frivolous-appeal
18 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-1161 | Chase Hunter v. Joanne Auclair | Massachusetts | 2026-04-09 | Pending | appellate-jurisdiction attorneys-fees civil-contempt due-process frivolous-appeal prevailing-party-doctrine | In Massachusetts, for most civil and criminal appeals, appellate jurisdiction is established only by appellate rules from which broad exercise of appe… | |
| 25-6825 | Richard R. Lawless v. United States, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2026-02-17 | Pending | IFP | 28-USC-1915 appellate-procedure due-process-clause factual-record-development frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis | 1. Whether a court of appeals may dismiss an appeal as "frivolous" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) based on a record that was truncated at the screening … |
| 25-6823 | Sonny Austin Ramdeo v. D. Tyler, Federal Bureau of Prisons Residential Reentry Manager, Orlando, Florida | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-02-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons earned-time-credits federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-40 frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis presidential-clemency | Whether a court of appeals may deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis as "frivolous" when the appeal turns on a federal statutory question the court … |
| 25A553 | Shirley V. Remmert v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-11-13 | Presumed Complete | appellate-procedure district-court frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5595 | Dina Sarkisova v. California | Ninth Circuit | 2025-09-10 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-violation due-process federal-removal frivolous-appeal ninth-circuit subject-matter-jurisdiction | 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violated Petitioner's due process rights by summarily dismissing her appeal as frivolous under 28 U.S.C.… |
| 24-7124 | Gary Daniel Rodgers v. Jeff Landry, Governor of Louisiana, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-05-02 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-challenge frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis legal-briefing | Whether the Circuit Court erred in their ruling alleging Rodger's brief in support of his motion to proceed inform a pauperis fails to identify disput… |
| 24A628 | Shaheryar Khan v. Nancy K. Curry, Trustee | Ninth Circuit | 2024-12-27 | Presumed Complete | civil-liberties court-procedure dismissal-standard frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit | Question not identified. | |
| 24-501 | V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited v. Meenakashi Overseas, LLC | Ninth Circuit | 2024-11-01 | Denied | appellate-damages circuit-precedent due-process federal-statute frivolous-appeal sanctions | 1.) May an appellate court award damages for an appeal they find frivolous when a test is espoused that is neither supported by the case precedence of… | |
| 24A380 | Mahfooz Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al. | Second Circuit | 2024-10-22 | Denied | employment-discrimination frivolous-appeal habeas-corpus intellectual-property pro-se-litigation summary-judgment | Question not identified. | |
| 24-5137 | Gerardo Ogaz v. Texas | Texas | 2024-07-25 | Denied | IFP | anders-v-california appeal-process case-remand civil-procedure court-procedure due-process frivolous-appeal judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rules remand standing | "Did the Court err concluding the appeal was frivolous when the appeal in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 38 (CMT) when it was presented to a mirror publi… |
| 23A625 | Shaheryar Khan v. Kent Seton, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-01-08 | Presumed Complete | appellate-procedure court-dismissal frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit pro-se-litigant | Question not identified. | |
| 22-5390 | Carina Conerly v. Julie G. Yap, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-18 | Denied | IFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process frivolous-appeal frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing | 1. WHETHER. The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Erred In Finding Petitioners ' Claim To Be Frivolous after, as stated by the Appellate Court "Upon a re… |
| 21-7882 | In Re Lin Ouyang | 2022-05-16 | Denied | IFP | appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals court-rules exceptional-circumstances final-judgment finality-of-judgment frivolous-appeal mandamus statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed petitioner's appeal as frivolous and stated that "No further filing will be entertained in this close… | |
| 21-7710 | Hernandez Lopaz Daniels v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | anders-v-california appellate-review counsel-withdrawal due-process eleventh-circuit frivolous-appeal frivolous-case meaningful-review | I. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANDERS V. CALIFORINA, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), CAN COUNSEL SIMPLY WITHDRAW WITHOUT FINDING THE CASE TO BE "WHOLLY FRIVOLOUS" AS REQU… |
| 20-5367 | In Re Abdul Mohammed | 2020-08-18 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure district-court district-court-judgment frivolous-appeal good-faith good-faith-complaint judicial-immunity mandamus-petition subject-matter-jurisdiction | 1) whether the judges who rule on matters upon which they have no subject matter jurisdiction whatsoever are entitled to judicial immunity; 2) whethe… | |
| 19-7266 | Mickie Stone v. Centene Corporation | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-14 | Rehearing | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 11-usc-1915-e-2-b appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc eeoc-complaint eleventh-circuit frivolous-appeal frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis standing statute-of-limitations tolling | Whether the Court in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying my motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pa… |
| 19-778 | Edward A. Weinhaus v. Illinois, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2019-12-17 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split custody-decrees diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction frivolous-appeal fundamental-rights redress rule-38-sanctions | Is There a Domestic-Relations Exception to Federal Question Jurisdiction? Are Rule 38 Sanctions for "frivolous appeal" warranted when the appeal earn… |
| 19-537 | Jeffrey G. Thomas v. Norman Solomon, et al. | California | 2019-10-24 | Denied | 501(c)(3)-preemption bankruptcy-automatic-stay bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process frivolous-appeal monetary-sanctions new-york-times-v-sullivan public-interest standing state-court-judgment | (1) Whether a Judgment of a State Court Violates the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy Because the Judgment Was Because of Collateral Estoppel to Attack A … |