fairness-doctrine

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5558 Bryant D. Aron v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP fairness-doctrine federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plea-agreement review-standard sentencing 1) Plea agreements under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C) bind a district court if the court accepts the agreement. A district court can also reject the a…
22-554 Anna St. John v. Lisa Jones, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) class-action cy-pres fairness fairness-doctrine first-amendment forum-shopping property-interest rule-23 settlement-approval Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may approve a settlement as "fair, reasonable, and adequate" under Rule 23(e)(2) when it pays a substantial…
21-8236 Edward Toliver v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fairness-doctrine plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines Are plea agreement appeal waivers that forfeit a criminal defendant's right to challenge errors in the district court's interpretation and application…
21-521 Foster Wheeler, LLC, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. California 2021-10-08 Denied civil-procedure deposition-time-limit due-process fairness fairness-doctrine judicial-remedies mesothelioma mesothelioma-litigation time-limits Where a mesothelioma plaintiff sues more than 100 defendants, and the plaintiff's health would not be endangered by the deposition process, does newly…
19-6376 Josue Osvaldo Solis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal construction criminal-procedure due-process fairness fairness-doctrine plea-agreement sentence-appeal sentencing waiver waiver-of-rights 1. Whether, consistent with the Due Process Clause, a defendant can knowingly waive the right to appeal his sentence when his purported waiver occurs …
19-5673 Dennis Calo v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Ohio 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fairness-doctrine judicial-discretion judicial-review ohio-constitution parole parole-board standing state-constitution state-courts ARE OHIO'S COURTS PERFORMING A 'FRONT OPERATION TO SHIELD OHIO'S PAROLE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION FROM EXPOSURE FOR CORRUP…
18-6113 Frank J. Ballesteros v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines criminal-procedure fairness fairness-doctrine integrity judicial-proceedings judicial-review post-conviction-relief pro-se-applicant public-reputation resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. Should this Court grant review of the court of appeals' decision based on this Court's subsequent decision in Rosales-Mireles v. United States that…