| 24-468 |
Jo Spence v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure liberal-pleading-standard pro-se-pleading rule-12b6 veterans-affairs whistleblower-protection |
Whether the Supreme Court's ruling on the liberal pleading standard for pro se attorneys was premature and inconsistent with precedent, and whether th… |
| 24-5262 |
Stephen Tripodi v. David Fero, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discrimination due-process expert-witness medical-malpractice pro-se-litigant veterans-affairs |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's affirmation of summary judgment against a pro se litigant for failing to produce expert witnesses, when such witnesses are… |
| 23-7325 |
In Re Linda Ann Wright |
|
2024-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion property-rights standing veterans-affairs |
Whether Judge Ranjan Abused his discretion in § 1915(2) |
| 23-779 |
David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
accardi-doctrine administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit judicial-review notice-requirements statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Federal Circuit misinterpreted 38 U.S.C. § 5103(a)(1) to allow VA to issue evidentiary notice only before receiving a veteran's claim |
| 23-765 |
Mital Suman Kumar Patel v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights disparate-impact employment employment-discrimination medical-certification national-origin title-vii veterans-affairs |
Did this violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by disparately impacting Dr. Patel and other like applicants on the basis of their national… |
| 23-543 |
Solena Y. Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
38-usc-7104 38-usc-7292 administrative-law chenery-doctrine fact-finding implicit-denial judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-benefits veterans-affairs veterans-claims |
When the VA fails to adjudicate a claim for benefits, may a reviewing Court find that the VA meant to implicitly deny the claim, without running afoul… |
| 23-501 |
Norman A. Mallory v. Rocky Mountain Human Service SSVF |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-11-14 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights covid-19 equal-protection public-accommodations racial-discrimination veterans-affairs |
Whether the denial of a black elderly veteran's application to a veterans program during the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes unlawful race discriminatio… |
| 23-465 |
Timothy Dolbin v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights class-action mootness personal-stake relation-back rule-23 stare-decisis veterans-affairs veterans-appeals |
Whether a named plaintiff whose individual claim becomes moot after the denial of a request for class certification and class action can still appeal … |
| 23-178 |
Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
emergency-medical-treatment federal-circuit-review geographic-limitation presumption-against-implied-repeals reimbursement reimbursement-rights statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether eligible veterans are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred while receiving emergency treatment abroad |
| 23-5402 |
In Re Tonya Knowles |
|
2023-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5-usc-2302 administrative-procedure constitutional-violation department-of-veteran-affairs executive-leadership federal-law human-resources management prohibited-personnel-practices veterans-affairs |
Does the Department of Veteran Affairs-Human Resources, Executive Leadership, Management and or Staff reserve the right to violate the law regarding P… |
| 22-7470 |
In Re Tonya Knowles |
|
2023-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-violation due-process employment executive-leadership government human-resources personnel-practices prohibited-practices veterans-affairs whistleblower |
Does the Department of Veteran Affairs-Human Resources, Executive Leadership, Management and or Staff reserve the right to violate the law — regarding… |
| 22-815 |
Victor B. Skaar v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-law all-writs-act class-action exhaustion exhaustion-requirement federal-circuit injunctive-relief judicial-jurisdiction statutory-authority veterans-affairs veterans-court |
Does the Veterans Court have statutory or inherent authority to include veterans whose individual claims are not yet exhausted in a class seeking inju… |
| 22-5999 |
Enrique M. Flores-Vazquez v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law appeals-process due-process evidence evidence-review judicial-mandate judicial-review veterans-affairs |
Authority-to-disregard-mandates |
| 22-360 |
Veteran Warriors, Inc., et al. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-construction statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs |
Whether courts can defer to the construction of a statute by the Department of Veterans Affairs without first considering whether the statute permits … |
| 22-5142 |
David Adeyi v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-delay civil-rights covid-19-disruption disability-compensation due-process federal-circuit judicial-review pandemic-disruption service-connected-injury veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Should veteran be allowed to move his case forward, after he filed late with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, due to the Covid-19 pa… |
| 21-1483 |
Leander Bacon, et ux. v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ejectment-action foreclosure-dispute issue-preclusion rooker-feldman-doctrine standing takings title-restoration veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Whether the Bacons' complaint constitutes an 'ejectment' action |
| 21-7028 |
Fred Pride v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law due-process equal-protection informal-claim medical-record pro-se pro-se-veteran va-medical-records veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the VA failed to ensure due process and equal protection for a pro se veteran by not examining all claims found in the medical record |
| 21-6971 |
Byron Case v. Douglas County, Oregon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-preemption military-benefits military-disability spousal-support state-court-jurisdiction state-courts supremacy-clause veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Whether federal laws 10 U.S.C. § 1408 and 38 U.S.C. § 5301 can be overridden by state laws regarding military veterans' disability income or assets |
| 21-6928 |
Dennis Lee Maxberry v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process honorable-discharge insider-trading military-discharge prejudice statutes-of-limitation veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Isn't a questionable claim by the defendant's that the Discharged Peace-time Veteran who had been discharged to a soft landing usually is when the Sta… |
| 21-6344 |
Joseph J. Snyder v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-regulation amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis department-of-veterans-affairs disability-benefits disability-compensation presumptive-service-connection regulatory-creation service-connection statutory-authority veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeded its statutory authority in promulgating 38 C.F.R. § 3.318, which provides veterans with presumptiv… |
| 21-362 |
Reuel Jacques Abale Gnalega v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights discovery due-process federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment va-hospital veterans-affairs |
Whether Appellate review of a grant of summary judgment was de novo |
| 21-5213 |
Zachary B. Taylor v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2021-07-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment habeas-corpus medical-negligence mental-health veterans-affairs |
Whether the federal court, Harris County, GA Superior Court, lacked evidence to prove Petitioner Zachary Bouvier Taylor knowingly and intentionally gu… |
| 20-1463 |
Mortgage Investors Corporation, et al. v. United States ex rel. Victor E. Bibby, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-actions agency-knowledge false-claims-act fee-noncompliance government-agency government-payment-decision materiality regulatory-compliance veterans-affairs |
When a government agency pays claims despite actual awareness of widespread noncompliance with certain regulatory requirements, whether evidence of ag… |
| 20-1271 |
Daryl R. Blanton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
38-usc-5109a administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error due-process federal-circuit judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Is the Cook standard to establish CUE in a VA decision erroneously restrictive? |
| 20-1139 |
Florence Jones v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-decision agency-decision-making circuit-split due-process federal-circuit judicial-review retrospective-elaboration veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
When a federal agency fails contemporaneously to explain its reasons for an action, must the retrospective elaboration be of a decisionmaker with auth… |
| 20-6963 |
F. Allan Midyett v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-criminal federal-employment indian-employment statutory-compliance veterans-affairs |
Whether the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs can refuse to comply with provisions of 25 U.S.C. Ch. 36 to take adverse acts causing harm… |
| 20-784 |
Jeffry Schmidt v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy |
District of Columbia |
2020-12-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-review arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious-standard disability-evaluation disability-ratings judicial-notice medical-evidence military-compensation military-disability new-and-material-evidence veterans-affairs veterans-disability |
Did Federal Circuits refuse to recognize consistent disability ratings between the U.S. Military and Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 20-5205 |
Jamaal A. Lewis, Sr. v. Hector Joyner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights disability-benefits due-process military-sexual-trauma veterans-affairs |
Whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has the authority to determine claims for disability benefits based on military sexual trauma |
| 19-1095 |
James Beggs, et ux. v. Beverly Story, et al. |
Virginia |
2020-03-06 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights conspiracy court-fraud domestic-terrorism due-process mental-health military-power-of-attorney national-defense-authorization-act standing title-18-usc-241-242 veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Was a Veteran deprived of continued Mental Health Care from a War Zone under President Obama Executive Order 13625 by Conspiracy Under Title 18, U.S.C… |
| 19-7669 |
Lawrence Eliot Mattison v. Janie Deborah Willis, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-13 38-cfr-814 38-cfr-814-560-561 concurrent-criminal-jurisdiction concurrent-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-enclave federal-enclave-jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer retrocession stalking state-criminal-prosecution state-prosecution veterans-affairs |
Whether repeal of code of Virginia 87.1-21(1976) of jurisdiction over alleged crimes and offenses committed on federal enclave property, and acceptanc… |
| 19-7573 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts jobs-for-veterans-act standing statutory-enforcement statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-employment-rights veterans-preference-act void-for-vagueness |
What is the appropriate enforcement mechanism for 38 U.S.C. §4215? |
| 19-7267 |
Piper Lakay Ellis Snowton v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-diligence due-process equitable-doctrine fraud fraudulent-concealment judicial-bias procedural-technicalities standing veterans-affairs |
whether-the-facts-and-circumstances-surrounding-case-no-3:18-cv-2900-s-bn-and-case-no-19-10547-indicate-bias-and-favoritism |
| 19-578 |
Sandra G. Hale v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law chemical-burns chemical-exposure expert-testimony federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice pesticide-regulations pesticide-usage veterans-affairs |
Whether an expert Toxicologist can testify regarding chemical burns |
| 19-6217 |
Joanne Hall v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-care negligence post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-dismissal veterans-affairs |
Whether the Disabled Veteran Petitioner received adequate healthcare at the Veterans Medical Center, including whether treatment, monitoring, and diag… |
| 19-464 |
Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
|
unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judic administrative-law agency-action civil-procedure due-process government-contracts judicial-review service-disabled-veterans small-business small-business-set-aside standing statutory-compliance va-procurement veterans-affairs veterans-contracts |
Whether agency action based on an earlier, unlawful act by the agency is shielded from judicial correction based on an individual employee's alleged l… |
| 19-5335 |
Patrick Brunette v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure disability-rating due-process effective-date lay-testimony material-evidence medical-evidence medical-records prescribed-bedrest reconsideration reopening-claims service-connected-disabilities veterans-affairs veterans-affairs-regulations veterans-claims |
Whether the VA incorrectly discharged its responsibilities under 38-C.F.R.-Section-3.156(c) |
| 19-5056 |
Byron Randall Fisher v. Richmond, The American International University in London, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
binding-precedent civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-evidence judicial-procedure legal-precedent spoliation-of-evidence veterans-affairs |
Did the lower courts violate the constitutional rights of an Iraq War Veteran (Petitioner) by allowing the Respondent to utilize the same falsified ev… |
| 18-9532 |
Lemuel Clayton Bray v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection feres-doctrine military-compensation retaliation sovereign-immunity veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Are U.S. War Veterans and active duty military separate and unequal citizens under the Constitution? |
| 18-1360 |
Robert G. Thornton v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment standing administrative-law civil-rights due-process fair-hearing first-amendment fraud judicial-review obstruction-of-justice standing veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Whether a veteran has a right to meaningful access to the courts and administrative agencies under the First Amendment when the government concealed e… |
| 18-1319 |
Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims |
Whether the 120-day deadline for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims should be equitably tolled for a 100% disabled veteran una… |
| 18-8716 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2019-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
107th-congress congressional-act constitutional-provisions employment-rights federal-funding job-placement jurisdiction public-law public-law-107-288 state-obligations state-services statutory-provisions us-jobs-for-veterans-act veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-services |
What services are owed to all veterans by states that accept federal funding under the US Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107-288, 107th Congress)? |
| 18-8101 |
Lawrence Montgomery Foltz v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction military-law military-records property-rights standing takings veterans-affairs |
Do the chattels and loans of an American soldier come under the jurisdiction of this court's record and receive the full protection of record? |
| 18-7755 |
Pauline Garcia v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law administrative-regulation civil-procedure constitutional-issue constitutional-law due-process henderson-v-shinseki judicial-review procedural-rights standing veterans-affairs veterans-law |
When should a Veteran be allowed to raise a Constitutional Due Process issue under 38 C.F.R. § 20.1409? |
| 18-7604 |
Jacques Paul Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confidentiality confidentiality-statute due-process mailroom-search medical-records medical-records-privacy prisoner-rights privacy privacy-rights veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether privacy rights extend to a prisoner's military medical records |
| 18-6607 |
Scott Peters v. John Baldwin |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs |
Whether the district court erred in denying plaintiff's claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs, its directors, the hospital staff, the stat… |
| 18-570 |
Felisa Tunac, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Randy Tunac, Deceased v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-review civil-procedure healthcare judicial-review judicial-review-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitation medical-malpractice negligence negligence-claims va-healthcare veterans-affairs veterans-judicial-review-act |
Whether the court below erroneously held that its jurisdiction was limited by the Veterans' Judicial Review Act to negligence claims against Departmen… |
| 18-448 |
Estate of Jerry West, Deceased v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1447 38-usc-511 administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction probate-exception remand subject-matter-jurisdiction veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Kentucky probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over the disability award under the 'probate exception' to federal-court jurisdiction, w… |
| 18-216 |
Judith Ann Paixao and Kevin A. Lombard v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-666(b) criminal-law federal-assistance federal-assistance-program fraud judicial-review justice-thomas-dissent lower-court-interpretation reconsideration-of-precedent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent veterans-affairs vocational-rehabilitation |
Whether the Court should reconsider Fischer v. United States, 529 U.S. 667 (2000), because the lower courts have interpreted it such that 'any funds f… |
| 18-80 |
Pamela Melvin v. Peter O'Rourke, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion due-process equal-protection inherent-power judicial-review search-and-seizure standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-law waived-arguments |
Whether 38 USC §7292 prohibits review of the Veterans Court's decision and evidence |