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Bridget Gilmore v. Walmart, Incorporated
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 26-30022 · judgment February 26, 2026
Questions presented
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Whether a federal appellate court violates procedural due process and structural integrity when administrative personnel exceed their ministerial authority under Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 25 and 27 by retroactively altering and backdating an official electronic docket, thereby artificially defeating the statutory tolling effects of a pro se litigant’s timely post-judgment motions under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4.
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Whether a federal appellate court denies procedural due process under Mathews v. Eldridge and departs from the accepted course of judicial proceedings by affirming a summary dismissal of Title VII civil rights claims based exclusively upon unauthenticated, extra-record submissions, while completely suppressing a pro se litigant’s certified Record on Appeal—which contained exculpatory witness and law enforcement records—in violation of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.
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Whether gross attorney abandonment and constructive fraud constitute "extraordinary circumstances" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6), severing the principal agent relationship and entitling an innocent, self-represented litigant to relief from judgment, an issue over which the federal circuits are deeply divided.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bridget Gilmore
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Jun 22 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2026)