| 25-507 |
Chang Y. Aiona, V. v. County of Hawaii, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2025-10-23 |
Denied |
|
defamation first-amendment legal-precedent milkovich-standard opinion-exception public-interest |
Whether the "opinion" exception can be extended to a private, non-public interest, defamation lawsuit in violation of the Court's decision Milkovich v… |
| 24-6429 |
Robert Michael Kuczewski v. Robin Marien, et al. |
California |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
defamation first-amendment free-speech government-speech limited-purpose-public-figure public-interest |
1. What is the standard for classification of
public figures and limited purpose public figures?
2. Can government officials suppress and shield
the… |
| 23-7811 |
Frederick Ware-Newsome v. Southern Management Companies, LLC |
Maryland |
2024-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review maryland-supreme-court public-interest standing state-courts |
Did the decision of the Maryland Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Fader properly review this case and is his finding accurate? He stated he did not… |
| 23-7803 |
Michael Sean Graham v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation confrontation-clause covid-19-restrictions due-process fifth-amendment public-interest sars-cov-2 sixth-amendment trial-procedure |
1. By denying relief, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that the masking of trial witnesses was not a violation of defendant's Fif… |
| 23-1165 |
Raymond H. Pierson, III v. CSAA Insurance Services, Inc., et al. |
California |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process duty-to-settle fourteenth-amendment good-faith-dealing insurance insurance-law public-interest standing third-party-liability tort |
The California Legislature as evidenced in the Insurance Code 11580(b)(2) and the binding caselaw precedent (Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.,… |
| 23-1147 |
Jahmir Christopher Frank v. Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure equitable-powers federal-civil-rule-60(b)(6) medical-malpractice medical-records public-interest rule-60 sixth-circuit tort |
Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for f… |
| 23-1090 |
Scott D. Pitta v. Dina Medeiros, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Administrator of Special Education for the Bridgewater Raynham Regional School District, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-04-05 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
citizen-rights civil-rights expressive-activity first-amendment free-speech government-employee inherently-expressive public-interest public-space recording-rights |
1. Whether the act of recording a government employee engaged in his or her duties is inherently expressive activity entitled to First Amendment prote… |
| 23-6537 |
Gregory Steshenko v. Foothill-De Anza Community College District, et al. |
California |
2024-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
ostensibly justified by business necessity violated the constitutional equal-protection business-necessity civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection public-education public-interest standing |
Whether permission of discrimination in public education against the protected classes, ostensibly justified by business necessity, violated the const… |
| 23-6426 |
Leonard Nyamusevya v. CitiMortgage, Inc., et al. |
Ohio |
2024-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-violation discharged-debt due-process judicial-report mortgage-foreclosure property-taking public-interest statutory-interpretation takings |
i) In violation of § 524(a) and § 1326(c) and Rule 9011 and O.R.C. § 2329, whether a Supplemental Final Judicial Report violates the Ohio and U.S. Con… |
| 23-5650 |
Lijo Panghat v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process national-security public-interest rule-of-law standing title-ix whistleblower-protection |
Whether the illegal denial of 'Due Process ' to Petitioner and the harm being persistently
inflicted upon him, violates the rights promised by the U.… |
| 23-285 |
Amory Investments LLC, et al. v. Tyson Foods Incorporated, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
|
antitrust-law appellate-review collateral-order-doctrine district-court federal-antitrust-law judicial-procedure private-enforcement public-interest standing |
Does a district court order permitting significant interference with private enforcement of federal antitrust law implicate an interest sufficiently i… |
| 23-5318 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-procedure due-process failure-to-state-claim judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-review public-interest standing |
). 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… |
| 23-5317 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. Jeffery Brennen, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
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… |
| 23-5316 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process failure-to-state-a-claim judicial-discretion legal-procedure pro-se-litigation public-interest standing |
I. How does this Complaint get dismissed by Both the Honorable District Courf. and the Honorable Appeals Court. tor tai lure. to Stat£ Oi (Claim/
2..… |
| 23-55 |
J. Cory Cordova v. Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College Board of Supervisors, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
adversary-system attorney-misconduct first-amendment fraud judicial-review litigation-tactics medicare-fraud public-interest sanctions viewpoint-discrimination |
Litigants may not weaponize the judicial system to sanction colorable arguments that in effect insulate its conduct from legitimate judicial challenge… |
| 22-1235 |
Brandon E. Ogbolu v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-duty disability-discrimination due-process emotional-distress felony-conduct pro-se public-interest standing sua-sponte |
1. Whether lower courts have a constitutional
duty to sua sponte assess all unlawful conduct and
harm to the public interest present in cases brough… |
| 22-950 |
Dorothy A. Smulley v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commerce-clause digital-transactions due-process insurance-valuation interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act public-interest securities-exchange-commission software-as-a-service standing |
Whether personal motor vehicle physical damage (MVPD) insurance valuations performed by a third party Software as a Service (SaaS) company over the In… |
| 22-7120 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. Pennsylvania Parole Board, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion case-significance civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal court-discretion due-process judicial-review legal-procedure public-importance public-interest standing |
I. How Soes this Complaint qe't disirniiss-ed by Both the Honorable District Courtj and the Honorable /Appeals Courtj -For C\ Claim,-Fa i I u re to St… |
| 22-610 |
Warren Adam Taylor v. Augusta-Richmond County Consolidated Commissioners, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
|
case-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss public-interest qualified-immunity standing statute-of-limitations |
1. Does Congress give this Court the authority under 28 U.S.C. 1292(e) to review the Fourteenth Amendment mandates under the case or controversy juris… |
| 22-5611 |
William A. White v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions disclosure due-process freedom-of-information-act judicial-review legal-jurisdiction public-interest standing statutory-provisions |
Did the Seventh Circuit err in finding that any person's right to receive or obtain records promptly from federal agencies under 5 U.S.C. §552 (all 3)… |
| 22-241 |
Marie Farrell, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights disabilities-education due-process executive-agency executive-power idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunction-standard pendency-provision public-interest school-mask-mandate state-executive-power |
Where the State Executive utilizes its executive agencies (i.e. the New York State Department of Health) to promulgate a law, namely, the State-wide s… |
| 22-5512 |
Maurice Diggins v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-249 district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction public-interest public-interest-prosecution racially-motivated-assault substantial-justice thirteenth-amendment |
Does a United States district court constitutionally have jurisdiction under the Thirteenth Amendment when the United States prosecutes a defendant fo… |
| 21-7806 |
Mike Webb v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
covid-19 executive-privilege glomar-response grand-jury mandamus marbury-vs-madison public-interest supreme-court-rules |
1. Whether, pursuant to S.Ct.R. 11, see also 28 U.S.C. § 2101(e) 1, upon application for prejudgment relief, in "a case pending in a United States cou… |
| 21-1092 |
Aaron Evan Perry v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2022-02-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment agency-law civil-rights constitutional-protections constitutional-rights fourth-amendment loss-prevention private-enforcement private-search public-interest state-action state-action-doctrine |
Whether, as private corporations and law enforce-
ment agencies increasingly cooperate to investigate
and prosecute retail crimes, the distinction b… |
| 21-6881 |
Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeals-court civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-dismissal public-interest standing subpoena-service |
1. How does both U.S. District and U.S. Appeals Court motions for appointment of Counsel get dismissed and not be granted pursuant to rule C28 U.S.C. … |
| 21-848 |
Spire Missouri Inc., et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law agency-decision energy federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review natural-gas public-interest remand remand-without-vacatur vacatur |
The Spire STL Pipeline is a critical source of natural gas for the St. Louis region. The pipeline—which became operational in 2019—was constructed to … |
| 21-5802 |
David A. Bridgewater v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brooklyn-savings-bank compassionate-release contractual-principle department-of-justice first-step-act plea-agreement public-interest statutory-right statutory-waiver |
1. Does the rule of United States v. Mezzanatto, 513 U.S. 196 (1995), that a statutory right is waivable in a plea agreement absent an affirmative ind… |
| 21-108 |
Clint A. Krislov, et al. v. Cook County Officers Electoral Board, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-07-27 |
Denied |
|
ballot-access civil-rights due-process first-amendment mootness mootness-exception public-interest public-interest-exception signature-requirements |
Whether federal courts recognize a public interest exception to mootness, such that Petitioners' challenge to the Cook County Election Board's policy … |
| 20-8012 |
Jack Vo v. California |
California |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law judicial-review public-interest standing supreme-court-discretion supreme-court-review voting-rights |
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| 20-1554 |
Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release |
This petition for a writ of certiorari raises a matter of exceptional importance — whether or not a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the pu… |
| 20-1523 |
Rolando Cruz, Jr., Marc Hernandez, and Roscoe Villega v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-30 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-rights drug-conspiracy integrity-of-courts jury-selection plain-error-review public-interest sentencing structural-error substantial-rights |
1. The district court excluded the public, including family members, from the
courtroom for the entirety of jury selection. Petitioners' counsel faile… |
| 20-6501 |
Shannon Riley v. Carrie Kathleen Meehan |
South Carolina |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit original-jurisdiction public-interest writ-of-mandamus |
(1) Has the "public interest" requirement
pursuant to South Carolina Appellate Court
Rules (SCACR) 245(a) been met under the
Full Faith and Credit Cla… |
| 20-410 |
NTCH, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-09-29 |
Denied |
|
administrative-agency administrative-law agency-discretion auction auction-integrity cash-payments integrity public-interest regulatory-agency regulatory-benefits rule-making |
In the course of notice and comment proceedings to set the rules for an auction of spectrum licenses, the FCC entered into a secret agreement with one… |
| 20-70 |
Jagan Mahadevan v. Prem Bikkina |
California |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights defamation due-process federal-preemption first-amendment free-speech public-concern public-interest research-misconduct scientific-integrity standing |
1. Whether federal statutory and regulatory scheme, for research misconduct, displaced state law from subject matter jurisdiction on defamation claims… |
| 20-5069 |
Pablo Enrique Rosado-Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico |
First Circuit |
2020-07-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights due-process evidence-disregard fair-credit-reporting-act judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation public-interest standing supreme-court-rules |
1. By re-affirming the final opinion of the magistrate judge from the District Court,
"The Court does not weigh the evidence", 3 Appellate Judges sai… |
| 19-653 |
Theresa Ortloff v. Dave Trimmer, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
connick-v-myers due-process first-amendment first-amendment-speech-public-interest-connick-v-m free-speech procedural-due-process public-employee public-employee-speech public-interest speech whistleblower-protection |
1. Must the entire record, including motives, main thrust of the speech, and all instances of speech be reviewed under Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 … |
| 19-600 |
Jon Krakauer v. Clayton T. Christian, Montana Commissioner of Higher Education |
Montana |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-rights due-process ferpa free-speech gonzaga-v-doe higher-education judicial-discretion privacy privacy-rights public-interest public-records student-privacy student-records university-athlete |
In the process of writing a book about sexual assault on a college campus, Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, Petitioner and Aut… |
| 19-6451 |
Lori Zarlenga v. Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals |
Rhode Island |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression mootness mootness-doctrine public-interest public-interest-exception |
The Rhode Island Supreme Court erred by not allowing Petitioner's appeal to proceed on the merits. The Rhode Island Supreme Court erred by dismissing … |
| 19-6442 |
William Conrad Yeager, II v. National Public Radio, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Granted |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights defamation defamation-law first-amendment free-speech libel libel-standards media-access newsworthiness public-controversy public-figure public-figure-doctrine public-interest |
Whether the petitioner, an unknown musician and independent filmmaker (NPR stated: "Nobody's ever heard of this guy. "), who fails to meet the require… |
| 19-537 |
Jeffrey G. Thomas v. Norman Solomon, et al. |
California |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
|
501(c)(3)-preemption bankruptcy-automatic-stay bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process frivolous-appeal monetary-sanctions new-york-times-v-sullivan public-interest standing state-court-judgment |
(1) Whether a Judgment of a State Court Violates the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy Because the Judgment Was Because of Collateral Estoppel to Attack A … |
| 19-378 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure costs frcp-59(b) public-interest unclean-hands |
1. Whether the federal court abused its discretion granting costs to Respondents-Defendants despite their unclean hands and without any consideration … |
| 19-307 |
Stuart A. McKeever v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
District of Columbia |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
disclosure district-court-authority grand-jury grand-jury-secrecy historical-significance historically-significant inherent-authority judicial-discretion public-interest rule-6(e) rule-6e |
Whether district courts have inherent authority to release grand jury materials in extraordinary circumstances, such as when the case is historically … |
| 19-145 |
Vincent Mastanduno v. National Freight Industries, et al. |
North Carolina |
2019-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights compelling-state-interest constitutional-rights due-process health-information informational-privacy privacy public-disclosure public-interest state-action state-agency state-disclosure transparency |
Does a person have a constitutional right to privacy over his personal health information; and where the State publishes a person's private health inf… |
| 19-69 |
Diane B. Weissburg v. Los Angeles Unified School District, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-slapp civil-rights due-process educational-rights iep-meetings official-proceedings privacy-law public-interest recording recording-consent recording-rights retaliation |
This is a matter of first impression in the Federal and California Court systems.
1. Are Individual Educational Placement ("IEP") meetings Official P… |
| 18-9828 |
Dylan Magluilo v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review conflicting-decisions constitutional-law due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review public-interest reasonable-doubt |
Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Dylan Magluilo right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving. Conflicting Decisions … |
| 18-7807 |
Christopher Young v. Michael M. Kraus, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals-court civil-rights due-process hrcp-rule-4 indigent-rights insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct no-fault-claim public-interest public-safety standing standing-issue state-court-jurisdiction summons-order |
I, Christopher Young ("Petitioner") am an indigent, disabled, black man with a brain injury that is requesting this Writ of Certiorari, Appeal and Rev… |
| 18-946 |
Abigail Arroyo v. Angel M. Torres-Sanchez, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment judicial-discretion property property-rights public-interest standing takings |
By their deceit, abuse of discretion and unjust "fast track" imposed burden, Respondents violated the Petitioner's rights to life, liberty, pursuit of… |
| 18-6445 |
Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-bargaining public-interest sentencing sentencing-procedure unconstitutional |
I. WHETHER THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 36.1 OF THE TENNESSEE RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, TENNESSEE CODE ANNOTATED § 29-21-101, AND TENNESSEE LAW ARE UNCON… |
| 18-282 |
Kelly H. Tucker v. Patrick Atwater, Jr., et al. |
Georgia |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-interests Pickering-balancing-test pickering-test public-employee-speech public-employment public-interest qualified-immunity section-1983 |
1) If Pickering and its progeny are applicable to cases involving off-duty public employees who are speaking to matters of public interest which are n… |
| 25A899 |
James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas |
Texas |
|
Application |
|
balance-of-equities irreparable-harm likelihood-of-success public-interest standard-of-review stay-of-execution |
Question not identified. |