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25-6502 Donald Wayne Barksdale v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2026-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP corporate-fraud due-process habeas-corpus human-rights legal-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Corporate State of Virginia is the free and well Trust Husband KOA medium de itlecdace with the CA NVerteccal Yexses ) few moved: JJ Ai S …
25A652 Zbigniew M. Laskowski v. Washington Department of Labor & Industries Washington 2025-12-03 Application certiorari-petition disability-accommodation judicial-process legal-representation pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
25-5783 Tanya Spurbeck v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. Nevada 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP disability-rights due-process federal-claims indigent-litigants legal-representation supremacy-clause As of April 26, 2024, there is required federal funding, signed by the Nevada Attorney General, to promise required legal representation to indigent a…
25-5643 Deloris Phillips v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation Fifth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process economic-discrimination equal-protection legal-representation Did the United States District Court of the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division unconstitutionally err in labeling petitioner vexatious-frivolo…
25A289 Mary E. Hill v. Malcolm S. Spratley, Sr. Virginia 2025-09-12 Presumed Complete attorney-withdrawal legal-representation pro-se supreme-court-rules time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25-5326 Geneva Langworthy v. Supreme Court of New Mexico New Mexico 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-access disability-rights due-process judicial-bias legal-representation self-representation 1. Can a judge with a personal bias against a party, deny that individual access to the courts as a punishment for disrespectful language in her plead…
25-5244 Kristy Richard v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigant Th youv '^uidLi in<&^ (OhWdert«wn "you sWe *Th< privuovu coACcfn o^4-ho supym Stw+ u ».*+o dearie caus pmv^f-ing issued t£ 'MpoHawez b*ja»ci 4Yh Tadi…
25-5216 Ricardo L. Noble v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2025-07-29 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion counsel discretion drug-addiction ineffective-assistance legal-representation Did Court abuse discretion by Not agreeing With Fact that, at Juvenile Lifer appellant's Resentencing iN 2ol8, pesenten cing gudge Yecanted the only F…
24A1289 Kriston Price v. Ohio Ohio 2025-06-26 Presumed Complete extension-of-time incarceration legal-representation pro-se supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-7380 Megan Rosenbaum v. Gregory A. Thompson, Sr. Indiana 2025-06-09 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eviction hearing-denial legal-representation small-claims-court Were my civil rights violated when the Small Claims Court of Hendricks County denied my right to attend the hearing and defend myself as to an evictio…
24-7137 In Re Jack Eugene Carpenter, III 2025-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-consultation district-court-authority evidence-preservation jurisdiction legal-representation self-determination Does a sid WW Os Sb USES NEA, Creade "discedion "yo ovad tne Distinct gucts uky ro ensuce yucisdickion exists? Pre celicious oelwfs oc \oelie€s Cores…
24-6912 Kenneth R. Talley, et al. v. Judith C. Horn, et al. Third Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure legal-representation pro-se Illiteracy is defined as the inability to read or write simple messages. Does a lack of basic literacy skills have significant legal implications for …
24-6884 Arthur L. Vitasek v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP arguable-claims court-rulings criminal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction legal-representation Under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), whether the Magistrate, the District Court Judge, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lost jurisdiction t…
24A760 Andre Bisasor v. Brian Moushegian, et al. New Hampshire 2025-02-05 Presumed Complete court-rules extension-of-time legal-representation petition-for-certiorari pro-se procedural-fairness Question not identified.
24-6244 Darrell Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-forfeiture constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process legal-representation representative-counsel The questions presented here concern whether '"'Rowland v. California Men's Colony II" should be modified, clarified, or further addressed to answer t…
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…
24-6026 Ana Ortiz, aka Ana Lopez v. Circuit Court of Illinois, Lake County Illinois 2024-11-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process family-court fourteenth-amendment legal-representation sixth-amendment Does absence of the right to counsel and access to transcripts in family court proceedings—such as divorce and child custody —constitutes a violation …
24-5928 Erick Gachuhi Wanjiku v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process judicial-procedure legal-representation pro-se right-to-counsel voir-dire I<• WUetUer or peWo^'S 5^ c^d \4^ avM£wVueJ:S 'rtcjJr Vo eldfc pro&£S<S u!ta£ Vtetal^cl ^e; o<ppfc4 CetKt Vo feMW appointed Counsel a6 fecpe^bd 6<uct…
24A382 Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam v. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam Guam 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete attorney-general government-corruption legal-representation organic-act separation-of-powers territorial-government Question not identified.
24-5551 Samuel Arnold v. Georgia Georgia 2024-09-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights habeas-corpus legal-representation prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-error Question not identified.
24A246 Samuel Lee Jones, Jr. v. Michael Wheeler Fifth Circuit 2024-09-09 Presumed Complete certiorari civil-rights legal-representation pro-se supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
24-5353 Kollier Devonte Radney v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-replacement critical-stages due-process ineffective-assistance legal-representation Question not identified.
24-5291 Ethan Printemps-Herget v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Ninth Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights federal-court-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigation summary-judgment witness-testimony Are Pro Se litigants entitled to participate fully in the legal process? How are pro se litigants expected to know case law to identify precedent? As…
24A131 Rodney L. Lass v. Jason Wells, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete habeas-corpus legal-representation prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5145 Antonio Tyree Gaskin v. Kentucky Kentucky 2024-07-25 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification law-enforcement legal-representation lineup procedural-safeguards right-to-counsel suspect-rights Whether the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution have guaranteed protection that safeguard law in enforcement showing in single paragraph a suspect…
24A57 Victoria Wong v. Ricky Wong New York 2024-07-17 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-representation pro-se procedural-relief supreme-court-rules time-extension Question not identified.
23-7531 Tiffany P. Range v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination hostile-work-environment legal-representation pro-se settlement sexual-harassment standing I do understand this case has been very prolonged especially without being able to obtain the proper legal representation during this entire process, …
23-1156 Eun O. Kim, et al. v. Parcel K-Tudor Hall Farm, LLC Fourth Circuit 2024-04-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-to-reopen procedural-fairness timeliness Whether the Justice system (The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit) granting the Motion to Reopen to one party after 8 years from t…
23-7270 Mark Johnson v. New York New York 2024-04-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus legal-representation sexual-assault standing victim-rights Question not identified.
23-7230 In Re Alissa M. Peterson 2024-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process fair-trial gideon-v-wainwright judicial-misconduct legal-representation 1. When there is case and questions before the Court on a writ of certiorari awaiting judgment, #23-7059 Alissa Peterson, Petitioner v. Jackson Count…
23-7151 Carolyn Sioux Green v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services, et al. Washington 2024-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chemical-lobotomy civil-commitment constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-representation statute-of-limitations 1. Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be applied to a case of which the central concern is a violation of the constitutional right to due proces…
23-982 In Re Joshua Marbley 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure default-judgment due-process judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct legal-representation motion-dismissal pro-se-litigation standing 1. Why was the Plaintiff's Affidavit of Facts, and DBA which was filed on Monday December 12, 2022, ignored by the Harris County 14th Court of Appeals…
23-6905 Paul Harris v. Oran Schachter, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process fair-trial interpreter interpreter-assistance legal-representation procedural-due-process standing The lower court at Lancaster, California would not allow petitioner's assistant to briefly speak to the court and explain that petitioner cannot read …
23-576 Sohail M. Abdulla v. Southern Bank Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing May it please this Honorable Court to consider the establishment of a new guideli inp aimed at preventing the dismissal of pro se civil parties with m…
23-6126 Wayne M. English v. Parcel Express, Inc. Texas 2023-11-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigant texas-constitution The Texas judiciary is obligated to provide due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article 1, section…
23-5928 Michael David Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process initial-appearance judicial-procedure legal-representation magistrate-judge right-to-counsel 1. Can a magistrate judge at an initial appearance force counsel upon a defendant who has never waived his rights and never participated in the right …
23-5077 In Re Ronald Boyajian 2023-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court appeal-of-right appellate-procedure appointed-counsel court-access due-process legal-representation ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigation supplemental-brief In a first appeal of right, did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("Ninth Circuit") violate defendant-appellant Ronald Boyajian's ("Peti…
22-7901 Samuel Howard v. Renee Baker, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-inquiry legal-representation prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Is the Sixth Amendment violated when a defendant is forced to accept representation by lawyers who se supervisor have a longstanding social and fam…
22-7786 Lei Yin v. Biogen Inc. First Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court-procedure judicial-discretion legal-representation pro-se pro-se-rights standing 1. Whether the Pro Se Rights shall be preserved in Federal Court System? 2. In Civil Cases, under what condition those who cannot afford to hire a la…
22-7489 Theodore Dean Acosta v. Glen Wilson, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantees constitutional-rights damages due-process exoneration legal-representation political-motivation standing statute-of-limitations plaintiff was intentionally, maliciously wrongfully convicted denied due process Suffered additional prolonged continual imprisonment and loss of prop…
22-7338 Robert Lemke v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP autonomy criminal-autonomy criminal-defendant defendant-rights due-process legal-representation liberty liberty-interests mental-health mental-health-considerations sentencing sentencing-procedure 1. Whether a criminal defendant's right to autonomy with respect to his defense applies to his sentencing? 2. Whether questions of a criminal defenda…
22-6943 Travis Thurston v. Florida Florida 2023-03-06 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing florida-law legal-representation post-conviction postconviction-relief WHETHER THE STATE COURT'S DECISION TO DEPRIVE PETITIONER OF POSTCONVICTION EVIDENTIARY HEARING COUNSEL VIOLATED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCES…
22-6506 Andrew Simpson v. Carl Davis, dba Davis Construction Co., et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process exceptional-circumstances informa-pauperis legal-representation mental-illness pro-se-litigant When acting under 28 USC 1915 Informa paupers, "Do a mental illness, qualify as a "exceptional circumstance" for appointment of council? Do a mentall…
22-6287 Ashley Y. (Yoo Hyang) Kim v. Public Schools of Brookline, et al. First Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process employment fourth-amendment legal-representation privacy-rights school-search student-surveillance termination I, Ashley Y. (Y Hyang) KIM, the Pro Se Petitioner, never have been informed numerous times, it is the right route, when nobody at Brookline HIGH SCHOO…
22-6278 Daniel Patrick Degoto v. William S. Bohrer, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-12-12 Granted Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-challenge legal-representation lower-court-decision prison-conditions standing supreme-court Question not identified.
22-6170 Andrea Peterson v. HVM L.L.C., et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment court-rules disability-rights discovery due-process equal-protection legal-representation standing Whether a person(s), who lacks the financial resources to hire an attorney, and because of their handicap, disability cannot comply with a court rule(…
22-5502 In Re Artis Carroll 2022-09-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus involuntary-commitment legal-representation mental-health right-to-counsel "Conflict foumse a sy 2.0 gyer Me: dole ntlan mi? 6 ons ANd cnnainsy he, d 2yonsl . w4 * sass We: Aefeose Counse! js_ achye ying 4o hove He defendant …
22-143 Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Library Montana 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived accommodation civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process legal-representation mental-disability public-library supreme-court Can the Great Falls Public Library discriminate against me because of my mental disability? Will the Supreme Court of the State of Montana accommodat…
22-107 Marianne E. Burke v. Criterion General, Inc., et al. Alaska 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process funeral-expenses gross-negligence legal-representation schiel wedmore white workers-compensation workplace-negligence workplace-safety 1. Was Workers ' Compensation law and the cases of Schiel Wedmore, and White involving mostly injury, misapplied to this case; a case that is about …
22-5244 Charles M. Torrence v. Hazel Peterson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process legal-representation mental-competency right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statewide-importance Whether it is of statewide, and even nationwide importance, ONE: for the United States Supreme Court to declare definitively whether a mental compete…
22-45 Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Schools Montana 2022-07-18 Denied civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-accommodation legal-representation mental-disability public-education school-discrimination standing supreme-court-procedure Can the Great Falls Public Schools discriminate against me because of my mental disability? Will the Supreme Court of the State of Montana accommodat…
21-8061 Barbrie Logan v. MGM Grand Detroit Casino Sixth Circuit 2022-06-06 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discrimination-claim due-process eeoc-exhaustion employment federal-courts indigent-plaintiff legal-representation pro-se summary-judgment title-vii In a Title VII action between an indigent pro se complainant and private sector employer, who, if anyone, has the responsibility of informing the comp…
21-7906 Ruben Sanchez v. Illinois Illinois 2022-05-18 Denied IFP adequate-representation due-process judicial-consideration legal-representation plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal pro-se public-defender withdrawal 1. Does a Pro Se plaintiff have a due process right to the adequate performance of counsel when represented by a public defender for the purpose of wi…
21-7373 Steven M. Chapman v. Warden, FCC Coleman - USP II Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis court-martial due-process legal-representation military-justice post-conviction post-conviction-relief standing writ-of-coram-nobis 1. Whether or not Petitioner received full and fair consideration in the military justice system when his post-conviction efforts were summarily denie…
21-7200 John L. Jacques v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronically-stored-information ineffective-assistance legal-assistance legal-representation postconviction postconviction-relief procedural-default rule-of-completeness standing 1. a) Is it sufficient reason for failing to raise new issues in a postconviction motion after first appeal that were not already litigated - that the…
21-1157 Dennis Spencer v. Colorado Colorado 2022-02-22 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) attorney-performance conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation multiple-clients personal-conflicts prejudice prejudice-standard In Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), this Court held that a defendant alleging ineffective assistance of counsel based on a lawyer's conflict o…
21-6755 Kenny Pugh v. Illinois Illinois 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule in-forma-pauperis judicial-district legal-representation search-and-seizure state-court state-courts Question not identified.
21-6305 Eric Volk v. State Bar of California California 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights digital-evidence disciplinary-proceedings due-process evidence fourth-amendment law-enforcement legal-representation professional-conduct search-and-seizure warrant-requirement £*A 11 'FqiC/I/A c,1o$ji _1 CO^p/^/n^r On fi-H-O/'r'-exj /T)£ Lc^r*^^ Eroyur^, U/hes^ fh i^s eZ2and r*b d<*~ P^a rt-dClmhj <^/WZirods '? U&f*' l/fola…
21-6196 I. A. v. Kansas Kansas 2021-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance legal-representation right-to-appeal standing 1. Did I.A. have a Fourteenth Amendment Right to have a District Court Judge inform him of his right to appeal? 2. Was I.A.'s trial attorney, Scott W…
21-620 Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Counsel, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency free-speech legal-representation standing state-regulation supremacy-clause younger-abstention The question presented is whether the Younger abstention doctrine applies when a state has indicated it will disregard the Supremacy Clause of the Con…
21-493 Susan Chen v. Darren Migita, et al. Washington 2021-10-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-challenge legal-representation notice personal-jurisdiction procedural-ambiguity standing unrepresented-minor 1. Whether a state court's dismissal order, absent clear languages about the legal effects; and its further refusal to clarify - which has led to four…
21-5689 Harold V. Hoskins v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL AS MEANT BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT AND DID THE ACTIONS OF "ALL" COUNSE…
21-221 Blake Cretacci v. Joe Call, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-16 Denied civil-rights counsel-communication court-of-appeals-split due-process federal-law legal-representation mailbox-rule prisoner-filing prisoner-representation pro-se-filing standing In Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), this Court held that filings by prisoners receive the benefit of the mailbox rule, which means that a prisone…
21-5368 Alberto Rodriguez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right legal-representation notice-of-charges sixth-amendment waiver Whether the Sixth Amendment fundamental right to notice of charges can be waived by the lawyer's failure to object or whether the defendant must perso…
21-5360 Danta Omar Roberts v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure direct-appeal fourth-amendment fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation procedural-review standard-of-review trial-counsel I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by ruling that the record did not conclusively demonstrate any deficiencies in trial counsel's representation, and…
21-5295 Anthony D. Jones v. Michelle Floyd, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance jurisdiction legal-representation sixth-amendment standing Question not identified.
21-5067 Lonnie Ray Wiseman v. Patti Wachtendorf, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-procedure complex-legal-issues counsel-appointment custody-transfer federal-custody habeas-corpus legal-representation primary-jurisdiction writ-of-custody writ-of-habeas-corpus (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in refusing to order the government to produce a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum —as the Tenth Circuit did …
20-8109 Walter Crayton v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment assigned-counsel child-pornography civil-rights criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process free-speech legal-representation post-conviction search-and-seizure trial-court Question not identified.
20-7925 In Re Clement Mosseri 2021-05-04 Denied IFP court-access discrimination due-process equal-protection fair-hearing judicial-bias legal-representation pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel unbiased-tribunal 1) Is petitioner entitled to a fair hearing before an unbiased tribunal? 2) Does a poor person, Pro se litigant have a right to an attorney without c…
20-1504 J. L., a Child v. Kate Halamay, et al. Washington 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-representation civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment informed-consent legal-representation mental-disability 1. Did the Washington Supreme Court and the Washington Court of Appeals violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to allow an attorney t…
20-7602 Bienvenido Rodriguez, Jr. v. Ulli Klemm, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-representation judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-to-dismiss procedural-due-process settlement-agreement standing 1. DID THE THIRD CIRCUIT OF APPEALS ABUSE ITS DISCRETION SUSTAINING/AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S ORDER BECAUSE NO SUBSTANTIAL QUESTION WAS PRESENTED…
20-7562 Kamme O v. Texas A&M University and System, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-rights gender-bias legal-representation standing whistleblower-protection workplace-discrimination 1.) Rights of a 23.5 year STATE employee when denied legal representation? A. Case too complicated for a lawyer to make a profit. B. Approved for Lega…
20-7236 Vincent E. Boyd v. Dylon Radtke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability court-procedure due-process legal-representation pro-se-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right standby-counsel Should courts have to clearly define, on the record, the proper role of standby counsel in the proceedings? In other words, should courts engage in a …
20-7184 Mitchell Wagner v. Archie D. Scarborough, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-complexity legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing IS if A Violation of The Petii Loner 's Cons fI futioNA L Rims To Counsel WhEN APPelle Te Court FaILs To Recognize an Already Approved and accepted …
20-7094 Kenneth Ray Sheffey v. Iowa Eighth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus illiterate indigent-status legal-representation prisoner-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se I. Did the lower court violate the protections under the Iowa and United States Constitutions by denying Petitioner, an illiterate prisoner, both lega…
20-6850 Ronald Eugene Weems v. Alabama Alabama 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-supreme-court attorney-representation constitutional-rights court-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-representation post-conviction sixth-amendment I) Does the Supreme Court of the United States have authority to represent a client in a post conviction petition when the Supreme Court's representat…
20-6672 Adam L. Coleman v. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center Kentucky 2020-12-21 Denied IFP age-of-majority civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause estate-administration legal-representation medical-malpractice wrongful-death Can a state pass legislation that jeopardizes legal representation of a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice asserted claim that would otherwise be g…
20-6579 Aimee O'Neil v. Weld County, Colorado Tenth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection individual-rights judicial-procedure legal-representation liberty-interest procedural-protection standing Did AHornty Andrew Poland provide adequate representation 2. Did Weld County Provide fair procedure and equal protection in the courts? 3. Did Count…
20-6334 Chrishma Hunter Singhderewa v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2020-11-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights defendant-rights due-process judicial-procedure legal-representation motion-to-appear representation standing Is the State of California denying a citizen of the United States of America their constitutional right to representation by refusing to acknowledge a…
20-6341 Jason Harriman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-inquiry appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-rights court-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Whether a defendant's 6th Amendment right to counsel of choice extends to an indigent defendant who has appointed counsel. 2. The extent of the ad…
20-5986 Romeo Wilson v. Debra Sue Gabites, et al. Michigan 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel legal-representation standing witness-testimony DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS/THE LIGHT WAS BLINKING! DO I HAVE ANY RIGHT/I HAD TWO LAWYER, MR.JESSIE A.NASH (7946 5) ANfe^iJARED 1,3HOUEY ( 75877) WAS MIR TO…
20-5989 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio 2020-10-09 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-rights court-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation pro-se sanctions Petitionee denied her due peocess WAS RioHts, Decause she is A PRo liticant? se fees on Petitionee, when Peritioner did seot bet AN oPPDR tUNiT4 TO Re…
20-5885 Mario Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing legal-representation settlement-agreement whether Defense Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance Under The Sixth Amendment For Failing To Challenge The Factual Resume Failing To Protect Petit…
20-5708 Fagbemi Miranda v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-rights fundamental-decision fundamental-decisions legal-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-strategy Does the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to make fundamental decisions about his case include the right to choose which defense to present at trial?
20-5611 Andy Buxton v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-representation post-conviction-relief procedural-default Whether claims of ineffective assistance of post-convictional relief counsel could serve as cause to excuse the procedural default of a claim of trial…
20-5228 United States, ex rel. Friedrich Lu v. Ramandeep Samra, et al. First Circuit 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-representation circuit-court civil-procedure false-claims-act jurisdiction legal-representation pro-se qui-tam standing Under False Claims Act, may a relator proceed pro se, or must he hire an attorney?
19-1428 Tina L. Morin v. Montana Office of Disciplinary Counsel Montana 2020-07-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights disciplinary-counsel disciplinary-proceedings due-process Fourteenth-Amendment guardianship legal-ethics legal-representation professional-conduct right-to-counsel Did the COP violate Morin's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment when the COP ordered Morin suspended from practice for allegedly violati…
19-8792 John Hummel v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3599 clemency clemency-proceedings death-penalty discretionary-review expert-assistance expert-services legal-representation reasonably-necessary statutory-funding unusual-character-or-duration When the appointed attorney for a death-sentenced inmate shows that expert services have likely utility—and are of unusual character or duration—but c…
19-8584 Christopher Raynard Kidd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense due-process evidence-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation legal-standards prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to review all the evidence with Mr. Kidd prior to trial?
19-1180 Robert Radcliffe, et al. v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-actions class-counsel conflicts-of-interest due-process fair-settlement legal-representation material-conflict rule-23 settlement-fairness Whether Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 permits class counsel whose interests are in material conflict with those of the class to represent the class so long as th…
19-7898 Richard C. Murphy v. United States Third Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review attorney-client attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-ethics due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation procedural-integrity representation standing Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals abuse their discretion by allowing counsel to continue representation after counsel documented his unwillingnes…
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution 1)Was this case criminal in nature? 2)Was the right to counsel waived? 3)Would an impoverished layman have the needed skills and ability to defend h…
19-7065 Carrie A. Braspenick v. Johnson Law PLC Michigan 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure contract contract-law court-judgment judgment legal-ethics legal-representation order professional-ethics statute-of-limitations termination 1. Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case? 2. Did the lo…
19-6844 Fabian Santiago v. Arthur F. Hill, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Illinois 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-adjudication ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-representation right-to-counsel A.) The Petitioner presents the inquiry into the U.S.Ct, whether the refusal of the legftl rep resentative (sic) of the ftetitioner durirg arraignment…
19-6547 Kevin Sterling v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmance appeal appointed-counsel cja-18-usc-3006 criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure due-process fed-r-crim-p-44 federal-rules-criminal-procedure gideon-v-wainwright inability-to-pay legal-representation right-to-counsel writ-of-certiorari Whether defendant should have been appointed counsel too assist him in filing a writ of Certiorari, pursuant to the CJA 18 U,S.C, § 3006.. . and FED,…
19-493 James J. Maksimuk v. Connor Sport Court International, LLC Federal Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Relisted (2) cafc corporate-representation court-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause legal-counsel legal-representation overturning-decisions supreme-court-rulings trademark-cancellation trademark-law 1. Did the CAFC, District Court, 10th Cir., TTAB Orders and Judgments and referenced Supreme Court rulings —that required corporations to be represent…
19-6024 Kenneth Allen Rogers v. California California 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-relationship civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fiduciary-duty legal-representation pre-trial-motion property-rights retainer-fee sixth-amendment The State of California denial of legal representation at a pre-trial motion of the People requiring a hearing that if retained legal counsel did not …
19-5950 Roberto Medina-Martinez v. Arizona Arizona 2019-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation motion-to-change-counsel right-to-counsel self-representation standing I'm Innocent on my Case- I doit understand why the Chonge of Coursel Shey denied me thru out my entire Case- Ther took me 2,5 Years to Triol with a la…
19-5386 David Charles Sussman v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-07-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts due-process habeas-corpus legal-representation prison-discipline right-to-counsel suspension-clause Where a prison inmate files a petition in a trial court seeking the restoration of gain time credits that were lost in a prison disciplinary proceedin…
19-5390 In Re Francisco Narvaez 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-representation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel legal-representation procedural-error professional-conduct sixth-amendment speedy-trial Therefore, my concerns or questins it's plenty, first of all I am a poor man without schooled in any Laws, then I even had much school in Spanish nor …
18A1324 Tina L. Morin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Montana 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-representation petition-for-certiorari supreme-court-order Question not identified.
18-1504 Bruce Giles v. Salvador A. Godinez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response Waived civil-cases civil-procedure civil-rights coercive-appointment court-discretion due-process inherent-authority judicial-power legal-representation mallard-v-us-district-court standing statutory-authority In Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296 (1989), the Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1915 does not provi…
18-9361 Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-05-21 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-rights court-access criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-proportionality in-forma-pauperis indigence indigent-status juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing legal-representation life-imprisonment pro-bono Question not identified.
18-8845 Abel Revill Ochoa v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied IFP ayestas-v-davis capital-case capital-punishment death-penalty due-process federal-funding funding habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation procedural-standard statutory-interpretation (1) Whether, in light of Ayestas v. Davis, 138 S. Ct. 1080 (2018), a court applies an overly burdensome standard for funding under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f)…
18-8679 John James Bell v. South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure legal-representation 1-ID PETTIONER RECEIVE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW ACCORDING TO THE"DUE PROCESS"ELEMENT OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?…
18-8661 Eddie Lee Jackson v. Sandy McCain, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-medical-condition counsel-misconduct due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation misconduct procedural-error right-to-counsel suspension Whether the Petitioner was denied the right to assistance of counsel when the counsel representing Petitioner throughout the proceedings was in fact s…
18-8541 In Re Randy A. Jones 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cell-site-simulator civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment honeycutt-v-united-states legal-representation lis-pendens luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel takings warrantless-search Did the government violate this petitioner's rights, creating a flaw so grave that it rendered the proceedings unreliable, when as established by the …
18-8383 Jeremy C. Southgate v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust antitrust-conspiracy business-damage civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy court-procedure inherent-authority legal-representation racketeering standing trademark trademark-property First, Is there arguable merit to the claim that Respondents engaged in an unlawful antitrust and/or racketeering conspiracy, intending by a pattern o…
18-8015 In Re Michael Ojegba Agbonifo 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-detention criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings detention due-process indefinite-detention judicial-misconduct legal-representation not-guilty right-to-counsel right-to-trial trial Is it Constitutional for a District Court Judge to Hold an accused in an alleged criminal proceedings indefinitely in detention without TRIAL when the…
18-7877 Lester Roger Decker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-performance constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was defendant's attorney's role to fulfill his advisory position to his client ineffective, thus violating client's right to Due Process?
18-7706 Syed Nazim Ali v. Interactive Brokers LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing civil-rights corporate-law corporate-laws corporate-representation due-process fair-justice judicial-procedure legal-representation legal-standing pro-se-litigation shareholder shareholder-exception shareholder-rights standing Whether the district court erred by dismissing the case on the grounds that the Petitioner who is the sole owner and shareholder of the corporation di…
18-7563 Lynce P. Foster v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-constitution WHETHER COUNSEL WERE INEFFECTIVE FOR NOT REPRESENTING PETITIONER ACCORDING TO A COUNSEL GUARANTEED TO THE PETITIONER BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNI…
18-6990 Elena Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates District of Columbia 2018-12-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion court-procedure due-process guardian-ad-litem incompetence incompetent-person judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-representation standing The affirmative answer to the following questions constitutes the proof that both US Courts have drastically departed from the accepted and usual cour…
18-6965 Lei Yin v. Biogen, Inc., fka Biogen-IDEC First Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections discovery discovery-rules due-process federal-court-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-rights standing Whether a Pro Se shall share the same right as those represented by lawyers that are protected by United States Constitution? Whether the Federal Cou…
18-6967 Michael Danilovich, aka Sealed Defendant 2, aka Mike Daniels, aka Fat Mike, aka Mike D v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation qualified-reappointment reappointment-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment The question presented is whether an indigent defendant has a qualified right to reappointment of counsel.
18-6779 Guy Heffington v. Pamela Puleo, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 7th-amendment amendment-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-conspiracy legal-representation property-rights Whether Guy Heffington, the son of Joan Farr f/k/a Joan Heffington, was denied due process of law under the Fifth Amendment, the right to an attorney …
18-6781 Joan E. Farr v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 7th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conspiracy legal-representation sixth-amendment Whether Joan Farr was denied due process of law under the Fifth Amendment, the right to an attorney under the Sixth Amendment, the right to a jury tri…
18-6506 Guy Boudreaux, Jr. v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel judicial-procedure legal-education legal-mail legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation procedural-error right-of-access-to-courts Is our system of justice truly just when it requires an attorney to attend six years of college prior to being permitted to practice law, but requires…
18-6383 Robert J. Kulick v. Steven Rein Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation attorney-client attorney-client-rights civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process legal-ethics legal-malpractice legal-representation pro-per-status pro-se standing state-bar-bias Why the CA State Bar denied an investigation against Steven Rein, Esq. for his blackmail against me, & :-;why attorneys allowed to be relieved as an a…
18-5784 Boniface W. Wabuyabo v. Correct Care Solutions Tenth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights claim due-process legal-representation medical-attention pro-se standing Irefevence to the decisions made by the louer couts, the plaintiff might the of temple to relate to the lagage of te La To rem elvn what e the lega se…
18-5662 Myrna Diaz v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-08-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights counsel-misconduct criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment unauthorized-practice-of-law DID THE STAFF OF THE "PROJECT FREEDOM FUND" WHO PROVIDED FAULTY LEGAL ADVICE TO PETITIONER, AND THUS INDUCED HER TO WITHDRAW A GUILTY PLEA FOR WHICH S…
18-185 Connecticut v. Michael Skakel Connecticut 2018-08-10 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-deficiency due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation overall-performance performance-evaluation single-error sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Under the first prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), must a court evaluate counsel's overall performance in determining whether a s…