drug-policy

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6541 In Re Ronald Freeman 2024-01-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-policy due-process federal-detention habeas-corpus marijuana-offense Whether being in federal detention, custody is a substantial denial of Ronald Freeman's constitutional right of liberty, without sufficient cause, wit…
22-6902 Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem…
22-6881 James Clark, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied IFP controlled-substances criminal-law drug-convictions drug-policy due-process federal-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem…
22-6144 In Re Richard Daniels 2022-11-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amendment-violation constitutional-rights drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-custody liberty marijuana-classification Whether being in federal custody for marijuana-related offenses is a substantial denial of constitutional liberty without due process
21-715 In Re Jody Tremayne Wafer 2021-11-15 Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-liberty criminal-justice drug-crime drug-policy due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus Is the incarceration of the petitioner for a marijuana-related offense a violation of their constitutional rights?
19-962 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-01-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing Whether defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids can be constitutionally treated differently for punitive purposes from defendants …
19-7341 Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-intent criminal-law drug-crimes drug-felonies drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Congress should re-evaluate the inequity in changing the enhancement level for prior drug felonies under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)-(B) but not…
19-6513 Deyoe R. Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review controlled-substances criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federal-law federalism free-speech sentencing-disparity standing takings Whether the federal prohibition on certain substances has resulted in more crime and violence, and whether it is best to regulate or decriminalize the…
19-129 Neil Feinberg, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-policy drug-trafficking federal-preemption federalism interstate-commerce irs-tax-code marijuana-legalization preemption state-legalization state-rights tax-law Did the Tenth Circuit err in holding that the Controlled Substances Act superseded and preempted Colorado marijuana laws?
18-5997 Francisco Burciaga v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-classification drug-policy due-process heroin-hydrochloride innocence legal-ambiguity pharmaceutical-industry prosecutorial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness What is the legal status of heroin hydrochloride?
18-5034 Jodi Anderson v. North Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law banking child-welfare civil-rights criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federalism property-rights taxation Can we legalize drugs in the form of the D.I.C. Policy?