void-ab-initio

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25-6485 Michelle Renee Morton v. Iowa Iowa 2026-01-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-proceedings due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-defect structural-error void-ab-initio Whether a conviction initiated by a warrant issued by a magistrate who is later adjudicated constitutes a structural jurisdictional defect rendering t…
25-258 Zante, Inc., dba Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria v. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Michigan 2025-09-05 Denied Response Waived civil-contempt equal-protection fundamental-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause void-ab-initio Are unconstitutional laws void ab initio requiring retrospective treatment of opinions affecting fundamental rights?
24-6677 Ashley Parnell v. Tamika White Tenth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied IFP antiterrorism-act habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statute-of-limitations ultra-vires void-ab-initio Whether a jurisdictional challenge to an Oklahoma state criminal conviction can be raised at any time in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 notwithst…
24-5702 James Robert Bailey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure district-court good-faith-exception legal-error void-ab-initio warrant-validity Whether the district erred by applying the good-faith exception to a warrant that was void ab initio?
24-5232 Christopher N. Queen v. James Phelan, et al. Kansas 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11-usc-362 11-usc-524 automatic-stay-violation bankruptcy-stay circuit-court-split constitutional-violation due-process federal-injunction jurisdiction-challenge void-ab-initio void-judgment voidable Whether the five trespasser respondents with primary responsibility for their jurisdiction across 22 years acting in the complete absence of power con…
23A901 Carl Gordon v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-09 Presumed Complete california-constitution conflict-of-interest constitutional-authority false-claims-act gubernatorial-recall void-ab-initio Whether the California gubernatorial recall election and laws enacted during that period are void ab initio due to Governor Newsom's alleged lack of c…
23-6266 Jeremy Lynn Kerr v. Robert Pollex, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights collateral-attack due-process federal-review rooker-feldman subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio Whether the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine bars a collateral attack on a void ab initio state court judgment rendered without subject matter jurisdiction
23-6193 Steven Vincent Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-material criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity warrantless-search Does the determination that a warrant is void ab initio, rendering the resultant search of the Petitioner's residence warrantless (and thus unreasonab…
23A268 Patrick Lockhart v. Karen Lockhart West Virginia 2023-09-27 Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection equitable-distribution extrinsic-fraud judicial-recusal void-ab-initio Whether a state trial court's refusal to recuse itself after a party files a federal civil rights lawsuit against the judge, combined with the issuanc…
22-7697 Kenneth Brown, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-06-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP act-84 civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio Whether Act 84, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9728(b)(5) is Unconstitutional
22-6020 John M. Esposito v. Florida Florida 2022-11-08 Denied IFP citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federalism legal-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute Whether the State of Florida is violating the United States Constitution by prosecuting and convicting U.S. citizens under § 794.011, Florida Statutes…
22-5238 M. Stephen Minix, Sr. v. Charity Stone, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceeding judicial-immunity osborne-v standing state-case-law stump-v-sparkman void-ab-initio Did Respondent Judge issue rulings on Respondent Stone's claim that were void ab initio and taken without judicial immunity under Stump v. Sparkman be…
22-59 Paul Nunu v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-21 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment ab-initio constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction first-amendment privileges-or-immunities rooker-feldman state-court-judgments void-ab-initio Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars inferior Federal Courts from voiding State Court judgments that are void ab initio under State and Federal la…
21-7017 Kenneth Lynn Funkhouser v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-01 Denied IFP federal-preemption habeas-corpus habeas-jurisprudence indian-lands jurisdictional-challenge mcbratney-draper-rule public-law-83-280 retroactivity-jurisprudence subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio Does Oklahoma's 1906 Federal Enabling Act preempt the State from exercising jurisdiction over 'Indian lands'—despite race—thus rendering petitioner's …
21-527 Jeffery Mitchell v. Leonta Jackson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied aedpa buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations void-ab-initio void-statute Whether the Supreme Court has abandoned its precedent in Norton v. Shelby County regarding the void ab initio doctrine
21-5869 In Re Abdul Mohammed 2021-10-04 Dismissed IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure executive-committee judicial-transfer nunc-pro-tunc standing transfer venue void-ab-initio whether the 7% Circuit shall transfer pending Appeal # 20-2419 and Appeal # 21-1591 to a different circuit
20-1555 Ruth McLean v. 800 DC, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied due-process fraud fraudulent-measures jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment void void-ab-initio Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies when the underlying state-court judgment is void ab initio
20-7570 David Travis Frazier v. Herbert H. Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-review limitations-period standing statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-judgment When a court enters a judgment that is later determined to be void ab-initio, and a petitioner appeals from that decision, does that start the limitat…
20-1118 Robert Grundstein v. Lamoille Superior Docket Entries/Orders, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman standing state-court-review void-ab-initio Should the Circuit Splits with respect to the Rooker-Feldman Fraud Exception be reconciled in favor of the exception?
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
20-5942 John Tran v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federal-criminal-procedure good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-error rule-41 search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule
20-433 Mark Anthony Jenkins v. Timothy O'Rourke, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) child-custody-dispute civil-rights conspiracy de-novo-review due-process judicial-conspiracy res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983-lawsuit subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio Whether the federal courts erred in dismissing this 42 U.S.C. 1983 lawsuit under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
19-1423 George Vortman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response Waived exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab init…
19-8665 Anthony Jackson v. Supreme Court of Illinois Illinois 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-continuance constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ends-of-justice judicial-supervisory-authority speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights supervisory-authority trial-tolling unconstitutional void-ab-initio Whether a court's supervisory authority empowers the court to toll the speedy-trial terms in cases not before the court
19-7579 Philip G. Barry v. Thomas Perkins, et ux. Second Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied IFP automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments void-ab-initio Whether the so-called 'Rooker-Feldman Doctrine' strips bankruptcy and other lower federal courts of jurisdiction to avoid or otherwise declare a state…
19-7509 In Re Lawrence E. Mattison 2020-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP all-writs-act ends-of-justice federal-enclave federal-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice state-conviction supremacy-clause void-ab-initio Whether 28 U.S.C. §1651 (the All writs Act) allows this court authority to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus when a clear interference with a Federal proc…
19-6139 Jermaine Stevenson v. Connie Horton, Warden Michigan 2019-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-court juvenile-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-court-procedure transfer void-ab-initio waiver-hearing Has due process of law been violated where a child within the permanent custody and jurisdiction of the state juvenile court is charged as an adult in…
19-6008 David W. Tippens v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-jurisdiction search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab init…
19-5444 Andrew Blake Moorehead v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception jurisdiction jurisdiction-limitation network-investigative-technique void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity When a warrant is void ab initio, does the Good-Faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply?
19-5339 James Kenneth Ganzer, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP authority exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception magistrate-authority magistrate-judge search-warrant void-ab-initio Can the good faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule apply to a search warrant that was void ab initio, and therefore without lega…
18-9562 Shawn Michael Simms v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statute, 42 Pa.C…
18-1291 Linda Thurman, et al. v. Judicial Correction Services, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-courts judicial-review jurisdiction municipal-court private-probation probation-order rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-judgment void-ab-initio Whether Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies when the underlying state-court judgment is void ab initio
18-8039 James Barstad v. Washington Washington 2019-02-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus invasion jurisdiction legal-standing suspension venue void-ab-initio war Has the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus been suspended in America? If so, what entity has declared war against and invaded America?
18-7284 Roger Leon Barlow v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-pa-c-s-a-9541 constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act re-sentencing sentencing void-ab-initio Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statute, 42 Pa.C…
18-6774 Jimmy L. Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession firearm-charges predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute Whether a conviction based on a void statute can be used to increase punishment
18-522 Michael Ishee v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-10-19 Denied Response Waived child-pornography civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech mens-rea scienter separation-of-powers void-ab-initio Whether a statute proscribing the mere possession of child pornography is facially unconstitutional if it contains no element of scienter
18-6116 Anthony Allen Jean v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment computer-searches exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception law-enforcement search search-and-seizure standing united-states-v-leon void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity Can the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to warrants void ab initio?
18-6017 William Robey v. Washington Washington 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act conspiracy-against-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-mandate void-ab-initio Is the KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT mandated to obey the Washington State Supreme court ruling of 1988- CrR 3.1(b)(2)?
18-5414 Keith William Deichert v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction objective-reasonableness rule-41 search-warrant void-ab-initio Does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to a search warrant that is issued by a judge without jurisdiction, rendering the warrant…
18-5279 Jonathan Hayhoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement-conduct magistrate-powers qualified-immunity search-and-seizure suppression suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity Whether conduct by law enforcement in securing a void in initio warrant was grossly negligent, thereby precluding application of good-faith exception
18-5243 Curumulathu Jacob v. Virginia Virginia 2018-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction notice-clause sixth-amendment stare-decisis void-ab-initio Can a state maintain a judgment which was entered absent jurisdiction under its own stare decisis ruling and which is a violation of the Sixth Amendme…
18-5027 Mark O. Wright v. Virginia Virginia 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-defendant criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judgment-enforcement legal-procedure lesser-included-offense sentencing sixth-amendment state-supreme-court void-ab-initio void-judgment Can a state Supreme Court enforce a judgment against a criminal defendant for an offense that was never charged and which was not a lesser included of…