mental-disorder

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7120 David John Telles, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony grooming-expert-testimony malingering mental-disorder mental-disorder-defense self-representation standard-of-review 1. What is the correct standard for reviewing denied motions for competency hearings, under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(a) and constitutional due process? Is rev…
21-6965 Lawtis Donald Rhoden v. Brandon Price, Executive Director of Coalinga State Hospital Ninth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights dangerousness due-process fourteenth-amendment involuntary-commitment mental-disorder mental-health sexually-violent-predator state-hospitals unconditional-discharge I. Whether The Current Version of the California SVP Law Violates the Due Process Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment because it does not offer a Me…
18-7220 Pashtoon Farooqi v. California California 2019-01-03 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process hearsay-evidence jury-instruction mental-disorder sexually-violent-predator vagueness Does the California version of its Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) violate the precedents of this Court, and is it therefore unconstitutional? …