| 25-6779 |
Sasho Stantchev v. Bunker Hill Community College |
Massachusetts |
2026-02-11 |
Pending |
IFP |
14th-amendment due-process equal-protection personal-injury procedural-deadlines state-court |
Whether the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment is violated when the enforcement of procedural deadlines takes priority over the merit of cases o… |
| 25A796 |
James L. Martin v. Bruce L. Hudson, et al. |
Delaware |
2026-01-09 |
Denied |
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conditional-payment health-insurance-recovery legal-malpractice medical-expert-testimony medicare-subrogation personal-injury |
Question not identified. |
| 24A833 |
Courtney Richmond v. Nolan Wiese, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-02-27 |
Presumed Complete |
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claim-preclusion district-court-jurisdiction exhaustion-doctrine federal-question-jurisdiction personal-injury product-liability |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5901 |
Lamont Fitch v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure extraterritorial-claims international-jurisdiction personal-injury supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5875 |
Dennis Ray Davis, Jr. v. Caddo Department of Public Works, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights federal-courts legal-notice personal-injury property-rights statute-of-limitations |
1. THIS CASE PRESENTS THE [QUESTIONS OF WHETHER] OR NOT LOWER FEDERAL COURTS IN APPLYING LOUISIANA ONE YEAR PERSONAL INJURY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS LA.… |
| 24A281 |
James L. Martin v. David H. Nixon |
Delaware |
2024-09-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
damages-exclusion expert-testimony judicial-review medical-causation personal-injury trial-court-discretion |
Question not identified. |
| 24-16 |
Anthony Monroe v. Terry Conner, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claims federal-interests owens-v-okure personal-injury section-1983 state-law-borrowing statute-of-limitations |
Whether applying a state's one-year statute of limitations to Section 1983 claims is inconsistent with the federal statutory scheme and the interests … |
| 23-1332 |
Jarius Brown v. Javarrea Pouncy, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
28-usc-1658 civil-rights civil-rights-claims federal-interests owens-v-okure personal-injury section-1983 state-law statute-of-limitations |
Because 42 U.S.C. § 1983 does not itself provide a statute of limitations, federal courts have borrowed from state law to determine the timeliness of … |
| 23-475 |
Ying Ye, as Representative of the Estate of Shawn Lin, Deceased v. GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act freight-broker motor-carrier motor-vehicle negligent-hiring personal-injury preemption safety-exception |
Whether a personal injury claim against a freight broker based on the broker's negligent hiring of an unsafe motor carrier to transport property by mo… |
| 23A372 |
Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants v. Bestwall LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
asbestos-claims bankruptcy channeling-injunction chapter-11 personal-injury reorganization |
1. This case presents important questions about the scope of federal
bankruptcy jurisdiction. In 2017, Georgia-Pacific — a profitable manufacturing
be… |
| 23-365 |
Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al. v. Douglas J. Horn |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split civil-damages civil-rico economic-harm personal-injury rico rico-act statutory-interpretation |
Whether economic harms resulting from personal injuries are injuries to "business or property by reason of" the defendant's acts for purposes of civil… |
| 22-938 |
George Washington University v. Jabari Stafford |
District of Columbia |
2023-03-27 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination due-process federal-statute personal-injury personal-injury-claims state-law statute-of-limitations title-vi |
Whether courts should reflexively borrow the state-law general limitations period applicable to all personal-injury claims to govern any claim allegin… |
| 21-5333 |
Michael E. Harris v. Anthony Akidi |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals discretionary-dismissal jury-demand jury-trial personal-injury prima-facie |
1. Did the United States court of appeals error and abuse its discretion, in dismissing the petitioner's prima facie personal injury, civil rights com… |
| 20-7424 |
Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-error due-process judicial-bias medical-malpractice personal-injury res-ipsa-loquitur standing writ-of-certiorari |
I. The Relief Sought - Reverse and Settle Personal Injury [ 9th Circuit FRAP 21(a)(2)(B)(i)]
II. The issues (The Questions Presented for Review) [9th… |
| 20-7396 |
Marlina Calhoun v. Walmart Stores East, LP |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights court-procedure court-representation deposition-misconduct disability-discrimination due-process jury-selection medical-evidence mental-health personal-injury workplace-injury |
That the Plaintiff first Attorney Douglas was the Walmart Attorney Best friend. Also, that the second attorneys the HOOD LAW Group. Let the discovery … |
| 20-7321 |
Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights court-judgment due-process judicial-bias legal-procedure medical-malpractice personal-injury res-ipsa-loquitur standing |
I. The Relief Sought - Reverse and Settle Personal Injury [ 9 Circuit FRAP 21(a)(2)(B)(i)]
II. The issues (The Questions Presented for Review) [9t Ci… |
| 20-963 |
Stephen K. Walton, Sr. v. Virginia International Terminals, LLC |
Virginia |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
land-based marine-terminal-operator personal-injury preemption property-handling shipping-act shipping-act-1984 state-law terminal-operator time-limitation |
Pursuant to the Shipping Act of 1984, is a marine terminal operator's schedule of rates, which is authorized by the Act to pertain to the receiving, d… |
| 20-6130 |
Desmond Howard Greer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury? |
| 19-1250 |
Victor Allan Clark v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., et al. |
Florida |
2020-04-27 |
Denied |
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45-usc-55 45-usc-56 forum-selection forum-selection-clause jones-act maritime-law negligence personal-injury seaman-employment seaman-employment-contract third-party-beneficiary |
I. Does the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 30104, 30509 (adopting by reference 45 U.S.C. §§ 55, 56) render void a foreign forum selection clause in a Seaman'… |
| 19-960 |
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company v. Steven R. Lilly |
Michigan |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure employment-law federal-employers-liability-act fela jury-instruction jury-instructions personal-injury preexisting-condition railroad-employee workplace-liability |
Whether, in a personal injury action brought by a railroad employee against his employer under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), a jury must… |
| 19-409 |
City of Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Ricky Jackson, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 42-usc-1988 brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 federal-law municipal-liability personal-injury personal-injury-claims qualified-immunity section-1983 section-1988 state-law state-law-survival-rule survival |
1. Whether § 1988 requires the survival of § 1983 claims to be determined using the state-law survival rule for the most closely analogous state cause… |
| 19-6017 |
Randy Matthew Cordero v. Nick A. Guzman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jury-instruction jury-trial personal-injury standing trial-fairness |
CIVIL CASE IN LIGHT OF THE LOWER COURTS DECISION CAN THE PLAINTIFF TO THE DISTRICT COURT TRY A CIVIL CASE OF CONSTITUTIONAL INJURY WITHOUT FIRST ALLOW… |
| 18-9779 |
Xue Jie He v. Trinity Church, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy defamation discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment personal-injury racial-discrimination standing visa-status |
1. US visa : 0187, legal short-term stay , Personal Injury , can Petitioner get The Equal Protection Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment to the United … |
| 18-1220 |
Cleveland Franklin v. American Elevator Inspections, Inc. |
Texas |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
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7th-amendment affidavit-evidence burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process elevator-safety evidence negligence personal-injury standing summary-judgment trial-by-jury |
Petitioner Cleveland Franklin was trapped in a residential elevator with no telephone. Using his fists, he saved his life by pounding his way out to f… |
| 18-832 |
Ann Wilma Petersen v. NCL (Bahamas) Ltd., dba Norwegian Cruise Line |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
alvez-precedent american-export-lines-v-alvez general-maritime-law loss-of-consortium maritime-law miles-v-apex-marine miles-v-apex-marine-corp personal-injury spousal-damages townsend-v-jantran-inc |
Whether spouses of personal injury plaintiffs are entitled to recover loss of consortium damages under general maritime law in light of this Court's h… |
| 18-6114 |
Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham |
Oregon |
2018-09-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal damages disability due-process guardian-ad-litem legal-standing medical-damages negligence personal-injury real-party-in-interest standing vegetative-state |
Did the trial court error in granting General Judgment of Dismissal that as a matter of law in this matter in favor of defendant Kathy Hung Pham?
Did… |
| 18-266 |
The Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (18)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure general-maritime-duty jones-act maritime-law personal-injury punitive-damages seaman-rights seaworthiness seaworthy-vessel unseaworthiness vessel-seaworthiness |
Whether punitive damages may be awarded to a Jones Act seaman in a personal injury suit alleging a breach of the general maritime duty to provide a se… |
| 18-5489 |
Min Ho Kwon v. Hyoun Phil Won, et al. |
Virginia |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
assault civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process employment injury insurance-claim liability personal-injury standing worker's-compensation workers-compensation |
In fact, "Hyoun" assaulted "Kwon", "Kwon" injured, "Kwon" could not work, "Chan" made cause of assaulting, "Chan" was business owner, "Chan" had worke… |
| 18-22 |
Young Sung Lee, et al. v. Katelyn Garvey |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure directed-verdict diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts judicial-discretion meniscus-injury new-york-insurance-law new-york-law permanent-injury personal-injury rule-50-dismissal rule-50(a) rule-50a serious-injury-threshold state-law-interpretation summary-judgment |
1. Whether the Magistrate Judge erred as a matter of law in granting a Rule 50(a) motion for directed verdict when (a) both parties' experts agreed th… |
| 18-5077 |
Frankie L. McCoy v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
ada ada-compliance administrative-remedies civil-rights correctional-facility-conditions disability-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies medical-evidence personal-injury rehabilitation-act |
Did the trial court Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erroneously abuse its discretion in dismissing the instant case bought by a multip… |