No. 23-5832

William R. Abbott v. Loretta Otis-Sanders, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights crack-cocaine criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing federal-statute-of-limitations first-step-act prison-rape-elimination-act retroactivity
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the State of Louisiana Constitution's Equal Protection Clause embodies through the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Federal statute of limitation terms where State at Common law was benchmarked under an Act of Congress.

Whether the Prison Rape Elimination Act appends a private right of action upon Federal prisoners under the Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause holding liable prison officials whom violate its terms.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether the State of Louisiana Constitution's Equal Protection Clause embodies through the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2023-10-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 17, 2023)

Attorneys

Federal Respondents
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
William R. Abbott
William R. Abbott — Petitioner