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25-6675 Paul Wright v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP administrative-law disability-claims judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-jurisdiction veterans-benefits Is an impacted veteran entitled to judicial review of a definitive decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assert jurisdiction under 38 U.S…
25A804 Duane A. Fairfax v. Tracey N. Martinez Virginia 2026-01-12 Denied contempt-enforcement federal-preemption spousal-support supremacy-clause va-disability veterans-benefits 1. Whether the Supremacy Clause and 38 U.S.C. § 5301(a) prohibit a state court from enforcing spousal support through contempt, garnishment, or equiva…
25-735 Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-22 Pending Amici (2) congressional-acts constitutional-challenge district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Did the Veterans' Judicial Review Act strip district courts of the jurisdiction, recognized by this Court in Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 (1974), …
25-609 Clinton Siples v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-11-25 Pending Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse Waived administrative-law agency-decision clear-unmistakable-error judicial-review legal-interpretation veterans-benefits In the uniquely pro-claimant veterans-benefits system, Congress has provided that an otherwise final agency decision is subject to revision if that de…
25-6065 Rashid El Malik v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-delay due-process extraordinary-relief judicial-review mandamus-relief veterans-benefits 1. Whether a catastrophically disabled veteran facing imminent, life threatening harm is entitled to mandamus relief under Martin v. O'Rourke when a g…
25A502 Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-03 Application bill-of-attainder constitutional-challenge equal-protection judicial-review sovereign-immunity veterans-benefits Question not identified.
25A488 Philip J. Seiflein v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-10-29 Presumed Complete disability-claims due-process mental-health pro-se va-proceedings veterans-benefits Question not identified.
25-500 George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue Illinois 2025-10-22 Denied disability-pay federal-preemption marital-settlement state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran…
25-482 Julien P. Champagne v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-10-20 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law compensation-benefits disability-claims pension-benefits va-regulations veterans-benefits Whether the VA must process a disability claim as a claim for both pension and compensation if the veteran has a possible entitlement to both benefits…
25A392 Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-10-03 Presumed Complete administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error equitable-relief judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Question not identified.
25A181 George M. Tronsrue, III v. Elsa M. Tronsrue Illinois 2025-08-13 Presumed Complete federal-preemption marital-settlement military-disability state-court-enforcement supremacy-clause veterans-benefits Question not identified.
25A149 Julien P. Champagne v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete administrative-law compensation-benefits pension-benefits statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-benefits 1. This case concerns the interpretation of regulations governing veterans' benefits. And in particular, it concerns the construction of an important …
25-5187 Shantell Lewis v. Hernan Castro, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-tribunal civil-rights constitutional-law federal-preemption judicial-immunity veterans-benefits 1. Does State Judges have Jurisdiction over Veterans Benefits? 2. Does Absolute Immunity Apply when a judge has acted criminally under color of state…
24-1313 Jeremy N. Miller v. Casi A. Miller, et al. Tennessee 2025-06-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-general-notice federal-preemption state-jurisdiction va-authority veterans-benefits I. The state of Tennessee requires a litigant to notify the state attorney general when a challenge to state law is made on grounds that it is unconst…
24-1160 William R. Lott v. Maria V. Lott Virginia 2025-05-13 Denied disability-pay divorce-proceedings federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran…
24-452 Louis Frantzis v. Todd B. Hunter, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law board-of-veterans-appeals credibility-determination due-process hearing-procedure veterans-benefits "The fundamental requirement of due process is the opportunity to be heard 'at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.'" Mathews v. Eldridge, 42…
24A195 Louis Frantzis v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-08-22 Presumed Complete administrative-exhaustion administrative-law federal-circuit judicial-review time-extension veterans-benefits Question not identified.
23-999 Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko Virginia 2024-03-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-estoppel disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-procedure preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits 1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.…
23A797 Marvin H. Johnson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-02-28 Presumed Complete board-of-veterans-appeals disability-compensation effective-date jurisdiction pro-se veterans-benefits Question not identified.
23-779 David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Amici (3) accardi-doctrine administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit judicial-review notice-requirements statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits To ensure that veterans' claims are presented to agency decisionmakers with all available support, Congress has directed the Department of Veterans Af…
23-713 Joshua E. Bufkin v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-01-03 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) 38-usc-7261 benefit-of-doubt benefit-of-the-doubt-rule claims-process federal-circuit judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits veterans-benefits-act-of-2002 veterans-court Must the Veterans Court ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U.S.C. § 7261(…
23-667 Blair Coleman v. Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force Fourth Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response Waived 10-usc-1210 administrative-law arbitrary-and-capricious disability-rating medical-examination military-procedure physical-disability-board-of-review temporary-disability-retired-list veterans-benefits veterans-disability The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a veteran who was constructively and retroactively placed on the Temporary Disabil…
23-605 Erich M. Martin v. Raina L. Martin Nevada 2023-12-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) collateral-estoppel due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-convenience preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits 1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.…
23A340 Joshua E. Bufkin v. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Department of Veteran Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-16 Presumed Complete benefit-of-the-doubt-rule clearly-erroneous section-7261 service-connection standard-of-review veterans-benefits Question not identified.
23A339 Norman F. Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-16 Presumed Complete 38-USC-7261 benefit-of-the-doubt-rule de-novo-review PTSD-disability-rating standard-of-review veterans-benefits Question not identified.
23-380 Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-discretion agent-orange-act chicago-convention herbicide-exposure international-civil-aviation judicial-review procopio-v-wilkie service-connection veterans-benefits whether-a-proper-construction-of-the-bwn-act-warra whether-the-secretary-conducted-a-flawed-interpret Question not identified.
23-178 Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Amici (3) emergency-medical-treatment federal-circuit-review geographic-limitation presumption-against-implied-repeals reimbursement reimbursement-rights statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether eligible veterans are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred while receiving emergency treatment abroad based on the specif…
23-137 Yvonne Crews v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure clear-error congressional-intent effective-date federal-circuit statutory-interpretation substitution substitution-of-claimant veterans-benefits When Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 5121A to authorize for the substitution of a deceased claimant was its intent clear that a substituted appellant cou…
22-1089 Ray James Foster v. Deborah Lynn Foster Michigan 2023-05-09 Denied 38-usc-5301 collateral-estoppel disability-benefits disability-law federal-preemption judicial-convenience res-judicata state-court-doctrine veterans-benefits 1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.…
22-7324 Byron R. Fisher v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disability-claims due-process judicial-review military-service standing veterans-benefits Did the lower court violate the constitutional rights of an Iraq War Veteran (Petitioner) by not addressing the crimes commited by the Respondent? …
22-7302 Derek Skellchock v. Alora-Ann Volz Colorado 2023-04-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP collateral-estoppel disability-compensation federal-preemption judicial-review res-judicata state-court-jurisdiction state-domestic-relations supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. Where the federal agency with "exclusive jurisdiction" over "all questions of law and fact" concerning a dependent's claim for a portion of a veter…
22-888 James R. Rudisill v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-15 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) civil-procedure education-benefits montgomery-gi-bill post-9/11-gi-bill qualifying-service statutory-interpretation veterans veterans-benefits Whether a veteran who has served two separate and distinct periods of qualifying service under the Montgomery GI Bill, 38 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., and u…
22-845 Robert Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process duty-to-assist judicial-notice judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits In the veterans-benefits system, Congress has provided that an otherwise-final agency decision is sub ject to one review on appeal to the Secretary. …
22-6093 Steven L. London v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights cushman-v-shinseki disability-claims due-process government-liability property-rights retroactive-benefits statutory-deadline veterans-benefits (1) Does Cushman's determination of the constitutional duty to protect a veteran's property rights apply to the six-year statutory deadline in 31 U.S.…
22-5798 Gregory K. Parsons v. Connie K. Copeland Parsons, et al. Texas 2022-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP apportionment-claims disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption judicial-review military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction takings veterans-benefits 1. In Rose v . Rose , 481 U .S. 619, 641- 642; 107 S . Ct. 2029; 95 L . Ed. 2d 599 (1987) , Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion: I am not…
22-259 Lewis B. Jones v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied armed-forces claim-accrual disability-rating medical-technology military-service retirement-pay statute-of-limitations tucker-act veterans-benefits 1. Whether a cause of action for retirement pay can accrue and for the statute of limitations to run before a service member receives a disability rat…
22-5142 David Adeyi v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-delay civil-rights covid-19-disruption disability-compensation due-process federal-circuit judicial-review pandemic-disruption service-connected-injury veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Should veteran be allowed to move his case forward, after he filled late s the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, due to the Covid-19 Pand…
21-1594 Preston L. Drane v. Stephania Drane Florida 2022-06-27 Denied disability-payments divorce-proceedings equitable-distribution expert-testimony military-benefits military-disability pension-division uniformed-services-former-spouses-protection-act uniformed-services-protection-act veterans-benefits In a dissolution of marriage proceeding, may a court disregard military documentation showing that a veteran is receiving payments for disability, whi…
21-1453 Joe A. Lynch v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Amici (6) administrative-law legislative-history pro-claimant pro-veteran-canon standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation va-claims veterans-benefits Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their clai…
21-7787 Faith M. Hibbard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure claim-filing due-process procedural-law service-connected-disability standing statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits QUESTION: 1. Whether the court erred in denying benefits based on a theory, called "hypothetical entitlement theory " that has no section or definitio…
21-7028 Fred Pride v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection informal-claim medical-record pro-se pro-se-veteran va-medical-records veterans-affairs veterans-benefits A special provision, 38 C.F. R. § 3 157, (Authority 38 U.S. Code § 5108), effectively makes a VA medical record itself an informal claim that can be r…
21-972 Thomas H. Buffington v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (12) administrative-law chevron-deference chevron-doctrine deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits 1. Whether the Chevron doctrine permits courts to defer to VA's construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the …
21-6596 Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause tenth-amendment veterans-benefits veterans-disability 1. Whether Superior Court State of Arizona, Maricopa County, without authority, lacked jurisdiction of subject matter, and personal jurisdiction to he…
21-6344 Joseph J. Snyder v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied IFP administrative-regulation amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis department-of-veterans-affairs disability-benefits disability-compensation presumptive-service-connection regulatory-creation service-connection statutory-authority veterans-affairs veterans-benefits 1. Whether the Secretary of Veteran Affairs' imposition of a length of service requirement for the presumption of service connection for ALS is counte…
21-6311 Curtis R. Gaylord v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law congressional-intent constitutional-rights discretionary-authority due-process fifth-amendment property-rights public-policy va-proceedings va-regulations veterans-benefits © Are Vehrw/hen&fri Un4er+he-Uiu (5)Cun 38 U.St.Sec^^i beused teibutorl-Hve Ccm^resstonail iV4erdl)f paternal {sli d/ 1 (3)Canteie Reav<?nci\0m,te R…
21-465 James L. Kisor v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit post-traumatic-stress-disorder pro-veteran-canon regulatory-interpretation service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the term "relevant official service department records" in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(1)'s "reconsideration" provision encompasses all records that …
21-432 Adolfo R. Arellano v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) 38-usc-5110 disability-benefits disability-compensation equitable-tolling federal-circuit irwin-v-department-of-veterans-affairs judicial-review statutory-deadline veterans veterans-benefits (1) Does Irwin's rebuttable presumption of equitable tolling apply to the one-year statutory deadline in 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1) for seeking retroactiv…
21-234 Kevin R. George v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-08-17 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-interpretation clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error disability-claim plain-meaning pro-veteran-system statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invali…
21-5195 M. T. Q. v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-07-26 Denied IFP child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-benefits state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. In Rose v. Rose , 481 U.S. 619, 641-642 (1987), Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion: "I am not persuaded that if the Administrator [now…
21-44 Kevin Lee Boutte v. Yvonne Renea Boutte Louisiana 2021-07-13 Denied disability-pay federal-preemption federal-statute military-benefits military-powers res-judicata supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-rights The Supreme Court of Louisiana denied Petitioner's appeal on purely state law grounds of estoppel and res judicata in affirming a Court of Appeals' op…
20-1691 Paul E. Robinson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review veterans-benefits 1) Did the court of appeals violate constitutional rights of "Due process " and "Equal protection " when it deferred to the BVA and failed to review a…
20-1532 Diana Garvey v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-regulation chevron-deference judicial-review plain-meaning statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits willful-misconduct Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Nat. Res. Def. Council Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 842 (1984), held, the first question when interpreting a statute is "whether Congr…
20-1521 Yann Iannucci v. Macomb County Friend of the Court Michigan 2021-04-30 Denied child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. In Rose v. Rose, 481 U.S. 619, 641-642 (1987), Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion: "I am not persuaded that if the Administrator [now…
20-1511 Dax Elliot Carpenter v. Julie Elizabeth Carpenter Michigan 2021-04-28 Denied child-support disability-benefits federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause va-benefits veterans-benefits 1. Congress's enumerated military powers preempt all state law concerning disposition of military benefits. Howell v. Howell, 137 S. Ct. 1400, 1404, 1…
20-1271 Daryl R. Blanton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied Response Waived 38-usc-5109a administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error due-process federal-circuit judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Is the Cook standard to establish CUE in a VA decision erroneously restrictive?
20-1148 Robert M. Sellers v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Amici (4) civil-rights claim-scope disability-compensation due-process pro-veteran-canon service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When a veteran has submitted an application for disability benefits, does the veteran's claim encompass all reasonably identifiable conditions within …
20-1139 Florence Jones v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-decision agency-decision-making circuit-split due-process federal-circuit judicial-review retrospective-elaboration veterans-affairs veterans-benefits When a federal agency fails contemporaneously to explain its reasons for an action, the law speaks of two options. One is for the agency to act anew. …
20-851 Roger Hawes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-28 Denied 42-usc-1983 commingled-funds disability-benefits due-process inmate-trust-fund preemption section-1983 section-5301 statutory-protection veterans-benefits 1. The Fifth Circuit held that veterans' disability benefits deposited in Petitioner's inmate trust fund (ITF) account are not protected from being us…
20-5659 Gabriel M. Robles v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication extraordinary-writ mandamus-petition standing veterans-benefits Did the fact that a response from the Respondent was not required in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims cause the court to assume the Petitioner…
20-267 Sean Braunstein v. Jericka Braunstein New Hampshire 2020-09-02 Denied Relisted (2) child-support disability-benefits federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction military-compensation military-powers supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-judicial-review-act 1. Where Congress's enumerated military powers preempt all state law concerning disposition of military benefits, and Congress has not affirmatively g…
20-5305 Ronnie Smith v. New York State Child Support Processing Center, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support child-support-garnishment erisa erisa-exemption federal-pension federal-pension-funds garnishment income-protection intergovernmental-tax-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. Whether the statutes 29 UCS Section 1001 et seq., ERISA insulated Petitioner 's federal pension funds in a account which is not taxable exempt from…
19-8165 Tanya Winters v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-benefits medical-cannabis veterans-benefits x <vx*x^c<A c'o'iV ^uoo-«- oP ^P(jvyor le^\ f. VhAI 0-50 ^5\4uxJi crvor^AA^ben^-Vs"? 4\k1 Wri^tCv^<■ >' varj''i— rcyA CjlV'atA ^ ?x'/ VnO ■x
19-7346 Peggy Jean Clark v. Department of the Army, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-action-review administrative-law benefits-revocation due-process federal-circuit-court judicial-review military-benefits procedural-error property-rights retroactive-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the Appeals Court err in its judgment affirming the retroactive revocation of benefits on the premise that the initial determination granting …
19-819 Alfred Procopio, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure equal-access-to-justice equal-access-to-justice-act haas-v-peake judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation substantially-justified veterans-benefits I. Whether This Court Should Grant Certiorari to Resolve an Important Point of Law Concerning the Applicability of the "Substantially Justified" Stand…
19-801 Eddie N. Dela Cruz v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law eligibility-criteria federal-circuit filipino-veterans military-service pro-veteran-canon remedial-legislation service-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits wwii Whether the Federal Circuit has erred in its narrow construction of ARRA Section 1002—a remedial veteran's statute providing a benefit for Filipinos w…
19-604 Ernest L. Francway, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law burden-of-proof department-of-veterans-affairs due-process federal-circuit judicial-presumption medical-examination medical-examiner medical-expertise presumption-of-competency pro-claimant va-medical-examiners veterans-benefits Congress has established a veterans-benefits system that is uniquely pro-claimant. In veterans-benefit cases, every statutory and regulatory presumpti…
19-6494 Sandra J. Staten v. D.R. Horton Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights credit-opportunity-act discrimination due-process fair-housing-act housing-discrimination racial-discrimination veterans-benefits veterans-rights 1. Whether due process was afforded to the Petitioner in this cause under the Fair Housing Act and under Code 15 U.S. Code § 1691, know as the Credit …
18-8953 Carol J. Morris v. Noel Francisco, Solicitor General of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction just-compensation standing statutory-interpretation takings veterans-benefits MUR OF HER ENTITLEM ENT TO JUST COMPENSATUOU: PUESUAUT TO.TITIE 28 USC 13.58, EMWENT DOMAW STATUTE (RE:MCAD V. CREOL JOHNENE MORRIS, TP13106, FUOO OCT…
18-1319 Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims Should the 120 day deadline stated in 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a) for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims be equitably tolled where the …
18-8716 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 107th-congress congressional-act constitutional-provisions employment-rights federal-funding job-placement jurisdiction public-law public-law-107-288 state-obligations state-services statutory-provisions us-jobs-for-veterans-act veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-services WHAT IS THE US JOBS FOR VETERANS ACT (Public Law 107-288, 107th Congress)? WHAT SERVICES ARE OWED TO ALL VETERANS BY STATES THAT ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDI…
18-7604 Jacques Paul Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP civil-rights confidentiality confidentiality-statute due-process mailroom-search medical-records medical-records-privacy prisoner-rights privacy privacy-rights veterans-affairs veterans-benefits 1. Military veterans' medical records are privileged and confidential under 38 U.S.C.A. § 5701, 5705, and 7332. Petitioner - a military veteran and a …
18-519 Joseph A. Jennings, III v. Susan W. Jennings Ohio 2018-10-19 Denied agent-orange disability-compensation domestic-relations federal-law federal-preemption howell-v-howell preemption service-connected-disability spousal-support state-law veterans-benefits veterans-disability-benefits Whether in light of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Howell v. Howell, 137 S Ct. 1400 (2017), veterans disability compensation may l…
18-448 Estate of Jerry West, Deceased v. Department of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1447 38-usc-511 administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction probate-exception remand subject-matter-jurisdiction veterans-affairs veterans-benefits 1) whether the United States District Court correctly held that the Kentucky probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over the disability award in que…
18-346 Estate of Jason Allen Smallwood v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction implied-contract implied-in-fact-contract jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar scheuer-v-rhodes sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tucker-act veterans-benefits 1. In the face of Scheuer v. Rhodes, whether the trial court could have properly determined that the Estate's complaint must fail? 2. Whether 38 U.S.…
18-15 James L. Kisor v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2018-07-02 Judgment Issued Amici (33) administrative-law agency-deference ambiguous-regulation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review regulatory-interpretation retroactive-benefits statutory-interpretation substantive-canons veterans-benefits 1. Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock. 2. Alternatively, whether Auer deference should yield to a substantive canon of construc…