| 25A927 |
Lowery Wilkinson Lowery, LLC, et al. v. Illinois, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-02-19 |
Application |
|
americans-with-disabilities-act federal-rule-civil-procedure-41 personal-jurisdiction sanctions ultra-vires void-ab-initio |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6485 |
Michelle Renee Morton v. Iowa |
Iowa |
2026-01-06 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-proceedings due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-defect structural-error void-ab-initio |
1. Whether a conviction initiated by a warrant issued by a magistrate who is later adjudicated not neutral and detached, constitutes a structural juri… |
| 25-258 |
Zante, Inc., dba Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria v. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development |
Michigan |
2025-09-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-contempt equal-protection fundamental-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause void-ab-initio |
ISSUE I.
ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS VOID
AB INITIO REQUIRING RETROSPECTIVE
TREATMENT OF OPINIONS AFFECTING
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS?
ISSUE II.
DO MICHIGA… |
| 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… |
| 24-5702 |
James Robert Bailey v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-procedure district-court good-faith-exception legal-error void-ab-initio warrant-validity |
Whether the district erred by applying the good-faith exception to a warrant that was void ab initio? |
| 24-5232 |
Christopher N. Queen v. James Phelan, et al. |
Kansas |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11-usc-362 11-usc-524 automatic-stay-violation bankruptcy-stay circuit-court-split constitutional-violation due-process federal-injunction jurisdiction-challenge void-ab-initio void-judgment voidable |
Question One: Whether the five trespasser respondents with primary
responsibility for their jurisdiction across 22 years acting in the complete absenc… |
| 23A901 |
Carl Gordon v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Presumed Complete |
|
california-constitution conflict-of-interest constitutional-authority false-claims-act gubernatorial-recall void-ab-initio |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6266 |
Jeremy Lynn Kerr v. Robert Pollex, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights collateral-attack due-process federal-review rooker-feldman subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio |
Rooker-Feldman
(1) Whether the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine barres a collateral attack on void abiinitio state court judgment rendered without subject mat… |
| 23-6193 |
Steven Vincent Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
brady-material criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity warrantless-search |
Does the determination that a warrant is void ab initio, rendering the resultant search of the Petitioner's residence warrantless (and thus unreasonab… |
| 23A268 |
Patrick Lockhart v. Karen Lockhart |
West Virginia |
2023-09-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
due-process equal-protection equitable-distribution extrinsic-fraud judicial-recusal void-ab-initio |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7697 |
Kenneth Brown, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
act-84 civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio |
I. Whether Act B4, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9728(b)(5) is Unconstitutional
on its Face as Violative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Constitution and/or the … |
| 22-6020 |
John M. Esposito v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federalism legal-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute |
IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA VIOLATING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY PROSECUTING AND CONVICTING U.S. CITIZENS UNDER § 794.011, FLORIDA STATUTES, A VOID… |
| 22-5238 |
M. Stephen Minix, Sr. v. Charity Stone, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceeding judicial-immunity osborne-v standing state-case-law stump-v-sparkman void-ab-initio |
Did Respondent Judge issue rulings on Respondent Stone's claim that were void ab initio and taken without judicial immunity under Stump v. Sparkman be… |
| 22-59 |
Paul Nunu v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment ab-initio constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction first-amendment privileges-or-immunities rooker-feldman state-court-judgments void-ab-initio |
1. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars inferior Federal Courts from voiding State Court judgments that are void ab initio under State and Federal… |
| 21-7017 |
Kenneth Lynn Funkhouser v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-preemption habeas-corpus habeas-jurisprudence indian-lands jurisdictional-challenge mcbratney-draper-rule public-law-83-280 retroactivity-jurisprudence subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio |
Does Oklahoma's 1906 Federal Enabling Act preempt the State from exercising jurisdiction over "Indian lands"—despite race—thus rendering petitioner's … |
| 21-527 |
Jeffery Mitchell v. Leonta Jackson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
|
aedpa buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations void-ab-initio void-statute |
1) Has the Supreme Court of the United States Abandoned its own precedent in Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425, 6 S.Ct. 1121, 30 L.Ed. 178 (1886),… |
| 21-5869 |
In Re Abdul Mohammed |
|
2021-10-04 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure executive-committee judicial-transfer nunc-pro-tunc standing transfer venue void-ab-initio |
1) whether the 7th Circuit shall transfer pending Appeal # 20-2419 and Appeal # 21-1591 to a different circuit;
2) whether the Orders of the Executiv… |
| 20-1555 |
Ruth McLean v. 800 DC, LLC, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-07 |
Denied |
|
due-process fraud fraudulent-measures jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment void void-ab-initio |
Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, federal district courts lack jurisdiction to hear cases seeking review of judgments issued by state courts. In this… |
| 20-7570 |
David Travis Frazier v. Herbert H. Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-review limitations-period standing statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-judgment |
When a Court enters a judgment that is later determined to be void ab-initio, and a petitioner appeals from that decision, does that start the limitat… |
| 20-1118 |
Robert Grundstein v. Lamoille Superior Docket Entries/Orders, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman standing state-court-review void-ab-initio |
RESOLVE CIRCUIT SPLITS WITH RESPECT TO "ROOKER-FELDMAN" FRAUD EXCEPTION
Should the Circuit Splits with respect to the Rooker-Feldman Fraud Exception … |
| 20-6136 |
Owen W. Barnaby v. Bret Witkowski, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment collateral-attack due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court rule-60b subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-practice-of-law void-ab-initio void-judgment |
Does federal district courts on a motion/rule 60(b), (1); (2); (3); (4); (5); (6), and (d) (1), (3) prohibited from reversing its Judgment which is pr… |
| 20-5942 |
John Tran v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federal-criminal-procedure good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-error rule-41 search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity |
1. Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule where the government violated Fed. R. Crim. P. 41 i… |
| 20-433 |
Mark Anthony Jenkins v. Timothy O'Rourke, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
child-custody-dispute civil-rights conspiracy de-novo-review due-process judicial-conspiracy res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983-lawsuit subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio |
The federal district and circuit courts failed to conduct a de novo review and incorrectly denied jurisdiction to this 42 U.S.C.* sec. 1983 lawsuit. I… |
| 19-1423 |
George Vortman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity |
Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab init… |
| 19-8665 |
Anthony Jackson v. Supreme Court of Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-continuance constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ends-of-justice judicial-supervisory-authority speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights supervisory-authority trial-tolling unconstitutional void-ab-initio |
1. Whether a court's supervisory authority empowers the court to toll the speedy trial terms in cases not before the court?
a. Whether such supervisor… |
| 19-7579 |
Philip G. Barry v. Thomas Perkins, et ux. |
Second Circuit |
2020-02-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments void-ab-initio |
Whether the so-called "Rooker-Feldman Doctrine" strips
bankruptcy and other lower federal courts of jurisdiction to
avoid or otherwise declare a sta… |
| 19-7509 |
In Re Lawrence E. Mattison |
|
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
all-writs-act ends-of-justice federal-enclave federal-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice state-conviction supremacy-clause void-ab-initio |
Whether 28 U.S.C. §1651 (the All writs Act") allows this court authority to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus when a clear interference with a Federal pro… |
| 19-6139 |
Jermaine Stevenson v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Michigan |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-court juvenile-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-court-procedure transfer void-ab-initio waiver-hearing |
Has Due Process of law been violated, where a child within the permanent custody and jurisdiction of the state Juvenile court is charged as an adult i… |
| 19-6008 |
David W. Tippens v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-jurisdiction search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity |
Does the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply when the police search and seize property pursuant to a warrant that is void ab init… |
| 19-5444 |
Andrew Blake Moorehead v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception jurisdiction jurisdiction-limitation network-investigative-technique void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity |
1. When a warrant is void ab initio, does the Good-Faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply?
2. Does a Network Investigative Technique (NIT) wa… |
| 19-5339 |
James Kenneth Ganzer, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
authority exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception magistrate-authority magistrate-judge search-warrant void-ab-initio |
Can the good faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule apply to a search warrant that was void ab initio, and therefore without lega… |
| 18-9562 |
Shawn Michael Simms v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio |
Ground I. Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in 'denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statu… |
| 18-1291 |
Linda Thurman, et al. v. Judicial Correction Services, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-courts judicial-review jurisdiction municipal-court private-probation probation-order rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-judgment void-ab-initio |
Whether Rooker–Feldman doctrine applies when the underlying state-court judgment is void ab initio. |
| 18-8039 |
James Barstad v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-02-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus invasion jurisdiction legal-standing suspension venue void-ab-initio war |
Has the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus been suspended in Americas If so, what entity has declared war against and invaded America?
Could STATE OF WASHIN… |
| 18-7284 |
Roger Leon Barlow v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-pa-c-s-a-9541 constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act re-sentencing sentencing void-ab-initio |
Ground I. Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statut… |
| 18-6774 |
Jimmy L. Thompson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession firearm-charges predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute |
Whether a conviction based on a statute that has been held void ab initio can be used to increase punishment as a predicate felony pursuant to 18 U.S.… |
| 18-522 |
Michael Ishee v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2018-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-pornography civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech mens-rea scienter separation-of-powers void-ab-initio |
Governmental regulation of First Amendment rights, particularly freedom of speech and expression, draws close constitutional scrutiny since these righ… |
| 18-6116 |
Anthony Allen Jean v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment computer-searches exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception law-enforcement search search-and-seizure standing united-states-v-leon void-ab-initio warrant warrant-validity |
I. Can the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule announced by this Court in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), be applied in cases in… |
| 18-6017 |
William Robey v. Washington |
Washington |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act conspiracy-against-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-mandate void-ab-initio |
Is the KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT mandated to obey the Washington State Supreme court ruling of 1988- CrR 3.1(b)(2)?
Is violation of Washington State… |
| 18-5414 |
Keith William Deichert v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction objective-reasonableness rule-41 search-warrant void-ab-initio |
Does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to a search warrant that is issued by a judge without jurisdiction, rendering the warrant… |
| 18-5279 |
Jonathan Hayhoe v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement-conduct magistrate-powers qualified-immunity search-and-seizure suppression suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity |
1. Whether conduct by law enforcement in securing a void in initio warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment was grossly negligent, thereby preclud… |
| 18-5243 |
Curumulathu Jacob v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2018-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction notice-clause sixth-amendment stare-decisis void-ab-initio |
Can a state maintain a judgment which was entered absent jurisdiction under its own stare decisis ruling and which is a violation of the Sixth Amendme… |
| 18-5027 |
Mark O. Wright v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-defendant criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judgment-enforcement legal-procedure lesser-included-offense sentencing sixth-amendment state-supreme-court void-ab-initio void-judgment |
1. Can a state Supreme Court enforce a judgment against a criminal defendant for an offense that was never charged and which was not a lesser included… |