| 25A927 |
Lowery Wilkinson Lowery, LLC, et al. v. Illinois, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-02-19 |
Denied |
|
americans-with-disabilities-act federal-rule-civil-procedure-41 personal-jurisdiction sanctions ultra-vires void-ab-initio |
Question not identified. |
| 25-860 |
ThermoLife International LLC, et al. v. BPI Sports, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
|
appellate-review bad-faith civil-procedure court-conflict inherent-authority sanctions |
1. Whether an imposition of sanctions against a party and not its attorney under a court's inherent authority can be upheld by the mere talismanic rec… |
| 25-6525 |
Bryant Calloway v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2026-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure legal-ethics model-rules professional-conduct prosecutorial-ethics sanctions |
Is requesting, For sanctions inapplicable in criminal Proceedings when an or violates the Model Rules i professiona| Con uct ?
Tin requesting that so… |
| 25A733 |
Scott Erik Stafne v. Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-22 |
Application |
|
appellate-review collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-questions judicial-authority pro-se sanctions |
Question not identified. |
| 25A606 |
ThermoLife International LLC, et al. v. BPI Sports, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2025-11-21 |
Application |
|
bad-faith discovery due-process federal-courts inherent-authority sanctions |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6192 |
Carl N. Merkle v. Johnny W. Thomas, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii bankruptcy civil-rights conspiracy organized-crime sanctions |
Is Merkle's surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy case (in hidden 5thC 20-50025) now a ripe Article III of the US Constitution bankruptcy case ready to proc… |
| 25A559 |
James E. McNair v. K. Johnson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Application |
|
bad-faith civil-rights inherent-authority local-rules pro-se sanctions |
Whether federal courts have the power to issue sanctions under their inherent authority without first finding "bad faith." |
| 25A540 |
Andrew Parker, et al. v. Bill Gates, as a Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-10 |
Application |
|
attorney-conduct due-process election-litigation first-amendment rule-11 sanctions |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6056 |
Ruben Santoyo v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction pro-se-litigant sanctions |
1. Jurisdiction after appeal. Whether a district court may impose a punitive monetary sanction sua sponte after a notice of appeal has divested it of … |
| 25A348 |
Adriano Kruel Budri v. Greg Patrick McAllister, et al. |
Texas |
2025-09-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure due-process pro-se sanctions texas-supreme-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25-276 |
Bret Healy v. Supreme Court of South Dakota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure legal-standard non-signing-party reasonable-inquiry rule-11 sanctions |
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 permits a court to sanction represented parties for violations of that rule. In Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic … |
| 25A217 |
Geronimo Velasco v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Denied |
|
court-integrity due-process federal-rules judicial-estoppel phantom-hearing sanctions |
1. Whether a federal district judge commits judicial estoppel by issuing contradictory orders
stating that a plaintiff both "failed to appear" at a he… |
| 24-1168 |
M. D., By Next Friend, Sarah R. Stukenberg, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-14 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-contempt compliance court-order due-process judicial-procedure sanctions |
1. Whether civil contempt sanctions imposed
through proceedings that undisputedly
comported with civil due process may be
affirmed even if the cont… |
| 24-989 |
Cedrick Frazier, et al. v. Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process electronic-stored-information fraud-upon-court inherent-authority sanctions seventh-amendment |
1. Now exists split of authority where Ninth Circuit, in Gregory v. State of Montana, 118 F.4th 1069 (9th Cir. 2024), held district court committed le… |
| 24-552 |
Deborah Walton v. First Merchants Bank |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-11-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-three due-process fifth-amendment intervention legal-standing sanctions |
Whether the 7th Cir. Violated Article III of the United States Constitution and the 5th Amendment when they allowed JPMorgan Chase, to enter as a defe… |
| 24-501 |
V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited v. Meenakashi Overseas, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-01 |
Denied |
|
appellate-damages circuit-precedent due-process federal-statute frivolous-appeal sanctions |
1.) May an appellate court award damages for an appeal they find frivolous when a test is espoused that is neither supported by the case precedence of… |
| 24-233 |
Johnmack Cohen v. Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Denied |
|
attorney-conduct bad-faith civil-procedure inherent-powers rule-11 sanctions |
1. Courts must find subjective bad faith to impose sanctions under inherent powers or 28 U.S.C. §1927 ("1927"). Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32 (… |
| 24-5363 |
Anthony Wong v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-of-appeals false-testimony federal-employee judicial-review perjury sanctions |
1. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying the Motion for Sanctions Against the Second Defendant for Perjury and the Motion for Referral of… |
| 23-7437 |
Overille Denton Thompson, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-process certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-precedent procedural-review sanctions standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit utterly failed or abandoned its duty to engage in the GOA process with respect to four remaining COA issues: Issues One, Two… |
| 23-1032 |
Gary Topolewski v. URS Holdings, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure discovery-sanctions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inherent-authority ninth-circuit rule-37 sanctions |
In Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers, 357 U.S. 197, 209 (1958) ("Societe Internationale") this… |
| 23-823 |
Maurice J. Salem v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-30 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-ethics judicial-recusal judicial-system public-confidence rule-12b sanctions standing |
1. Whether enforcing the statutory requirement
of the appearance of conflict-of-interest, 28
U.S.C. § 455(a), will restore the public's recordlow conf… |
| 23A662 |
Jacques Saade v. Fay Servicing, LLC, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure filing-restrictions judicial-economy mortgage-default pro-se-litigation sanctions |
Question not identified. |
| 23-731 |
Kyros Law P.C., et al. v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment attorney-sanctions civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure fifth-amendment inherent-judicial-power rules-enabling-act sanctions |
In judicial proceedings in United States District Courts, what Due Process mandates under United States Constitution Article III and Amendment V, Rule… |
| 23-704 |
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
|
civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt decisional-law equitable-remedies federal-trade-commission ftc-act permanent-injunction rule-60(b)(6) sanctions |
Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), permits the Commission to obtain a "permanent injunction" in court to stop viola… |
| 23-697 |
Tony Evers, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Wisconsin v. Michael Dean, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-mandate civil-procedure costs district-court fees judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-fees sanctions sanctions-motion section-1927 |
It is "well established that a federal court may consider collateral issues," including "motions for costs and attorney's fees," even after the underl… |
| 23-497 |
L. Lin Wood v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-ethics attorney-liability civil-procedure due-process federal-civil-procedure frivolous-pleading of-counsel rule-11 rule-11-sanctions safe-harbor-period sanctions standing |
1. Whether an attorney whose name is designated as "Of Counsel" on the signature page of a frivolous pleading that the attorney did not sign, file, su… |
| 23-486 |
Sidney Powell, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure electoral-college first-amendment petition petition-clause rule-11 safe-harbor sanctions |
The Sixth Circuit upheld large joint-and-several monetary sanctions and bar-referral sanctions under Rule 11(c)(2) for a complaint against Michigan's … |
| 23-5870 |
George Tolbert v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation consumer-protection discovery due-process federal-regulation foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure property-rights sanctions |
1 NATIONSTAR d/b/a MISTER COOPER FAIL TO MAKE DISCLOSURE
AND COOPERATE IN DISCOVERY, UNDER RULE 37 AND SANCTIONS
2.NATIONSTAR dba MR. COOPER VIOLATE… |
| 23-5783 |
Edward Francis Davis v. Power Authority of the State of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence-handling in-forma-pauperis judicial-precedent procedural-fairness sanctions supervisory-power |
Petitioner and Plaintiff-Appellant, Edward Francis Davis, believes the lower courts have "so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judici… |
| 23-181 |
Patricia L. Harrison v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal district-court-discretion federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standards rule-11-sanctions sanctions settlement sua-sponte-sanctions |
1. Did the district court abuse its discretion by sanctioning Petitioner sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 after settlem… |
| 23-118 |
Ashton R. O'Dwyer, Jr. v. Ron Carter, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-08 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal recusal sanctions standing |
Whether the failure of Federal District Judge Carl J. Barbier to recuse himself prior to his summary dismissal of an underlying civil diversity action… |
| 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… |
| 23-40 |
Brenda Bellay v. Officer Tyler Shue, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice evidentiary-standards flury judicial-sanctions less-severe-sanctions sanctions spoilation-of-evidence spoliation-of-evidence |
In considering the standards set forth in Flury, should a Court of Appeals uphold the dismissal of a case with prejudice due to the spoilation of evid… |
| 22-1215 |
Darren Thomas Delafield v. Gerard R. Vetter, Acting United States Trustee |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
|
attorney-client-privilege bad-faith bankruptcy bankruptcy-sanctions due-process judicial-discretion non-compensatory-punitive-damages professional-conduct sanctions subpoena |
In Watts v. Indiana , 338 U.S. 49 (1949),
Supreme Court Justice Jackson writes "[A]ny lawyer
worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain
t… |
| 22-1140 |
Dr. Chinwe Offor v. Mercy Medical Center, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-05-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fabrication forgery fraud hospital-records mcdonnell-douglas precedent sanctions summary-judgment |
I. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit manifestly departed from this Court's
precedent by holding that egregious and
repetitive a… |
| 22-1128 |
Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-19 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law civil-procedure deposition discovery dismissal due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss sanctions standing |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in upholding the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Caro… |
| 22-1117 |
Charlotte Freeman, et al. v. HSBC Holdings PLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-conspiracy civil-rights conspiracy deferred-prosecution-agreements due-process foreign-terrorist-organizations jasta material-support sanctions terrorism terrorism-sanctions |
1. Whether a JASTA claim for civil conspiracy requires only that acts of international terrorism be a foreseeable consequence of the terrorism sanctio… |
| 22-1084 |
Ernest J. Walker, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-rights due-process inherent-authority sanctions section-1983 standing tenth-circuit voter-standing |
1. Whether Petitioners were properly sanctioned under a district court's inherent authority for asserting standing on behalf of voters for damages aga… |
| 22-7306 |
Keith Thomas v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-procedure rule-11 sanctions seventh-amendment standing |
1. Did the district court improperly apply Rule 11 sanctions against this petitioner basically stripping him of his 1st amendment rights and 7th amend… |
| 22-7294 |
Robert L. Tatum v. Earnell Lucas, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants sanctions summary-judgment |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7285 |
Susan Lloyd v. Thomas Pokorny, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-circuit civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jury-trial sanctions standing trial-procedure |
1. ARE THE ORDERS FROM THE 6TH CIRCUIT VOID. SHOULD
2LLOYDS MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BE DENIED.
2. IS A JUDGE IMMUNE FROM CIVIL LIABILITY WHEN HE H… |
| 22-7102 |
Towaki Komatsu v. NTT Data, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion arbitration-costs civil-procedure civil-rights discovery-order due-process judicial-discretion res-judicata sanctions standing |
Whether redetermination is warranted of a) my claims in Komatsu v. NTT Data , Inc., No.
15-7007 (LGS)(S.D.N.Y. May 17, 2016) (hereinafter referred to… |
| 22-6850 |
Raul Mendez v. Community Health Clinics, Inc., dba Terry Reilly Health Services |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure discovery-sanction dismissal-sanction due-process finality-rule judicial-discretion res-judicata sanctions usurpation-of-judicial-power writ-of-certiorari |
1) Is a dismissal sanction a decision on the legal merits of the case? And does res judicata and the finality rule apply to cases dismissed as a disco… |
| 22-763 |
Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence cross-examination due-process evidence fraud-on-the-court judicial-procedure rule-of-law sanctions |
Whether the Sixth Circuit panel's decision to affirm the District Court decision that was based on the "application of the wrong legal test" constitut… |
| 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… |
| 22-6385 |
Peter Gakuba v. Rob Jeffreys |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts first-amendment-retaliation free-speech habeas habeas-corpus sanctions standing |
Gakuba's one—and only—§2254 habeas petition was not "frivolous" rendering the USCA-7's sanction against Gakuba of "$500" and bar from any future feder… |
| 22-553 |
Derek Rodgers v. United Services Automobile Association, aka USAA |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration civil-procedure duty federal-procedure federal-rules rights rule-37 sanctions spoliation-of-evidence witness-coaching |
QUESTION 1: Should Arbitrators deciding a Federal case have the duty and right to impose sanctions for violations of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure … |
| 22-440 |
Peter Daza v. Indiana, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-interpretation claim-preclusion continuing-acts discrete-acts judgment-limitation limitation-periods related-acts sanctions transaction |
This case presents the following question: whether a judgment on discrete acts that occur before a judgment preclude claims for related discrete acts … |
| 22-5959 |
William A. White v. United States, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appellate-review civil-rights court-order document-entry due-process false-statements judicial-discretion procedural-standards sanctions standing |
Did the Seventh Circuit err in upholding two orders issued by United States District Judge J. Phil Grilbert of the United States District Court for th… |
| 22-390 |
Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
California |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-rights attorney-fees attorneys-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-sanction limited-jurisdiction rule-of-law sanctions |
(1) Can a limited jurisdiction court of California award attorneys' fees in excess of its jurisdictional limit of $10,000.00?
(2) Is it justified to … |
| 22-5778 |
William Paul Burch v. America's Servicing Company, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bias civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal property-rights recusal sanctions |
If a judge continuously refuses to recuse himself following an extreme amount of verifiable bias should another judge in a close, but separate divisio… |
| 22-5501 |
In Re Eric Drake |
|
2022-09-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights court-access due-process first-amendment prefiling-injunction pro-se-litigation sanctions state-courts vexatious-litigant |
Under the First Amendment, every U.S. citizen has a right of speech (right to petition), and 42 USC §1981 (right to sue, give evidence, to be parties … |
| 22-180 |
Matthew Stanek, et al. v. St. Charles Community Unit School District No. 303 Board of Education, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
ada ada-compliance civil-rights collateral-bar-rule constitutional-challenges deposition-discrimination discovery due-process equal-access law-office-accessibility sanctions |
1. Whether a law office is subject to the non-dis
crimination requirements of the Title III of the
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181… |
| 22-5425 |
William Paul Burch v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-iii-court civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-removal federal-jurisdiction in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation removal sanction-fees sanctions vexatious-litigant |
Should removal from a state court to a federal court by a defendant only be allowed after the state court judge conducts a hearing to determine if the… |
| 22-5157 |
William Paul Burch v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-hearing jurisdiction removal removal-procedure sanctions unconstitutional-rulings |
Should removal from a state court to a federal court by a defendant only be allowed after the state court judge conducts a hearing to determine if the… |
| 21-1607 |
Oleg Deripaska v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process executive-orders foreign-assets-control international-emergency-economic-powers-act international-law national-emergency national-security sanctions treasury-department |
In 2018, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Oleg Deripaska under Executive Orders 13661 and 13… |
| 21-8239 |
Lawrence L. Crawford, aka Johah Gabriel, aka Jahjah T. Tishbite v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure sanctions separation-of-powers spoliation standing |
(1) DOES THE FILING SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONE (S ) UNDER
CASE 20-7073 FILED BEFORE THE FOURTH CIRCUIT SERVES AS A
FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT TO AN INFORMA… |
| 21-1513 |
Wendy M. Dale v. Algernon L. Butler, III |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions court-discretion due-process pro-se-debtor procedural-requirements sanctions statutory-interpretation trustee-objection |
1. Is a pro se debtor required to cite to an appli
cable exemption statute in order to effectively claim an
exemption under said statute?
2. May a … |
| 21-7805 |
William Paul Burch v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech frivolous-dismissal in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant removal sanctions |
The legal definition of frivolous is incomplete. What should the complete legal definition of frivolous be?
On an appeal to the circuit court regardi… |
| 21-1331 |
Marcus A. Murphy v. Amanda Cameron Dalton, aka Mandy Moore, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-discretion due-process energy-company pro-se-plaintiff sanctions tort-law |
Appeal of Order granting Defendant - Appellees ' Motions to Dismiss & for Sanctions, and Judgment dismissing all claims on May 6, 2021 (5-6-21), by th… |
| 21-7550 |
Sharon Neal v. Natalia Neal |
Oregon |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection indigent involuntary-dismissal judicial-discretion sanctions |
1) Is it a violation of due process to involuntarily dismiss a case with prejudice for a party's failure to pay a monetary sanction that bears no rele… |
| 21-1029 |
Geoffrey M. Young v. Adam Edelen, et al. |
Kentucky |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-allegations defendant-sanctions dismissal due-process good-faith-findings pre-discovery-dismissal sanctions standing trial-court-dismissal |
I filed a lawsuit in 2019 against 33 defendants for conspiracy to rig several primary elections.
1. May any trial court in Kentucky dismiss all alleg… |
| 21-776 |
Billy Duncan, as Next Friend of Charles Inness Thrash, et al. v. Tonya Barina, as Guardian of the Estate of Charles Inness Thrash, et al. |
Texas |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process guardianship jurisdiction next-friend pre-trial-sanctions sanctions standing |
Question No. 1: Whether the Court of Appeals' Memorandum Opinion and Judgment, dated March 31, 2021, dismissing the appeal by Charlie, by and through … |
| 21-604 |
Stephen Kantos v. Leonard Major, et al. |
Michigan |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-right court-of-appeals dismissal-with-prejudice due-process jury-trial legal-sanction sanctions standing vicencio-v-ramirez |
1. Did the court of appeals manifestly err in affirming the trial court's erroneous order that denied plaintiff his constitutional right to a jury tri… |
| 21-524 |
Schlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Bank of New York |
Connecticut |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment civil-procedure discovery due-process foreclosure judicial-sanctions mortgage-law notice property-rights sanctions |
Questions presented as follows:
Granting sanctions without the court's adequate notice of its intention to impose sanctions and the opportunity to be… |
| 21-5864 |
Deloris Phillips v. Columbia Luxar |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights court-system due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion sanctions vexatious-litigant |
1) Whether it is unconstitutional, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment-
Equal Protection Clause, for any litigant alleging discrimination in the… |
| 21-425 |
Riccardo Green v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2021-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection motion-for-reconsideration petition-for-review sanctions state-supreme-court us-constitution washington-state-constitution |
1. Whether or not the Washington State Supreme Court erred in judgement & abused discretion when it failed/refused to grant the Petition for Review un… |
| 21-329 |
Rosemary Garity v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial make-whole-remedy pro-se sanctions standing summary-judgment |
The questions presented show conflict with Precedent of this Court and all Circuit Courts. The significant practical consequence is promotion of discr… |
| 21-5508 |
Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
Upon 8/04/15 (9) Court's Denial of Petitioner's Constitutional Violation of Petitioner's USC Fourteenth Amendment due process Clause, equal protection… |
| 21-5126 |
Kevin Tyrell Beach v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process irreparable-harm mistrial pro-se pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sanctions |
Does it constitute "bad faith conduct " of "abuse of discretion ' when a judge denies a defendant 's numerous pre-trial requests for "stand-by " couns… |
| 20-1600 |
Sae Han Sheet Co., Ltd. v. Eastman Performance Films, LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-courts civil-procedure contract-action dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-sanctions legal-procedure sanctions warnings |
1. The district court below dismissed Petitioner's complaint with prejudice based upon a false representation made by Respondent and without providing… |
| 20-1542 |
Michael Mogan v. Jeff Henry, et al. |
California |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 5th-amendment arbitration attorney california-court due-process prevailing-party sanctions |
Whether a California Court is permitted to impose sanctions against an attorney without violating his rights to Due Process under the 5th and 14th Ame… |
| 20-7860 |
Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards |
California |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law pro-se-litigant property-rights sanctions statutory-interpretation |
Is the statutory law taking of a person's property arbitrary, too broad and discriminatory under Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161 (2002) and v… |
| 20-7773 |
Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-split civil-procedure daubert-standard discovery-deadline expert-report inter-circuit-split intra-circuit-split motion-procedure sanction-standard sanctions |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit created an 1.
intra-circuit and inter-circuit split by wrongly deciding that the Dist… |
| 20-7756 |
Brandon Lamar Tademy v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights discovery due-process evidence sanctions spoliation |
Whether the district court erroneously denied Mr. Tademy's motion to dismiss or other appropriate sanctions for destruction of evidence, in violation … |
| 20-1422 |
76 Orinda v. Francisca Moralez |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ada ada-standing attorney-fees circuit-rule civil-procedure ninth-circuit non-compliance rule-11 sanctions serial-litigation standing |
1. Should the Supreme Court adopt, as a
national standar d, Chapman v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.)
Inc., 631 F.3d 939, 944 (9th Cir. 2011), to balance the
n… |
| 20-1363 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. v. Nazir Khan, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-30 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-285 attorney-fees civil-procedure district-court federal-circuit patent patent-infringement rule-11 rule-11-sanctions sanctions section-285 |
If this Court determines in Case No. 20-773 that the Federal Circuit erred in affirming the award of attorney fees as sanctions under Rule 11, should … |
| 20-1104 |
Irina Tesoriero v. Carnival Corporation, dba Carnival Cruise Line |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure discovery evidence evidentiary-standard federal-courts legal-sanction sanctions spoliation spoliation-of-evidence |
Whether federal courts may grant an adverse inference as a sanction for negligent spoliation of evidence, as the Second, Sixth, and D.C. Circuits have… |
| 20-1055 |
Anthony Tricoli v. Rob Watts, et al. |
Georgia |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech government-corruption government-retaliation retaliation sanctions sovereign-immunity |
1. May the State of Georgia impose punitive sanctions, against an attorney petitioning the courts and speaking out in public to expose and redress sta… |
| 20-1024 |
Geoffrey M. Young v. Adam Edelen, et al. |
Kentucky |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
|
appellate-procedure civil-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pro-se-litigation rule-11-sanctions rule-12-dismissal sanctions standing |
1) If a trial court never construes the allegations in a civil complaint favorably to the plaintiff or never construes them at all, are all of its Civ… |
| 20-6795 |
Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards |
California |
2021-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process eviction ex-parte-eviction judicial-discretion property-rights sanctions |
Does the "Compel Obedience Clause " in Civil Code of Procedure Section 128 allow ex parte eviction on the court 's own motion? Would that order comply… |
| 20-773 |
Nazir Khan, et al. v. Merit Medical Systems Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
attorney-fees civil-procedure federal-circuit federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se rule-11 sanctions service-of-process |
Whether—in line with holdings from the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits—a motion for Rule 11 sanctions may be gr… |
| 20-6491 |
In Re Mario Allan Montano |
|
2020-12-01 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure due-process fee-waiver filing-injunction judicial-sanctions jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits michigan-supreme-court sanctions |
The Michigan Supreme Court failed to rule on the Petitioner's motions to waive fees in multiple cases before the Court. Based on this failure, the Mic… |
| 20-749 |
Kathy Roux v. Dennis Pharris, et al. |
Texas |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure due-process factual-analysis legal-analysis sanctions standard-of-review state-law trial-court-sanctions |
Whether the Tenth Court of Appeals for the State of Texas failed to apply (1) the proper standard of review and (2) perform the correct factual and le… |
| 20-6429 |
John L. Howell v. Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud chapter-7-proceeding embezzlement estate-administration fiduciary-duty fraud injunction sanctions secured-creditor trustee-misconduct |
Petitioner is a secured estate claimant in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of Donald Grodsky. Pursuant to a Promissory Note and Security Agreement executed b… |
| 20-699 |
Michael Sammons v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure frivolous frivolous-litigation mandamus mandamus-review pro-se-litigant sanctions standing voluntary-dismissal |
Whether, as the Ninth Circuit has held, a plaintiff has an "absolute right" to voluntary dismissal under FRCP, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i), if no answer or mo… |
| 20-694 |
Eagle Cove Camp & Conference Center, Inc., et al. v. Town of Woodboro, Wisconsin, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process equal-protection federal-law judicial-review notice procedural-due-process property property-rights religious-exercise sanctions sua-sponte sua-sponte-analysis |
1) Did the Wisconsin Court of Appeals Deprive and Did the Wisconsin
Supreme Court's Refusal to Accept the Case for Review Permit the
Deprivation of Pe… |
| 20-6235 |
Mario Montano v. Court of Appeals of Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts court-sanctions due-process indigent-litigants indigent-rights judicial-abuse judicial-authority legal-merit procedural-fairness sanctions |
1. Did the Michigan Supreme Court abuse its authority by sanctioning the
indigent Petitioner $1000 payable to the Clerk of the Court that it knew he … |
| 20-565 |
George Matthews, et ux. v. Andrew J. Becker, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
|
attorney-fees civil-procedure contempt-of-court court-orders eleventh-circuit judicial-accountability legal-procedure northern-district-court orders sanctions |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court failed to hold Attorneys in contempt of court after evidence was shown they violated orders from the Northern Di… |
| 20-532 |
Xiaohua Huang v. Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-10-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
claim-preclusion federal-circuit fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings patent patent-infringement perjury pro-se-plaintiff sanctions |
U.S. court of appeals for the Federal Circuit has entered a decision in this case in conflict with the decision of U.S. Court of appeals for the Feder… |
| 20-483 |
Artem Koshkalda v. Seiko Epson Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-14 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-termination civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure legal-order ninth-circuit sanctions |
Did The United States District Court District of Nevada (hereinafter "NV Court ") err in its Report and Recommendation Order For Case Terminating Sanc… |
| 20-475 |
Stanley V. Campbell v. Eagle Force Holdings, LLC, et al. |
Delaware |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment civil-contempt civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-procedure personal-jurisdiction sanctions |
1. Can a finding of civil contempt and the imposition of a sanction be sustained consistent with the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the C… |
| 20-5989 |
Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. |
Ohio |
2020-10-09 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-rights court-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation pro-se sanctions |
Petitionee denied her due peocess
WAS
RioHts, Decause she is A PRo
liticant?
se
fees on Petitionee, when Peritioner did seot bet
AN oPPDR tUNiT4 TO Re… |
| 20-5922 |
Julia Hook v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review court-access due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-abuse judicial-bias judicial-taking sanctions |
The question presented for review is whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usual … |
| 20-5445 |
Jelani Walker v. Ed Sheldon, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure merits-ruling procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions state-court state-courts |
defense cause prejudice } due to inadequate nofice? If so, is it bad favth -for
a conscious prosecutor to seeK this outcome?
Does a Federal Court's,… |
| 20-169 |
Lawrence Richard Metsch v. Timothy Hajdasz |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-litigation civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-procedure removal removal-jurisdiction rule-11-sanctions sanctions stonewalling subject-matter-jurisdiction time-limit |
Did the Eleventh Circuit err when it affirmed the District Court's imposition of sanctions pursuant to Rule 11, for the removal by Petitioners Lawrenc… |
| 20-5235 |
Michael D. Bikundi, Sr. v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery district-court due-process federal-rule-criminal-procedure harmless-error legal-obligation material-violation prejudice prejudicial-error sanction sanctions |
Whether a district court has an obligation to impose a meaningful sanction for a material and highly prejudicial violation of Federal Rule of Criminal… |
| 19-1433 |
Autumn Stavely v. Jeffery G. Norman, et al. |
Utah |
2020-06-29 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment appellate-review change-of-venue due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-sanctions Question not identified. sanctions venue-change |
Did the Supreme Court of Utah violate Petitioner Autumn Stavely's and her counsel's Fourteenth Amendment's due process rights when it sanctioned both … |
| 19-1287 |
In Re Robert Sarhan, et ux. |
|
2020-05-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process mandamus prohibition rooker-feldman-doctrine sanctions standing state-court-judgment writ-of-certiorari |
Should a writ of mandamus be issued to the Eleventh Circuit, requiring it
(A) to disregard matters dehors the record,
(B) to rule without regard to ma… |
| 19-1236 |
Rachel Joanna Evens v. Timothy John Evens |
South Dakota |
2020-04-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
terminating visitation without any consideration child-custody civil-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rules hearsay judicial-authority parental-rights parenting-coordinator sanctions |
1. What constitutes "Due Process of Law"? Can binding orders be implemented, terminating visitation without any consideration of evidence or a hearing… |
| 19-8215 |
Victor Rivera-Munoz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing manager-enhancement sanctions sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines subordinate-authority subordinates supervisor-enhancement supervisor-role |
1. In the a bsence of a definiti on of the terms, can a defendant receive a mana ger,
or sup ervisor enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1. 1 when t he evi… |
| 19-8161 |
In Re Curtis Smith |
|
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court due-process federal-courts gatekeeper-standard habeas-corpus sanctions statutory-interpretation |
I.
Did the court of appeal adopt divergent interpretation gatekeeper standard? Does the gatekeeper visited?" by this Supreme Court, because different … |
| 19-8142 |
Robert Sarhan, et ux. v. H & H Investors, Inc. |
Florida |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review denial-of-hearing due-process final-judgment indispensable-party judicial-procedure mortgage-foreclosure sanctions service-of-process void-judgment |
Whether Anabella Soury, as 50% interest Mortgage Holder in this Mortgage Foreclosure Case, where the judgment is based on a Residential Home Loan, whe… |
| 19-1188 |
Samaca, LLC v. Cellairis Franchise, Inc., et al. |
Georgia |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitrability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-arbitration-act georgia litigation preemption sanctions standing state-law |
Is Georgia's remedy for abusive litigation under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act? |
| 19-1016 |
Jeffrey Kirsch v. Redwood Recovery Services, LLC, et al. |
Nevada |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
|
business-activities business-contacts civil-procedure deposition-sanction discovery due-process evidence evidence-preclusion nationwide-contacts personal-jurisdiction sanctions |
1. Did the District Court violate the Due Process Clause by barring Defendant-Petitioner from presenting any evidence in his defense at trial, a sanct… |
| 19-7374 |
In Re John Wallace |
|
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeals civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-authority judicial-discretion mandamus procedural-error sanctions standing three-strikes three-strikes-law three-strikes-statute |
Congress Enacted The 28$ 1'U.S.£ 1915$g) Three Strikes StafemfeeoOf 1996 To Prevent Prisoner's From Filing FRIVOLOUS,MALICOUS,or VEXATIOUS Lawsuits.
… |
| 19-7050 |
In Re Charlene Rosa |
|
2019-12-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sanctions statutory-interpretation witness-testimony |
Wter the Foh ct con pel bue i
1. discretion in sanction the petitioner
Whether the Founth OcH Erceed it Authonty in sancion The petitioner.
A Disco… |
| 19-6944 |
Bahman Khodayari v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights damages discovery due-process nominal-damages rule-26 rule-26(a)(1)(A)(ii) rule-37 rule-37(c)(1) rule-41 rule-41(b) sanctions section-1983 |
A. Does the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's dismissal of Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 41(b) due to R… |
| 19-6903 |
Alvin R. Barney, II v. Escambia County, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure failure-to-prosecute final-judgment judicial-discretion jurisdiction notice-of-appeal premature-appeal sanction sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction |
FIRST QUESTION
This first question is whether the Eleventh Circuit had the authority or subject matter jurisdiction to dismiss a premature notice of … |
| 19-651 |
John P. DeRose v. Village of Orland Park, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-requirements rule-11 safe-harbor safe-harbor-provision sanctions service-of-motion |
May a party satisfy the safe-harbor provision of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 by informal communications, the rule applied by Seventh Circuit, o… |
| 19-6565 |
Steven Talbert Williams v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-exhaustion civil-procedure clerical-error constitutional-rights due-process estoppel exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine judicial-review sanctions work-product work-product-protection |
1. U.S. Cont. Agni 5, 10 (recordkeeping), 14 §1; Fed. R. Evid. 501, 502; 18 U.S.C. 1001(a):
a. Under the "Fairness," "Extrajudicial Partial Disclosure… |
| 19-525 |
Steve Cooley, et al. v. National Abortion Federation |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights contempt contempt-sanction criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel effective-counsel preliminary-injunction sanctions sixth-amendment younger-abstention |
How can a state court criminal defendant enjoy his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel when his state court criminal counsel have been held in … |
| 19-6248 |
In Re Warren Parks |
|
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure sanction-hearing sanctions standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Sanction procedural Prerequisite of F.R.C.P. Federal Rules Civil Procedure, the order of July 05" 2017, NO. 17-2342, William J. Bauer, Richard A. P… |
| 19-6227 |
In Re Steven Talbert Williams |
|
2019-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights contempt-of-court dismissal due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis sanctions standing |
1. 28 USC 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and 18 U.S.C. §402 (dismissal for "frivolous[ness]," U.S. Const. Am. 6, 10):
a. Whether the "ORDER" (Appendix A, dated Marc… |
| 19-476 |
Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. |
Florida |
2019-10-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud housing-dispute judicial-discrimination judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant retaliation sanctions standing state-officer-misconduct |
Can State officers in the trial court and appellate court act directly in conflict with well-established precedent set by the Supreme Court which reco… |
| 19-6141 |
Donnie Ray Jose v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process judicial-discretion plea-negotiations prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions trial-strategy |
When a federal prosecutor concedes a serious discovery violation shortly before trial, should the district court's response take into account, among o… |
| 19-317 |
Susan R. Gokool v. Oklahoma City University |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
|
due-process federal-appellate-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-procedure legal-notice notice opportunity-to-be-heard sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment |
1. Due Process is a course of legal proceeding for the enforcement and protection of private rights guaranteed by the Constitution that requires a not… |
| 19-270 |
Patricia Rodriguez v. LPP Mortgage Ltd., LP |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-procedure client-advocacy credible-arguments due-process legal-ethics rule-11 sanctions zealous-representation |
Whether rule 11 sanctions against attorney Patricia Rodriguez and her law firm should be reversed, as it conflicted with her duty to represent her cli… |
| 19-5662 |
Carter Stephens v. Marcelo Britto Gomez, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process henderson-factors judicial-intervention legal-ethics legal-malpractice sanctions standing state-bar state-bar-regulation |
1. The plaintiff Carter Stephens was not informed by the State Bar of the abhorrent record of the neglectful attorney he subsequently retained. This a… |
| 19-207 |
David Grober, et al. v. Mako Products, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof civil-procedure discovery due-process expense-sanctions federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion litigation-compliance reasoned-decision rule-37 sanctions |
Whether the mandatory expense sanctions of
FRCP Rule 37, can be circumvented by a court
ignoring, or reducing them, including to zero, absent
the l… |
| 19-5405 |
Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights dismissal-order due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review mandamus pro-se-litigation sanctions sovereign-immunity standing |
Question not identified. |
| 19-5364 |
In Re Carl A. Courtright, III |
|
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines first-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant sanctions |
1) Absent statutory authority nor provision in the Federal
Rules, Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals clearly
abuse its discretion when it ORDE… |
| 19-5249 |
George E. Kersey v. Herb Chambers 1186, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appeals civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals district-court due-process filing-fee frivolous in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation sanctions screening standing |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's certification that the appeal was not taken in good faith
2. Whether the 28 U.… |
| 18-1588 |
Norma L. Cooke v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
|
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-fees civil-rights district-court-award due-process federal-rules-of-procedure federal-rules-procedure fee-award insurance judicial-bias judicial-discretion litigation-conduct sanctions seventh-circuit state-insurance-law state-law unreasonable-litigation-conduct |
1) Where the district court awarded fees to
Petitioner under state insurance law for Respondent's
unreasonable litigation conduct, did the Seventh
Cir… |
| 18A1313 |
Steven T. Waltner, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
collateral-estoppel deficiency sanctions statute-of-limitations tax-court tax-return |
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. |
| 18-1453 |
Mitra Rangarajan v. Johns Hopkins University, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-misconduct attorney-responsibility circuit-split civil-procedure discovery discovery-violations dismissal federal-civil-procedure federal-procedure prejudice rule-37 sanctions warning |
Before this Honorable Court is the question of when it is appropriate to dismiss an action for discovery violations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, in light… |
| 18-9249 |
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit-rules answering-brief appellate-procedure brief-filing civil-procedure deadlines judicial-sanctions motion-for-sanctions notification pro-se-litigation procedural-deadlines sanctions |
Litigating the Preliminary Injunction Appeal pursuant to the 9th Circuit's Rule 3-3(b), shall the Defendant-Appellee file an Answering Brief "within 2… |
| 18-1409 |
Saied Emami v. Jim Bridenstine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 discovery discrimination due-process employment-discrimination expert-witness procedural-due-process retaliation sanctions scheduling-order title-vii |
Whether the Respondent's counsel that failed to comply with the District Court Scheduling Order necessarily violate procedural due process rights of t… |
| 18-1406 |
Kristin Roebuck Bethell v. Bryan Stephens, et al. |
Arizona |
2019-05-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-ethics attorney-sanctions civil-rights client-advocacy client-representation conflict-of-laws due-process free-speech judicial-discretion judicial-procedure judicial-sanctions legal-ethics legal-ethics-and-professional-responsibility professional-conduct sanctions standing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether counsel Roebuck Bethell's Petition for Writ of Certiorari should be granted after she was sanctioned by the Arizona courts for: (1) believing … |
| 18-1353 |
Kevin McCabe, et al. v. Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
american-pipe american-pipe-doctrine appeal appellate-review civil-procedure class-action class-action-tolling class-certification due-process legal-tolling precedent procedural-rules procedural-tolling sanctions standing statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether class-action statute-of-limitations tolling under American Pipe & Constr. Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974), should continue until a distric… |
| 18-1275 |
Xiaohua Huang v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-04-05 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure-fraud-on-the-court civil-rights discovery due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct patent patent-infringement sanctions standing summary-judgment |
As pointed out by District Judge J. Owen Forrester in Sklar v. Clough, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49248 (N.D. Ga. July 6, 2007), "a district court may cons… |
| 18-8602 |
Enrico M. Ponzo v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-affidavit false-statements franks-doctrine franks-v-delaware judicial-review law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause sanctions standing |
Perjury in search warrant applications assail the Fourth Amendment at its core. Should Franks v. Delaware be revisited to allow for sanction even if t… |
| 18-8580 |
Sidney Marts, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process sanctions standing |
Whether Florida Supreme Court Judgments Conflicts with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Post-trial Exculpatory Findings due Process violation by … |
| 18-1091 |
Afoluso Adesanya, et vir v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-review civil-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-conduct judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation sanctions |
Whether the 3rd Circuit Appeals Court erred in upholding the decision of Federal District Court to dismiss Petitioner One employment discrimination La… |
| 18-7916 |
Jimmy Lee Wren v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection post-conviction-relief rule-11 rule-11-sanctions sanctions sentencing sentencing-hearing |
Whether a state court has the right to bar a litigant of having access to the courts?
Whether due process violations toll the state's statute of limi… |
| 18-7868 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two, Inc., dba Marsh's Sunfresh Market, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure discovery-order dismissal due-process judicial-discretion lesser-sanctions prejudice procedural-fairness sanctions |
Whether the district court is required to provide the sanctioned party with adequate due process before dismissing the lawsuit?
Whether the imposed s… |
| 18-7724 |
Elloyd Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-law court-procedure due-process legal-challenge pauper pauper-petition pauper-status rule-10.6 sanctions standing statutory-provisions supervisory-power untimely-pay-sanction |
DO THE USCA DENIAL OF REHEARING EN BANC CONSTITUTE A GO DAY FOR FILING A CERTIORARI IN THIS CASE?
DO THE UNTIMELY PAY SANCTIONS BY A INDIGENT PAUPER … |
| 18-982 |
In Re Beverly L. Hennager, et al. |
|
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection limited-partnership mandamus non-discretionary-action pre-filing-injunction property property-rights sanctions standing writ-of-appeal |
Whether the enforcement of an appellant mandate affirming the plain, unambiguous language of a previous order compelling specific non-discretionary ac… |
| 18-7398 |
Kerry Kruskal v. Peter Sprunt |
New Mexico |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
amended-complaint association-ditch-fees civil-procedure constitutional-rights contested-issues due-process issue-preclusion motion-to-reconsider pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation property-dispute property-rights sanctions standing stored-water-rights summary-judgment surface-water-rights warranty-deed water-rights |
In this case- Was the district court correct to adversely rule on Sprunt's summery judgment motion when there were so many legitimate contested issues… |
| 18-867 |
Matthew E. Jackson, Jr., et al. v. Frances Edith Jackson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-sanctions criminal-sanctions due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection evidentiary-standards jurisdictional-limitations precedent procedural-protections sanctions supreme-court |
Whether the failure of a court to comply with the jurisdictional limitations, procedural and due process protections, evidentiary standards, the prece… |
| 18-860 |
Larry Edward Parrish v. Board of Professional Responsibility |
Tennessee |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitrary-punishment civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech lawyer-sanctions professional-conduct recusal-motion sanctions standing |
1. Should the judgment of the Tennessee Supreme
Court below be reversed because the Tennessee
Supreme Court arbitrarily punished Petitioner/lawyer as … |
| 18-771 |
Pedro Vaigasi v. Solow Management Corporation, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-sanctions due-process employment-discrimination federal-rules-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss pro-se sanctions |
1. Whether review is warranted because the Court of Appeals affirmed a sanction of $61,605.25 in attorney's fees against a pro se Plaintiff for an all… |
| 18-765 |
James H. Brady v. New York, et al. |
New York |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights discretionary-action due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment immunity legal-fees obstruction-of-justice property-rights prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct quid-pro-quo sanctions standing takings |
As the New York State Attorney General and Manhattan District Attorney were not acting as advocates for the people when they permitted Petitioner's co… |
| 18-655 |
Craig J. Spitzer v. Trisha A. Aljoe, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion attorney-misconduct barton-doctrine civil-procedure civil-procedure-discovery-sanctions-public-entity- discovery discovery-sanctions discretionary-review frcp-26 public-entity sanctions section-1983 state-court-receiver |
Does a district court have a duty under FRCP 26(g)(3) to sanction public entities and their attorneys for improper withholding of documents requested … |
| 18-6442 |
Phillip T. Merritt v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions discovery due-process jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-the-writ sanctions standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions |
Question not identified. |
| 18-479 |
Marc Schenkel v. Xyngular Corporation, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
case-management civil-procedure civil-rights district-court district-court-authority due-process free-speech inherent-authority judicial-discretion pre-litigation-conduct prelitigation-conduct sanctions standing |
Whether a district court's inherent authority to
manage the disposition of cases, including by imposing
sanctions on a party, does not extend to condu… |
| 18-383 |
Jesse J. Davis, Jr., et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association |
Connecticut |
2018-09-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process Due-process-of-law,fifth-amendment,fourteenth-amen equal-protection Equal-protection-of-the-laws,fourteenth-amendment Excessive-fines,foreclosure free-speech impartial-court petition-clause Right-to-impartial-court,sixth-amendment,seventh-a right-to-petition Right-to-petition-government,first-amendment right-to-public-trial Right-to-public-trial,right-to-information,sixth-a sanctions |
All of the following Constitutional Rights violations were raised to the Connecticut Supreme Court on the Motion for Certification to Appeal dated 01-… |
| 18-326 |
Estate of Bernice Goldberg by Executor Gary Goldberg v. Philip Nimoityn, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure due-process expert-testimony federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure perjury procedural-due-process sanctions trial-evidence |
1. In National Hockey League v Metropolitan
Hockey Club, Inc., 427 U.S. 639 (1976), this Court
ruled that the failure to comply with Rule 26 and 37
of… |
| 18-5794 |
Ronnie Keith Davis v. Benjamin Maddie |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-procedure civil-rights-proceeding evidentiary-hearing first-national-bank-v-lustig fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass inherent-power miscarriage-of-justice rozier-v-ford-motor rule-60(b)(3) rule-60b3 sanctions summary-judgment |
Whether a Motion to vacate the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b)(3) timely filed within the one-year period is governed by the grave miscarriage of just… |
| 18-5729 |
Juan Diaz, Jr. v. Hugh J. Hurwitz, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process sanctions standing subpoenas |
Question not identified. |
| 18-233 |
Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-1927 act-of-state-doctrine congressional-intent due-process extraterritorial-application federal-sanctions inherent-powers rule-44.1 sanctions sovereign-immunity |
Did congress intend the court's inherent powers and U.S. 28 U.S.C. § 1927 to apply extraterritorially allowing Rule 44.1 analysis to be applied to ove… |
| 18-213 |
H. Richard Austin v. Hanover Insurance Company, aka Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
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appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure collateral-estoppel court-interpretation daubert daubert-standard en-banc-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court homeowners-insurance judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure motion-for-summary-judgment res-judicata sanctions summary-order |
1)111 the federal court system, is an initial, appellate "Summary Order" (without en banc review) the definitive source regarding the subject matter c… |
| 18-208 |
New Products Corporation, et al. v. Dickinson Wright, PLLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure costs-of-compliance court-order court-sanctions discovery federal-rules-civil-procedure non-party-costs non-party-subpoena rule-45 sanctions subpoena subpoena-compliance |
(1) Whether, as the Sixth Circuit held, Rule 45(d)(2)(B)(ii) entitles a non-party to recover all "significant fees" it incurs (including attorney fees… |
| 18-5463 |
Michael Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-procedure due-process filing-of-record notice opportunity-to-be-heard response right-to-be-heard sanction sanctions |
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| 18-140 |
In Re Cliven Bundy |
|
2018-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-admission civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process free-speech judicial-error legal-admission mootness ninth-circuit pro-hac-vice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions standing |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in failing to vacate the
erroneous denial of Mr. Larry Klayman's ("Mr. Klayman") admission pro hac vice in the U.S. District… |
| 18-79 |
Tiberiu Klein, et al. v. Daniel O'Brien, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-sanctions civil-procedure due-process fraud incompetence judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-standards notice opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-fairness sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Did the Seventh Circuit violates its own Standards and
Rules and violate petitioners' due process rights in falsely
accusing an attorney of pretens… |