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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. Can XL se-H-le XbiS case in my 4ha4 coos a^caAeJ Lo.w_> Wi4 loYUiou4 prrjuAi 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 +000x3(07 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?