| 24-1179 |
United States, ex rel. Ganesa Rosales, et al. v. Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-19 |
Denied |
|
false-claims-act federal-civil-procedure first-to-file-rule government-intervention qui-tam subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether, an action asserting claims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A), is a "related action" to a previously filed "pending action… |
| 24-1069 |
In Re Symon Mandawala |
|
2025-04-10 |
Denied |
|
due-process ex-parte-communication federal-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit summary-judgment witness-testimony |
Whether writ of mandumus should issue direct to both the Appeals and district court to uphold Article IV of the US constitution "full faith and credit… |
| 24-6649 |
Kirti Mehta v. Victoria Partners, dba Park-MGM Casino & Hotel Operator, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process federal-civil-procedure justice-interpretation litigation-costs summons-service waiver-of-summons |
WHETHER A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE DID NOT ALLOW PETITIONER MEHTA ; AS A PRO-SE ATTORNEY TO REPRESENTED ON HIS BEHALF AND DEPRIVED JUSTICE :
(A) 8 FEDE… |
| 24-6468 |
Leonard W. Houston v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
camp-lejeune-justice-act constitutional-rights federal-civil-procedure jury-trial pro-se seventh-amendment |
1. Whether the Plaintiff, LEOARD W. HOUSTON, pro-se pursuing his cause of action against the Defendant, United States of America, has a right to a tri… |
| 24-491 |
Bernice Rutland v. Robinson Property Group, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
conclusory-allegations evidentiary-standard federal-civil-procedure fifth-circuit stare-decisis summary-judgment |
1. Whether the Fifth Circuits ruling conflicts with this Court's ruling on case law and Summary Judgement, F.R.C.P. 56(a).
2. Whether a District Cour… |
| 24-440 |
Harold R. Berk v. Wilson C. Choy, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
affidavit-of-merit circuit-split expert-testimony federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction state-procedural-rules |
Whether a state law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit may be applied in federal court. |
| 24-426 |
Plan Benefit Services, Inc., et al. v. Heriberto Chavez, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing circuit-split class-action class-certification federal-civil-procedure standing-doctrine |
The determination of whether a named plaintiff in a
class action has Article III standing to bring claims on
behalf of others has been addressed by … |
| 24-5642 |
Nawaz Ahmed v. Bill Cool, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-09-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction federal-civil-procedure finality-of-judgment habeas-corpus motion-to-dismiss voluntary-dismissal |
Is Court of Appeals lack Appellate Jurisdiction to proceed in appeal case 21-3542 by CO A on some claim because district court Orders (Ecf. 156,194) l… |
| 24-341 |
Juan Carlos Emden, et al. v. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
act-of-state-doctrine federal-civil-procedure foreign-sovereign-immunity judicial-inference nazi-art-restitution rule-12(b)(6) |
1. Whether the Fifth Circuit's application of the act of state doctrine conflicts with well-established precedent that adjudicating the effects of a f… |
| 24-5338 |
Jerry Lester Willis v. Warden, Valdosta State Prison |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-civil-procedure judicial-review merits-not-reached multi-round-litigation rule-60-motion time-bar |
NO. ONE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(d), if an issue has been presented
through several rounds of litigation in both state and Fede… |
| 23-6835 |
R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-enforcement district-court-jurisdiction equity-receiver equity-receivership federal-civil-procedure federal-venue general-jurisdiction securities-enforcement securities-regulation ultra-vires venue-laws |
This petition for Writ of Certiorari involves a civil enforcement complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the globally situa… |
| 23-497 |
L. Lin Wood v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-ethics attorney-liability civil-procedure due-process federal-civil-procedure frivolous-pleading of-counsel rule-11 rule-11-sanctions safe-harbor-period sanctions standing |
1. Whether an attorney whose name is designated as "Of Counsel" on the signature page of a frivolous pleading that the attorney did not sign, file, su… |
| 23-5444 |
Adam P. Strege v. Eric A. Vos, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Chief Defender for the Office of the Federal Public Defender District of Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-civil-procedure free-speech government-officials malicious-prosecution standing |
(1) God Loves to not allow intelligent life billion trillion, trillion times Trillion planets God kill Gods that allow intelligent life on all planets… |
| 23-89 |
Jennifer Reinoehl v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights covid-19 covid-emergency-powers due-process emergency-powers federal-civil-procedure individual-capacity-suit mootness mootness-doctrine standing state-official-immunity |
Whether a case involving COVID-19 emergency powers is moot, even though the same emergency powers can be reinstated at any time for COVID-19 or any ot… |
| 22-7031 |
David Andrew Diehl v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure gonzales-v-crosby habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar procedural-rulings rule-60 statute-of-limitations |
Point 1 Should a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) and 60(d)(3) mixed motion initially be reviewed de novo, without requiring a certificate of Appealability
Point 2… |
| 22-6738 |
Melvin G. Simms v. Donald Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-report magistrate-review summary-judgment |
Whether the District Court Judge Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution By Granting the Respondent'… |
| 22-6688 |
Danny Richard Rivers v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254(e)(2) due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exceptions pinholster procedural-default reversible-error |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals violate due process and/or commit reversable error when it applied PINHOLSTER to bar evidentiary hearing?
Unde… |
| 22-6243 |
Darrell Berry, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure foreclosure jurisdiction-challenge mortgage mortgage-validity note-refinancing standing uniform-commercial-code |
Whether the M.D. La., erred and the 5th Cir., erred in affirming that the LoanCity note and mortgage of December 2005 was " the original financed note… |
| 22-364 |
Ryan Noah Shapiro v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-bad-faith civil-procedure discovery discovery-standard federal-civil-procedure foia foia-request motion-for-summary-judgment rule-56(d) rule-56d standing summary-judgment |
1. Must a plaintiff facing a motion for
summary judgment provide evidence that the movant
has acted in bad faith before obtaining discovery
under Rule… |
| 22-5604 |
John Gregory Lambros v. Federative Republic of Brazil, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-19 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-state foreign-state-defendant jurisdictional-defect motion-to-remand remand removal removal-procedure service-of-process timeliness |
QUESTION ONE (1):
Whether an untimely "Motion for Removal" by a foreign state, 28 U.S.C. 1441(d) - 652 days to late - suffices when the non-jurisdicti… |
| 22-5490 |
Nicholas Wukoson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure clisby-v-jones davis-v-us federal-civil-procedure judicial-procedure plain-error plain-error-review remand |
Question 1
Whether it is acceptable for the U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in the 11th Circuit to depart from its accepted and usual
course of judici… |
| 22-5189 |
Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-habeas-proceedings habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-discretion procedural-default rule-60b-motion |
(1) Whether the district court abused its discretion when it denied Abdulrazzak's
motion to reopen (alter or amend) final judgment under Fed. R. Civ. … |
| 21-1192 |
Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc. v. John Waters, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
First Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bristol-myers-squibb circuit-split civil-procedure due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-civil-procedure personal-jurisdiction rule-4(k)(1)(a) service-of-summons standing |
Whether out-of-state plaintiffs seeking to opt into an FLSA collective action pending in federal court must demonstrate that the forum state's courts … |
| 21-810 |
Luis Lorenzo Vargas v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-civil-litigation federal-civil-procedure heck-v-humphrey mcdononugh-v-smith preclusion preclusive-effect section-1983 state-criminal-conviction vacated-judgment |
Whether a wrongful state criminal conviction retains preclusive effect in a later federal action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutional… |
| 21-6101 |
Paul D. Timms v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent |
(1) When a federal district court denies a state prisoner's 28 U.S.C. §2254 petition based upon an inproper standard of review; (Harrington v. Richter… |
| 21-505 |
Bank of America Corporation, et al. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC, as Assignee and Successor-in-Interest to FrontPoint Asian Event Driven Fund L.P., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
article-iii article-iii-jurisdiction civil-procedure court-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction-creation legal-standing new-plaintiff plaintiff-addition rule-17 standing |
Whether a district court lacking Article III jurisdiction can create such jurisdiction by adding a new plaintiff via Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1… |
| 21-5264 |
In Re Melvin Dinkins |
|
2021-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1651 28-usc-3730 administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
What are the "usages and principles" of law, in this case 28 USC 3730 (b)(1) - when legislature proclaims "A person may bring a civil action for the p… |
| 20-1430 |
AMA Multimedia, LLC v. Marcin Wanat |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
calder-effects-test circuit-split civil-procedure due-process express-aiming federal-civil-procedure foreign-defendant geotargeted-advertising personal-jurisdiction tort |
Whether a foreign defendant, whose largest business market originates from the United States through website visitors with geotargeted advertising, wh… |
| 20-7506 |
Peter Gakuba v. Terry Grissom |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights conclusory-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standing |
HABEAS 28 USC $2264 ; CERT. OF APPEAL. 28 USC S2253 F.B.CIY.P.RULE 6O(b)(1-4)
PER GONZALEZ V. CROSBY 545 US 524, 125S.CT. 264) (2005) GAKUBAS F.R.CIN… |
| 20-7437 |
Frederico Ramsey v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment amendment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent mayle-v-felix |
I.
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE TENTH CIRCUIT DECISIONS DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION IN MAYLE V. FELIX, 545 U.S. 644,664, 125 S.Ct. 2562,… |
| 20-1246 |
Anna Valentine, Warden v. Johnny Phillips |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland credibility-determination district-court expert-witness federal-civil-procedure federal-habeas habeas-corpus standard-of-review |
(1) Did the Sixth Circuit violate Fed. Rule Civ. P. 52(a)(6) when it failed to apply the proper, heightened and deferential standard to the district c… |
| 20-1130 |
Ericsson Inc., et al. v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
appellate-review civil-procedure discretion federal-civil-procedure judgment-as-a-matter-of-law judgment-as-matter-of-law legal-issues preservation-of-issues summary-judgment |
1. Whether, notwithstanding the ordinary rule that a pretrial denial of a motion for summary judgment is not reviewable on appeal, there is an excepti… |
| 20-1108 |
Pontiler S.A. v. OPI Products Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment civil-procedure contract due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-policy judicial-discretion pleading-standards rule-15 rule-8 |
The court of appeals without a hearing and without granting leave to amend dismissed petitioner's complaint because it omits one nonessential word in … |
| 20-7000 |
Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-29 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 |
1. In the context of a Habeas proceeding, does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence in order to pursue an independant… |
| 20-82 |
Kane County, Utah, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (5) |
administrative-representation civil-procedure environmental-interest federal-civil-procedure federal-government intervention intervention-as-of-right quiet-title quiet-title-action special-interest-groups standing tenth-circuit-precedent |
This petition addresses whether private special interest groups have an interest to intervene as of right in a quiet title action brought by a State a… |
| 19-1337 |
Todd Phillippi v. Humble Design, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure consent dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-civil-procedure federal-courts frcp-41 FRCP-60(b) judicial-consent jurisdiction legal-representative magistrate-authority prevailing-party rule-60b standing |
On 8/5/16 a civil case in the Northern District Dallas Division was dismissed by way of a FRCP4l(a)(l)(A)(ii) agreed dismissal without a court order. … |
| 19-7806 |
Cherunda Lynn Fox v. United States Postal Service, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process electronic-case-filing equal-protection federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process |
Whether the defendants were served on 3-19-18 as verified by the court record, the Judge and receipt personally verified by the Attorney General, defa… |
| 19-5621 |
David Green, Jr. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cat's-paw-negligence cats-paw civil-rights due-process eeo-retaliation eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure merit-systems-protection-board retaliation title-vii |
1. Whether the court of appeals erred when it upheld a district court opinion that conflicted with decided Supreme Court case law for EEO retaliation … |
| 19-5373 |
Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Carlos Castellon Cueva, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure judicial-misconduct personal-injuries pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations terrorism torture |
1. USCA (case 18-7182) and DC district court erroneously denied court appointed counsel alleging case didn't have merits but chief judge Colleen Mc Ma… |
| 18A1310 |
Marcel Malachowski v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure pro-se section-2255 supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 18A1309 |
Marcel Malachowski v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se section-2255 |
Question not identified. |
| 18-1453 |
Mitra Rangarajan v. Johns Hopkins University, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-misconduct attorney-responsibility circuit-split civil-procedure discovery discovery-violations dismissal federal-civil-procedure federal-procedure prejudice rule-37 sanctions warning |
Before this Honorable Court is the question of when it is appropriate to dismiss an action for discovery violations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, in light… |
| 18-7236 |
Dwayne Stoutamire v. Christopher La Rose, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alternative-grounds appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure clear-error-of-findings-of-fact district-court-discretion federal-civil-procedure federal-civil-rule-60(b) federal-civil-rule-60(d) federal-rules-of-civil-procedure findings-of-fact habeas-corpus rule-60 |
Do a Habeas Corpus petitioner need to obtain a Certificate of Appealability(COA) from the denial of a federal civil rule 60(b) and (d)?
Can the Court… |
| 18-6525 |
Edmund Zagorski v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
edwards-v-carpenter federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lockett-v-ohio martinez-rule martinez-v-rule post-conviction-relief procedural-default |
Under Edwards v. Carpenter, 529 U.S. 446 (2000), may a federal habeas corpus petitioner invoke the rule of Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012) to show… |
| 18-472 |
Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC, et al. v. Terry Martin, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-conflict civil-procedure class-certification courts-of-appeals federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure issue-certification issue-classes predominance predominance-requirement rule-23 rule-23(b)(3) rule-23(c)(4) |
Whether plaintiffs, having failed to demonstrate that common issues predominate over individual issues as to their cause of action under Federal Rule … |
| 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… |
| 18-5636 |
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… |
| 18-5597 |
David E. Miller v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
buck-v-davis capital-punishment civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan rule-60b6 trevino-v-thaler |
Under Buell v. Davis, does the change in law announced in Martinez and Trevino, when coupled with a particularly substantial deprivation of a capital … |
| 18-119 |
Gotech International Technology Limited, et al. v. Nagravision SA |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure defendant-jurisdiction due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-claims federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-defendants jurisdiction-pleading personal-jurisdiction pleading pleading-requirements rule-4k2 subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a plaintiff invoking jurisdiction under Rule 4(k)(2) must plead that "the defendant is not subject to jurisdiction in any state's courts of ge… |
| 18-59 |
Eduardo Pineiro Perez, et al. v. BP, P.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
class-action class-action-rule-23 district-court-dismissal docket-management federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure multi-district-litigation multi-plaintiff multi-plaintiff-lawsuits procedural-rights rule-23 shady-grove shady-grove-v-allstate supreme-court |
Based on a case management and administrative order, PTO 60, which permitted only single plaintiff lawsuits, the district court dismissed with prejudi… |