spoliation-of-evidence
16 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-817 | Michael Donatelli, et al. v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, et al. | Maine | 2024-01-29 | Denied | Relisted (2) | civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment motion-for-reconsideration motion-for-sanctions spoliation-of-evidence summary-judgment | Did the court err in passing on properly disposing of the plaintiffs' filing of a motion for sanctions due to spoliation of evidence mis-styled as a m… |
| 23-596 | Yoseph Yadessa Kenno v. Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2023-12-05 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion newly-discovered-evidence pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-59 rule-59-motion spoliation-of-evidence | 1. Whether the Lower Courts violated Supreme Court precedents governing pro se pleading by construing my pro se Rule 59(a) motion expressly seeking a … |
| 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… |
| 22-740 | Harinder Jeet Singh v. RXR 620 Master Lease, LLC, et al. | Second Circuit | 2023-02-07 | Denied | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process emotional-distress evidence-spoliation judicial-misconduct spoliation-of-evidence standing summary-judgment | 1. Whether District Court falsified facts in its order dated 6/10/16 to favor EXCEL, and falsified facts in SJM ruling dated 3/30/21 to favor Securita… | |
| 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 … |
| 22-503 | Gregory Stenstrom, et al. v. Delaware County Board of Elections | Pennsylvania | 2022-11-30 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights due-process election-fraud election-law election-law-violation judicial-review poll-watcher-standing spoliation spoliation-of-evidence standing | 1. Is the spoliation of election materials and evi dence, required to be maintained by federal and state law, by election officials to perfect massiv… |
| 22-5623 | Freda J. Day v. Oprah Winfrey, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2022-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights copyright-infringement discovery-stage due-process electronic-communications internet-access spoliation-of-evidence substantial-similarities summary-judgment | 1. Throughout the 21st century with a myriad of electronic communications, why shouldn't "use of the internet" be a primary determining factor for pro… |
| 21-7682 | Travon DeAngelo Brown v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2022-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-analysis habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief res-judicata spoliation-of-evidence | Whether Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 1 (1988), is sufficient to except such due process claim from procedural default of RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF JU… |
| 21-5191 | Tammy H. Hepburn v. Teleperformance | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-23 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights-act discovery employment-discrimination evidence failure-to-preserve-evidence hostile-work-environment litigation racial-discrimination spoliation-of-evidence title-vii workplace-retaliation | 1. Whether spoliation of evidence or failure to preserve evidence is relevant to a case when the case has been dean for litigation. 2. Whether an emp… |
| 20-7491 | Esmervi Carone Rodriguez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-03-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | bad-faith circuit-court circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-spoliation jury-instructions legal-force pattern-instructions spoliation-of-evidence | I. Whether pattern jury instructions approved by the circuit courts carry any independent legal force? II. Whether federal criminal defendants may re… |
| 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… |
| 19-8278 | In Re Levar Lee Anthony Spence | 2020-04-16 | Denied | IFP | brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment sixth-amendment spoliation spoliation-of-evidence writ-of-mandamus | Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit properly refused review and hearing of a "Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendm… | |
| 19-5056 | Byron Randall Fisher v. Richmond, The American International University in London, Inc. | Second Circuit | 2019-07-03 | Denied | IFP | binding-precedent civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-evidence judicial-procedure legal-precedent spoliation-of-evidence veterans-affairs | Did the lower courts violate the constitutional rights of an Iraq War Veteran (Petitioner) by allowing the Respondent to utilize the same falsified ev… |
| 18-8353 | David A. Hicks v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct habeas-corpus spoliation-of-evidence witness-credibility | WHETHER the Government can destroy evidence a defendant has sufficient reason to believe is necessary to prove innocence in an anticipated § 2241 Moti… |
| 18-6272 | Gregory Steshenko v. Thomas McKay, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-10 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | academic-expulsion civil-procedure civil-rights disciplinary-expulsion due-process education employment fourteenth-amendment free-speech mixed-motive mixed-motive-defense protected-speech spoliation-of-evidence standing | Whether the mixed-motive defense doctrine of Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 287 (1977) in employment terminations fo… |
| 18-5252 | Ricky Lee Earp v. Ron Davis, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2018-07-17 | Denied | IFP | credibility-of-prosecution discovery discovery-rights dna-testing due-process federal-court-proceedings federal-habeas habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct spoliation-of-evidence | 1. When, if ever, can a petitioner be denied the discovery necessary to learn the circumstances of counsel for respondent's spoliation of potentially … |