prison-law-library

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23A620 Christopher J. Pratt v. United States Second Circuit 2024-01-04 Presumed Complete access-to-courts covid-19 first-amendment incarceration legal-mail prison-law-library Question not identified.
23-5492 Dennis Christensen v. Barry Reddish, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process handwritten-petition illegible-document potential-legal-issue prison-law-library pro-se-litigant standing unclear-text unreadable-text Question not identified.
23-5431 Bryan K. Brown v. Ron Neal, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus prison-law-library strickland-standard strickland-test The Court of Appeals opinion substantially departs from law and practice by finding that the Defendant's actions, which the court deemed "negligent", …
22-694 Jermaine Andra Whitaker v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prison-access prison-law-library statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the 11th circuit Court erred in determining that the covid-19 pandemic, which led to the quarantine of the Wheeler Correctional Facility fo…
22-6234 Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Should district courts adopt an approach that allows for the holistic consideration of all the circumstances accompanying a petitioner's late filing w…
22-5971 Joseph Michael Ladeairous v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process judicial-precedent prison-law-library prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing Petitioner submits this writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court concerning the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columb…
19-7029 In Re Paul Fahring 2019-12-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion prison-law-library prison-litigation pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing Does an inmate have access to the courts if all of the state courts refuse to address his issues in a timely manner? Does the First Amendment guarant…
18A1338 Robert Chester v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete access-to-courts constitutional-rights indigent-prisoner legal-research prison-law-library pro-se-litigation Question not identified.
18-9207 Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 sec. 2254 be afforded Equ…
18-8772 Ellery Bennett v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-law-library pro-se pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations 1. According to the pro se petitioner's undisputed affidavit filed in the district court, he did not know about the habeas corpus statute of limitatio…
18-7064 Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress Question not identified.