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24-869 Randall P. Ewing, Jr., et ux. v. Erik Carrier, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure claim-preclusion district-court judicial-discretion motion-to-amend Should a court dismiss a plaintiffs claim, using its inherent authority or otherwise, because they first filed a motion for leave to amend to join the…
24-273 SBFO Operator No. 3, LLC, et al. v. Onex Corporation, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied boilerplate-release civil-procedure dispositive-motion motion-to-amend rico-liability wire-fraud This petition presents three questions on which the circuits disagree: 1. Does a boilerplate release, induced as an integral part of a wire fraud sch…
23-1238 Chinyere Ogbonna-McGruder v. Austin Peay State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-state-law employment-law hostile-work-environment motion-to-amend motion-to-dismiss notice-pleading reasonable-person retaliation retaliation-claim Whether Petitioner's claim for retaliation required her to prove she suffered severe or pervasive conduct by her supervisor rather than conduct which …
23-924 John Anthony Castro v. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response Waived arizona-ballot article-iii article-iii-standing ballot-access campaign-expenses hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion motion-to-amend presidential-candidate standing Arizona ballot-placed Republican Presidential Candidate, whose direct and current competition for votes evidenced by thousands of dollars in Arizona-s…
23-6374 Vonell Davis, Jr. v. Wayne Hill, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process health-risks inmate-rights motion-to-amend standing I. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR WHEN IT DENIED THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT WITHOUT A HEARING, AND CONCLUDING APPELLANT HAD NO CAUSE OF ACTION? 2. DID THE …
23-5028 Eric St. George v. E. E. Colorado 2023-07-05 Denied IFP 12b6-dismissal amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing Is it permissible for a State District Court to deny a pro-se plaintiff every motion to amend, to never allow an amendment to a meritorious case, to d…
21-748 Chinyere U. Nwoke v. University of Chicago Medical Center Seventh Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination district-court due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-review motion-to-amend pay-equity standing university-employment Whether the lower courts judged Petitioner's claims?
21-5841 Rafiq Sabir v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP arabic-language-expert brady-claim brady-v-maryland district-court-discretion exculpatory-evidence factual-dispute government-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-amend rule-33 1. Could reasonable jurists debate whether the district court abused its discretion by denying as untimely Petitioner's motion to amend to add a Brady…
21-5587 Calvin Jarrod Hester v. Folashade Ituah Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conflict motion-to-amend standing 1. Whether Or Not The Lower Court Erred And Abused Its Discretion In Dismissing The Deprivation Of His Constitutional Right And Civil Rights Violation…
20-1793 Aura Moody, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, J. M. v. National Football League Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-amend procedural-due-process standing 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS HAD THE AUTHORITY TO DISMISS THE APPEAL BECAUSE IT ALLEGEDLY "LACKS AN ARGUABLE BASIS EITHER IN LAW OR IN FACT " WITHO…
20-7596 Olen Ware, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied IFP amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-amend motion-to-suppress 1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in finding that jurists of reason could not have found it debatable that the district court erred by dismissing Petitione…
20-869 David E. Henry v. Castle Medical Center Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foman-standard foman-v-davis judicial-discretion motion-to-amend post-judgment-amendment rules-59-and-60 standards-for-amendment In spite of this Court's long-standing precedent that a post-judgment motion to amend the complaint must be decided under the same standards as a simi…
20-724 Donovan Middleton, et al. v. Complete Nutrition Franchising, LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice judicial-discretion motion-to-amend post-judgment-motion rule-12b6 rule-59e standard-of-review The Eighth Circuit affirmed the District Court's judgment granting Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and, thereafter, denied Petitioners' Motion to Alter …
19-6142 Santo Leone v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely? Whether district court erred when failure to…
19-5748 Seth Mitchell v. Macy's, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-motion disability-accommodation due-process employment-discrimination erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment hipaa magistrate-judge motion-to-amend timeliness title-vii 1. When, if ever, can a magistrate judge assigned to handle nondispositive matters in a Federal lawsuit intentionally violate Federal Rule of Civil Pr…
19-5294 Abraham Asley Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-15a due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-notice federal-rules-civil-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus motion-to-amend pleading responsive-pleading section-2255 standing 1. Whether the Fed. R as a matter of course' Responsive pleading is filed can be arbitrarily disregarded and denied?Cxim. P. 15(a) Motion 's right to …
18-9333 Gustavo Gomez v. California Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP appeal case-law constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction motion-to-amend sixth-amendment standing Were this Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights according to the United States Constitution violated by the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth …
18-452 Jesse L. Wesley, III v. Town Square Media West Central Radio Broadcasting, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure de-novo de-novo-review motion-to-amend standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether a district court's decision on a motion to amend a summary judgment should be reviewed with the standard of abuse of discretion or de novo.
18-259 City of East Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Derrick Wheatt, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-deadline due-process indemnification motion-to-amend qualified-immunity settlement-agreement standing state-actors wrongful-conviction 1. Whether the Court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner City Defendants Qualified Immunity defense when it became implicated during Discovery…