| 25A540 |
Andrew Parker, et al. v. Bill Gates, as a Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-10 |
Application |
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attorney-conduct due-process election-litigation first-amendment rule-11 sanctions |
Question not identified. |
| 25A363 |
Teresa Maria Harmon v. Louis I. Waterman, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-29 |
Presumed Complete |
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americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-conduct disability-discrimination legal-advocacy pro-se-litigant reasonable-accommodation |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1283 |
Jack R. T. Jordan v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-conduct disbarment due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-misconduct |
1. Whether the U.S. Constitution delegated power to federal courts to disbar an attorney because he stated in written federal court filings that feder… |
| 24-233 |
Johnmack Cohen v. Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Denied |
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attorney-conduct bad-faith civil-procedure inherent-powers rule-11 sanctions |
1. Courts must find subjective bad faith to impose sanctions under inherent powers or 28 U.S.C. §1927 ("1927"). Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32 (… |
| 23-1192 |
Christine Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-conduct civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment estoppel excessive-fines first-amendment free-speech punitive-sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Courts may not impose punitive sanctions upon attorneys to deter colorable arguments that insulate judicial determinations from legitimate challenges … |
| 23-7322 |
Gabriel Paul Hall v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-conduct capital-appointments capital-punishment due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pecuniary-incentive sixth-amendment state-statute |
When a state has a rule that an attorney must be given an opportunity to explain his conduct before being found to have rendered ineffective assistanc… |
| 23A68 |
Mark Barinholtz v. HomeAdvisor, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
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attorney-conduct due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-sanctions prior-restraint |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5257 |
Daryl Stephen v. New York |
New York |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-conduct attorney-misconduct civil-procedure damages legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-responsibility professional-standards standing tort-law |
Legal malpractice by petitioner attorney
Contravenion of the law |
| 21-1129 |
Wen-Ting Zheng-Smith v. Nassau Health Care Corporation, dba NUHealth System, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
academic-reviews attorney attorney-conduct civil-procedure court-discretion evidence evidence-submission government-findings judicial-procedure legal-evidence witness-statements witness-testimony |
The District Judge in this case directed the plaintiffs attorney to submit evidence through the defense's attorney. Can that evidence be presented by … |
| 21-230 |
William Herman Viehweg v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
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attorney-conduct bordenkircher-v-hayes civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court disqualification due-process equal-protection judicial-impartiality legal-privilege pro-se-representation |
Whether separate attorneys' representing a defendant corporation and attorneys' representing a non-party key witness, mutual claim of a protective leg… |
| 20-5541 |
Betsy Sachs v. Bank of America, N.A. |
First Circuit |
2020-08-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
arbitration attorney-conduct civil-rights debt-collection due-process fdcpa foreclosure judicial-procedure manifest-disregard |
WHETHER THE DEFINITION OF "DEBT COLLECTOR" UNDER THE FDCPA INCLUDES ATTORNEYS WHO SELECT NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE AS THERE IS A SHARP SPLIT IN CIRCUIT… |
| 18-644 |
David Carl Cottingham v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. |
Washington |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-conduct bar-discipline due-process first-amendment objective-analysis petitioning petitioning-rights pro-se-representation professional-discipline regulatory-approval split state-court strict-scrutiny |
A Washington State Bar disciplinary investigation continued through to suspension, notwithstanding Attorney David C. Cottingham's opposition to unlawf… |