constitutional-defense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6560 Tony Daniel Klein v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-defense criminal-procedure evidence-exclusion sixth-amendment witness-bias Does a court violate a criminal defendant's constitutional right to present a defense by excluding the strongest evidence supporting the sole theory o…
21-7462 John Moses Burton, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-defense due-process grammatical-interpretation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-constraints statute-of-limitations strickland-vs-washington toussie-vs-united-states word-meanings Question not identified
18-5430 James Davis Bennett, et ux. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-defense deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-vs-gamble federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure medical-care prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs summary-judgment Whether the Eighth Amendment allows a court to create a constitutional defense to an admitted Eighth Amendment violation requiring a prisoner plaintif…