| 23-137 |
Yvonne Crews v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law appellate-procedure clear-error congressional-intent effective-date federal-circuit statutory-interpretation substitution substitution-of-claimant veterans-benefits |
When Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 5121A to authorize for the substitution of a deceased claimant, was its intent clear that a substituted appellant co… |
| 22-7383 |
Carlton Theodore Landis v. David J. Ebbert, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law contract-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction employment-discrimination federal-tort-claims-act judicial-relief scope-of-employment standing statutory-interpretation substitution |
Can the courts substitute the United States as a defendant in a diversity action brought under Section 1346 of the Federal Tort Claims Act without mak… |
| 21-6156 |
Vilasini Ganesh v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
calendar-management conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict counsel-substitution criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process sixth-amendment substitution trial-court-discretion |
Do Sixth Amendment safeguards require trial courts to inquire into existing conflicts between counsel and the defendant before a trial court may deny … |
| 21-5932 |
Michael R. Burns v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody civil-rights dna-fabrication due-process evidence-substitution evidence-tampering fabrication forensic-evidence forensic-integrity laboratory-procedure substitution |
Whether the DNA and fingerprint evidence was fabricated by substituting the gloves examined for fingerprints with different gloves examined for DNA, r… |
| 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) |
| 19-363 |
Jim R. Nash v. Norma Nash, et al. |
Arkansas |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-court state-courts substitution |
Whether a judgment without jurisdiction of the decedent violates the petitioner's right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-1129 |
Cadian Capital Management, LP, et al. v. Terry Klein, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Dismissed |
|
article-iii-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rule-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-standing mootness plaintiff-substitution rule-17-substitution rule-17(a)(3) rule-17a3 securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-1934 securities-exchange-act-of-1934 shareholder-action shareholder-derivative-action standing substitution |
Whether a shareholder action under § 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction once the sole plaintiff h… |
| 18-275 |
Patricia Smith, et al. v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
benghazi civil-procedure civil-rights dc-circuit defamation federal-court-procedure federal-courts government-immunity hillary-clinton motion-to-dismiss sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction substitution substitution-of-defendant westfall-act |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit erred in affirming the substitution of the United States for Hillary Clinton an… |