| 25-6461 |
Michael Anthony Christopher Cochren, II v. White Castle System, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-31 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-clerk-duties default-judgment federal-rules-civil-procedure record-falsification service-of-summons waiver-of-service |
Introductory Statement: White Castle System, Inc.'s redundant counsel improperly waived service, outside of FRCP 4(d), and nullified a summons. This c… |
| 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… |
| 21-1192 |
Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc. v. John Waters, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
First Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bristol-myers-squibb circuit-split civil-procedure due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-civil-procedure personal-jurisdiction rule-4(k)(1)(a) service-of-summons standing |
Whether out-of-state plaintiffs seeking to opt into an FLSA collective action pending in federal court must demonstrate that the forum state's courts … |
| 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 |