol-myers bristol-myers-squibb collective-action due-process due-process-clause fair-labor-standards-act opt-in-plaintiffs personal-jurisdiction service-of-process Whether a federal court has the authority, absent general personal jurisdiction over the defendant or the defendant's consent, to maintain a Fair Labo…
22-5855 Kenrick C. Hamilton v. Northern Virginia District Office, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure debt-collection-practices default-judgment fair-debt-collection-practices federal-jurisdiction security-clearance service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court erred in finding that the plaintiff did not properly serve the defendant despite service by U.S. Marshals
22-332 Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2022-10-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure corporate-tag corporate-tag-jurisdiction due-process personal-jurisdiction sec-rules service-of-process Did the SEC properly exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign company?
22-5649 Graylin Gray v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Corrections, et al. Nebraska 2022-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP arraignment court-filing criminal-procedure due-process personal-jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver-of-rights Whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction when the amended information was not filed until after the petitioner appeared in court and…
22-5652 G. T. v. C. S. Ohio 2022-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-principles service-of-process social-security-act title-iv-d uniform-interstate-family-support-act Does the construction of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act allow raising 'any matters' after the registration of a support order has confirmation …
22-5604 John Gregory Lambros v. Federative Republic of Brazil, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-19 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-state foreign-state-defendant jurisdictional-defect motion-to-remand remand removal removal-procedure service-of-process timeliness Whether an untimely 'Motion for Removal' by a foreign state suffices when the non-jurisdictional procedural removal defect is timely raised
22-5228 William Paul Burch v. America's Servicing Company Fifth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-court civil-procedure federal-issue federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements removal removal-procedure service-of-process state-court state-court-removal state-issue Should removal from a state court to a federal court by a defendant only be allowed after the state court judge conducts a hearing to determine if the…
22-61 Traci M. Cull v. Dyck-O'Neal, Inc., et al. Kentucky 2022-07-21 Denied default-judgment due-process foreclosure property-deprivation service-of-process state-judiciary state-law wage-garnishment Whether due process is violated when a state court enters a default judgment based on improper service of process
22-5092 James Eric Moore v. Jason Koenigsfeld, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure discrimination-claims dismissal due-process expedited-funds-availability federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-dismissal Did the district court sua sponte dismissal of complaint prior to service of complaint and summons on defendants violate Federal Rules of Civil Proced…
21-1574 Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela District of Columbia 2022-06-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) central-authority civil-procedure default-judgment foreign-sovereign-immunities-act hague-service-convention service-of-process treaty-interpretation Whether a District Court deciding a motion for default judgment may find service upon a foreign State pursuant to Article 15 of the Hague Service Conv…
21-8104 Frederick Williams v. Toll Brothers Builders, et al. Delaware 2022-06-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure complaint-response default-judgment failure-to-answer judicial-discretion motion-for-default relief-demanded service-of-process time-limitation time-to-answer Is there something called a default judgment and how does it come into play?
21-1467 Archie McCoy v. Hawaii Department of Human Services, et al. Hawaii 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constructive-service due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-representation legal-notice parental-rights service-of-process termination-proceedings Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause require further efforts by the government to locate an absent father before permitting constructive…
21-7873 Charlie Branner, Jr. v. Georgia Georgia 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process georgia-appeals-court motion-for-reconsideration service-of-order service-of-process state-court writ-of-certiorari Was the Georgia Supreme Court's denial of the writ of certiorari error when the Georgia Appeals Court failed to serve all parties with the order dismi…
21-1211 Constance George v. House of Hope Recovery, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Amici (2) appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant service-of-process service-requirement standing Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3 permits a court of appeals to dismiss an appeal because the appellant did not serve the notice of appeal
21-7278 Calvin James v. John T. Wilcher, Sheriff, Chatham County, Georgia Georgia 2022-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy due-process federalism jurisdiction service-of-process summons Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits successive state and federal prosecutions for the same offense
21-7203 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael Schwab Oregon 2022-02-25 Dismissed IFP adverse-judgment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was it justified for the appellate commissioner to dismiss Petitioner's appeal
21-1174 James G. Sweet v. Thornton Mellon, LLC, et al. Maryland 2022-02-24 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process estates nail-and-mail personal-representative service-of-process summons-and-complaint Whether purported service of a summons and complaint on a deceased homeowner by publication and 'nail and mail' at the decedent's former home provided…
21-7179 Precious Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eisenhower-army-medical-center federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice medical-negligence pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing wrongful-death Why did the district court dismiss the appellant's Federal Tort Claims Act complaint alleging wrongful death due to medical negligence?
21-7187 Paul E. Jozwiak v. Raytheon Missile Systems, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-service civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure jurisdictional-authority magistrate-judge service-of-process What-methods-for-service-of-process-must-a-court-accept-when-mail-signature-services-and-personal-process-services-were-suspended
21-982 Timothy O. Markland v. Asset Acceptance, LLC Oklahoma 2022-01-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure debt-collection default-judgment due-process extrinsic-evidence service-of-process statute-of-limitations time-bar Whether rigid invocation of the non-extrinsic evidence rule denies due process
21-621 Vince Flaherty, et al. v. Holly Hill Investments, LLC California 2021-10-28 Denied Relisted (2) california-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judgment-adequacy notice-of-judgment service-of-notice service-of-process state-law Whether California's no-evidence-allowed rule concerning the adequacy of service of notice of judgment is consistent with the Due Process Clause of th…
21-5878 Linaker Charlemagne v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing newly-discovered-evidence self-defense service-of-process Whether District Court departed from essential requirements of law by not perfecting service on Petitioner in a timely manner, which denied constituti…
21-5886 Sasha Trieste McGarity v. Birmingham Public Schools, dba West Maple Elementary - Bloomfield Hills Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1652 28-usc-8004 civil-procedure court-rules due-process electronic-filing federal-procedure legal-service service-of-process statutory-interpretation Does filing an answer with the court via electronic means but failing to serve the plaintiff satisfy service of process in accordance with 28 U.S. Cod…
21-5845 Danny Collins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certiorari criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing service-of-process solicitor-general supreme-court-rule Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence violated his constitutional rights
21-473 Daniel G. Szmania v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns Arm Trust 2007-3 Washington 2021-09-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction removal-to-federal-court res-judicata service-of-process Did the Supreme Court of Washington err in not enforcing the civil court case removal to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(d)?
21-5761 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael J. Buseman PC, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process jurisdiction pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner correct in determining that Petitioner needed to have served Respondents as 'adverse parties' to the appeal?
21-5762 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. City of Eugene Police Department, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal legal-standing oregon-supreme-court service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in dismissing the appeal on jurisdictional grounds
21-5763 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Downtown Eugene, Inc. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP administrative-procedure appellate-review board-of-immigration-appeals civil-procedure due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in dismissing Petitioner's appeal on jurisdictional grounds due to lack of service on adverse parties when Pe…
21-5764 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Roberto Rios, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal legal-review service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in denying the application for appellate court filing fees?
21-5598 Cedric D. Mack v. CarHop Finance Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pleadings service-of-process standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint
21-5522 Meghan Kelly v. Donald J. Trump Delaware 2021-08-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure establishment-clause executive-order free-exercise-of-religion government-religion mootness religious-freedom-restoration-act ripeness service-of-process standing substitution-of-parties Whether failure to serve the brief was fatal error
21-5527 Kerry Kotler v. L. Jubert, Deputy Superintendent of Security, et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure incarcerated-plaintiffs motion-to-substitute rule-25 service-of-process statement-of-death substitution successor successor-or-representative Substitution-requirements-under-FRCP-25(a)
21-182 Sean A. Clark v. Mark Schroeder, Commissioner, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Second Circuit 2021-08-09 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment service-of-process social-security social-security-benefits standing student-loans Does this action violate the Fourteenth and Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause?
21-173 Marilyn Tillman-Conerly v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response Waived agency-closure alternative-service civil-procedure covid-19 due-process good-cause judicial-discretion ninth-circuit procedural-rules service-of-process Whether the Ninth Circuit Court abused its discretion
21-5310 Marcus Daniel Silver v. Bertram Siegel, et al. California 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 30-day-rule civil-procedure federal-court-procedure filing-deadlines jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-removal receipt-of-complaint service-of-process statutory-interpretation When does the deadline to file for Notice of Removal begin?
20-8308 Wilhelmina Montgomery v. NBC Television, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure copyright-infringement due-process fair-use jury-trial pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process service-of-process summary-dismissal summary-judgment visual-evidence As, I, the pro se Plaintiff-Appellant pointed out in my First Amended Complaint (Doc. 9) and in my Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 51) two (2) differen…
20-1713 Symon B. Mandawala v. Era Living, LLC, et al. Washington 2021-06-10 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1985 attorney-client-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection motion-to-dismiss service-of-process As of Matter of Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment right of the U.S constitution: (1) (a) while racially civil rights action is pending, wi…
20-1578 William A. Graven v. Arizona Ninth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment civil-rights criminal-acts due-process qualified-immunity respondeat-superior service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-official-immunity state-officials Whether state officials can be sued in their individual capacities for alleged criminal acts under Ex Parte Young
20-7721 Shannon Demond Dotson v. Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure consent-extension-of-time due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-standing service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-law Why the courts never acknowledged that the plaintiff never consented to the Defendant request for Extension of Time?
20-1225 Jenean Elizabeth Winston, et al. v. Mark Anthony Walsh Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response Waived actual-notice affidavit civil-procedure hague-convention prejudice service-of-process Did the Court of Appeals err in affirming the District Court's dismissal of the case due to insufficient service of process?
20-1170 James Ben Feinman v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act claim-preclusion class-action due-process in-personam injunction judgment party service-of-process Is one bound by a judgment in personam in a class action litigation in which he or she is not designated as a party, is not a member of the class, and…
20-1033 Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua S.A.B. de C.V., et al. v. Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A. Tenth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arising-out-of-test civil-procedure email-service federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-4(f)(3) foreign-defendants hague-service-convention narrative personal-jurisdiction service-of-process u.s.-contacts Does service by email on the U.S. counsel of a foreign party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) violate the Hague-Service-Convention?
20-6735 Frank A. McClung, Jr., et ux. v. Elia E. Estevez Florida 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction jury-trial service-of-process seventh-amendment standing Seventh Amendment right to jury trial
20-773 Nazir Khan, et al. v. Merit Medical Systems Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees civil-procedure federal-circuit federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se rule-11 sanctions service-of-process Whether a motion for Rule 11 sanctions may be granted despite the movants' failure to serve the motion prior to filing
20-6538 Gabriel Schmitt v. Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts First Circuit 2020-12-04 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment police-power public-health public-health-emergency service-of-process standing substitute-service May a state governor close the state house and prevent service of process on civil rights claims?
20-6413 Maxine Shepard v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause pro-se-litigant procedural-default service-of-process standing Whether the COA improperly held in conflict with other courts that the Petitioner did not show good cause to excuse procedural default and allow for a…
20-6320 Dianne Michele Carter v. Thomas Pellicane, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP bench-warrant civil-procedure constitution constitutional-supremacy due-process fourth-amendment religious-establishment separation-of-powers service-of-process standing superior-law Whether the Constitution or an ordinary act of the legislature governs the case
20-6256 Elet Valentine v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure dismissal federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer law-of-the-case motion-to-dismiss service-of-process Question not identified
20-5925 Roberto Mendoza-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court has jurisdiction to remove a noncitizen where the removal proceedings were initiated by a notice to appear that did not …
20-359 Henrieta Pisztora, et al. v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-09-17 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment due-process municipal-law notice notice-requirement property-rights real-property service-of-process tax-sale Whether Pennsylvania's Second Class City Treasurer's Sale and Collection Act violates the 14th Amendment
20-337 Rosemary Ann Lynn v. Andrew George Brown, III, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process personal-jurisdiction rico-statute service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction venue Whether Appellees' refusal to serve Petitioner with summons and petition after passage of two years' and seven months divest the district court of per…
20-238 Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. v. Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII California 2020-08-28 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award civil-procedure foreign-relations hague-service-convention international-litigation judicial-sovereignty jurisdiction postal-service service-of-process Whether a private litigant can waive a foreign state's objection to service by postal channels under the Hague Service Convention
19-1342 Edward Mulcahy v. Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority Colorado 2020-06-04 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure due-process expedited-procedure housing-authority procedural-due-process procedural-requirements property-rights service-of-process summary-judgment Did the District Court violate Mulcahy's constitutional rights by denying his motion to vacate the underlying judgment for procedural due process viol…
19-8270 Earl Mayberry Johnson, Jr. v. The Florida Bar Florida 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-discipline confrontation-clause disbarment due-process equal-protection florida-bar service-of-process Whether the State of Florida violated the Petitioner's 14th-Amendment-due-process, 14th-Amendment-equal-protection, Confrontation-Clause, service-of-p…
19-8142 Robert Sarhan, et ux. v. H & H Investors, Inc. Florida 2020-03-30 Denied IFP appellate-review denial-of-hearing due-process final-judgment indispensable-party judicial-procedure mortgage-foreclosure sanctions service-of-process void-judgment Whether Anabella Soury was denied due process in a mortgage foreclosure case
19-1139 James Leonard Hines v. Regions Bank, fka Union Planters Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-transfer notice notice-of-complaint personal-jurisdiction service-of-process Was the precedent established by the U. S. Supreme Court in summons-and-complaint followed in the lower courts' decisions
19-1122 Hong Tang v. University of Baltimore, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-injunctive-relief declaratory-relief due-process eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young jurisdictional-grounds official-capacity pro-se-litigant service-of-process sovereign-immunity standing Whether the lower courts should have liberally construed the pro se litigant's claims
19-7806 Cherunda Lynn Fox v. United States Postal Service, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process electronic-case-filing equal-protection federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process Whether the defendants were served on 3-19-18 as verified by the court record, the Judge and receipt - personally verified by the Attorney General, de…
19-898 Kimberly D. Collins v. Gwendolyn Thornton Fourth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure discretion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause judicial-discretion service-of-process statute-of-limitations Whether a district court has discretion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) to extend the time for service of process absent good cause
19-7200 Barry Wayne Adams v. Calhoun County, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-01-08 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights common-law de-facto-government due-process judicial-review martial-rule peonage pro-se procedural-fairness service-of-process standing Whether the lower courts properly addressed the petitioner's common law claims, viewed the claims in the light most favorable to the petitioner, and f…
19-7159 Sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy v. Garth Gulick, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process service-of-process standing statute-of-limitations waiver Whether the appellate court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims due to lack of timely service of process and whether the district court abused…
19-6952 Sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy v. Judy Gilmore, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules procedural-compliance service-of-process standing summons time-limitation time-limits timely-answer waiver Whether defendants must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1)(F) and timely answer after waiving service of summons
19-754 Estate of Norman Robert Knight, Jr., Deceased, et al. v. Beatrice E. Whitten, as a Special Administrator, et al. South Carolina 2019-12-12 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-common-law judicial-qualification one-person-one-vote probate probate-court service-of-process standing voting-rights Whether lower courts erred by acting on a petition filed and served without summons as required
19-652 Norman D. Cox, Jr. v. The Money Source, Inc. New Jersey 2019-11-20 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-default-judgment default-judgment due-process excusable-neglect newly-discovered-evidence r-4-50-1-a service-of-process traverse-hearing Did the Trial Court err in or abuse its discretion by entering default judgment against Petitioner based upon the Respondent's defective Service of Pr…
19-615 Elaine Ward v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection municipal-liability service-of-process state-court-proceedings transparency Is there a violation of due process and equal protection under the 5th and 14th amendments as related to 42 U.S.C. 1983, when a municipality fails to …
19-6089 Joseph Signore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration department-of-justice due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-of-perjury sentencing service-of-process solicitor-general Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
19-5714 Dianne Michele Carter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-rules internal-revenue-code judicial-procedure legislative-interpretation separation-of-powers service-of-process standing takings Is the Constitution or an ordinary act of the legislature superior?
19-5103 Kenton G. Findlay v. Star Lakes Association, Inc. Florida 2019-07-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights disqualification due-process foreclosure foreclosure-appeal impartiality judicial-impartiality service-of-process Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendments…
18-8746 Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement California 2019-04-09 Denied IFP abandonment-of-appeal appeal appeal-dismissal attorney-signature civil-procedure civil-procedure-defects defendant-identification due-process electronic-service motion-to-dismiss party-identification procedural-defect service-of-process standing Shall the Court of Appeal grant Defendants' Motion to Dismiss an Appeal if Defendants improperly served the Plaintiff with this Motion
18-8474 John Henneberry v. County of Alameda, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment bench-warrant civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment mail-fraud qualified-immunity rico-statute service-of-process When can a court allow faulty and fabricated service-by-mail of a criminal summons instead of personal service-by-sworn-officer?
18-8203 Darryl Burghardt v. Renee Stein-Graham Ninth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis pro-se service-of-process standing Whether a petitioner's First and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights are violated if their civil action is dismissed due to the U.S. Marshal's …
18-1076 In Re Robert K. Hudnall 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction secret-hearing service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a State Supreme Court with only appellate jurisdiction can exercise personal jurisdiction without proper service of process, take subject matt…
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?
18-7815 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia 2019-02-07 Denied IFP civil-judgment civil-procedure due-process service-of-process standing state-court-judgment state-law statutory-interpretation Did the state maintain a civil judgment for which it did not serve process in the manner required by its own statute?
18-7832 Jason Lee Harris v. Karen A. Mullins, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-law first-amendment in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines service-of-process standing Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in barring the grant of in forma paupe…
18-7705 Duane Yates v. Iowa Iowa 2019-01-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure dismissal due-process fourteenth-amendment mullane-precedent notice postconviction-action service service-of-process standing state-citizens Whether the Iowa Supreme Court has failed to properly apply the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure
18-7501 GwanJun Kim v. Grand Valley State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-22 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure complaint dismissal due-process evidence factual-findings jurisdiction marshal service-of-process standing summons time-limits Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint for failure to serve the defendants within the time period required by Rule 4(m) of the F…
18-7499 Ilirjan Bida v. Sharon Johnson Third Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-decision court-error due-process email-address jurisdiction notice service-of-process standing Why did the District Court of Newark email the decision to the wrong email address instead of bidas|@aol.com?
18-7354 Derrick L. Johnson v. Charles Bradley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-magistrate-act magistrate-judge notice procedural-rules service service-of-process sixth-circuit supervisory-power Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to exercise its supervisory power to establish a rule that precludes a United States District Magist…
18-872 Dariusz Dolacinski, et ux. v. Bank of America Florida 2019-01-08 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure consent-fraud due-process final-judgment foreclosure foreclosure-sale fraud jurisdiction-challenge service service-defect service-of-process standing If the Consent to final judgement in writing or otherwise never existed and was falsely and/or fraudulently presented to the Court by the Respondent's…
18-7213 Akash Dixit v. Christopher Brasher, Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Atlanta Judicial Circuit Georgia 2019-01-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure attorney civil-rights divorce-proceeding due-process family fraud immigration immigration-status international-jurisdiction judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct service-of-process standing unethical visa void-judgment Whether the Georgia appellate courts erred in not addressing questions about unethical conduct of a subordinate judge and a void lower court order des…
18-804 Wanda McClure Dry, as Administrator Ad Litem for the Estate of Laurence R. Dry v. Christi Lenay Fields Steele, et al. Tennessee 2018-12-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process estate-administration notice notice-requirement personal-service pro-se-litigant rule-25 rule-4 rule-5 service-of-process Does Rule 5 service by mail to a deceased pro se party satisfy the due process requirement of notice and opportunity to be heard prior to the taking o…
18-7011 John S. Myzer v. George W. Bush, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-dismissal civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure final-order personal-jurisdiction prejudice-standard service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction May a district court dismiss a case with prejudice that has not begun?
18-6986 Nathan Lynn Cloud v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment intergovernmental-agreements law-enforcement law-enforcement-agreements nevada-v-hicks service-of-process tribal-sovereignty Does the tribal criminal defendant have Fourth Amendment rights when state law enforcement violates an agreement with the tribe regarding criminal ser…
18-681 Chinyere U. Nwoke v. Consulate of Nigeria Seventh Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied 28-usc-1603 28-usc-1605 commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception diplomatic-immunity foreign-service fsia fsia-28-usc-1603 fsia-28-usc-1605(a)(2) missing-passports passport-issuance proper-service-28-usc-1608 service-of-process sovereign-immunity Whether the practice of Respondent, CONSULATE OF NIGERIA, NY, that requires consulate officials to leave the New York Consulate office to advertise an…
18-627 William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-statutory-causes-of-action constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a district court's conclusion that service of process by Certified Mail is insufficient under Federal Rules of …
18-544 Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. District of Columbia 2018-10-25 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's fo…
18-6410 Michael McKinzy v. Carletha Gaston (McKinzy) Missouri 2018-10-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-notice notice procedural-fairness service service-of-process state-action state-court Did Missouri (CSE) violate Father's United States Constitutional Rights to Due Process of Law and Equal Protection of Laws under the Fourteenth Amendm…
18-6133 Bernardo Olivares-Cepeda v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-notice notice service-of-process supervisory-power Whether failure to serve a denial of a 2255 motion violates due process and invalidates the judgment
18-6002 David Librace v. Deborah Helton Wright, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit federal-jurisdiction legal-notice procedural-defect remand service-of-process standing summary-judgment Whether the lower court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the respondents when their attorney knew the summary judgment was issued illega…
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
18-5341 Roger Wilson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure default-judgment due-process equal-protection jurisdiction service-of-process standing Whether the appeals court committed a reversible error by denying the petitioner's motion to vacate a default judgment, where the petitioner claims he…
18-5264 Albert Jenkins, et al. v. WMC Mortgage, et al. District of Columbia 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process fraudulent-concealment futility-of-amendment lulling-and-fraudulent-concealment oral-contract service-of-process standing statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations was improperly applied despite fraudulent concealment
18-5198 Ronald David Jones v. Grand Canyon University, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-courts obstruction-of-justice private-university service-of-process service-of-summons standing venue-change Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case despite defendants' failure to properly serve a response within the required timeframe
18-5185 Tamara Zivot v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. California 2018-07-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-guarantee defendant-not-served due-diligence due-process household-member personal-jurisdiction service-of-process state-court statutory-mandate substitute-service Is the constitutional guarantee of due process in order to confer personal jurisdiction over a defendant denied when the evidence presented unequivoca…
24A273 Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari injunction insurance-dispute pro-se service-of-process supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an emergency injunction against a private insurance company to prevent potential financial harm while a certiorar…
25A231 Avon Capital, LLC, a Wyoming Limited Liability Company v. Universitas Education, LLC Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete dissolution judgment-enforcement personal-jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-circuit Whether a federal district court can reacquire subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over a dissolved entity without new claims or pro…