procedural-dismissal

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25-947 Robert William Moss v. Shawn M. Latourette, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey 2026-02-10 Pending 14th-amendment due-process entire-controversy-doctrine forest-management procedural-dismissal state-law When a state court dismisses a complaint as in conflict with the entire controversy doctrine, on the ground that it raises a question of state law of …
25-6724 Diamond King v. United States Postal Service, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review procedural-dismissal service-evasion whistleblower-claims Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit violated Petitioner 's Fifth Amendment right to due process by affirming dismissal o…
25-6500 Anita Bryant v. Estate of Laura J. Bryant Seventh Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending IFP appellate-rights court-of-appeals in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion meritorious-claim procedural-dismissal 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeal Seventh Circuit abused its discretion by improperly dismissing an In Forma Pauperis (I FP) action as friv…
24A1292 Terry Duane Qualls v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-06-27 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal district-court eighth-circuit motion-to-dismiss procedural-dismissal rehearing Question not identified.
24A645 Carina Conerly, et al. v. Sharif R. Tarpin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-31 Presumed Complete appellate-review civil-rights district-court federal-jurisdiction pro-se procedural-dismissal Question not identified.
24A484 Pamela Anai Carrillo v. Texas Juvenile Justice Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete civil-rights constructive-dismissal fifth-circuit pro-se procedural-dismissal retaliation Question not identified.
23A790 John Doe 1, et al. v. Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete cause-of-action certiorari fifth-circuit judicial-review procedural-dismissal time-extension Whether the Fifth Circuit's summary disposition affirming the dismissal of Petitioners claims pursuant to a motion presented to the district court for…
23-6721 Jerry Scott Heidler v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied IFP actual-conflict-of-interest certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit habeas habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan mental-competency mental-incompetence procedural-dismissal trial-counsel Whether the Eleventh Circuit imposed an erroneously high standard when it denied a COA to address any or all of the above claims and, if so, whether t…
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.
23A479 Hannibal Eason v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-28 Presumed Complete certiorari court-filing emergency-application judicial-review pro-se procedural-dismissal Question not identified.
23-5981 Nestor Leon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts amendment-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-procedure procedural-dismissal standing O'DTHE D'iSTO cT CooirT Niot ^RAtsiTii^j THE pETiTtotslE^ Art ENAdEMTi aT/ HEAfirtJ UJBERE THE REeord chd t^OT corsldo^Wdy dETcrn THATTHE pETiTioHof …
23-5317 Aaron J. Bressi v. Jeffery Brennen, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure court-procedure due-process failure-to-state-a-claim failure-to-state-claim judicial-discretion legal-review procedural-dismissal public-interest standing 1. How does this Complaint get dismissed by Both the Honorable District Court and the Honorable Appeals Court, for failure to State a Claim? 2. How i…
23-78 Palani Karupaiyan v. Arnaud Vaissie, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure claim-preclusion dismissal-on-the-merits judgment-on-merits mandamus mandamus-relief moses-h-cone-memorial-hospital-v-mercury-construct pleading-deficiencies preclusion procedural-dismissal semtek-v-lockheed Petitioner's prayed 9 reliefs were National importance of having the US Supreme Court decide or conflict with USSC ruling, or importance of similarly …
23-5009 Joseph Ray Jordan v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability claims-adjudication collins-v-miller habeas-corpus habeas-relief judicial-review jurisdictional-defect procedural-dismissal rule-60b section-2255 A. Is a judgment denying habeas (or Section 2255) relief final and complete "as to all causes of action," as required by Collins v. Miller, 252 U.S. …
22-1188 Douglas K. Smith v. Eric Terry Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellant-brief appellate-procedure bankruptcy circuit-court civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal extension-of-time judicial-discretion procedural-dismissal Whether the Circuit Court's March 8, 2023 denial of a second motion for thirty-day extension of time to file appellant brief, and resultant dismissal …
22-5056 Rosa Serrano v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review case-dismissal civil-procedure court-record disclosure due-process first-amendment judicial-procedure legal-standards procedural-dismissal public-records standing Question not identified.
21-8280 James Michael Forney v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process electronic-dockets federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-notice procedural-dismissal rule-4 section-2254 timeliness Whether Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254, which prohibits a district court from dismissing a habeas corpus pet…
21-6981 In Re Benny David Gibson 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-review court-jurisdiction default-judgment dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-rights procedural-dismissal settlement standing fc-f F11) M-6, QjS^poN CS- V>'Oi -tHS gpPossiMQ P/viz-nss bapKolf To THE P6lI<f[chH£-^ f'jg.i&MMA-l l.&iH ip I ft f M ^ 2) k>D ~tt-(& hi^-Knrj- rant…
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…
21-6637 Kenan Ivery v. Ohio Ohio 2021-12-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure application-for-reopening due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions ohio-law procedural-dismissal state-court-of-appeals IS A PETITIONER DENIED DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW WHEN THE STATE COURT OF APPEALS PROCEDURALLY DISMISSES HIS OHIO APP.R. 26(B) APPLICATIO…
21-6598 Glen Plourde v. Northern Light Acadia Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process procedural-dismissal standing state-actors torture-allegations 1. "Does the Fact that the Courts ' Decision conflicts with Law mean that the Federal Courts have abused their discretion? " The Petitioner argues it…
20-1602 Cornelius S. Berry, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response Waived adjournment amend-complaint case-adjournment circuit-court-review civil-procedure complaint-amendment due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss procedural-dismissal standing WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MICH…
20-7670 Faizah Dean v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California 2021-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-employment-action civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process labor-discrimination prima-facie-case procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation workers-compensation Question One: In Franco v. MV Transportation, Inc., 2019 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 120 the panel held that injured workers may make a prima facie sho…
20-7569 Deidre M. Hunt v. Florida Florida 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus legal-claim post-conviction procedural-dismissal standing state-court substantive-validity PuurouOJrL do tiajnes \J. Hornet, t+°'+ ^ C«tp) sivcib prfSGtet> mcUy crri / pro( soI J-s dr\ ■crM-Hid. -io <sdrhc posd- tomvitbt cm dcum prcmis^f on…
20-6917 Frank McAfee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure counsel-performance fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance insufficient-record legal-standard procedural-dismissal sixth-amendment specific-objection strategic-reasons I. DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT FAIL TO FOLLOW ITS OWN LAW AND THAT OF OTHER CIRCUITS WHEN IT DISMISSED MR. MCAFEE'S APPEAL ALLEGING INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE B…
20-170 Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. Sixth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-discretion federal-courts judicial-estoppel legal-standing procedural-dismissal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be applied to defeat subject matter jurisdiction that otherwise exists—while it cannot be used to create…
19-8870 Daniel Vallejo Recio v. Rudy Vasquez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process evidence legal-relief procedural-dismissal standing witness witness-evidence (1) WHY WAS THE ATTACH STATE OF CLAIM UNITE DISMISS.? (2) WHY THE REQUEST RELEAF WAS NOT GRANTED? (3) WHY WAS COMPLAINT 42 USC.§ 1983 DISMISS ON THE…
19-7938 In Re Aretha Townsend 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-review government-officials judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge procedural-dismissal standing writ-of-certiorari 1. Whether District Judge May erred when Dismissing [Petitioners '] "Complaint " as frivolous, in "this " matter? Furthermore, whether [the "Judge" ] …
19-7357 Chris Fordham v. Corrections Officer Manzola, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies fourth-circuit judicial-procedure procedural-dismissal section-1983 standing Whether the USDO-EDAO erred in deciding that Plaintiff-Petitioner failed to exhaust and dismissing without prejudice the Petitioner's §1982 Complaint …
19-867 Wexford Health, et al. v. Kareem Garrett Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) administrative-remedies amended-complaint circuit-split exhaustion-requirement judicial-exception prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights prisoner-status procedural-dismissal If a prisoner fails to exhaust administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit, does Section 1997e(a) mandate dismissal of the unexhausted claims, or …
19-7177 Eric C. Miller v. Randy Gibbs, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-procedure district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-dismissal successive-petition successive-petitions time-bar Can District Courts continue to dismiss (numerically) second habeas petitions as 'successive' and hold the petitioner to the stricter AEDPA requiremen…
19-6622 Helene Tonique Williams v. Toni Preckwinkle, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-discretion patent procedural-dismissal standing state-court-procedure takings Helene Tonique Williams warld like to qustion, why the Dorthern District of Illinors Eastern son ned y conial t to livil action or file lawuts withs t…
19-425 Veronica W. Ogunsula v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis leave-to-amend notice notice-requirement pleading-standards procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation What is the meaning of 28 U.S.C. Section 1915 (e) (2) (b) (ii), "fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted", as it relates to Rule 12 (b) …
19-5945 Timothy Eugene Sampson v. Cathy M. Garrett, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review pleading-standards procedural-dismissal sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standing I. THe Astinat CouT Enraned in Drsaissing the Complannt TO Heck bAe And 4 CAW lelanT A wriT of CenTiORtRi ? II. Did the DistTa covl enreR in necanfrE…
18-9373 David Shu v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination-claim due-process jury-trial-right pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-dismissal standing title-vii "Whether it's proper that a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act discrimination case drafted by a pro se US citizen whose native language is not English …
18-8170 In Re William Edward Cloninger 2019-02-27 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal civil-rights congress-legislation constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection legal-reform prison-litigation pro-se-litigant procedural-dismissal statute-of-limitations Did ThE E/EVENTh CIRCIRt COURt OF AppEAl, CASE NOMbER: 18. 1O9O5 ViOlAtE ThE PEtitiONER's CONstituFiONAl Right UndER AMEndrEt 5. 14. OF ThE UnitEd-StA…
18-639 Marek Biszczanik v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived amended-complaint appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal district-court due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review procedural-dismissal sixth-circuit standing WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MICH…
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…
18-385 Jakks Pacific, Inc. v. Accasvek LLC District of Columbia 2018-09-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-precedent diversity diversity-jurisdiction espinosa-v-united-student-aid-funds finality-of-judgments judicial-interpretation jurisdiction procedural-dismissal public-policy standing subject-matter-jurisdiction united-student-aid-funds-v-espinosa Did the lower courts disregard this Court's judgment in United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, 559 U.S. 260 (2010), and thereby defeat the public…
18-31 Joel Beck v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-claims mortgage motion-to-dismiss pro-se pro-se-plaintiff procedural-dismissal rule-12(b)(6) standing state-law supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether a pro se Plaintiff's pleading of plausible state law claims, including an allegation that, if true, would stop a pending foreclosure of his…