| 24-768 |
RADesign, Inc., et al. v. Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
civil-action copyright-act discovery-rule infringement injury-rule statute-of-limitations |
Whether a claim "accrue [s]" under the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), when the infringement occurs (the "… |
| 24-629 |
Petrobras America, Incorporated v. Samsung Heavy Industries Company, Limited |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-action direct-relation injury-standard proximate-cause rico-act |
1. What is the appropriate standard for assessing a direct relation between the injury asserted and the injurious conduct alleged under RICO?
2. Can … |
| 24-5920 |
Robert Lee Wright, III v. Martin A. Fitzpatrick, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-action constitutional-provisions federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-writ legal-citizenship pro-se |
One.
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See, case 4:2.4c\/ 132. ljS MTf. Uodler Oa-W^TFa^of a3 -Hn«. Pro S… |
| 24-483 |
Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. v. Joann Ford, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-action federal-tort-claims-act health-care-functions medical-immunity public-health-service statutory-interpretation |
Does "related functions" in 42 U.S.C. § 233(a)'s recitation of immunized conduct mean functions related to medical, surgical, or dental functions—as t… |
| 24-5213 |
Gilbert Campa v. Ingrid Rosenquist, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-action civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal holidays judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-review prejudice procedural-error time-limits |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in dismissing my Appeal filed in Civil Action Complaint for consideration one day late when the Court assum… |
| 23-1086 |
Megan Marie Teter v. United States Trustee |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-action equal-access-to-justice-act remedial-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation |
Whether a contested matter initiated by the
United States in a bankruptcy case is a "civil action"
within the ambit of the Equal Access to Justice Act… |
| 22-1078 |
Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. v. Sherman Nealy, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15) |
17-usc-507-b civil-action civil-actions copyright copyright-act copyright-law judicial-review retrospective-relief statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions, 17 U.S.C. 507(b), precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more tha… |
| 22-1020 |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. v. Unicolors, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-knowledge civil-action copyright-act copyright-act-1976 copyright-infringement copyright-registration intent-to-defraud knowledge-standard scienter statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 411(b)(1)(A)'s "knowledge" element requires "actual knowledge," as this Court held, or "intent to defraud," as the Ninth Circuit held on rem… |
| 22-7227 |
Jared B. Goudy v. Jennifer E. Caluori |
Florida |
2023-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-action civil-immunity constitutional-rights criminal-activity driving-under-the-influence due-process immunity self-defense stand-your-ground statutory-interpretation |
Florida's Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the Twelfth Judicial Circuit's dismissal of Petitioner's case. Following an evidentiary hearing, th… |
| 22-695 |
Jane Does No. 1–6, et al. v. Reddit, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
child-pornography civil-action civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-immunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation third-party-liability |
Whether the exception to CDA immunity contained in 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)(A)—which states "Nothing in this section (other than subsection (c)(2)(A)) sh… |
| 22-5770 |
Julian Okeayainneh v. Department of Justice, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure administrative-remedies attestation-requirement civil-action disclosure-requirements foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review records-disclosure |
The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., provides public access to information held by public authorities. The Act provides th… |
| 22-119 |
Christian Action League of Minnesota, et al., v. Mike Freeman, in His Official Capacity as Hennepin County Attorney |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
|
civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution due-process enforcement-authority free-speech pre-enforcement-challenge standing |
If a law authorizes both private and public enforcement, and a credible threat of private enforcement exists, may a plaintiff bring a pre-enforcement … |
| 21-8151 |
Eric X. Rambert v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-criminal civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights classification due-process false-imprisonment fraud judicial-review legal-relief lower-court-error standing |
Did the Lower Court Err in dismissing Appellant's Civil Action For Lack of Standing or a Claim For which Relief May be granted? yes.
Did the Lower Co… |
| 21-7729 |
William Gerard Wallace v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-action civil-procedure criminal-charge criminal-procedure due-process florida-state-law judicial-error jurisdiction plea-bargaining standing trial-court |
Is the Florida State trial court at error when allowing the petitioner to plea out to a non-existing criminal charge that constitutes civil action? |
| 21-7521 |
Paul E. Pieczynski v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
arbitration arbitration-award civil-action civil-procedure confirmation federal-arbitration-act miscellaneous-filing statutory-interpretation time-bar |
The Federal Arbitration Act Title 9 section 12 bars vacating or modifying award after three months. Is the petition or motion, when seeking confirmati… |
| 21-1310 |
Garnet Turner, et al. v. Allstate Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
|
appropriate-equitable-relief benefit-claims civil-action concrete-injury eleventh-circuit equitable-relief erisa erisa-section-502(a)(3) fraud-claims fraud-in-equity statute-of-limitations |
In an issue of critical importance affecting approximately 13,000 Allstate retirees, as well as ERISA beneficiaries elsewhere, the Eleventh Circuit ad… |
| 21-7319 |
Abraham A. Augustin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ancillary-jurisdiction civil-action criminal-investigation due-process equity federal-court property-seizure return-of-property rule-41(g) rule-41g |
I. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES INDICTMENT OF A DEFENDANT WHO'S PROPERTY WAS SEIZED BY THE STATE AND FBI DURING THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF A CASE PROS… |
| 21-6373 |
Krishna Mote v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals-court civil-action criminal-matter federal-court fugitive-disentitlement judicial-review mandamus warrant-issuance writ-of-mandamus |
Whereas if a Petitioner didnot escape from custody, but was indicted and a warrant was allegedly issued on a criminal matter, does the Fugitive Disent… |
| 21-6092 |
Earvin R. Davis v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Michigan |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment charging-instruments civil-action constitutional-rights conviction-and-sentence due-process judicial-procedure minor minor-imprisonment |
I.
DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE PETITIONER DAVIS'S 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS WHEN THEY USED A CIVIL ACTION TO IMPRISON HIM AS A MINOR?
II.
D… |
| 21-5938 |
Brenda M. Johnson v. Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-hearings administrative-law civil-action civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-litigation government-agencies government-liability legal-jurisdiction social-services standing |
Question not identified. |
| 21-522 |
Michael Simko v. United States Steel Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
|
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure civil-action civil-rights eeoc eeoc-charge employment employment-discrimination retaliation retaliation-claim title-vii |
Whether, or under what circumstances, a claim that an employer unlawfully retaliated against an employee for filing a charge of discrimination with th… |
| 21-407 |
James P. Mhina v. Beth Van Doren, Assistant District Attorney of Onondaga County, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-action collateral-estoppel criminal-action due-process issue-preclusion res-judicata |
UNDER HE DOCIRINE OF
RES JUDICATA, OR CLAIM PRECLUSION
AND DOCTRINE OF COLLATERAL
ESTOPPEL
DOES THE FINAL JUDGMENT ON THE
MERS OF A CRIMINAL ACTON PRE… |
| 20-1183 |
Tri-State Zoological Park of Western Maryland, Inc., et al. v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
|
article-iii article-three-standing civil-action civil-rights constitutional-injury havens-realty mission-alignment organizational-standing resource-diversion standing |
In a civil action arising under a Federal question, can an organization that does not claim membership or representational standing, attain first part… |
| 20-6355 |
Randall Thomas McArty v. Asa Hutchinson, Governor of Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ada ada-violations civil-action civil-rights declaratory-relief ex-parte-young injunctive-relief sovereign-immunity state-court |
1. Does the opinion of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in a State Court Civil Action for violations of A.D.A. make an exception in opposition to this Co… |
| 20-176 |
Pablo Calderon v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
civil-action civil-fraud criminal-fraud decision-act letter-of-credit property-right property-rights statutory-law uniform-commercial-code |
Can a party in a criminal fraud action have a property right that applicable statutory law denies in a civil action? |
| 19-1394 |
Edward Ronny Arnold v. Herbert Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeals civil-action civil-procedure civil-procedure-rooker-feldman civil-rights damages due-process federal-courts legal-fees pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine sixth-circuit-court standing state-courts state-employee-wages |
1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit misapplied the Rooker v. Feldman doctrine in dismissing the civil action.
2. Whet… |
| 19-523 |
Victor Bernard Williams v. Baptist Health, dba Baptist Health Medical Center, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2014 revocation of a medical license by the Arkan adverse-negative-reports adverse-reports civil-action civil-rights federal-cause-of-action federal-claims medical-license medical-license-revocation qualified-immunity res-judicata state-board |
1. Whether the April 3, 2014 revocation of Plaintiff's Arkansas medical license by the Arkansas State Board of Medical Examiners ("Medical Board") gav… |
| 18-9389 |
Antonia Shields v. Juda Klein |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-action civil-rights constitutional-review court-fees due-process fees-and-costs fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-access standing unconstitutional |
Is 28 U.S.C. § 1915 unconstitutional, discriminatory, based on a person's ability to pay fees and costs and/or to give security for fees and costs for… |
| 18-8258 |
Lowell Edward Jackson v. Eddie Climmer, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-registration civil-action civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement copyright-registration due-process infringement library-of-congress registration standing statutory-provisions |
NON-NEGOTIAALE
(iscopylight violation,
Title-17 copuright
Registation civil infringement
hapter
4.411
action.
Foran action brought fora
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auth… |
| 18-8203 |
Darryl Burghardt v. Renee Stein-Graham |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis pro-se service-of-process standing |
Is anincarcerated prose Petitioner's First & Fourteenth Amendment U.S. Constitutional rights violated if they're under In Forma Pauperis (IFP) status … |
| 18-8114 |
Anthony Boyd v. Joe D. Driver, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence government-transparency legal-standing material-fact standing summary-judgment transparency video-evidence |
Whether Lack Of Transparency Of Video Evidence By The
d
Fact In A Civil Action? |
| 18-7476 |
Scott Ash James Zirus v. Sharon Faye Keller, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 42-usc-section-1983 civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights fee-payment prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights standing writ-of-mandamus |
When a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 action is construed as a Petition for Writ of Mandamus, is it a "civil action" within the scope of the Prison Litiga… |
| 18-801 |
Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. NantKwest, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-12-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11)Relisted (2) |
35-usc-145 administrative-law civil-action civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit judicial-review patent patent-act patent-application patent-law personnel-expenses standing statutory-interpretation uspto USPTO-litigation |
Whether the phrase "[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings" in 35 U.S.C. 145 encompasses the personnel expenses the USPTO incurs when its employees, in… |
| 18-736 |
Carl Lawson, et ux. v. Bell Sports USA |
New Jersey |
2018-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-action civil-procedure conference court-rules due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hearing state-court witness-testimony |
1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits a State court from directly violating one of its own court rules, by failing to pro… |
| 18-6194 |
James Dow Vandivere v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states |
Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for "a civil action arising under an Act of Congress" applies to civil commitment pro… |
| 18-315 |
Cochise Consultancy, Inc., et al. v. United States, ex rel. Billy Joe Hunt |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (10)Relisted (2) |
31-usc-3731 civil-action false-claims-act government-intervention official-of-the-united-states official-status qui-tam relator statute-of-limitations united-states united-states-intervention |
The False Claims Act establishes two distinct statute-of-limitations periods. Under 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(1), a False Claims Act civil action "may not b… |
| 18-5636 |
Edgar Searcy v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-4248 28-usc-1658 circuit-split civil-action civil-commitment federal-civil-procedure federal-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for "a civil action arising under an Act of Congress" applies to civil commitment pro… |
| 18-5235 |
Antrone Arness Thomas v. David Chandran |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial legal-remedy procedural-due-process standing state-criminal-conviction |
Ought I have right to a jury trial? Also a civil action due to my State criminal conviction being reversed? |