| 25-6795 |
Norman Lee Scott, Sr. v. Whitney R. Bailey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-12 |
Pending |
IFP |
bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion due-process fresh-start-policy judicial-estoppel |
1. Whether a federal court may apply judicial estoppel to dismiss a civil action when the debtor reopened the bankruptcy case, amended the schedules w… |
| 25A755 |
Adam David Clayman v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-12-31 |
Application |
|
appellate-review court-discretion emergency-relief judicial-records procedural-due-process sealing-motion |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6156 |
Thomas J. Zajac v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review court-discretion due-process judicial-procedure speedy-trial-act trial-continuance |
Speedy Trial Act
A. In contradiction of Supreme Court Rule 10, was the appellate court's avoidance of, through modifications to appellant's facts and… |
| 25-208 |
Delaware Trust Company v. Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-20 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code court-discretion estate-recovery monetary-judgment property-transfer value-compensation |
Whether Section 550(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy court discretion both to order the return of transferred property to the estate … |
| 24-7099 |
In Re Jane Doe |
|
2025-04-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-discretion evidentiary-issue fraud-allegation jurisdictional-challenge motion-to-quash summons-defect |
1. Whether the Super. Ct abused its discretion when it failed to exercise its vested discretion by refusing to rule on a crucial evidentiary issue dir… |
| 24-6181 |
Richard Grier v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal court-discretion discovery-motion guilty-plea judicial-review sentencing-error |
1. DID THE (MAGISTRATE) COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED (GRIFF'S/PETITIONER'S) MOTION TO RECEIVE DISCOVERY FILES?
2. DID THE (MAGISTRATE) C… |
| 24-5959 |
Robert Ellis v. New York |
New York |
2024-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assigned-counsel attorney-client-relationship continuity-of-representation court-discretion indigent-defendant sixth-amendment |
When counsel has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant, has developed a close working relationship, and faces no obstacles to continuing th… |
| 24-5779 |
Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure court-discretion error-waiver legal-interpretation procedural-rules rule-of-law |
[I]. WHETHER THE COMMONWEALTH COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION OR COMMITTED AN ERROR OF LAW, BECAUSE APPLYING Pa.R.A.P. 302(a) TO CONCLUDE WAIVER OF ERROR … |
| 24-5011 |
Brandon Collins v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion court-discretion due-process evidence eyewitness judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-analysis reasonable-doubt speedy-trial testimony-credibility |
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| 23-1104 |
In Re Robert M. Miller |
|
2024-04-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion bias-prejudice civil-procedure court-discretion federal-defendant judicial-bias judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation writ-of-mandamus |
The same district judge presides over three of Petitioner's pending cases. Throughout the proceedings, the judge condoned dozens of defendants' rule v… |
| 23-7204 |
Sean L. Hagins v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation court-discretion criminal-procedure defense-counsel-ineffectiveness habeas-corpus illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error plain-error-review pro-se pro-se-litigation sentencing |
Did the lower court have the obligation to correct an
illegal sentence, brought to its attention, regardless
of the passage of time?
Did the lower … |
| 23-875 |
Estate of Arlene Townsend, et al. v. Steven M. Berman, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-327 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-disclosure bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-professionals bankruptcy-trustee burden-shifting court-discretion fed-r-bankr-p-2014 professional-conflicts trustee-obligations |
The Bankruptcy Code burdens professionals retained by a bankruptcy estate pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 327 to demonstrate the absence of any conflicts of i… |
| 23-6717 |
Steve Van Horne v. Robert Jones, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure haines-v-kerner legal-technicalities timeliness united-states-v-lee |
1. Do the circumstances surrounding Petitioner, Steve Van Home's filing of a late appeal from the United States District Court of the Northern Distric… |
| 23-6608 |
Mary M. Mooney v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process filing-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-59e-motion |
Whether the trial court erred by failing to accept petitioner's 59e motion as timely filed where it had been received by clerk of court within time co… |
| 23-559 |
Adekunle C. Omoyosi v. Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appeal-timeliness civil-procedure court-discretion due-process eeoc federal-courts judicial-exception legal-procedure procedural-rules standing timeliness |
Whether, or under what circumstances, may the court excuse untimeliness of appeal. |
| 23A415 |
Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards |
California |
2023-11-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5679 |
Joshua Stephenson v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-discretion due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure procedural-rights standing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-284 |
H. C., Individually and on Behalf of J. C., a Child With a Disability, et al. v. New York City Department of Education |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
attorneys-fees court-discretion disability-rights discretion due-process due-process-hearing educational-agency idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act prevailing-rates settlement-offers |
1. How does 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(G) affect an award of attorneys' fees under the IDEA?
2. What, if any, limit(s) constrain(s) a federal court's dis… |
| 23-5384 |
Wayne Lee Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-withdrawal civil-procedure court-discretion due-process judicial-process legal-petition merits-review procedural-issue supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
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| 23-145 |
Aleksandra Shklyar v. Carboline Company |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion ada-pleadings americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion disability-discrimination due-process judicial-bias retaliation standing |
Did the Court abuse its discretion in dismissing the amended complaint for disability discrimination and retaliation?
Did the Court abuse its discret… |
| 23-5352 |
Cassandra McGuire v. Highmark Holdings, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-discretion default-judgment federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-rules stare-decisis summary-judgment |
Did the Defendant Point out Defects in respect to the Motion for More Definite Statement Doc 14 and 15, Case 3:19-cv-00902?
Do they have authority to… |
| 23-5237 |
Jordan Cole Laws v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-discretion criminal-procedure factual-findings indigent indigent-defendant justice-for-victims-of-trafficking-act sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation |
Did the district court err when it imposed a $5,000 special assessment, pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 18 U.S.C. § 30… |
| 22-7120 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. Pennsylvania Parole Board, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion case-significance civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal court-discretion due-process judicial-review legal-procedure public-importance public-interest standing |
I. How Soes this Complaint qe't disirniiss-ed by Both the Honorable District Courtj and the Honorable /Appeals Courtj -For C\ Claim,-Fa i I u re to St… |
| 22-864 |
Ohio v. D. R. |
Ohio |
2023-03-10 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
court-discretion discretionary-hearings due-process fourteenth-amendment juvenile-offenders sex-offenders statutory-obligations |
Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause entitle juvenile sex offenders to hearings at which courts have discretion to lift statutorily mand… |
| 22-6935 |
William Ingram v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2023-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel court-discretion due-process judicial-procedure legal-error standing trial-procedure |
Did the trial Court violate Petitioner's Right to Choice of Counsel and the Appellate Court Stipulate to re om?
Did the Texas Appellate Court Violate… |
| 22-6016 |
Sheila Gray v. City of Detroit, Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-discretion judicial-error jury-verdict overturning-verdict standard-of-review substantial-evidence trial-evidence trial-procedure weight-of-evidence witness-testimony |
1. Whether Appellant presents substantial evidence that the
unanimous jury verdict goes against the great weight of
the evidence presented at trial … |
| 22-264 |
Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, et al. |
California |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure court-discretion deposition-procedure discovery due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant litigation-costs remote-deposition remote-testimony |
Whether, under California law a court can order an indigent litigant that is granted in forma pauperis to conduct deposition by remote means that is d… |
| 22-251 |
Michael Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, as Trustee, et al. |
California |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
|
california-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing guardian-ad-litem minor-rights settlement-authority standing |
The 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause provides that "No state . . . shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of la… |
| 21-1513 |
Wendy M. Dale v. Algernon L. Butler, III |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions court-discretion due-process pro-se-debtor procedural-requirements sanctions statutory-interpretation trustee-objection |
1. Is a pro se debtor required to cite to an appli
cable exemption statute in order to effectively claim an
exemption under said statute?
2. May a … |
| 21-7844 |
James R. W. Mitchell v. Raymond Madden, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-appointment court-discretion criminal-defendant criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment |
In Faretta v. California , 422 U.S. 806 (1975), this Court held that a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to represent himself at trial. I… |
| 21-7594 |
Orin Kristich v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-counsel attorney-misconduct court-discretion de-novo-review due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure plea-bargaining plea-waiver sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
1. Whether the Appellant's Appeal Counsel, Mr. Acton, can tell the court that the Appellant agrees to dismiss the Appeal without ever talking to the A… |
| 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 … |
| 21-6855 |
Devin Andrich v. Jerome Francis Meyers, et al. |
Arizona |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-procedure rebuttal-evidence time-limits trial-procedure trial-time-limits witness-examination |
1. Whether the court of appeals erred when deciding that a 2-hour trial "chess clock" did not violate Petitioner's due process rights, because Petitio… |
| 21-6778 |
In Re Mark Thomas Garrett |
|
2022-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-relief legal-remedy qualified-immunity standing writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 21-784 |
In Re Melba L. Ford |
|
2021-11-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-misconduct conscience-based-duty court-discretion due-process equitable-relief fraud fraud-allegations judicial-duty judicial-ethics petition-review standing |
Question I.
Do Justices owe a mandatory , non-discretionary,
equitable, conscience-based moral duty to themselves,
to all Federal Bar attorneys and … |
| 21-6184 |
Mark Bitzan v. Chris Tripp, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-discretion court-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel petition-for-rehearing |
I. Where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit (Eighth Circuit) granted permission to file an overlength Petition for Rehearing and then den… |
| 21-5410 |
Joydeth Robinson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure court-discretion district-court judicial-remand legal-procedure limited-remand plain-error substantial-rights |
Whether courts of appeals should order a limited remand to determine whether a plain error has affected a party's substantial rights when that party h… |
| 20-8409 |
Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. |
Michigan |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process fraud judicial-interpretation medical-malpractice racial-bias rico rico-violations standing vulnerable-citizens |
1. Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case … |
| 20-1701 |
Walter P. Vargo, Jr. v. D & M Tours, Inc., et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1631 civil-procedure court-discretion court-of-appeals federal-courts interest-of-justice jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer procedural-rules statutory-interpretation transfer |
The question presented in this appeal is whether
28 U.S.C. §1631 means what it says: that "when a
court finds that there is a want of jurisdiction, th… |
| 20-8106 |
Roy Taylor v. Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections |
New York |
2021-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
bail-modification bail-reform constitutional-procedure court-discretion criminal-procedure discretion due-process excessive-bail misdemeanor misdemeanor-charges |
WHETHER NEW YORK STATE COURTS "ERRORED" NOT ADDRESSING THE MERITS OF:
1. WHETHER THE NEW YORK COUNTY SUPREME COURT ERRED EXONERATING BAIL ($125,000) … |
| 20-1513 |
Raj K. Patel v. Trump Corporation, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure court-discretion due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-intervention permissive-intervention rule-24 standing united-states-v-local-638 |
I. Whether the Southern District Court of New York's decision was arbitrary or unfair and violated Due Process, when denying Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(b)(1)(… |
| 20-1477 |
Randy R. Bell v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-21 |
Denied |
|
appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion district-court due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction notice-of-appeal standing |
Did Northern New York District Court Judge David Hurd lack jurisdiction to issue a decision, dismissing petitioner's complaint, as a result of fraud u… |
| 20-1435 |
Glenn Galvan v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC |
Nevada |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure compulsory-counterclaim constitutional-rights court-discretion deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure-proceedings mortgage-assignment procedural-due-process standing vexatious-litigant |
1. Whether all Nevada Courts abused their discretion and made errors in fact and in misapplying the court rules by not ruling if the State Court Proce… |
| 20-1421 |
Paul Ballerstein, et ux. v. Penelope McHatten, et al. |
Maine |
2021-04-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-bias property property-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements |
In this civil case, Maine courts deprived the defendants of their property, after concluding that the facts "foreclose " doing so. The trial court fou… |
| 20-7466 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bill-of-costs civil-procedure cost-waiver costs court-discretion deposition-costs indigency local-rules waiver |
1. Whether a party wavies costs if it does not file a bill of cost on time pursuant to local rules?
2. Whether a district court should consider a par… |
| 20-7411 |
Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-proceedings judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-60b standing |
A PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE BOTH THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT AND THE U.S.COURT OF APPEALS HAS DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND… |
| 20-1153 |
Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees bad-faith civil-procedure costs-and-fees court-discretion inherent-authority judicial-power legal-costs objective-conduct procedural-standard subjective-bad-faith |
Whether a court considering a motion for an award of costs and attorney's fees pursuant to the court's inherent authority must require the movant to p… |
| 20-6278 |
Bodhisattva Skandha v. Gloriann Moroney |
Massachusetts |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion application-of-law attorney-general civil-procedure claim court-discretion facts false-statements fraud jurisdiction legal-procedure official-document parole-board representation standing supreme-court tort tort-claim Whether making false statements in an official doc Whether the defendant is allowed to represent the Whether the respondent was required to apply the l |
Issue #1: WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY NOT ALLOWING THE TORT CLAIM TO GO FORWARD?
Issue #2: WHETHER MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS IN AN… |
| 20-6279 |
Bodhisattva Skandha v. Superior Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex County, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-discretion due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure mental-condition standing standing-doctrine |
WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DISMISSING THE COMPLAINT?
WHETHER THE PLAINTIFF HAS STANDING ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME … |
| 20-6069 |
Jeff Howell v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2020-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-rule civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process indiana-statute information-access juror-access juror-deliberation public-access trial-procedure trial-proceedings |
1. Whether the lower courts erred by denying Howell's right to access of information on jurors who deliberated at his trial
2. Whether the lower cour… |
| 20-5504 |
Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-pleading jurisdictional-review pleading-standards procedural-standards qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court of appeals dealt with the merit and merits due in good faith process protection protect mactin in this case.
2) District court abus… |
| 19-8116 |
Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. |
Michigan |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-interpretation medical-malpractice race racial-discrimination rico rico-claims standing vulnerable-citizens |
1. Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case … |
| 19-7697 |
Rebecca Leigh Lovell v. Children's Corner Daycare |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure coercion constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process duress evidentiary-hearing settlement-dispute settlements trial-court |
Did the Court of Appeals err in finding the trial court did not abuse its discretion by enforcing settlements that were disputed by a party without ho… |
| 19-7451 |
David Keith Rogers v. California |
California |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-hearing constitutional-rights court-discretion discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial hearing judicial-procedure juror-misconduct legal-review |
Question not identified. |
| 19-179 |
Naora Ben-Dov v. Shoshana Zelda Sragow, aka Stacy Suzanna Sragow, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal continuous-accrual court-discretion criminal-law criminal-offenses dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-review pleadings procedural-violation statute-of-limitations |
1. Should an action based on multiple civil and criminal offenses be considered from the first instance? The last known instance of a transgression? O… |
| 18-1507 |
Augustin Zambrano v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-court appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability coa-standard court-discretion due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-standard procedural-ruling standard-of-review |
Should this Court grant certiorari to make explicit that in ruling on a request for certificates of appealability, an appellate court must apply the a… |
| 18-1504 |
Bruce Giles v. Salvador A. Godinez, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-cases civil-procedure civil-rights coercive-appointment court-discretion due-process inherent-authority judicial-power legal-representation mallard-v-us-district-court standing statutory-authority |
In Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296 (1989), the Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1915 does not provi… |
| 18-9376 |
Charles A. Davis v. United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure court-discretion judicial-review jurisdictional-defect jurisdictional-defects legal-standing lower-courts procedural-error standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION BY THEIR FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE JURISDICTIONAL DEFECTS THAT DEPRIVE THEM OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTI… |
| 18-9256 |
Zeeshan Khalid Syed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-affidavit court-discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se reasonableness-of-counsel standing waiver waiver-doctrine writ-of-certiorari |
Q1. When a pro-se files for a COA and discuss his claim extensively in his argument, can the Court construe the issue as being waived?
Q2. When the C… |
| 18-1402 |
Harold R. Stanley, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure appellate-procedure,filing-fees,refunds Can Circuits impose a burden to prove circumstance Can litigants present their case to appellate cour court-administration court-discretion due-process due-process,mandamus,judicial-misconduct,irs,recor irs judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-relief pacer,appellate-procedure,records-on-appeal procedural-due-process record-falsification rule-59-motion supervisory-powers |
Question 1. In Re: DCCoA 19-5047
When a United States judge refuses for multiple months to adjudicate a Rule 59(e) Motion setting forth his acts of mi… |
| 18-8996 |
Zack Zafer Dyab v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amount-of-loss appellate-review court-discretion criminal-sentencing illegal-sentence judicial-discretion legal-error loss-calculation plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-limitation statutory-limitations |
1 - Does the miscalculation of the amount of loss as applied to the sentencing guidelines represent an illegal sentence, and plain error that the Cour… |
| 18-8193 |
Ada Albors Gonzalez v. William M. Stern, et al. |
Florida |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review court-discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing fla-r-civ-p-1-540b legal-malpractice procedural-rights sovereign-powers statute-of-limitations void-or-voidable-orders void-orders |
Whether the State of Florida court abuse its discretion by decision of denial on Petitioner's legal malpractice cause of action on the statute of limi… |
| 18-8103 |
Derrek Heard v. Walter Berry, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
11th-circuit appellate-review civil-rights court-discretion due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent state-courts state-prisoner |
Are the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit required to … |
| 18-7805 |
Michael Bohannan v. Wesley Griffin |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-rights court-discretion deputy-clerk discretion-abuse due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure indigent-representation legal-access motion-classification reconsideration rule-26(b) standing time-extension |
DOES A UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEPUTY CLERK ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION/AUTHORITY WHEN THEY REFUSE TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON A LITIGANT'S TIME EXTENSION… |
| 18-7462 |
William Anthony Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeals-court-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-discretion due-process finality finality-principle fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-discretion legal-finality mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice recall-mandate statutory-provisions |
WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING PETITIONER'S MOTION TO RECALL MANDATE BASED ON ELEVATING THE PRINCIPLE OF FINALITY TO BE TH… |
| 18-7423 |
Rodney Washington v. Gary A. Boughton, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights court-discretion criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-profile double-standard due-process ex-post-facto legal-precedent perjury retroactive-application statute-of-limitations |
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| 18-7054 |
Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. |
Michigan |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion disciplinary-records due-process equal-protection medical-malpractice race racial-bias racial-discrimination rico rico-claims standing vulnerable-citizens |
Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case aga… |
| 18-6990 |
Elena Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates |
District of Columbia |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion court-procedure due-process guardian-ad-litem incompetence incompetent-person judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-representation standing |
The affirmative answer to the following questions constitutes the proof that both US Courts have drastically departed from the accepted and usual cour… |
| 18-6429 |
Victor Dewayne White v. Ector County Appraisal District |
Texas |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion california-v-larue civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-discretion due-process federal-law judicial-ruling jurisdiction legal-procedure standing state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Texas Courts abuse thier descretion when they ruled contrarily to established Federal Law, or as now Rule contrary to this Honorable Court's R… |
| 18-6134 |
Scott Peters v. John Baldwin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-09-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion dismissal due-process federal-claim legal-action procedural-issue standing summary-judgment |
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| 18-5567 |
Carline Curry v. City of Mansfield, Ohio, et al. |
Ohio |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion default-judgment due-process failure-to-answer fraud judicial-review jurisdiction perjury procedural-due-process standing |
Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio declined to accept Jurisdiction of the appeal: the Defendants failed to answer the Complaint. The Judge should have granted… |