ptsd
9 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-6531 | Timothy Edwards v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights comprehension-disability constitutional-rights due-process garza-ruling post-conviction-relief ptsd retroactivity statute-of-limitations | 1. Whether the ruling in GARZA V, IDAHO 139 S. CT 739 (2019) applies to Plaintiffs Constitutional guarantee? A. Pending judgement (Writ of Cert.) in S… |
| 21-1112 | Sonya Gorbea v. Verizon New York, Inc. | Second Circuit | 2022-02-11 | Denied | ada constructive-termination employment-discrimination job-abandonment pretext ptsd reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations title-vii | 1. How can Verizon dereliction of duty and reckless disregard for the necessary medical treatment be acceptable under the ADA/Title VII in much as not… | |
| 21-5971 | Adrian Torres v. Warren Montgomery, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-trial cumulative-error doyle-error due-process evidence-exclusion ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct ptsd right-to-present-defense | I. Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Investigate and Present a PTSD Expert?; Was an Evidentiary Hearing Was Required? II.… |
| 21-5753 | James Allyson Lee v. Benjamin Ford, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-22 | Denied | IFP | capital-punishment capital-sentencing childhood-trauma habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence post-conviction-relief ptsd ptsd-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington | 1. Where a capital sentencing jury hears only a brief, conclusory, second-hand allusion to childhood abuse and neglect, can detailed, graphic accounts… |
| 20-1461 | Jairo Acosta, Police Officer for the City of Los Banos v. Tan Lam, as Successor-in-Interest to Decedent Sonny Lam, aka Son Tung Lam | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-19 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights due-process evidence officer-credibility plain-error police-use-of-force ptsd ptsd-evidence qualified-immunity reasonable-officer threat-assessment use-of-force | 1. Is it plain error to admit evidence of a police officer's remote PTSD diagnosis to challenge the officer's credibility and prove he was more likely… |
| 19-8493 | Mark Stinson v. Dewayne Hendrix, Warden | Eighth Circuit | 2020-05-18 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | conspiracy criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction jury-trial ptsd | Can husband and wife be charged with conspiracy, even though the husband (The Petitioner), had been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTS… |
| 19-7508 | Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karen Kloth, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-01-30 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | by triggering PTSD symptoms rise to a level that is cognizable under the Eigh that caused psychological harm civil-rights correctional-officer correctional-officer-duties due-process eighth-amendment emotional-distress inmate-rights intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress psychological-harm ptsd qualified-immunity | 1. Does the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, by triggering PTSD symptoms, that caused psychological harm, rise to a level that is… |
| 18-6727 | John C. Stojetz v. Tim Shoop, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-11-19 | Denied | IFP | brady-violation capital-punishment due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-records mitigation prosecutorial-misconduct ptsd racial-bias | I. Has the Constitutional right to due process of law been violated where a prosecutor withholds prison medical records that substantiate a capital de… |
| 18-5502 | Susan Joy Jacobson v. Arizona | Arizona | 2018-08-09 | Denied | IFP | compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony ptsd ptsd-diagnosis self-defense sixth-amendment | Does preclusion of an accused citizen's PTSD diagnosis, proffered to support her self-defense claim, unconstitutionally impinge on her Due Process gua… |