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25-717 Carlos Jackson v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-12-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus incarceration judicial-order state-action Whether the State of Mississippi can effectively suspend habeas corpus and incarcerate Carlos Jackson using an invalid order.
25-6238 Gregory Webb v. Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2025-11-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights incarceration ineffective-assistance legal-procedure post-conviction pro-se Question not identified.
25-6073 Brett Alan James Talmadge v. Superintendent, Goose Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit 2025-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstention-doctrine court-appointed-counsel habeas-corpus incarceration pro-se-pleading speedy-trial I. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court for the District of Alaska's dismissal of Mr…
25-5489 Peter Fowler v. Correctional Officer Lucas Bohnert, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-27 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment equal-protection incarceration plra sexual-abuse I. WHETHER "EQUAL PROTECTION" APPLIED TO ELDER INMATES UNDER [SEXUAL ABUSED] WHILE INCARCERATED (14TH AMEND. U.S.CONST.) II. WHETHER U.S.COURT OF AP…
25-131 David C. L. Walton v. Ashley Nehls Seventh Circuit 2025-08-04 Denied consent constitutional-rights eighth-amendment incarceration prison-official sexual-misconduct Whether the Eighth Amendment, which is interpreted according to "evolving standards of decency," permits a contrary rule that treats an incarcerated p…
25-31 Benjamin Adams v. Lloyd Arnold, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-07-09 Denied disciplinary-segregation due-process incarceration liberty-deprivation wilkinson-v-austin wolff-v-mcdonnell The Question Presented is whether incarcerated individuals facing disciplinary segregation that amounts to a deprivation of liberty are entitled the a…
24A1289 Kriston Price v. Ohio Ohio 2025-06-26 Presumed Complete extension-of-time incarceration legal-representation pro-se supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-7241 Michael Rech v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP body-worn-camera incarceration restitution right-to-counsel speedy-trial suppression 1. Was petitioner deprived of his right to counsel of choice by virtue of the lack of timely notice to him that funds had been released with which he …
24A667 Shariff Butler, et al. v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-01-08 Presumed Complete incarceration page-limit pro-se procedural-obstacles supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A643 Erick Alfredo Peralta v. Texas Texas 2024-12-30 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal incarceration legal-resources pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A644 Shedrick Thornton v. Tina Y. Clinton, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Presumed Complete due-process incarceration judicial-representation plea-proceedings sentencing time-served-credit Question not identified.
24A561 Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-09 Presumed Complete criminal-defendant discretionary-appeal extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis incarceration pro-se Question not identified.
24A442 Dale Scott Heineman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure due-process incarceration peonage restitution sentencing Question not identified.
24A376 Robert Dorgay v. Paul Reif, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-10-21 Presumed Complete certiorari incarceration law-library legal-research pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
24-5448 Karl D. Drew v. Stephen Smith, Acting Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizen-protections constitutional-rights due-process forensic-system incarceration maximum-state L),£}o-e_& R>XfT7ovn-$_R , -/-/-£) v-e_~tf-j 7o (o-e_ Pi^Rol^-b, isJ-N-ej^n Xl /_^k/ ejsn&ilS;*bsn£) STAT-e^ P&F&I jl. P, 0. t-Po€_S F^jsi < (10tO£_…
24A137 Shariff Butler, et al. v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete appellate-process extension-of-time incarceration pro-se supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-7586 Christopher Eugean Brown v. Sergeant Ashley Kern Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure free-speech incarceration judicial-discretion standing takings Question not identified.
23A1051 Joseph Roach v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete incarceration legal-access pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-filing Question not identified.
23-7151 Carolyn Sioux Green v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services, et al. Washington 2024-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chemical-lobotomy civil-commitment constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-representation statute-of-limitations 1. Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be applied to a case of which the central concern is a violation of the constitutional right to due proces…
23-7094 Tyshawn Shepard v. Ohio Ohio 2024-03-28 Denied IFP administrative-agency administrative-extension criminal-sentencing due-process incarceration incarceration-findings jury-trial post-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment Does the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to trial by jury allow prison administrators to use their own post-conviction factual findings as the …
23-7071 Joseph Kelvin Aberant v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion advanced-age age-consideration criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit-review incarceration medical-conditions sentencing sentencing-variance variance I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by affirming the District Court's abuse of discretion by its failure to give Mr. Aberant a variance sentence and a…
23-6638 Trent Drexel Howard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process extradition government-delay governmental-delay incarceration sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-protections speedy-trial speedy-trial-clause Did the Ninth Circuit err by failing to treat "undue and oppressive incarceration" and "anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation" as the maj…
23A706 Juan Luis Leonor v. Diana Sabatka-Rine, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2024-01-31 Presumed Complete certiorari incarceration legal-resources pro-se procedural-barriers supreme-court-rules Question not identified.
23A680 Robert J. Rice v. United States Third Circuit 2024-01-23 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure federal-appeal incarceration legal-review third-circuit writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A620 Christopher J. Pratt v. United States Second Circuit 2024-01-04 Presumed Complete access-to-courts covid-19 first-amendment incarceration legal-mail prison-law-library Question not identified.
23-6365 Rodney Adam Hurdsman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied IFP critical-stage incarceration plea-bargain presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-period right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial I. Whether the pretrial period between the time the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches to the start of trial is a critical stage of the proceed…
23-6300 Richard Paiva v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2023-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-protection due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration parole parole-eligibility sentence sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are the protections of the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause triggered, when an incarcerated person has a statutory right to be parole-eligible during…
23-6198 William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration medical-parole patent prisoner-rights standing state-law Question not identified.
23-488 Bruce R. Sands, Jr. v. Patricia V. Bradley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied 28-usc-2241 constitutional-conditions federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-claims jurisdiction prisoner-rights release unconstitutional-conditions Whether federal courts have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 over a petition for habeas corpus alleging that a prisoner's unconstitutional conditio…
23-5676 Terry Wayne King, II v. Texas Texas 2023-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure employer-property employment fourth-amendment incarceration privacy privacy-expectation search-and-seizure transportation trucking-industry Does a person have a legitimate expectation of privacy in a tractor trailer truck cab that serves as his home while he is on the road working for an e…
23-5132 Alfredo Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release covid-19-risk district-court extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances incarceration medical-vulnerability SARS-CoV-2 scientific-assumptions May a district court rely upon its own medical or scientific assumptions about the risks associated with a novel virus such as SARS-CoV-2 to conclude …
22-7771 Jaden Rene Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-sentencing due-process federal-procedure incarceration liberty liberty-deprivation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court unreasonably sentenced Petitioner to a higher than necessary sentence by denying Petitioner's points for acceptance of resp…
22-7643 Nathaniel R. Webb v. Director Butler, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights communication-monitoring constitutional-rights due-process family-law fourth-amendment incarceration marriage privacy-violation spousal-communication unauthorized-access 1. Did the deferdants vote the US. Constitutional proections afforded to marital relationships by imposing a blanket loan of all forms oon onit ? 2. …
22-7523 Samuel Caison v. United States First Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment incarceration mental-health nature-of-crime personal-characteristics sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines Whether imposing a period of incarceration that is within the Sentencing Guidelines range can be considered cruel and unusual punishment when the offe…
22-7513 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. John Stone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment government-misconduct incarceration involuntary-treatment medical-consent medical-treatment state-law Question not identified.
22-7002 J. T. v. Maryland Maryland 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abandonment-neglect-abuse child-welfare due-process fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights vagueness 1. Does Maryland's adoption of "the best interest of the child" standard when adjudicating termination of parental rights cases conflict with the fir…
22-6918 Ralph Hall v. Darwin LeClaire, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-rights contempt counsel due-process incarceration judicial-review procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND SENTENCE REVIEW OF PRO-SE PLEADINGS WERE SELECTIVE RATHER THAN THE REQUIR…
22-6686 Jerad M. Ross v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process federal-statutes incarceration rehabilitation-act standing Whether State Prisoner incarceration For a Felony is Considered a disability under Federal statutes the Rehabilitation Act ("RA") and the Americans wi…
22-6474 Cody Jay Riley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process hiv incarceration penological-interests scientific-evidence 1. Does a state violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when incarcerating a person living with HIV outside of any penological interests? 2. When…
22-6451 Dwayne Edmond Wilson v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process incarceration judicial-delay liberty speedy-trial 'rial Rtijkl®rfefefl£t- »to *r& %) (pn)oLCdo^ ^poJyTflcA Claim ufctWI (Je fab \nqty\&TtiCcttc mlpPn o r QppCc^s ^cTxrtCiCcjeici hb n X pfb'fed^ byfh& …
22-6390 Kristopher M. Voyles v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conditions due-process incarceration mental-health sex-offender Is the application of onerous sex offender conditions justified when the government agrees it has no circumstantial evidence of any inappropriate sexu…
22-5483 In Re Frank Michael Monte 2022-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration sentencing 1. Constitutionality of Petitioner's incarceration.
22-5374 In Re Darris Newsome 2022-08-19 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-admission incarceration incarceration-evidence judicial-discretion transfer-history Did refusal to allow Darris Antory Newsome certified and authenticated copy of a transfer history document severely hinder his ability to present his …
22-5335 Julius Wayne Baker v. Bryan K. Dobbs, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation federal-jurisdiction free-speech incarceration legal-jurisdiction miranda-rights standing Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2) How can the petitoner be in two places at once, when proving he was already Incarcerated in another county in the…
22-5130 Timothy J. Mazique v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrears child-support civil-procedure due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-review obligor-rights statutory-interpretation 1. The district court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Louisiana Supreme Court erred in finding the petitioner responsible for paying arrears in t…
22-5132 Joe Octavio Granado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences district-court incarceration liberty-deprivation liberty-interest revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the District Court, in revoking supervised release, excessively sentenced Petitioner with consecutive incarceration from an original concurren…
21-7936 Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP benefits civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus incarceration retroactive-rule section-2255 special-appointment standing substantive-law Does a disabled veterar have a "personal stake, interest, or standing" on seing that his wlthheld 20% bereFit, dve to his incarcerator, recelve a 'spe…
21-7817 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. Dentist, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process incarceration medical-care pro-se MAy I Be gAntd Cout Appointed LAWer or with u.s. MAAll An confined, I can't nnderstand how to get copies when the Conrt only Jent me One copy. Coming …
21-7467 Patrick Muraca v. Securities and Exchange Commission First Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts attorney-representation civil-rights court-deadlines due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration legal-access procedural-rules right-to-counsel speedy-trial 1. Does an incarcerated individual have the timely- and speedy right to an attorney before important court decisions are made, such missing a deadline…
21-7361 Terry G. Watson v. Karey L. Witty, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-14 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP ada administrative-procedure disability-accommodation federal-preemption health-care incarceration supremacy-clause title-38 title-38-benefits veterans-rights 1. Whéthér a veteran and his family are entitled to a policy by the Missouri Department of Corrections upholding statutory rights created under Title …
21-7322 James Earl Harper v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-agreement breach-of-contract criminal-procedure due-process government-contract government-motion incarceration plea-agreement sentencing 1. Whether the Government should have been bound by the provisions of the Plea Agreement as the Petitioner did not breach the provisions contained the…
21-6975 David James Lola v. Rick Ramsay, Sheriff, Monroe County, Florida Florida 2022-01-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration legal-resources prisoner-access Does an innocent citizen representing themself against criminal allegations, prior to trial have a due process right pursuant to the Fifth, Sixth, or …
21-6741 Jamor J. Demby v. County of Camden, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-tolling due-process incarceration legal-procedure standing statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations tolling Is the petitioner constitutionally entitled to the tolling of theStatute of limitation due to being a class member in a Previous class action ?. Is t…
21-6438 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina North Carolina 2021-11-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emergency-powers executive-order habitual-offenders incarceration pandemic-response public-health sentencing IS A CLASS OF CONVICTED HABITUAL FELONS, THAT HAVE COMPLETED THEIR LAWFUL MAXIMUM SENTENCES, ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASES IN ORDER TO …
21-6378 Severo Garcia-Meza v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law board-of-immigration-appeals civil-rights compassionate-release cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process immigration-law incarceration ineffective-assistance judicial-review sentencing l - At 0(S<ftAxS (Lozzt-sC /y\ 9~ 4Z-&~y 5cC.&p oiJ /V DCrf(r^PAtJT vj eJ/UGlfJM' ^^<Sl'PCt^C~ f/vom*-S f-J {$- <J,-S.C.i5S3C^ luJtfoi Oe«n<-*AtuhJCr …
21-5956 Nolan Nathaniel Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act incarceration notice resentencing sentencing-modification supervised-release I. Whether § 404 of the First Step Act allows a district court to impose a term of supervised release not previously imposed, as it was not a componen…
21-5626 Carnell Fitzpatrick v. Illinois Illinois 2021-09-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection incarceration prison-library-access Question not identified.
21-5624 Ryan Scott Kibble v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion chronic-health-conditions chronic-health-issues compassionate-release district-court-discretion global-pandemic incarceration pandemic-incarceration sentencing-modification Whether a district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant compassionate relief to defendant under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A)(i) where that d…
21-284 In Re Mathew Ryan Byrd 2021-08-27 Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit incarceration mandamus medical-conditions medical-risk I. This Court has long held that it, "has power to issue a mandamus, in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, and that the writ will lie in a pr…
21-5204 Walter Patrick v. Jimmy Thomas, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection incarceration standing statute-of-limitations "Did fcke Ek^&dh ^IrcLuV PWtkn&A VW4- ^Py'V i ik ii\i/vk/£/dV [ iA a e>Pik- uiPd ^Wciat,K u^Klok a. ^ekk'oAer fVWH A&£ke. PVY4 ?ror<£AurAl AdAUH- O…
20-7902 John Laponte v. California California 2021-04-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights contract-law criminal-procedure due-process excessive-punishment incarceration plea-agreement plea-bargaining punishment sentencing Is petitioner entitled to enforce the terms of his plea agreement; 1 . Is indefinite incarceration constitutional; 2 . What constitutes excessive pu…
20-7854 David Olson v. Stephanie Olson New York 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-division child-support civil-contempt conflicting-rulings downward-modification due-process incarceration legal-procedure Did the New York Appellate Division, First Department err in upholding the Trial Court for adjudging Petitioner in civil contempt and ordering incarce…
20-7846 Angel Ortiz v. Dennis Breslin, Superintendent, Queensboro Correctional Facility, et al. New York 2021-04-26 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (14)IFP due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment homelessness housing-restrictions incarceration indigence liberty parole 1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment prohibit prison authorities from indefinitely detaining supervisees based on an assumption that a municipality will n…
20-582 Shadreck Kifayatuthelezi v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied civil-rights compensation eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment incarceration qualified-immunity release-date seventh-amendment state-law I. Whether the Eighth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, and/or state law provide a source of compensation when an inmate is incarcerated past his l…
19-8723 Shane P. Irish v. Ohio Ohio 2020-06-17 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process incarceration indictment sixth-amendment speedy-trial waiver Whether the speedy trial guarantee of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to an accused serving a prison sentence on a prior offense?…
19-1380 Terry Lynn Olson v. Janis Amatuzio, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey incarceration incarceration-challenge section-1983 Whether a petitioner who has no available remedy in habeas, through no lack of diligence on his part, is barred by Heck from pursuing a Section 1983 c…
19-1321 In Re Cheryl A. Wolf, et al. 2020-05-29 Denied Relisted (2) bill-of-rights civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process false-claims incarcerated-prisoner incarceration ninth-amendment standing tucker-act 1. Respondent created Court Technicality reiterated false claim, incarcerated prisoner, common law originated U.S. Court Federal Claims case 04CV226! …
19-8377 Bobby Ray Knight v. Monterey County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act circuit-court civil-procedure due-process extensions federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus health-issues incarceration statutory-interpretation time-limitations ARE THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (FRAP) TOO RESTRICTIVE OR INFLEXIBLE IN RESOLVING IMPEDIMENTS TO TIMELY LITIGANTS HAMPERED BY THE CONJUNCTIVE…
19-1076 John L. Corrigan, Jr. v. City of Savage, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response Waived 1983-claim 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights custody due-process favorable-termination habeas habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey incarceration judicial-precedent section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of seven other circuits, that the favorable termination rule applies even if …
19-7628 Glen Gary Guyn v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cause-and-prejudice comity due-process finality fourth-amendment fundamental-injustice incarceration search-and-seizure unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure 1.) Whether Mr. Guyn 's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures was violated. 2.) Whether the principles of comity and fin…
19-7615 William E. Vukich v. Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-interpretation mistrial probation sentencing Question not identified.
19-7528 David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson Fourth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration innocence-claim legal-release parole recidivism rehabilitation sentencing IS APPELLANT ENITITLED TO RELEASE ON HISWN RECOGNANICES,AFTER DEMDNISTRATING NI.C.G.S.I4-7.I IS PATENTLY UNCANLSTITUTI ONAL COLORABLY SHAINIING HIS IN…
19-7304 Anthony Michael Salazar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure-appeal due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence incarceration judicial-review sentencing sentencing-error united-states-v-haymond The Court of Appeals erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability when Petitioner is incarcerated on an illegally-imposed sentence in light of Unit…
19-7196 Mark D. Zimmerman v. Texas Texas 2020-01-07 Denied IFP access-to-courts asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process incarceration judicial-discretion legal-resources pro-se standing state-courts supervisory-power its Supervisory Power over the lower State Court's sanctining of a departure from the aicepted ard usual course of judicial proceedings in regards to …
19-768 Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-damages civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process economic-loss exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search illegal-stop incarceration police-misconduct standing Whether a plaintiff whose fourth amendment rights have been violated may be automatically denied damages for subsequent incarceration, attorneys fees,…
19-6599 Walter D. Fairley v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights comity comity-and-finality due-process finality fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus incarceration standing statute-of-limitations time-barred 1.) Whether the Magistrate for the U.S. Eastern District Court of Louisiana erred when they issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that the p…
19-6423 Halisi Uhuru v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-proceeding mens-rea obstruction-of-justice rico rico-organization 1. The Appellant was improperly convicted of participating in a RICO organization, 18 U.S.C. §1962(d), because he was incarcerated during the vast maj…
19-6329 Jackie Lee Boyd v. Carol Monroe, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-treatment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-care prison-conditions (1) Is a constitutional right to be free of the wanton infliction of sei pain rendered void upon incarceration? (2) Is the denial of life sustaining …
19-6250 Father v. Maternal Grandparents Ohio 2019-10-10 Denied IFP adoption adoption-consent civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-law Under Ohio law, incarcerated parents who have actively sought to maintain a connection with their children cannot lose their children to adoption with…
19-5710 Chidi Ezeobi v. Jamal Jamison, Warden Third Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP credit criminal-procedure due-process extradition foreign-incarceration incarceration international-law sentence-credit sentencing sentencing-court sentencing-credit statutory-interpretation 1. Is Mr. Ezeobi entitled to seven months of credit toward his sentence for the time he was incarcerated in England awaiting extradition to the United…
19-5504 In Re Joel Diaz-Hinirio 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-testing conviction-integrity criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review right-to-counsel WHETHER DENIAL OF APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL TO PETITIONER BY THE SUPREME COURT IN THIS INSTANT CASE, WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO PETITIONER JOEL DIAZ HINIRIO,…
19-5511 Robert Hill v. Dave Jassen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus incarceration judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Are inccrcerated plaintiffs m civil coses in corcercted fro se U.S. Distriet Cout cnfairl trected, cadlar in prejedd agoinst, becaule they ore not giv…
19-5210 Therian Wimbush v. Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia, et al. Georgia 2019-07-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights discretionary-appeal due-process georgia-court-of-appeals georgia-courts incarceration jurisdiction mailbox-rule parental-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant time-limitation Should the 'Mailbox Rule' be extended to ALL Notices of Appeal, that must be filed in the trial court, particularly for pro se Prisoner litigants? Sh…
19-5060 Derrick Washington v. Carol A. Mici, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Correction First Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment anti-terrorism anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-review cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus incarceration life-without-parole sentencing 1: Is Congress' 1996 Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) unconstitutional, as it unnecessarily snuffs out convicted persons abilities t…
18-9730 Gerald S. Lepre, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-19 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split custody domestic-order federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-threat personal-liberty suspended-sentence PURSUANT TO FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS JURISDICTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. 2254 (A) FOR STATE PRISONER'S: 1. DOES A SUSPENDED SENTENCE COUPLED WITH AN ACTIVE DOM…
18A1210 Marshall Martinez v. Todd Thomas, Warden Arizona 2019-05-22 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-interpretation incarceration jurisdiction legal-status thirteenth-amendment Question not identified.
18-9061 Joseph B. v. Nebraska, on Behalf of Brooklyn H. Nebraska 2019-05-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights visitation visitation-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from forbidding visitation between a noncustodial p…
18-8864 Joseph B. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights visitation visitation-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from forbidding visitation between a noncustodial p…
18-8663 Donald E. Mallory v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Sixth Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP cestui-que-trust civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-immunity incarceration judicial-review standing takings vested-property vested-property-rights IS A PRE-1933 PRIVATE U.S. CITIZEN AND CESTUI QUE TRUST WHO IS NOT AN ENEMY, ALLY OF AN ENEMY, OR FOREIGN NATIONAL PRECLUDED FROM SUING THE U.S. GOVER…
18-8197 Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-02-28 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-code criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-parte-review habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-period parole sentencing sentencing-statute texas-criminal-procedure texas-law Whether Texas Penal Code Article 42.082 BEVACCP, as interpreted by the Texas Court in EX PARTE KUESIER, 24 SW3d 247 (2000), is unconstitutional. The …
18-7796 Domineque Ray v. Alabama Alabama 2019-02-06 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-evidence brady-v-maryland due-process fair-trial incarceration incarceration-records institutional-files mental-health-records postconviction-relief star-witness statute-of-limitations A. Does Brady v. Maryland require the State to obtain and produce to the defense all available prison or other incarceration or institutional files co…
18-1008 In Re Veronica Hollowell and Vivian Epps 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery-rule due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction incarceration jurisdiction jury-trial mental-fitness single-parent standing statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the State Court lacked jurisdiction of the child since the unwed, single-parent mother's case was not Jury adjudicated (the ex-boyfriend/fa…
18-7729 Earnest S. Harris v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied IFP attorney-discipline civil-rights court-rules disbarment due-process election-law equal-protection habeas-corpus incarceration professional-conduct suspension voting voting-rights Question not identified.
18-7298 Nicole M. Moore v. Florida Florida 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony incarceration prison-sentence prosecutorial-misconduct state-action wrongful-conviction Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the State of Florida's use of false testimony in the procurement of a conviction and 13-year prison sentence wh…
18-7199 Adelmo A. Fauntleroy v. Virginia Virginia 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel incarceration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1). Did the Court have sufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict the petitioner under the Sixth Amendment by the U.S.A. 2).Was the low…
18-7173 Karen Lofgren v. Todd Hardin Washington 2018-12-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-amendment due-process family-law incarceration incarceration-impact parental-rights troxel-v-granville visitation-rights Whether it is First and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment violations for a Family Court in State to deny a parent visitation with her children becau…
18-7136 Mark Hanna v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process incarceration incarceration-rights insurance-requirement motor-vehicle-law retaliation standing vehicle-registration Whether La. RS32:863 of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law is unconstitutional for due process of law in terms of Mullane v Central…
18-7064 Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress Question not identified.
18-6488 Alonzo Dwayne Coleman v. Michael Hakala, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-medical-care deliberate-deception deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-evidence medical-treatment prison prison-medical-treatment rare-disease WEATHER THERE is A CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD OF MEDICAL CARE FOR PERSONS WITH RARE MASSIVE POLYCYSTIC LIVER DISEASE AND ARE THE STATE'S (MISSOURI PRISIO…
18-6289 Bruce L. Small v. Florida Florida 2018-10-12 Dismissed IFP and justice from incarceration civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto incarceration justice liberty civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-law incarceration justice-system legal-application sentencing Wan thee of rill canal igh Eyal application of ano pu Fac bos th enhance my KentenceS Ween te sale of Hoda: deny oem consTrchond]. {to freedoon ,li…
18-5816 Keith L. Nash v. Richard J. Bishop, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process incarceration jurisdiction medical-care prison standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23A1084 Glenn Albright v. Will Roberts, Volusia County Tax Collector, et al. Florida Presumed Complete court-accommodation document-preparation filing-fee incarceration pauper-petition pro-se Question not identified.