| 25A559 |
James E. McNair v. K. Johnson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Application |
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bad-faith civil-rights inherent-authority local-rules pro-se sanctions |
Whether federal courts have the power to issue sanctions under their inherent authority without first finding "bad faith." |
| 25-359 |
Rambod Sotoodeh, et al. v. City of South El-Monte, California, a Municipal Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-25 |
Denied |
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circuit-split federal-rules-civil-procedure local-rules merits-consideration motion-to-dismiss rule-12b6 |
Whether Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 83(a)(1) require a district court to consider the merits of an unopposed Rule 12(b)(6) motion to… |
| 24-7350 |
Rusty James Driscoll v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights discovery-material fifth-amendment inmate-rights local-rules sixth-amendment |
1. Whether District Court of South Dakota's Local Rules, 16.1 and 57.10, which restrict an inmate's ability to access and to personally possess his/he… |
| 24-5675 |
Lenore Albert v. Roxanne Gonzalez, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-suspension district-court legal-practice local-rules rules-enabling-act state-bar |
Whether a United States District Court can automatically suspend an
attorney's membership to practice law in that District Court based upon a State
Ba… |
| 23-1198 |
Harisadhan Patra, et ux. v. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure first-amendment frcp-56 independent-review local-rules material-facts religious-harassment statement-of-material-facts summary-judgment supreme-court-precedents workplace-discrimination |
Supreme Court precedents require, "The evidence of the nonmovant is to be believed, and all justifiable inferences are to be drawn in his favor." Ande… |
| 23-1123 |
In Re Lawyers For Fair Reciprocal Admission |
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2024-04-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process first-amendment judicial-recusal local-court-rules local-rules rules-enabling-act supervisory-power third-circuit |
The patchwork of nonuniform District Court local rules that deny general admissions privileges to lawyers licensed in forty-nine states is challenged … |
| 23A309 |
Aaron Mohanlal v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
Denied |
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AEDPA habeas-corpus local-rules page-limits pro-se-prisoner section-2254 |
Question not identified. |
| 23-244 |
Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights conflicts-of-interest due-process free-speech judicial-admission local-rules nonuniform-standards professional-speech standing third-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Has the Petitioner established good cause for this Court to issue a writ of certiorari before judgment because the nonuniform local rules directly con… |
| 22-1182 |
Robert Walker, et al. v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-07 |
Denied |
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administrative-law bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-overreach local-rules statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Mandate infringe on the Fourteenth Amendment and imposes restrictions as to U.S. Code: Title 11, SUBCHAPTER … |
| 21-875 |
Harry Barnett v. Menard, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-power local-rule local-rules procedural-authority separation-of-powers |
Whether a district judge has the power to
enact a local rule that contravenes the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure? |
| 21-507 |
Lawyers United Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-10-06 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-2071 28-usc-2072 attorney-licensing bar-association constitutional-rights district-court district-court-licensing judicial-council local-rules rule-making-authority |
1. The first question presented is whether Local Rules that on their face create classes of citizens and lawyers exceed the rule-making authority of t… |
| 21-205 |
Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record default-judgment department-of-labor frap-17 local-rules res-judicata sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Should an unopposed default judgement be granted because the Department
of Labor ("DOL ") did not submit the full administrative record to the cou… |
| 20-7466 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bill-of-costs civil-procedure cost-waiver costs court-discretion deposition-costs indigency local-rules waiver |
1. Whether a party wavies costs if it does not file a bill of cost on time pursuant to local rules?
2. Whether a district court should consider a par… |
| 20-1075 |
John Robert Reichard, et ux. v. Russell A. Brown, Chapter 13 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
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administrative-law administrative-procedure bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure chapter-13-bankruptcy due-process federal-statutory-interpretation local-rules privacy privacy-protection tax-return-confidentiality tax-returns |
Whether the privacy protections due Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtors' income tax returns pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §521(g)(2), and implemented by the Directo… |
| 19-1005 |
Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC, et al. v. Environmental Research Center, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure article-iii-standing circuit-precedent en-banc-review federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure intra-circuit-splits jurisdictional-dismissal local-appellate-rules local-rules motions-panel subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's local rules for en banc review violate FED. R. APP. P. 47(a)(1) by allowing a three-judge motions panel to deny en banc re… |
| 19-478 |
Amadou Sowe v. Pall Corporation |
Second Circuit |
2019-10-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1746 affidavit affidavit-substitution age-discrimination civil-procedure due-process federal-procedure local-rule-violation local-rules owbpa perjury-statute summary-judgment sworn-declaration unsworn-declaration |
Even though the Plaintiffs counter statement is not accepted because of local rule violation, can the Plaintiffs counter statement still be used to sh… |
| 19-6197 |
Donald Steven Reynolds v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2255-motions circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction local-rule-interpretation local-rules motion-to-strike page-limits statutory-interpretation |
1) Is the Sixth Circuit's holding in Martinez v. United States , that
the 25 page limit under Local Rule 7.1 applies to §2255 Motions,
inconsistent … |
| 19-5399 |
Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
cestui-que civil-procedure collateral-claims court-of-appeals dismissal dismissals federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure local-procedural-rules local-rules pendent-jurisdiction standing |
(pendent jurisdiction):
a.
27(d), (g), (i) and L.R. 40.2 of the Local Rules and Internal Operating
Procedures of the Court of Appeals for the Second C… |
| 19-5398 |
Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure collateral-claims court-of-appeals dismissal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure internal-operating-procedures jurisdiction jurisdictional-claims local-rules pendent-jurisdiction procedural-rules standing |
1. Fed. R. App. P. 27, L.R. 27(d), (g), (i), L.R. 40.2 and 22 NYCRR §500.20(d)
(pendent jurisdiction):
Will the Court provide for questioning upon Fed… |
| 18-6601 |
Stefone Dwayne Palomo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anders-review appeal appeal-rights appellate-review due-process fifth-circuit-rules frivolous frivolous-issues ineffective-assistance local-rules merits right-to-appeal sua-sponte-dismissal |
I. Does Petitioner's right to an appeal require either a decision on the merits or an Anders review with a finding that all issues are frivolous?
II.… |
| 18-5039 |
Guy Kevin Rowland v. Kevin Chappell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure good-faith habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition local-rules state-court statute-of-limitations |
1. In 198 7 petitioner Guy Rowland was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the State of California . In 1994 he exhausted his state remedies… |