| 25-6512 |
Aubrey C. Trail v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
2026-01-07 |
Pending |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process indigent-rights ineffective-assistance post-conviction |
1. Does a state violate this Court's precedent and the Due Process clause when it penalizes the request for the appointment of conflict-free counsel?
… |
| 25-6148 |
Jehan Semper v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se |
Constitutional and Civil Rights
District Court
1. District Court FAILS to Consider Indigent Pro Se Plaintiffs Filings and Motions
Whatsoever. Is it … |
| 24-6030 |
Kenneth R. Talley, et al. v. Darren Horn, et al. |
Delaware |
2024-11-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-authority legal-representation state-jurisdiction |
Does state law, Article VI, Section 14 of the Second Delaware Constitution adopted in 1792, with Article IV, Section 10 of the Delaware Constitution 1… |
| 23-7534 |
Charles Feick v. The Brutsche Family Revocable Trust, et al. |
Washington |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ability-to-pay constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights |
This case presents a crucial opportunity for the
Supreme Court to protect indigent citizens and set a
nationwide precedent for the protection of appea… |
| 23-7454 |
Jennifer L. M. Sendzul v. Jay C. Hoag, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appeals-court civil-rights covid-19 district-court due-process indigent-rights judicial-access judicial-discretion remote-proceedings writ-of-certiorari |
1. Whether a writ of certiorari is appropriate when a district court denies any other form of meaningful access other than in-person for scheduled hea… |
| 23-7237 |
William Bruce Justice v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2024-04-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
cross-examination due-process indigent-rights mootness parole-revocation post-conviction-relief procedural-fairness right-to-be-heard state-procedure witness-confrontation |
1. Does South Carolina's parole revocation scheme comply with this Court's constitutional framework, where—in every case—indigent inmates are deprived… |
| 23A463 |
LaTausha Simmons v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights digital-access due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5695 |
Stephen Michael Michuda v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendants indigent-rights ineffective-assistance procedural-bar public-defender public-defenders time-bar |
1. Is it unconstitutional for the State of Minnesota to block all avenues for indigent against public defenders?
2. Is it unconstitutional for the St… |
| 22-6035 |
Michael Andra Reed, aka Mychal Andra Reed v. California |
California |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-litigants indigent-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant time-bar time-limits |
DOES THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL APPEAL TIME LIMIT
(TIME BAR) VIOLATE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION'S 14TH AMNEDMENT
EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE PERTAINING… |
| 22-5903 |
L. Powers v. United States Postal Service |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-rights in-forma-pauperis indigent-rights judicial-discretion judicial-powers |
1. Was the appearance of dismissing Petitioner's in forma pauperis applications an abuse of judicial powers & law?
-I filed three in form pauperis app… |
| 22-5423 |
Elise LaMartina v. Jason Patrick Johnson, et al. |
Mississippi |
2022-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-liability civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection indigent-rights interstate-commerce privileges-and-immunities |
Whether the State of Mississippi may unconstitutionally discriminate against interstate commerce to shield and protect its citizens and businesses fro… |
| 22-5200 |
Robert Oulton, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-showing due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-standard |
QUESTION ONE:
IN FILING FOR A COA, CAN A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE RECORD BY AN
INDIGENT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIVE PART OF DEMONSTRATING "A
SUBSTA… |
| 21-6066 |
R. Susan Woods v. Alina's Real Estate, LLC |
First Circuit |
2021-10-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ada bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review disability due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion standing |
a. Under what circumstances is it appropriate for the courts to refuse accommodation to the disabled?
b. Can a trustee in a bankruptcy matter use per… |
| 21-5497 |
José Yeyille v. Armandina Acosta-Leon, et al. |
Florida |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts constitutional-review due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-petition-clause fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights petition-clause pro-se-litigant |
Whether Florida Constitution Article V, Sections 3(b)(3), 3(b)(7), and 3(b)(8), Jenkins v. State, 385 So. 2d 1356 (1980), and Grate v. State, 750 So. … |
| 21-5495 |
José Yeyille v. Armandina Acosta-Leon, et al. |
Florida |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts certiorari discretionary-review due-process equal-protection first-amendment florida-constitution fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights |
1. Whether the judiciary of the State of Florida, whose Declaratory Judgment Statutes §§86.011 through 86.111 are appropriate for the occasion, may le… |
| 21-5470 |
Aleksys Lomeli-Garcia v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arizona casey-v-united-states constitutional-review fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus indigent-prisoners indigent-rights judicial-fraud supreme-court-procedure suspension-clause |
(1) . Did the concealed 28 U.S.C. 2244(c) facts cause this Court to unwittingly Suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus for all Ariz. indigent prisoners whe… |
| 20-6235 |
Mario Montano v. Court of Appeals of Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts court-sanctions due-process indigent-litigants indigent-rights judicial-abuse judicial-authority legal-merit procedural-fairness sanctions |
1. Did the Michigan Supreme Court abuse its authority by sanctioning the
indigent Petitioner $1000 payable to the Clerk of the Court that it knew he … |
| 19-7758 |
Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. |
California |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-rights misdemeanor-conviction right-to-counsel |
Whether the state court's dismissal of the appeal from misdemeanor conviction, despite the lack of assistance of counsel on appeal, violates the Equal… |
| 19-7702 |
Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-retaliation court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation retaliation retaliation-claims standing |
1. WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AND U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISIONS CONFLICT WITH THE FORMULATION DESCRIBING RETALIATION CLAIMS WITHIN THE U.S. CIR… |
| 19-7668 |
Darlene Kay Herran v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment 6th-amendment-rights appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process home-detention indigent-client indigent-rights pro-bono-counsel sixth-amendment standing transcript-costs |
1) Did the Indiana Court of Appeals err by ruling that when a trial court states that pro-bono counsel may be charged for costs of a transcript for an… |
| 19-5707 |
Sidney Jack Narciso v. Sandra V. Narciso |
Alabama |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-conflict judicial-review legal-services legal-services-act mandamus-petition parental-rights standing |
1) Biggest Question is how the Unified Judicial System including the Judicial Inquiry Commission
can deny a citizen any and ALL review, appeal, and E… |
| 19-169 |
Jane Doe v. Iowa |
Iowa |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
court-fees criminal-record due-process equal-protection expungement indigent-rights poverty |
In Iowa, as in nearly every state, a person who has been charged with an offense, but not convicted, is entitled to have the record of the charge expu… |
| 18-8598 |
Saundra Magana v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Benefit of Certificate Holders of Asset Backed Pass Through Certificate Series 2004-MCW, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights class-action discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-protection indigent-rights legal-accountability standing |
Should the courts be required to uphold laws that are created, by Congress, to specifically protect the rights of underprivileged, federally protected… |
| 18-7807 |
Christopher Young v. Michael M. Kraus, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals-court civil-rights due-process hrcp-rule-4 indigent-rights insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct no-fault-claim public-interest public-safety standing standing-issue state-court-jurisdiction summons-order |
I, Christopher Young ("Petitioner") am an indigent, disabled, black man with a brain injury that is requesting this Writ of Certiorari, Appeal and Rev… |
| 18-7524 |
Roger L. Harrison, Jr., et al. v. Charlotte H. Huggins, et al. |
Illinois |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process government-seizure indigent-rights necessary-parties petition-clause petition-for-redress petition-rights recusal seizure-of-property standing takings trust-property |
The Peter Lux Jr. Estate of ±960 acres of prime farmland was settled in 1923.(App.113a) Moultrie County Judge John Laughlin also signed in 1936 the 36… |
| 18-7337 |
Gary D. Martin v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden |
West Virginia |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
change-of-venue constitutional-error due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel venue |
GROUND ONE: Did the State of West Virginia and subservient Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia "abuse its discretion" and commit 'clear err… |
| 18-814 |
Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention |
1. Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in j… |
| 18-6687 |
Hilda T. Kennedy v. Frederic A. Pollock |
New Jersey |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fee-waiver indigent-rights pauperis standing transcript transcript-fees trial-transcript |
Is a waiver of the fee for transcribing a trial court on appeal a constitutional entitlement?
Can New Jersey limit it's waiver of the fee for transcr… |
| 18-6649 |
Thelma R. Davis v. Brown & Dortch LLC, et al. |
Maryland |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process indigent-rights judicial-impartiality partiality standing state-court-corruption unfair-treatment |
This case involves corruption within the state court system, injustice, conflict of interest, partiality, unfair treatment of Petitioner; the denial o… |
| 18-6356 |
Earl Reyes v. Dale Artus |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-appeal court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-decision frap-rule-24 in-forma-pauperis indigent-appellant indigent-rights motion-to-vacate plain-error standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion Whether the court of appeals was correct to requir |
WHETHER IT WAS PLAIN ERROR FOR A COURT OF APPEALS TO DENY IN FORMA PAUPERIS RELIEF TO AN INDIGENT APPELLANT WHO LIKE THE PETITIONER IN THIS CASE-WAS I… |
| 18-201 |
Parviz Montazer v. Parvin R. Montazer |
California |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
|
appellate-counsel appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-protections criminal-contempt criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel sixth-amendment transcript-costs |
1. Is not an appellate court required to appoint counsel to an indigent in a criminal case? if so, is not an indigent appellant entitled to the cost o… |
| 18-5244 |
Josef Michael Jensen v. Raymond Madden, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-right counsel-assistance due-process habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-litigant right-to-counsel standing state-post-conviction state-procedural-framework |
1. Does an indigent pro se prisoner have a constitutional right to counsel and necessary financial assistance in an where (1) the state has removed ce… |