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Joseph Anthony Daniels v. Vincent Gore, Medical Doctor

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-6710 · judgment January 28, 2025


Dismissed · October 6, 2025

Question presented

SHOULD THE APPEALS COURT HAVE ORDERED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ON PLAINTIFF TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS CLAIM OF HAVING PROSTATE CANCER, WHICH FACT BECAME EVIDENT BY DEFENDANT, VINCENT GORE, M.D., THROUGH DISCOVERY EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE COURT? DID ATTORNEY, ERIKA W. KOPP, ENTER AN APPEARANCE WITH THE COURT TO ACT ON DEFENDANT, VINCENT GORE'S BEHALF, PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULE 11(a), PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE COURT AND FORWARDING PLAINTIFF DOCUMENTS DATED DECEMBER 18, 2023, WHICH DOCUMENTS WERE "VINCENT GORE, M.D.S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT", A"ROSEBORO NOTICE" AND "VINCENT GORE, M.D.S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT"? SHOULD THE COURT HAVE HELD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO REVIEW THE MEDICAL DISK IN PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL RECORD FROM JOHN RANDOPH HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS EVALUATED, WHICH DISK'S RESULTS WOULD HAVE CONFIRMED OR DENIED PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM OF SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL HEALTH ISSUES RESULTING FROM CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph A. Daniels

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
  2. Jun 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. May 08 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 16, 2025)