| 25-6825 |
Richard R. Lawless v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-02-17 |
Pending |
IFP |
28-USC-1915 appellate-procedure due-process-clause factual-record-development frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis |
1. Whether a court of appeals may dismiss an appeal as "frivolous" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) based on a record that was truncated at the screening … |
| 22-7591 |
In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. |
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2023-05-18 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
28-usc-1361 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation |
1. Did the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge violate Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 4(c)(3), and 28 U.S.C. §1915(d)?
2. Did the U.S… |
| 22-1024 |
Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-21 |
Denied |
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28-usc-1915 amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-dismissal failure-to-state-a-claim frivolous frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis right-to-amend |
1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") properly AFFIRMED the district court's closure pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § … |
| 22-1023 |
Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal |
1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") properly AFFIRMED the district court's closure pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § … |
| 22-6937 |
Robert L. Davis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-06 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 28-usc-1915 access-to-courts civil-rights court-access cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment pro-se-litigant redress |
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| 22-6506 |
Andrew Simpson v. Carl Davis, dba Davis Construction Co., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1915 civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process exceptional-circumstances informa-pauperis legal-representation mental-illness pro-se-litigant |
When acting under 28 USC 1915 Informa paupers, "Do a mental illness, qualify as a "exceptional circumstance" for appointment of council?
Do a mentall… |
| 21-7535 |
Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Should the Oregon Department of Corrections, the U.S. District Court of Oregon, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, be allowed to collect 28 U.S.C… |
| 21-6675 |
Robert JW McCleland v. Rick Raemisch, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expert-witness fed-r-evid-706 indigent-party judicial-notice medical-facts pro-bono-counsel standing summary-judgment |
1. Whether the appellate courts should apply case law established under
Fed.R.Evid. 706, which denies the appointment of expert witnesses because of
… |
| 20-7693 |
Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. C. Joksch, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-appeal pro-se-litigant standing three-strikes |
1. Is a prisoner who is found to have THREE STRIKES pursuant to 28 UCS 1915 entitled to a ONE TIME appeal on the merits of this finding?
2. Does the … |
| 20-6860 |
Antonia W. Shields v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 28-usc-453 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-review pro-se-litigation standard-of-review |
Respectfully, does the federal government give unequal right to a free United States citizen and give unequal right to the United States Constitution … |
| 20-6700 |
Melissa Calabrese v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1915 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights civil-rights
20-66" collateral-order-doctrine counsel-appointment district-court-order due-process in-forma-pauperis moral-rights property-development recognized-stature standing statutory-damages visual-artists-rights-act Whether the Due Process Clause permits imposing st |
Whether the collateral order doctrine permits the immediate appeal of a district court order denying appointment of counsel under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(… |
| 19-7940 |
Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 19-6874 |
In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard |
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2019-12-06 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision |
1.) Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit abuse its discretion when refusing to file the
Petitioner 's Motion for Leave to… |
| 19-332 |
Steven E. Davis, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-1915 civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forma-pauperis judicial-access legal-costs pro-se pro-se-litigants standing |
The Pro Se Petitioners were unequivocally deprived of all their "Constitutional Rights". Seven Petitioners were wrongfully denied the right to file fo… |
| 18-9482 |
Jorge J. Rubio v. Tina Raburn, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
28-usc-1291 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
I WherTher A FederAl CourT OF APPeAs hAs JurIsDIcTiOn
Under U.S.C.28 32lo7 To Review An order denting
LeAVe To Proceed in FormA PAuperis under SecTion… |
| 18-8363 |
Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal |
May the Second Circuit dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party and witho… |
| 18-8081 |
Jared King v. Karen Creed, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights coppedge-v-united-states due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis notice-of-hearing standing summary-judgment |
Whether the panel that dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(e) plaintiffs appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second circuit, (Parker, Chin & Livi… |
| 18-7991 |
George E. Kersey v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States |
First Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appeal appeal-certification civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals dismissal district-court frivolous immunity in-forma-pauperis standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Courts December 18, 2017 decisions by which Petitioner's complaint was dismissed
Whether … |
| 18-7909 |
John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Correct Care, LLC, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process imminent-injury in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure monell monell-claim standing temporary-injunction |
Can cases still under litigation be used as a reason to deny a plaintiff under threat of imminent injury or loss of life the right to proceed in forma… |
| 18-7853 |
John Patrick Fletcher v. Celia Schwartz, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1915 42-U.S.C-1983 7th-amendment abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process prisoner-complaint pro-se section-1915 section-1983 section-242 seventh-amendment standing takings |
Whether the Seventh Amendment allows an action to be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915— without a finding of factual error - six months after the issua… |
| 18-7752 |
Mohan A. Harihar v. US Bank NA, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1915 appointment-of-counsel circuit-panel-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-complexity pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation recusal standing |
1. Whether the replacement Circuit Panel repeatedly refused to address/clarify Jurisdiction issues, ultimately dismissing the referenced appeal when t… |
| 18-5688 |
Joseph Emanuel v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 access-to-courts civil-rights consent-to-collection-of-fee-form constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-collection in-forma-pauperis proceedings-in-forma-pauperis |
Is a "consent to collection of fee form" that is not an inmate account form or an inmate trust-fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) co… |