| 24-1005 |
Nathan Young v. Burton W. Wiand, As Receiver for Oasis International Group Ltd., Oasis Management, LLC and Satellite Holdings Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-20 |
Denied |
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jurisdiction non-party personal-communications receiver standing subpoena |
Does a sole member and shareholder of a nonparty LLC, who specially appeared in the lower court proceedings, have standing to appeal a federal receive… |
| 23-6294 |
Gregory I. Ezeani v. Bridgett Kelly, Union County College Human Resources Division |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-records impersonation legal-procedure privacy privacy-rights subpoena subpoena-fraud unlawful-search |
Whether the pro se's constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by the unauthorized disclosure of h… |
| 23-6063 |
Kieffer Michael Simmons v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment judicial-immunity subpoena witness witness-subpoena |
Whether Simmons should have been entitled to judicial immunity for his subpoenaed witness |
| 23-202 |
James William Hall v. Tammy O'Brien, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights deprivation-of-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-misconduct standing subpoena subpoena-service summons |
Right to oral argument before dismissal |
| 22-1215 |
Darren Thomas Delafield v. Gerard R. Vetter, Acting United States Trustee |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
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attorney-client-privilege bad-faith bankruptcy bankruptcy-sanctions due-process judicial-discretion non-compensatory-punitive-damages professional-conduct sanctions subpoena |
Did the Bankruptcy Court abuse its discretion by sanctioning Delafield for asserting attorney-client privilege on behalf of his clients? |
| 22-899 |
Jason Smith v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2023-03-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-trial expert-testimony forensic-analysis sixth-amendment subpoena testimonial-evidence |
Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to present testimony by a substitute expert conveying the testimonial statements of a nontest… |
| 22-6123 |
Brian David Hill v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-blackmail judicial-independence judicial-misconduct special-master subpoena whistleblower |
Where the U.S. Court of Appeals did not properly and appropriately proceeded with two consolidated interlocutory appeals on the District Court's order… |
| 22-57 |
Dean Allen Steeves, Acting Trustee of Brother's Keeper Ministries v. Internal Revenue Service |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
church-organization constitutional-law constitutional-mandate integrated-auxiliary iRS-subpoena jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge non-organization-private-church procedural-error subpoena substantive-law |
Whether the U.S. District and U.S. Appellate Court usurped jurisdiction and declined to exercise jurisdiction by denying Petitioner's Motion to Quash … |
| 21-1543 |
Jane Doe, aka Beeism v. Jomy Sterling |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (4) |
anonymous-speech civil-procedure first-amendment online-platforms standard-of-review subpoena |
What is the proper standard of review to be applied in determining whether a party may obtain a subpoena compelling the identification an anonymous sp… |
| 21-7215 |
Clayton Walker v. Freeman's Electric Service, Inc., et al. |
South Dakota |
2022-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights cross-examination disputable-facts due-process federal-statute medical-records subpoena witness-examination |
Does the Petitioner have the right to his own medical records after they are subpoenaed, and when those records are not given to the petitioner by the… |
| 21-7189 |
Deimeyon Xavier Allen v. Vance Laughlin, Warden |
Georgia |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal certificate-of-probable-cause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-be-present subpoena |
Is the Petitioner afforded due process when filing his Application For Certificate Of Probable Cause? |
| 21-7018 |
Jose Fuentes v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
character-evidence criminal-procedure deposition due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense medical-records subpoena trial-counsel witness-testimony |
Was counsel's failure to subpoena an important witness considered ineffective assistance of trial counsel? |
| 20-1727 |
James David O'Brien v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure federal-agency immunity legal-interpretation proffer-agreement subpoena testimony testimony-protection |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit err in deciding that a proponent of testimony pursuant to a proffer agreement is not lat… |
| 20-1474 |
Joseph Colone v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. |
California |
2021-04-20 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-procedure discovery-rules evidentiary-privilege judicial-subpoena judicial-truth-seeking non-governmental-litigant stored-communications-act subpoena truth-seeking |
Whether federal statutes must contain express privilege language before courts may decide that Congress intended the statute to create an evidentiary … |
| 20-1141 |
Doe Company v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process perlman-doctrine personal-jurisdiction standing subpoena subpoena-enforcement third-party-disclosure |
Whether an appealing party's substantial interest in a disclosure order directing a disinterested third party to produce documents provides appellate … |
| 20-6649 |
El Aemer El Mujaddid v. Andrew Brewer, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-remedy due-process state-actors statute-of-limitations subpoena subpoena-abuse |
Does 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 18 U.S.C. § 1595 create a damages remedy against state actors for abuse of invalid subpoena? |
| 20-801 |
Frank DeLucia v. Greenbuild, LLC, et al. |
New York |
2020-12-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights contempt due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment subpoena witness-appearance |
Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United State Constitution, 5s Amendment and 14th Amendment to punish a party by dismissing his pro… |
| 20-770 |
John Nypl v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof civil-procedure federal-law federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-deference motion-to-quash non-party-witness nonparty-witness rule-45 subpoena subpoena-compliance |
Whether the applicable burden on a moving-party seeking to quash the subpoena of a non-party witness under Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(8) should be decided |
| 20-650 |
Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH v. RWE Trading Americas Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure corporate-control discovery discovery-compliance document-search evidence-sufficiency judicial-discretion possession-custody-control reasonable-search subpoena subpoena-standard |
Whether the district court applied the wrong standard in concluding that the subpoena target's search was adequate and quashing the subpoena |
| 20-5498 |
John Silvia, Jr. v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-performance client-representation criminal-procedure discovery evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence expert-consultation expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel subpoena witness-interview |
Whether an attorney provided effective assistance of counsel |
| 20-5044 |
Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-obligations compelled-speech constitutional-procedure first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-compulsion search-and-seizure speech-rights subpoena subpoena-law warrant-requirement |
Can the Government compel speech without a warrant, nor a subpoena? |
| 19-1311 |
Douglas Lynn Kirk v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process evidence-subpoena government-agency ineffective-assistance legal-procedure mitigating-evidence public-records subpoena |
Whether a criminal-defense attorney who requests critical defensive evidence from a government agency but fails to subpoena the evidence after the req… |
| 19-1142 |
Kendall R. Carter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment administrative-subpoena carpenter-v-united-states civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment internet-privacy internet-subscriber-information ip-address privacy privacy-interest subpoena third-party-doctrine warrant-requirement |
Whether the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement protects a right to privacy in an internet protocol (IP) address and internet subscriber information |
| 19-7975 |
Glenn Myer v. All Dulles Area Muslim Society |
Virginia |
2020-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights,pro-se,due-process,court-rules,subpoe court-rules due-process judicial-procedure legal-discrimination pro-se pro-se-litigant standing subpoena |
Does Virginia have the right to discriminate against a Pro Se litigant and violate their Civil Rights, US Supreme Court Rulings, Court rules |
| 19-1006 |
Facebook, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. |
California |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
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communication-contents constitutional-rights constitutional-subpoena contempt criminal-defendant-rights privacy privacy-protection service-provider-disclosure service-providers stored-communications-act subpoena |
Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to subpoena service providers and force them to turn over the contents of their account holder… |
| 19-715 |
Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-12-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1) |
civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-authority due-process executive-privilege legislative-purpose separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority subpoena subpoena-power |
Whether the Committee has the constitutional and statutory authority to issue this subpoena |
| 19-635 |
Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (13)Response Waived |
article-2 article-ii article-two constitutional-law criminal-investigation executive-power grand-jury-subpoena immunity president presidential-immunity separation-of-powers subpoena supremacy-clause |
Whether this subpoena violates Article II and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution |
| 19-6585 |
Gelu Topa v. Almonte Kerbs, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct probable-cause public-defender subpoena video-evidence |
Why was there no video of the arrest/incident? |
| 19-6452 |
David P. Moran v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery mandamus pro-se pro-se-litigant records standing subpoena subpoena-enforcement trial-court writ-of-court |
Should a writ of mandamus be automatically granted when the defendant has adequately shown an entity violated an earlier subpoena for records? |
| 19-5354 |
Raheem Brown v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-ruling eyewitness-testimony habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice strickland strickland-standard strickland-v-washington subpoena |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err and abuse its discretion by refusing to grant Petitioner a Certificate of Appealabili… |
| 18-9437 |
In Re Steven Weste |
|
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
carpenter-v-united-states cell-site-location-information criminal-procedure exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-privacy government-subpoena privacy-rights subpoena warrant-requirement |
Does the government's use of a pretrial subpoena to obtain a defendant's historical cell-site location information (CSLI) from a wireless carrier viol… |
| 18-1242 |
Endre' Glenn v. Nordic Services, Inc. |
Washington |
2019-03-25 |
Denied |
|
arbitration arbitration-procedure due-process equal-protection material-evidence material-testimony reasonable-opportunity reasonable-opportunity-to-prepare subpoena subpoena-duces-tecum washington-state-law |
Whether contractor and subcontractor violated homeowner's due process rights by ignoring subpoena and arbitrator's order, depriving homeowner of mater… |
| 18-8221 |
Jonathan Judkins v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-performance due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-petition post-conviction-relief standing subpoena |
Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel by counsel's failure to adequately investigate the facts of the case, interview eyew… |
| 18-7859 |
Frank D. Monsegue, Sr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
6th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defects due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plea-agreement standing subpoena warrantless-arrest |
Whether defective summons/subpoena (without authorizing authority, name or signature) attached herein render the indictment defective? |
| 18-1020 |
Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Communicar, Inc., et al. |
New York |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
|
case-consolidation civil-procedure Conflict-of-interest consolidation Discovery due-process Examination-before-trial judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-review pro-se-litigation standing subpoena Subpoena-Duces-Tecum |
Whether consolidation of three separate cases without a motion and overriding by another judge is legal and ethical |
| 18-5906 |
Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. David Weiss |
Second Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech medical-records patent standing subpoena takings |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 18-208 |
New Products Corporation, et al. v. Dickinson Wright, PLLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure costs-of-compliance court-order court-sanctions discovery federal-rules-civil-procedure non-party-costs non-party-subpoena rule-45 sanctions subpoena subpoena-compliance |
Whether a non-party subpoena recipient is automatically entitled to recover significant expenses incurred in responding to a subpoena before a court o… |
| 18-5602 |
Stephen D. Leonard v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process records standing state-courts subpoena transcripts |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in refusing to probe a constitutional demand for records and transcripts of the proceedings on app… |
| 18-5456 |
Gary Allen Kachina v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation competence competency-hearing criminal-procedure discovery discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process exculpatory-evidence mental-health mental-health-evaluation necessity-defense subpoena |
Did the Trial Court error in denying petitioner's motions for Discovery violations under BRADY v. MARYLAND and for refusal to enforce petitioner's cou… |
| 18-45 |
David Louis Whitehead v. Netflix, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
|
appellate-process civil-procedure-subpoena civil-rights due-process federal-judge judicial-bias judicial-discretion marbury-v-madison pecuniary-interest standing subpoena subpoena-violation |
Whether Petitioner's case relating to Federal Judge violating the subpoena issue allows him to by-pass the appellate process to petition the Supreme C… |