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24A1082 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Nancy M. Ley, former Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-08 Presumed Complete access-to-courts due-process filing-fees judicial-review pro-se procedural-rules Question not identified.
24-6707 Eddie Turner v. Department of Justice, Office of Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts filing-fees judicial-review mandamus procedural-technicalities sovereign-immunity PETTIANER. YAS CLEP SUFEILIENT FAC, THAT PROVES' B (LERY PRESENT BND MINIGrE TAL puTy Owen To THE PET Toner Ufan THE RESCONDENTS PUES MCLEAN PRESENT A…
24A30 Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Seventh Circuit 2024-07-11 Presumed Complete access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant Whether the denial of in forma pauperis (IFP) status by the district court and the subsequent refusal by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to revie…
23-7383 Kenric Ledbetter, et al. v. Religious Practice Committee, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees legal-document petition prison-litigation-reform-act standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari 0\-cU_<- 4 W GtV ^<K C Xk Gt-S l. C>jWeA^^ -VWe. US /A^)|0€ c.'s a.pp-eoA ^tv>~v\ cv ■?'0 Co r> Si oV«-< " ol^\ <X /V\.«a Wf — p Veti/v^ i l°\^3 -S'>-…
23A534 Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of Interior Ninth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete civil-litigation court-fees filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. This case presents a significant question of law—namely, whether, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), district courts may impose a partial filing f…
23-5883 Shardaye Jeacole Malik Bey v. Ohio Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1443 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-procedure criminal-removal due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis Because filing fees are not required for removal of a criminal action under [28 U.S.C.] § 1443, it is not necessary to grant Petitioner in forma paupe…
21-7796 Ryan Stephen Ehrenreich v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State Ninth Circuit 2022-05-06 Denied IFP ballot-access candidate-certification civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-law elections filing-fee filing-fees free-speech notarization write-in-voting In 1989. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided "the fee require ment challenged in this lawsuit unconstitutional " and "the State may …
21-7535 Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should the Oregon Department of Corrections, the U.S. District Court of Oregon, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, be allowed to collect 28 U.S.C…
20-1734 Waseem Daker v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees intervention joinder prison-litigation-reform-act section-1983 standing I. Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires each prisoner filing a lawsuit to pay a separate filing fee. II. Whether the Prison Litigation R…
20-6489 Mario Allan Montano v. Ivy Alice Wimmer Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts case-dismissal constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection filing-fees jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction I. Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing three orders dismissing the Petitioner's cases thus depriving the Petitione…
19-8840 Darnell Cooper v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion partial-filing-fee prison-litigation-reform-act standing 1. Should Petitioner have been charged with an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the $1,300 dollars petitioner had in his account, to procee…
19-7901 Thomas Powers v. Travis Smith, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing access-to-courts civil-rights detention due-process filing-fees indigency WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IS DENYING AN INDIGENT CIVIL DETAINEE (PRE TRIAL DETAINEE'') FOR SEVEN YEARS (JUNE 26,2012) FROM ACCESSING THE COURT WHEN P…
19-6666 Christopher Thornton v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections First Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court filing-fees habeas-corpus return-of-fees rule-60 the filing of a State prisoner writ of habeas corpus 1. does prohibit the federal court from returning a filing fees. 2. does the Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 6…
19-164 David Samarripa, et al. v. Gregory Kizziah, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs due-process federal-courts filing-fees habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts have the authority to impose partial filing fees on habeas petitioners.
18-1303 Sonja Colbert v. Cleveland Mitchell California 2019-04-15 Denied appeals appellate-review bad-faith civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process filing-fees housing-authority judicial-procedure jury-trial landlord-tenant lower-court rent-control section-8-housing standing Can a Single Court of Appeals Justice, Dismiss an Appeal, after shown by all Clerks, the lower court and Appellant in writing, that Appellant timely f…
18-8723 Miles Sterling Bench v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-04-08 Denied IFP 8th-amendment affidavit civil-rights competency costs criminal-appeals death-penalty declaration due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent indigent-status mental-illness oklahoma-law supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
18-8461 Arther Lee Williamson v. Tyrie W. Boyer, Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, 4th Judicial Circuit Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing DisTrict CourT To densy The APpellant, ArTher Ler. WilliansoN's MoTiON To Proleed iN Forma PauNeris 's Fair and imparTial. depoiving The PlainTiff To …
18-8180 William N. Lucy, Personal Representative of Annie D. Fox, Deceased v. Dialysis Associates, et al. Alabama 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-supreme-court civil-procedure civil-rights double-county-circuit-court due-process equal-access-to-justice-act filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing 1) THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT ERRED IN HOLDING THAT PETITIONER WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PROCEED ON APPEAL FROM THE MOBILE COUNTY CIRCUI…
18-5451 Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal 1. May the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sua sponte dismisses a Plaintiff's Appeal for not paying the filing fees, where documentation clearly showed…
24A547 Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia Presumed Complete appellate-procedure filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.