emotional-distress

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25-125 Kim Davis v. David Ermold, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-defenses emotional-distress first-amendment free-exercise government-official tort-liability (1) Whether the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause provides an affirmative defense to tort liability based solely on emotional distress damages with…
24-1220 Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response Waived cyberstalking emotional-distress federal-prosecution first-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Can a Federal Cyberstalking prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A be used to target repeated communications on the sole basis that they would b…
24-7173 Terrell Perkins v. Gregory Hancock, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-rights constitutional-procedure courtroom-testimony defendant-presence emotional-distress Whether a defendant's confrontation rights under Craig, are violated when a court permits a minor child witness to testify outside the defendant's pre…
24-523 A. W., By and Through J. W., et al. v. Coweta County School System, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights compensatory-damages disability-rights emotional-distress intentional-discrimination Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act allows victims of intentional discrimination to recover compensatory damages for emotional dis…
24-5797 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied IFP child-custody-order diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception emotional-distress judicial-disqualification parental-interference Whether a claim for the intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning parental interference in violation of a state child custody order unde…
24-454 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. California 2024-10-22 Denied bankruptcy-court civil-procedure due-process emotional-distress judicial-conflict self-representation 1.) Should Due Process of Law as mandated by the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment be afforded to self-represented litigant Plaintiff re…
24-5649 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied IFP child-support diversity-jurisdiction emotional-distress fiduciary-duty state-court-order tort-law Whether a tort suit for the intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the alleged extortionate usage of a child support order and breach o…
24-252 Jason Doherty v. Patricia Bice, Individually and as Dean of Student Affairs for Purchase College, State University of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights compensatory-damages disability-discrimination emotional-distress title-ii Whether Compensatory Damages Available Under Title II of the ADA include Compensation for Emotional Distress?
24-5293 Anthony Douglas Elonis v. United States Third Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction cyberstalking emotional-distress first-amendment intent-standard true-threat Whether the Third Circuit's decision affirming Petitioner's conviction is erroneous because the evidence in the record was insufficient to establish t…
23-1318 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. California 2024-06-18 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process emotional-distress judicial-recusal recusal self-representation standing 1.) Should Due Process of Law as mandated by the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment be afforded to self-represented litigant Plaintiff re…
23-938 Cynthia Wheeler, et al. v. Orange County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied attorney-appearance civil-rights continuing-violation-doctrine emotional-distress intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress preemption statutory-rights tort tort-claims 1. Whether the "pure" form of "Continuing Violation Doctrine" should apply to Civil Rights and Tort Claims of Intentional and Negligent Infliction of …
23-786 Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. Massachusetts 2024-01-23 Denied Relisted (2) abuse civil-rights consent-denial due-process emotional-distress family-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-procedure legal-rights standing tort-claim 1. Whether in denying Jon Myers ' ("Myers ") consent to file a lawsuit, as allowed in an Agreement, without a hearing, putting the icing on the cak…
22-1235 Brandon E. Ogbolu v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-duty disability-discrimination due-process emotional-distress felony-conduct pro-se public-interest standing sua-sponte 1. Whether lower courts have a constitutional duty to sua sponte assess all unlawful conduct and harm to the public interest present in cases brough…
22-1168 Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-02 Denied Amici (5) civil-rights creative-pleading due-process emotional-distress first-amendment free-speech general-application-law public-speech publication standing tort tort-liability The circuit courts are divided over when the First Amendment protects defendants against tort claims arising out of speech or expression. In Hustler M…
22-740 Harinder Jeet Singh v. RXR 620 Master Lease, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process emotional-distress evidence-spoliation judicial-misconduct spoliation-of-evidence standing summary-judgment 1. Whether District Court falsified facts in its order dated 6/10/16 to favor EXCEL, and falsified facts in SJM ruling dated 3/30/21 to favor Securita…
22-435 Renetrice R. Pierre v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied Amici (2) article-iii-standing circuit-split emotional-distress fair-debt-collection-practices-act intangible-injuries intangible-injury psychological-harm statutory-right Whether a plaintiff who suffers emotional or psychological distress and confusion from a debt collector's unlawful attempt to collect a debt has Artic…
22-5905 Terrell Biggs, Jr. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Tennessee 2022-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress equal-protection insurance-company standing systemic-misconduct WHETHER THE STATE APPELLATE COURTS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY FORCING THE PLAINTIFF AND SIMILARLY?: SITUATED CITIZENS UNDER THE CONTROL OF NATIONAL PRIV…
21-7447 Peter Liounis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt WHETHER THE FAVORABLE TERMINATION REQUIREMENT OF HECK v. HUMPHREY, 512 U.S.-477 (1994), MUST FIRST BE SATISFIED IN PLAINTIFF'S CRIMINAL CASE, EMPLOY…
21-1024 Miriam Brysk v. Henry Herskovitz, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-01-24 Denied Response Waived anti-semitism civil-rights emotional-distress first-amendment free-speech injunction standing 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred by holding that the use of multiple signs in front of a synagogue in Ann Arb…
21-965 Arthur Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-statutes constitutional-deprivation emotional-distress federal-tort-claims-act governmental-liability property-taking property-takings title-42-usc-1983 title-42-usc-1985 Should Defendant, United States of America be held liable for its relentless persecution of the religious Catholic Christian, Mexican Heritage U.S. bo…
21-5569 Patrick Charles v. Caliber Home Loans, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation damages disability due-process elder-abuse emotional-distress fair-debt-collection judicial-bias property-rights wrongful-eviction 1. DO THE DEFENDANTS HAVE ANY RIGHT TO ABUSE AN ELDERLY AND DISABLED PERSON WITHOUT THE LAW DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? 2.. DO THE LAW PROHIBIT ABUSE OF CH…
20-1146 Pamela Smith v. PacerMonitor, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act conspiracy deprivation-of-rights due-process emotional-distress res-judicata rule-60 standing 1. Whether the process petitioner received in this case is sufficient to satisfy the substantive and procedural due process standard. 2. Whether "R…
20-344 Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. Massachusetts 2020-09-15 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights corruption divorce due-process emotional-distress familial-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-review legal-corruption legal-system tort-law 1. When the Massachusetts Appeals Court acknowledged potentially in a skeptical manner that Myers 's story was a "Biblical level story " and the degre…
20-219 Jane Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-25 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (10)Relisted (4) affordable-care-act antidiscrimination-law civil-rights civil-rights-act compensatory-damages emotional-distress federal-funding rehabilitation-act title-vi Whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI and the statutes that incorporate its remedies include compensation for emotional distress.
19-7736 Silvester Woods v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-21 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals damages district-court due-process emotional-distress employment intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress jurisdiction representation standing Under the Maryland law, whether the defendants acted in bad faith in terminating the Plaintiff; and whether the conducts of its WMATA's employees were…
19-7508 Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karen Kloth, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP by triggering PTSD symptoms rise to a level that is cognizable under the Eigh that caused psychological harm civil-rights correctional-officer correctional-officer-duties due-process eighth-amendment emotional-distress inmate-rights intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress psychological-harm ptsd qualified-immunity 1. Does the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, by triggering PTSD symptoms, that caused psychological harm, rise to a level that is…
19-5086 Iris McClain v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud civil-procedure district-court emotional-distress false-and-deceitful-misrepresentation fourth-circuit fraud-upon-the-court infliction-of-emotional-distress mail-and-wire-fraud mail-fraud wire-fraud 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Order Dismissing the Bankruptcy Fraud (Cla…
18-1232 Al Zeiny v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress fbi-investigation federal-tort-claims-act free-speech government-misconduct intelligence-agency intelligence-agency-misconduct mental-health pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Was the Court of appeals correct in ignoring the findings by the FBI and deny the substantiality of Zeiny's allegations? Whether Zeiny's complaint sa…
18-1063 John Cottam v. Douglas Pelton Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress fabricated-evidence false-arrest law-enforcement-fabrication malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity rule-56 summary-judgment 1. The well documented criminal fabrication of a felony charge of eluding (car chase) against an innocent citizen has been protected at all levels of …
18-7530 Tonya Udoh, et vir v. Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 1983-claims 1985-claims 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-v-monroe-county-board due-process emotional-distress false-arrest fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment haines-v-kerner minor-children miranda-rights monell-liability municipal-liability parental-rights pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing unconstitutional-statutes Question One: In the (a) Denial of Plaintiffs Motion to Amend the Complaint; (b) Dismissal of Plaintiffs Claims With and Without Prejudices; and (c) G…
18-7027 Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Addictive Behavioral Change Health Group, et al. Kansas 2018-12-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy defamation due-process emotional-distress slander standing 1. Has the Statute of imitation expired on all 13 of my claims? accusations, defumation of Character Wrongful termination, 3 5 6 LOSS of personal prop…
18-627 William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-statutory-causes-of-action constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a district court's conclusion that service of process by Certified Mail - a summons with a copy of the complain…
18-6386 Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal due-process emotional-distress gross-negligence motion-to-dismiss reconsideration standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded the case for further p…
18-6200 Emmanuel Chukwuebuka Uzoechi v. David Wilson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure discrimination due-process emotional-distress false-conviction intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress malicious-prosecution title-ix Did the State of Maryland intentionally inflict emotional distress on Emmanuel C Uzoechi, and was Emmanuel C Uzoechi Maliciously prosecuted? Did Morg…