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25-6832 Stanley Donald v. Carol Mici, Individually and as former Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Correction, et al. Massachusetts 2026-02-17 Pending IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment habeas-corpus prison-conditions procedural-due-process Did the inmate state an actionable claim under the Federal Constitution's 8th Amendment when prison officials deliberately exposed him to COVID-19 and…
25A661 Oregon, et al. v. Paul Maney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-04 Application communicable-disease covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment prison-conditions qualified-immunity Question not identified.
25A618 Antonio M. Smith v. John Kind, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-11-25 Application constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment excessive-force prison-conditions qualified-immunity 1. This case presents a significant question of law—namely, what circumstances must exist for the "obvious violation" doctrine to preclude application…
25A518 John T. Hardee v. Jeff Vergakis, Individually and as Superintendent, Hampton Roads Regional Jail, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-05 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights court-access document-preparation legal-access prison-conditions pro-se-litigation Question not identified.
25-417 Francis Nielsen v. Kekai Watanabe Ninth Circuit 2025-10-07 Pending Relisted (2) alternative-remedies bivens-remedy damages-action eighth-amendment prison-conditions special-factors Whether the Ninth Circuit here erred in recognizing a Bivens cause of action.
25A358 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance law-library prison-conditions section-2255 Question not identified.
24A1058 Derrick Lloyd v. Robert Morton Second Circuit 2025-05-01 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights emergency-staffing habeas-corpus legal-access prison-conditions pro-se Question not identified.
24A761 Chad Cutler v. Anthony Wills, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Presumed Complete administrative-remedies civil-rights exhaustion-requirement prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigant Question not identified.
24-6461 David James Lack v. Dr. Posner, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process medical-treatment plea-agreement prison-conditions speedy-trial 1. Was the Trial Court in Violation of the Plaintiffs State and Federal Speedy-Trial Rights. Plaintiff constantly asking for a speedy trial for over 4…
24A406 Deshawn Drumgo v. Sergeant William Kuschel Third Circuit 2024-10-25 Presumed Complete civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment prison-conditions punitive-damages sexual-assault Question not identified.
24-5250 Terry Antonio Lee v. Kevin Patterson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-grievance prison-conditions Question not identified.
24-73 Sherry L. Burt, et al. v. Jimmie Leon Gordon Sixth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-rights covid-19 pandemic-response precedent prison-conditions prison-officials qualified-immunity sixth-circuit Did the Sixth Circuit improperly deny qualified immunity to prison officials based on their response to the unprecedented COVID-19 global pandemic by …
24-5125 Corvin J. Young v. Spartanburg County Detention Facility, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-custody habeas-corpus medical-treatment pretrial-detention prison-conditions prisoner-rights \\ci\ PnftL cm" CrnzEH'lNmmeS iN fo\M UeiuS VmeDfcKL^] Vla A ldHGl 5n^cA cP'nmg Vi&ArriNG -rAe cermiASES v'ixe fees'" ftiatM And atceea NG -rAe mA3NT…
24A35 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-12 Presumed Complete ada disability-access legal-resources meaningful-access medical-impairment prison-conditions Question not identified.
23-7417 Nersius Adonliel Artisani, aka Roger Joseph Hoffert, Jr. v. Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment heat-exposure prison-conditions Question not identified.
23-7224 Quentin Freeman v. Daniel Deas Fourth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment inmate-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment whitley-standard Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed because the Fourth Circuit misapplied the Whitley factors by viewing the evidence in the light…
23A873 Jose Luis Garcia v. Kyeong Park Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Presumed Complete deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prison-conditions section-1983 summary-judgment Question not identified.
23-6858 Tujuan Estaisyo Session v. FNU Giannotti, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation Question not identified.
23A743 Darryl Puderer v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-09 Presumed Complete access-to-courts covid-19 habeas-corpus law-library prison-conditions pro-se Question not identified.
23-722 Ralph Diaz, et al. v. Patricia Polanco, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation covid-19 due-process ninth-circuit prison-conditions qualified-immunity substantive-due-process Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly denied qualified immunity to prison officials in these cases by defining the relevant law at a high level of gene…
23-5841 James Franklin Snyder v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction inmate-rights judicial-review legal-materials prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation 1. Qcl«\ Vdoko txac. ,5oo udh S OV\d TerwkwfiJpg. OOr "Wbkfcs \ckjA l ^OrcJrveA do ^iep l n md^-S trav'O cfakg kjd A^A TideiL cWvy' SeWias, tVdjfmws m…
23A247 Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-15 Presumed Complete adequate-staffing deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment farmer-v-brennan habeas-corpus-filing-deadline prison-conditions Question not identified.
23-5576 Robert William Pann v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP access-to-courts ex-parte-proceeding extrinsic-fraud first-amendment lewis-v-casey prison-conditions prisoner-rights probate-court prosecutorial-misconduct IS PETITIONER'S FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATED BY THE RULE ANNOUNCED IN LEWIS v. CASEY; TOO NARROW BY BEING STRICTLY FOR ATTACKS ON CRIMINAL SENTENCES AND P…
23-5496 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation transfer Question not identified.
23-5286 Frederick Dwight Green v. Aimee Smith, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure cell-phones civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gang-violence legal-materials prison-access prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Question not identified.
23-5098 Arthur Ray Deere, Sr. v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Employees, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions statutory-provisions Question not identified.
23-7 Lynn Hamlet v. Officer Hoxie Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights conditions-of-confinement cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment prison-conditions procunier-v-navarette qualified-immunity section-1983 I. Whether it is "clearly established" for purposes of qualified immunity that the Eighth Amendment bars a prison official from forcing a person with …
22-7752 Arthur Taylor v. Landon Bird, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights toxic-exposure Petitioner: IasKtobe Release UNder the case Law of Prima Facie cage's and to becompen sated FoR the aMouNt of EleveN MillioN as IpRayFOR Relief of thi…
22-7603 James Snyder v. Aaron Krieger, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP border-search civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronic-privacy fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct prison-conditions probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section verbatim. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED…
22-7547 Carl Lee Ashley v. Mary Boayue, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review legal-standard objective-prong prison-conditions standing DID WE ' OOURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FINDING THAT PETITIONER COULD NOT ESTABLISH THE OBJECTIVE PRONG OF HIS EIGHTH AMENDMENT CLAIMS.
22-7177 Michael Lee Gordon v. Chris Tripp, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions standing Question not identified.
22-688 Debbie Flowers, as Personal Representative of Toby Kristopher Payne v. James Sutterfield, Mental Health Manager, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-law due-process equitable-claims mental-health-treatment prison-conditions pro-se-complaint procedural-due-process standing suicide Toby Payne filed a complaint alleging that the Texas Department of Corrections kept him in a unit for the Chronically Mentally Ill (CMI) that provided…
22-6577 Marcus Brent Fields v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process housing-policy medical-ethics prison-conditions prisoner-rights segregation Do Si^Pn^o^rs Co^IVuWonal Ri^hi 5 0 9 XrCuc\| C>9 PCSOAtf 111 QD fVPr'i caA - Am e,f iccM\ P«xb~t \ qau Co asb-V-aV \ o a a l Rio.hVs \l \b\a\-tk DCo…
22-6278 Daniel Patrick Degoto v. William S. Bohrer, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-12-12 Granted Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-challenge legal-representation lower-court-decision prison-conditions standing supreme-court Question not identified.
22-6118 Wilbert Glover v. Matt Bostrom, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-treatment prison-conditions qualified-immunity racial-discrimination RE. GLOVER NV. BOSTEM, TAL. PETITIONER WILBERT GROVER AND OTHER INMATES OF ADC RAMSEY COUNTY JAIL SEND SEVERAL INTERNAL GRIEVANCES THAT WERE REJECTED…
22-5559 Patricio Estrada v. Troy Nehls, Sheriff, Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disciplinary-isolation due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection medical-treatment prison-conditions 2) Can ya ackless Ho cbflerences in Duc Mecess. tights 40.adlhn. Segegahion, veties discyplinaty iSolatoty:asas Esttadhs £eual Astechon dad Lue lace a…
22-5476 John R. Wood v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied IFP capital-punishment fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis prison-conditions strickland-standard Wilson-v-Sellers 1. Whether the state court unreasonably applied Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), when it concluded that Petitioner suffered no prejudice…
21-8043 William Sims v. Alexis Figueroa Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit factual-disputes medical-care nonmovant-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment This Court has exercised its power to summarily vacate a lower court's decision when that decision "reflect[ed] a clear misapprehension" of the standa…
21-7547 Gabriel Gonzalez v. John P. Yates, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment prison-conditions sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Does continued imprisonment under unconstrained exposure to a lethal contagion, such as COVID-19, violate his Eighth Amendment right to be free fro…
21-7505 Eugene Dyson v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference due-process medical-records medical-treatment prison-conditions serious-medical-needs summary-judgment DID ALL THE COURTS ERR when FAILING TO CONSIDER THE DEFENDANT'S RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT, WHICH APPELLANT ENDURED and …
21-7336 Karsten O. Allen v. J. Mayo, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prison-conditions prisoner-litigation pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-defect state-created-rights virginia-department-of-corrections Aug-S-h'flio -1! bfie.5 4W. lar\quQq£_ af \f\iqiAifi% Cir\A he.jtof-l'in^ hi Chcccd-ians /tyj&rol.'nc} 1 faced j/js tzdab jikh a .s-hs-k - cxpcArd ld…
21-7250 Michael Ray Fortuna v. Robert Hudgins, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment disability-accommodations due-process eighth-amendment inmate-safety isolation-conditions medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights Question not identified.
21-1065 Dennis Wayne Hope v. Todd Harris, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review mental-health physical-health prison-conditions prisoner-rights review-procedures solitary-confinement Whether decades of solitary confinement can, under some circumstances, violate the Eighth Amendment, as at least five circuits have held, or whether s…
21-6819 Christopher Varner v. Stan Shepard, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedy booth-v-churner civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process exhaustion-of-remedies exhaustion-requirement internal-investigation prison-conditions prison-grievance ross-v-blake section-1997e Under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), an incarcerated person cannot bring a prison-conditions action without first exhausting "such administrative remedies as a…
21-6504 Edward JoRodge Gladney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment precedent-interpretation prison-conditions prison-safety prisoner-rights sexual-assault (1) Did the Circuit Court err by contradicting this Court's precedent in Farmer v. Brennan by ruling Petitioner was obliged to show an individualized …
21-6495 Pedro J. Amaro v. New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion prison-conditions procedural-fairness standing summary-dismissal Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, under the "abuse of discretion" standard of review, should have reversed the district court's judgment sum…
21-5721 In Re Michael Wappler 2021-09-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison-conditions IS PETITIONER WHO HAS TWICE SUFFERED COVID-19 INFECTIONS WITH RELATED DUAL-PNEUMONIA WHO IS AMONG A GROUP OF PRISONERS IDENTIFIED BY THE CDC AS A VULN…
21-5412 Alfred E. Caraffa v. California Housing Securities, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation the DEfendentos) urder the wroNg of Listing CoMpaNy2) Address the U.S.C.A. violation of Due Process of Law under Section I925@4) 3 Address tE violatio…
21-5320 Trenton John Tompkins v. Lauren Leigh Hackett Third Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure prison-conditions pro-se A pro se prisoner was unable to submit his appellant's brief and appendix (copies of which provided in this petition's appendix) because the Court of …
21-5269 Toy Terrell Smith v. J. Torres, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process prison-conditions transfer-policy A. Whether a prised tlase)trcetror! Conn ites actions of frads Ferc ing aw inatate back to He same pri sew where he was previously housed, Lpent comp…
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…
20-8115 Christopher Scott Merrill v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 42-usc-1983 civil-rights covid-19 due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Whether prisoners can challenge unsafe prison conditions causing death and other life threatening conditions by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks using …
20-7563 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 actual-innocence cares-act certificate-of-appealability covid-19 federal-court-authority prison-conditions prisoner-rights sentence-execution QUESTION ONE: WHETHER A FEDERAL COURT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND/OR STAY OF EXECUTION OF THE REMAINING UNLAWFUL SEN…
20-7331 Kevin L. Martin v. Frank Vanihel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-care prison-conditions procedural-default Whether the state failed to disclose exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. United States. Whether petitioner's request for counsel was ineffe…
20-7342 In Re Christopher Vigliotti 2021-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment covid-19 covid-19-risk cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus prison-conditions SHOULD THE COURT ISSUE AN EMERGENCY WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS REQUIRING RESPONDENT'S TO RELEASE PETITIONER DUE TO THE FACT COVID-19 AND ITS VARIANTS PRESE…
20-7061 Frank Durand Tomlin v. Todd E. Ishee Fourth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied IFP 8th-amendment basic-human-needs civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection prison-conditions public-policy standing THE ISSUE OF PLAIN ISSUES UPON OF HYGIENE AND CASH ISSUES THAT DON'T WORK AT TRANSSHIPMENTS CONSTITUTE DEPRIVATION OF A PUBLIC GRIEVOUSLY EXPLICITLY H…
20-941 Gregory Atkins, et al. v. Kenneth Williams, Medical Director, Tennessee Department of Correction Sixth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment injunctive-relief lack-of-funds official-capacity prison-conditions subjective-component The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments, including deliberate indifference to a convicted prisoner's serious medical needs and ot…
20-6849 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Katy Poole, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process health-safety inmate-rights institutional-policy prison-conditions DOES LAWFUL IMPRISONMENT IMPOSE A LEGAL Duty om the prisoner to try surviving '~The General Population ^ so that he can oe Lawfully ordered 'to go i…
20-6528 Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington v. Benjamin Brooke, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied IFP civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment failure-to-protect prison-conditions prison-safety summary-judgment 1. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IN GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT IMPROPERLY DECIDED FACTUAL ISSIES WHETHER THE PLAINTIFF FACTUAL ALLATIONS ON AN UNPROVOKED …
20-6499 Robert T. Sigler v. Jimmy Thornton, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied IFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference detainee-rights detention-conditions due-process equal-protection medical-care prison-conditions iMAS £_QLiMTV ^.a\/ERaEMT DE-LlfiH^T^LV Xt\(hUPPH b^r/UMBS dLfl£s.iMHEM cy) b&rmiAlB&s SLEPT iM % yC ID. (LEiLL- hEZSJ£>Kldb FOR- CX)jIaI3LTI4 3RD b…
20-554 Craig Eugene Smith v. James McKinney, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) atypical-and-significant-hardship atypical-hardship courts-of-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review liberty-interest prison-conditions wilkinson-v-austin Whether a court determining if a prisoner has suffered an "atypical and significant" hardship must consider factors such as the duration of and justif…
20-445 Matthew Anderson v. John Bonnewell, et al. Delaware 2020-10-07 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights correctional-officers due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force intent prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment 1. Whether a trial court can disregard the five factors set forth in Whitley v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312 (1986), in an Eighth Amendment excessive force ca…
20-5673 In Re Ricardo Watkins 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP cares-act civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-management due-process home-confinement medical-conditions prison-conditions prison-safety WHETHER RICARDO WATKINS SHOULD BE RESEASED TO HOME CONFINEMENT UNDER THE CARES ACT OF MARCH 2020, BECAUSE OF HIS UNDERLYING, DEBILITATING MEDICAL COND…
20-5572 Michael Aaron Witkin v. Mariana Lotersztain, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment expert-testimony medical-care prison-conditions summary-judgment The Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain. Prison officials violate the…
20-5364 John S. Kaminski v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights class-action cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process prison-conditions standing 1. Are the defendants-SEMPLE as former Commissioner of D.O.C. (now COOK) immune from injunctive and/or declaratory
20-31 Prince McCoy, Sr. v. Tajudeen Alamu Fifth Circuit 2020-07-16 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights eighth-amendment excessive-force hudson-factors prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Respondent is a prison guard who attacked an asthmatic prisoner in the face with a can of mace "for no reason at all." The Fifth Circuit held that Res…
19-8930 Reginald L. Dunahue v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prison-conditions qualified-immunity standing Th C Ab Petitioner Appointment Of Caunsel? n il Co y iA gi Wendy kelley Mashall Red Jy Andw icials he CAy Cancurring withhe . istrict Court' misl? …
19-8460 Nexis Rene Gomez v. D. Braun, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied IFP civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prison-conditions prisoner-treatment summary-judgment Did the Court of Appeals Erred In Affirming Summary Judgment In Respondents' Favor When There is Evidence in Petitioner's Medical Record Demonstrating…
19-8432 Donald Randolph LaFlamme v. California California 2020-05-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights disparate-impact due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fifth-amendment prison-conditions title-vii workplace-practices Question not identified.
19-8363 Daniel R. McClain v. Kenneth Sharp, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-counsel post-conviction-relief prison-conditions 1) Why are alleged time limits excuses berg erroneaus le misused to disrtss abunclant matlérs of reversable error, and promote extraordinary asurpatio…
19-7401 Dumisai H. Hockaday v. Helene Christner, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP administrative-regulations civil-procedure confrontation-clause constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference double-jeopardy due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process medical-care prison-conditions standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the underlying activity of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is ethical or not under Thomas v. Am, 474 U.S. 140, at …
19-7252 Clarence Joseph Jason v. Robert Tanner, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force inmate-safety prison-conditions qualified-immunity 1). Whether a Prison "Too ontyo\ Poli [te ot O woon Oviso of fi ta 9 ya t\n Ve oi \i 2). What evidence must be adduced showing a prison officials "kn…
19-7143 In Re Steven Darby McDonald 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-deaths inmate-rights judicial-misconduct medical-care medical-malpractice ninth-circuit-court prison-conditions pro-se-brief standing 1. WHY IS THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AND THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ALLOWED TO ACT AS THE RIGHT ARM OF THE DOC? (See GO 09-16) 2. WHY…
19-6893 Michael Wayne Nelson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process patent prison-conditions retaliation standing takings Question not identified.
19-6410 Donald W. Rager v. Paige Augustine, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied IFP administrative-remedies circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies plra prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations tolling Incarcerated inmate Donald W. Rager (Rager) was physically assaulted by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Lt. Keith Buford on July 13, 2010. Rager filed…
19-6416 Jurijus Kadamovas v. John F. Caraway, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-discretion administrative-law bureau-of-prisons civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-conditions prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing torture-prevention 1) WHETHER THE FEDERAL AGENT ROW (PARTY WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA CAN BE TORTURED IN CUSTODY OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS BY EXPOSURE TO OLEORESI…
19-6329 Jackie Lee Boyd v. Carol Monroe, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-treatment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-care prison-conditions (1) Is a constitutional right to be free of the wanton infliction of sei pain rendered void upon incarceration? (2) Is the denial of life sustaining …
19-6148 Cornelius Lorenzo Wilson v. Dennis Grimes, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care monell-doctrine monell-liability municipal-jail municipal-liability prison-conditions prisoner-rights serious-medical-need systemic-underfunding 1. Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside…
19-5966 Delbert Heard v. Andrew Tilden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process electronic-evidence medical-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence ostrich-defense prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity surgical-delay Whether prison doctor can evade culpability for 8th Amendment violation for delay of prisoner's hernia surgery, by invoking ostrich defense and claimi…
19-5898 Danny Howell v. Duane Southerland, et al. Tennessee 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions racial-discrimination standing Question not identified.
19-5776 Benjamin R. Schwarz v. Erwin Meinberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit assets bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-inmate financial-disclosure free-speech in-forma-pauperis liabilities prison-conditions standing takings ziglar-precedent 1. Is there a federal right, under the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 4…
19-5702 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims prison-conditions prisoners-rights procedural-hurdles standing statutory-interpretation I. WHETER 28 U.S.C.3 1915(S) s OVERBROAL, UNCONSTUTIONAL, AND INVALID WHERE CONSRESS HAS ENAETEd THE STAIUNE THAT INTENTIONALLY CHILLS ANd VIOLAIES IN…
19-5649 Terry Lee O'Brien v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-negligence national-uniformity obstruction-of-justice prison-conditions standing statutory-interpretation To what degree for interpretation of a constitution, statute, rule and regulation is a question of law for consideration by the Supreme Court is neces…
19-195 Robert Ryan Snyder v. California California 2019-08-14 Denied 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deprivation-of-necessities due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-deference lockdown lockdown-procedures prison-conditions retaliation 1. Has California 's justice system forgotten what was taught by this Court 's holding in Wilson v. Seiter [501 U.S. 294 (1991)]. (Regarding 8th Ame…
19-5502 David Anderson v. Jackie T. Strode, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force inmate-rights law-enforcement prison-conditions prisoner-treatment qualified-immunity restraint-chair tasing-in-restraints WHY WAS I TASED IN A RESTRAINT CHAIR WITH ONLY ONE ARM LOOSE OUT|OF THE RESTAINTS.WHY IS THIS A LEGAL ACTION AGAINST INMATES, WHY IS THERE NOT A LAW A…
19-5324 Roscoe Chambers v. Kris Schmidts, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fees prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Whether the prison reform litigation act, three strike rule requires adjudication or speculation: Whether the District court or appeal court is permi…
19-5207 Admassu Regassa v. Emily Cimino, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ftca ftca-claim judicial-review prison-conditions pro-se-prisoner Petitioner, Admassu Regassa, a DC inmate and pro se indigent prisoner currently confined in a federal facility at FCC Petersburg, Virginia, initiated …
18-1590 Corey Lamar Smith, et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights clearly-established-test danger due-process helling-v-mckinney incident-rate-statistics ninth-circuit plata-receiver prison-conditions qualified-immunity standing state-officials 1. Did the Ninth Circuit misapply the clearly established test 's generality principles by analyzing the issue so specifically as to create a logica…
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)…
18-9586 Jovan Watkins v. Robert Green, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-need policy-procedures prison-conditions standing DID THE COURT OF APPEOLS ERTED IN NOT REVIEWING by holD Me to a hiqhad THE /OWER COURT DECESSIOS 8SFAMdARD OF A SRD SE SAMdAR OF LAW ThEN THE PlAilTif…
18A1231 Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institution Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-30 Presumed Complete eighth-amendment intellectual-disability legal-resources petition-for-certiorari prison-conditions time-extension Question not identified.
18-9286 Prentis Rupert v. Keith Bowers, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights class-action deliberate-indifference due-process hepatitis-c medical-care prison-conditions settlement-agreement standing summary-judgment Question not identified.
18-9191 Jerome Allen Bargo v. Raymond Naylor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP contradictory-evidence cruel-punishment cvsa cvsa-test disciplinary-action due-process eighth-amendment inmate-rights prison-conditions prison-discipline unsupported-evidence Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Bargo's CVSA tests results constituted "some evidence" to support disciplinary action, even though the resu…
18-9126 Alan L. Doering v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing-due-process-medical-trea 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rules medical-records medical-treatment prison-conditions security-concerns standing Question not identified.
18-9052 Neil Grenning v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment institutional-lighting prison-conditions prisoner-rights sleep-deprivation writ-of-certiorari Should this Court grant writ of certiorari where lower courts have no guidance on what level of 24—hour lighting is appropriate in prisons so as not t…
18-8940 Anson Chi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions retaliation standing Should defendant Cproceeding se pro a in forma criminal case) pauperis given in a be the record on appeat of in a second Copy his her direct order to …
18-8789 Roy Easterwood v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-04-11 Denied IFP civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions res-judicata Will this CouRt Reguire OKIAhOMA COURts to tREAt SiMilARly iNMAtes the situnted PRISON SAme? CAN 6 StAte CouRt dismiss PRISONERS RElIgIOUS FReedom Cl…
18-8731 Carlos Noguera v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-force medical-care prison-conditions standing takings With the Record Reflecting that the alleged victim consented to engaging in Sexual intercourse—Should Noguera have been convicted of Sexual Assault? …
18-8416 Patrick Neil Kinney v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-28-usc-2253 circuit-split conditions-of-confinement due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241,due-process,circuit-split,certi habeas-corpus-28-usc-2241 liberty-interest prison-conditions prison-misconduct property-interest sixth-circuit 1. Did the Sixth Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2) on the issue whether claims by prisoners challenging…
18-8192 James Anthony Barnett, Jr. v. Alamance County Sheriff Office Detention Center, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights compassionate-release due-process federal-courts first-amendment prison-conditions standing Question not identified.
18-7648 William R. Stevenson v. R. Cordova, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-violation-obvious-standard constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference directed-verdict-standard due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-deliberate-indifference judicial-bias perjured-testimony prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment summary-judgment-qualified-immunity Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding the law was not clearly established as to the conduct of Defendants Espinoza and Williams and in conc…
18-7458 Samuel Lewis Taylor v. Michael Miller, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied IFP 8th-amendment access-to-court access-to-courts cell-search civil-rights discovery due-process prison-conditions property-rights retaliation Whether or not 1983 civil rights discovery material confiscated from petitioner's cell during cell search and disposed of denied access to the court? …
18-7366 Frederick Gray v. Patricia Sorrels, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions THGMSELUES ARE MST ARMS OF THE STATE AMO THE STATE OR DEPARTMENT WAS NOTLIST GD AS A DEFEUOANT EO EEE E DT PLAINTIFF CRAY WMEN WE REFUSED TS MEDICATE…
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 …
18-6433 Robert Norman Smithback v. Texas Texas 2018-10-25 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, constitutional-guarantees cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection farmer-v-brennan prison-conditions prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent Issue #1. Whether Texa. Jurisprudence.enforcés constitutional guarentees, especially and specifically this Court's Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (19…
18-6294 Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Terrebonne Parish Jail Medical Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims medical-conditions medical-treatment prison-conditions standing M. Did thE pEtitioNEr hANE A SEriDUs MEdicHl CouditiON? 2. Did thE pEtitioNEr's CESIONS MEDICAL AllEgEA in jtil CDRETitION FOM CUNHACTING A dENAy diB…
18-6223 Martin Jonassen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-procedure cell-conditions civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process facility-design habeas-corpus inmate-safety prison-conditions prison-overcrowding standing 1.a.Did the ath CiR. err bt Ruling (That the 10-17-17 District Ct. OrdeR Is Not a Final Appealable 'OrdeR. A,b. Did the ath Cir. And the District Cou…
18-5878 Johnson Christopher Jamerson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cert I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. civil-rights due-process executive-power legislative-authority prison-conditions prison-operations regulatory-compliance regulatory-oversight standing 1. Did the punishment which a criminal conviction entails deprive the petitioner of his First Amendment Constitutional Right to the Freedom of Speech?…
18-5873 Milorad Teodor Olic v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied IFP behavioral-credits civil-rights due-process parole prison-conditions rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing IF w,rri- -'jcE o nFa IVrrk PQ ¶1 voLe Qti AJ EwAV1O(44L cfl riLe EiJ ' CkLLA'-G Lo$ F o!t1 poJc WILL P/WoLf S20 \4A41 rllpi~ T?-fL , ALL, ,f1o'ru…
18-5848 Darrell Darcell Darby v. Texas Texas 2018-08-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional criminal-appeals cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process prison-conditions search-and-seizure sentencing standing takings [SEE APPENDIX D] WHO IS UNABLE HIMSELFWITH HOBEOS CORPUS POSTCONUICTION PETI TION TO THE COURTS ).-- CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HELP BY ANOTHER INMATE "W…
18-5834 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Keith Robinson Second Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medical-treatment patent prison-conditions standing takings Question not identified.
18-5652 Glen Springer v. Benjamin Dale Caple, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-needs prison-conditions 1. Did Plaintif SufferA EighthAmendment Violation? Medical Needs? ex is Administative Remedies by the grlevance process USiNg When he only thing that…
18-162 Elzie Ball, et al. v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-08-06 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived air-conditioning constitutional-remedies constitutional-remedy eighth-amendment heat-index judicial-relief plra plra-restrictions prison-conditions prospective-relief remedies The Question Presented is whether the PLRA's tailoring requirement prohibits a district court from ordering a prison to maintain a maximum heat index …
24A553 Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction v. Kayla Jean Ayers Sixth Circuit Denied cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment gender-affirmation medical-treatment prison-conditions transgender-rights Question not identified.