child-abuse

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25-5458 Andrew Jackson McCauley, Jr. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2025-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue child-abuse first-degree-murder human-remains k-9-testimony motion-for-directed-verdict Question I). Did the trial court commit reversible error by denying Petitioner's Motion for Change of Venue? Question II). Did the trial court commit…
23-7550 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed IFP child-abuse due-process family-rights federal-review habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance jurisdiction post-conviction-relief protective-custody state-court-jurisdiction Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay about actions prohibited by state statute in secret …
23-6829 Edward Joseph Parson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse child-sexual-abuse credibility evidence-rule-702 expert-testimony jury-determination jury-role prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-evidence witness-credibility Whether expert testimony that an alleged child victim's inconsistent reporting of abuse is consistent with truthfulness is admissible under Federal Ru…
23-6792 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-21 Denied IFP abstention child-abuse child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction Whether state residents can be prohibited from intervening in child custody cases based solely on hearsay accusations, while the same state is involve…
23-6782 R. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services, et al. West Virginia 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP adoption-rights child-abuse child-neglect child-welfare constitutional-rights due-process expedient-measures family-disintegration family-law grandparental-standing state-legislation Has disintegration of the traditional family leading to substantial increases in child neglect and abuse cases caused agencies dealing with these matt…
23-6119 Amanda Lyn Walker v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process enabling-child-abuse judicial-discretion sentencing-range statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague Whether a criminal statute with a sentencing range of not exceeding one year imprisonment in a county jail or not exceeding life imprisonment at the D…
23-5566 Scott A. Anthony v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 3rd-circuit 4th-circuit 8th-circuit child-abuse circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction What defines sexually explicit conduct under 18 USC § 2251(a)?
23-5413 Christopher Ray Lipska, aka Christopher Ray Hare v. Oregon Oregon 2023-08-23 Denied IFP child-abuse child-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-proportionality sexual-abuse In an ECSA and unlawful contact with a trial, does a trial court abuse its OEC 401, 402, 403 discretion by allowing the state to present evidence that…
23-5216 Kinley MacDonald v. Michael A. Duddy, et al. First Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction foster-care hearsay interstate-crime jurisdiction parental-rights standing witness-tampering Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'preserve custody' case based solely on hearsay allegations prohibited by state statute in secret and …
23-5105 Russell Garvis Griffith, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied IFP child-abuse circuit-split evidence-rule-803(4) hearsay hearsay-exception household-abuse medical-diagnosis medical-treatment rule-803(4) witness-testimony Whether a party seeking to admit an out-of-court statement pursuant to Rule 803(4) must show that the speaker subjectively knew that the identity of t…
22-7317 Rosa V. v. Ali H. California 2023-04-19 Denied IFP child-abuse civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law hearsay-exception medical-records out-of-court-statements sixth-amendment Whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of medical records and statements under the hearsay rule
22-702 Joseph D. Rued v. Catrina M. Rued Minnesota 2023-01-27 Denied child-abuse child-custody due-process evidence family-law judicial-discretion sexual-abuse standard-of-review therapist-testimony Whether the District Court's affirmative conclusion that sexual abuse did not occur denied due process to the father and child
22-311 Michael Vechery v. Florence Cottet-Moine Virginia 2022-10-03 Denied Relisted (2) child-abuse child-custody child-neglect child-visitation due-process family-court fourteenth-amendment parental-rights protective-order Does the Due Process Clause require a finding of child abuse or unfitness to terminate all parent-child contact?
20-1687 Jules Dylan Stuer v. Susan Duesler Texas 2021-06-04 Denied amicus-attorney child-abuse child-custody civil-rights constitutional-provisions defamation due-process fraud standing victim-rights Whether an amicus attorney is allowed to side with someone who damages a child repeatedly, perjures themselves in civil court, and defrauds the opposi…
20-8130 Jasma McCullough v. Shaylonda Herron, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment child-abuse child-abuse-investigation due-process medical-diagnosis procedural-due-process procedural-rights substantive-due-process substantive-rights Whether a child abuse investigator can give a medical diagnosis/opinion to the court without a Doctors opinion to remove a child
20-7917 Miriam Lowell, et al. v. Vermont Department for Children and Families, et al. Second Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process pre-deprivation-hearing substantiation substantiation-process younger-abstention Is a State's child abuse substantiation process sufficiently akin to a criminal proceeding such that it is subject to Younger abstention when a parent…
20-7672 James Michael Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault child-abuse criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing serious-bodily-injury Whether the government may pursue an assault charge after a defendant pleads guilty to felony child abuse where the assault charge subsumes the pled p…
20-5756 Chen Xu v. City of New York, New York Second Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-abuse child-abuse child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-court due-process family-court substantive-rights Whether the Second Circuit should have finished certain assigned court proceedings to protect the due process rights and substantive rights of the pet…
19-6125 Francis G. Hernandez v. Ronald Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied IFP appellate-review child-abuse criminal-procedure diminished-capacity habeas-corpus head-injuries ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness ninth-circuit prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Was counsel's failure to investigate and present a diminished capacity defense prejudicial under Strickland v. Washington?
19-5701 Daniel Brian Masson v. Florida Florida 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review child-abuse child-pornography child-sexual-performance constitutional-rights due-process falsified-transcripts motion-to-suppress search-warrant Whether the petitioner's conviction for violating Florida Statute 827.071 (5) (a) is illegal due to lack of evidence, falsified transcripts, and viola…
19-5019 Jennifer Perez v. Paul Grant Dwyer Florida 2019-07-01 Denied IFP child-abuse child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process judicial-abuse judicial-bias parental-alienation parental-rights Are people with disabilities more likely to be protected or discriminated when regarding parental stigma
18-9620 Christopher J. Miller v. Joel Martinez, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse civil-rights criminal-law due-process emotional-harm legal-precedent mental-health non-sexual-touch prosecutorial-misconduct restitution Is being a pedophile criminal?
18-1173 I. B. and Jane Doe v. April Woodard, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Amici (7) child-abuse child-protection circuit-split constitutional-rights fourth-amendment qualified-immunity strip-search warrant warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment requires a caseworker to obtain a warrant to strip-search a child
18-986 Sara Huckaby, et al. v. Frank Halley, as Next Friend of J. H., a Minor Child Tenth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response Waived child-abuse child-welfare civil-rights due-process forensic-interview law-enforcement-procedure prosecutor-directives qualified-immunity search-and-seizure state-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that the Petitioners did not act in an objectively reasonable manner in relying on a state statute, …
18-5911 Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Department of Justice, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-redaction child-abuse child-abuse-neglect child-abuse-or-neglect court-of-appeals fair-trial federal-procedure minor-plaintiff minor-protection ongoing-case ongoing-federal-case plaintiff-rights redaction trial-fairness Whether a plaintiff can have his case redacted in accordance with laws and regulations about disclosure