cruel-punishment

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5060 Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Pennsylvania 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment eighth-amendment furman-v-georgia mandatory-minimum parole parole-review second-degree-murder sentencing-guidelines sentencing-statutes After being rebuked for forbidden cruelty by this Court's own landmark 1972 Furman decision, Pennsylvania's sentencing statutes enacted in response to…
23-7591 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied IFP access-to-counsel access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment execution-procedure prisoner-rights 1. Whether given the unique pattern in Alabama's recent executions, in which Defendants have misrepresented critical facts and prohibited access to co…
23-6512 Douglas Wayne Sokell v. David Pedro, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review life-sentence prisoner-detention recidivism sentencing three-strikes-law Question not identified.
21-8006 Charles A. Inko-Tariah v. Federal Medical Center Butner, NC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment medical-malpractice unreasonable-search-and-seizure 1) Was the U.S Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia correct in affirming the decision of the U.S District Court, EDNC, Raleigh,…
21-7250 Michael Ray Fortuna v. Robert Hudgins, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment disability-accommodations due-process eighth-amendment inmate-safety isolation-conditions medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights Question not identified.
21-5165 Robert Allen Custard v. Scott Crow, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment double-jeopardy due-process imprisonment legal-detention multiple-punishments united-states-constitution Because -as admitted by both lower Courts appealled from (wDOK and 1oth Cir.)i.e., Please see both Federal [and Oklahoma state] Qrders @ APPENDIX A-D,…
20-7718 Deidre Antoinette Pierre v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP adolescent-brain-science constitutional-rights cruel-punishment eighth-amendment life-without-parole miller-mandate rs-15-574-4-d sentencing-discretion 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 20, of the Louisiana Constitution prohibits the imposition of…
20-7578 Valentin Spataru v. Rick Ramsay, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment detention-conditions due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal official-conspiracy standing 1. Whether the Courts may or may not dismiss an Appeal and Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis on Appeal when the Appellant has not paid the docket fe…
20-7435 Steven G. Knickerbocker v. Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process evidence-destruction excessive-force federal-crime judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct medical-care VIOLATING Federal law, then sever beating Knickerbocker in a cell, by Sgt Wilson and 6 deputies, in Outagamie jail. Judge Vincent R. Biskupic had me b…
20-7342 In Re Christopher Vigliotti 2021-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment covid-19 covid-19-risk cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus prison-conditions SHOULD THE COURT ISSUE AN EMERGENCY WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS REQUIRING RESPONDENT'S TO RELEASE PETITIONER DUE TO THE FACT COVID-19 AND ITS VARIANTS PRESE…
19-7969 Embery J. McBride v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conviction cruel-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial fraud fundamental-fairness indictment-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection presentment sentencing special-presentment standing WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD GRANT THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ON THE FOLLOWING Q…
19-6649 Alfred L. Brooks v. Dean Borders, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment dismissed-allegations double-jeopardy due-process extrajudicial-proceeding extrajudicial-proceedings parole parole-hearing plea-agreement 1) Can state District Attorney 's Office and/or California Board of Parole Hearings utilize Parole Consideration Hearings as extrajudicial proceeding…
19-6191 K. N., et ux. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Montana 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 1st-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process fifth-amendment freedom-of-religion parental-rights religious-discrimination self-incrimination state-action state-overreach 1. Did the state's demands that the parents admit guilt violate their Constitutional rights under the 5th Amendment? Note: Both the Treatment Plan an…
18-9191 Jerome Allen Bargo v. Raymond Naylor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP contradictory-evidence cruel-punishment cvsa cvsa-test disciplinary-action due-process eighth-amendment inmate-rights prison-conditions prison-discipline unsupported-evidence Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Bargo's CVSA tests results constituted "some evidence" to support disciplinary action, even though the resu…