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24-793 Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. Hawaiian Telcom Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-24 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code congressional-act native-hawaiian-lands property-transfer rehabilitation-lands state-constitution 1. Can the Bankruptcy Code Preempt An Act of Congress Incorporated Into the State Constitution by transferring to a non-native Hawaiian company Petiti…
21-7558 Vitaly Kolosha v. Luke Pettigrew, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-act due-process federal-law free-speech jurisdictional-conflict retroactive-application retroactivity standing state-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation /. oJtf-efit TtA¥ C&cs/LT M APBS A /2//fTk/<? v ?/+£>*-& ■ A IOO V&ArQs <s>U> 7F-EATy / LAU?,PfaG(l Pt/UdG, OH, A-CLT of CettG&Mss / /£ 7T ActpOma-t/…
21-906 Klickitat County, Washington, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Ninth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) boundary-dispute congressional-act congressional-authority indian-reservation land-disposition ninth-circuit-error statutory-interpretation treaty-interpretation 1. Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation, and set its own boundary.…
20-1537 Terence K. Dickinson v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived congressional-act constitutional-law federal-courts federalism judicial-review legal-interpretation legislative-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Truth-in-Lending-Act, passed by Congress into law, to be adhered to by the United States Federal Courts.
19-6428 Keith Elmo Davis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-11-01 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-1151 choctaw-nation congressional-act dependent-indian-community diminishment disestablishment extinguishment indian-country jurisdiction jurisdictional-boundaries oklahoma reservation reservation-status statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE CHOCTAW NATIONS 10,864 SQUARE MILES LOCATED IN SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTED A RESERVATION UNDER 18 USCA 1151 …
18-9351 Craig Bassett v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-act court-rule due-process federal-courts federal-law respondeat-superior section-1983 separation-of-powers standing state-law statutory-interpretation Can a rule of court contradict an act of congress without violating due process of law guarantees? Can 42 U.S.0 Sect. 1983 be used to resolve the con…
18-8716 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 107th-congress congressional-act constitutional-provisions employment-rights federal-funding job-placement jurisdiction public-law public-law-107-288 state-obligations state-services statutory-provisions us-jobs-for-veterans-act veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-services WHAT IS THE US JOBS FOR VETERANS ACT (Public Law 107-288, 107th Congress)? WHAT SERVICES ARE OWED TO ALL VETERANS BY STATES THAT ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDI…
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…