| 25-955 |
Delmart Ejm Vreeland, III v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Colorado |
2026-02-11 |
Pending |
constitutional-review due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-defect merits-review procedural-bar |
Whether a State violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it limits a defendant's ability to raise meritorious claims and syste… |
| 25-6611 |
James E. Frantz v. Andre Stancil, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
actual-innocence aedpa-limitations constitutional-error habeas-corpus judicial-discretion substantive-claim |
Whether the District Court erred by failing to recognize substantive actual innocence claims under habeas corpus and exercise its equitable authority … |
| 24-5444 |
Delano Medina v. Jennifer Murphy, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Dismissed |
detention-challenge habeas-corpus judicial-remedy parole-eligibility section-1983 sentence-miscalculation |
Whether a prisoner challenging parole eligibility procedures and sentence miscalculation must pursue relief through habeas corpus or 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
| 23-6435 |
Norman Williams v. Colorado Department of Corrections Time Computation Department, et al. |
Colorado |
2024-01-08 |
Denied |
colorado-dept-of-corrections conviction-classification criminal-procedure due-process non-categorical-approach prior-convictions sentence-enhancement sentencing-enhancement time-computation violent-crime |
Does § 17-22.5-403 C.R.S. violate due-process, sentence-enhancement, time-computation, non-categorical-approach, colorado-dept-of-corrections, prior-c… |
| 23-6229 |
Arnold A. Cary v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
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 due-process, equal-protection, 8th-amendment, toxic-water, medical-care, legal-materials |
| 23A162 |
Arnold A. Cary v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7778 |
Kenneth Ueding v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-remedy speedy-trial state-convictions |
Did Mr. Ueding hold the right to challenge his state convictions in a habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254? |
| 21-6675 |
Robert JW McCleland v. Rick Raemisch, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expert-witness fed-r-evid-706 indigent-party judicial-notice medical-facts pro-bono-counsel standing summary-judgment |
Whether the appellate courts should apply case law established under Fed.R.Evid. 706 to an indigent party's request for the appointment of pro bono co… |
| 21-6526 |
Darneau Versill Pepper v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus standing |
Whether Mr. Pepper was denied meaningful access to the courts |
| 20-7451 |
David K. Jenner v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Colorado |
2021-03-15 |
Denied |
colorado-revised-statute colorado-statute constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment johnson-v-us unconstitutional |
Is Colorado Revised Statute § 17-22.5-403(2)-(3.5) unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment due process protections? |
| 20-7420 |
Tobi Kilman v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
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 good-time credits toward the service of his sentence, when such credits are mandated by statute… |
| 20-7328 |
Alberto Matias-Martinez v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
actual-innocence equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan state-impediment statutory-limitations |
Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find that Mr. Matias-Martinez's § 2254 habeas application was timely filed, or in the alternate, that he … |
| 20-6286 |
Ruben Aragon v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
28-usc-2244 due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus plea-agreement state-impediment state-imposed-impediment statutory-limitations |
Is Mr. Aragon entitled to equitable tolling of the statutory limitations set by 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A), due to a state-imposed impediment which pre… |
| 20-5732 |
Ernest Seadin v. Dean Williams, Director, Colorado Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-09-18 |
Denied |
8th-amendment constitutional-rights eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment new-evidence no-escape-conviction plea-agreement sentence-expiration sentencing-violation |
Is the State of Colorado subjecting Petitioner to a death in prison sentence |
| 20-5662 |
Hazhar A. Sayed v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections |
Colorado |
2020-09-11 |
Dismissed |
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 |
Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals abused its discretion in dismissing Mr. Sayed's 42-U.S.C.-§1983-complaint |
| 19-8527 |
Rodney Douglas Eaves v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-05-22 |
Denied |
5th-amendment affidavit constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment probable-cause waiver |
Whether the Fifth Amendment is violated when an unverified Complaint and Information is used in lieu of a probable cause hearing |
| 19-8226 |
Randy Phipps v. Rick Raemisch, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
constitutional-claims due-process fair-presentation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition |
Whether federal constitutional claims were fairly presented under federal law |
| 19-7915 |
Alan DeAtley v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-03-09 |
Denied |
adoption-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indian-child-welfare-act placement-preference standing state-courts state-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-courts tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the U.S. District Court and the 10th Circuit must follow federal and tribal law as they have followed in the past, rather than the State of Co… |
| 19-953 |
Charles Farrar v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-conviction due-process judicial-review material-evidence perjured-testimony perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when the prosecution relies on material, perjured testimony to secure a conviction but did not know the tes… |
| 19-7401 |
Dumisai H. Hockaday v. Helene Christner, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
administrative-regulations civil-procedure confrontation-clause constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference double-jeopardy due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process medical-care prison-conditions standing summary-judgment |
Whether the underlying activity of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is ethical or not |
| 19-5204 |
Jesus Loya Quezada v. Rick Raemisch, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-18 |
Denied |
appeal citizenship civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence harmless-error paper-foundation standing state-court uncorroborated-evidence |
Was the evidence allowed at my trial by the State court proper? |
| 18-9753 |
Jason Brooks v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-access-to-courts,first-amendment,four court-access due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech lewis-v-casey pleading-standard prisoners-rights section-1983 standing |
Whether a federal district court's 30-page limit on unrepresented prisoners' § 1983 complaints violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 18-9023 |
Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Dismissed |
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 |
Whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked when a party is deprived of an opportunity to preserve issues for appellate review |
| 18-7816 |
Jason Brooks v. Phil Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado, et al. |
Colorado |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-securities-fraud due-process fair-notice mens-rea scienter securities-fraud statutory-interpretation strict-liability willfulness |
Whether 'scienter' is an element of criminal securities fraud and whether its existence is a question of fact that must be proven beyond a reasonable … |
| 18-7164 |
Nathan Daniel Knuth v. Randall C. Arp, Judge, District Court for the First Judicial District of Colorado, et al. |
Colorado |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
appeal appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion procedural-fairness standing waiver |
Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals violated Mr. Knuth's constitutional rights to due process |
| 18-6188 |
Andrew Lucero v. Colorado Department of Corrections |
Colorado |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
bill-of-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue liberty-interest procedural-default statutory-interpretation |
Whether the original Criminal Trial Court abused its discretion in its Procedural Defaults, ab initio, depriving petitioner of Constitutionally Secure… |