Attorney general's Office
112 cases • 33 attorneys
Attorneys
Joseph F. Whalen III
(20)
John Bartley DeLone
(13)
Anne Elizabeth Egeler
(10)
Jonathan Porter Babb
(9)
Seth Kasel Schalit
(6)
A. Scott Hayward
(5)
Courtney J. Hightower
(5)
Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda
(5)
Martha Anne Wood
(3)
Michael Aaron Katz
(3)
Paul Monroe Roadarmel Jr.
(3)
Tammy K Plubell
(3)
Ginger Jarvis
(2)
Michael J. Wise
(2)
Michael Joseph Spillane
(2)
Paul Edward O'Connor
(2)
Rachelle Anne Newcomb
(2)
Stephen Norwood Dodd
(2)
Andrea Natalia Cortina
(1)
Daniel Patrick O'Brien
(1)
Douglas Lee Wilson
(1)
J. Clayton Crenshaw
(1)
Jeffrey Lee Sparks
(1)
Jeffrey S. Gray
(1)
Julie A. Slabaugh
(1)
Pamela Chiyoko Hamanaka
(1)
Paul S. Swedlund
(1)
Scott Alan Taryle
(1)
Steven Taylor Oetting
(1)
Tammy K. Plubell
(1)
Vineet Mehta Shaw
(1)
Virginia M. McGinn
(1)
William N. Jenkins
(1)
Cases
| Case | Title | Docketed | Type | Status | Party | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6229 | Douglas A. Krusley v. Abigail Caudill, Warden | 2025-11-25 | IFP | Denied | Abigail Caudill, Warden | Courtney J. Hightower |
| 24-1064 | John Doe v. Tennessee, et al. | 2025-04-08 | Paid | Denied | Tennessee, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 24-5985 | Tara Dawn Chapman v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services | 2024-11-15 | IFP | Denied | Tennessee Department of Children's Services | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 24-517 | Lance Shockley v. David Vandergriff, Warden | 2024-11-06 | Paid | Denied | David Vandergriff | Michael Joseph Spillane |
| 24-5018 | Maureen McDermott v. Anissa De La Cruz, Warden | 2024-07-08 | IFP | Denied | Anissa De La Cruz, Warden, Deborah K. Johnson | Douglas Lee Wilson |
| 23-7570 | Leonard Blackstock, Jr. v. Tennessee | 2024-05-28 | IFP | Denied | Tennessee | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 23-7430 | Timothy Edward Peterson v. James Salmonsen, et al. | 2024-05-09 | IFP | Denied | James Salmonsen, et al. | Tammy K Plubell |
| 23-6703 | Christopher Collings v. David Vandergriff, Warden | 2024-02-08 | IFP | Denied | David Vandergriff | Michael Joseph Spillane |
| 23-6469 | Eric Kimble v. Chance Andes, Acting Warden | 2024-01-11 | IFP | Denied | Chance Andes, Acting Warden | A. Scott Hayward |
| 23-5090 | Travis J. Brown v. California | 2023-07-13 | IFP | Denied | California | Andrea Natalia Cortina |
| 22-7443 | Reno v. Ron Broomfield, Warden | 2023-05-02 | IFP | Denied | Ron Broomfield, Warden | A. Scott Hayward |
| 22-7337 | Toforest Onesha Johnson v. Alabama | 2023-04-20 | IFP | Denied | State of Alabama | J. Clayton Crenshaw |
| 22-865 | Mobilize the Message, LLC, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | 2023-03-10 | Paid | Denied | Bonta, Att'y Gen. of CA | Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda |
| 22-6909 | Curtis Lynn Fauber v. Ronald Davis, Warden | 2023-03-02 | IFP | Denied | Ronald Davis | A. Scott Hayward |
| 22-643 | Jason Devon Lenoir v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. | 2023-01-11 | Paid | Denied | Lynn Guyer, Attorney General for the State of Montana | Tammy K Plubell |
| 22-6447 | In Re David A. Avery | 2023-01-04 | IFP | Denied | Roger A. Page, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 22-538 | William F. Nored, et ux., as Conservators, Parents, and Next Friends of William F. Nored, Jr. v. Tennessee Department of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, et al. | 2022-12-13 | Paid | Denied | Tennessee Department of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 22-6083 | Aaron Jay Pierce v. Utah | 2022-11-17 | IFP | Denied | Utah | Jeffrey S. Gray |
| 22-418 | Gene Deveraux v. Montana | 2022-11-04 | Paid | Denied | Montana | Tammy K. Plubell |
| 22-5984 | Kenneth Wilbert Brown v. Brad Adams, Warden | 2022-11-03 | IFP | Denied | Adams, Warden | Courtney J. Hightower |
| 22-5406 | Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California | 2022-08-19 | IFP | Denied | California | Steven Taylor Oetting |
| 22-5109 | Teddy Brian Sanchez v. Ronald Broomfield, Warden | 2022-07-15 | IFP | Denied | Ron Broomfield | Rachelle Anne Newcomb |
| 22-5060 | Fred Auston Wortman, III v. Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. | 2022-07-11 | IFP | Denied | Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 21-7794 | Paul C. Bolin v. Ron Broomfield, Warden | 2022-05-06 | IFP | Denied | Ron Broomfield, Warden of San Quentin State Prison | Rachelle Anne Newcomb |
| 21-7778 | Lester Ochoa v. Ron Davis, Warden | 2022-05-04 | IFP | Denied | Ron Davis, Warden | A. Scott Hayward |
| 21-7397 | Mario Derrell Jones v. Great Southern National Bank, et al. | 2022-03-16 | IFP | Denied | 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 21-1172 | American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | 2022-02-24 | Paid | Denied | Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda |
| 21-6272 | Igor Perlov v. California | 2021-11-15 | IFP | Denied | California | Seth Kasel Schalit |
| 21-698 | Butler County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2021-11-12 | Paid | Denied | Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. | John Bartley DeLone |
| 21-5656 | Omar Cebrero v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden | 2021-09-13 | IFP | Denied | Rosemary Ndoh | Paul Edward O'Connor |
| 21-5433 | Alex White v. California | 2021-08-20 | IFP | Denied | State of California | Michael Aaron Katz |
| 21-39 | Benjamin Ramirez Ruiz v. California | 2021-07-12 | Paid | Denied | People of the State of California | Seth Kasel Schalit |
| 20-1806 | Kim R. Helper v. Patrick H. Stockdale, et al. | 2021-06-25 | Paid | Denied | Kim R. Helper | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 20-8433 | Abdu-Salim Gould v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | 2021-06-24 | IFP | Denied | Todd E. Ishee | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-1761 | Jennifer Berrier, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry v. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission | 2021-06-17 | Paid | Denied | Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20-1632 | Patrick H. Stockdale, et al. v. Kim R. Helper | 2021-05-24 | Paid | Denied | Kim R. Helper | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 20-1618 | John Anthony Gentry v. Glen Casada, et al. | 2021-05-19 | Paid | Denied | Glen Casada, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 20-1608 | North Carolina v. Norfolk Junior Best | 2021-05-18 | Paid | Denied | State of North Carolina | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-1383 | Arthur Diamond, et al. v. Pennsylvania State Education Association, et al. | 2021-04-02 | Paid | Denied | Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, James Darby, Albert Mezzaroba, and Robert Shoop, Jr. | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20-1246 | Anna Valentine, Warden v. Johnny Phillips | 2021-03-09 | Paid | Denied | Anna Valentine | Courtney J. Hightower |
| 20-7192 | Phillip Vance Smith, II v. Josh Stein, et al. | 2021-02-22 | IFP | Denied | Josh Stein | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-7103 | Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. | 2021-02-10 | IFP | Dismissed | North Carolina | Daniel Patrick O'Brien |
| 20-7080 | Jimmy Lloyd Alexander v. California | 2021-02-08 | IFP | Denied | California | Seth Kasel Schalit |
| 20-7064 | Justin Lee Perry v. North Carolina | 2021-02-05 | IFP | Denied | North Carolina | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-6926 | Nestor Alegria Hernandez v. California | 2021-01-25 | IFP | Denied | The People of the State of California | Seth Kasel Schalit |
| 20-6805 | Michael M. Williams v. Josh Stein, Warden | 2021-01-08 | IFP | Denied | Josh Stein | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-890 | Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company v. California, et al. | 2021-01-05 | Paid | Denied | State of California, et al. | William N. Jenkins |
| 20-845 | Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-12-23 | Paid | Denied | Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania | John Bartley DeLone |
| 22O155 | Texas, Plaintiff v. Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-12-08 | Invalid case number | Pending | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20A92 | Anna Valentine, Warden v. Johnny R. Phillips | 2020-11-19 | A | Presumed Complete | Anna Valentine, Warden | Courtney J. Hightower |
| 20A84 | Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-11-06 | A | Presumed Complete | Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20-574 | Jake Corman, et al. v. Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. | 2020-10-30 | Paid | Denied | Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20-542 | Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-10-26 | Paid | Denied | Veronica Degraffenreid | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20A53 | Joseph B. Scarnati, III, et al. v. Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-09-28 | A | Presumed Complete | Kathy Boockvar | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20A54 | Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-09-28 | A | Presumed Complete | Kathy Boockvar | John Bartley DeLone |
| 20-373 | Richard Lee Abrams v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California | 2020-09-23 | Paid | Denied | Newsom, Gov. of CA | Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda |
| 20-350 | Daniel Flores v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden | 2020-09-16 | Paid | Denied | Christian Pfeiffer | Scott Alan Taryle |
| 20-5378 | James Lynn Styers v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections | 2020-08-17 | IFP | Denied | David Shinn | Ginger Jarvis |
| 20-134 | Abilio Hernandez, et al. v. Jason Boles, et al. | 2020-08-07 | Paid | Denied | Jason Boles, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 20-5186 | John Edward Butler v. North Carolina | 2020-07-28 | IFP | Denied | North Carolina | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-5187 | Thomas Lee Brennan v. Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina | 2020-07-28 | IFP | Denied | Stein, Att'y Gen. of NC | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 20-5089 | William Kirkpatrick, Jr. v. Kevin Chappell, Warden | 2020-07-16 | IFP | Denied | Kevin Chappell | A. Scott Hayward |
| 20-17 | Wade Robertson v. Richard A. Honn, et al. | 2020-07-13 | Paid | Denied | Tani Cantil-Sakauye | Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda |
| 19-8824 | Keith Newton v. Alabama | 2020-06-26 | IFP | Denied | State of Alabama | Stephen Norwood Dodd |
| 19-8728 | Joshua Harrell v. California | 2020-06-17 | IFP | Denied | California | Seth Kasel Schalit |
| 19-8635 | Kenneth Brown v. Kentucky | 2020-06-08 | IFP | Denied | Kentucky | Courtney J. Hightower |
| 19A1042 | Earl Markey v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania | 2020-05-22 | A | Presumed Complete | Wolf, Gov. of PA | John Bartley DeLone |
| 19-8512 | Alexander P. Mhlanga v. Jennifer Hicks | 2020-05-21 | IFP | Denied | Jennifer Hicks | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 19-1307 | Edward Thomas, Warden v. William Leroy Barnes | 2020-05-20 | Paid | Denied | Edward Thomas | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 19-8413 | Troy Pope v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections | 2020-05-07 | IFP | Denied | Jefferson Dunn | Stephen Norwood Dodd |
| 19-1265 | Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-05-05 | Paid | Denied | Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. | John Bartley DeLone |
| 19A1032 | Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. | 2020-04-27 | A | Presumed Complete | Tom Wolf, Governor, et al. | John Bartley DeLone |
| 19A996 | Edward Thomas, Warden v. William Leroy Barnes | 2020-03-09 | A | Presumed Complete | Edward Thomas | Jonathan Porter Babb |
| 19-6976 | James Clayton Johnson v. Arizona | 2019-12-17 | IFP | Denied | State of Arizona | Ginger Jarvis |
| 19-6898 | Demicko Billie Thomas v. Maggie Miller-Stout, Warden, et al. | 2019-12-10 | IFP | Denied | Miller-Stout, Warden, et al. | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-653 | Theresa Ortloff v. Dave Trimmer, et al. | 2019-11-20 | Paid | Denied | Dave Trimmer, et al. | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-6577 | John Garrett Smith v. Ronald Haynes | 2019-11-12 | IFP | Denied | Ronald Hayes [Haynes] | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-6562 | Carlos J. Avena v. Kevin Chappell, Warden | 2019-11-08 | IFP | Denied | Kevin Chappell | Michael Aaron Katz |
| 19-518 | Colorado Department of State v. Micheal Baca, et al. | 2019-10-21 | Paid | Judgment Issued | South Dakota and 44 States and the District of Columbia | Paul S. Swedlund |
| 19-5984 | Daniel H. Jones v. Claudia C. Bonnyman, et al. | 2019-09-18 | IFP | Dismissed | Claudia Bonnyman, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 19-5591 | Kirk Saintcalle v. Jeffrey A. Uttecht, Warden | 2019-08-15 | IFP | Denied | Jeffrey A. Uttecht | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-5573 | Monte Whitehead v. Greg Marcantel, et al. | 2019-08-13 | IFP | Denied | Greg Marcantel, et al. | Martha Anne Wood |
| 19-121 | Kenneth Miller v. Robert Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington | 2019-07-26 | Paid | Denied | Robert Ferguson | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-5273 | Wendolyn Lee v. Amy P. Weirich, et al. | 2019-07-23 | IFP | Denied | Amy Weirich, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 19-5291 | Tyrone Jordan v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. | 2019-07-23 | IFP | Denied | Charles Ryan, et al. | Jeffrey Lee Sparks |
| 19-5143 | S. T. v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services | 2019-07-11 | IFP | Denied | Washington Dept. of Social & Health Services | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-5090 | Frances Du Ju v. Washington, et al. | 2019-07-05 | IFP | Denied | State of Washington; Washington State Court Of Appeals; Washington State Supreme Court | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 19-3 | Ryan Begay v. New Mexico | 2019-06-28 | Paid | Denied | State of New Mexico | Martha Anne Wood |
| 18-9702 | Cathrin Funk-Vaughn v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services | 2019-06-18 | IFP | Denied | Tennessee Department of Children's Services | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 18-9664 | Lilron Ravon Jones v. California | 2019-06-13 | IFP | Denied | California | Seth Kasel Schalit |
| 18-1422 | Michael B. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services | 2019-05-14 | Paid | Denied | Tennessee Department of Children's Services | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 18-1348 | Orion Insurance Group, et al. v. Washington State Office of Minority & Women's Business Enterprises, et al. | 2019-04-26 | Paid | Denied | Washington State Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises, et al. | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 18-1293 | Evergreen Freedom Foundation, dba Freedom Foundation v. Washington | 2019-04-12 | Paid | Denied | State of Washington | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 18-8753 | Carl Devon Powell v. California | 2019-04-10 | IFP | Denied | State of California | Paul Edward O'Connor |
| 18-8713 | Briand Williams v. California | 2019-04-05 | IFP | Dismissed | California | Paul Monroe Roadarmel Jr. |
| 18-1244 | David Pickup, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. | 2019-03-25 | Paid | Denied | Governor Gavin Newsom, et al. | Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda |
| 18-8420 | Kevin Anthony Briggs v. Montana | 2019-03-13 | IFP | Denied | State of Montana | Tammy K Plubell |
| 18-8291 | Juanita Garcia v. Deborah Johnson, Warden | 2019-03-05 | IFP | Denied | Deborah Johnson | Michael Aaron Katz |
| 18-7544 | Briand Williams v. California | 2019-01-24 | IFP | Dismissed | California | Paul Monroe Roadarmel Jr. |
| 18-7545 | Briand Williams v. California | 2019-01-24 | IFP | Dismissed | California | Paul Monroe Roadarmel Jr. |
| 18-745 | Alan Overton v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services | 2018-12-11 | Paid | Denied | TN Dept. of Children's Srvcs. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 18-6916 | Troy Lincoln Powell v. California | 2018-12-04 | IFP | Denied | California | Pamela Chiyoko Hamanaka |
| 18A584 | Bradford J. Dalley, Judge, Eleventh Judicial District, New Mexico v. Navajo Nation, et al. | 2018-12-04 | A | Presumed Complete | Bradford Dalley | Martha Anne Wood |
| 18-693 | Steven Crain v. Nevada, et al. | 2018-11-28 | Paid | Denied | Nevada, et al. | Julie A. Slabaugh |
| 18-676 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ryan Karnoski, et al. | 2018-11-23 | Paid | Denied | State of Washington | Anne Elizabeth Egeler |
| 18-6214 | Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden | 2018-10-04 | IFP | Denied | Ronald Davis | Michael J. Wise |
| 18-6181 | Michael Patino v. Rhode Island | 2018-10-03 | IFP | Denied | Rhode Island | Virginia M. McGinn |
| 18-312 | David R. Smith v. Tennessee National Guard | 2018-09-11 | Paid | Denied | The Tennessee National Guard | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 18-5517 | Mike Peter Gallardo v. Arizona | 2018-08-08 | IFP | Denied | State of Arizona | Vineet Mehta Shaw |
| 18-170 | John Anthony Gentry v. Tennessee, et al. | 2018-08-07 | Paid | Denied | Tennessee, et al. | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 18-96 | Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Russell F. Thomas, Executive Director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, et al. | 2018-07-20 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Zackary W. Blair, Interim Director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission | Joseph F. Whalen III |
| 18-5211 | Taylor B. v. California | 2018-07-11 | IFP | Denied | California | Michael J. Wise |