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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A607 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana Montana 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete bail certiorari constitutional-rights criminal-procedure pretrial-liberty supreme-court-review Whether a state court's denial of bail pending potential Supreme Court review violates a criminal defendant's constitutional right to pretrial liberty
23-7714 Derek Gerrish v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-conditions circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment individualized-suspicion law-enforcement-searches punishment search-and-seizure Does a bail condition that allows searches by law enforcement officers without probable cause or reasonable suspicion qualify as punishment for purpos…
23-7367 John E. Garrett v. Richard Clouse Seventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-revocation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment judicial-proceedings liberty liberty-interest standing Is notice and a hearing required, prior to depriving one of his liberty pending trial and does said liberty qualify as a substantive and/or procedural…
22-5634 Nelson Jean Dion v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-condition criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law interstate-travel protection-order statutory-interpretation Whether a state bail order/condition of release is a protection order under 18 U.S.C. § 2266(5) for purposes of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2262
22-5113 Jerald Francis Gray v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review bail bail-reform-act bail-review circuit-split detention-standard liberty-interest standard-of-review What standard of review should courts of appeals apply when reviewing district court bail decisions?
21-700 Keith Smith v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-11-12 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1983 accrual-rule bail bail-conditions circuit-split civil-rights fourth-amendment legal-procedure pretrial-detention seizure seizure-definition Does a claim for wrongful pre-trial detention accrue upon favorable termination or release on bail?
21-6135 Jesus Ramirez-Barrera v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail community-danger criminal-procedure detention district-court-review due-process extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion public-safety relief-standard sentencing sentencing-review Whether the district court erred in deciding that petitioner has not shown extraordinary and compelling reasons and that he was a danger to the commun…
21-5777 Vance Keith Wilson v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-09-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment bail civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-challenge judicial-discretion pretrial-detention Whether a district court can, sua sponte and without any question of suspicion, order a pretrial defendant to urinate in front of a bailiff as a condi…
20-8161 Lisa Marie Belyew v. Mike Pallares, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bail constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidence-standard federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for release on own recognizance pending appeal
20-8108 Roy Lee Dykes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure bail bond bond-motion criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard motion-denial Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Dykes' Motion for Release on Bond pending appeal?
20-7151 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Clifton Harrold, Sheriff, Lane County, Oregon Ninth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP bail civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel speedy-trial state-court-review Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability when the petitioner raised debatable constitutional issues
20-7132 Roy Lee Dykes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure bail bond bond-motion criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard motion-denial Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Dykes' Motion for Release on Bond pending appeal?
20-549 John Farrow, et al. v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bail circuit-split counsel-appointment criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Is a detainee's first appearance in court a 'critical stage' of the proceedings?
19-7726 Larry Watkins, Sr. v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-reform-act constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence moot-question mootness pretrial-bail residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether the judgment below should be vacated for deciding a moot question
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-20 Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the constitutional prohibition on excessive bail, as incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, requires a state cour…
19-6924 William D. Thomas v. Mark McCullick, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail civil-procedure confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification indictment officer-activity police-conduct preliminary-hearing warrant-inquiry whether a state's failure to meet the reciprocal r Whether an identification resulting from a show-up confrontation during a preliminary hearing raised by prior police activity is sufficient to warrant…
19-6035 Luis R. Espinal-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review bail bail-hearing criminal-procedure detention-review due-process federal-jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention rebuttal statutory-presumption statutory-presumptions Whether bail should have been granted in this case as the petitioner rebutted the statutory presumptions
18-9335 Francisco Illarramendi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-standard civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus interlocutory-appeal standard-of-review structural-error summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Whether lower courts should follow the Supreme Court's mandate in Tolan v. Cotton when ruling on a motion for summary affirmance
18-9292 Timothy B. Fredrickson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bail bail-appeal constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion mandamus pre-trial-detention pre-trial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation What recourse is available to a defendant, when an appeal and mandamus enforcement of the ministerial and self-executing release on bail provision of …
18-8599 Antwon D. Jenkins v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-reform-act due-process habeas-corpus liberty-interest post-verdict-bail resentencing sentencing stare-decisis statutory-right statutory-rights Does a petitioner have a statutory due process right to post-verdict bail and to be treated as a defendant being sentenced for the first time when his…
18-7928 Gilbert Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abney-rule appeal bail bail-denial criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction notice-of-appeal Was U.S. District Court, (S.D. Cal.) divested of jurisdiction because of Abney-rule
18-814 Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Amici (4) bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail…
18-794 Ronald R. Shea v. Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment bail civil-rights constitutional-amendments counsel due-process fundamental-rights petition-clause prisoner-rights telephone-access Whether a prisoner's right to a telephone call is a necessary inference of the fundamental rights of bail and counsel under the Sixth, Eighth and Four…
18-396 Brittan Holland, et al. v. Kelly Rosen, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived bail bail-reform-act criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment monetary-bail new-jersey pretrial-detention pretrial-liberty restrictive-conditions Whether New Jersey's law prohibiting courts from considering monetary bail unless no combination of non-monetary conditions will reasonably assure the…
18-6091 In Re Steven A. Walcott, Jr. 2018-09-25 Denied IFP bail civil-rights criminal-procedure detention due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pretrial-detention release speedy-trial Whether the State of Louisiana violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-5617 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3142 18-usc-3156 bail bail-denial constitutional-violations crimes-of-violence detention detention-order due-process presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention speedy-trial Is it unconstitutional for the legislature to define all Chapter 110 crimes of 18 United States Code (18 U.S.C.), in particular § 2252, and 2252A, as …