citizen-rights

7 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1090 Scott D. Pitta v. Dina Medeiros, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Administrator of Special Education for the Bridgewater Raynham Regional School District, et al. First Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Amici (3) citizen-rights civil-rights expressive-activity first-amendment free-speech government-employee inherently-expressive public-interest public-space recording-rights Whether the act of recording a government employee engaged in his or her duties is inherently expressive activity entitled to First Amendment protecti…
22-7691 Jace Emerson Fesler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment citizen-rights civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment free-speech law-enforcement police-procedure reasonable-suspicion terry-stop Does a citizen's noncompliance with an unlawful order from law enforcement create reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry frisk?
22-7403 Anthony Carl Eccarius v. Mendocino County Social Services Ninth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied IFP 10th-amendment citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equity federalism judicial-review legal-standing power-in-equity standing tenth-amendment Shall the People exclude a single citizen's 10th Amendment power in equity?
22-5096 Theodore Luczak v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-13 Dismissed IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-system legal-procedure legislative-overreach separation-of-powers state-attorney state-attorney-general Whether a state's attorney can enact legislation that violates state and federal constitutional rights
21-7747 Michael G. Peters v. Kenneth M. Hoyt, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Dismissed IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation corporate-cover-up due-process evidence-suppression free-speech government-action legal-dispute petition-clause standing takings Whether the First Amendment protects the right of citizens to petition the government for a redress of grievances, including the right to file lawsuit…
21-5165 Robert Allen Custard v. Scott Crow, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment double-jeopardy due-process imprisonment legal-detention multiple-punishments united-states-constitution Whether a U.S. citizen can serve 14 years in prison without a sentence
18-9369 Wade Travis Webb v. County of Pima, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process government-accountability grand-jury grand-jury-system legal-accountability prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the grand jury system is inherently flawed by allowing the government to damage citizens without consequences for constitutional violations