geneva-conventions
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-8474 | Glen Plourde v. Maine, et al. | First Circuit | 2021-07-01 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts geneva-conventions international-law judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation standing torture | Does the continual refusal of the Federal Court System (District and Circuit Court of Appeals) to address the judicially noticeable fact that the Peti… |
| 18-1071 | Brandi K. Stokes v. Timothy Martin Sulak | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-19 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process geneva-conventions international-law legal-notice prisoner-of-war procedural-waiver standing treaty-interpretation waiver war-crimes | Whether rights secured by the Geneva Conventions can be waived by inadequate briefing or late notice. |
| 18-833 | Brandi K. Stokes v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-03 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure geneva-conventions international-law judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-review subject-matter subject-matter-characterization subject-matter-jurisdiction treaty-obligations united-states-courts | Whether a United States Court of Appeals may rely upon the subject matter characterizations of a lower court to avoid jurisdiction to review a claim f… |
| 18-550 | Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-26 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-1447d civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction geneva-conventions grave-breaches international-law preemption removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction war-crimes | Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) is preempted by international law for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva conventions. |
| 18-470 | Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-12 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights geneva-conventions international-law jurisdiction sovereign-immunity treaty-interpretation war-crimes | Whether the United States has sovereign immunity for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. Whether the United States has jurisdi… |