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25-6610 Robert Franklin Brown v. Arizona Arizona 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process legal-access legal-assistance prison-system prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25A823 Brij Mohan, et al. v. Jordan Watkins Seventh Circuit 2026-01-16 Application bivens-remedy due-process eighth-amendment federal-tort-claims-act medical-negligence prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25-6448 Torrence Belcher v. Terri Hale, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection prisoner-rights state-law 1. Should the intervening circumstances be consider when questioning the Continuing Validity or soundness of this case?? 2. What is good reasons to c…
25A712 Donald Wayne Read v. Texas Texas 2025-12-17 Application constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
25A699 Larry E. Harrison v. Sharon A. Oliver, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-12-16 Application eighth-amendment hirschsprung-disease incontinence medical-indifference medical-treatment prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25-6304 John Henry Clemons, III v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-12-05 Denied IFP constitutional-deprivation due-process first-amendment policy-implementation prisoner-rights property-interest 1) When considering the suppression of a prisoner's First Amendment right to freedom of expression and association by a prison policy, is it possible…
25A563 Rodney Vance Frith v. Kyle Smith Fourth Circuit 2025-11-14 Application cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment medical-indifference prisoner-rights section-1983 serious-medical-needs Question not identified.
25A471 Hasib Bin Golamrabbi v. California California 2025-10-24 Presumed Complete indigent-defendant law-library-access legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
25A292 Larce Spikes v. Lesley Wheat, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-09-12 Presumed Complete constitutional-minimum deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity 1. This case presents an important question of federal law to resolve: in order to overcome qualified immunity and proceed on a claim of deliberate in…
25A208 Francis Nielsen v. Kekai Watanabe Ninth Circuit 2025-08-21 Presumed Complete alternative-remedies bivens-action eighth-amendment federal-detention medical-treatment prisoner-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly applied the first step of the Egbert v. Boule test by holding that a case involving a federal detention center's r…
25A66 Gregory Montgomery v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-07-17 Presumed Complete constitutional-claims equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
25-5084 Douglas Manning v. Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2025-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force prisoner-rights X claims that bfifendanX action of failure to Act aMou/Adl 40 a<)eJhVation of AU Planning fi'qhj- To reasonable Protection Prom aS5ccu.lt aS Proi4ct…
25-5061 Ronald Johnson v. Kansas Kansas 2025-07-09 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion mitigating-evidence prisoner-rights sentencing Question not identified.
25-5033 Wade Greely Lay v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-07-07 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-statutes habeas-corpus prisoner-rights Question not identified.
24-7491 Richard Jordan v. Mississippi State Executioner, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied IFP chemical-paralytic constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment lethal-injection method-of-execution prisoner-rights 1. In a method-of-execution challenge based on the Eighth Amendment, does this Court's jurisprudence require lower courts to assess the substantiality…
24-1207 Angela Schuncey Richardson v. Krystle Reed Duncan, Corporal Eighth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split coercion eighth-amendment prison-official-liability prisoner-rights sexual-misconduct Whether a prisoner challenging a prison official's sexual misconduct must plead that the prisoner's participation was coerced in order to state a clai…
24A1137 Braun Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-05-22 Presumed Complete due-process first-amendment legal-mail mailbox-rule prisoner-rights supreme-court Question not identified.
24-7259 In Re Kenja Omari Deangelo Carmichael 2025-05-21 Denied IFP civil-commitment constitutional-violation cruel-unusual-punishment due-process mental-health-examination prisoner-rights 1.Is it unconstitutional for a prisoner or detainee to recieve creel unsual punishment by staff 24 hours aday everyday being tortured and harrassed ,b…
24-6925 Arthur J. Burton v. Melody Johnson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied IFP district-court judicial-discretion motion-procedure prisoner-rights pro-se reconsideration Did the peyyel - QUESTIONS) PRESENTE 5. Court (1). of pp eal For sixth Circult of tne Mort wn reale oF Law in, Tatera Corpev, af pelt eh E.3d 04 (6th …
24-6893 Jonathan Taum v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment hudson-v-mcmillian prison-guard prisoner-rights 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err when it disregarded Petitioner Taum's argument that Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1 (1992) was wrongly decided and should…
24A898 Angela Schuncey Richardson v. Krystle Reed Duncan, Corporal Eighth Circuit 2025-03-18 Presumed Complete corrections-officer cruel-and-unusual-punishment custodial-sexual-abuse eighth-amendment excessive-force prisoner-rights Question not identified.
24-6709 Brad Keith Sigmon v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-03-05 Denied IFP death-penalty due-process execution-method lethal-injection prisoner-rights statutory-right Does South Carolina's compressed timeline and arbitrary denial of information necessary for a condemned prisoner to exercise his statutory right "neve…
24-6685 Rodney Douglas Eaves v. Ms. Kory, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-03-03 Denied IFP covid-19 eighth-amendment injunctive-relief mootness prisoner-rights pro-se-complaint 1. Was the exposure to COVID-19 sufficiently serious enough to trigger an Eighth Amendment protection? 2. Does the permanent loss of the sense of sme…
24-6486 Lucious Boyd v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus prisoner-rights second-petition statutory-interpretation Whether § 2244(b)(2) applies (i) to habeas filings made after a prisoner has exhausted appellate review of his first petition, (ii) to all second-in-t…
24A698 Randy W. Duck v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2025-01-15 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment method-of-execution prisoner-rights Question not identified.
24A598 Robert E. Carter v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied emergency-relief habeas-corpus prisoner-rights pro-se stay-of-proceedings supreme-court Question not identified.
24-6169 Deandre Johnson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim first-amendment free-exercise prisoner-rights religious-accommodation If Reasonableness Submit Would And Beef Mae Iomenter. KAN WTERNIMLY WWLOSSTEA™ STATE Mrocequace BRA IS POKQUATE TO PrectvOeE FeRe AR WaGers Review . …
24-6122 Frank E. Reid v. Corizon Health Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-12-11 Denied IFP bodily-harm civil-rights damages-claim incarceration-conditions medical-negligence prisoner-rights Question not identified.
24A451 Emilio Santiago v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-05 Presumed Complete federal-appeal habeas-corpus prisoner-rights section-2255 supreme-court-procedure time-extension Question not identified.
24-5884 Sheng-Wen Cheng v. P. Grenier, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claim constitutional-violation judicial-remedy prison-counselor prisoner-rights right-to-petition 1. Should a prisoner's Bivens claim againt a prison counselor for denial of right to petition be dismissed, v/hen the District Court at the same tim…
24A413 Edvin Santiagomazariegos v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-28 Presumed Complete court-access institutional-constraints law-library-access legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se-litigant Question not identified.
24A394 Brian Estrada v. Jacob Smart Tenth Circuit 2024-10-23 Presumed Complete administrative-exhaustion jury-trial merits-of-claim prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights procedural-exhaustion Whether the Seventh Amendment requires that a jury, not a judge, decide disputed issues of fact related to exhaustion.
24A354 Jessie J. Barnes v. Donald Uhler, Superintendent, Upstate Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-15 Presumed Complete conditions-of-confinement cruel-and-unusual deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified.
24-5596 Oren Snowden v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release district-court-discretion kidney-disease medical-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing 1. Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Oren Snowden motion for compassionate release when Oren Snowden suffered from and continues …
24-5551 Samuel Arnold v. Georgia Georgia 2024-09-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights habeas-corpus legal-representation prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-error Question not identified.
24A225 Alicia Marie Richards v. Richard A. Marshack, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2024-08-30 Presumed Complete certiorari civil-contempt court-procedure filing-deadline prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
24A198 In Re Gavin B. Davis 2024-08-23 Denied bail-pending-appeal extraordinary-circumstances federal-appellate-review prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24A158 James A. Allen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-08-09 Denied habeas-corpus legal-access prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-bar time-extension Question not identified.
24-5280 Willie Charles Rose v. Joseph Damron, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts first-amendment legal-documents prisoner-rights retaliation sixth-circuit 1) Whether the Sixth circuit made clear error when it concluded that the District Court did not err or make s;s,s.r,s1isBosfnis. ts:.ss1::ssLJs!?sr?rs…
24A140 Christopher Harry West v. Mark Emig, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-07 Presumed Complete cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment mattress-removal mental-health prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Question not identified.
24A131 Rodney L. Lass v. Jason Wells, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete habeas-corpus legal-representation prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A119 Adam Owen Grady v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-08-01 Presumed Complete criminal-justice-act eighth-circuit in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights pro-se writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5161 Genuine Truth Banner v. Michael Stephan, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine judicial-review prisoner-rights standing (1) Whether a claim is barred for failure to exhaust administrative remedies within prior circuits precedent and when from exhaustion? (2) Whether th…
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…
24A75 Vernell White v. California California 2024-07-22 Presumed Complete court-access legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
24A15 Bobby Tatum v. Correctional Officer Hunter, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment injunctive-relief prisoner-rights sexual-assault Question not identified.
24A3 Darnell Anderson v. Aaron Fuson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-07-03 Presumed Complete Bivens eighth-amendment excessive-force federal-tort prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Question not identified.
23-7837 Fidel Alcantar Soto v. Rual Morales, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-declaration civil-procedure court-fees financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-sources indigent-status legal-proceeding monthly-expenses poverty-affidavit prisoner-rights Question not identified.
23-7829 Brandon Roberts v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations strip-searches wrongful-death January 23, 2020, the petitioner initiated a civil action within the U.s. District Court for the Northern District of Maryland asserting adenial of th…
23A1161 Ryan Galal VanDyck v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-26 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
23-1324 Thomas Perttu v. Kyle Brandon Richards Sixth Circuit 2024-06-20 Judgment Issued Amici (7) administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure exhaustion-of-remedies jury-trial merits-of-claim prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights procedural-merits In cases subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, do prisoners have a right to a jury trial concerning their exhaustion of administrative remedies…
23-7753 William Lee Boyer v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-assistance legal-notice notice one-year-deadline prisoner-rights 1. ARE THE AVERAGE AMERICANS WHO BECOME CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS EDUCATED IN CRIMINAL LAW? 2. WHY ARE CONVICTED FELONS SUDDENLY REQUIRED TO LEARN THE COMP…
23A1093 Donald Ray Malena v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time federal-procedure habeas-corpus prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
23A1098 Douglas Fauconier v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2024-06-07 Presumed Complete access-to-courts civil-rights legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se section-1983 Question not identified.
23A1072 Anthony Tyrone Brown v. James Corrigan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process eighth-amendment personal-liberty prisoner-rights Question not identified.
23-7601 Khari Devon Coley v. Correctional Officer Wayne L. Garland, et al. Second Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights custody-challenge due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-process prison-litigation-reform-act prison-transfer prisoner-rights procedural-review standing Aa/as- d'he. Pe^f•+/o^ <sr,5 prison 9.rt'e\jqyiC'C ^foced?Ur MaVqUzb(<>-h* prisoner ufon hl^ir^sf^r -fe custody °*- yorK'S o PPVc^ (b^^J prisoner or …
23-7591 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied IFP access-to-counsel access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment execution-procedure prisoner-rights 1. Whether given the unique pattern in Alabama's recent executions, in which Defendants have misrepresented critical facts and prohibited access to co…
23A1027 Jose Martinez, Jr. v. Montana Montana 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete correctional-facility legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A1017 James LeBlanc v. Brian McNeal Fifth Circuit 2024-05-16 Presumed Complete federal-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-precedent prisoner-rights section-1983 wrongful-detention Question not identified.
23-7429 Todd Giffen v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit error by affirming the district courts ruling dismissing Petitioners habeas corpus fo…
23A967 Christopher Dominguez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-29 Presumed Complete certiorari institutional-transfer legal-access prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
23A946 Jose Rojas-Meliton v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-22 Presumed Complete civil-procedure ineffective-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-default rule-60b 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…
23A914 William Ted Holliday v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied circuit-court federal-appellate habeas-corpus mandate-recall post-conviction prisoner-rights Question not identified.
23-7079 Santiago Mason Gomez v. Odunay O. Kuku, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process first-amendment free-speech prisoner-rights retaliation standing supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23A861 Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-25 Presumed Complete appeal-dismissal fourth-circuit habeas-corpus legal-access prisoner-rights sentencing Question not identified.
23-6847 Tyrone Anthony Bell v. Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech grievance-process prisoner-rights sixth-circuit-interpretation standing threat true-threat 1. Whether the state of mind of the author should be considered when the receiver understood the threat or intimidation to be true. 2. Whether C.O. W…
23A785 Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart Seventh Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights medical-access medical-treatment prison-healthcare prisoner-rights spinal-condition Question not identified.
23-6610 Wendell C. Helfrick v. Russell L. Rabb, III, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney of Culpeper County Fourth Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied IFP cases-and-controversies civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing state-court-review 1. Tha. State. state deprives_an_incl lividual from. wtilizing He. right of Due. Process, does this not violate,established guarantees, that are_prote…
23-688 Travis Scott King, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Breanna Raymundo, et al. v. DeMichael Dews, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response Waived bodily-harm civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment excessive-force hudson-v-mcmillian prisoner-rights qualified-immunity This case arises out of the use of force for seven minutes on Petitioner Travis King by three correc-tional officers that ultimately resulted in King'…
23A574 Wayne Resper v. Yescare Corp., fka Corizon Health, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-21 Presumed Complete civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
23-664 Ralph Harrison Benning v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-U.S.C.-§-1983 civil-rights constitutional-safeguards correspondence correspondence-interception due-process email prisoner-rights qualified-immunity 1. Where the Supreme Court has required that a prisoner is entitled to procedural safeguards if their "correspondence" is intercepted, are respondents…
23-6302 Robert Lee Crawford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-procedure preliminary-review prisoner-rights Is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated by the lower courts when a prisoner petitioner's 28 USC §2255 habeas corpus raising Sec…
23-6273 Eugene Lucas v. J. N. Ottinger, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-15 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure diligence due-process judicial-discretion legal-filing mailbox-rule prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing prisoner-rights procedural-diligence Can a district Court negate the Prison mailbox rule by finding A prisoner did not show diligence in Following up on his filing to prison Authorities?
23-6229 Arnold A. Cary v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-materials medical-care prisoner-rights toxic-exposure toxic-water Did CDOC violate Cary's A constitutional federal question: 1. due process and equal protection, provided in the Fourteenth and Eighth Amendments, rega…
23-6198 William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration medical-parole patent prisoner-rights standing state-law Question not identified.
23-6094 Dena Inez Minton v. Miranda Richardson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus legal-documents prisoner-rights procedural-due-process standing Question not identified.
23-516 Michael D. Smith v. Derek Gordon, et al. Kentucky 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment immunity legal-immunity legal-malpractice prisoner-rights standing 1 Will this court let stand as Kentucky courts have ruled that lawyers in a criminal case, in essence have the same IMMUNITY as judges and prosecuto…
23-6033 Darryl Smith v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights clifford-pinkney darryl-smith due-process james-gwin james-kennar prisoner-rights retaliation sixth-circuit standing us-district-court Question not identified.
23A437 William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete extension-request federal-court habeas-corpus prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-rules Question not identified.
23A438 Lynn Richard Norton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete extension-of-time federal-court interest-of-justice petition-for-certiorari prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
23-488 Bruce R. Sands, Jr. v. Patricia V. Bradley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied 28-usc-2241 constitutional-conditions federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-claims jurisdiction prisoner-rights release unconstitutional-conditions Whether federal courts have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 over a petition for habeas corpus alleging that a prisoner's unconstitutional conditio…
23A400 Taquarius Kaream Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-03 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-filing prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-rule time-extension Question not identified.
23-442 Anthony Prescott v. K. Johnson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-27 Denied 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment food-contamination food-service fourth-amendment intentional-tort official-capacity-claim prisoner-rights public-entity use-of-force Question: Does involuntary exposure to any non-medically necessary medication, steroid, chemical cleaning compound, schedule II drugs, toxin or any un…
23A376 Ralph Harrison Benning v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-25 Presumed Complete due-process email-censorship first-amendment prisoner-rights procedural-safeguards qualified-immunity Whether censorship of prisoner emails, without any notice that the emails are being censored, nor any opportunity to challenge the decision before a n…
23-5792 Kevin Chandler v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-hearing delayed-appeal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-decision-maker prisoner-rights retaliation 1. Whether the defendant violated the plaintiffs rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the-Fourteenth Amendment, as well as I.D…
23-5723 James Daryl West v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied IFP circuit-opinion civil-procedure civil-rights claim-dismissal due-process factual-assertion habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-error ninth-circuit prisoner-rights standing Sp2uivcollv| uji'U Kgoy-cls Ixntr/ Morri 5^ VJa^clW\ Tek-Uow poses 4Xjl girsW) \o Ul5 Ccu^f ot bukj^Ujtr ^ £kw\4ji\ Crcuvf GcurV ok Aff-^Ls cUadUd 4-…
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…
23-5376 Enrique J. Diaz, et ux. v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression fundamental-fairness legal-review prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION VIOLATES PRINCIPLES OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS BY HAVING GREAT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE BASED UPON A PRO SE PLEADING …
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.
23-5279 Robert Annabel, II v. Joseph Novak, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process free-speech in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure lawsuit-dismissal prisoner-rights retaliation standing Did the district court and the court of appeals for the Sixth Circuit erroneously dismiss Mr. Annabel's lawsuit and denied him in forma pauperis on ap…
23-5255 Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Livingston County, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied IFP 8th-amendment access-to-courts actual-injury civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-neglect monell-claim monell-policy prisoner-rights Is this the correct evaluation of the evidence for deliberate indifference and would the Monell policy standard be eroded by the evaluation of this ca…
23-5082 William Richter v. Charles Truitt, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas judicial-access post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights pro-se-petition standing I. Whether The Seventh Circuit Denial of Certiorari of Appellate, ity And Subsequent Rehearing To Remand The Enormous Denial of Habeas Relief had Post…
23A5 Darryl Smith v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2023-07-03 Presumed Complete access-to-courts criminal-conviction filing-restrictions habeas-corpus mandamus prisoner-rights Question not identified.
22-7861 Darryl C. Daniels v. Z. Culpepper, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights due-process prisoner-rights retaliation MTN\ r am A P r Y) N A DM1 NISI RATION ARRANGE A COMM1'\Wmm\m Mmoi ecu on, \n h ln m HfOR 5HE REQUL010 FOR bUCH PROF EH ION? r\ r\(XtURouaicw
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…
22-1171 James LeBlanc, et al. v. Jessie Crittindon, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment overdetention prisoner-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 state-officials supervisory-liability (1) Do high-ranking state prison officials violate a prisoner's constitutional rights by failing to promulgate policies cajoling independent, locally-…
22-7535 Delroy Booth v. Lieutenant R. Allen, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights damages discretionary-review district-court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-procedure prisoner-rights procedural-standards remedy-exhaustion retaliation Question not identified.
22-7507 Robert Stanley Woods, aka Saladin Rushdan v. Haar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights correctional-goals due-process first-amendment medical-treatment out-of-court-settlement prisoner-rights retaliation settlement-agreement 1. ) Does and Out 6'f Court Settlement Agreement "Set the Perimeters " for future so-called Legitimate Correctional Goals in a specific instance?? O…
22-7463 Lexter Kennon Kossie v. Texas Texas 2023-05-04 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment good-conduct-time liberty-interest overdetention prisoner-rights systemic-overdetention 1) Whether Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDC3) violates the Fourteenth Amendment by confining its prisoners past the dates uhen they are lega…
22-1067 Brian E. Johnson v. Mike Dobbins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process intentional-discrimination prisoner-rights reasonable-accommodation sixth-circuit-court solitary-confinement 1. Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err by holding that Title II of the American Disabilities Act ("ADA") requires a prisoner with a known disab…
22-1045 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal due-process pleading-standards pleadings prisoner-rights rule-12 section-1983 standing Does Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12 permit a defendant to file successive, pre-answer Rule 12(b)(6) motion(s) to dismiss —each towards a sep…
22-7305 Stacey Johnson, et al. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied IFP 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-challenge method-of-execution prisoner-rights scientific-consensus severe-pain standing 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment requires a prisoner challenging the method of his execution to show a scientific consensus that the method is sure or …
22-7279 Robert J. Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compassionate-release compassionate-relief concepcion-v-united-states due-process first-step-act in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation In forma pauperis status and review his request for compassionate relief under the First Step Act based on its decision in Concepcion v. United States…
22-911 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. California 2023-03-17 Denied administrative-law administrative-regulation agency-discretion chevron-deference civil-rights due-process judicial-review ministerial-duty prisoner-rights property-rights statutory-authority Did the California corrections agency exceed the bounds of its statutory authority when they wrote an administrative regulation without any sort of pr…
22-6948 Robert E. Spiker v. Robert E. Erskines, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP cell-phone-data constitutional-claims deliberate-indifference digital-privacy federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence habeas-corpus medical-care prisoner-rights privacy search-and-seizure Neither the Overruled court nor the State Supreme Court of Appeals lacks a Post of Docket to the court by not Providing a Full Litigation Without Judi…
22-6922 Samuel Ross v. Clerk of Courts of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-action extraordinary-circumstance fed-r-civ-p-60(b)(6) lewis-v-casey prisoner-rights rule-60(b)(6) Whether the majority Circuit Court of Appeal decisions clarifying that Lewis v. Casey does not foreclose a prisoner's right to access to courts to lit…
22-6788 In Re Kent Williams 2023-02-15 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit prisoner-rights standing Should this court order the Minth cirout court of Appeals to discontinue its practice of serding its litigants to a third Party (zdao Dept.of orrectio…
22-6630 John Butler v. Howard Sissem, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure correctional-facility federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction legal-standing prisoner-rights standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals, for the Third Circuit, did in fact have jurisdiction concerning Petitioners' appeal under the Federal Rul…
22-693 Michael Johnson v. Susan Prentice, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) circuit-split civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment exercise-deprivation prisoner-rights solitary-confinement Whether punitively depriving a prisoner in solitary confinement of virtually all exercise for three years notwithstanding the absence of a security ju…
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…
22-614 Troy Chrisman, et al. v. Estate of Seth Michael Zakora, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-protection corrections corrections-liability criminal-law drug-contraband due-process eighth-amendment institutional-supervision prisoner-rights 1. Whether a prisoner's criminal act of voluntarily ingesting an illegal drug banned within the prison can give rise to that prisoner's federal consti…
22-6384 Peter Gakuba v. Larry Henderson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-violations deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment kosher-meal-requirements prisoner-rights Gakuba exhausted all his available administrative remedies when grieving Vienna prison staffers' deliberate ignorance to Gakuba's seafood allergy, and…
22-6334 Joey Faught v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law detainer due-process federal-custody interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers notice prisoner-rights sixth-circuit Was Petitioner's letter to the U.S. District Court Clerk, while he was a State of Tennessee prisoner, asking to be transferred to federal custody to a…
22-6102 Samuel Turner v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons civil-procedure court-deadline covid-19-lockdown due-process equity excusable-neglect judicial-discretion pandemic prisoner-rights I. WHETHER CERTIORARI SHOULD BE GRANTED BECAUSE THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS SO FAR DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF …
22-6104 Esteban Parra-Reyes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-review compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-sentencing judicial-discretion ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sentencing summary-affirmance I. Whether The Denial Of Esteban Para Reyes's Motion For Compassionate Release Was An Abuse Of Discretion? II. Whether the Ninth Circuit's Summary Af…
22-6074 Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights security-measures 1. WHETHER THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO INSTITUTE UNUSUAL SECURITY MEASURES APPLY IN CIVIL CASES BROUGHT BY PRISONER - PLAINTIFFS? 2. WHETHER DISTRICT …
22-6045 Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Kristopher Taskila, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus prisoner-rights I. CONSIDERING A PRISONER'S RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM WRONGFUL RESTRAINTS UPON THEIR LIBERTY, DOES 28 U.S.C. § 2254 PROVIDE WHILE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS…
22-6034 Francis Stock v. Chanelle Braswell, et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-filing notice notice-of-appeal prisoner-rights service-of-process standing Is Prisoner entitled to notice of Dismissal by the U.s. District court under +he Federal Rules of Civil Procedure? when Prisoner filed his Notice of …
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…
22-5710 Lisa A. Biron v. Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP accardi-doctrine administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons discretionary-actions judicial-review prisoner-rights regulatory-compliance Are discretionary actions of the federal Bureau of Prisons ("FBOP") — an executive agency responsible for more than 130-thousand prisoners nation wide…
22-5685 Tyrice Hill v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-access deadlines due-process inmate-legal-assistance legal-research meaningful-access prisoner-rights sixth-circuit 1. Is the Sixth Circuit Courts narrow interpretation of this Courts holding in Bounds wrong and denies Hill meaningful access to the Courts? 2. Is Th…
22-5613 Kennrith L. Foster v. Illinois Illinois 2022-09-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-interpretation notice plea-bargaining prisoner-rights state-court waiver eanciFh Fo / tfial and -b (docg) Did d-c i a I £ourt t/iolafe Vilo-Vional rights +*o 4 j 0f |au3 u)hen if atte^je.d ht'S jW f atvoniTi nri5of\£.on$ e…
22-5544 Jason L. Sanders v. Matt Macauley, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified.
22-5379 Thomas Powers v. Krista Wilcoxen, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Question not identified.
22-108 Richard R. Watkinson v. Alaska Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) free-exercise free-exercise-clause government-neutrality prisoner-rights religious-accommodation religious-accommodations rluipa strict-scrutiny substantial-burden 1. Does the Free Exercise Clause permit a prison to deny accommodations to the Petitioner for his religious exercise that it already allows for secula…
21-8266 Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure court-filing declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-proceeding poverty prisoner-rights Question not identified.
21-8223 Fox Joseph Salerno v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 circuit-split custodian federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus interstate-compact prisoner-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction I. Should a 28 USC 224 1 HC (not a 28 USC 2254 HC) be filed in State in which incarcerated or State in which conviction occurred, for a State prisone…
21-8156 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. Jeffrey Alvarez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights NV X v&Jer Deviated Fco/ntte^Wk* N infly£\rcu^ CaSc la to [jaoi<2>n \J, AlcJdvM-^ %^3 d;3& (T^c^. 11%)^ ^pso« oFPr'c^ls are. del;l^+&(y deny, delay, …
21-8065 Arthur Glenn Jones, Sr. v. Sam Wong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit atrophy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process informed-consent judicial-discretion medical-care medical-negligence prisoner-rights psychotropic-medication standing 1. ) Did the 9th Circuit - U-S. Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when the Court denied petitioner's appeal? When the issue was not the constitut…
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…
21-1425 Darvin Castro Santos v. Craig White, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights correctional-officers due-process excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey prison-disciplinary-proceedings prisoner-rights section-1983 Whether Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), may bar a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where…
21-7695 Allen Wayne Hatcher v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus limitations-period prisoner-diligence prisoner-rights procedural-sufficiency 560 U.S. 631 (2010) Florida / Holland Under can I. v. extraordinary circumsatnces be established by the same facts that establish a prisoner's diligen…
21-7689 Deverick Scott v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery due-process eighth-amendment failure-to-protect prisoner-rights retaliation screening-process section-1983 1. On 4/24/18, 4/25/18 Did Defendants Malone, Sexton, Burchfield violate Scott s clearly establish right to be protected by Assault from other inmate …
21-1362 Timothy Gray v. Craig White, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights correctional-officers due-process excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey prison-disciplinary-proceedings prisoner-rights section-1983 Whether Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), may bar a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where…
21-7497 In Re Willie T. Murphy 2022-03-30 Denied IFP collateral-proceeding collateral-review constitutional-right due-process ineffective-assistance legal-counsel martinez-v-ryan prisoner-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment "DOES A PRISONER HAVE A RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN A COLLATERAL PROCEEDING WHICH PROVIDES THE FIRST OCCASION TO RAISE A CLAIM OF INEF…
21-7498 Eric Lloyd Hermansen v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied IFP atypical-hardship civil-rights constitutional-protection covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus health-complications prisoner-rights Are State prisoners protected under this Court's decision in Helling v. McKinney from being forcibly subjected to its unknown health complications/ ex…
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.
21-7232 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? …
21-1141 Charles Wade v. Gordon Lewis Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process fair-warning medical-treatment prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Whether this Court's qualified immunity doctrine demands a nearly identical fact pattern before a case can clearly establish the law—as the Eleventh a…
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…
21-6997 Luke Waine Caines, Jr. v. M. Interian Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prisoner-rights substantial-injury substantial-risk substantial-risk-of-harm wood-v-housewright 1). WHETHER DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE SHOULD BE ANALYZED UNDER THE BALANCING FRAME WORK 3F THE SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF HARM TEST ANNOUNCED BY THIS COURT RA…
21-6958 Vorarut Vorasiangsuk v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit formatting-deficiency motion-to-exceed-page-limit motion-to-supplement prisoner-rights pro-se Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion and violated Mr. Vorasiangsuk's due process right when it misconstrued the second …
21-6862 In Re Daniel Jones 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-relief federal-courts filing-requirements judicial-procedure mandamus prisoner-rights standing 1. IS PETITIONER ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE RELIEF INCLUDING MANDAMUS FROM THIS COURT TO PROTECT HIS RIGHT TO PETITION THE COURTS WHERE A MANIFEST INJUSTIC…
21-6829 Ibrahim Donmez v. New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process litigation-reform neitzke-v-williams non-prisoner-complaints prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights screening-standard section-1915 standing statutory-interpretation 1) Does the language of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 allow screening or dismissal of non-frivolous non-prisoner complaints and claims for failure to state a claim…
21-6698 In Re Carlton West II 2021-12-22 Denied IFP due-process equitable-rule equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule prisoner-rights procedural-default standing trevino-precedent EXACTLY HOW, WHEN AND WHERE ARE PRISONERS TO USE THE NEW EQUITABLE RULE ANNOUNCED IN MARTINEZ V. RYAN 566 U.S. 1 (2012) AND TREVINO V. THALER 569 U.S.…
21-6562 Francis Timothy Plaza v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. Third Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied IFP case-progress civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing judicial-precedent precedent prisoner-rights procedural-fairness state-court WAS IT AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF THIS COURT'S PRECEDENT TO RULE THAT EQUITABLE TOLLING SHOULD NOT APPLY TO THE PETITIONER'S CASE WHERE THE STATE …
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 …
21-6480 Francisco C. Martinez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sandin-v-conner WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MISAPPLIED THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION OF SANDIN V. CONNER, 515 U.S. 472 (…
21-6422 Jake Rader v. Darrell Miller, Warden Virginia 2021-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing ISSUES RAISED IN PETITONERS HABEAS WHICH CUUID OF BEEN RASED ON DIRECT APPEAL. THIS FIDIN'G ON ITS OWN SHOUID SUFFICE A VALID CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASS…
21-6337 Kendall K. Magee v. Gloria Perry, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement federal-courts prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights In A eriganer's Civil Rights acbon Under Ua | LuSc & 183, Con or De & Posoner meet the. ELhousbon Realuersent DL The. PLEA, Luhen he. Recreves the. Re…
21-727 Robert R. Snyder v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied access-to-courts active-interference civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process law-library-access plausibility-standard prisoner-rights procedural-due-process prospective-relief standing Did the lower court's incorrectly apply Christopher v. Harbury in its attempt justify the dismissal of Petitioner's Active Interference claims? Does H…
21-6221 David Jackson v. Massachusetts Department of Correction Massachusetts 2021-11-09 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prisoner-rights protected-speech racial-discrimination solitary-confinement true-threat Whether the petitioner, a senior African American prisoner complaining about systemic racism in a letter he mailed to the governor of Massachusetts at…
21-6198 Billy Dean Smith v. Lynnie Einerson, Acting Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections death-penalty disadvantaged-groups due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-review prisoner-rights standing state-prisoners state-procedure When litigating a State Criminal Convictions by way of a Federal Habeas Corpus, the Indigent State Prisoner & Matter What Race, Color or Creed, Who ha…
21-6167 Harry Sharod James v. Roy Cooper, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure law-library legal-access prisoner-rights Does the Fundamental Court Constitution said fair access, to the Cards book think(?) access to a mean not, effective, fact adequate law than a (Accoun…
21-5935 Alex Adams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights unnecessary-litigation 1. Does not the law say anything the Jury did not hear is Now Evidence ? 2. Is the Court abusins there decreation by issuiny denied order on Clian? …
21-5838 Michael Andrew Johnson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied IFP administrative-negligence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation due-process failure-to-protect inmate-violence prison-safety prisoner-rights prisoner-vulnerability protective-custody standing Why did A.D.C. officials "Wendy Kelly " and Byron Brown " fail to protect me from a stabbing that I wrote "Director Kelley " about before the stabbing…
21-5810 Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-justice double-jeopardy fifth-amendment good-conduct-time legislative-intent parole prisoner-rights sentencing 1). Was petitioner written a Califia hcale Appralablly Lo Meni Mthethsr Lhe EE ee don REFUSED fo Conatrue 02 anabyge Led of une 11, 1185, Li" Lag, RS,…
21-5744 Joseph George v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-violation criminal-conspiracy due-process federal-law law-enforcement prisoner-rights public-officials standing DoeS AlONg RUNNiNg GOVERNMEN/ ANd ORgANiZEd CRIMiNAL CoNspiRAcy taRgeting ANd fRaming pelitioNeR toe batteRy caSES Meet the PLRA 3-striKes exceptiorof…
21-399 Chester Lee Reneau v. Mary Cardinas, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response Waived cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-negligence prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs seventh-amendment summary-judgment Can prison doctors violate the Eighth Amendment by exposing prisoner's to the "unnecessary and wanton" infliction of pain? And, does the Constitution …
21-5508 Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-27 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation Upon 8/04/15 (9) Court's Denial of Petitioner's Constitutional Violation of Petitioner's USC Fourteenth Amendment due process Clause, equal protection…
21-5437 Jean Crump v. Social Security Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisons medication-access prisoner-retirement prisoner-rights retirement-funds retirement-plan room-and-board social-security 1. Is the Social Security Administration employee funded retirement, a retirement plan? 2. Should you advise the pubic that the government do not hon…
21-5168 Darrell Demetrius Cross v. Kecia Davidson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied IFP administrative-procedure attorney-general civil-procedure civil-rights detainer-warrant due-process federal-district-court inmate-rights prisoner-rights standing voluntary-protective-custody A Con a louler U. federal distriat court beallowto Stopapetitioner incustody a acauntbyration Voluntar y protective fromm been issue afelonywoarrant f…
21-5024 Gary E. McKinley v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2021-07-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence exhibits pleadings prisoner-rights pro-se standing state-court-system L V^Ae^NSA m fe/z. |fflturu^dfc, oa Setfewa-I Cicu*r is &>\T )K/lf&f TbeSt.'bjjo f£ p^Vi d"k<S Siosxl/urcLo f % ^ PeKffesje-r k&s Pfi*> vfdeJL 'fk*t£&…
20-8260 Earton Smith v. John Schuyler Marvin Fifth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prisoner-rights state-court-procedure supreme-court whether the S.C.s 1983. Jurisdictione OVER
20-8163 David Patkins v. Rebecca Piantini California 2021-05-27 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discretionary-review due-process indigent-litigants judicial-access meaningful-access non-article-iii-proceedings prisoner-rights PURSUANT FEOERAL (AND STATE) CONSTITUTION DUE PROCESS/PETITION CHL OLSNIN JO 8 3HE NO S3NE COURTS : (1) ON NON-FRIVOLOUS ACTIONS, D.OES THE RIGHT OF M…
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 …
20-8008 Eric Christopher Conn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-reform-act conspiracy-to-escape criminal-conspiracy custody escape-statute federal-corrections federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus home-confinement jurisdictional-review parole-violation prisoner-rights Whether an individual released on bond under the Bail Reform Act is in "custody" so as to trigger conspiracy to escape for a "walk away."
20-7625 James Arthur Ross v. John Myrick, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-discretion due-process judicial-error prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation property-exemption standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Did the District Court error by ignoring Oregon's Wildcard Exemption Rule announced in ORS 18.345(l)(o)(2011) and in Schlunt v. Nooth, 261 Or. App. 86…
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…
20-7420 Tobi Kilman v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-review civil-rights due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate Whether a prisoner has a liberty interest in receiving time-credits toward the service of his sentence, when said credits are mandated by statute and …
20-7366 In Re John Peyton Alexander 2021-03-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process earned-time-credits ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing successive-petition 1. Due to the fact that the AEDPA excludes an entire category of prisoners in custody and now seek to file successive habeas corpus within 1-year-from…
20-7303 John Joseph Barrera v. Jessica Newsome, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure haines-v-kerner judicial-review pleading-standard prisoner-rights pro-se standing WHETHER OR NOT THE COURTS BELOW HELD THE PRO. SE. PRISONER PLAINTIFF TO A HIGHER STRINGENT STANDARD OF PLEADING BY DISMISSING HIS PRO. SE. PLEADINGS W…
20-7094 Kenneth Ray Sheffey v. Iowa Eighth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus illiterate indigent-status legal-representation prisoner-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se I. Did the lower court violate the protections under the Iowa and United States Constitutions by denying Petitioner, an illiterate prisoner, both lega…
20-7103 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. North Carolina 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech grievance-mechanism petition-clause prisoner-rights standing THE JUDGMENTCS) IN THE NATTER OF CASE NO. 42SPIQ-2 DiRECTIY iNVOLUES A SUbSTANTIAL EUINO STATES PURSUONT TO N.C.G.S.7A-BOCI). HENCE, THE Said juDGNEUT…
20-6940 Ellery Dennis Thomas v. Raymond Madden, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus prisoner-rights remittitur sentencing standing Under the amendment of the U.S. Constitution, if there is a search seizure by prosecutor never mentioning it to the defendant and it was never mention…
20-6872 Scott Hildreth v. Kim Butler, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment grievance-process medical-neglect medical-treatment medication-refill policy prisoner-rights Is it right that the defendant Wexford health service,(Menard C C ) have returned to their same old song and dance and have been not properly or tim…
20-6723 Akando Ducksworth v. Hal MacMurdo, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights correctional-institute due-process medical-care prisoner-rights standing Whether this Petitioner's case should have proceeded past the dismissal phase based on the merits of his claim.
20-6658 Michael Brent Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied IFP death-penalty district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-petition fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prisoner-rights procedural-grounds statute-of-limitations Petirénep wishes te challeuge the ARisiows of the united States Court of Ampenls far the Fifth circuit m caus€ no. 19-4o72XO And the united sty tes pi…
20-6560 Lorenzo Gerald Ferebee v. Karen Stapleton, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection prisoner-rights procedural-due-process Question not identified.
20-6398 Richard Wesley Allen v. Marcus A. Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection First-Amendment Fourteenth-Amendment free-speech parole prisoner-rights religious-freedom DOES IT VIOLATE THE FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, WHEN A STATE THAT OFFERS PAROLE TO PRISONERS, DENIES PAROLE TO A PRISONE…
20-6177 John Leo Davis v. Goodyear Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process law-enforcement prisoner-rights qualified-immunity retaliation sexual-abuse standing 1. Whether it is proper for a district court to dismiss a Complaint, sua sponte, before the parties have had an opportunity to conduct discovery or en…
20-459 Robert Ryan Snyder v. California California 2020-10-08 Denied administrative-law cell-assignment constitutional-rights due-process emergency-regulations equal-protection prison-overcrowding prisoner-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing-reform After the Plata ruling, California's legislature lowered its prison population by enacting Proposition(s): 36, 47 and 57. Should the resultant extra l…
20-5946 Roberto Antoine Darden v. Barbara Von Blanckensee, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disciplinary-notice district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus liberty-interest prisoner-rights procedural-grounds qualified-immunity I. May a personal locker be a disciplinary notice wrote in fact if nothing wrote links the sulprit to it? II. May a tribunal limit its review of a pr…
20-5845 Deverick Scott v. Danny Burl, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied IFP 1st-amendment administrative-grievance civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process false-disciplinary first-amendment prisoner-rights property-rights retaliation 1. If the A.D.C. authorizes a prisoner to have his personal property in Isolation Confinement by giving to him on his 48hr relief after he served 30 d…
20-5835 Joseph Belarde Garcia v. California California 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus parole parole-board prisoner-rights victim-impact-statement CAN A STATE PAROLE BOARD COMMIT A FATAL ERROR BY THE REFUSAL TO ENTERTAIN FAVORABLE EVIDENCE OF THE STATE PRISONER FOR HIS SUITABILITY TO BE RELEASED …
20-5662 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections Colorado 2020-09-11 Denied IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights colorado-corrections due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion prisoner-civil-rights prisoner-rights sex-offender-treatment standing 1) Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals abused its discretion when it summarily dismissed Mr. Saved's 42 U.S.C. §1983 Prisoner's Civil Rights Complai…
20-5671 Michael Ward v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission Michigan 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection fees-and-costs indigent-litigant prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights I. IS MICHIGAN'S STATUTE, MCL 60G.2963(B) UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON ITS FACE and/or AS APPLIED TO THIS PETITIONER, AS VIOLATING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO COURT…
20-281 Waseem Daker v. Clinton Perry, Jr., Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied 8th-amendment circuit-split conditions-of-confinement due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus prisoner-rights solitary-confinement I. Whether a prisoner may file a habeas corpus petition to challenge his placement on segregated/solitary confinement. II. If so, whether a court con…
20-5330 Layne Aucoin v. Andrew Cupil, Lieutenant, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights eighth-amendment excessive-force muhammad-v-close prison-discipline prisoner-rights sixth-amendment Do the Sixth Amendment and this Court's decision in Muhammad v. Close, 540 U.S. 749 (2004), foreclose a federal court from dismissing an inmate 8th Am…
20-5200 Gerald A. Sanford, Sr. v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. Tennessee 2020-07-29 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings prisoner-rights state-court-discretion state-court-of-appeals statutory-interpretation supervisory-power WHETHER A STATE COURT OF APPEALS HAS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH A DECISION OF A UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AND OTHER STATE COURT OF APPEA…
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…
20-23 Dale Hartkemeyer, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied free-exercise last-rites ministerial-duty pandemic pandemic-execution prisoner prisoner-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom RFRA Where a priest has a sacred religious duty to minister last rites to a prisoner under his pastoral care, does scheduling the prisoner's execution duri…
19-8897 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge covid-prison-conditions due-process emergency-relief fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-petition sentencing sentencing-review ARE PRO-SE PETITIONER'S ENTITLED TO COURTS' LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR COURT PAPERS OR FAIR AMENDMENT? IF PROSECUTOR PRESENT ED NO EVIDENCE PETITI…
19-8721 Vincent A. Argentino v. Ruanne Stamps, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-06-16 Granted Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble legal-precedent medical-evidence prisoner-rights summary-record 1. Whether the Precedent of Placing Nesiifying, medical evidence in the Summary Record Showing O * aeke' mental ef Peck" Places an Unrealis-hic exfect…
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…
19-8505 George Tolbert v. Stephanie Waggoner, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8471 Eddie Gene Vaughn v. Timothy Hawkins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process equal-protection excessive-force poverty prisoner-rights standing 1.ARE CORRECTIONAL STAFF FREE TO PHYSICALLY BEAT PRISONERS SIMPLY DUE TO THE PRISONERS APPEARANCE AND DEMEANOR OF ILLITERACY AND/OR BEING TOO POOR TO …
19-8384 In Re Levon Spaulding 2020-05-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process federal-action free-speech institutional-conditions legal-assistance prisoner-rights standing takings WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY AND LEARNING DISORDERS CONTRIBUTED TO BRAINWASHING A LEGALLY INCOMPETENT ACCUSED—A DISADVANTAGED PERSON? …
19-1261 Trent Michael Taylor v. Robert Riojas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-04-30 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (4) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment government-officials obvious-violation prisoner-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 standing Respondents are prison officials who deliberately left Petitioner Trent Taylor naked for six days in two filthy cells; the first cell was covered from…
19-8348 Roland I. Kehano, Sr. v. Scott Harrington, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified.
19-8320 Quintez Talley v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-claims pleading-standards prisoner-rights pro-se-plaintiff state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction 1. Is a Parties right to raise an absolute a/identiam. PYimleae tontaent UP0Y1 Whether bY evidence ? 2. bots -the. doctrine thaba district Court must…
19-1237 LeRoy K. Wheeler v. North Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-access court-access due-process judicial-bias judicial-review legal-prejudice meritorious-claims prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner Do poor pro-se prisoners have a constitutional right to access the courts and to justice that will compel courts to rule on the merits of valid consti…
19-8223 Timothy W. Connors v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. Nevada 2020-04-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Question not identified.
19-8152 Menes Ankh-El, aka Wendell Brown v. Robert Carter, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP atypical-and-significant-hardship civil-rights due-process hardship-standard law-library-access prison-transfer prisoner-rights procedural-due-process retaliation I. Does Ankh-El's permanent transfer to higher level prison to use the law library impose atypical and significant hardship, deny procedural due proce…
19-8153 Keith Clayton Brooks, Jr. v. Celia Schwartz, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-04-01 Denied IFP civil-rights conditions-of-confinement due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment post-traumatic-stress-disorder prisoner-rights section-1915g suicidal-impulses PETITIONER IS A STATE PRISONER ALLEGING FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS FOR RETALIATION AND DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS AGAINST PRISON STAFF. PET…
19-8060 John Doe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-disclosure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment harassment medical-history medical-privacy prisoner-rights privacy 1. Should a Convicted Felon be Subject to Additional Harassment Above and Beyond Their Prison-Sentence Due to a Court's Disclosure of Their Medical H…
19-1138 DeWayne D. Knight v. Thomas Grossman, Jr. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied balancing-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment informed-consent medical-treatment prisoner-rights Whether a claim for violation of a prisonerpatient's Fourteenth Amendment right to informed consent requires a showing of deliberate indifference and …
19-7995 Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Magoon Estates Limited, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied IFP access-to-courts article-3-court civil-procedure district-court due-process filing-fee in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights related-cases standing I. DID THE FEDERAL ARTICLE 3 COURT OR UNITED STATES DISTRICT HONOLULU ERR/ERROR OR BREACH IT'S OWN ORDER FAILING TO ALLOW THE PETITIONER THE OPPORTUNI…
19-8008 Jeremy Fontanez v. J. Coakley, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-materials prison-policy prisoner-rights Does B.O.P. Policy 1315.007 "Legal Activities, Inmates," violate a Federal prisoner's First Amendment Right to reasonable access to the state court, w…
19-7922 Scott L. Rendelman v. William True, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied 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…
19-7899 Paul Nigl v. Jon Litscher, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment marriage marriage-rights prison-administration prison-regulations prisoner-rights summary-judgment turner-v-safley 1. Whether prison officials may, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibit a former prison employee and a prisoner from marrying where prison…
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…
19-7807 Christopher Young v. Jose Boggio, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied IFP constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment ineffective-treatment intentional-mistreatment medical-care medical-need prisoner-rights serious-medical-need treatment 1.) Whether the contention that an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical need claim fails simply because the Plaintiff received…
19-1018 Dana Gallop v. Adult Correctional Institutions, et al. Rhode Island 2020-02-14 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-death-statute civil-rights constitutional-law political-disenfranchisement prisoner-rights racial-discrimination supremacy-clause unconstitutional Does Rhode Island's Civil Death Statute, G.L. 1956 § 13-6-1, violate the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, where it is derived from …
19-7582 Raul Arellano v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mailbox-rule ninth-circuit petition-reconsideration prisoner-rights standing My question Des roof of) Prison mail Log (2) Prisone declaration oficer who receives DosumentFrom Prisoner for mailing, acknowledementof receivin docu…
19-7543 Earl Osborn v. Christopher Williams, et al. Second Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights corrections-department disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process inmate-rights medical-treatment mental-disability mental-health prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment 1. In Blake v Ross, 1365.Ct. 185o, Did The United states Supreme Coort Eliminate The Requirement For An Individualized, Fact Specific petermination Re…
19-7276 Ketut Pujayasa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules due-process judicial-discretion prejudice prisoner prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-4a6 time-limitation timeliness Did the District court and Appellate Court err in concluding that Mr. Pujayasa's Motion to Re-Open Time to File Appeal (6) motion, which was sent on F…
19-867 Wexford Health, et al. v. Kareem Garrett Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) administrative-remedies amended-complaint circuit-split exhaustion-requirement judicial-exception prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights prisoner-status procedural-dismissal If a prisoner fails to exhaust administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit, does Section 1997e(a) mandate dismissal of the unexhausted claims, or …
19-861 Mark Shumski v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prisoner-rights standard-of-review Is a prisoner entitled to a certificate of appealability (COA) on a claim for which other jurists have reached different conclusions from the district…
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…
19-7212 Ronald Lee Alexander v. Texas Texas 2020-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing Question not identified.
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…
19-7060 Kent Glen Williams v. Brooks, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied IFP due-process first-amendment free-speech rlulpa standing 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim court-order due-process health-screening judicial-relief prisoner-rights religious-freedom standing Wo^> prisoners consbKjtioH <\\ c^<A sWoforj/ rty 'hf fo P^j/jioi^ (edic^ous -Troe^jomj \Ziola.j<z.d ojkc/J jj e_ District court " AismYSSed Kb u^c. …
19-7036 Jeremy L. Dale v. Anthony Agresta, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force federal-tort-claims habeas-corpus medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Y MR. depriveration of Rigt's ? (SecONd TSSUE $1983, persons liable ndto $ 1983 dAmAgES WAs itUuncnstitio oeni f mdcal d M D tmutoA C A DENiaM2.DAlE…
19-742 James Bailey-Snyder v. United States Third Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived arrest-definition civil-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process liberty-restriction prisoner-rights prosecutorial-discretion solitary-confinement speedy-trial wilkinson-v-austin Does imposing solitary confinement on a prisoner while police and prosecutors investigate and consider new criminal charges amount to an "arrest" givi…
19-6854 In Re Alexander Palomarez 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights coercive-interrogation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus miranda-rights prisoner-rights standing state-court-review suppression-of-evidence 1. Can the "Prison Mailbox Rule" announced in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 101 L. Ed. 2d 245, 108 S.Ct. 2379 (1988), be applied to this case to excu…
19-6812 Steven Kurt Baughman v. Michael Seale, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment brain-damage burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-claims deliberate-indifference due-process hyperglycemia insulin medical-treatment prisoner-rights retaliation serious-medical-needs 1. Whetehr injecting a prisoner with insulin without knowing bis immediate bllod sqgar level constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical ne…
19-6777 Iris Lamar Anderson v. Florida Florida 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-court-procedure HAS THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT IMPLEMENTED PRATICES FOR FLORIDN'S JUDIUAL SYSTEM THAT CONTRADICTS THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONS T LTH AND IT AMENOMENT RGHIS F…
19-6516 Ronald D. Veteto v. Gregory O. Griffin, Judge, Circuit Court of Alabama, Montgomery County, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights retaliation standing state-court-procedure Question not identified.
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…
19-6416 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…
19-6342 Michael Shavers v. Lavern Sharp, Deputy Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process excessive-force excessive-use-of-force prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment WHETHER PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT IN LAWSUIT SHAVERS V. BERGH (EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE CLAIMS IS DISMISSED ON THE NATURE OF THE SUS…
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.
19-6148 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…
19-6102 Roosevelt Brian Moore v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-review due-process graham-v-florida habeas-corpus juvenile-offenders legal-standards prisoner-rights resentencing sentencing sentencing-procedure standing state-court-decision GRANTED PETITSONER A CERTI FICATE of APPEAlAbIty PORSUANT TO MILlER -EL V.COCKER, 537 U.S.3a2 ON. QUESTIONS OF HIS THE U.S. CONSTITUIONAl RIGHTS? PERT…
19-5960 Ben W. Bane v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavits breach-of-duty civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner federal-tort-claims-act judicial-enforcement medical-negligence prisoner-rights procedural-requirements standing state-law state-law-preemption Whether a Federal District Court and the Appellant Court of that District can enforce a Local State Law, under South Carolina Code § 15-36-100, requir…
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…
19-5798 Lonnie Bernard Davis v. John Hancock Mutual Funds Accounts First Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights confinement-conditions constitutional-violation due-process federal-review habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Question not identified.
19-5768 Steven Villalona v. Florida Florida 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-v-wingo constitutional-law criminal-procedure detainer due-process prisoner-rights rehabilitative-programs sixth-amendment smith-v-hooey speedy-trial (1) What effect, if any, does the filing of a detainer have on a prisoner's right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment? (2) To what degree ar…
19-5584 Christopher Isaac Simmons v. Grissom, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-waiver due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-rights standing vexatious-litigant Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly revoke Appellant's In Forma Pauperis (IFP) Status under 28 U.S.C. 1915(g) where Heat Risk prisoner clearly made al…
19-5495 David Gray v. Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP access-to-courts assault civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal due-process excessive-force federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-procedure prisoner-rights retaliation standing Petitioner has had three (3) plus two 42. U.S.C. §1983 Civil Actions dismissed under the 3 strikes provision of 28 U.S.C.§1915(g), latest 42 U.S.C.§19…
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…
19-5485 Justin James Thrasher v. Arizona Arizona 2019-08-06 Denied IFP arizona-supreme-court brown-v-plata brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-oversight prison-reform prisoner-rights standing supreme-court-precedent The Decision Of The Arizona Supreme Court Violates Brown -v- Plata 131 S. Ct. 1910(2011)
19-5365 Michael Joseph DeMarco, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied IFP color-of-state-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct prisoner-rights property-rights property-seizure retaliation witness-defense 1. Whether a prisoner has due process and equal protection under the Constitution when a guard deliberately, willfully and maliciously seizes a prison…
19-5360 Curtis Nairn v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights counsel counsel-assistance due-process exhaustion-of-remedies florida-corrections florida-department-of-corrections futility-doctrine habeas-corpus prisoner-rights spencer-sanction spencer-sanctions standing state-court-exhaustion state-courts Whether it would be futile for a prisoner to return to State Courts to have unexhausted claims exhausted with the assistance of counsel under Florida …
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…
19-5205 Zachary A. Smith v. John A. Matthews, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process evidence evidentiary-motion medical-evidence prisoner-rights pro-se rule-706 summary-judgment I SHOULD A PRO SE PRISONER BE PERMITTED TO ADMIT MEDICAL INFORMATION FROM A REPUTABLE WEBSITE AS "VERIFYING MEDICAL EVIDENCE" TO OVERCOME A MOTION FOR…
19-5160 Jamie D. Geer v. Florida Florida 2019-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal appeal-procedure due-process equal-protection post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prison-officials prisoner-rights WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS, EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW AND RIGHT TO ACCESS TO THE COURTS WHEN PRISON OFFICIALS MISHANDLED HIS APPEAL P…
19-5152 Daryll Keith Shumake v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights court-filing due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence hearsay ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-access legal-materials prison-litigation prisoner-rights prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
19-5066 Jordon Louis Dongarra v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3161 constitutional-claims double-jeopardy due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement prisoner-rights pro-se speedy-trial statutory-interpretation 1) IF Your OriqNAl IndiCtmeNt is lAte ANd dismissed UNder 18 USC 316/A) qrantina the Ends oF Justice . Wher You Get A Second Irdictment When the First…
18-1586 Scott Lynn Gibson, aka Vanessa Lynn v. Brian Collier, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment individualized-medical-evaluation life-threatening-medical-need life-threatening-need medical-treatment new-treatment prison-healthcare prisoner-rights transgender-rights universal-medical-acceptance 1. Whether an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's lifethreatening medical need can be disposed of without any individua…
18A1348 Daniel Brian Masson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time institutional-limitations legal-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
18-9733 Bobby F. McReynolds v. Preston Glenn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus medical-treatment prisoner-rights procedural-default scheduling standing state-court-review surgery I wish the cout to review my medial file shewng Iunstill Needingy Surgery from the fall in Nevada County Jail. This incident hoppered ON Novenber 30th…
18A1334 Robert E. Carter, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction, Robert E v. Roman Lee Jones Seventh Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete diet-restriction first-amendment prisoner-rights religious-accommodation rluipa substantial-burden Question not identified.
18A1309 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se section-2255 Question not identified.
18A1295 Jesse Mendivil v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete federal-procedure legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
18A1282 Ronny Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-07 Presumed Complete access-to-courts extension-of-time prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
18-9421 In Re Ronald D. Veteto 2019-05-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-penalty civil-procedure civil-rights clerk-misconduct due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandamus-petition notice-pleading prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights sanctions Question not identified.
18-9334 In Re Phillip S. Grigalanz 2019-05-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts access-to-process appellate-process civil-rights due-process prisoner-rights state-action state-actors unlawful-interference writ-of-certiorari Do State actors possess an inherent responsibility to protect a prisoner's right of access to process against unlawful interference? Should the Corne…
18-9313 Warren D. Watson v. Matthew Killough, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedures handbook-interpretation prisoner-rights procedural-confusion THE PROPER EXHAUSTION RULE What is considered proper exhaustion and was there enough confusion in the policy handbook and other procedures to warrant…
18-9144 Delbert Heard v. John R. Baldwin, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force failure-to-protect inmate-safety prisoner-rights standing substantial-risk Question not identified.
18-9145 John Patrick Fletcher v. Inmate Bank, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process prisoner-complaint prisoner-rights pro-se rule-8 standard-of-review standing supervisory-power Whether the lower courts' failure/refusal to follow this Court's standard of review for pro se prisoner complaints under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2) as he…
18-9068 Dennis Rydbom v. Lisa Boggs, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP access-to-information catalog-ban censorship civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech mail-censorship penological-objectives prisoner-rights Prison officials withheld mail addressed to prisoner Dennis Rydbom; such mail being (1) an Edward R. Hamilton book catalog, and (2) a National Academy…
18-9128 Shawn R. Erpelding v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2019-05-03 Denied IFP 14th-amendment arbitrary-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights privileges-and-immunities standing state-action Does the State of Nebraska violate the 14th Amendment's privileges and immunities clause by arbitrarily denying committed offenders the privilege of a…
18-9111 El-Sayyid Nosair v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-02 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida judicial-review muslim-arab-prisoners prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation sentencing terrorism united-states-v-o'brien wrongful-conviction yick-wo-v-hopkins WHETHER THE DENIAL OF EQUAL JUSTICE BY LOWER COURTS IS STILL WITHIN THE PROHIBITION OF THE CONSTITUTION AS THIS COURT HELD IN YICK WO v. HOPKINS IN 18…
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…
18-9023 Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-collateral-order-doctrine collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-violations due-process enlargement-of-time federal-relief habeas-corpus magistrate-judge prison-litigation prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner standing The appeal was determined to be taken in bad-faith on the following issues: First, an issue of first impression raises the question of whether the co…
18-8883 James E. Jessup v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment prisoner-rights racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Question not identified.
18-8771 Timothy Barr v. Rebecca Pearson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process due-process-rights judicial-authority jury-trial prisoner-civil-rights prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-precedent Does the 8th circuit federal court of appeals, have the authority to supersede the standards and precedent set by the United States Supreme Court in p…
18-8722 In Re Curtis Lee Sheppard 2019-04-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review due-process federal-courts federal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-ruling mandamus prisoner-rights standing THE PLURAL WAS AMENDED FOR 28 U.S.C. § 1915 TO IMPOSE NEW FELUC PROLEDUREE OJ ARCEONER'E DEEIRONG TD APAEAR LIFAJON CERTAIN PROCECDLNCE ULA PRISONER E…
18-8555 Randal Floyd v. Michael Johnson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees deliberate-indifference due-process fraud indigent indigent-appeal prisoner-rights standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-access-to-cou WETER A PRISONER AS PLAINTIFF STILL HAS STANDING ON A DELI8EATE INDIF?E1ENCE CLAIM WHEN THE DEPENDANT DY FRAUD DEFAULTS THEIR OBLIGAT[0N3 TO FORHRRD P…
18-8365 Derrick Scott v. Allen Stark, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-filing due-process imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights standing three-strikes Whether the middle district Court and FifthCircuit court of apPeals in Conflict with Congress Plain. and Unambiguaus.mandatery lansudse meaning of its…
18-8376 Dee Deidre Farmer v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer prisoner-civil-action prisoner-rights residence-determination standing venue-requirements When a prisoner initiates a civil action in a federal district court should that court deem the prisoner a resident of the state in which she/he resid…
18-8341 Louie M. Schexnayder, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP aedpa-deference judicial-federalism judicial-proceedings judicial-review pecuniary-interest prisoner-rights pro-se-petition pro-se-prisoners state-court-decision statutory-interpretation supervisory-power writ-application writ-applications Could jurists of reason debate whether to apply AEDPA deference to a state court decision arising out of a secret, thirteen-year-long policy to deny a…
18-8326 Dana Gray v. V. Romero, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-access due-process expert-testimony medical-care medical-care-claims medical-expert neutral-expert prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation summary-judgment UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS NEED TO RELIABLY APPOINT NEUTRAL MEDICAL EXPERTS IN INDIVIDUAL PRISONER PRO SE §42 USC 1983 MEDICAL CARE CASES WITH COGN…
18-8310 Azhar Lal v. B. G. Flores, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages deliberate-indifference due-process medical-treatment prisoner-rights standing IF PETITiONER WAS AN INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETIC AND THE PRISON DOCTOR HAD ORDERED PETITIONERS EVENING DIABETES TREATMENT AS: THAT HE MONITOR HIS BLOOD…
18-8250 Joel Marvin Munt v. Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment 8th-circuit appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process encourage-prisons-to-utilize-transfers-to-moot-sui judicial-discretion mootness mootness-doctrine prisoner-rights rluipa rluipa-standard standing Did 8th Circuit incorrectly apply mootness standard and encourage prisons to utilize transfers to moot suits, at which point they are then free to tra…
18-8209 Raymond Alford Bradford v. M. Marchak, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights due-process healthcare judicial-precedent legal-interpretation mental-health ninth-circuit prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation 507, 5a7 (I9Be) In Which the California CourT OF Appeal held tHat "state Priooners Presently have a statutory right absent a judicial determination th…
18-8000 Allister Freeman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts aedpa-limitations aedpa-time-limitations circuit-court-precedent civil-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-test indigent-prisoner law-library law-library-access prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant standing QUESTION ONE: WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PRECEDENT IN DODDS V. UNITED STATES AND ATKINS V. UNITED STATES, DENYING EQUITABLE TOLLING…
18-7959 Paul David Maze v. Renea Terrell, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 12(b)(6) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion plra prisoner-rights pro-se-litigant section-1983 standing Does a prisoner's §1983 civil matter require a remand if a District Court wrongly equate the standard for frivolousness of a complaint under §1915(d) …
18-7963 Fredmun Wayne Reynolds v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights procedural-rules rules-of-civil-procedure state-prisoner statute statute-interpretation timeliness DOES A DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF A STATE PRISONER'S HABEAS PETITION UNDER HABEAS RULE 4, FOR LACK OF TIMELINESS, VIOLATE STATUTE, THE RULES OF CIV…
18-7919 Susan Grund v. Julie Murphy, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-need prisoner-rights summary-judgment Whether The District Courtin granting summary judgment improperly decided disputed factual issues which the appeal court affirmed. Whether the Peti…
18-7762 Douglas Fauconier v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process legitimate-penological-interests penological-interests prison-regulation prison-regulations prisoner-rights 1. What minimum showing of proof must prison officials establish on the record, to meet their initial burden of proof, in demonstrating that a prison …
18-7674 Michael S. Gorbey v. Michael McCall, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process extradition federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation CourT To Federal CourT? 2) CaN A state Habeas Corpus, Filed by A"state PrisoNer CONTract Housed iN Federal PrisoN (withiN the sTarte) be Removed To Fe…
18-7604 Jacques Paul Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP civil-rights confidentiality confidentiality-statute due-process mailroom-search medical-records medical-records-privacy prisoner-rights privacy privacy-rights veterans-affairs veterans-benefits 1. Military veterans' medical records are privileged and confidential under 38 U.S.C.A. § 5701, 5705, and 7332. Petitioner - a military veteran and a …
18-7517 Donelle L. Johnson v. Jennifer McDermott, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-standard prisoner-rights procedural-rights Did the United States Court of Appeals err in denying Mr. Johnson a certificate of appealability.
18-7476 Scott Ash James Zirus v. Sharon Faye Keller, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 42-usc-section-1983 civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights fee-payment prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights standing writ-of-mandamus When a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 action is construed as a Petition for Writ of Mandamus, is it a "civil action" within the scope of the Prison Litiga…
18-794 Ronald R. Shea v. Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment bail civil-rights constitutional-amendments counsel due-process fundamental-rights petition-clause prisoner-rights telephone-access Whether a prisoner's right to a telephone call is a necessary inference of the fundamental rights of bail and counsel under the Sixth, Eighth and Four…
18-7049 Joel Marvin Munt v. Nanette Larson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights dismissal due-process eighth-amendment expert-evaluation jury-trial medical-care mootness prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment Was. Petitioner unconstitutionally denied his right to have a jury determine the facts of his case? Can the State escape their Eighth Amendment Duty …
18-6973 Andy Edward Minor v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prisoner-rights racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing state-court-appeals A.oo SHOULD MINOR'S CONVICTION BE VACATED AND SENTENCE SET ASIDE DUE TO HIS ACTUAL INNOCENCE? PeTiTioner says Yes! B.. SHOULD MINOR'S CONVICTION BE V…
18-6634 Leandro Leonel Gonzalez v. F. Armenta, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights correctional-officers due-process evidence first-amendment free-speech Is there a right to have-a-witness in the Due-Proc mail-communication prisoner-rights witness-testimony In an action in which petitioner was forbidding to write letters to Tamara Ecclestone, is there a right to out-going mail in the First Amendment of th…
18-6595 John Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied IFP appeal-dismissal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis mental-incompetence prisoner-rights Does treating a dismissed appeal of a mentally incompetent prisoner's case, who in good faith, untimely filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, c…
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 …
18-6571 Mark Jervis v. Richard Brown, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process e-filing-system habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion prisoner-rights standing The District Court mandates that all prisoner communications to and from the court be transmitted via the E-Filing system. Per policy, prisoners canno…
18-6440 Danny R. Meeks v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP evasion exhaustion-requirement Prison-Litigation-Reform-Act statute-of-limitations unlawful-practice ada-compliance americans-with-disabilities-act exhaustion-requirement harassment prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations threats This case presents two (2) distinct questions addressing: STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (SOL) The FIRST question presented is:: Whether a covered entity o…
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…
18-6427 Jesus Valle v. Rusty Rogers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied IFP administrative-segregation circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process prisoner-assault prisoner-rights standing state-created-danger Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision denying relief represents a split in the Circuit Courts. Valle, a pro se litigant and prisoner in …
18-6367 Joel Carter v. Jamie Ayala, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-services medical-treatment precedent prisoner-rights summary-judgment I. Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by iss…
18-6239 Sean P. Reilly v. Guelsy M. Herrera, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus heck-v-humphrey limitations-period prisoner-rights section-1983 Whether a Section 1983 Plaintiff, who diligently sought favorable termination according to the requirements of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.C…
18-6264 Adrian M. Requena v. Ray Roberts, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-accountability judicial-oversight judicial-review prison-officials prisoner-rights Can Prison Officials violate a prisoner's Constitutional Rights and the Court System turn a blind eye?
18-6043 Patrick Wayne Manning, II v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-09-19 Denied IFP access-to-court civil-rights claim-construction court-access discrimination due-process equal-protection prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-claims pro-se-litigants recharacterization-of-claims Names v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520, 92 S. -Ct. 594, 30 L. Ed. 2d 652 (1972), allows a court unfettered authority to construe pro se prisoner claims. S…
18-5862 Samuel Ross v. Clerk of Courts of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-claims civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation standing Whether a prisoner has a constitutional right of access to the courts to litigate civil claims unrelated to his/her sentence or conviction?
18-5801 Harvey Eugene Larson v. Doug Moore, Parole Officer, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-standing pleading prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation Did claim(s) state a cause of action?
18-5721 Carlos Levy v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access diligence due-process habeas-corpus language-barrier language-barriers prisoner-rights spanish-speaking tolling To get tolling of the one-year deadline for filing a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, a state prisoner must prove, inter alia, that he h…
18-5728 Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. Virginia 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Should DNA evidence exonerating the lower Courts deny use of because (blood and hair) simply is the DNA donor third-party Unknown to allow? Will cour…
18-5695 Robert Wayne Annabel, II v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada amendment-opportunity civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy deliberate-indifference due-process plra plra-dismissal prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights rehabilitation-act res-judicata retaliation sua-sponte I. "The Sixth Circuit is alone in its PLRA interpretation that a sua sponte dismissal for failure to state a claim at screening no longer affords a "f…
18-5626 Bruce Wishnefsky v. Jawad Salameh, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-appeal prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-provision Whether the "three strikes" provision of the federal in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), bars a prisoner from appealing in forma pauperis …
18-5595 Keith L. Williams v. Kul Sood, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion prisoner-rights procedural-error standing summary-judgment Whether court of appeals or district court abused it's descretion: In (8)th amendment violation claim: by failing to.ackiiowledge evidence, that dis…
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 …
18-171 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-state-law constitutional-rights Cruel-and-unusual-punishment Due-process Eighth-amendment First-amendment immunity law-library-access Preliminary-injunction prisoner-rights retaliation section-1983 Does a person or entity have immunity from prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when rights that have been secured by the United States Constitution hav…
18-5451 Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal 1. May the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sua sponte dismisses a Plaintiff's Appeal for not paying the filing fees, where documentation clearly showed…
18-5430 James Davis Bennett, et ux. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-defense deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-vs-gamble federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure medical-care prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs summary-judgment 1. The Question before the Court is Whether the Eight Amendment under Estelle vs Gamble allows a Court to create a Constitutional Defense to an admitt…
18-5334 Marlon Crawford v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus illiteracy judicial-procedure non-english-prisoners prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation Whether equitable tolling may be extended to non-English or illiterate prisoners that lose access to courts as a result.
18-5257 Frederick E. Melvin v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida 2018-07-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto parole prisoner-rights retroactive-application sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation (1) Would it be unconstitutional if the Florida Commission on Offender Review formerly the Florida Parole Commission knowingly operate Florida's Conso…
18-5240 Roy Lee Ward v. Robert E. Carter, Jr., Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction, et al. Indiana 2018-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-punishment due-process fourteenth-amendment lethal-injection lethal-substances notice prisoner-rights state-execution state-prisoners Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution entitles condemned state prisoners to notice of the letha…
18-5067 Clark L. Stuhr v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights documentary-evidence due-process good-time-credits habeas-corpus prison-discipline prisoner-rights right-to-evidence Is a Criminal Defendant Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability When it is Demonstrated that a Substantial Showing of the Denial of Constitutional …
18-5096 Raymond Tibbetts v. John Kasich, Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied IFP baze-v-rees baze-vs-rees eighth-amendment execution-protocol glossip-v-gross glossip-vs-gross lethal-injection midazolam prisoner-rights scientific-evidence substantial-risk substantial-risk-of-harm substantial-risk-of-serious-harm 1. Whether a prisoner challenging a midazolam three-drug lethal-injection protocol must, as the Sixth Circuit requires, "prove" with "scientific evide…
18A10 Quonshay Douglas-Ricardo Mason v. DeWayne Burton Sixth Circuit 2018-06-29 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se sixth-circuit time-extension Question not identified.
24A307 Garcia Glenn White v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied constitutional-review habeas-corpus identity-claim prisoner-rights procedural-default time-bar Question not identified.
23A397 Mark A. Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete filing-requirements in-forma-pauperis lockdown-conditions prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.