| 22-7067 |
Thomas Powers v. Greg Donathan |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-03-23 |
Dismissed |
civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process illinois-sexual-violent-persons-act involuntary-detention sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to release from involuntary detention |
| 22-6958 |
Thomas Powers v. David Doll, et al. |
Illinois |
2023-03-08 |
Dismissed |
civil-commitment civil-detainee civil-rights due-process illinois-supreme-court legal-malpractice sexual-violent-person-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether a pre-trial detainee has a right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty |
| 22-5379 |
Thomas Powers v. Krista Wilcoxen, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Dismissed |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing |
Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 20-7619 |
Thomas Powers v. Greg Scott |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-31 |
Denied |
civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-delay due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus mental-health sexual-offender sexual-violent-persons-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether the courts should have conducted a Barker-v-Wingo analysis on the 8-year delay for civil commitment hearing |
| 19-7901 |
Thomas Powers v. Travis Smith, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-03-06 |
Denied |
14th-amendment civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing access-to-courts civil-rights detention due-process filing-fees indigency |
Whether an indigent civil detainee is denied access to the court due to inability to pay filing fees |
| 18-7275 |
Thomas Powers v. Jennifer Block, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
civil-detainee civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment mental-health mental-health-treatment retaliation standing treatment-program |
Whether the Supreme Court should define the elements of the Constitution's adequate civil detainee treatment program |