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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A646 Albert Whitney Coburn v. Lara Brooke Seefeldt Washington 2025-12-03 Application constitutional-issues indigent legal-extension petition-for-certiorari pro-se supreme-court Question not identified.
24A641 Jose Guillermo Mendez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Presumed Complete certiorari indigent legal-resources prison-restrictions pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
23A911 George Leslie Vontress v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-11 Presumed Complete indigent legal-research pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-6548 Andrew Joseph Avitable, aka Andrew Joseph Larson v. Wyoming Wyoming 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-breach due-process equal-protection forma-pauperis indigent judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation state-law-interpretation 1. Can a State create policies, rules, and/or laws that contradict the State's and US Constitutions; and create a situation in which only those with t…
23A670 Thomas Webster v. Natalie Haskins, Director, Haskins House State Wide Transitional Re-Entry Program Ninth Circuit 2024-01-22 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time incarcerated indigent ninth-circuit pro-se Question not identified.
23-6163 Vidala Aaronoff v. Curtis Olson California 2023-12-05 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees civil-harassment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection indigent pro-se pro-se-litigant 1. Whether the Due Process Clause requires a court to construe a pro se litigant's filings liberally in order to enable the litigant to participate as…
23-5557 Millard E. Price v. Centurion of Delaware, LLC, et al. Delaware 2023-09-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fair-trial indigent ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief prisoner Question not identified.
23-5237 Jordan Cole Laws v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-discretion criminal-procedure factual-findings indigent indigent-defendant justice-for-victims-of-trafficking-act sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Did the district court err when it imposed a $5,000 special assessment, pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 18 U.S.C. § 30…
21-7550 Sharon Neal v. Natalia Neal Oregon 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection indigent involuntary-dismissal judicial-discretion sanctions 1) Is it a violation of due process to involuntarily dismiss a case with prejudice for a party's failure to pay a monetary sanction that bears no rele…
21-5206 S. J., Mother of A. C. and A. W., Each a Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families Florida 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel civil-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-representation meaningful-review parental-rights Whether an indigent Mother whose parental rights are terminated is denied equal protection and due process of law when an appointed appellate counsel …
20-8050 Jennifer Van Bergen, aka Gwendolyn Stone v. Scott Koppel Florida 2021-05-18 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection indigent medical-malpractice pro-se pro-se-litigant separation-of-powers 1. Does the Florida Medical Malpractice Act's presuit medical expert affidavit requirement violate the 14th Amendment equal protection clause and the …
20-7660 In Re Justin Paul Sulzner 2021-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process indigent injunctive-relief mentally-disabled pro-se standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the 8th Cir. Appellate Court should have used "special care" when dealing with a mentally disabled, indigent, pro se Plaintiff under 28 U.S…
20-5581 Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-09-03 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-dismissal civil-rights court-of-federal-claims due-process filing-fee indigent indigent-plaintiff procedural-due-process standing title-vii 1) Can the U.S. Court of Federal Claims compel an indigent Title VII Plaintiff to pay a filing fee at the time when the Plaintiff doesn 't have money …
19-6734 Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez California 2019-11-22 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction domestic-relations due-process equal-protection family-law habeas-corpus indigent right-to-counsel standing Question not identified.
19-6080 Marcus H. v. Connecticut Connecticut 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-discretion Was the indigent petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to have appointed counsel represent him at his criminal jury trial violated when the trial court f…
18-9786 Luis Francisco, et ux. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2019-06-25 Denied IFP appeal-fees appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights indigent indigent-litigant notice parental-rights poverty In a State that provides appeals as a matter of right from adverse lower court decisions terminating parental rights, may the States, consistent with …
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.
18-8555 Randal Floyd v. Michael Johnson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees deliberate-indifference due-process fraud indigent indigent-appeal prisoner-rights standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-access-to-cou WETER A PRISONER AS PLAINTIFF STILL HAS STANDING ON A DELI8EATE INDIF?E1ENCE CLAIM WHEN THE DEPENDANT DY FRAUD DEFAULTS THEIR OBLIGAT[0N3 TO FORHRRD P…
18-8506 Jose Jaime Lopez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-846 7th-circuit 7th-circuit-precedent 851-colloquy abuse-of-statute appellate-review attempt-charge attempt-conviction civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-deal due-process indigent indigent-defendant indigent-status prior-conviction reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel seventh-circuit speculation standing substantial-step WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL BY THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT'S FAILURE TO APPOINT COUNSEL AFTER PETITI…
18-8172 Corinthian Bostic v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-withdrawal conflict-of-interest due-process fifth-amendment indigent indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance motion-to-withdraw pre-trial-hearing pre-trial-motion right-to-appeal Did the pre-trial judge abuse its discretion by denying Bostic's appointed attorney's motion to withdraw where Bostic and his trial counsel had a conf…
18-7203 Francisco Salazar v. Texas Texas 2019-01-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-record-on-appeal free-transcript in-forma-pauperis indigent standing trial-court-order Question not identified.
18-6658 Ronald D. Veteto v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Alabama 2018-11-13 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigent pro-se standing May a State arbitrarily deny an indigent prisoner pro se effective and meaningful access to the courts? May a State arbitrarily deny an indigent pro …
18-5946 William A. Parrish, Jr. v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights court-of-appeals due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel grand-jury-selection indigent indigent-defendant indigent-litigant judicial-discretion perjured-testimony pro-se right-to-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial transcript trial-transcript Did the State Court of Appeals have the authority to deny a pro se indigent litigant a copy of his trial transcript because he choose to represent him…