ultra-vires
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-7131 | José L. Yeyille v. The Florida Bar | Florida | 2026-04-01 | Pending | IFP | anti-SLAPP due-process equal-protection first-amendment right-to-counsel ultra-vires | 1. Right to Counsel : Whether the Florida Supreme Court and its agent, The Florida Bar, deprived me, an indigent man, of my right to be represented … |
| 25-1101 | Pauline Newman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit v. Kimberly A. Moore, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, et al. | District of Columbia | 2026-03-19 | Pending | Amici (2) | constitutional-claims disability-act injunctive-relief judicial-council judicial-review ultra-vires | 1. Does 28 U.S.C. § 357(c)'s bar on judicial review of previously issued "orders" and "determinations" apply to ultra vires acts that exceed the scope… |
| 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. | |
| 25-973 | Ray Leonerdirt Díaz-Santiago v. José Sánchez-Acosta, et al. | First Circuit | 2026-02-19 | Pending | due-process-clause fifth-amendment government-contracts promesa property-rights ultra-vires | 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in holding that Petitioner's contractual and constitutional rights were discharged under PROMESA's Title III Plan o… | |
| 25-6708 | In Re Allen Watkins | 2026-02-04 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights due-process federal-arbitration-act judicial-discretion ministerial-duty ultra-vires | 1. Whether, under the Federal Arbitration Act of February 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 9, 43 Stat. 883, the clerk and judge of a United States District Court … | |
| 25-6211 | In Re Jordan Monroe | 2025-11-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction ultra-vires | QUESTION (1) Where a Court Of Appeals fails or refuses to comply with BLACK LETTER LAW--28 U.S.C. §2253—which is a statute that was duly enacted by … | |
| 25-6159 | In Re Mohamed Nguida | 2025-11-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-action constitutional-remedy due-process judicial-abdication mandamus ultra-vires | 1. Judicial Abdication and Due Process Whetherthe Eleventh Circuit 's 100-day (and ongoing) failure to rule on an emergency mandamus petition —where … | |
| 25A227 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Global Health Council, et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-08-27 | Dismissed | administrative-procedure-act executive-power impoundment separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ultra-vires | Question not identified. | |
| 25-62 | Carl Ellen Puckett, Jr., et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-07-17 | Denied | Relisted (2) | appellate-review constitutional-rights judicial-jurisdiction procedural-due-process separation-of-powers ultra-vires | 1. When a judge ignores or removes the requirements for a mandatory hearing as set forth in the language of a statute, and thus violates the separatio… |
| 24-6677 | Ashley Parnell v. Tamika White | Tenth Circuit | 2025-02-28 | Denied | IFP | antiterrorism-act habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statute-of-limitations ultra-vires void-ab-initio | Whether a jurisdictional challenge to an Oklahoma state criminal conviction can be raised at any time in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 notwithst… |
| 23-1352 | Holtec International v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-27 | GVR | Relisted (2) | administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action atomic-energy-act circuit-split hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation ultra-vires | 1. Whether there is an exception to the party-aggrieved requirement of the Hobbs Act for an ultra vires challenge to an agency action. 2. Whether the… |
| 23-1312 | Interim Storage Partners, LLC v. Texas, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-14 | Judgment Issued | administrative-law agency-action hobbs-act jurisdictional-limitations nuclear-regulation nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing ultra-vires | 1. Whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's exercise of authority to issue a license to a private party to temporarily possess spent nuclear fuel a… | |
| 23-6835 | R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-enforcement district-court-jurisdiction equity-receiver equity-receivership federal-civil-procedure federal-venue general-jurisdiction securities-enforcement securities-regulation ultra-vires venue-laws | This petition for Writ of Certiorari involves a civil enforcement complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the globally situa… |
| 23-5534 | Fred Zelkowitz v. District Court of Texas, Harris County, et al. | Texas | 2023-09-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process governmental-liability judicial-accountability legal-redress ministerial-acts sovereign-immunity tort-limitations ultra-vires | This case is a civil matter where governmental entities in the State of Texas violated the law and caused significant monetary and personal harm. Thes… |
| 22-7616 | Milton Mendoza v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law immigration-law immigration-removal notice-to-appear removal-proceedings separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation time-and-place ultra-vires | Whether a putative notice to appear that does not contain the time and place of removal proceedings, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(G), is ultr… |
| 22-7541 | Luis Nunez-Romero v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8-usc-1229 administrative-law due-process immigration-law immigration-removal notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation ultra-vires | Whether a putative notice to appear that does not contain the time and place of removal proceedings, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(G), is ultr… |
| 22-964 | Kenneth Allen Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-05 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-challenge corruption default-judgment due-process ethics-violation government-corruption standing standing-doctrine ultra-vires uncac | For Judicial efficiency to place Questions Presented in context, see Pruitt's Complaint [01/19/2021] ROA.8-47, para 83-84. Pruitt squarely addressed … |
| 22-11 | SawStop Holding LLC v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. | Federal Circuit | 2022-07-05 | Denied | Response Waived | 35-usc-101 35-usc-102 35-usc-103 judicial-authority non-statutory-double-patenting patent patent-eligibility patent-law statutory-interpretation ultra-vires | The Patent Act adopted by Congress provides that a person shall be entitled to a patent if an invention meets three conditions: the eligibility condit… |
| 21-7246 | In Re Isaiah S. Harris, Sr. | 2022-03-02 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech mandamus standing ultra-vires | Harris' case presents exceptional circumstances that warrant exercise of this Court's discretionary power. Because of the willful disobedience or adop… | |
| 21-1191 | Gabriel Gonzalez v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-02-28 | Denied | appellate-review article-iii article-iii-power federal-courts in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act statutory-interpretation strikes ultra-vires | Whether federal district courts exceed their statutory or Article III power by issuing proclamations that their dismissal "counts as a 'strike' within… | |
| 21-6978 | In Re Isaiah Harris | 2022-01-27 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | brady-chambers certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandamus sixth-circuit ultra-vires | Harris' case presents exceptional circumstances that warrant exercise of this Court's discretionary power. Because of the willful disobedience or adop… | |
| 21-1015 | Angela Cao v. BSI Financial Services, Incorporated, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2022-01-19 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-procedure due-process equal-protection issue-preclusion judicial-power separation-of-powers sua-sponte ultra-vires | The Fifth Circuit vastly departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings and sanctioned the same by the lower court. Both the lowe… |
| 21-562 | Kenneth A. Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-18 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights default-judgment due-process government-authority injunctive-relief magistrate-judge paris-climate-accord standing ultra-vires uncac | As used herein, "Respondent Ultra Vires Actor " (RUVA) means any Respondent, either individual or agency, not acting within authorized scope of offici… |
| 20-688 | Orlando Cordia Hall v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. | District of Columbia | 2020-11-19 | Denied | access-to-counsel clemency clemency-process covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process execution-notice federal-death-penalty-act right-to-counsel ultra-vires | In light of these facts, the question presented is whether the government should be allowed to move forward with Petitioner's execution on November 19… | |
| 20-135 | Customedia Technologies, LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al. | Federal Circuit | 2020-08-07 | Denied | Response Waived | 35-USC-101 Administrative-Procedure-Act Appointments-Clause Due-Process Leahy-Smith-America-Invents-Act patent-eligibility Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter patent-trial-and-appeals-board ultra-vires | 1. Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments Clause violation in a pending appeal despite an intervening c… |
| 19-671 | Daniel A. Grover v. Office of Personnel Management | Federal Circuit | 2019-11-26 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-deference administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation civil-procedure civil-service due-process federal-regulations regulatory-compliance statutory-interpretation ultra-vires | Whether the deference standard regarding federal agencies interpretation of their own regulations must continue in the light of the admission by the O… |
| 18-8308 | Leonard Burton Jones v. Virginia | Virginia | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights congressional-privileges constitutional-boundaries constitutional-law due-process in-personam judicial-immunity judicial-mechanics judicial-review privileges-and-restrictions prosecutorial-immunity separation-of-powers ultra-vires | What is the Jurisprudence of the intra vires constitutional bounderies within the applied mechanics of exercising the judicial law of prosecutorial ab… |
| 18-690 | Bruce C. Rosetto, et al. v. Charles Murphy, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-27 | Denied | Response Waived | barton-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-receiver due-process federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-12(b)(1) jurisdictional-dismissal pleading-standards rule-12(b)(1) standing ultra-vires | Where a plaintiff alleges that an agent of a court appointed receiver is liable for misconduct committed outside the scope of designated authority, bu… |
| 18-397 | William G. Clowdis, Jr. v. Virginia Board of Medicine | Virginia | 2018-09-28 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process full-faith-and-credit medical-licensing modes-of-procedure sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction ultra-vires | 1) Did the Court of Appeals of Virginia err in holding moot and failing to rule substantively on Clowdis' claim that the Virginia Board of Medicine vi… |