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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6764 Albert Johnson v. United States First Circuit 2025-03-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP assets employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty Question not identified.
24-6280 Margaly Philippe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee Massachusetts 2025-01-13 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedIFP assets employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty Question not identified.
23-7264 Samreen Riaz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California 2024-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-redress poverty redress Question not identified.
23-6326 In Re Luis Fernando Isaza Arango 2023-12-21 Denied IFP affidavit assets civil-procedure declaration employment financial-information financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty Question not identified.
23-5763 In Re Darryl C. Daniels 2023-10-11 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights due-process expense-reporting financial-declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-verification legal-redress poverty standing Question not identified.
23-5721 In Re Terrance A. McCauley 2023-10-05 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-support poverty poverty-affidavit redress Question not identified.
22-6405 David Lee Smith, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Mary Julia Hook v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-taking poverty sanctions takings The question presented for review is whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usua…
22-6294 Keith Strom v. Douglas Mitchell, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied IFP child-support due-process family-law parent-child-relationships parental-rights poverty state-intervention state-involvement welfare-interests 1. Should the State via the district attorney, courts, or child support agencies be allowed to force child support payments so high that the resulting…
22-6176 Cheryl A. Wolf, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis poverty Question not identified.
22-6080 James David Wren v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-status in-forma-pauperis poverty Question not identified.
22-5366 William Michael Fields, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-access financial-affidavit financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status poverty pro-se-litigation redress standing waiver-of-fees Question not identified.
22-5136 Francette Washington v. Virginia Rodriguez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP assets civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty standing takings Question not identified.
22-5051 Gabriel M. Robles, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process energy-assistance equal-protection in-forma-pauperis low-income-assistance poverty poverty-level Have the Courts enacted "Rules" and Congress made laws that serve to deprive the poor and needy, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled, their…
21-8266 Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure court-filing declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-proceeding poverty prisoner-rights Question not identified.
21-8157 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure costs declaration poverty redress Question not identified.
21-6633 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. White Bird Clinic Oregon 2021-12-16 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-payment due-process fundamental-error judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge poverty procedural-dismissal standing waiver Mcuj (M\ AppeKa.4^ OmM^r Svf A-WoJr ot case mRsv be cUstmsseci A-r lack of ^adUx-fa K < ia^ v^&f\ pctynwif of (a/Wla saxc i W\dj^+aV;iiA^ w>as ko4 all…
21-6129 John Ragin v. Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia 2021-11-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure costs court-filing declaration financial-assets in-forma-pauperis income-disclosure legal-support monthly-expenses poverty Question not identified.
21-5654 Michael Ortega, aka Salvador Amitcar Herrero Flores v. Oregon Oregon 2021-09-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-access declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty redress Question not identified.
20-8348 Christopher Hawkins v. California California 2021-06-21 Denied IFP assets-and-liabilities civil-procedure financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis poverty redress Question not identified.
20-7712 Gwendolyn Singleton v. Orangeburg County Disabilities Special Needs Board Fourth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty standing Question not identified.
20-7358 Mariann Harris v. Nevada Nevada 2021-03-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts assets civil-rights due-process employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty standing Question not identified.
20-7211 In Re Jeremy L. Dale 2021-02-23 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-procedure poverty redress Question not identified.
20-6830 Donald Jones v. Bank of America, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-12 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-waiver indigent-litigant judicial-procedure poverty Denying the petitioner a panel of three judges becouse he was to poor to pay the fee's was in violation of his Fifth and fouteeth amendment right,
20-6104 Jacqueline Pidanick v. Paul C. LaRosa, III, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit child-custody civil-procedure court-fraud declaration due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-review Question not identified.
19-8641 Samir Hanna v. California California 2020-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-fees poverty pro-se-litigation redress Question not identified.
19-8471 Eddie Gene Vaughn v. Timothy Hawkins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process equal-protection excessive-force poverty prisoner-rights standing 1.ARE CORRECTIONAL STAFF FREE TO PHYSICALLY BEAT PRISONERS SIMPLY DUE TO THE PRISONERS APPEARANCE AND DEMEANOR OF ILLITERACY AND/OR BEING TOO POOR TO …
19-8454 Michael Boykin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida, Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure cumulative-evidence declaration hearsay-evidence in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance martinez-rule poverty procedural-default redress 1. Whether the circuit court erred by denying a certificate of appealabilit y for an ineffective assistance claim because the omitted evidence was ina…
19-8214 Howard Atkins v. Georgia Crowell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty standing Question not identified.
19-6669 Donnie Berry v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit-or-declaration appeals civil-rights costs due-process habeas in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel poverty redress security sixth-amendment Question not identified.
19-6057 Shane Austin Peters v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-access due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status juvenile-justice legal-proceeding parole poverty poverty-affidavit redress security sentencing Question not identified.
19-5925 Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing Question not identified.
19-169 Jane Doe v. Iowa Iowa 2019-08-08 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) court-fees criminal-record due-process equal-protection expungement indigent-rights poverty In Iowa, as in nearly every state, a person who has been charged with an offense, but not convicted, is entitled to have the record of the charge expu…
19-5453 Juan Pablo Revelo Salcedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance judicial-access motion motion-to-substitute-counsel poverty poverty-affidavit pro-se-litigation redress right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified.
19-5184 Kristopher Courtney v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel poverty sentencing standing Question not identified.
18-9786 Luis Francisco, et ux. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2019-06-25 Denied IFP appeal-fees appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights indigent indigent-litigant notice parental-rights poverty In a State that provides appeals as a matter of right from adverse lower court decisions terminating parental rights, may the States, consistent with …
18-9157 Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security Question not identified.
18-8907 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2019-04-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress Question not identified.
18-8835 Sabrina D. Davis v. Kia Motors America, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation discriminatory-ruling discriminatory-rulings due-process federal-law fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion judiciary-act judiciary-act-of-1925 poverty standing statutory-construction unconstitutional ARE THE LOWER COURT ABUSING THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1925 TO IGNORE FRAUD ON THE COURT? ARE THE LOWER COURTS USING THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1925 AS AN ALTERN…
18-8721 Kelvin Reed v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-access-to-courts equal-protection error-coram-nobis poverty racial-discrimination The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals and the Tennessee Supreme Court have decided that before an evidentiary hearing will be granted to an Error Co…
18-7328 Anthony Sheely, et ux. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure compensation costs court-access declaration due-process fifth-amendment financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure legal-filing poverty poverty-exemption private-property regulatory-burden takings Question not identified.
18-7216 Jason Duhamel v. Michelle Miller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment affidavit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty declaration due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis intellectual-disability miller-el-standard poverty redress sixth-circuit threshold-merits Whether the Sixth Circuit correctly applied this court's guidance from Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 326 (2003) and Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 7…
18-7198 Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress Question not identified.
18-814 Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Amici (4) bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention 1. Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in j…
18-7064 Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress Question not identified.
18-6550 Anthony Thomas v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit costs court-fees declaration effective-assistance-of-counsel financial-disclosure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis income-declaration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-indigency poverty prejudice procedural-default redress sixth-amendment Question not identified.
18-6153 Tonya Lynn Raisbeck v. Anthony Stewart, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets assets-liabilities civil-rights due-process excessive-fines expenses financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income incorporation monthly-expenses monthly-income poverty poverty-affidavit support Question not identified.