| 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 |
Pending |
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 |
Application |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 … |