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25A772 Jason A. Czekalski v. William L. Wrenn, Individually, and as former Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. First Circuit 2026-01-05 Application appellate-jurisdiction extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure mandate-issuance panel-review petition-for-rehearing Question not identified.
25-6405 Jerel D. Kent v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-review motion-denial Whether a single circuit court judge may deny a motion for certificate of appealability under Fed. R. App. P. 27 (c) by finding the district court rea…
25A380 William Scott v. Howard Hanna Third Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-defect mandatory-deadline notice-of-appeal time-limit Question not identified.
24-6162 Gregory A. Tolliver v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-motion Whether a single circuit court judge may deny a motion for certificate of appealability under Fed. R. App. P. 27 (c)?
24A291 Charles Garo Avetian v. United States Third Circuit 2024-09-24 Presumed Complete circuit-split electronic-filing federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant Question not identified.
24-159 The Wall Guy, Inc., et al. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for The First State Bank Fourth Circuit 2024-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure bond-surety en-banc-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure governmental-taking judicial-review 1. Did the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to address Appellant's [Wall Guy's] appeal on the merits, when Wall Guy had unequivocally compl…
23-7397 Diamond L. Barnes v. Felicia Adkins, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure concealed-carry constitutional-right due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure procedural-rule second-amendment standing subject-matter-jurisdiction I. A procedural § 2244 one(l)-year statute-of-limitation(s) ruling (Doc.l)(Doc. 1875) (Doc. 1893) governed by Federal Rule 36 of Appellate Procedure …
23-7408 Melvin Warren Rivers v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-order judicial-review motion-denial probation probation-revocation procedural-appeal revocation Whether the denial of a motion to terminate probation made during a probation revocation hearing but prior to the final revocation hearing is a final …
23-7378 Frederick Herrod v. Members of the 79th Congress Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus liberal-construction motion necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se pro-se-litigant speech-and-debate-clause 1) If the Congressional command of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 24(a)(5) requires that certain submissions MUST BE INCLUDED with a motion, is a…
23-7315 In Re Craig Michael Ralston 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure clerical-error federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure houston-v-lack judicial-review mail-receipt postal-service prison-mailbox-rule timely-filing Is a certified mail receipt and date-stamp from the United States Postal Service along with the Prison Mailroom time-stamp enough to meet the requirem…
23-7291 In Re Furvio Flete-Garcia 2024-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure clerical-error court-orders due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure standing Question not identified.
23-7194 In Re Fulvio Flete-Garcia 2024-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure mandate notice service Question not identified.
23-870 Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-action appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure hazardous-materials-transportation-act judicial-review statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation When an aggrieved party petitions for judicial review of the Department of Transportation's final action under the Hazardous Materials Transportation …
23-806 Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure electronic-filing excusable-neglect federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-cause intervening-circumstances judicial-discretion pioneer-investment-services 1. Whether in overview of the textual language set forth in Fed. R. App. P 4(a)(5)(A) (ii) did Congress afford differing terms allowing the lower cour…
23-6375 Mark E. Sells v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights dismissal-of-appeal due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure plea-agreement supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit-court united-states-supreme-court-law Question #1: Did the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, violate Sells' Right to 'Due Process' and 'access to a Court of Law' guaranteed by …
23-6117 Gordon Lagerstrom v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-motion standing Whether a single circuit court judge may deny a motion for certificate of appealability under Fed. R. App. P. 27 (c)?
23A433 Nelson L. Bruce v. Bank of America, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete district-court-order federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal rule-59-motion timely-filing Question not identified.
23-5874 In Re L. E. Pauli Coffey 2023-10-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment mandamus sovereign-immunity standing timely-response Question 1.) Do the Federal Laws of Civil Procedure (Fed R. Civ. P 12) and the Federal Laws of Appellate Procedure (31) set a time limit for a respond…
23-5716 Jimmy Zavala v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10(e) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition motion-to-correct procedural-rules rule-10e successive-appeal 1. When should the Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(e) be recharacterized as a successive appeal? 2. Do the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedur…
23-111 United States, ex rel. Howard Beck v. St. Joseph Health System, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction post-judgment-motion post-judgment-motions rule-59 timely-appeal Whether a court-created exception barring successive post-judgment motions can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is timel…
22-7574 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment mental-illness notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion separate-document-rule separate-judgment statutory-interpretation timely-appeal The entire erroneous reliance of the court of appeal in Ahmed v. Shoop, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 31469 (6th Cir., Nov. 14, 2022), is upon 28 U.S.C. § 2101…
22-7325 Noel Brown v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-review court-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion prisoner-appeal standing 1. Did the Denial of Appellant's motion for in forma patiperis, by the U.S. Court of Appeals, violate Rule 24(A)(5), of the Federal Rule oj: Appellate…
22-7313 Rakim Moberly v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-standard compassionate-release criminal-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-step-act notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appeal 1) Did the Petitioner's Letter to the District Court Clerk, which stated: "5:19-Cr~136-DCR Dear Court Clerk I received the decision from the court to…
22-990 Bright Harry, et al. v. KCG Americas LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure free-speech judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing summary-judgment Whether in arrogant defiance of 36 years of this Court's precedent in Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., the Ninth Circuit, just like the other Appellat…
22-944 Lois Yankah v. Sgt. Moore, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadline fugitive-disentitlement fugitive-disentitlement-doctrine speedy-trial speedy-trial-act Whether an appellate court may dismiss an appeal which has been postmarked by United States Post Office before the filing deadline, filed by court cle…
22-6630 John Butler v. Howard Sissem, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure correctional-facility federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction legal-standing prisoner-rights standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals, for the Third Circuit, did in fact have jurisdiction concerning Petitioners' appeal under the Federal Rul…
22-400 Mark Barinholtz v. HomeAdvisor, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-rules procedural-flexibility timeliness timeliness-doctrine Should the federal courts, in an effort to serve the purposes of the public's interest in gaining access to justice, be following timeliness rules app…
22-5864 David Rodriguez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-proceeding certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-review motion-denial standing Whether a single circuit court judge may deny a motion for certificate of appealability under Fed. R. App. P. 27(c)?
22-269 Dawn Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied Response Waived appointments-clause article-ii civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law federal-courts federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-decision judicial-review separation-of-powers Is the application of Fed. R. App P. 2, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case at hand Unconstitutional and violates …
22-5194 Maxo Jean v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction motion-to-vacate timeliness timely-filing WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DIS MISSING PETITIONER'S "NOTICE OF APPEAL" FROM THE DENIAL OF A MOTION TO VACATE, FILED PURSUANT …
22-34 Wei-Ping Zeng v. Marshall University, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-07-12 Denied adverse-employment-action civil-procedure discrimination-claim employment-retaliation federal-rules-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-proceedings record-on-appeal standing supervisory-power 1. Whether the lower courts have departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings by refusing to provide Petitioner the record on a…
21-7360 Marc N. Greenberg v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fundamental-fairness notice-of-appeal supervised-release I. Whether the technical requirements of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(c)(l)(B), addressing the contents of a Notice of Appeal, trump an indiv…
21-1211 Constance George v. House of Hope Recovery, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Amici (2) appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant service-of-process service-requirement standing Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3 permits a court of appeals to dismiss an appeal because the appellant did not serve the notice of appeal…
21-1062 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-of-defendants due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice safety-act 1 Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals circumvent the appeals process by ignoring significant evidence which demonstrated that the district court tri…
21-6497 Hye-Young Park v. Colin S. Bruce Seventh Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-remedies due-process false-statements federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-act judicial-immunity judicial-process (1) Whether a judge knowingly replacing facts with false statements is a judicial act, which is a function normally performed by a judge. (2) Whether…
21-5818 Cynthia Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judgment judgment-amendment legal-rights notice-of-appeal time-to-file Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly split from the well-established rule of the Court and other Circuits that changes to the legal rights and obligat…
21-5320 Trenton John Tompkins v. Lauren Leigh Hackett Third Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure prison-conditions pro-se A pro se prisoner was unable to submit his appellant's brief and appendix (copies of which provided in this petition's appendix) because the Court of …
20-1793 Aura Moody, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, J. M. v. National Football League Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-amend procedural-due-process standing 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS HAD THE AUTHORITY TO DISMISS THE APPEAL BECAUSE IT ALLEGEDLY "LACKS AN ARGUABLE BASIS EITHER IN LAW OR IN FACT " WITHO…
20-1658 Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor First Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion appellate-procedure civil-procedure department-of-labor federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure non-waiver-mandate sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did the First Circuit lack subject matter jurisdiction to rule while an earlier-filed Sarbanes-Oxley matter with identical causes of action is not …
20-8024 Lisa Biron v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP non-promulgated procedural process 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-appellate-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-due-process When there is ho requirement to file a notice of appeal when applying for a certificate of appealability ("cot") from the circuitcourt and no process …
20-1389 Kaboni Savage v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-05 Denied appellate-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-barriers record-on-appeal record-reconstruction statement-of-proceedings supplemental-record third-circuit transcript Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10 affords litigants multiple tools to ensure a complete appellate record. Rule 10(c) states that if a hearing tra…
20-7296 Dane Schrank v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum oral-argument reasoned-decision sentencing-guidelines standing I. Must Circuit Courts provide reasoned decisions to deny parties oral argument under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2)? II. Does a policy…
20-6945 Robert White v. Kubotek Corporation, et al. First Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-for-reconsideration rule-59(e) timeliness timely-filing Does the "act" of mailing a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion for reconsideration in time for normal US Mail Second Day delivery to the US …
20-619 R. S., et al., Individually and on Behalf of Their Son, A. S. v. Board of Education Shenendehowa Central School District, et al. Second Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure autism civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-reopen pro-se pro-se-litigant standing time-limitations Whether an appellate court may sue sponte dismiss an appeal which has been filed within the time limitations stated in the Federal Rules of Appellate …
20-278 Marguerite Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction mandate-issuance standing Does the 11th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due…
19-8867 Leonard Lashun Bradley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure district-court-discretion federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-review jurisdiction motion-for-permission out-of-time-appeal procedural-error standing time-limits Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Bradley's Motion for Permission to File Out of Time Appeal
19-8724 Michael Garry v. Trane Company Wisconsin 2020-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure court-procedure evidence-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-procedures mandate-rules mootness newly-discovered-evidence procedural-error structural-error (1) The Wisconsin Supreme Court was manifestly wrong in rejecting the Petitioner's Appeal for Review, when it failed to consider mitigating, newly dis…
19-7796 Kevin T. Hawkins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure interlocutory-appeal ninth-circuit vindictive-prosecution Does the Ninth Circuit circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particular when it results in depriving an individual due pr…
19-1005 Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC, et al. v. Environmental Research Center, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure article-iii-standing circuit-precedent en-banc-review federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure intra-circuit-splits jurisdictional-dismissal local-appellate-rules local-rules motions-panel subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Ninth Circuit's local rules for en banc review violate FED. R. APP. P. 47(a)(1) by allowing a three-judge motions panel to deny en banc re…
19-993 Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen (1) WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING PETITIONER'S CLAIMS WHEN IT DENIED HER MOTION TO REOPEN HER APPEAL, CONTRARY TO FEDERAL RULE OF APPELL…
19-7090 Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega 19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr 1. Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to …
19-787 Michael Lynn Robertson v. Banner Bank Tenth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-procedure claim-processing-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-requirement jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal whether-an-untimely-motion-to-alter-or-amend-a-jud An appeal for a judgment of a bankruptcy court "shall be taken in the same manner as appeals in civil proceedings generally are taken to the courts of…
19-6874 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard 2019-12-06 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision 1.) Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abuse its discretion when refusing to file the Petitioner 's Motion for Leave to…
19-6756 Rene Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellant-notification appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-notification dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure legal-procedure notice rule-42(b) rule-42b standing [1] Does the plain language of Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure require counsel, when retained, to notify Appellant of dismiss…
19-6704 JB Foster McAfee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-court-rejection civil-procedure-mail-box-rule due-process federal-rules-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus houston-v-lack mail-box-rule obstruction-of-justice prison-mail prisoner-appeals prisoner-petition sentencing-guidelines timeliness timely-filing Whether a prisoner's petition for rehearing of his appeal decision that is due in 14 days, is considered timely filed under the "mail box rule" and Ho…
19-320 Harold Wade, et ux. v. Kreisler Law, P.C. Seventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure claim-processing federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure functional-equivalence jurisdiction jurisdictional-rules mandatory-claim-processing-rules notice-of-appeal petition-for-appeal petition-for-permission-to-appeal The "functional equivalence" doctrine of Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178 (1962), Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co., 487 U.S. 312 (1988), and Smith v. Barry…
19-5848 Saquawn Harris v. United States District of Columbia 2019-09-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-review federal-rule-35 federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-statute judicial-procedure majority-vote recusal statutory-interpretation I. Whether the federal statute providing that en banc rehearing is granted upon the vote of "a majority of judges of the court in regular active servi…
19-317 Susan R. Gokool v. Oklahoma City University Tenth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied due-process federal-appellate-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-procedure legal-notice notice opportunity-to-be-heard sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment 1. Due Process is a course of legal proceeding for the enforcement and protection of private rights guaranteed by the Constitution that requires a not…
19-5683 Isaiah Jermale Legall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-deadline appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion standing time-limit 1. Whether equitable tolling applies to the time limit to appeal set forth in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)(1)(A).
19-5399 Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied IFP cestui-que civil-procedure collateral-claims court-of-appeals dismissal dismissals federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure local-procedural-rules local-rules pendent-jurisdiction standing (pendent jurisdiction): a. 27(d), (g), (i) and L.R. 40.2 of the Local Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Court of Appeals for the Second C…
19-5398 Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure collateral-claims court-of-appeals dismissal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure internal-operating-procedures jurisdiction jurisdictional-claims local-rules pendent-jurisdiction procedural-rules standing 1. Fed. R. App. P. 27, L.R. 27(d), (g), (i), L.R. 40.2 and 22 NYCRR §500.20(d) (pendent jurisdiction): Will the Court provide for questioning upon Fed…
19-5381 Charles Quatrine, Jr. v. Mary Berghuis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rules circuit-court circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-law federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-mandate final-opinion judicial-impediments mandate mandate-review procedural-due-process rule-60(b) rule-60b I Did the Circuit Court issue a final mandate that was a conflict of law, established by its own court? II Did the Circuit Court err when declined to…
19-5374 Benson Coriolant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abandoned-claims actual-appeal actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fifth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-rules I. WHETHER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT'S HOLDING THAT THE PRO SE LITIGANT HAS ABANDONED ANY CLAIM(S) NOT RAISED IN AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPEAL…
18-9413 Hozay Royal v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appeal-deadline appeals civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadlines mail-filing notice-of-appeal postmark statutory-interpretation time-computation time-limits A. Does the thirty-day period under 28 U.S.C. § 2107 and Fed.R.App.Proc. 4(a) (1) (A) allow for the notice of appeal to be filed in the United States …
18-8153 Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Pat Naquin, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exclusion-of-evidence federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure standing 1. Whether Rules of Appellant Procedure Rule 25(C) inmate filing, can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is statutorily ti…
18-8144 Sami Albra v. Selene Finance, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure injunctive-relief judicial-discretion standing Does the 9th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due …
18-7921 James Howard Looman, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process F.R.A.P.-Rule-22(b) federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit err when it refused to apply 28 U.S.C. §2253(c) and F.R.A.P. Rule 22(b) and follow this Court's commands regarding review of app…
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…
18-933 Shraddha Patel v. Kirit Patel, aka Kiritkumar Ambalal Patel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure deadline federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure grace-period notice notice-of-judgment rule-4(a)(5) rule-4(a)(6) time-to-appeal As explained in her Rule 4(a)(5) motion to extend the time within which to notice an appeal, the then pro se petitioner did not receive notice of the …
18-6943 Gregory Dean Banister v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (4)IFP aedpa appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se rule-59(e) successive-petition Question One: In Gonzalez v. Crosby this Court held that a Rule 60(b) motion that either adds new habeas claims, or attacks the court's previous resol…
18-6500 In Re Sandra Rumanek 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware usurp this Court's judicial power in violation of FRCP Rule 8, Rule 4(a)(b), Rule 15(a)(1)(B)…
18-6356 Earl Reyes v. Dale Artus Second Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-appeal court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-decision frap-rule-24 in-forma-pauperis indigent-appellant indigent-rights motion-to-vacate plain-error standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion Whether the court of appeals was correct to requir WHETHER IT WAS PLAIN ERROR FOR A COURT OF APPEALS TO DENY IN FORMA PAUPERIS RELIEF TO AN INDIGENT APPELLANT WHO LIKE THE PETITIONER IN THIS CASE-WAS I…
18-6275 Ricardo Lupian-Barajas v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard I. DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DEPART FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WHEN IT FAILED…
18-5925 Dean Loren v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-filing civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-misconduct public-forum standing state-actor 1. Whether it is Constitutional for the lower Appellate Court, to so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctio…
18-5752 Randall B. Causey v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4(a)(5) appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure incapacitation judicial-discretion legal-tolling medical-condition medical-incapacity procedural-rules standing Whether Equitable Tolling applies to Federal Rules Of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5) when the Petitioner was incapacitated due to a medical condition?
18-5578 Antonio U. Akel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process exceptional-injustice federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-error right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing supervisory-authority 1.) WIETHER THE UNDISPUTED AND CLEAR VIOLATION OF AN APPELLANTS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL .ON DIRECT APPEAL IS AN EXCEPTIONAL…
18-5471 Roman Gabriel Contreras v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules constitutional-rights dog-sniff due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion precedent probable-cause procedural-rules search-and-seizure standing vagueness The Ninth Circuit Court of Appealls (9th) did not follow rules being Federal Rules of Appeallete Procedure 'and precedent caselaw. By either ruling or…
18-5430 James Davis Bennett, et ux. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-defense deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-vs-gamble federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure medical-care prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs summary-judgment 1. The Question before the Court is Whether the Eight Amendment under Estelle vs Gamble allows a Court to create a Constitutional Defense to an admitt…
18-5410 Charles Podaras v. City of Menlo Park, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-faith good-faith-appeal in-forma-pauperis informal-form-brief ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigant statement-of-reasons written-reasons 1/ Whether the Ninth Circuit - acting in contravention of Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; and splitting with holdings of multiple courts of appe…
18-5374 Adrian Demond Hyman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-system appellate-procedure claim-processing-rule claim-processing-rules criminal-appeal equitable-exception equitable-exceptions federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline jurisdictional-deadlines non-jurisdictional-deadline non-jurisdictional-rule sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether an appellate court acts without authority when it enforces the non-jurisdictional deadline for a direct criminal appeal under Fed. R. App. …
18-10 Stephen J. Anderson, et ux. v. Gary L. Rainsdon, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied appeal-time-limits appeals bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7-bankruptcy civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation time-to-appeal united-states-officer Whether a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee is "a United States officer or employee sued in an official capacity" for the purposes of Fed. R. App. 4(a)(1)(…
18-5058 Deante Drake, aka Panama, aka Shawn, aka Papa Bear v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-timeliness appellate-procedure court-of-appeals criminal-procedure-rule-18-usc-3742-f-1-a en-banc-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-amendment incoming-prison-mail legal-mail-delays mandamus-or-certiorari petition-clause rehearing-en-banc statutory-construction timeliness Whether when a Fed.R.Crim.P. 18 U.S.C. § 3742(f)(1).(A) Brief is. filed for rehearing en banc, that the Court of Appeals governed under Fed.R.App.P. 4…