| 25-948 |
Upsolve, Inc., et al. v. Letitia James, Attorney General of New York |
Second Circuit |
2026-02-10 |
Pending |
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content-neutrality first-amendment legal-advice nonprofit-speech speech-restriction unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Is a law whose application is triggered by communicating about a particular topic nonetheless content-neutral so long as the law can be described as a… |
| 23-1366 |
Jenny Jing, et al. v. Joseph Womack, et al. |
Montana |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
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adversary-rights constitutional-rights domestic-partner first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-to-redress-grievances privacy probate-court unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Did the Montana Supreme Court overlook a violation of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, specifically concerning free-speech, petition-to-redress-… |
| 23-7466 |
Beatrice M. Uwamariya v. Enias Baganizi |
California |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-interpretation due-process extradition federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority standing state-officers supreme-court-orders unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Whether state court judges can defy orders of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 22-6270 |
Charles H. Carter v. Gardaworld Security Services-US, et al. |
Maryland |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pro-hac-vice removal removal-procedure standing unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Whether the unauthorized practice of law by an out-of-state attorney, including the removal of a case to federal court without proper authorization, w… |
| 20-8311 |
Owen W. Barnaby v. Berrien County Treasurer |
Michigan |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process fraud fraud-upon-court property-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-practice-of-law void-judgment |
Whether the foreclosure judgment obtained by fraud and unauthorized practice of law is void |
| 20-594 |
Richard S. Berry v. State Bar of Arizona |
Arizona |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust civil-rights commercial-speech constitutional-challenge due-process first-amendment free-speech professional-regulation professional-services standing state-bar-regulation unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Is a court rule defining and prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law an unconstitutional abridgment of commercial speech? |
| 20-6136 |
Owen W. Barnaby v. Bret Witkowski, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment collateral-attack due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court rule-60b subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-practice-of-law void-ab-initio void-judgment |
Validity of void judgment and order |
| 18A1321 |
Capital Associated Industries, Inc. v. Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-18 |
Presumed Complete |
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first-amendment freedom-of-association intermediate-scrutiny professional-conduct trade-association unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Whether a state's unauthorized practice of law statute that prohibits a trade association from employing attorneys to provide legal services to its me… |
| 18-1472 |
In Re Christopher Hadsell |
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2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct jurisdiction mandamus standing unauthorized-practice-law unauthorized-practice-of-law vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-statutes |
Whether the trial court's actions violated the petitioner's equal protection rights by entering a judgment without personal jurisdiction, subject matt… |
| 18-5662 |
Myrna Diaz v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-misconduct criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Did the staff of the 'Project Freedom Fund' who provided faulty legal advice to petitioner, and thus induced her to withdraw a guilty plea for which s… |