No. 25-572

James Stuart Faller, II v. Department of Justice, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: absolute-immunity due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether persistent and categorical judicial bias
and procedural disregard toward pro se litigants,
resulting in dismissal despite detailed factual pleadings
and sworn evidence, violates the guarantees of due
process and equal protection under the Fifth and
Fourteenth Amendments.

2. Whether absolute and qualified immunity
doctrines should extend to state and federal officials
whose actions—including false indictments, fabricated
evidence, witness abduction, intentional Brady violations and extrajudicial violence—constitute conduct
outside any lawful scope and undertaken in personal
or retaliatory capacities.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether persistent and categorical judicial bias toward pro se litigants violates due process and equal protection guarantees; and whether absolute and qualified immunity should extend to officials engaging in extrajudicial misconduct

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-10
Waiver of right of respondent Federal respondents to respond filed.
2025-11-18
Waiver of Commonwealth of Kentucky, through Governor Andy Beshear of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-18
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Kentucky, through Governor Andy Beshear to respond filed.
2025-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Kentucky, through Governor Andy Beshear
Laura Crittenden TiptonKentucky Office of the Governor, Respondent
Federal respondents
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
James Stuart Faller, II
James Stuart Faller II — Petitioner