sandin-v-conner

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-841 Christopher H. West v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-rights cronic-standard due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sandin-v-conner sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington trial-counsel 1. In denying petitioner's habeas certificate of appealability, where the 3d Circuit's review of the record entirely overlooked that the facts in tria…
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 (…
19-7801 James Benjamin Barstad v. Washington Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights constitutional-violation contract contract-breach due-process equal-protection inmate-rights punishment sandin-v-conner state-sanctions 1) When STATE OF WASHINGTON repeatedly imposes sanctions back-to-back, i.e. , when 'temporary" restrictions become perpetual through various schemes,…
18-9486 Clifford Abshire v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Louisiana 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest property-interest sandin-v-conner Are prison disciplinary hearings considered "communicative acts," entitled to the protections of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution…