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25-6284 Leonard W. Houston v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-litigation individual-actions jurisdiction pleadings statutory-provisions WAS IT ABUSE OF DISCRETION ON ALL CLJA ACTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL DOCKETS, AS COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT NEED NOT FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS IN STAYED INDIVI…
25-5598 Mary Martha McComas v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure district-court judicial-discretion pleadings pro-se Whether when denying a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must provide a reason for that denial (as held by the Third, Sev…
24-30 John Garland, et al. v. New York City Fire Department, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure discovery due-process employment-law federal-rules motion-to-dismiss plausibility plausibility-requirement pleading-standards pleadings 1. When are pleadings sufficient to state a claim under the standard set in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009) and applied in a broader context in…
23-7171 Darryl Puderer v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-04-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-claims out-of-time-appeal pleadings standing 1. Did the Louisiana Supreme Court err where it vacated Petitioner's Appeal where the parties and District Court had consented to the appeal and previ…
23-7103 Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing vr XYove a. xx©ad asvveodUjd a^^ou^! !po,(YoC- <\3&u-vc Had (Aorvoexx . aXcudAe odemyjU. fe&foIV ate), Xv x uov3r\ -\o aw\£x\d a\2_ cY Ay\^ ' X ©u<^…
23-7007 Howard T. Tyson, Sr. v. Kris Y. Lee, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-orders judicial-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings pro-se-appellant standing 1. WHY DOES THE COURTS FAIL TO FOLLOW OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT WICH SAYS. WHEN A PRO SE APPELLANT ARE FACES WITH A MOTION TO DISMISS. IT IS APPRO…
23-7004 Noel Vincent Thomas v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Florida 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-dismissal discovery-process dismissal due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review pleading-sufficiency pleadings standing trial-court-discretion 1) Whether the Trial Court erred as a matter of law by dismissing Petitioner's claim based upon the Lower Court's assertion that Petitioner failed to …
23-6328 Andrew Fields, III v. Patrick J. Bouldin, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied IFP appellate-review case-dismissal civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-justification pleadings procedural-dismissal standing Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing Appellant's Appeal without considering Appellant's Confidence Conviction.
23-6136 Shawn C. Leftwich v. State Farm Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process pleadings pro-se procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-536 Kendall Merlo v. Ingrid Warren, Presiding Judge, Probate Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas Texas 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived competency competency-hearing due-process estate-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-procedure notice pleadings probate-court sua-sponte Does a state trial court violate due process by appointing a guardian ad litem for the adult beneficiary of an estate, who is presumed to be competent…
23-5986 Francisco Rodriquez Ruiz, Jr. v. Jordan Wierenga Seventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pleadings procedural-default standing Question not identified.
23-426 Ralph Lisby, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ashlynn Lisby, Deceased v. Jonathan Henderson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-claim discovery discovery-rights judgment-on-pleadings pleadings police-misconduct procedural-posture section-1983 summary-judgment 1. Whether, in light of the procedural posture of this case, the Court should convert Respondents' Motion for Partial Judgment on the Pleadings to a M…
23-5804 Joseph Alexander Clarke v. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure maxims-of-law pleadings standing supreme-court-review Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Fail to Effectually Duties When on the File of the Record and Fail to Administer Justly the Mass of the Case…
23-378 Joel Douglas, et al. v. David Hirshon, et al. First Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied civil-procedure district-court extrinsic-documents extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings public-records standard-of-review Was the District Court required to consider extrinsic documents that were public records, or not directly challenged by anyone attached to the Respons…
23-5545 Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Seventh Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in the decision to Affirm the United States District Court's decision in dismissing the case. I. Did th…
23-5289 Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pleadings sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Is it a violation of the Fourteen th Amendment right to Due Process to allow a conviction to stand where some of the elements of the crime were not…
22-1045 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal due-process pleading-standards pleadings prisoner-rights rule-12 section-1983 standing Does Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12 permit a defendant to file successive, pre-answer Rule 12(b)(6) motion(s) to dismiss —each towards a sep…
22-909 Kroger Limited Partnership I v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995 Sixth Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied Response Waived arbitrability arbitration civil-procedure federal-courts judgment-on-pleadings labor-arbitration labor-law pleadings presumption-in-favor-of-arbitrability rule-12c 1. Does the universal standard for judgment on the pleadings apply to a Rule 12(c) motion to compel a labor arbitration or does the general principle …
22-831 Bailie Bye v. MGM Resorts International, Inc., dba Beau Rivage Resort and Casino Fifth Circuit 2023-03-02 Dismissed civil-procedure complaint legal-theory motion notice-pleading pleading pleadings summary-judgment Is a plaintiff precluded from invoking a legal theory in opposition to a summary-judgment motion solely because she did not expressly cite that theory…
22-5853 Steven Trapp v. Erica Huss, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied IFP civil-rights complaint-dismissal constitutional-violation covid-19 departmental-memorandum due-process pleadings sixth-circuit standing I. Should this court grant this writ of certiorari where the sixth circuit court err in not overturning the district court 's dismissal of petitioner …
22-5124 Michael Jerrial Ibenyenwa v. Elroddrock B. Wells, Sr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process frivolous frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis pleadings prisoner-plaintiff qualified-immunity twombly QUESTION: ONE WHETHER ADEFENDANT SUFFIUIENTLY ANDPROPERLY INVOKES ENTITLEMENT TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY DEFENSE INAQZU.S.L.S19B3 CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION LAWSU…
22-5060 Fred Auston Wortman, III v. Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alford-plea civil-procedure complaint-dismissal due-process inferences judicial-procedure plea-agreement pleadings standard-of-review summary-dismissal summary-judgment 1. Whether the District Court erred by summarily dismissing Petitioner's Complaint by failing to accept as true all of Petitioner's factual allegation…
22-16 Business Exposure Reduction Group (BERG) Associates, LLC v. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. Second Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal inference-drawing inferences judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleadings rule-12b6 state-of-mind twombly-standard Whether the courts below deviated from and disregarded this Court's holding in Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), by granting dismissal …
21-8088 Evelyn Howell Massey v. Biola University, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing Question not identified.
21-8022 William Dew v. S. Columbia Terrace, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process factual-deficiencies motion-to-dismiss neitzke-v-williams pleadings pro-se sua-sponte 1. Whether the district court may dismiss a non-prisoner pro se complaint sua sponte basis of factual deficiencies in complaint or must wait until def…
21-1370 Spireon, Inc. v. Procon Analytics, LLC Federal Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea claim-construction fact-question federal-circuit judicial-exception patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility pleadings 1. What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is "directed to" a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Court's tw…
21-7308 Deon D. Colvin v. Howard University District of Columbia 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment issue-preclusion pleadings pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process standing 1. Was the D.C. Court of Appeals obligated to consider all of my allegations —including allegations pled in my Opposition to Howard 's Motion to Dismi…
21-7002 Jeffrey Charles Wren v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-document pleadings scotus-petition standing supreme-court Everything In Write Why AM I Paved AlreAdy to Court United StAtes Supreme Court And Now Formia PAuperis. IF Check +ederAL CASe 2:19Cv C0251 WBSKNP Wha…
21-6773 In Re Robert L. Hedrick 2022-01-07 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleadings rule-8(a) standing 1. Did the Court Error in ruling that "the complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)? 2. Did the Court Error in ruling th…
21-963 Neil McNaughton v. Eric Adams, Mayor of the City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied civil-rights due-process erickson-precedent federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-accountability judicial-reasoning pleadings pro-se-pleading standing twombly twombly-plausibility 1. As demonstrated by the rulings of the district court and the circuit court in this action and in a prior related action, does the persistent misapp…
21-842 Mark Donelson v. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-litigation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-strike pleading-standards pleadings separation-of-powers standards 1. May allegations made in support of the claim that a case should proceed as a class action be struck from a pleading pursuant to Federal Rule of Civ…
21-6095 Jabari J. Johnson v. Donald Nunez, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied IFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction pleadings remedies standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition / Plaintiff asks the Supreme Court if the entire Court has a suit if the Plaintiff received a null hearing. Is suit A? What the District Court Please…
21-5752 Ivan Alexandrovich Vetcher v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court civil-rights controlled-substances court-access-rights deportation-challenge dismissal-with-prejudice due-process immigration immigration-law pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleading Did DC and COA properly apply the requirements for pleadings as applied in most circuits? Did DC and COA deny Vetcher's right to amend?
21-5598 Cedric D. Mack v. CarHop Finance Eighth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pleadings service-of-process standing Question not identified.
21-280 Amy Harrison v. Kevin Lilly, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-12(b)(6) iqbal judicial-review motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleadings pleadings-stage standard-of-review twombly Therefore the question presented is whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals failed to follow this well settled standard and dismissed this…
21-5405 George A. Luna v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause domestic-violence due-process evidentiary-rule federal-jurisdiction forfeiture-by-wrongdoing hearsay-exception pleadings standing witness-unavailability Under Giles v., California can a State constitutionally introduce a murder victim's out. of court statements to others about defendant's abuse/ pursua…
21-146 Christine Clifford, as Administrator of the Estate of John Clifford, et al. v. Richard Federman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-standard pleadings rule-12 rule-8 shotgun-pleading twombly-and-iqbal This Court created the governing standard for substantive Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 ("Rule 12") and 8 ("Rule 8") review of federal civil pleadings in Bell At…
21-5024 Gary E. McKinley v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2021-07-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence exhibits pleadings prisoner-rights pro-se standing state-court-system L V^Ae^NSA m fe/z. |fflturu^dfc, oa Setfewa-I Cicu*r is &>\T )K/lf&f TbeSt.'bjjo f£ p^Vi d"k<S Siosxl/urcLo f % ^ PeKffesje-r k&s Pfi*> vfdeJL 'fk*t£&…
20-1577 John S. Barth v. Adam Buckley, et al. First Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings standing 1. Are the 120 paragraphs of detailed factual statements in the Complaint and Appendix, together with numerous public record exhibits of defendant p…
20-7927 Daryl DeWayne Riggins v. DeAnn Morris, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP admissions civil-procedure contract-interpretation denials exhibits federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts pleadings state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
20-1255 Jeffrey Schweitzer, et al. v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary-duty imprudent-investment investment-diversification participant-claims participant-rights pleadings single-stock-fund Is an ERISA fiduciary entitled to dismissal on the pleadings of a plan participant's claim that the fiduciary imprudently maintained an undiversified,…
20-7175 Timothy W. Elkins, Jr. v. Tony Guinn, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing sksullVwmloWi Ouilcx^Q 4t> proc&al fouW's arvl lOtaAW pW^Yiff's Coovploivvf <s■h&eJta. CicuYo^ v
20-6127 Jermaine Antwan Tart v. Jamese Vigus, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression housing judicial-procedure pleadings summary-judgment video-evidence ANX OFFICIAL RULING ON ONE OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAIMS, CLEARLY AND CONCISELY PRESENTED A DUE PROCESS CLAIM . WHICH HAPPENRD DIRECTLY AFTER THE FIRST DU…
20-270 Irma Rosas v. R.K. Kenzie Corp., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived 7th-circuit case-law civil-complaint civil-procedure dismissal george-v-smith judicial-precedent pleadings procedural-rule seventh-circuit standing WHETHER A CIVIL COMPLAINT CAN BE DISMISSED SOLELY PURSUANT TO GEORGE v. SMITH, 507 F.3D 605 (7TH CIR. 2007)
20-5515 In Re Tracey A. Merrill 2020-08-27 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit pleadings predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation IS THIS A DISTORTION OF JUSTICE WAS EXTREME MALICE DISPLAYED IN THIS CASE
20-204 Ming Wei v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing Question not identified.
20-175 Jinil Steel Company, Limited v. ValuePart, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response Waived appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure forfeiture judicial-discretion legal-forfeiture oral-argument pleadings preservation-of-error procedural-preservation Does a litigant forfeit an argument by raising it thoroughly in an oral proceeding in bankruptcy court or other court of first instance, but not in a …
20-5315 Robert Lee Stabnow v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services Eighth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction pleadings standing Did Mr. Stabnow fail to exhaust his state court remedies where no remedies exist? Did Mr. Stabnow fail to exhaust his state court remedies where no r…
20-5061 Philip Emiabata v. BB&T, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice pleadings pro-se-litigant rule-12d summary-judgment 1. Whether the district court is required under Rule 12(d) of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure to either exclude matters outside the pleadings or…
20-5021 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts judicial-opinion legal-standing petition-review pleadings procedural-complexity standing WHETHER PETITIONER'S COMPLAINT CONTAINS SUFFICIENT FACTUAL MATTER TO SURVIVE A MOTION TO DISMISS; AND WHETHER UNPUBLISHED OPINIONS ARE DEEMED AS BINDI…
20-5022 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Sara Glines, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process federal-circuit judicial-interpretation pleadings precedential-opinion standing Tetmonoe, COunnckl AU<en1 A>?., fscspecrfo GoGmu TAG Tferrion Fo^ <A)Fir oF Ceen'oRe feUouiifOGr Ttfe OF>PoBG&tfto "pe£ Cu.iRtUM"3 Crpi-nion oF Tfc …
19-1476 Vantage Energy Services, Incorporated, et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fifth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights conditions-precedent due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intake-questionnaire iqbal plausibility-standard pleadings statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements verified-charge 1. Whether the combination of an unverified intake questionnaire submitted on behalf of the charging party and an inexcusably dilatory verified charge…
19-1408 James Coppedge, et ux. v. Janet Z. Charlton Third Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint civil-rights-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction pleadings procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the District Court review of the facial sufficiency of 42 USC § 1983 and § 1985 complaint below, Respondent's failure to state a claim with…
19-1377 In Re Nina Shahin 2020-06-15 Denied 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing 1) Did the Petitioner have any right to remove the case to the US federal Court in spite of the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) that limits right to…
19-8217 Blake Jones v. McKee Foods Corporation Eighth Circuit 2020-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure discovery evidence pleadings summary-judgment May Defendant ignore evidence provided a purpose? Summary of Judgement. IS the word of the Phintiff to be believed?
19-799 Streambend Properties II, LLC, et al. v. Ivy Tower Minneapolis, LLC, et al. Minnesota 2019-12-23 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection failure-to-state-claim jury-trial jury-trial-rights pleadings standing The first question presented is whether the lower court erred in dismissing with prejudice Petitioners' claims for failing to state a claim for which …
19-583 Estate of Robert Cunningham, et al. v. Mark McGuire First Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied facts-underlying false-claims-act first-to-file-bar judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-provision legal-standing pleadings procedural-analysis qui-tam statutory-interpretation The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, permits qui tam relators to sue on the United States' behalf to recover damages for frauds against…
19-437 John Paterno v. City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment causation causative-nexus civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-entitlements pleadings procedural-claim standing stigma-plus temporal-proximity 1. Whether the Second Circuit, in a " stigma -plus" case, erred in affirming the District Court 's dismissal of Petitioner 's procedural Due Process…
19-400 Garmin USA, Inc., et al. v. Cellspin Soft, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 civil-procedure claim-construction eligibility inventive-claims inventive-concept judicial-review legal-question motion-to-dismiss patent patent-eligibility patent-law pleadings question-of-law subject-matter-eligibility Whether patent eligibility is a question of law for the court that can be resolved on a motion to dismiss, notwithstanding allegations in a complaint …
19-388 Mimi Korman v. Julio Iglesias Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied where a district court dismisses the action on th civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment intent judicial-estoppel pleading-stage pleadings property-rights standing takings Is a civil plaintiff deprived of property without the due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, where a district …
19-262 Xiao-Ying Yu v. Robert R. Neall, Secretary, Maryland Department of Health, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-amendment-immunity ada-title-vii civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc-jurisdiction employment employment-discrimination federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction pleadings retaliation right-to-sue standing 1. Whether the lower courts ' refusal to consider EEOC 's right-to-sue letter (attached to Petitioner 's response) and her statements as part of ple…
19-179 Naora Ben-Dov v. Shoshana Zelda Sragow, aka Stacy Suzanna Sragow, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal continuous-accrual court-discretion criminal-law criminal-offenses dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-review pleadings procedural-violation statute-of-limitations 1. Should an action based on multiple civil and criminal offenses be considered from the first instance? The last known instance of a transgression? O…
19-5517 Eric Alan Sanders v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC Fourth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 eeoc eeoc-charge pleading-amendment pleadings right-to-sue rule-15 rule-15(d) title-vii Whether an aggrieved person, under Title VII or the ADA, can amend a complaint under Rule 15; or supplement his/her complaint under Rule 15(d), after …
19-5076 William J. Daugherty v. Randy L. White, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction pleadings standing FRoM my uNdIStAadiN OF IhE LAUT, whEw ThE CoULt SERViCE A SUMMONS ON SOME ONE, AWd ThEy DONOt RESPOASS At ANT To It, ThEw Tadgment should be beought a…
18-1560 Richard Leland Neal v. B. Marc Neal, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied amended-complaint appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-rules motion-to-dismiss ninth-circuit pleadings rule-12(b)(6) standing Whether the Arizona District Court and the Ninth Circuit created a split by holding that "defendants timely responded to Plaintiffs amended complaint …
18-1533 William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. City of Richardson, Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 civil-rights-42-usc-1985 civil-rights-statute conspiracy conspiracy-claims due-process federal-jurisdiction municipal-liability pleading-standards pleading-sufficiency pleadings section-1983 texas-tort-claims-act Whether, in an initiating pleading or complaint, allegations are sufficient in the absence of explicit facts as to the one or more official policies o…
18-9314 Randall Pierce v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure clearly-established-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleadings sentencing-information standing supreme-court 1) Was the District Court Judge's Illiberal Construction of the Pro Se Pleadings a Denial of Access to the Courts? 2) Does a State Court Fail to Unre…
18-8724 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics motions pleadings procedural-rules right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have any duty to ensure that a defendant's right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—rep…
18-7956 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Paul Penzone Ninth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether or not, the Court below, Committed a reversble evror, When it dismmissed, Appellant's Complaint for failure to state a claum or, that, Appella…
18-7754 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-procedure pleadings right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have any duty to ensure that a defendant's right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—rep…
18-7514 Toni R. Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Technology Risk Office Tenth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied IFP case-merits civil-procedure complaint-analysis court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-review legal-interpretation pleadings standing summary-judgment 2 an ape ong OS et yeu dent hae but A Summ ag n_You hke EilhHe) +0 Kel&P have EVickeniee Se ON You Ao Kor fRoUeE YouR Clam. 2) pid He Diakicr anld Ap…
18-885 Bennie Kennedy, et al. v. Schneider Electric, fka Square D Company Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-455 case-consolidation civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-review pleadings standing summary-judgment supervisory-power Whether or not this Court should call for an exercise of this Court's supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit's reasoning which affirmed th…
18-7171 Zuri Sana Kabisa Young v. M. Voong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied IFP access-to-courts bias civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing DD WHAT CONSTTUTES A SUCCESS IN STATINGA COGNIZABL CLAIM, UPON WIICH RELIEF CAJ BE GRANTED? HOW DCES A COURT REACH THE CONCUSION THAT A PLAINTIPF HAS…
18-7001 In Re Michael Kennedy 2018-12-12 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction free-speech habeas-corpus pleadings standing The united States Court of Appeals imposed sanctions against a prisoner without proof of and certified document of petitioner signature or sworn or wi…
18-6192 Pedro Rodriguez v. William D. Gore, Sheriff, San Diego County, California Ninth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing takings 1. Whether the district court erred in failing to consider Petitioner's claim under the Abstention Doctrine, YOUNGER V HARRIS 401 U.S 37 (1971), Prose…
18-6125 Willie Frank Wright, Jr. v. Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights consideration constitutional-violation due-process factual-allegations federal-courts judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleadings procedural-dismissal scheuer-v-rhodes Twombly-Iqbal Wheather A Court Can Rey on Material outside the pleadings When Rullng on a Motion to dismiss? When pleadings are Supported by Declaration ar Affidul…
18-5476 Abdul Hakiym Ismaiyl v. Fatimah D. Brown, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-52 clearly-erroneous due-process fabricated-facts fact-finding judicial-discretion pleadings rule-12b6 rule-52 rule-60 Whether the fact finding process under Fed. R. Civ. Proc 52, allowing a court (judge) to present the facts of a case in their own words, also permit a…
18-115 Kimothy Maurice Wynn v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied civil-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-courts federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements pleadings sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction The Court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below. The Complaint presents a detailed recitation of Plaintiffs' assertion…