judicial-disqualification

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25-6645 La'Shaun Clark v. New York City Housing Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment collateral-estoppel due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification magistrate-assignment The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Lavoie, 475 U.S. 813 (1986) "quoting "Page 475 U. S. 831 The participation of a judge who has a…
25-6516 Auburn Calloway v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process equal-protection judicial-disqualification mens-rea sentence-reduction Whether the appellate affirmance of the district court's sentence reduction denial overlooked A) that the district court was disqualified because the …
25-5574 In Re Paul Patrick Jolivette 2025-09-08 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-violation habeas-corpus judicial-disqualification jurisdictional-defect magistrate-judge-authority L Did the united states fnagistrate ju^e dennis M. Cota abuse and usurp his authority and. jurisdiction wen he denied Petitioner' Motion to Disqualif…
24-7394 Edwin D. Calligan v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-disqualification procedural-grounds sixth-amendment 1. ) Whether jurists of reason would find it debatable that a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") should have been issued under Slack v. McDaniel , …
24-1191 Dennis D. Sadorra v. Starlight Dunes HOA, a California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Ninth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Relisted (2) 28-usc-144 28-usc-1441 due-process federal-question-jurisdiction judicial-disqualification removal-procedure 1. Whether the lower court, in failing to consider arguments presented by Petitioner, erred in its holding that removal procedure was defective? 2.…
24-6904 Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Garmin International, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process financial-conflict judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics pro-se-plaintiff rule-60-motion Whether the District Court in Kansas denied pro se Plaintiff due process when it declined to file Plaintiff's Rule 60(b)(6) motion requesting the Cour…
24-6858 Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2025-03-26 Denied IFP intrajudicial-claims judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus-relief objective-observer statutory-interpretation 1. Is the D.C. Court of Appeals "overpowering " standard for determining the indisputability of §455 (a) claims of appearance of bias that do not cla…
24-6746 In Re Flora Hoi 2025-03-11 Denied IFP brady-material court-records due-process ethical-obligations judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct 1. Above Model Rule 3.8 governing the ethical obligation the lower courts, what standard, rule, or procedure should the Court amendable its compliance…
24A682 Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus pro-se-litigation section-455 Question not identified.
24-707 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. International Business Machines Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-01-02 Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest due-process impartiality judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics right-to-appeal Preamble: The Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court's Order, overlooking the significant fact that the presiding judge was disqualified due to a…
24-6042 David Leonard Wood v. Texas Texas 2024-11-26 Denied IFP atkins-standard criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics On his campaign website seeking election to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a judge provided a link to a news story praising his ruling that Davi…
24-5797 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied IFP child-custody-order diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception emotional-distress judicial-disqualification parental-interference Whether a claim for the intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning parental interference in violation of a state child custody order unde…
24-324 Christina Paylan v. Florida Florida 2024-09-20 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-infirmity due-process fair-trial judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics This petition exposes the vacuum in Florida's appellate judicial disqualification mechanism that creates a constitutional infirmity for all Floridians…
24-95 Jason Lou Peralta, et al. v. Worthington Industries, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied 28-usc-2072 28-usc-455 appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct recusal supervisory-powers 1. Should the United States Supreme Court exercise its supervisory powers under 28 U.S.C. § 2072 to impose a requirement of mandatory disqualification…
23-1350 Robert Korman, et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. California 2024-06-27 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure court-order due-process extrajudicial-evidence judicial-bias judicial-bias-and-prejudice judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics legal-procedure recusal Whether proof of a judge's commission of bias and prejudice against a litigant in a case alone mandates his immediate disqualification and reversal of…
23-7657 Leslie Willis v. PNC Financial Services Group Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process due-process,14th-amendment,judicial-misconduct,bia equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct lgbtq-rights A. QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether there is an ongoing violation of Fourteenth Amendment due process rights under the Constitution of the United States, a…
23-7188 Jacob Winding, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, San Joaquin County, et al. California 2024-04-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-disqualification procedural-safeguards recusal-standards standing verified-statement If a judge files and order Striking Petitioners verified statement of Disqualification under CCP section 170.3 but in the same moving order files and …
23-1035 Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine conflicts-of-interest due-process extrajudicial-conduct judicial-disqualification mandamus recusal standing While the reviewability of a judicial disqualification decision must be analyzed in terms of the underlying basis for the judicial disqualification mo…
23-6168 Samreen Riaz v. Superior Court of California, Tulare County, et al. California 2023-12-06 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct petition-for-review public-trust recusal standing .Did the Supreme Court of California (S281800)deniai of petition of review on Sept 27 23 ieft an existence of an unresolved conflict legal issue) in …
23-6140 In Re Yi Tai Shao 2023-11-30 Pending IFP 28-usc-636 civil-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-conspiracy judicial-disqualification judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge venue-change Whether the District Court's dismissal order must be reversed and remanded to a neutral District Court when it is undisputed and no appellees objected…
23A395 Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-01 Presumed Complete discretionary-review impartiality judicial-disqualification mandamus recusal statutory-standard While the reviewability of a judicial disqualification decision must be analyzed in terms of the underlying basis for the judicial disqualification mo…
23-220 Michael Parietti v. Ed Day, et al. New York 2023-09-08 Denied Relisted (2) bias-standard first-amendment free-speech judicial-disqualification probability-of-bias public-hearing public-hearings redistricting speech-rights On 27 May 2022, the Rockland County Legislature enacted Local Law 6-2022 which extended Covid era measures allowing legislators to attend meetings …
23-159 Antonio Perez v. City of Miami, Code Enforcement Board Florida 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law appellate-review brady-standard civil-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-disqualification judicial-review standing substantive-due-process Petitioner, a US citizen, was deprived of the granny flat in his home by a board where the city had a 99.4% win rate. Review was by appeal only. The c…
22-1204 William Muhr v. Dawna Braswell Colorado 2023-06-13 Denied Relisted (2) child-custody conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-assignment judicial-bias judicial-disqualification parental-rights Question 1. Whether Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and equal protection were violated when Colorado allowed disqualified, pre…
22-7601 Daniel E. Hall v. Twitter, Inc. First Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process impartiality-standard judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Was recusal mandatory under § 455(b)(1) where the trial judge's administrative activities had involved her in "disputed evidentiary facts? Was recusa…
22-1042 Lauren Andersen v. British Airways PLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied brady-act civil-rights court-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-review political-affiliation standing Is it fitting for three Democrat judges from a district court and a panel of three Democrat judges from an appellate court to decide a case that has…
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…
22-458 TIG Insurance Company v. ExxonMobil Oil Corporation Second Circuit 2022-11-15 Dismissed 28-usc-455 appellate-review financial-conflict judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal legal-procedure liljeberg-test public-confidence-in-judiciary In Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corporation, 486 U.S. 847 (1988), this Court set forth a three-factor test to determine whether it is appr…
22-246 Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-09-15 Denied Amici (4) blind-trust financial-interest harmless-error judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-recusal liljeberg-v-health-services-acquisition-corp stock-divestment 28 U.S.C. §455(f) aims to preserve judicial resources and avoid the harsh consequences of recusal when a minor financial interest is discovered after …
21-8005 Mark M. Lowe v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment access-to-courts amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights department-of-corrections due-process human-needs judicial-disqualification pro-se-appellant standing 1. Whether the denial of basic human needs violates individual rights under the 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution. 2. W…
21-7193 Jose Yeyille v. Justin Cole Speigel Florida 2022-02-25 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics privileges-and-immunities recusal Whether a state trial court judge should be disqualified on Fourteenth Amendment due process, equal protection, and privileges and immunities grounds …
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…
21-807 In Re Amelia Eng 2021-12-01 Denied appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction disqualified-judge due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-procedure retroactive-disqualification standing writ-of-mandate 1. Whether the California Supreme Court should be directed to order appellate review of Petitioner's appeal before a court of appeal having jurisdicti…
21-693 Nina Rae Ringgold v. United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied administrative-agency civil-rights civil-rights-act discriminatory-retaliation due-process judicial-disqualification jurisdiction standing supremacy-clause voting-rights-act 1. When there is undisputed evidence that a non-court state administrative agency lacks jurisdiction under federal law, whether the Ninth Circuit can …
21-5951 Steven B. Baumgarten v. Erika Evans Washington 2021-10-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-punishment judicial-disqualification mental-illness mental-illness-discrimination perjury-allegations stalking stalking-evidence standing 1) Is the U.S. Constitution and federal case law violated when a trial court erred in finding substantial evidence of two or more distinct, individual…
21-93 Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, Inc., et al. v. Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. District of Columbia 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived 9-11-transparency article-iii-standing attorney-general department-of-justice federal-judicial-disqualification-statute federal-procedure government-accountability judicial-disqualification legislative-history recusal supervisory-power A. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Depart from the Accepted and Usual Course of Judicial Proceedings to Su…
20-7650 In Re Bo Zou 2021-04-02 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion contempt copyright-infringement judicial-discretion judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct liljeberg-standard magistrate-disqualification perjury procedural-irregularity 1. How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disregard and ignore the facts and factual evidence, and prohibition criteria, whi…
20-1348 True Harmony, et al. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-rights disqualification due-process federal-constitution federal-judge judicial-bias judicial-disqualification (1) Whether 28 U.S.C. §455 disqualifies a federal court judge for lack of impartiality to a reasonable observer in a federal civil rights and fraud ac…
20-1320 Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio 2021-03-23 Denied administrative-judge administrative-jurisdiction disqualification due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-procedure jurisdiction ohio-revised-code opportunity-to-be-heard state-court-review unconstitutional 1-Can a case proceed if the petitioner argues that the administrative judge, appointing judges to the petitioner's case, lacked jurisdiction to do so …
20-949 Angelica Christina Limcaco v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied 28-usc-455 court-impartiality court-payments extrajudicial-source judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics liljeberg-v-health-services liteky-v-us procedural-standards statutory-interpretation The first question presented is whether the language "might reasonably be questioned" under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) can be judicially restricted to require…
20-6114 Shong-Ching Tong v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2020-10-23 Dismissed IFP california-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeal due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct standing supreme-court-california 1. Whether Supreme Court of California, En Banc, had abused their positions denying Petitioner 's filing of, S262227, 'Petition For Writ of Mandate/Pr…
20-516 D'Ann S. McCoy v. Boureima Ouedraogo Pennsylvania 2020-10-20 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte ex-parte-communication family-court judicial-disqualification judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction sua-sponte 1. Has the Pennsylvania Court System violated the constitutional rights of the Appellant, D'Ann McCoy, through communication ex-parte in a matter wit…
19-7424 Christine Ham v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. California 2020-01-27 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-bias judicial-disclosure judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal public-confidence Does an intolerable conflict exist when the Supreme Court of California and the Ninth Circuit squarely address whether the appearance of partiality su…
19-822 Laurie A. White, Judge, Section A of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, et al. v. Alana Cain, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest constitutional-conflict criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fines-and-fees judicial-disqualification judicial-impartiality state-court-funding state-court-jurisdiction Does the federal court have jurisdiction to disqualify state criminal court judges from adjudicating matters, over which they have exclusive jurisdict…
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.
19-681 Andrew W. Shalaby v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights disbarment due-process free-speech judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-recusal professional-conduct recusal standing 1. Can a Federal Court deny an attorney admission to the bar of the court, as a punishment for the alleged violation of ABA Model Rule of Professional…
19-291 Anne K. Block v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response Waived bar-association civil-rights constitutional-rights disassociation due-process first-amendment janus-v-afscme judicial-bias judicial-bias-recusal judicial-disqualification motion-on-pleadings retaliation standing A. Did the trial court err when the district court judge and the reviewing judge refused to disqualify themselves because of their membership in the d…
19-5765 Barbara E. Brown v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct legal-proceeding recusal redress standing I. Whether the u.S. court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit erred When they agreed with District court jude Cormac Carney's decision to Not disqualify …
19-5594 Tina Davis v. Texas Children's Hospital Fifth Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process eeoc-rights employment-discrimination employment-law judicial-disqualification recusal standing summary-judgment ten-amendment The Court review[s],the district court 's decision granting the summary judgment under Rule 60 (b) for abuse of discretion A. The Notice of Appeal o…
18-8240 Howard Anthony Moniz v. Michigan Michigan 2019-03-06 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-impartiality post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct recusal recusal-standard I, Should the State Circuit Court Judge be disqualified from ruling on a collateral appeal for relief from judgmint where he personally opposed post-c…
18-8229 Sam Chinn, aka Sam Chinn, III v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP 28-usc-455 28-usc-636 article-iii article-iii-section-2 article-iii-violation civil-procedure constitutional-claims due-process federal-rule-8 habeas-corpus judicial-disqualification magistrate-judge-process plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60b-motion WHETHER THE DENIAL OF A RULE 60(b) MOTION, BY THE DISTRICT COURT, AND THE DENIAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY BY THE COURT OF APPEALS, WAS A ABUS…
18-6507 Alice Brown v. Del Norte County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-discrimination dereliction-of-duty due-process equal-protection fraudulent-concealment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal judicial-disqualification jurisdiction magistrate-judge ninth-circuit THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDED IN BERGER THE JUDGE TO RETIRE FROM THE CASE WHEN THE AFFIANT BELIEVES THAT THE JUDGE HAS A PERSONAL BIAS OR PR…
18-5379 Marilyn Kaye Freeman v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied IFP appellate-counsel california-supreme-court due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-disqualification precedent state-court-proceedings supreme-court-review trial-counsel Whether reinstatement of a previously disqualified judge deprived appellant of due process and a fair trial? Whether trial or appellate counsel rende…
18-103 Nathalie Thuy Van v. Language Line LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied Response Waived court-impartiality disqualification-requirement due-process fraud fraud-upon-court fraudulent-court-records impartiality judicial-disqualification jurisdictional-fraud procedural-irregularities seventh-circuit supreme-court-review void-orders I. Whether the Court of Appeals made a decision with respect to the disqualification requirement that conflict with past United States Supreme . Court…