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23-7520 Toran Peterson v. Esmaeili Emami, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied IFP administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment exhaustion juvenile-sentencing mandatory-life-sentence mental-health prison Question not identified.
23-1034 Tony Love v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights due-process penological-needs prison prison-disciplinary-proceedings procedural-due-process superintendent-v-hill wolff-v-mcdonnell Whether courts should determine the procedural due process protections that apply in prison disciplinary proceedings by balancing ordinary due process…
23-6389 Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process legal-provisions medical-care petition prison supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
22-6325 Travis Ray Thompson v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied IFP administrative-grievance civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-prison due-process due-process-protections exhaustion exhaustion-requirement imminent-danger-exception plra prison prison-litigation-reform-act Whether the Eastern District abused its discretion finding Petitioner was not entitled to an "imminent danger" exception to the PLRA, 42 USC § 1997e(a…
22-6033 Daniel A. Schillinger v. Josh Kiley, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP allow complaint amendment and exclude witnesses violates a prisoner's due p administrative-procedure civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process institutional-safety prison prison-disciplinary-proceedings witness witness-testimony 1) The DOG prison had failed to give me a copy of the video tape of the assault taking place on Sept. 17, 2015. 2) I did allege to the federal court…
21-7698 Daniel Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause correctional-officer evidence hearsay prison sixth-amendment 1) Was the Sixth Amendment guaranty of the right of confrontation denied by the trial introduction of a handwritten statement of a state prison correc…
21-7288 Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force inmate-treatment prison prison-policy standing 1.) Has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit created a harmful precedent that would establish that an officer/ prison guard could give a c…
21-7232 Lance Reberger v. Michael Koehn, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment prison prison-medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Are all U.S. prison officials required to provide all prisoners with healing spiritual medication for epilepsy, to prevent seizures that cause death? …
21-6883 Walter Delaney Booker, Jr. v. M. E. Engelke, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compelling-interest constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause prison prison-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom standing 1. Does tho RLuipA require the louer courts to evaluate the claims raised under the Aat under the legrtimate penological interest test or the compelli…
21-774 Michelle Munger, et al. v. Brenda Davis, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights federal-rights inmate-rights inmate-services prison private-contractor qualified-immunity Can an employee of a private contractor providing constitutionally-required services to inmates in a county jail or state prison facility assert quali…
21-5051 Shangia Washington v. Cedric Taylor, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit precedent prison prison-conditions qualified-immunity risk-of-harm subjective-knowledge 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is following its precedent prior to Hope v. Pelzer to require a prior case on a…
20-7434 William Dawes v. California California 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication judicial-discretion judicial-oversight legal-incompetence mental-health prison punishment-standards state-procedure procedures how can one shaw docimentiny evldance when there is no couint repoter' or even a conrt depnty to cull as awitness in a jundicial proceeding…
20-6375 Molika Akwo Nweme v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison time-extension Question not identified.
19-1350 Darius Ishun Green v. Bradley Hooks, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate personal-characteristics prison prisoner-rights risk-of-harm summary-judgment 1. Under Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994), is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvio…
19-8166 Anthony Williams v. Muhammad Naji, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process health-care hepatitis-c imminent-danger medical-neglect prison prison-healthcare standing 1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS DECISION CONFLICT WITH DECISIONS- MADE BY THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT REGARDING IMMINENT DANGER. AND DOES HEPATITIS-C CREATE I…
19-7922 Scott L. Rendelman v. William True, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals docketing-fee due-process legal-fees non-frivolous-appeal prison prison-discipline prisoner-rights standard-of-review standing 1. In 1985 this Court established that the "some evidence"standard is to be applied to reviews of prison disciplinary cases. In cases where an offense…
19-7860 Robert Rowles v. GEO Group, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP 8th-amendment circuit-court civil-rights cost-cutting deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate inmate-rights judicial-discretion medical-treatment prison standing DID THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL ABUSE ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING RELIEF ON THE LACK OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IS FAILING TO TREAT A …
19-7815 Robert Grimsley v. Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied IFP civil-rights contractual-leniency custody due-process fraud fraud-in-the-facts habeas-corpus prison prison-contracts prisoner-rights sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-judgment statutory-interpretation takings Can a state commit the crimes of fraud in the facta of its own Sentencing guidelines to renege on prison contracts How can there be Habas Corpus reli…
19-7203 Arthur Luther McKinney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights custody custody-challenge due-process habeas-corpus prison prisoner-rights property-rights reentry supervision 1. When you work for someone and they give you something for that work does it not belong to you? 2. Does the Texas Department of Criminal Justice no…
19-7162 Carlos Juan Negron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process filing habeas-corpus houston-v-lack judicial-procedure legal-filing prison prison-filing prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether a document when placed in the hands of prison officials hands for mailing pursuant to Houston v. Lack . 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed…
19-6449 Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-decision administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-screening PLRA prison prisoner-rights standing DOES THE PLRA REQUIRE THE COURT TO LOOK BEYOND AN PRIMA FACIE SHOWING WHEN SCREENING PRISONER IN FORMA PAUPERIS COMPLAINTS. DOES DOUBLE JEOPARDY P…
19-6130 George W. Fisher v. John Gregory Mermelstein, et al Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment disability due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection free-speech media-access medical-treatment prison prisoner-rights state-liability Question not identified.
19-6158 William A. White v. Todd Sloop, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-03 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment free-speech hate-speech judicial-circuit-split judicial-interpretation prison prison-regulations religion 1) In ruling that the statement that Judaism is a "doctrine of hate", with to "violence and murder" nothing more, is so equivalent that literature mak…
19-5467 Tyrone Murray v. Wanda Collins, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process factual-allegations grievances motion-to-dismiss prison prisoner-rights pro-se retaliation standing I. Whether a pro se inmate complaint in a "Conspiracy to Commit Murder lawsuit must contain"specific facts" andlor is Subjected to a "1 Complaint stag…
19-5439 MacKendy Strachan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-sanctions due-process federal-review judicial-review legal-mail legal-procedure prison standing Question not identified.
19-5419 Raleigh D. Wiggins v. Eddie Pearson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process medical-care prison standing takings WAS THE COURT UNETHICAL IN NOT FINDING THE REVOCATION OF SENTENCE VOID, 2 3 O 5,0 3 8 2. WAS PETTIONER'S 5T AND IY AMENOMENT DUE PROLESS GUARANTEED B…
18-9649 Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Tennessee Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process free-exercise halal-diet prison religious-freedom rluipa substantial-burden Whether RLUIPA prohibits the Defendants from placing a substantial burden upon Petitioner's religious exercise by feeding non-traditional inedible foo…
18-9647 George Edward Tustin, Jr. v. Brad Livingston, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review medical-treatment prison prison-conditions One: Whether the district court erred in determining that the delay in treatment was not caused by deliberate indifference. Two: Whether the four (4)…
18-9640 Paul Eugene Lawson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-warning in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-sequestration legal-work prison prison-discipline standing Can a district court dismiss petitioner's lawsuit based upon the State attorney's waiver of reply to complaint? Can prison officials punish petitione…
18-9359 Emmanuel Diaz v. New York New York 2019-05-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process fourth-amendment pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention prison prison-security recordings search-and-seizure telephone telephone-recording telephone-recordings warrant-requirement Whether absent a warrant, notice, or suspicion the Fourth Amendment permits the government to obtain recordings of telephone conversations from pretri…
18-9175 Corey Milledge v. Gray English, Assistant Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP bowen-v-warden civil-rights due-process evidence farmer-v-brennan harm prison standing threat united-states-v-white WHETHER A THREAT TO INFLICT PHYSICAL OR OTHER HARM CONSTITUTES SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF SERIOUS HARM IN THE LIGHT OF PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN UNITED STATES …
18-9165 Robert Warren v. Bobbette Ramage, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights conflict-of-laws constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process prison prison-rulemaking rulemaking state-law 1. Whether or Not Erison Authorities failure toGallood State Law Procedures fer rula Making denies due proce 39. 2. Whether or Not Supreme Court case…
18-8255 David E. Ponder v. Avalon Correctional Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied IFP circuit-court-split civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-protections due-process foia-exemption freedom-of-information inmate-rights prison prison-transparency private-prisons standing takings Private for profit prisons are allowed to deny Foia and State Open Records laws. (a.) State Courts rulings as to Open Records reqirements involving p…
18-7281 Olandio Ray Workman v. John Vandermosten, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-charges indigent-defense legal-mail medical-care prison prison-conditions right-to-counsel standing (1) "Did The DisTricT COurT in GrEEnVille SOuTh Carolina denie me due process when They denied me appointed Counsel when They (2) "Is iT Lawfull for …
18-761 D. Dahne v. Thomas W. S. Richey Ninth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech grievance inmate-rights ninth-circuit prison prison-grievance qualified-immunity Inmates in state and federal prisons file hundreds of thousands of grievances every year, and grievance programs peacefully resolve countless disputes…
18-6835 Ricardo Enriquez Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied IFP benefits civil-rights due-process eligibility prison statutory-limits workers-compensation INNOCEN PRISIONEN FOR PASE ARNEST SOSER: STATE Workers Compensation for Accident oured IN TD or for Soter and Pain is Posible in'TOC = Under, Comoonsa…
18-594 Robert R. Snyder v. California California 2018-11-06 Denied appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-deprivation constitutional-deprivations due-process grievance-system prison prisoner-rights standing state-court state-court-procedure state-prison unsupervised-determinations Should this court grant review to remedy the conspicuous violations of due process, specifically those that elicit important questions concerning the …
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…
18-355 Prison Legal News v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Amici (9) 1st-amendment censorship civil-rights content-restriction corrections-policy due-process first-amendment free-speech media-rights prior-restraint prison prison-censorship Petitioner produces an award-winning monthly publication, Prison Legal News, featuring content directed to the specialized interests of inmates, inclu…
18-6037 Raul S. Zavala v. Hector Rios, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claim civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions damages-claim due-process federal-courts mail-restrictions prison prison-mail prison-officials prison-regulations standing I. WHETHER ZIGLAR v. ABBASI, 137 S.Ct. 1843 (2017). PRECLUDES A MONEY DAMAGES CLAIM UNDER BIVENS v. SIX UNKNOWN NAMED AGENTS OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARC…
18-5870 Matthew Prow v. Tom Roy, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment art-censorship civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prison prison-policies prison-restrictions reasonable-relationship-standard standing turner-analysis turner-standard Petitioner is an artist currently in the custody of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). He commenced this civil rights action under 42 U.S.…
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.
18-5573 Tajuan Williams v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law contraband due-process evidence-gathering fourth-amendment prison prison-regulations prisoner-rights regulations 1 Should this Court review thie case, de novo to address the importancs to the public of the issue in keeping contraband items out of prieons end out …
18-5460 David Hill v. Brent Reinke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied IFP administrative-control-of-facilities baxstrom-v-herold circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process inmate-transfer mental-health mental-health-facility mental-health-facility-transfers prison prison-administration temporary temporary-transfers transfer vitek-v-jones Can a prison or jail, when transferring an inmate to a mental health facility, avoid the due process protections recognized by this Court in Vitek v. …