legal-assistance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6610 Robert Franklin Brown v. Arizona Arizona 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process legal-access legal-assistance prison-system prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25A639 Stanley Donald v. Carol Micci, et al. Massachusetts 2025-12-02 Application appellate-review certiorari legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
25A637 Arun K. Chhabra v. ACW New Jersey, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-02 Application deadline-extension disability-accommodation legal-assistance medical-limitation pro-se supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
24-6679 Chance Blackman v. Theresa Cisneros, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-principles circuit-split equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-assistance mental-disability Under agency principles, petitioners are held responsible for the mistakes of their lawyers, including the late filing of a federal petition. How do t…
24A524 Pamela S. Julian v. Dhurata Ametaj, et al. Massachusetts 2024-11-27 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time health-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court Question not identified.
24A458 Corey Dequan Broome v. James R. Scheibner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-11-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-right constructive-denial ineffective-assistance legal-assistance pro-se sixth-amendment Question not identified.
23-7753 William Lee Boyer v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-assistance legal-notice notice one-year-deadline prisoner-rights 1. ARE THE AVERAGE AMERICANS WHO BECOME CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS EDUCATED IN CRIMINAL LAW? 2. WHY ARE CONVICTED FELONS SUDDENLY REQUIRED TO LEARN THE COMP…
23A649 Alphonza L.P. Thomas-Bey v. John Stine Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Presumed Complete court-rules document-preparation filing-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court Question not identified.
22-6438 Tommiel Q. Claiborne, aka Tommie Lee Claiborne, Jr., aka Tommie L. Claiborne v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-01-03 Denied IFP confrontation constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection legal-assistance peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment Ineffective Assistance of Counsel for [PETITIONER] to challenge, due process, and right to effective assistance of counsel which is a violation of the…
22-6295 Jamisi Jermaine Calloway v. M. Martel, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied IFP access-to-courts ada-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights continuing-violation-doctrine disability-rights due-process indigent-prisoner-rights legal-assistance pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation section-1983 1. When should a total disabled incarcerated indigent prisoner thats under the direct care and jurisdiction of the California department of correcti…
22-5830 William Richter v. Ghaliah Obaisi, as Executor of the Estate of Saleh Obaisi Seventh Circuit 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-assistance pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process procedural-errors 1. Whether The Faivie "Te Apnot Cowimwrel Oy Apneal Foa Rosie, OF the Disthirel Cords Alaue of Dis hes Ze Faleng To Recess wee Conmtel Upow Wilheincsa…
21-7781 Jorge Palacios v. Kevin Smith Ninth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-assistance legal-procedure medical-care standing statutory-interpretation takings to support my argument? why he th rost lout dened to methe ettorney ssistene? was legal my ssstive devise contisration by respondent despite my comple…
21-7200 John L. Jacques v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronically-stored-information ineffective-assistance legal-assistance legal-representation postconviction postconviction-relief procedural-default rule-of-completeness standing 1. a) Is it sufficient reason for failing to raise new issues in a postconviction motion after first appeal that were not already litigated - that the…
20-6496 Michael Alford v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-services expert-witness forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-assistance motion-of-innocence pro-se-litigant right-to-counsel Wheth The Court erred in Refusing To Order legal assistance and forensic Software expert assist. To Obtain and Subrit factual evidence of The Microsof…
19-8384 In Re Levon Spaulding 2020-05-01 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process federal-action free-speech institutional-conditions legal-assistance prisoner-rights standing takings WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY AND LEARNING DISORDERS CONTRIBUTED TO BRAINWASHING A LEGALLY INCOMPETENT ACCUSED—A DISADVANTAGED PERSON? …
19-644 Melba L. Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response Waived anomalies civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights doj due-process irs judicial-review legal-assistance right-to-counsel standing Does a defendant in an IRS/DoJ civil forfeiture proceeding have a constitutionally protected, due process right to counsel? Even if there is no const…
19-281 Capital Associated Industries, Inc. v. Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights content-based-restriction content-based-speech first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association legal-assistance legal-services non-profit non-profit-organizations professional-licensing strict-scrutiny 1. Do the North Carolina statutes prohibiting the Association's attorneys from providing legal assistance to its members violate the freedom of associ…
19-5644 Keith Stuart Cumbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP criminal-procedure does-judicial-confession double-jeopardy due-process due-process-clause fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus indigent-defendant judicial-confession legal-assistance legal-assistance-clause sixth-amendment without-prior-appointment-of-counsel without-waiver Despite lower court COA denial, should this Court consider, or remand for consideration, habeas claims: a. Does judicial confession in this case, with…
19-5542 Robert Maloy v. New York New York 2019-08-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-assistance post-release-supervision sentencing state-court unusual-punishment The OCR text provided is severely degraded and largely illegible in the "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" section. While a section header labeled "QUESTION(S) P…
18A1348 Daniel Brian Masson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time institutional-limitations legal-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
18-9309 Valentin Spataru v. Harmony Healing Center Florida 2019-05-17 Denied IFP access-to-justice appellate-rules civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-assistance legal-dismissal standing 1. Whether a County or State Court, including a Monroe County Court, may dismiss a complaint without due process, for failure to comply initially with…
18-9207 Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 sec. 2254 be afforded Equ…