| 25-6733 |
May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2026-02-05 |
Pending |
IFP |
appellate-procedure default-judgment emergency-motions judicial-conduct summons-and-complaints supreme-court-rule |
1. Supreme Court Rule 20 and Rules of Judicial Conduct Rule 1.1, "a judge(s) shall comply with the law, including the Code of Judicial Conduct ". For … |
| 25A860 |
Ruth Torres v. Veretta Frazier, Judge, 44th Civil District Court, Dallas County, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-30 |
Application |
|
constitutional-violations declaratory-relief due-process judicial-conduct judicial-immunity state-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6475 |
May Chen v. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2026-01-05 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review default-judgment emergency-motions judicial-conduct judicial-misconduct rules-of-procedure |
This is a 4th filing of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari following the previous Supreme Court Case No. 23-5501 "May Chen v. MPD et.al.". Due to repea… |
| 25-5715 |
In Re Daniel E. Hall |
|
2025-09-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
all-writs-act judicial-conduct judicial-review magistrate-appointment mandamus-relief misconduct-complaints |
1. Whether the Judicial Council of the First Circuit may disregard mandatory
provisions of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act and the Rules for … |
| 24A988 |
Carlos Moore v. Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance |
Mississippi |
2025-04-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
extrajudicial-speech first-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-ethics judicial-removal racial-justice |
Question not identified. |
| 23-319 |
Evelyn Newey v. Orange County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
1983-claims civil-rights decertification due-process heck-doctrine judicial-conduct judicial-policy law-enforcement police-accountability sb-2 |
Of legal and national significance, important to real-world impact in law and order decision making, is the Peace Officers Decertification process all… |
| 22-903 |
Jay Goodley v. Charles M. Greene |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-capacity judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-recusal recusal separation-of-powers |
1. Whether a person can be treated equally under the law when a judge is changing the law?
2. Whether it is a normal judicial function for a judge wh… |
| 22-6260 |
Paula Williams v. Conduent Human Services LLC |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discriminatory-practices due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-disability standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Does the district court have subject matter jurisdiction over this case?
2. Do the actions and conduct of the district court in this specific indi… |
| 22-5845 |
Skiboky Stora v. New York State Board of Elections |
New York |
2022-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-communication civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech judicial-communication judicial-conduct standing |
Did the Communication s between Respondents Attorneys
oilnd TIE OCtef Siveeney ON the. Todge Persona) Lei) Pbene
the ty Pafde. comm UNitawch cb Pade … |
| 22-5277 |
Leila Nasser Asr v. Karen Eady-Williams, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aliens aliens-rights civil-rights constitutional-precedent courts due-process human-rights international-law judicial-conduct jurisdiction |
1. Do the United States courts have jurisdiction to hear aliens ' cases or aliens must file thenlawsuits against United States citizens in courts of t… |
| 21-1437 |
Carol M. Kam v. Dallas County, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-misconduct non-final-orders probate-court rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-orders state-court-ruling |
Can the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two incomplete, non final, non court approved proposed State Court Rulings produced by a former Associate Jud… |
| 21-6923 |
Raymond V. DiGiacomo v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco |
California |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ada-1990 appellate-rights court-funding disability-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-review legal-access procedural-technicalities reasonable-accommodation state-court-procedure |
Question not identified. |
| 21-6777 |
Carol Garrard, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
appearance-of-impropriety civil-rights due-process first-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics paupers-penalty standing |
1. Neither an allegation of infra-judicial acts of bias, nor proof of acts of bias, is an 'essential element ' of the appearance of impropriety, and i… |
| 21-753 |
Trina L. Janura v. John J. Janura, Jr. |
West Virginia |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct recusal |
1. Did the non-disclosure and non-recusal from either the circuit court or the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals both violate the petitioner's ri… |
| 21-6084 |
Jacquelyne Jones v. Nicole Jobe |
Kansas |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
canon-of-judicial-ethics civil-rights court-procedure due-process ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding judicial-canon judicial-conduct judicial-ethics procedural-rules state-courts supreme-court-precedent |
DID THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT IN CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRESENDENT FAILED TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND RULES OF THE JUDICIARY IN CONDON… |
| 21-5907 |
In Re Matthew James Leachman |
|
2021-10-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights court-of-appeals discrimination due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-conduct judicial-ethics legal-review procedural-compliance |
The Honorable Priscilla R. Owen, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, failed to comply with the mandatory provisio… |
| 21-5816 |
Ronald Peden v. Democratic National Committee, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights dismissal-on-merits due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-conduct media-filtering political-preference preliminary-injunction prudential-standing res-judicata standing |
1. Are Federal judges at liberty to unilaterally issue rulings and orders based on personal political preferences, in addition to race and class bias,… |
| 21-5622 |
Michael C. Sullivan v. Karen Carrington, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure fifth-amendment forest-service government-liability judicial-canon judicial-conduct takings |
WHETHER : The Fifth (5th) Amendment of the United States requires the United States government and its agencies to pay just compensation for wrong doi… |
| 21-301 |
Mario Lamont Sims v. Bank of New York |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process first-amendment first-impression judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-openness judicial-transparency judicial-tyranny |
Whether the conduct of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was so outrageous that due process principles would absolutely bar the anonymous three judge p… |
| 21-5390 |
Jeanette S. R. Lipinski v. Yolanda Castaneda, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conflict-of-interest court-administration due-process federal-procedure judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-disability judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct recusal |
Question not identified. |
| 21-5309 |
Zachary Cooper v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-bias conflict-of-interest confrontation-clause due-process fraud judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-recusal standard-of-review state-judicial-conduct trial-procedure |
1. Does the Due Process Clause require the recusal of a trial judge when a conflict of interest arises from their participation in an earlier proceedi… |
| 21-52 |
Emmanuel Edokobi v. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-disability standing subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment |
1. When reviewing a district court's ruling to dismiss a civil case dismissed on Motion for Summary Judgment should the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal… |
| 20-1417 |
Miguel Estivill, et ux. v. Philip Von Kahle |
Florida |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
|
appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing fraud-allegations judicial-conduct judicial-duty judicial-review motion-for-rehearing standing |
Where the 3DCA neglected their prime duty to Rule by affirming the Trial Court's order which was in clear violation of R. Jud. Admin. 2.215(f) and Flo… |
| 20-1201 |
Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. Shirley Swain |
District of Columbia |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law concurrent-jurisdiction core-bankruptcy-funds court-order-validity federal-bankruptcy-law federal-law-interpretation fraud-discharge judicial-conduct judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct void-orders |
The undisputed facts and circumstances demonstrate that the lower courts' decisions lack both factual and legal sufficiency — simply put, pursuant to … |
| 20-6797 |
Kevin Sembrat v. Heather Stanton, fka Heather Sembrat |
New Jersey |
2021-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-impartiality property-rights section-1983 |
1. Whether, in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as The Civil Rights Act of 1871 "Sect… |
| 20-6514 |
Jimmy Ray Weatherholt, Jr. v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process fair-trial judicial-conduct recusal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
The Sixth Amendment provides that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to have the assistance of counsel for his d… |
| 20-5919 |
Astarte Davis v. Joseph Wilson, Judge, Superior Court of California, Marin County, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-conduct standing void-judgment |
1. Is non-judicial conduct/actions by judges in their official capacity as judge, and in their individual capacity for non-judicial actions subject to… |
| 19-8894 |
Michael Halliburton v. Board of Professional Responsibility |
Tennessee |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics party-standing procedural-rights procedural-rules professional-responsibility substantive-rights |
A. Should the determinations of the Board of Judicial Conduct — responsible by Statute and by the Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for maintaining the in… |
| 19-8864 |
Calvin D. Williams v. Samson Resources Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bivens bivens-action civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-authority federal-procedure judicial-authority judicial-conduct procedural-due-process |
1. Are Judges bound by: ABA Rule 2.15:, Judicial Canons 1-5, and FRCP Rule 46 while under color of [F]ederal authority?
2. Can the judge Fail to foll… |
| 19-8590 |
Timothy A. Marr v. Joshua E. Doyle |
Florida |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-oath due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-allegations judicial-conduct oath-of-office petition-rights right-to-petition |
WHETHER FLORIDA'S CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT CAN PROVIDE AND EXCEPTION TO PERMIT FRAUD ON OR BY JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF A STATE'S COURTS.
WHETHER THE FL… |
| 19-7650 |
D. W. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families |
Washington |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review court-appointed-counsel due-process ex-parte-investigation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct parental-rights record-on-appeal recusal termination-of-parental-rights |
In a termination of parental rights proceeding in a state that provides appeals as a matter of right from decisions terminating parental rights, does … |
| 19-7383 |
Parnell May v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conduct legal-procedure motion-for-new-trial motion-procedure standing trial-court |
Did the trial Court embarked on A Course Set to Provoke A Mistrial, by the trial Court embodying on A Course, that was the Public defenders that the t… |
| 19-6983 |
Kwasi Andrade McKinney v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-procedure de-novo-review discretionary-standard due-process hearing-requirement judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics mandatory-recusal objective-standard standard-of-review |
Question not identified. |
| 19-773 |
Ann Merlino, et al. v. Cara Buonincontri |
New York |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-investigation hearing investigation judicial-conduct state-court state-court-judge |
Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United States Constitution, 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment for a State Court Judge to conduct a … |
| 19-6553 |
Vicki Corona v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-filing deprivation-of-rights due-process filing-procedures in-forma-pauperis judicial-conduct judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct Question not identified. standing takings |
These questions significantly impact the administration of Civil and Constitutional violations by the Mayor of Los Angeles and the justice system in C… |
| 19-300 |
Beth Lewis Maze, Circuit Judge v. Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission |
Kentucky |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
|
administrative-hearing civil-proceeding civil-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment judicial-conduct self-incrimination stay |
Petitioner, a Kentucky Circuit Judge, has been charged by the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission in a civil proceeding that could result in removal … |
| 19-212 |
Hanh Thai Williams v. Succession of Fred Langford Houston |
Louisiana |
2019-08-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-witness campaign-contributions civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-ethics procedural-fairness recusal standing |
1. Whether Armand Roos ' participation as Plaintiff 's
attorney and primary witness was procedurally
and evidentiary concern a violation of Due Pro
… |
| 19-5533 |
Juliet Baird Alexander Aubain de Sabrevois v. Alan J. Perry, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district free-speech judicial-conduct legal-issue libel libel-law maine maine-jurisdiction standing |
Has judicial conduct in the federal district of Maine reached a cellarage to be gazed at only across the barriers of libel law? |
| 19-5522 |
Berson Marius v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process factual-proffer ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct judicial-fact-finding plea-bargaining rule-11 |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE CAN ELICITE
ADDITIONAL FACTS DURING A FACTUAL PROFFER, AND
WHETHER COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF
COUNSEL W… |
| 19-5053 |
Brandon M. Hicks v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct plea-bargaining sentencing separation-of-powers sixth-amendment |
1) Whethe tn heen o Conion
in context with his intent at sentenciny, is a violatiken of the Separation of
powers doctrine, in the United States Consti… |
| 19-8 |
Jessie D. McDonald v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure due-process judicial-conduct judicial-council judicial-discretion judicial-immunity judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct standing |
1. Whether the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council have supervisory powers over district court judges?
2. Whether 28 U.S.C. §352(b)(l)(A)(ii)(&(iii)( and … |
| 18-1420 |
Timothy Burns v. Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitution constitutional-protection court-procedure court-reporting custody damages discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-conduct legal-damages standing |
Are Plaintiff and minor child A.B. citizens of the United States?
Are minor child A.B. and Plaintiff guaranteed protection under the United States Co… |
| 18-9158 |
Robert B. Lynn v. Theodore A. McKee, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bias bias-standard circuit-court-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceedings federal-courts judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-recusal legal-standard precedent recusal recusal-standard supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals use the wrong legal standard; in conflict with the precedents of The Supreme Court and the Other Courts of Appe… |
| 18-8470 |
Tommy Lee Jones v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial judicial-conduct sentencing |
Tommy Lee Jones was convicted of advertising, distribution, and receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2251(d) and 2252A(a)(2), and h… |
| 18-1091 |
Afoluso Adesanya, et vir v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-review civil-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-conduct judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation sanctions |
Whether the 3rd Circuit Appeals Court erred in upholding the decision of Federal District Court to dismiss Petitioner One employment discrimination La… |
| 18-7647 |
Lynn Smith, et vir v. Manasquan Savings Bank |
New Jersey |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
association codes-of-judicial-conduct first-amendment judicial-conduct new-jersey new-jersey-state-court political-speech revised-code-of-judicial-conduct rules-governing-the-courts-of-the-state-of-new-jer standards-of-behavior state-courts |
Codes of Judicial Conduct and related sources of authority provide standards of behavior for judges and others within the New Jersey state court famil… |
| 18-6796 |
Paul L. Muckle v. Wells Fargo Bank, et al. |
First Circuit |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights code-of-conduct due-process eleventh-amendment financial-conflict financial-interest judicial-conduct judicial-recusal ninth-amendment recusal standing |
Did the second panel, assigned to hear the appeal, err in denying Muckle's motion to remand the case or recuse itself because it concerns the appearan… |
| 18-622 |
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal discovery discovery-order first-amendment interlocutory-appeal judicial-conduct judicial-review mohawk-industries mootness privilege supervisory-power |
(1) Whether the court of appeals' decision to exercise
jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal from a
discovery order rejecting a claim of privilege… |
| 18-5903 |
Rufus Jones v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
42-usc-407 42-usc-423 5th-amendment constitutional-supremacy discrimination-protection due-process equality-act federal-jurisdiction garnishment judicial-conduct judicial-oath jurisdiction social-security social-security-benefits supremacy-clause title-ii |
Does Social Security claimants, pursuant to Title 11 42 USC 423 entitled to be paid all back payments, free from garnishments or attachments by the Co… |
| 18-238 |
South Carolina v. Lamont Antonio Samuel |
South Carolina |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
|
court-of-appeals criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ethics faretta-v-california judicial-conduct judicial-discretion judicial-integrity self-representation sixth-amendment unethical-conduct |
Did the South Carolina Supreme Court err when it held — in conflict with many federal courts of appeals — that a trial court may not deny a criminal d… |
| 18-5591 |
Valerie Mason v. Dan A. Polster, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
42-usc-1983 chambers-conduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-courts free-speech judicial-conduct judicial-misconduct photography recusal standing |
Whether HONORABLE Judge DAN A POLSTER Judicial Immunity is IMMUNE FROM BY NOT RECUSING HIMSELF when petitioner discovered Judge Polsten was personally… |
| 18-5417 |
David Hardy v. William Adams, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-vi civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-duty due-process judicial-bias judicial-conduct legal-precedent rule-10 sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals standing supreme-court |
Do federal judges have a constitutional duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution, via, the mandate language of Article VI of same Constitution?
Plaintiff… |