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25-6174 Jill Capobianco v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-discretion disability-benefits due-process medical-evidence social-security During an application for Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) and Disability Benefits (SSDI), under 20 § C.F.R. §§ 404.1527(c), SSR-2p, and SSR 16-3…
25-345 Ivy Darlene Johnson v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law disability-determination due-process medical-evidence residual-functional-capacity social-security 1. Whether an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) violates a claimant 's ,due process rights, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment, and fails to adequately…
25-5361 Rita Arguijo Garcia v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-council due-process equal-protection filing-date social-security Whether the Social Security Regulations and Ruling, permitting a claimant who submits new, irrelevant and immaterial evidence to the Appeals Council, …
25-5360 Rachel Goode v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law judicial-review law-of-case mandate-rule remand social-security Where a District Court remands a decision of the Social Security Administration, to address a specific error, not related to the residual functional c…
25A39 Kevin Michael Jones v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Administration Fourth Circuit 2025-07-10 Presumed Complete administrative-law certiorari jurisdiction pro-se social-security supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review a pro se litigant's multi-jurisdictional social security case involving alleged procedural errors…
24-7366 Damien Deshawn Pugh v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit 2025-06-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law disability-benefits due-process medical-evidence social-security supplemental-security-income Whether social security applicants are unfairly subjected to political opinions that deviate from medical facts in disability determinations
24A1073 Anh Tuyet Thai v. Los Angeles County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-06 Presumed Complete disability-benefits due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure social-security Whether law enforcement may conduct warrantless, forcible home searches of Social Security disability applicants without violating their Fourth Amendm…
24A632 Patrick Comack v. Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-27 Presumed Complete administrative-determination disability-benefits medical-impairment neurodegenerative-disorder pro-se-litigation social-security Whether the Social Security Administration's determination of a claimant's neurodegenerative disorder impairment requires a more comprehensive evaluat…
24A365 Patrick Comack v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-17 Presumed Complete academic-conflict bias disability-claim judicial-recusal mandamus social-security Whether a federal district court judge's prior academic affiliation creates a legally cognizable basis for mandatory judicial recusal in a social secu…
23A1086 Charlie R. Murse, Jr. v. Mary Murse Third Circuit 2024-06-05 Presumed Complete civil-rights disability-benefits garnishment pro-se social-security ssdi-protection Whether 42 U.S. Code § 407 protects Social Security Disability Insurance benefits from garnishment or civil rights violations in a dispute involving d…
23-6852 Elisha L. Gresham v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance administrative-law appeals civil-procedure disability-law federal-courts jurisdiction social-security standing venue Did the Eleventh Circuit Court have legal jurisdiction to hear and rule on this case?
23-301 James E. Workman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived criminal-intent criminal-law disability-benefits due-process fraud government-funds mens-rea reporting-obligation social-security social-security-fraud wire-fraud Whether the criminal charges of wire fraud, theft of government funds, and social security fraud required proof that the defendant understood his obli…
23-28 Claude Townsend, Jr. v. New Jersey Transit Third Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied collateral-estoppel constitutional-law dismissed-case due-process fourteenth-amendment new-evidence res-judicata social-security Can Res judicata and Collateral estoppel interfere with the Fourteenth Amendment's constitutional due process when new evidence is presented to a dism…
22-6979 Ivey McCray v. William D. Jones, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied IFP administrative-offset administrative-offsets child-support comity-clause constitutional-due-process interstate-enforcement non-alienation-clause retirement-benefits social-security social-security-benefits title-ivd Whether Petitioner has right of action to recover Social Security Retirement Benefits
22-6961 Teresa G. Murphy v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP cost-of-living-raise disability retirement social-security tax-calculation tax-free Is the SSA taxable?
22-6818 Jessica Page Weber v. Cigna, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-standing social-security standing trier-of-fact Was Petitioner's constitutional rights to due-process, as a United States citizen, beneficiary under the Social Security Administration, and former Pa…
22-6812 Ernest Luther Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure indigent-defendant mental-health mental-illness restitution social-security social-security-disability Did the District Court err in ordering restitution interest for a defendant with mental illness and lack of income?
22-690 Acquanitta L. Harris-Patterson v. Armco Steel, aka AK Steel Corporation, et al. Missouri 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) benefits-book benefits-package benefits-payments benefits-policy benefits-termination compensation-dispute death-benefits employee-benefits interest-accrued misrepresentation social-security wage-deduction What benefits were paid to whom, and where are the records?
22-6236 Michele Gray v. GC Service, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada age-discrimination civil-rights disability-rights eeoc employment-discrimination harassment social-security wrongful-termination Is the dismissal of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security Act, Equal Employment Oppo…
22-5585 Mark Marvin v. Martha Peldunas, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment social-security statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the state agency can require future social-security recipients to prematurely apply for reduced ben…
21-1308 J. Martin Robertson v. Larkspur Courts, et al. California 2022-03-31 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medicaid medicare medicare-reporting privacy settlement-disclosure social-security social-security-privacy Whether Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 requires settlement or judgment debtors to report the Social Security n…
21-7237 John Dalen v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-03-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP common-law constitutional-rights driver-license driver's-license due-process first-amendment right-to-travel social-security Was Petitioner denied right-to-travel,due-process,first-amendment
21-803 Wendy Dale v. Algernon Lee Butler, III Fourth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response Waived bad-faith bankruptcy-conversion bankruptcy-court chapter-13 means-test pending-lawsuit pro-se-debtor social-security social-security-disability May a bankruptcy court deny a Motion to Convert to Chapter 13 Bankruptcy on the basis of bad faith and inability to qualify as a Chapter 13 debtor
21-5437 Jean Crump v. Social Security Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisons medication-access prisoner-retirement prisoner-rights retirement-funds retirement-plan room-and-board social-security Is the Social Security Administration employee funded retirement a retirement plan?
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?
21-5298 In Re Rayfield Thibeaux 2021-08-04 Denied IFP access-to-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process forensic-services medical-records mental-health mental-health-treatment social-security social-security-administration standing Question Presented For Review
20-8364 David Gilmartin v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-sentencing earnings-definition economic-circumstances probation-conditions restitution restitution-order sentencing social-security social-security-benefits statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in modifying the restitution order to require the defendant to pay 10% of all receipts of money, including Social Sec…
20-1109 George C. Chatman v. Arrowhead Credit Union Ninth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitution constitutional-protection due-process federal-law legal-process property-rights social-security Whether we abide by the laws and the constitution of the United States in protecting our secured property Social security?
20-6996 Delroy T. Booth v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law disability due-process judicial-review legal-precedent social-security standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Social Security Administration's denial of disability benefits to the petitioner violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
20-930 Karl Geppert v. Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Maryland 2021-01-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights driver's-license due-process federal-law real-id-act social-security social-security-number state-law state-legislation state-privilege Where no federal law requires a citizen of the United States to obtain a social security number, may a State legislature, or its courts in applying th…
20-105 John J. Davis, et al. v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit 2020-07-31 Judgment Issued Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-law-judge appointments-clause disability-benefits exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-review social-security Whether a claimant seeking disability benefits or supplemental security income under the Social Security Act must exhaust an Appointments Clause chall…
20-5169 Randy A. Thomas v. Ohio Ohio 2020-07-24 Denied IFP developmental-delay fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel low-iq mental-capacity self-defense sixth-amendment social-security Is counsel ineffective under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when no investigation is conducted pre-trial concerning the client's developmental-de…
19-1442 Willie Earl Carr, et al. v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Tenth Circuit 2020-07-01 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-law-judge appointments-clause circuit-split disability-benefits exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-review social-security social-security-act Whether claimants seeking disability benefits under the Social Security Act must exhaust Appointments Clause challenges before the Administrative Law …
19-8138 Jeanette Woolsey-Ross v. James Woolsey, et al. Virginia 2020-03-30 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights due-process interstate-commerce social-security standing Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when the federal interstate child support enforcement process under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act d…
19-7296 In Re Gilbert M. Martinez 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-discretion administrative-law disability-benefits due-process evidence gerd medical-evidence property-tax-exemption rheumatoid-arthritis social-security social-security-administration-discretion social-security-disability Did the Social Security Administration abuse its discretion holding that plaintiff is ineligible for Social Security disability benefits after claiman…
19-6702 In Re Ricardo J. Calderon-Lopez 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights disability-benefits due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-writ pro-se-litigation social-security standing transfer Whether Petitioner has a Right for direct appeal to this court?
19-6470 Darrell Lamar Marshall v. George Caram Steeh, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights deprivation district-judge due-process federal-law human-services social-security Did United States District Judge, George C. Steeh, the Social Security Administration, Michigan Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services,…
19-221 Michelle Valent v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit 2019-08-20 Dismissed Amici (3) administrative-law administrative-sanctions agency-interpretation chenery-doctrine chevron-deference civil-rights disability-benefits due-process social-security social-security-act statutory-conflict statutory-interpretation Whether the Commissioner of Social Security can impose monetary sanctions on a disability benefits recipient for failing to report unpaid volunteer wo…
18-9182 Aziz Mateen-El v. W. Robert Bell, Judge, Superior Court of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process fraud government-benefits immunity social-security Whether defendants under suspension can be criminally liable for fraudulently obtaining social security benefits
18-9157 Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-8710 Veronica Moody Johnson v. Social Security Administration Fourth Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment due-process lien lien-enforcement social-security social-security-administration spousal-support Whether the United States District Court had jurisdiction to make a 14th Amendment due process declaration of rights
18-8697 Frederick H. Banks v. Pennymac Holdings, LLC, fka Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust Holdings I, LLC Pennsylvania 2019-04-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process electronic-filing fifth-amendment immigration institutional-barriers judicial-access land-use pacer prisoner-litigation privacy privacy-policy property-rights regulatory-takings social-security takings Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from requiring a property owner to provide a public easement as a condition…
18-7535 Timothy S. Chalfant v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Third Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process judicial-review social-security standing Whether the Social Security Administration and federal courts have to follow the same laws and rules that apply to all other litigants
18-7237 Dione C. Saunders v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights disability due-process government-misconduct social-security standing Why did Nancy A. Berryhill ignore and discourteous available evidence from petitioner and refuse to consider their opinion?
18-7193 Bryan D. Collins v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law chenery-doctrine civil-procedure disability due-process harmless-error medical-opinion social-security social-security-disability substantial-evidence treating-physician What is the standard for assessing harmless error when a treating doctor has provided a form medical opinion statement that an applicant for social se…
18-488 In Re Pamela Denise Idlett 2018-10-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-determination due-process federal-agency judicial-misconduct material-evidence social-security social-security-disability social-security-policy standing Whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) gives verbal acknowledgement in his federal hearing to a known disabil…
18-5903 Rufus Jones v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-407 42-usc-423 5th-amendment constitutional-supremacy discrimination-protection due-process equality-act federal-jurisdiction garnishment judicial-conduct judicial-oath jurisdiction social-security social-security-benefits supremacy-clause title-ii Does Social Security claimants have the right to receive all back payments free from garnishments or attachments?
18-5421 Sheila L. Gaines v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-appeal administrative-law arthritis civil-rights disability disability-benefits due-process employment medical-evidence medical-records social-security standing Whether the Social Security Administration improperly denied disability benefits to the petitioner despite medical evidence of her advanced arthritis …
18-5026 Fernando Yates v. West Contra Costa Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-benefits discrimination due-process employment equal-protection judicial-review social-security standing Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's discrimination claim against respondent