| 25-6737 |
Clyde Pontefract v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act equitable-relief first-amendment jurisdictional-standing standing |
1. When a Constitutional Right is being denied against a federal prisoner of the First Amendment Access-to~Court claim and he ask for Equitable Relief… |
| 25A830 |
Eduardo Luciano v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-01-21 |
Application |
certiorari legal-mail prison-resources pro-se supreme-court time-extension |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5128 |
Albert Garza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-16 |
Denied |
compassionate-release covid-19-relief due-process federal-prisoners sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Does 18 U.S.C. §4205(g) , the law on compassionate release, allowing only
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to file a Motion for relea… |
| 24-6069 |
In Re Christian D. Womack |
|
2024-12-04 |
Dismissed |
bureau-of-prisons constitutional-rights due-process federal-commitment judicial-order personal-liberty |
Does the Federal Bureau of Prisons' commitment order violate an individual's constitutional right to personal liberty when imprisonment is based on of… |
| 24-5228 |
Thomas Waters v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
abuse-of-process amendment civil-litigation civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-rules standing |
Question not identified |
| 23-7335 |
Walter J. Himmelreich v. Janel Fitzgerald |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-29 |
Denied |
42-usc-1983 bivens bivens-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation territorial-jurisdiction |
Does the 'or Territory' clause of 42 USC § 1983 apply to Federal Bureau of Prisons properties? |
| 23-6877 |
Omar S. Folk v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Dismissed |
amended-complaint certiorari-finality civil-procedure district-court-dismissal due-process procedural-error standing summary-affirmance third-circuit-error third-circuit-review |
Whether the Third Circuit Erred in Summarily Affirmed District Court Dismissal on Plaintiff's Third Amend Complaint Doc. 196 before his original Cert.… |
| 23-6858 |
Tujuan Estaisyo Session v. FNU Giannotti, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
8th-amendment civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation |
Whether the Supreme Court should order the federal Bureau of Prisons to investigate and address the petitioner's allegations of assault and threats by… |
| 23A740 |
Elbert Walker, Jr. v. Dismas Charities, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Presumed Complete |
bivens-remedy constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment home-confinement |
Whether a private contractor overseeing a federal prisoner's home confinement can be held liable under Bivens for alleged constitutional violations du… |
| 23-837 |
Casey Campbell v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Denied |
de-novo-review federal-employee first-amendment judicial-admissions qualified-immunity religious-discrimination title-vii workplace |
Are employer statements on religious discrimination binding judicial admissions in a Title VII de novo review? |
| 23A687 |
Danilo Arturo Velasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
criminal-appeal federal-sentencing ninth-circuit rico-conspiracy sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court's sentencing decision that creates an alleged sentencing disparity violates the proportionality requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 35… |
| 23A599 |
William Phillip Neidinger v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
cruel-and-unusual due-process eighth-amendment federal-sentencing identity-preservation judicial-discretion |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits imposing a federal prison sentence that effectively destroys a defendant's identity and constitutes cruel and u… |
| 23-6197 |
Daniel Joseph Teed v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Low |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
administrative-aggregation due-process equal-protection first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation time-credits |
Is the ineligibility provision of 18 USC §3632(d)(4)(D) constitutional? |
| 23-5999 |
Anson Chi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-13 |
Denied |
appeal-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process extension-of-time petition-for-rehearing petition-for-rehearing-en-banc restitution |
Did the 5th Circuit Court violate Chi's due-process-right |
| 23-5803 |
Robert K. Decker v. Edwin Baez, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force failure-to-protect federal-question shackling spoliation |
Did the United States District Court, Magistrate Judge err in the decision to have the Plaintiff, Robert K. Decker be hand cuffed, (left wrist) and sh… |
| 23-5545 |
Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant |
Did the lower courts err in dismissing the case and denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint |
| 23-5074 |
Juan Carlos Valles, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Denied |
bureau-of-prisons federal-prosecution fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment selective-enforcement selective-prosecution statutory-obligations |
Is the Federal Bureau of Prisons a statutory corporation governed by federal laws, and are federal prosecutors obligated to prosecute all federal inma… |
| 22-7614 |
Lisa A. Biron v. Jody Upton, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-23 |
Denied |
christian-faith constitutional-rights federal-inmate first-amendment legitimate-penological-interests prison-regulations qualified-immunity religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act substantial-burden |
Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) apply to protect a federal inmate's religious liberties when she has adequately pleaded a substantia… |
| 22-7493 |
Glen Thomas Dotson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-bureau-of-prisons first-amendment medical-treatment retaliation standing |
Was Petitioner's First Amendment Right violated when he was retaliated by Federal Bureau of Prisons staff for exercising his right to pursue his lawsu… |
| 22-6642 |
Leihinahina Sullivan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Dismissed |
criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to jury selection proceedings |
| 22-6364 |
Fairly W. Earls v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-21 |
Dismissed |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-sentence |
Whether Earls should have to serve the same Federal Sentence a Second Time |
| 22-6086 |
Dale McCoy v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-quarantine due-process equitable-tolling federal-bureau-of-prisons fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment section-2255 |
Whether the unforeseen and unexpected quarantining of the Petitioner, by the Federal Bureau of Prisons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, justifies 'Equita… |
| 22-5710 |
Lisa A. Biron v. Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-29 |
Denied |
accardi-doctrine administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons discretionary-actions judicial-review prisoner-rights regulatory-compliance |
Are the discretionary actions of the federal Bureau of Prisons exempt from judicial scrutiny when sued for regulatory noncompliance under the Administ… |
| 22-5185 |
Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
18-usc-3583 18-usc-3742 double-jeopardy federal-bureau-of-prisons fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
When the Federal Bureau of Prisons is misapplying 18 U.S.C. 3583(a) [Supervised Release] not only to Petitioner, but to thousands (1000's) of Federal … |
| 21-7744 |
Bralen Lamar Jordan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-04-28 |
Denied |
18-usc-1915 civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction imminent-danger judicial-review standing three-strikes |
Whether the 'imminent danger' exception to the 'three strikes' rule under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) applies when the prisoner alleges that something is abou… |
| 21-7510 |
Ramon Lopez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Criminal Defendants may use the 'recently amended' Compassionate Release Statute to reduce or correct an excessive, and/or defective or illega… |
| 21-5930 |
Albert M. Ranieri v. Vicky Moser, Warden |
Third Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
18-usc-3613(b) ex-post-facto mandatory-victims-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation victim-witness-protection-act vwpa |
Is the VWPA or MVRA the controlling law regarding payment of the Order of Restitution, and is the Ex Post Facto Clause being violated? |
| 21-5927 |
In Re Lindsey Orr |
|
2021-10-07 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-authorization detention-authority due-process federal-law first-time-offender legislative-intent patent standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Did the Thomas Act have legislative authorization to generate by means of implementation their holding that stashing FAZCO's towards first time offend… |
| 20-7127 |
Clyde Pontefract v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
bivens bivens-action civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-prisoner federal-prisons injunctive-relief municipal-liability standing |
Does Ziglar V Abbasi apply to Eighth Amendment claims by federal prisoners? |
| 20-688 |
Orlando Cordia Hall v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
access-to-counsel clemency clemency-process covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process execution-notice federal-death-penalty-act right-to-counsel ultra-vires |
Whether the government should be allowed to move forward with Petitioner's execution on November 19, 2020? |
| 19-7763 |
Jean Bernier v. J. C. Holland, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-25 |
Denied |
18-usc-3585 18-usc-3621 18-usc-3621b administrative-discretion barden-determination bureau-of-prisons custody-credit federal-custody federal-sentencing sentence-commencement state-custody statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Does the federal bureau of prisons exceed statutory authority when it commences a sentence in 1992, decides 11 years later in 2003 that it was state e… |
| 19-7188 |
John Jay Powers v. M. L. Stancil |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
18-usc-3584 18-usc-3584a administrative-deference administrative-law bureau-of-prisons criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deference federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-interpretation statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation |
Is the language of 18 U.S.C. 3584(a)'s phrase 'at the same time' ambiguous? |
| 19-6410 |
Donald W. Rager v. Paige Augustine, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
administrative-remedies circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies plra prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations tolling |
Whether the statute of limitations should be tolled for the time spent exhausting administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA… |
| 19-6434 |
Lawrence T. Tyler v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act adverse-determination agency bureau-of-prisons civil-rights due-process human-trafficking national-origin-discrimination privacy-act record-accuracy standing |
Whether the challenged records used to make an adverse determination against me are indeed inaccurate and/or incomplete as a matter of this U.S. Supre… |
| 19-6416 |
Jurijus Kadamovas v. John F. Caraway, Warden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
8th-amendment administrative-discretion administrative-law bureau-of-prisons civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-conditions prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing torture-prevention |
Whether the Federal Bureau of Prisons can torture an inmate diagnosed with asthma by exposing them to oleoresin capsicum spray, toxic smoke, and tear … |
| 19-5633 |
James F. Johnson v. Richard S. Tischner, Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custodial-authority due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review parole public-records sex-offender-registration standing |
Whether the court below waived its policy of not reviewing or overturning decisions from the D.C. Appeals Court |
| 19-5084 |
Antoaneta Iotova, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's decision |
| 18-9629 |
Matthew Hale v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act standing |
whether the Tenth Circuit's usage of a factor-driven test for determining whether a particular belief system qualifies as a 'religious' group for purp… |
| 18-9456 |
Gary Giovon Lynn v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
bureau-of-prisons constitutional-law federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-sentencing nunc-pro-tunc procedural-error sentencing sentencing-authority sentencing-procedure-error separation-of-powers setser-v-united-states ussg-5g1-3c |
When the district court failed to follow the Court's ruling in Setser v. United States, 566 U.S. 231 (2012) at sentencing did it engage in an impermis… |
| 18M115 |
Keith B. Webb-El v. Hugh J. Hurwitz, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-02-25 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-7518 |
Kevin Holt v. J.A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
28-cfr-chapter-1-2-61 federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-judicial-system first-impression good-time-credits life-sentence military-prisoner military-prisoners military-prisoners-life-sentence presumptive-release sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-4206 title-18-usc-4206a |
Should the Supreme Court of the United States hear this case that presents a substantial issue of 'first impression in the Federal Judicial System tha… |
| 18-355 |
Prison Legal News v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-19 |
Denied |
1st-amendment censorship civil-rights content-restriction corrections-policy due-process first-amendment free-speech media-rights prior-restraint prison prison-censorship |
Whether the Florida Department of Corrections' blanket ban of Prison Legal News violates Petitioner's First Amendment right to free speech and a free … |
| 18-5922 |
Robert Joseph Sarhan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-10 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court res-judicata violated-supreme-court-precedent administrative-law civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court manifest-injustice res-judicata void-judgment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and other courts acted inconsistently with due process and Supreme Court precedent in affirming the peti… |
| 18-5729 |
Juan Diaz, Jr. v. Hugh J. Hurwitz, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process sanctions standing subpoenas |
Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's request for production of documents and placing excessive burdens on the respondents to produ… |
| 18A35 |
Juan Diaz, Jr. v. Hugh J. Hurwitz, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-5169 |
Clifton B. Davidson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
access-to-courts administrative-remedies administrative-remedy bounds-v-smith circuit-split declarative-and-injunctive-relief declarative-relief declaratory-relief due-process fiduciary-duty injunctive-relief inmate-trust-funds lewis-v-casey mitchell-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent |
Inmate-trust-fund-management |
| 18-5144 |
Julio Gutierrez-Jaramillo v. Warden, FCI Gilmer |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
18-usc-3585 bureau-of-prisons bureau-of-prisons-program-statement criminal-procedure due-process extradition federal-bureau-of-prisons foreign-detention judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-credit sentencing-guidelines time-credit time-served united-states-v-wilson |
Whether prior credit for time held in foreign detention can only be given by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and not by the district court at sentencing |