unlawful-restraint
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6945 | Louis D. Coleman, III v. United States | First Circuit | 2026-03-03 | Pending | IFP | appreciable-period-requirement circuit-split criminal-conviction federal-kidnapping-statute holding-for-ransom unlawful-restraint | For the government to obtain a conviction under the federal kidnapping statute, must it prove that a person was held for an appreciable period separat… |
| 21-7555 | Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Nevada | Nevada | 2022-04-05 | Denied | IFP | double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel liberty-interest pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention reversed-conviction state-statute unlawful-restraint | Whether the liberty interest created by state statute extends to prisoners whose convictions are reversed and remanded back to class of pretial detain… |
| 18-62 | Brian Colbry, et ux. v. Lisa Von Pier, Director, New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, et al. | Third Circuit | 2018-07-11 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-2254 child-custody child-protective-services custody deprivation-of-liberty habeas-corpus jurisdiction liberty-deprivation state-institution state-restraint unlawful-restraint | Is a minor child in custody for purposes of jurisdiction on a Petition for Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S. C. §2254 where the child is suffering a s… |