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In Re Rahul Dev Manchanda
IFP petition
Questions presented
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Whether the Second Circuit may impose a permanent sanctions based filing bar not authorized by statute or rule, thereby creating a new jurisdictional barrier to appellate review.
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Whether the Second Circuit may refuse to accept judicial misconduct complaints under 28 U.S.C. §§ 351-364, nullifying Congress’s statutory oversight scheme.
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Whether indefinite withholding of rulings constitutes denial of access to courts, contrary to Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 (1977).
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Whether sua sponte abstention and dismissal of constitutional claims without adversarial testing violates Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976).
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Whether dismissal for “non payment” despite payment constitutes a structural due process violation.
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Whether the cumulative pattern across multiple federal proceedings demonstrates systemic constitutional suppression warranting this Court’s intervention..
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rahul Dev Manchanda
For respondent
Barbara Dale Underwood
New York Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Oct 01 2026Waiver of right of respondents Reardon, Shea, Dopico, Acosta, Ramseur, and Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department to respond filed.
- Aug 18 2026Petition for a writ of mandamus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 1, 2026)