| 25-6160 |
Pamela Short Powell, Individually and on Behalf of Diana Lynn Short, Margaret Julia Short, Daniel Alan Short, and Jack Warren Short, Jr. v. Anthony Decicco, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
fifth-circuit-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-conflict judicial-recusal procedural-irregularity sua-sponte-dismissal |
A. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by not addressing whether the district court should have first ruled on a motion for recusals about several conflic… |
| 24-306 |
Michael Bush, et al. v. Linda Fantasia, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-09-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
injunctive-relief mootness pro-se-plaintiffs rule-12-procedure standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
When pro se plaintiffs face sua sponte dismissal, what procedural safeguards must courts observe under Rule 12(b)(1) or 12(b)(6) regarding hearings an… |
| 23-1362 |
Robert Kreb v. Integra Aviation, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act appointments-clause article-iii due-process freedom-of-information-act privacy-act sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction whistleblower-protection |
Is it appropriate for courts to sua sponte dismiss actions for want of subject matter jurisdiction despite Congress' intent to allow enforcement of es… |
| 23-7686 |
Sammy David McLain, Jr. v. Michelle L. Thaller, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-fines judicial-jurisdiction standing sua-sponte-dismissal tort-claim |
Can a Judge(s) dismiss a Claim sua sponte (frivolous) involving a Tort (civil wrong) Code (statute) Injury (loss of a legal right) and an Act (law) wi… |
| 23-1176 |
Sean Houston, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims district-court due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction sixth-circuit standing sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the court of appeals and district court made erroneous judgments in sua sponte dismissing the complainant's cause of action for lack of subjec… |
| 23-1121 |
Brent Edward Clark v. Vibeke Dankwa |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bivens-action exceptions ftca-claim ftca-judgment-bar remand remand-rights section-2680-exception statutes-of-limitations sua-sponte-dismissal |
Did the district court make two reversible errors in swa sponte raising the statutes of limitations affirmative defense to dismiss the Petitioner's Bi… |
| 23-1015 |
Norman Seabrook v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus habeas-law ineffective-assistance judicial-recusal light-most-favorable notice-and-hearing procedural-due-process sixth-amendment sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal |
Did the District Court's sua sponte denial of Petitioner's habeas petition alleging ineffectiveness of trial counsel violate habeas procedural law? |
| 23-6761 |
Feifei Gu v. Sergio Jimenez |
Second Circuit |
2024-02-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Can the court sua sponte dismiss the case when the defendant as a Brooklyn housing court judge did not even answer/raise immunity? |
| 23-6543 |
Odeiu Joy Powers v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-service due-process federal-civil-service judicial-discretion preference-eligible pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness sua-sponte-dismissal unilateral-ban veteran |
Must rulings reflect material facts on the record? |
| 23-6313 |
In Re Jason D. Fisher |
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2023-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure discovery due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Do appellate courts and district courts have authority to raise and decide issues without party input? |
| 23-77 |
Palani Karupaiyan v. Tata Consultancy Services, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
|
appeal appellate-review civil-rights due-process extraordinary-review jurisdictional-error mandamus mandamus-relief pro-se-complaint standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the district court erred in sua sponte dismissing the pro se civil-rights complaint before requiring the defendants to answer, and whether the… |
| 23-76 |
Palani Karupaiyan v. Infosys BPM, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
|
appeal appellate-review civil-rights due-process extraordinary-review judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-relief pro-se-complaint standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
whether-the-district-court-erred-in-sua-sponte-dismissing-the-complaint-before-requiring-the-defendants-to-answer |
| 23-5212 |
DeAndra Stephenson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federal-rules habeas-corpus judicial-discretion newly-discovered-evidence notice-requirement standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's motion for rehearing en banc, which sought review of the district court's de… |
| 22-5171 |
Rebekah Werth v. Stuart Police Department, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-justice civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-access in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff legal-standards pro-se standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Do the sua sponte dismissals by the lower courts under the in forma pauperis statute 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) (2) (B), in which the reviewing court merely… |
| 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… |
| 21-1332 |
Waseem Daker v. Timothy Ward, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
blood-borne-disease blood-borne-diseases civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process imminent-danger incarcerated-rights prison-litigation-reform-act serious-physical-injury standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether an incarcerated person must allege presently occurring or certain-to-occur serious physical injury to invoke the 'imminent danger' exception u… |
| 21-7019 |
Runnie Myles v. Jay Jacobs, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-error civil-procedure due-process fairly-traceable-standard first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation proximate-cause-analysis standing standing-requirement sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the circuit court committed reversable error when it dismissed Petitioner's case on an issue of fact that was never noticed or briefed and tha… |
| 21-6977 |
Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1591 constitutional-challenge constitutional-claims equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-petition postal-service-interference pro-se-litigant sex-trafficking sua-sponte-dismissal |
Question not identified |
| 21-204 |
Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether a district court judge violates due process by sua sponte dismissing a complaint as frivolous without a hearing |
| 20-1699 |
E. M. M., et al. v. Douglas County, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeal-rights appeals circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ex-parte federal-jurisdiction procedural-due-process standing sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a 'bright line' rule requires post-deprivation notice and hearing for ex parte child seizures |
| 20-5467 |
Carlos Michael Lopez v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process garza-v-idaho inherent-powers sua-sponte-dismissal waiver |
Does due process require courts to treat at least some claims as unwaiveable on appeal? |
| 20-5388 |
Michael J. Buck v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process inherent-powers sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal waiver |
Whether due process requires courts to treat certain claims as unwaivable on appeal, whether due process guarantees a limited right to appeal, and whe… |
| 18-9611 |
Nicholas D. Weir v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure de-novo-analysis de-novo-review factual-allegation frivolous frivolous-claim frivolous-claims judicial-discretion legal-standard standing sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal |
How does the lower courts rigorously determine if a factual allegation is baseless or frivolous when there is no argument in fact or law to dispute th… |
| 18-8837 |
Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-standing due-process federal-tort-claims-act judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct notice pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process sovereign-immunity standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether a trial court should render a sua sponte decision to dismiss an informa pauperis pro se litigant first pleaded affidavit to commenced civil ac… |
| 18-8363 |
Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a… |
| 18-6601 |
Stefone Dwayne Palomo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anders-review appeal appeal-rights appellate-review due-process fifth-circuit-rules frivolous frivolous-issues ineffective-assistance local-rules merits right-to-appeal sua-sponte-dismissal |
Does Petitioner's right to an appeal require either a decision on the merits or an Anders review with a finding that all issues are frivolous? |
| 18-329 |
Landry Rountree v. Troy Dyson, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
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amended-complaint circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection mootness motion-to-dismiss standing sua-sponte-dismissal wrongful-arrest |
Whether the filing of an amended complaint moots a pending motion to dismiss |
| 18-5451 |
Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in sua sponte dismissing the plaintiff's appeal for non-payment of filing fees when the plaintiff lac… |
| 18-5032 |
Ramon Vasquez v. City of Reading, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process filing-deadlines habeas-corpus houston-v-lack judicial-discretion nunc-pro-tunc prisoner-filing pro-se standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the state Supreme Court's decision to deny Vasquez's petition for Allowance of Appeal 'Nunc Pro Tunc' conflicts with the Supreme Court's prece… |