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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 22-1024 | Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. | Fourth Circuit | 2023-04-21 | Denied | 28-usc-1915 amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-dismissal failure-to-state-a-claim frivolous frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis right-to-amend | 1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") properly AFFIRMED the district court's closure pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § … | |
| 22-723 | Jonathan VanLoan v. Nation of Islam, et al. | Third Circuit | 2023-02-02 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-baseless-standard denton-v-hernandez dismissal-standard factual-allegations frivolous neitzke-v-williams section-1983 subject-matter-jurisdiction | 1. Is the legal standard for dismissal of a plaintiffs 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case, for factual allegations deemed "fantastical " by the court, the "clearly… |
| 22-689 | Rochelle Y. Driessen v. Barclays Bank, PLC | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-01-25 | Denied | 12(b)(6) 12b6-motion circuit-court-opinion civil-procedure conflict-with-precedent dismissal frivolous frivolous-complaint judicial-review motion-to-dismiss standing | WHETHER THE 11™ CIRCUIT ENTERED THE INCORRECT DECISION IN ITS AUGUST 2, 2022, OPINION OF THE COURT IN ITS AFFIRMANCE OF THE DISTRICT COURT 'S DENIAL O… | |
| 22-5124 | Michael Jerrial Ibenyenwa v. Elroddrock B. Wells, Sr., et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2022-07-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process frivolous frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis pleadings prisoner-plaintiff qualified-immunity twombly | QUESTION: ONE WHETHER ADEFENDANT SUFFIUIENTLY ANDPROPERLY INVOKES ENTITLEMENT TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY DEFENSE INAQZU.S.L.S19B3 CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION LAWSU… |
| 21-1216 | Yan Ping Xu v. Suffolk County, New York, et al. | Second Circuit | 2022-03-08 | Denied | Response Waived | 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment frivolous frivolous-claim privacy-invasion rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-order warrantless-seizure | In this case, petitioner contends that, for example, 1. The Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a narrow doctrine, is inapplicable to this independent action, a… |
| 21-6476 | Aaron Michael Murray v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-interpretation legal-precedent standing | Whether the district Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals violated this Court's decision in Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 78 S.Ct 9… |
| 21-624 | Brian D. Swanson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-10-28 | Denied | Response Waived | 11th-circuit circuit-court commissioner direct-tax frivolous income-tax internal-revenue supreme-court supreme-court-precedent tax taxable-income | 1. May the Commissioner of Internal Revenue collect a uniform direct tax on Petitioner's taxable income? 2. Does the decision of The Eleventh Circuit… |
| 21-6022 | In Re Robert L. Hedrick | 2021-10-21 | Dismissed | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | access-to-courts bureau-of-prisons civil-procedure deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment frivolous plausible-claim rule-8 standing | Did the Court Error in ruling that "the complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)? 2. Did the Court Error in ruling that t… | |
| 21-5884 | Carina Conerly v. Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-04 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion moot recusal standing | 1. WHETHER, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Abused its discretion, erred and Deprived Petitioners of To A Fair and Just Trial/RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS … |
| 21-204 | Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. | Second Circuit | 2021-08-13 | Denied | Response Waived | bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal | Whether a District Court Judge runs afoul of due process by a sua sponte dismissal of Petitioner's Complaint without "hearing" argument and then deemi… |
| 20-7056 | Faramarz Mehdipour v. Heather Coyle, Judge, et al. | Oklahoma | 2021-02-05 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges frivolous habeas-corpus malicious procedural-deficiencies sentencing-disparities standing | The Oklahoma Supreme Court's October 26, 2020 ORDER denying his petition for writ of habeas Corpus is based upon the bare allegation that Petitioner h… |
| 20-699 | Michael Sammons v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-20 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure frivolous frivolous-litigation mandamus mandamus-review pro-se-litigant sanctions standing voluntary-dismissal | Whether, as the Ninth Circuit has held, a plaintiff has an "absolute right" to voluntary dismissal under FRCP, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), if no answer or mo… |
| 20-5592 | Christopher Lipsey, Jr. v. D. Goree, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review frivolous habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance malicious procedural-default standing state-court-review | Cllo Does 42u.S.C.1983 coMPlaints that Sound, in Part, like hablas Constitute Strikes inder 28 u.s.csi9is(9) explicitly Stating they are being sued in… |
| 20-5298 | Rodney A. Smith v. Susan Barker, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2020-08-06 | Denied | IFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals de-novo frivolous frivolous-complaint informa-pauperis judicial-discretion standard-of-review | Whether dismissal of informa pauperis complaint as frivolous is properly reviewed for abuse of discretion and it wass error for court of appeals to re… |
| 19-7269 | James Patton Robertson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | coram-nobis criminal-procedure due-process federal-law frivolous frivolous-claim judicial-review statute-of-limitations summary-disposition transactional-immunity | 1. A petition for the ancient writ of Coram nobis calls for an adjudication of the facts as well as the law. The District court dismissed the action a… |
| 19-6537 | Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-11-07 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing | The Petitioner presents two questions: In Neitzke v. Williams 490 U.S. 319 at 325 (1989), quoting from Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), The… |
| 19-6398 | Aretha Townsend v. National Labor Relations Board | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | all-writs-act article-iii case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights compliance contempt due-process frivolous judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-jurisdiction standing | 1. Whether "District Judge " [Leigh Martin May] violated "Petitioner — Townsends "rights of Due Process > when failing to allow [her] (case action — … |
| 19-6227 | In Re Steven Talbert Williams | 2019-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights contempt-of-court dismissal due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis sanctions standing | 1. 28 USC 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and 18 U.S.C. §402 (dismissal for "frivolous[ness]," U.S. Const. Am. 6, 10): a. Whether the "ORDER" (Appendix A, dated Marc… | |
| 19-5461 | Anthony L. Pierce v. Lisa Garrett, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-06 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appeal civil-procedure civil-rights conclusion constitutional-provisions dismissal due-process frivolous jurisdiction magistrate opinions-below reasons-for-writ standing statement-of-case | Did the court err in allowing the magistrate house non-meritus issue's twice", dismiss petitioner's action without prejudice, barring appeal; the oner… |
| 19-5249 | George E. Kersey v. Herb Chambers 1186, Inc., et al. | First Circuit | 2019-07-22 | Dismissed | IFP | appeal appeals civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals district-court due-process filing-fee frivolous in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation sanctions screening standing | 1. Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's certification that the appeal was not taken in good faith 2. Whether the 28 U.… |
| 19-5229 | Saldy Marzan v. CoreCivic Correctional Center, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review dismissal documentary-evidence due-process federal-courts frivolous habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default standing | Can the hinth circuit court of Appeals dismissed Frivolous with out having given My Case as present's documentary to oppornutety nne that my Case IS e… |
| 18-9611 | Nicholas D. Weir v. United States, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-06-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure de-novo-analysis de-novo-review factual-allegation frivolous frivolous-claim frivolous-claims judicial-discretion legal-standard standing sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal | How does the lower courts rigorously determine if a factual allegation is baseless or frivolous when there is no argument in fact or law to dispute th… |
| 18-7991 | George E. Kersey v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States | First Circuit | 2019-02-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-1915 appeal appeal-certification civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals dismissal district-court frivolous immunity in-forma-pauperis standing | Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Courts December 18, 2017 decisions by which Petitioner's complaint was dismissed Whether … |
| 18-914 | Gerald E. Bove v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-01-15 | Denied | Response Waived | attorney-fees circuit-precedent due-process frivolous frivolous-prosecution hyde-amendment labor-law labor-laws legal-theory standing | 1. For the purposes of denying an a claim for attorney's fees from the federal government under the "Hyde Amendment," may a government theory of prose… |
| 18-816 | Gavin B. Davis v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-12-27 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment 28-usc-2201 5th-amendment 8-usc-1481(a)(2) due-process expatriation-act expatriation-act-of-1868 federal-jurisdiction frap-21(c) frcp-57 frivolous in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction ninth-circuit political-asylum standing | A priori, whether Plaintiff-Appellant's Due Process rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments were abridged and subjugated in the Ninth Circuit Court's… |
| 18-6601 | Stefone Dwayne Palomo v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | anders-review appeal appeal-rights appellate-review due-process fifth-circuit-rules frivolous frivolous-issues ineffective-assistance local-rules merits right-to-appeal sua-sponte-dismissal | I. Does Petitioner's right to an appeal require either a decision on the merits or an Anders review with a finding that all issues are frivolous? II.… |
| 18-5758 | Annamalai Annamalai v. Parvathi Sivanadiyan | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-24 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-procedure-68 dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice federal-rule-68 federal-rule-civil-procedure federal-rules frivolous frivolous-complaint judgment-offer mailbox-rule offer-and-acceptance offer-of-judgment prejudice prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing | Whether a district court can dismiss a complaint filed under 9 U.S.C.4 as frivolus and can dismiss with prejudice, after " the' mailing " of an "uncon… |