| 25-5598 |
Mary Martha McComas v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment civil-procedure district-court judicial-discretion pleadings pro-se |
Whether when denying a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must provide a reason for that denial (as held by the Third, Sev… |
| 25-5336 |
Terrell McCoy v. Stephen Duncan, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure due-process evidence |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5228 |
Thomas Waters v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-process amendment civil-litigation civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-rules standing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7671 |
James Chamblin v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-amendment pleading-recasting recasting-of-pleadings state-appellate-court |
Does a State Appellate Court violate a Petitioner's right to Due Process under the United States Constitution, when a court recast a litigants pleadin… |
| 23-7103 |
Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing |
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| 23-1050 |
Luis Sanchez, et al. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
amendment circuit-split civil-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture pleading pleading-deficiency statutory-interpretation |
When a person is convicted of a drug crime, 21 U.S.C. § 853 calls for bifurcated proceedings to ascertain what property may be forfeited as a result o… |
| 23-6860 |
Keyron Lamonte Binns v. American General Life and Accident Insurance Company, AIG, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment contract-interpretation contract-law diversity-jurisdiction extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion jurisdictional-standing stare-decisis |
1.) DID U.S. EASTERN DISTRICT COURT ERRED BY UTILIZING EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE TO DENY THE PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT WITH PREJUDICE. ALTHOUGH THAT COURT FAILED… |
| 23-6309 |
Elvin Farris v. Vector Construction, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment civil-rights discovery-rule EEOC eeoc-charge employment-discrimination legal-amendment statute-of-limitations termination-notice |
1. Should the petitioner been allowed to amend the EEOC charge
2. Did the discovery of petitioner termination start a new limitations clock
3. Shoul… |
| 23-422 |
Shirley T. Sherrod, et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
affirmative-defenses amendment civil-procedure erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duties rule-15 standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the underlying rulings contradict the plain text of the applicable ERISA provisions in finding a breach of Petitioners' fiduciary duties and d… |
| 23-5545 |
Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant |
Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in the decision to Affirm the United States District Court's decision in dismissing the case.
I.
Did th… |
| 23-5398 |
Charles Michael Ledford v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment amendment constitutional-rights district-court-review due-process federal-procedure federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-15 habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief |
1. Whether 6. Cet feate ok Aero. okility Shaisutd (Sou to Rextiews | shothor the United States District Court Fac the Ulestetn District of | Nacth Coc… |
| 23-5028 |
Eric St. George v. E. E. |
Colorado |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
12b6-dismissal amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing |
Is it permissible for a State District Court to deny a pro-se plaintiff every motion to amend, to never allow an amendment to a meritorious case, to d… |
| 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. § … |
| 22-7284 |
Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment indictment-amendment interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation structural-error |
I. Should this Court grant the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
to resolve whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C.
§2252A(a)(5)(B)'s alternative … |
| 22-7258 |
Brian Marc Fraser v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravated-robbery amendment commission-amendment criminal-classification due-process enumerated-offense robbery robbery-definition sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
L. Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result if
the court of appeals were permitted to consider the Commission's
Proposed Amendm… |
| 22-788 |
Paul Edwards v. McMillen Capital, LLC |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
|
amendment breach-of-contract breach-of-implied-covenant court-of-appeals cutpa implied-covenant negligence nied statute-of-limitations tila |
Did The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rule contrary to and in conflict with prior holdings of The Supreme Court of The United States, The Co… |
| 22-6799 |
Emeka Dominic Okongwu v. County of Erie, New York |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment appellate-review civil-procedure complaint-amendment district-court due-process judicial-procedure reconsideration second-circuit standing summary-judgment |
1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY AFFIRMING THE
DISTRICT COURT WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN REFUSING TO ALLOW THE
PETITI… |
| 22-165 |
Samuel M. Howard v. Office of the Special Deputy Receiver, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-filing employment judicial-discretion standing title-vii |
1. Whether the District Court and Magistrate Judge did not consider all of the brief, filing, company witnesses, and business location and area. And m… |
| 22-5267 |
John Everette Murray, III v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief remand rule-3.850 state-courts |
1. Will the United States Supreme Court allow the State courts to abuse their discretion by denying a rule 3.850 motion determined to be facially defi… |
| 22-24 |
Vincent Gabriel v. El Paso Combined Courts, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-immunity motion-to-dismiss prejudice prosecutorial-immunity standing |
1) Is it appropriate for a trial court to dismiss a complaint with prejudice prior to allowing an individual at least one opportunity to amend the com… |
| 21-8222 |
Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fifth-amendment judicial-discretion leave-to-amend pro-se pro-se-litigants standards-of-practice standing |
Whether federal courts from holding the Fifth Amendment prohibits
litigants to the same pro se stringent standards as attorneys.
Whether the Fifth Am… |
| 21-6220 |
Jehoni Kierre Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
2255-motion abuse-of-discretion amendment civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal |
Whether the District Court denying petitioner's request to Amend is in conflict with The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15?
2) Whether the Dis… |
| 21-5868 |
Ryan Russell Parks, aka Dinero v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment constitutional-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief variance |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7596 |
Olen Ware, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-amend motion-to-suppress |
1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in finding that jurists of reason could not have found it debatable that the district court erred by dismissing Petitione… |
| 20-7437 |
Frederico Ramsey v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment amendment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent mayle-v-felix |
I.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE TENTH CIRCUIT DECISIONS DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION IN MAYLE V. FELIX, 545 U.S. 644,664, 125 S.Ct. 2562,… |
| 20-1207 |
Alexander Balbuena v. Brian Cates, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
aedpa amendment appeal appellate-procedure circuit-split federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-petition petition-amendment second-or-successive |
Whether a district court filing that seeks to
amend a habeas petition pending on appeal constitutes a "second or successive" petition under the Antite… |
| 20-7302 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing |
WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMED THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE THOMAS D. SCHROEDER'S DISMISSAL OF ALL CLAIM(S) BROUGHT AGAINST RENTGROW AND DISMI… |
| 20-1108 |
Pontiler S.A. v. OPI Products Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment civil-procedure contract due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-policy judicial-discretion pleading-standards rule-15 rule-8 |
The court of appeals without a hearing and without granting leave to amend dismissed petitioner's complaint because it omits one nonessential word in … |
| 20-7001 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. Jeffrey Brennen, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-29 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-rules free-speech judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading pleading-standards standing |
1. How does this Amended Complaint not
2. How does this Amended Complaint not be granted pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) which freely gives the … |
| 20-6283 |
Robert Brownlee v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
I. WHETHER TRIAL COUNSEL WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO RESEARCH THE ELEMENTS OF A VIOLATION OF 18 PACSA 6301(a)(1)(@i) (THE STATUTE"… |
| 20-6256 |
Elet Valentine v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-11-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment civil-procedure dismissal federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer law-of-the-case motion-to-dismiss service-of-process |
DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR IN CONTINUING TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS WHEN IT WAS DIVESTED OF JURISDICTION ON JANUARY 8, 2019, AND CONFERRED TO THE TENTH C… |
| 20-6239 |
Abdul Mohammed v. Prairie State Legal Services, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment dismissal district-court notice pro-se rule-8 |
1) whether a District Court can dismiss a Pro Se Plaintiffs complaint under Rule 8 without giving an opportunity to amend the complaint at least once … |
| 20-5780 |
D. W. v. California |
California |
2020-09-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment juvenile-court notice petition-amendment prosecutorial-discretion trial-procedure |
Did The Juvenile Court Violate A Minor's Right To Due Process Under The Fourteenth Amendment When It Granted The Prosecutor's Request To Amend A Petit… |
| 20-5529 |
Herman Bernard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa amendment bankruptcy-court district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment jurisdictional-defect procedural-rules successive-motions successive-petition |
Question not identified. |
| 20-208 |
Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Ethan Volungis, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
amendment civil-procedure district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure leave-to-amend motion-to-dismiss represented-plaintiff rule-15 sua-sponte |
When Liberty Mutual moved to dismiss Ethan Volungis's complaint alleging bad-faith handling of an insurance claim, Volungis and his counsel chose not … |
| 19-1404 |
Michael Lieberman v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
all-writs-act amendment criminal-defendant district-court judicial-relief post-conviction-remedies relief restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation |
1) What relief is available to a criminal defendant
under the All Writs Act?
2) How, and when, may a district court amend a
restitution order imposed… |
| 19-1185 |
Carol Wilding, et al. v. DNC Services Corporation, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
|
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights democratic-party due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duty fraud impartiality rule-12 rule-15 standing |
1. Does the Democratic National Committee
("DNC"), a not-for-profit corporation charged with
general responsibility for th e affairs of the Democratic… |
| 19-7756 |
In Re Frank Deville |
|
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-law constitutional-violation due-process federal-law hazardous-waste judicial-procedure liberal-amendment standing |
Is the Petitioner a victim in this case? Exide and the individual defendants willfully violated federal, state and local laws concerning hazardous was… |
| 19-7064 |
Johanna Beanblossom v. Bay District Schools |
Florida |
2019-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment due-process due-process-amendment employment-law first-amendment retaliation school-employment summary-judgment |
1. Absent unfair delay or futility, does fundamental due process require that a Plaintiff be allowed to amend a complaint at least once before a Court… |
| 19-610 |
Mushkin, Inc. v. Anza Technology, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-15c-relation-back clear-error conduct-transaction-occurrence federal-circuit federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice relation-back standard-of-review |
Whether the appropriate standard of review for a "relation back" determination under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c) is: (1) the de novo standard of review appl… |
| 19-6142 |
Santo Leone v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness |
Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely?
Whether district court erred when failure to… |
| 19-6047 |
Happy Stompingbear v. Sergeant Brown, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-access legal-remedy legal-work petition-review standing takings |
1s Was the taking of my kead work a violation of my access to the courts? |
| 19-5294 |
Abraham Asley Augustin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-15a due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-notice federal-rules-civil-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus motion-to-amend pleading responsive-pleading section-2255 standing |
1. Whether the Fed. R as a matter of course' Responsive pleading is filed can be arbitrarily disregarded and denied?Cxim. P. 15(a) Motion 's right to … |
| 18-9489 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
amendment appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-process legal-claims procedural-rules remand standing supervisory-power writ-of-certiorari |
(1.) why The Honordble! Untrea States District Court
Ordeced the Clerk to Close the Case. without aivin |
me a 30 olay order +o amend. Com plain. 4 9
… |
| 18-1452 |
Jose A. Perez v. Physician Assistant Board, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 amendment civil-procedure constitutional-amendment constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant statute-of-limitations takings williamson-county |
Whether Mr. Perez can amend his complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1653 and 15(c) F.R.C.P., to allege that a State cannot exclude a person from the pra… |
| 18-9093 |
James M. Ferguson v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indictment notice preliminary-hearing right-to-notice-of-charges right-to-prepare-defense |
C Cout Appoint pue cefender, ak fr continace FOR Client. After client inform AtorNey he Would Not sign Wavier of preliminaly, Because he wanted to vav… |
| 18-1236 |
S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. |
Texas |
2019-03-22 |
Denied |
|
amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure mandamus standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment |
Whether Petitioners' due process right was violated when the Supreme Court of Texas summarily denied their petition for writ of mandamus within no tim… |
| 18-8421 |
Timothy M. Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 abuse-of-discretion amendment certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-of-appeals district-court due-process exhaustion habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 habeas-corpus-amendment judicial-discretion law-of-the-case merits section-2254 slack-v-mcdaniel |
DID THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DENIED (COA) STATUS ON THE POINT RAISED THAT THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ABUSED IT'S DISCRETION BY NOT ALLOWI… |
| 18-8029 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Amici (6)IFP |
28-usc-2244(b) amendment anti-gay-animus appellate-procedure appellate-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus impartial-jury juror-bias second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition second-or-successive-petitions standing |
Could reasonable jurists debate whether a court may permit an amendment to an initial habeas corpus petition, without applying 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)'s l… |
| 18-7717 |
Byrion Demeco Ferguson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1B1.3 amendment appellate-review constitutional criminal-procedure evidence judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-commission u.s.-sentencing-commission |
Whether the trial court committed plain error pursuant to Rule 52(b) by admitting insufficient evidence applied by the preamendment 1B1.3 version of t… |
| 18-782 |
William C. Bond v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
|
amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process leave-to-amend pleading pleading-deficiencies pro-se pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether when denying a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must provide a reason for that denial (as held by the Third, Sev… |
| 18-730 |
Moses McCormick, et al. v. Kim A. Browne, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 amendment amendment-futility civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fourteenth-amendment injunctive-relief municipal-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 standing |
In light of this Court's recognition in Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 635-658 (1980), "A Municipality has no immunity from liability under 19… |
| 18-6950 |
Jason Wayne McBride v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment-amendment mens-rea speedy-trial statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code |
waived even though it is observed and Texas Penal Code § 25.1(d) prohibited the use of more counts for the same offense arising out of the same crimin… |
| 18-712 |
Jerry Artrip v. Ball Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-12-03 |
Denied |
|
amendment civil-procedure claim-dismissal complaint-amendment district-court federal-circuit judicial-review patent patent-infringement standing |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of Petitioner's patent infringeme… |
| 18-701 |
Clayton Prince Tanksley v. Lee Daniels, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
7th-amendment access amendment copyright copyright-infringement jury-trial lay-observer-test pleading-stage prima-facie-claim probative-similarity similarity substantial-similarity |
(1) The question presented is whether the trial
court should engage in a substantive analysis
and determination regarding substantialsimilarity as a m… |
| 18-501 |
Alim Adburahman, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction docket-management final-order frcp-15 judicial-authority jurisdiction multidistrict-litigation procedural-conflict |
1. Does a United Stat es District Court, as affirmed by the Court of Appeals, have the power to exercise jurisdiction over and dismiss with prejudice … |
| 18-5264 |
Albert Jenkins, et al. v. WMC Mortgage, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process fraudulent-concealment futility-of-amendment lulling-and-fraudulent-concealment oral-contract service-of-process standing statute-of-limitations |
Whether it was error for the Honorable Brian F. Holeman, Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, to deny leave to submit an amended comp… |
| 18-5134 |
Ronald Raymond Fowlkes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-magistrates-act habeas habeas-corpus magistrate-judge notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-respond plea-bargaining procedural-rules |
PURSUANT TO USCS RULE 10(a) AND (c), HAS THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ENTERED A DECISION WHICH CONFLICTS WITH THIS COURT'S DECISION IN DAY v. M… |
| 18-5133 |
Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment certification civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forma-pauperis in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing |
Dots the fact that the district court failed to state in writing its reasons for certifying that Petitioner seeking to proceed in pauperis could not b… |
| 18-4 |
Samuel Giancarlo, et al. v. UBS Financial Services, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment amendment-request civil-procedure class-action dismissal due-process judicial-discretion litigation-delay manifest-injustice motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards procedural-errors securities-litigation standing |
Does manifest injustice result from the errors associated with the district court's dismissal of Petitioners' complaint, the errors of the appellate c… |