autonomy

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7338 Robert Lemke v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP autonomy criminal-autonomy criminal-defendant defendant-rights due-process legal-representation liberty liberty-interests mental-health mental-health-considerations sentencing sentencing-procedure Whether a criminal defendant's right to autonomy applies to his sentencing?
22-936 Martine Bernard v. Christopher Hodyl Colorado 2023-03-24 Denied autonomy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment liberty liberty-rights monetary-sanctions psychotherapist-patient-privilege psychotherapist-privilege therapy-disclosure Whether statutory psychotherapist-patient privilege and due-process bar state court from forcing petitioner to use court-appointed therapist or face s…
22-5360 Wayne Chin v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2022-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP accused-autonomy actual-innocence attorney-client-relationship autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment unwelcome-defense Whether a defense counsel can override an accused's final and informed decision for an actual innocence defense and impose an unwelcome defense upon t…
21-5316 In Re Taryn Christian 2021-08-06 Dismissed IFP autonomy brady-v-maryland brady-violation counsel-strategy habeas-corpus mandamus mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment strickland Whether the Sixth Amendment right to autonomy over the objective of one's defense, as recognized in McCoy v. Louisiana, applies retroactively on colla…
20-8444 Dustin Melvin Davison v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-06-29 Denied IFP autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy defense-counsel due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilt-concession right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy Is it unconstitutional to allow defense counsel to concede any aspect of guilt over defendant's unambiguously expressed desire to maintain actual inno…
20-8155 Frederick Wayne Smith v. California California 2021-05-27 Denied IFP actual-innocence autonomy civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie sixth-amendment successive-petitions Should the May 2, 1995 Order to Show Cause/Prima Facie case; The NOV 05 2018 Superior Court writ of habeas corpus/Prima facie showing of violation of …
19-6501 Alvin Felicianosoto v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-autonomy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel McCoy-challenge mccoy-v-louisiana remand right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred on direct review in failing to remand the case to the district court when a challenge under McCoy v.…
18-7892 Sheila J. Halousek v. California Public Employees' Retirement System California 2019-02-11 Denied IFP autonomy civil-rights due-process employment-retaliation osha osha-protections privacy privacy-rights whistleblower workplace-safety What is required for the consistent application of civil rights to be 'free and independent,' 'enjoying and defending life and liberty,' and 'pursuing…