post-traumatic-stress

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5277 Sergio Ochoa v. Oak Smith, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied IFP background-investigation capital-punishment capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence neuropsychological-deficits post-traumatic-stress post-traumatic-stress-disorder strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor In Ochoa v. Davis, the Ninth Circuit endorsed trial counsel's presentation of a "family sympathy" defense at the penalty phase of Sergio Ochoa's capit…
19-8154 Jody Stamp v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure disabilities-act disability-accommodations due-process mental-health post-traumatic-stress sentencing sentencing-mitigation The question presented is should the District Coust Judge forcloser of a down word variance be based or the Judges Personal interpcatation of the Defe…
18-1463 Melissa Maher v. Iowa State University Eighth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process harassment post-traumatic-stress retaliation sexual-assault student-housing title-ix 1. Does discrimination making a student vulnerable to harassment after a sexual assault create a cause of action for deliberate indifference by the in…