prisoner-litigation

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25-7137 Timothy Peoples, Jr. v. Raul Machuca, Jr., et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-04-02 Pending IFP accrual-statute civil-rights district-judge in-forma-pauperis magistrate-judge prisoner-litigation Whether a magistrate judge has discretion to reconsider or overturn a district judges prior final order when applying state law accrual statute for .p…
25-6474 Anthony Dove v. Dr. Broadwell, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction imminent-danger injunctive-relief plra-three-strikes prisoner-litigation I. Did Plaintiff's July 12, 2029 "Motion To Reinstate Proceeding Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and Rule 10(b)(1), (2), and (d)" with Affidavit Suffi…
25A495 Mark Hanna v. John Bel Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-10-30 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights good-faith-standard in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation procedural-default Question not identified.
25A186 Charles Brooks, et al. v. Jeremy James Allen Eighth Circuit 2025-08-15 Presumed Complete amended-complaint eighth-amendment interlocutory-review plra-exhaustion prisoner-litigation section-1983 Question not identified.
25-5074 Michael Horton v. Captain Gilchrist, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP discovery-rights federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se-litigant section-1983 summary-judgment This Court's precedent is clear that federal courts "should generally not depart from the usual practice under the Federal Rules on the basis of perce…
24-7034 Jacques Dorcinvil v. Marlyn Kopp, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals-jurisdiction district-court-procedure notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal Whether the late filing of a Notice of Appeal by a District Court's clerk sent by a pro se prisoner can deprive the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction o…
24A974 Greg Gogin v. Michael Meisner, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-04-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights federal-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A923 Cecil Jerome Quinn, Jr. v. J. Mark Hayes, II, Judge, Circuit Court of South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-03-26 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights magistrate-recommendation prisoner-litigation pro-se section-1983 summary-dismissal Question not identified.
24A402 Carl Ezekiel Woods v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied constitutional-right extension-of-time federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A247 Sam Autry Fletcher v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-09-09 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights habeas-corpus prisoner-litigation pro-se section-2254 technological-evidence Question not identified.
24A111 Stan Brown v. Corey Pankow, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete appeal-deadline federal-rules-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction prisoner-litigation pro-se Question not identified.
23A1168 Alex Ryle v. Brian Emig, Warden, James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, et al. Third Circuit 2024-06-27 Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-rights legal-research prisoner-litigation pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
23A1125 John Ross Stenberg v. Don Langford, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-06-20 Presumed Complete legal-resources prisoner-litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A961 John W. Patton v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-04-26 Denied civil-procedure court-costs in-forma-pauperis indigent-status prisoner-litigation pro-se Question not identified.
23A923 Bryant Christopher Watts v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-16 Presumed Complete civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se Question not identified.
23A833 Brandon Roberts v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-11 Presumed Complete civil-rights fourth-circuit legal-access prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A774 Dexter Conrad Jackson v. Lavar Ham, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-23 Denied appellate-filing-fee civil-procedure district-court-dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se Question not identified.
23-6698 Reginald Harris v. FNU Watson, Hillsboro Police Officer, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process indigent-status mental-health mental-health-commitment prisoner-litigation section-1983-claim standing Whether I.F.P., on-duty Department of Transportation Employee unlawful unwarranted mental health committment civil claim, should be afforded appointme…
23A693 Jabari J. Johnson v. Correctional Officer Giles, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-01-26 Presumed Complete civil-rights dismissal prisoner-litigation pro-se procedural-due-process tenth-circuit Question not identified.
23-6395 In Re Daniel Lee Beckley 2023-12-28 Denied IFP all-writs-act appellate-procedure federal-appeals filing-deadline houston-v-lack incarcerated-person mandamus prison-mail prisoner-litigation pro-se-filing supreme-court-mandate timely-filing In Houston v. lack , 487 U.S. 266,108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), this Honorable Court held that when an incarcerated person submits his/her l…
23A500 Michael W. Bohannan v. Erica Redic, Texas Department of Justice-CID Law Library Supervisor, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete civil-rights court-sanctions in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation pro-se Question not identified.
22-7268 Derek Sloane v. Robert L. Langley, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules imminent-danger imminent-danger-exception in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule THAT THIS ACTION SHOULDN'T HAD BEEN DISMISS BECAUSE APPELLANT HAS THREE STRIKES AND IF SO, WHETHER HE IS ENTITLED TO IN-VOKE THE IMMINENT DANGER EXCEP…
22-6115 Danny Fabricant v. Federal Election Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing campaign-finance constitutional-law constitutional-qualifications declaratory-judgment equal-protection federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission prisoner-litigation standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does 52 U.S.C. § 30101's REQUIREMENT, that potential candidates for the House of Representatives report (either) the receipt of more that $5,000 in…
22-6074 Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights security-measures 1. WHETHER THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO INSTITUTE UNUSUAL SECURITY MEASURES APPLY IN CIVIL CASES BROUGHT BY PRISONER - PLAINTIFFS? 2. WHETHER DISTRICT …
22-5025 Arthur Luther McKinney v. Gary Painter, Sheriff, Midland County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies prisoner-litigation standing Question not identified.
21-7336 Karsten O. Allen v. J. Mayo, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prison-conditions prisoner-litigation pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-defect state-created-rights virginia-department-of-corrections Aug-S-h'flio -1! bfie.5 4W. lar\quQq£_ af \f\iqiAifi% Cir\A he.jtof-l'in^ hi Chcccd-ians /tyj&rol.'nc} 1 faced j/js tzdab jikh a .s-hs-k - cxpcArd ld…
21-7166 Mustafa Ozsusamlar v. P. Adams, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights discrimination due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-prison free-speech habeas-corpus postal-service prisoner-litigation standing 1-in commen and out going leqal mail opened by Mailing Room Guard. Readed-copied-Forvarded to the warden or unit manager. dilayed or Distroyet. That i…
21-6337 Kendall K. Magee v. Gloria Perry, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement federal-courts prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights In A eriganer's Civil Rights acbon Under Ua | LuSc & 183, Con or De & Posoner meet the. ELhousbon Realuersent DL The. PLEA, Luhen he. Recreves the. Re…
20-8250 Nathaniel Howard Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process federal-prisons legal-resources prison-access prisoner-litigation Whether the petitioner was denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the fact that all federal prisons were closed to all incoming…
20-6681 Robert Wright v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement prison-grievance prisoner-litigation pro-se-litigation procedural-default standing 1 Was Wright required to exhaust state remedies even if the DOJ POOS was a dead end? 2. Because the full grievance process was not in place before th…
20-360 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily pr…
20-5671 Michael Ward v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission Michigan 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection fees-and-costs indigent-litigant prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights I. IS MICHIGAN'S STATUTE, MCL 60G.2963(B) UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON ITS FACE and/or AS APPLIED TO THIS PETITIONER, AS VIOLATING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO COURT…
19-8145 Santiago Cruz v. C. Betancourt Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-grievance administrative-remedies civil-rights eighth-amendment exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process prisoner-litigation procedural-error procedural-errors waiver The district caurt erred in finding Cruzfailed to exhaust administrative remedies for his Eighth Amendment claim. The district court failed to recogni…
19-7276 Ketut Pujayasa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules due-process judicial-discretion prejudice prisoner prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-4a6 time-limitation timeliness Did the District court and Appellate Court err in concluding that Mr. Pujayasa's Motion to Re-Open Time to File Appeal (6) motion, which was sent on F…
19-7211 Joseph A. Brown v. Dr. Sage, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation standing 1. WhEtThER the dipoesth of Brow V Rofitt, EAL.C.DCA. CiV.No. 13-CV-02338, QUAlifEs AS A foR StRiKE 28USC.81915 2. Should this Court decide oN the "W…
18A1311 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-14 Presumed Complete appellate-fees court-procedure dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se Question not identified.
18-9421 In Re Ronald D. Veteto 2019-05-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-penalty civil-procedure civil-rights clerk-misconduct due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandamus-petition notice-pleading prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights sanctions Question not identified.
18-8697 Frederick H. Banks v. Pennymac Holdings, LLC, fka Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust Holdings I, LLC Pennsylvania 2019-04-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process electronic-filing fifth-amendment immigration institutional-barriers judicial-access land-use pacer prisoner-litigation privacy privacy-policy property-rights regulatory-takings social-security takings Question not identified.
18-5695 Robert Wayne Annabel, II v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada amendment-opportunity civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy deliberate-indifference due-process plra plra-dismissal prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights rehabilitation-act res-judicata retaliation sua-sponte I. "The Sixth Circuit is alone in its PLRA interpretation that a sua sponte dismissal for failure to state a claim at screening no longer affords a "f…