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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6610 Robert Franklin Brown v. Arizona Arizona 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process legal-access legal-assistance prison-system prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25-6380 Anthony James Merrick v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-16 Denied IFP due-process first-amendment grievance-rights judicial-decision legal-access pro-se-prisoner I. THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION CONFLICTS WITH TURNER V. SAFELY, 482 U.S. 78 AND CREATES A DOUBLE STANDARD FOR PRO-SE PRISONERS THAT DO…
25A518 John T. Hardee v. Jeff Vergakis, Individually and as Superintendent, Hampton Roads Regional Jail, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-05 Application constitutional-rights court-access document-preparation legal-access prison-conditions pro-se-litigation Question not identified.
25-5833 Braun Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights government-policy judicial-review legal-access prisoners-rights procedural-protections 1. Do Citizens have a Constitutional right to clarity of the law, and thus access to the Courts? 2. May prisoners issue the right/as violated by the …
25-5238 In Re Dennis Griffith 2025-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel fair-trial legal-access Does cl iHValiJ usurer ot Counsel hearing and no access to fke. Courts, don^ aJ+k etker ~ pcetrid violations o'? Conrhtutiond rigkts 5cJ Compulsory p…
24A1058 Derrick Lloyd v. Robert Morton Second Circuit 2025-05-01 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights emergency-staffing habeas-corpus legal-access prison-conditions pro-se Question not identified.
24A160 George Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-09 Presumed Complete due-process legal-access legal-materials pre-trial-detention right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified.
24A158 James A. Allen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-08-09 Denied habeas-corpus legal-access prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-bar time-extension Question not identified.
24A70 Ricky Donnell Abner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-22 Presumed Complete certiorari federal-prisoner legal-access lockdown pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
23A1051 Joseph Roach v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete incarceration legal-access pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-filing Question not identified.
23A967 Christopher Dominguez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-29 Presumed Complete certiorari institutional-transfer legal-access prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
23A895 Daniel Hess, aka Jason Hess v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete administrative-obstruction appellate-rights due-process inmate-grievance legal-access prison-lockdown Question not identified.
23A872 Emanuel Mois v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied §-2255-motion covid-19 extraordinary-circumstances legal-access pandemic-limitations procedural-ruling Question not identified.
23A861 Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-25 Presumed Complete appeal-dismissal fourth-circuit habeas-corpus legal-access prisoner-rights sentencing Question not identified.
23-7017 Cyrus Hazari v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied IFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-protections disability disability-rights due-process fair-play judicial-discrimination legal-access self-represented systemic-bias 1. Do state and federal jurisprudence systemically eliminate rights and access to legal remedies for self-represented disabled litigants with invisibl…
23A833 Brandon Roberts v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-11 Presumed Complete civil-rights fourth-circuit legal-access prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A760 Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-20 Presumed Complete court-procedure legal-access petition-forms pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A623 Yan Ping Xu v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-05 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-access pro-se senior-citizen supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
23A408 Michael Marrara, et al. v. Philip D. Murphy, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-06 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-access prisoners-rights pro-se supreme-court-rules time-extension Question not identified.
22-7105 Jimmy Allen Roberts v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-access prison-library statute-of-limitations Mr. Roberts urges that the instant case will terminate a continuous flow of meritorious, but improvidently drafted, and untimely filed habeas petition…
21-7653 Nathan Christopher Braun v. Justin DeMars, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-preparation civil-rights confinement document-access due-process eleventh-circuit legal-access legal-materials medical-care prison-litigation retaliation transfer ebsequent deprivation of e Petitioner's legal mal reference materils anddocuments unti Sept.29 20, s vell as depriving him of access to envelopes, pap…
21-7485 Terrell Staton v. Ned Lamont Second Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights disciplinary-report due-process eighth-amendment grievance-procedure judicial-discretion legal-access malicious-interference procedural-restrictions retaliation 1. DID C.C.T. NOTHE EXPOSE THE PLAINTIFF TO DANGEROUS LIVINE HIS MASK APPROPRIATELY ? AS WELL AS MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS). 2. DID C.C.T. NOTHE ABUSE HIS …
21-7467 Patrick Muraca v. Securities and Exchange Commission First Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts attorney-representation civil-rights court-deadlines due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration legal-access procedural-rules right-to-counsel speedy-trial 1. Does an incarcerated individual have the timely- and speedy right to an attorney before important court decisions are made, such missing a deadline…
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.
21-6167 Harry Sharod James v. Roy Cooper, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure law-library legal-access prisoner-rights Does the Fundamental Court Constitution said fair access, to the Cards book think(?) access to a mean not, effective, fact adequate law than a (Accoun…
21-5861 Bradley Garrett v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-legal-materials constitutional-violation dna-evidence due-process evidence-standards incarceration-rights jury-selection legal-access perjury procedural-protections standards-of-proof THE QUSTION IS NOT MERELY THE WEIGHT OF LIBERTY OF PROPERTY WITHOUT LANGUAGE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT.. ONCE IT IS DETERMIND THAT DUE PROCESS APPLIES THE…
21-5637 Vinicio Jesus Garcia v. Darryl Glenn, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-resources due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus inmate-rights legal-access standing DOES THE DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO FILE A §2254 HABEAS PETITION OF A CLAIM AND AN INJURY? IS THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL DENIAL OF SUPPLIES TO INCARCERATED I…
21-139 James W. Gilliam, II v. Discover Bank, et al. New York 2021-08-03 Denied Relisted (2) access-to-justice american-jurisprudence civil-rights constitutional-rights court-representation due-process fundamental-rights individual-immunity justice-system legal-access right-to-counsel This petition raises the Constitutional issue of whether or not a citizen of the United States is entitled to his or her own day in court — or be deni…
20-7376 Howard E. Martin, III v. Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP access-to-justice appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis legal-access standing systemic-racism Question not identified.
19-7990 Gabriel L. Roman v. Sarah H. Kim, et al. California 2020-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-access standing vexatious-litigant Whether the California Vexatious Litigant Statute is Unconstitutional
19-5152 Daryll Keith Shumake v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights court-filing due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence hearsay ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-access legal-materials prison-litigation prisoner-rights prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
18A1294 Timothy L. Joe v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus legal-access pro-se supreme-court-rule time-extension Question not identified.
18A1283 Kurtis Keith Lowe v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-07 Presumed Complete administrative-remedy constitutional-rights federal-corrections law-library legal-access pro-se Question not identified.
18-7805 Michael Bohannan v. Wesley Griffin Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-rights court-discretion deputy-clerk discretion-abuse due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure indigent-representation legal-access motion-classification reconsideration rule-26(b) standing time-extension DOES A UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEPUTY CLERK ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION/AUTHORITY WHEN THEY REFUSE TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON A LITIGANT'S TIME EXTENSION…
18-5477 Thomas Ebron v. Karen D. Brown, Chair, Virginia Parole Board, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 appeal appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-procedure legal-access standing statutory-interpretation 1. Has the U.s. Court of Appeals abused its discretion and Committed reversable error in dismissing Ebroni's 42 U.s.C. 5 1983, Appeal, finding no reve…