mental-disorder
3 cases — ← All topics
| 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? … |