| 25-6506 |
John Wesley Patton v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Louisiana |
2026-01-07 |
Pending |
civil-rights district-court judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality procedural-fairness recusal |
Whether a Louisiana District Judge can be considered impartial when presiding over cases involving claims against himself and when district attorneys … |
| 24-6778 |
Jessie Hoffman v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-16 |
Dismissed |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-method nitrogen-gassing religious-freedom rluipa |
Whether a method of execution that superadds psychological suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's bar on cruel and unusual punishment; Whether exec… |
| 23-6393 |
Jeremy Jermaine Brooks v. James M. LeBlanc, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
constitutional-proportionality due-process eighth-amendment fair-notice juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-montgomery-rule mootness-doctrine proportionate-sentencing |
Whether Louisiana murder statutes satisfy the holdings announced in Miller/Montgomery |
| 22A1048 |
Percy Taylor v. James LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-1171 |
James LeBlanc, et al. v. Jessie Crittindon, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment overdetention prisoner-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 state-officials supervisory-liability |
Do high-ranking state prison officials violate a prisoner's constitutional rights by failing to promulgate policies cajoling independent, locally-elec… |
| 22A956 |
Percy Taylor v. James LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-7063 |
Colby Dranoel Leonard v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-22 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights compact-clause due-care due-process joint-tenancy jurisdiction prisoners-rights rehabilitation-programs standing venue venue-transfer |
Should the State District Court have transferred Mr. Leonard's civil suit to the correct venue/jurisdiction? |
| 22-5823 |
Edward Simmons v. James LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitution executive-power legislative-power separation-of-powers standing |
whether-the-house-of-representatives-has-standing-to-bring-a-civil-action-against-the-executive-branch |
| 22-5411 |
Darnay Thibodaux v. Jon Reeves, District Administrator, Jefferson Parish District, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Department of Probation and Parole, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-22 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-provisions |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit properly denied Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability |
| 21-5648 |
O. B. Davis, Jr. v. Johnny Sumlin, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-10 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel nolo-contendere prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-review witness-testimony |
Whether the Court's adjudication of this case ensue from a decision that was to, or involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established law as… |
| 20-5897 |
Demetrice Williams v. Sandy McCain, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-02 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability COA criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution denial effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection federal-district-court fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the federal district court should not have denied COA based on the substantial showing of the denial of the Sixth Amendment guarantees of the … |
| 19A1039 |
Christopher Marlowe v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19-5135 |
Joseph Ballard v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-07-10 |
Denied |
access-to-courts automatic-stay centralized-inmate-banking dismissal due-process equal-protection meaningful-access-to-courts prison-litigation-reform-act statutory-automatic-stay |
Is Louisiana obligated to implement and maintain a Centralized Inmate Banking System? |
| 18-9486 |
Clifford Abshire v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-05-30 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest property-interest sandin-v-conner |
Are prison disciplinary hearings considered 'communicative acts,' entitled to the protections of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution… |
| 18-1378 |
Michael Ledet v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
age-element categorical-approach circumstance-specific-approach constitutional-comparison due-process federal-state-comparison fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment modified-categorical-approach sex-offender-registration sorna |
Whether the constitutional due process requirements that apply to a federal agency or federal court comparing the elements of state and federal offens… |
| 18-8595 |
Charles Kenneth Wallace, Sr. v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process filing-deadline free-speech legal-procedure mailbox-rule petition-timing standing takings |
Did the 5th Circuit deny certiorari as untimely, when under mailbox rule is timely filed? |
| 18A967 |
Clifford Abshire v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-03-26 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-7923 |
Derrick Jones v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure retroactive retroactive-application sentencing-provision substantive-rule-change |
Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Due Process Clause's fair notice requirement, judicially invent a new proced… |
| 18-7412 |
Keith Kennedy v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing standing |
Why did the judge deny the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea? |
| 18-7136 |
Mark Hanna v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process incarceration incarceration-rights insurance-requirement motor-vehicle-law retaliation standing vehicle-registration |
Whether La. RS32:863 of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law is unconstitutional for due process of law |
| 18-162 |
Elzie Ball, et al. v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-06 |
Dismissed |
air-conditioning constitutional-remedies constitutional-remedy eighth-amendment heat-index judicial-relief plra plra-restrictions prison-conditions prospective-relief remedies |
Whether the PLRA's tailoring requirement prohibits a district court from ordering a prison to maintain a maximum heat index to remedy a constitutional… |
| 24A893 |
Jessie Hoffman v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
None |
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