| 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 … |
| 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? |
| 21-6526 |
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… |
| 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… |
| 19-5204 |
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 |