| 25-893 |
Robert V. Smith v. Jay A. Odom, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-29 |
Pending |
|
false-claims-act fraud-prevention original-source public-disclosure statutory-interpretation whistleblower |
Whether the requirement in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B) that a relator have "knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclos… |
| 25-347 |
United States and Michigan, ex rel. Erik Olsen, et al. v. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
billing-records circuit-split false-claims-act qui-tam rule-9b whistleblower |
The circuits are intractably divided over whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) permits False Claims Act suits by plaintiffs who possess detail… |
| 25A26 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-record agency-misconduct judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board settlement-agreement whistleblower |
Whether an administrative agency's intentional spoliation of the underlying record can invalidate an appellate judgment and require judicial review of… |
| 25A9 |
United States, ex rel. Mark J. O'Connor, et al. v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-07-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
false-claims-act fraud-allegations original-source public-disclosure qui-tam whistleblower |
Question not identified.
The document provided is an "Application to Extend Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," not a petition for a w… |
| 24-83 |
Martin Akerman v. National Guard Bureau |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
due-process enemy-combatant habeas-corpus military-detention userra whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Due-process-violation |
| 24-66 |
United States, ex rel. Dana Johnson v. Raytheon Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-19 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-contractor judicial-review national-security standing whistleblower |
Whether the standard in Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518 (1988) precludes a private-sector whistleblower case |
| 24-36 |
Spencer Freeman Smith v. State Bar of California |
California |
2024-07-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-suspension civil-rights constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process ex-parte-statements hearing-delay notice state-bar-discipline whistleblower |
due-process-clause |
| 23A1173 |
Mark Kelly v. Daniel Dorman, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
article-three-standing concrete-injury due-process government-investigation nuclear-regulatory-commission whistleblower |
Whether a plaintiff can establish Article III standing based on alleged reputational and career harm from a government agency's investigation that did… |
| 23-1322 |
James W. Tindall v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2024-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-record agency-record discovery judicial-precedent standard-of-review stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court tax-court-review whistleblower whistleblower-claim |
Whether this dispute is even ripe for review by the Supreme Court |
| 23-7211 |
Andrew Burke v. Lieutenant Scott Soland |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-procedure retaliation sexual-assault standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower |
Whether the courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims of sexual assault and retaliation as frivolous |
| 23-7082 |
Christopher A. Selke v. Retained Realty, Inc. |
Connecticut |
2024-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11-Sep 9-11 9-11-attacks act-of-1871 civil-rights constitutional-law due-process mortgage-debt nesara sec-whistleblower standing whistleblower |
Dismissal of whistleblower case |
| 23-955 |
Robert M. Miller v. Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5-usc-7703 civil-service equitable-powers interim-relief mixed-case preliminary-injunction pro-se-litigant whistleblower |
Does the district court review a motion for interim relief under the standards for a preliminary injunction, under 5U.S.C. § 7703(c), or under the cou… |
| 23-889 |
In Re William B. Jolley |
|
2024-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-judges administrative-law constitutional-appointment due-process equal-protection merit-systems-protection-board mspb-procedure veterans veterans-rights whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Due process-violation-in-MSPB-appeals |
| 23A652 |
United States Ex Rel. 84Partners, LLC v. General Dynamics Electric Boat, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
false-claims-act fraudulent-scheme pleading-standard qui-tam subsafe-standards whistleblower |
Whether the False Claims Act requires a qui tam relator to plead with particularity the actual submission of false claims at the pleading stage, beyon… |
| 23-532 |
In Re William B. Jolley |
|
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process judicial-review mandamus mspb veterans veterans-rights whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Do Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decisions of Veteran and Whistleblower appeals fail for lack of 'due process' where 5 C.F.R. § 1201.57(d), st… |
| 23-5680 |
Daniel Villa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action direct-evidence due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 whistleblower whistleblower-award |
Whether Judicial Discretion dissolves in the presence of Direct Evidence, Statutory, and/or Procedural requirements |
| 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… |
| 22-7219 |
Dawud Canaan Sturrup Gabriel v. Melton Truck Lines |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-04-06 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
certiorari-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-discrimination government-misconduct judicial-procedure standing whistleblower whistleblower-rights |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit departed from the accepted course of judicial proceedings |
| 22-963 |
John Doe v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Second Circuit |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-action criminal-conduct criminal-violation dodd-frank enforcement-action judicial-action pleaded-guilty sec-interpretation sentencing whistleblower whistleblower-award |
Does Dodd-Frank's whistleblower award program exclude whistleblowers whose criminal conduct is only tangentially connected to the enforcement action (… |
| 22-7181 |
Kerrin Ann Barrett v. PAE, Incorporated |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-timeline civil-rights claim-preclusion due-process federal-statutes judicial-expediency res-judicata whistleblower whistleblower-statutes |
Whether applying res judicata doctrine to deny separate and distinct claims under Federal whistleblower statutes, including those that have specific a… |
| 22-7039 |
Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-3-courts civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process informa-pauperis judicial-discretion qui-tam rehabilitation-act standing whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Can a federal judge open a qui tam case that they dismissed three years ago, turning it into a criminal case against the relator? |
| 22-660 |
Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (14)Relisted (2) |
affirmative-defense burden-shifting employment-law intent personnel-action retaliation retaliatory-intent sarbanes-oxley whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Under the burden-shifting framework that governs Sarbanes-Oxley cases, must a whistleblower prove his employer acted with a 'retaliatory intent' as pa… |
| 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… |
| 22-6003 |
Whistleblower 7107-16W v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights confidential-sources due-process informant irs-informant-award judicial-review open-courts open-courts-doctrine plausibility-standard spending-clause whistleblower whistleblower-anonymity |
Whether the federal courts retain discretion to deny consideration of relevant facts, evidence, and legal issues when reviewing the anonymity and conf… |
| 22-368 |
Victor Hong v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
dodd-frank dodd-frank-act enforcement-action exchange-act monetary-sanctions sec securities-exchange-act securities-law securities-law-violation whistleblower whistleblower-incentive |
What is an 'action' within the Exchange Act's securities whistleblower incentive program, 15 U.S.C. §78u-6(a)(1)? |
| 22-5683 |
Gregory Scott Savoy v. Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-amendment antipsychotics brain-integrity brain-shrinkage civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process government-tyranny medical-intervention ninth-amendment unenumerated-rights whistleblower |
Do Americans have an unenumerated right to retain a full-sized brain? |
| 22-5601 |
Rosa Serrano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-claims-act free-speech healthcare-liability medicaid-reimbursement ninth-circuit-review standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower whistleblower-provisions |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated |
| 22-150 |
Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy |
Federal Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-misconduct civil-rights due-process merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower |
Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning |
| 22-144 |
Mahesh Khatri v. Ohio State University, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
academic-freedom biosafety-regulations bioterrorism-act civil-rights disability-discrimination employee-speech first-amendment free-speech garcetti-exception whistleblower |
Is petitioner's reporting of misuse of 'select infectious agents' in BSL-2 lab protected speech? |
| 22-130 |
Lonnie Tofsrud v. City of Spokane, Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech officer-misconduct pickering-garcetti-framework public-employee public-employee-speech supervisor-retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Does a city police detective's complaint to a county attorney about officer misconduct meet the test for private speech? |
| 21-7421 |
Linda Jolly v. Carmelita White, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights disclosure disclosure-laws due-process federal-government federal-law no-fear-act retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Why did the United States Federal Government allow Federal UNAX Law (IRM 10.5.5) and Retaliation Laws to be broken through the 'No Fear Act? |
| 21-1109 |
Joseph P. Carson v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-service constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-recusal merit-systems-protection-board recusal whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) violated Mr. Carson's due-process, whistleblower, recusal, administrative-law-judge, c… |
| 21-1069 |
Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC, et al. |
Ohio |
2022-02-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-stay ohio standing vexatious-litigator whistleblower whistleblower-laws |
Does the Ohio Vexatious Litigator statute, as applied, violate the United States Constitution and/or Federal Whistleblower Laws |
| 21-6728 |
David Schied v. U-Haul International, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii civil-rights constitutional-oath criminal-allegations due-process fiduciary-duties government-accountability judicial-immunity judicial-oaths whistleblower |
Are U.S. courts operating under the U.S. Constitution or the UN's International Association of Judges? |
| 21-6729 |
David Schied v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii civil-rights constitutional-accountability criminal-allegations due-process fiduciary-duties judicial-immunity judicial-oaths standing whistleblower |
Are U.S. courts operating under the Constitution or the UN's International Association of Judges? |
| 21-6683 |
David M. Vines v. City of Black Diamond, Washington, et al. |
Washington |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arrest-without-warrant civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment free-speech police-misconduct warrantless-arrest warrantless-search whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether the State of Washington and the police have decided an important question of Federal law, namely the Fourth Amendment, e.g. arrest without a W… |
| 21-813 |
Michael Peck v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights congressional-intent energy-reorganization-act nrc-employment nuclear-regulatory-commission sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Did Congress waive sovereign immunity for NRC whistleblowers? |
| 21-792 |
Michael Billioni v. Bruce Bryant, Sheriff, York County, South Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
|
chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech internal-investigation law-enforcement-misconduct pickering-balancing-test public-employee-speech whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether a public employee's speech about serious law enforcement misconduct has limited weight in the Pickering First Amendment balancing analysis |
| 21-796 |
Marchand & Rossi, L.L.P., nka Marchand Law, L.L.P. v. Bryan K. White, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
false-claims-act first-to-file-rule fraud fraud-prosecution jurisdictional-bar parallel-state-laws qui-tam statutory-interpretation whistleblower |
Whether the FCA first-to-file rule allows dismissal of independently viable claims |
| 21-720 |
Rodney S. Ratheal v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act ftca no-admit-no-deny no-admit-no-deny-policy sec-policy securities-and-exchange-commission whistleblower whistleblower-notice |
Does the SEC publishing a defaming whistleblower notice that implies guilt in violation of its own No Admit No Deny policy directive that after settle… |
| 21-716 |
David Sivella v. Township of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
|
criminal-investigation employer-liability first-amendment free-speech protected-speech public-employment retaliation whistleblower |
Does the First Amendment bar a public employer from initiating a baseless criminal investigation in retaliation for a public employee engaging in prot… |
| 21-6165 |
Davenell L. Ash v. Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process electromagnetic-harassment human-trafficking standing terrorist-watchlist whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation |
Did the United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit deny Ms. Ash of her 14th amendment right of due process |
| 21-611 |
Gertrude Coretta Fennell Hamilton v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation retaliation sovereign-immunity whistleblower |
Whether a Pattern and/or Practice of Discrimination took place |
| 20-1726 |
Roy J. Meidinger v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure contract contractual-relationship federal-claims-court iRS-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-relief-and-healthcare-act-of-2006 tax-whistleblower whistleblower whistleblower-claims |
What are the jurisdiction and limitations of the Tax Court and Federal Claims Court over whistleblower contracts and administrative procedures under 2… |
| 20-1652 |
Meghan Belaski, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
District of Columbia |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
confidential-information double-jeopardy fifth-amendment intellectual-property related-action securities-exchange-commission securities-law takings-clause whistleblower whistleblower-award |
Do the statutory rules of the SEC violate the Double Jeopardy Clause and Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment? |
| 20-1623 |
David Paul Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-rule public-employee retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether a police officer has a First Amendment right to speak to a prosecutor about corruption in their department |
| 20-1039 |
Elizabeth Aviles-Wynkoop v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-employment federal-regulations fifth-amendment whistleblower |
Can the Federal Government violate a Federal Employee's 5th Amendment right by depriving a federal employee of his or her property right (job) without… |
| 20-6956 |
H. Denise Stuart v. Erickson Living Management, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process elder-care employment employment-discrimination investigation-procedures retaliation termination whistleblower workplace-retaliation wrongful-termination |
When Erickson Living Communities suspended me for nine days to investigate intentionally false accusations of elderly abuse and found no grounds to su… |
| 20-1007 |
Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC, et al. |
Ohio |
2021-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
antitrust civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-employment-opportunity equal-protection fair-housing-act federal-law-enforcement federal-laws state-court-procedure whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Are the Courts of the State of Ohio obligated to enforce Federal Laws? |
| 20-732 |
David Wyche v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-review civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-termination occupational-safety prima-facie-case termination whistleblower whistleblower-protection workplace-safety |
Under the OSH Act of 1970 Do I fit the criteria as a whistleblower |
| 20-5810 |
Ruth Torres v. Marie Diaz, et al. |
Texas |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-process anti-SLAPP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation |
Is a state anti-SLAPP restriction seeking dismissal within 60 days of the filing of claims (ignoring later legal actions) unconstitutional when the cl… |
| 20-259 |
Minhnga Nguyen v. The Boeing Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment discrimination disparate-treatment due-process employment-discrimination fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment public-safety public-safety-reporting retaliation whistleblower wrongful-termination |
Did Boeing violate the Fifth Amendment and public safety when it punished Plaintiff for Plaintiff's saving hundreds of human lives from potential airp… |
| 19-1332 |
Tonya Knowles v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5-usc-2302 5-usc-2302-(b)(8)-(9) agency-investigation agency-official burden-of-proof investigation prohibited-personnel-practice protected-disclosure retaliation retaliation-motive whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
When an Employee makes a protected disclosure, regarding a Prohibited Personnel Practice which falls under statue 5 USC 2302(b)(8)-(9), against an age… |
| 19-1150 |
Gary Kirchhoff v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-suit fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech military-medical-privileges statute-of-limitations whistleblower whistleblower-rights |
Whether the court erred in affirming the lower court's decision that the statute of limitations was past for Gary Kirchhoff, M.D. to file a federal su… |
| 19-7837 |
Francine Slavin v. Residential Rentals, Trustee |
New Hampshire |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process free-speech judicial-intervention judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings jurisdiction standing trial-procedure whistleblower |
Whether the New Hampshire supreme court unconstitutionally intervened in the low court's trial of this case by assigning one of its own justices to po… |
| 19-997 |
Gary S. Williky v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review circuit-court civil-penalties discretion guilty-plea guilty-pleas guilty-verdicts judicial-discretion seventh-circuit whistleblower |
Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining that the Trial Court did not abuse its discretion by awarding 2x civil penalties against W… |
| 19-893 |
Shimon Waronker v. Hempstead Union Free School District, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights corruption due-process employment-retaliation first-amendment free-speech government-corruption public-employee public-official speech-protection whistleblower |
Whether the First Amendment protects the speech by a public official that is required by law and that reports and exposes corruption |
| 19-420 |
Alfred Risien Hamman v. University of Central Florida Board of Trustees |
Florida |
2019-09-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carey-v-piphus civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-guarantees dual-enrollment due-process educational-rights extraordinary-cause extraordinary-process institutional-responsibility procedural-compliance procedural-due-process standing substantive-due-process whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
May we be denied procedural due process, including extraordinary process, guaranteed through the Constitution? |
| 19-5725 |
Charles Rochester v. The Fortune Society |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
anti-injunction-act civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest document-tampering due-process eeoc-review equal-employment fraud-upon-the-court jurisdictional-challenge obstruction-of-justice professional-responsibility retaliation tampering-with-documents whistleblower |
issues being raised |
| 19-225 |
United States, ex rel. Stephanie Strubbe, et al. v. Crawford County Memorial Hospital, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
billing civil-procedure false-claims-act medicare medicare-billing motion-to-dismiss pleading protected-activity qui-tam whistleblower |
Must these employees, Relators in a suit brought under the False Claims Act, have seen and therefore pled the exact content of billings sent to Medica… |
| 19-5318 |
Marilee Brown v. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection federal-employment federal-jurisdiction hostile-work-environment personnel-actions retaliation standing suicide whistleblower workplace-discrimination wrongful-removal |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 19-33 |
Kevin Wallace v. Andeavor Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights employee-protection federal-prohibitions matter-of-law objective-reasonableness sarbanes-oxley sarbanes-oxley-act trier-of-fact whistleblower whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation |
Should the determination under § 1514A(a) as to whether an employee's belief was objectively reasonable be made by the trier of fact, so long as reaso… |
| 18-1299 |
Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-retaliation at-will-employment circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-ruling civil-rights common-law due-process employment-law emtala emtala-statute free-speech medical-malpractice preemption public-policy-exception retaliation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Does the precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals directly contradict Supreme Court precedent and the intent of Congress regarding the … |
| 18-7892 |
Sheila J. Halousek v. California Public Employees' Retirement System |
California |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
autonomy civil-rights due-process employment-retaliation osha osha-protections privacy privacy-rights whistleblower workplace-safety |
What is required for the consistent application of civil rights to be 'free and independent,' 'enjoying and defending life and liberty,' and 'pursuing… |
| 18-908 |
Charles G. Kinney v. Frances Rothschild, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ada-violations civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct separation-of-powers standing takings vexatious-litigant whistleblower |
Will this Court stop these ongoing violations of both state and federal law? |
| 18-808 |
Kirk E. Webster v. Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process intelligence-agency retaliation settlement whistleblower |
Whether a settlement agreement should be rendered legally invalid if coerced by a discriminating management official |
| 18-7014 |
Muriel Collins v. Alan B. Epstein, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitration arbitration-hearing civil-rights code-of-conduct criminal-justice due-process employment employment-dispute last-chance-agreement retaliation termination termination-procedures whistleblower workplace-discrimination wrongful-termination |
Why was Plaintiff issued disciplinary actions for following Defendants' code-of-conduct and absolute-relief-procedures? |
| 18-6453 |
Celestine G. Thompson v. Kirstjen Nielson, Secretary of Homeland Security |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech immigration retaliation standing whistleblower |
Were DHS-ICE officials in Plan to Criminalize Appellants |
| 18-251 |
Sheldon Schwartz v. HRI Hospital, Inc., et al. |
Massachusetts |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law due-process employment employment-rights equal-protection free-speech retaliation state-law whistleblower |
Whether the Massachusetts courts erred in refusing to consider the Supreme Court's proscription of post-employment retaliation in any profession |
| 18-219 |
Starsha M. Sewell v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process economic-espionage executive-order-violation executive-orders fraud insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct mortgage-fraud ponzi-scheme racial-bias whistle-blower-reprisal whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation |
Whether the Maryland Mortgage Task Force, DHS & FBI partners of the respondent engaged in economic espionage and domestic treason against the United S… |
| 18-137 |
Ernest Hunter v. District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2018-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law dc-government due-process employment-dispute employment-rights free-speech government-agency government-employment personnel-rules retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-act whistleblower-protection |
Whether the application of the District of Columbia's personnel rules, including the Abolishment and DC Whistleblower Acts, by the District's Office o… |
| 18-38 |
Illya Erwin v. Department of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
5-cfr-315-804 5-usc-1221 5-usc-2302 administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-circuit personnel-action probationary-employee prohibited-personnel-practice termination-defense whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether the agency can claim it would have taken the same personnel action absent whistleblower disclosure based on grounds not stated in the terminat… |