No. 20-5205

Jamaal A. Lewis, Sr. v. Hector Joyner, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights disability-benefits due-process military-sexual-trauma veterans-affairs
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the U.S. Parole Commission has the authority to determine the parole eligibility date of federally-transferred military inmates.

Whether the term "exclusive" in the different appellate circuits have the authority to interpret the interpretation restricted by previous rulings.

Whether the repealed Sentencing Reform Act applies to federally-transferred military inmate's parole eligibility date — whether the appellate courts have to enforce it.

Whether the U.S. Parole Commission's Standards and Procedures Manual is the authority for the parole eligibility dates of federally-transferred military inmates.

Whether 10 USC §858(a) incorporates considerations of federally-transferred military prisoners under the Sentencing Reform Act.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has the authority to determine claims for disability benefits based on military sexual trauma

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent Joyner, Hector to respond filed.
2020-07-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Jamaal Lewis
Jamaal Lewis Sr. — Petitioner
Joyner, Hector
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent