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25-910 MEI-GSR Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. Nevada 2026-02-03 Pending civil-contempt contempt criminal-contempt due-process fourteenth-amendment receiver-restitution 1. This Court has been grappling with the contempt due process requirements when a contemnor removes property from a receiver's control without author…
25-513 Adele Jeffords Pope v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-10-27 Denied Response Waived contempt due-process estate-law first-amendment foia-request judicial-order 1. Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court's interpretation and enforcement of its 2015 Order violates the First Amendment. 2. Whether the South Car…
24-1128 Angelique Layton v. RBL Financial LLC, et al. Colorado 2025-05-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights contempt due-process governmental-immunity personal-jurisdiction rule-interpretation 1.Does Colorado 's current expansive interpretation of C.R.C.P. Rule 107 violate constitutional rights of non-parties by interpreting the Rule to ap…
23-704 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt decisional-law equitable-remedies federal-trade-commission ftc-act permanent-injunction rule-60(b)(6) sanctions Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), permits the Commission to obtain a "permanent injunction" in court to stop viola…
22-1161 Steve Cooley, et al. v. National Abortion Federation Ninth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-injunction civil-rights contempt contempt-sanction criminal-defense due-process fair-ground-of-doubt sovereign-immunity younger-abstention The constitutional issue addressed here is whether the District Court can punish two criminal attorneys for contempt and sanction them $200,000 for us…
22-7003 Justin Melton v. Jared Perry, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied IFP child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights contempt due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction petition-for-writ Question not identified.
22-6918 Ralph Hall v. Darwin LeClaire, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-rights contempt counsel due-process incarceration judicial-review procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND SENTENCE REVIEW OF PRO-SE PLEADINGS WERE SELECTIVE RATHER THAN THE REQUIR…
22-426 Transperfect Global, Inc., et al. v. Robert Pincus Delaware 2022-11-07 Denied contempt contempt-power corporate-litigation declaratory-judgment delaware-law due-process first-amendment judicial-declaration petition-clause Whether holding TPG in contempt because it filed a lawsuit in Nevada unconstitutionally burdened TPG's First Amendment right to petition.
22-276 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, et al. Utah 2022-09-23 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure contempt due-process jurisdictional-challenge rule-11 rule-83 safe-harbor vexatious-litigant 1. Whether application of the contempt analysis associated with Utah R. Civ. P. 11 sanctions to review a Utah R. Civ. P. 83 Vexatious Litigant orde…
21-7515 Paula Antonia Gordon v. Leslie Nelson Parker, et al. Louisiana 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP bench-warrant child-custody contempt dna-testing due-process equal-protection family-court human-trafficking judicial-misconduct order-of-appeal 1. Did the family court judge commit a "severe form of human trafficking " when he threatened the child 's mother that if she did not change her sworn…
21-6985 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Oregon Oregon 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-review civil-procedure contempt court-jurisdiction due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-review legal-standing petition-review standing sub-judice 0 1$ 1^ gDvm&j &aa<1 pftul&A/V- 'fhat ~ib£s OWd de^lai aw-A dismissal op a wiefwi -&/- n^/ieT •(^mw ay^Uyd£M/v(- -Pmuac I <^>&n +M b& (^AS^(U/'eA 4-0 …
21-1000 Clifford Allen Brace, Jr. v. Steven M. Speier, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied 11-usc-541 automatic-stay bankruptcy-jurisdiction bodily-detention contempt contempt-order due-process jurisdiction probate-exception 1. DUE PROCESS ■ Whether the Bankruptcy and 14th court's order violates the 5th, amendments of the United States Constitution.8th 2. BODILY DETENTION…
21-855 Paul M. Mahoney v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three California 2021-12-09 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt contempt-citation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech judicial-proceedings petition-for-rehearing This petition seeks review of the California Court of Appeal citing Petitioner for Civil Contempt for allegedly making contemptuous statements in a pe…
21-712 Derrick Tyrone Jenkins v. Florida Florida 2021-11-15 Denied Response Waived clear-and-present-danger contempt contempt-of-court due-process extrajudicial-speech first-amendment free-speech habeas-review judicial-criticism political-speech Does the clear and present danger standard apply in contempt proceedings brought to sanction a litigant's extrajudicial criticism of an elected judge …
21-531 Jerome D. Lee, Stephen E. Brown-Bennett, and Taylor Lee & Associates LLC v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response Waived available-funds civil-procedure cja-vouchers contempt contract-authority due-process fee-inquiry judicial-discretion reimbursement standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte I. DID THE LOWER COURT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, SUA SPONTE, SET ASIDE THE PETITIONERS' CONTRACTS, AND CONDUCT AN FEE INQUIRY INTO WHETHER OR NOT FUNDS W…
21-5696 Fan Gu v. Invista S.A.R.L. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights contempt discrimination due-process fifth-circuit-review forgery judicial-misconduct perjury pro-se-litigation res-judicata 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred issued orders to claim that PlaintiffAppellant 's claims are barred by Res Judicata. 2. Whether the Fifth Circuit …
21-5652 Carlos Velasquez v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-procedure civil-petition civil-rights constitutional-challenge contempt due-process fraud fraud-on-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-misconduct judicial-misrepresentation standing 1. In Limited Government terms, when are effective limitations so tangible as to define Fraud on the Court and Criminal Contempt in terms of judicial …
20-7650 In Re Bo Zou 2021-04-02 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion contempt copyright-infringement judicial-discretion judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct liljeberg-standard magistrate-disqualification perjury procedural-irregularity 1. How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disregard and ignore the facts and factual evidence, and prohibition criteria, whi…
20-1135 Alex Emric Jones, et al. v. Erica Lafferty, et al. Connecticut 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contempt due-process free-speech judicial-authority party-presentation American courts possess an inherent supervisory authority over their proceedings. They exercise that authority through orders and, if necessary, sanct…
20-1051 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, et al. District of Columbia 2021-02-01 Denied Response Waived appeal-procedure civil-procedure contempt discovery discovery-order foia-request intervenor judicial-review mandamus post-judgment-appeal writ-of-intervention 1. Whether a witness can seek a writ of mandamus and bypass the "disobedience and contempt route to appeal a discovery order" by becoming an interveno…
20-6965 Bradley B. Miller v. Virginia T. Dunn Texas 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights contempt court-fine court-fines due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-party judicial-discretion jurisdiction removal Whether the levying of a court fine against an indigent party represents a violation of constitutional Due Process. Whether a finding of contempt aga…
20-944 Pamela D. Stark v. Joe Edward Stark Tennessee 2021-01-13 Denied appellate-review constitutional-safeguards contempt contempt-of-court legislative-safeguards mootness mootness-doctrine prior-restraint right-to-petition 1. Whether a state trial court can create a hybrid form of contempt which avoids traditional constitutional and legislative safeguards and prevents ap…
20-856 Gary Pisner v. Robert M. McCarthy Maryland 2020-12-29 Denied asset-transfer beneficiary-rights civil-rights contempt court-appointed-trustee due-process ex-parte-contact procedural-due-process standing trust trust-governance trustee 1. In this matter there was no procedural due process for the Petitioner, no notice, no review of evidence, no testimony under oath, no service of doc…
20-801 Frank DeLucia v. Greenbuild, LLC, et al. New York 2020-12-14 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights contempt due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment subpoena witness-appearance Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United State Constitution, 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment to punish a party by dismissing his pr…
19-1445 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions dietary-supplements due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-trade-commission injunction injunction-specificity waiver-doctrine I. Can the FTC unilaterally reinterpret an injunction years after its entry to seek contempt sanctions based on a more restrictive standard found nowh…
19-1006 Facebook, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. California 2020-02-11 Denied communication-contents constitutional-rights constitutional-subpoena contempt criminal-defendant-rights privacy privacy-protection service-provider-disclosure service-providers stored-communications-act subpoena Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to subpoena service providers and force them to turn over the contents of their account holder…
19-7411 In Re Lionel McCray 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act appeals circuit-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-mandamus contempt contempt-proceeding due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus second-circuit sequestration writ-of-sequestration (1) Whether Mandamus should issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit compelling the Chief Clerk of that Court to issue a Wri…
19-812 Charles T. Marshall v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel self-incrimination summary-judgment 1. Whether a civil defendant invoking the privilege against self-incrimination in his pleadings and discovery responses, is unconstitutionally penaliz…
19-713 Paul E. Nunu v. Nancy Nunu Risk, et al. Texas 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abridged Petitioner's First-Amendment-right-to-pe as applied access-to-courts citizens-united-v-fec contempt court-access first-amendment petition-clause prior-restraint pro-se vexatious-litigant 1. Whether the Texas Vexatious Litigant Statutes, as applied, abridged Petitioner's First Amendment unfettered core right to petition and to access Te…
19-561 Gail Rosier v. Jeffrey Strobel Arizona 2019-10-29 Denied Response Waived child-support contempt contempt-proceedings due-process imprisonment incarcerated-obligors indigent-obligors interstate-enforcement procedural-safeguards uniform-interstate-family-support-act 1. In light of Turner v. Rogers , 564 U.S. 431 (U.S. 2011), what minimum procedural safeguards are required to ensure due process for incarcerated and…
19-6398 Aretha Townsend v. National Labor Relations Board Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act article-iii case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights compliance contempt due-process frivolous judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-jurisdiction standing 1. Whether "District Judge " [Leigh Martin May] violated "Petitioner — Townsends "rights of Due Process > when failing to allow [her] (case action — …
19-525 Steve Cooley, et al. v. National Abortion Federation Ninth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights contempt contempt-sanction criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel effective-counsel preliminary-injunction sanctions sixth-amendment younger-abstention How can a state court criminal defendant enjoy his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel when his state court criminal counsel have been held in …
18-1238 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Progressive Credit Union, et al. New York 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consolidation contempt court-compel-discovery court-procedure discovery discovery-rights discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression judicial-bias judicial-misconduct res-judicata share-certificate-dispute standing stock-share-dispute In Case Index number CV-030309-13/QU, Petitioner had submitted letter from President of Cornmunicar Inc. Pasquale Freni, to David Kosher, General coun…
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)?
18-6756 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contempt debt-imprisonment disgorgement due-process erisa erisa-case erisa-enforcement garnishment imprisonment judicial-review labor-secretary-powers preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that parts of a $38 million judgment for "disgorgement" entered in 2015 against the Pet…
18-6540 Maha Z. Rayan v. Georgia Georgia 2018-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arrest contempt contempt-order criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-appointment municipal-court-jurisdiction municipal-courts probable-cause state-penal-law uniform-traffic-citation The questions presented by this petition is Under The Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments rules is one of great concern, gravity, and public importance a…
18-358 Richard Roe v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contempt document-sealing due-process first-amendment-right free-speech judicial-records judicial-records-access lower-court-authority lower-court-orders public-access public-docketing redactions standing supervisory-power supreme-court-supervisory-power In May 2012, by interlocutory petition from the same docket below, petitioner sought certiorari here in a case concerning the court-ordered concealmen…