false-imprisonment

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25-6099 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Ken Burke, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Clerk of the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment judicial-discretion public-records rights-violations 1. Should the established, freestanding public records rights be revisited for settling the states conflicting, questionable lawful authority to frau…
25-5582 Paul Curtis Pemberton v. Michael Miller, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied IFP aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction false-imprisonment indian-country treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty 1. a. Whether Oklahoma Criminal Statutes May Be Enforced Against An Enrolled Member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribe within the Indian Country. If…
24-7445 In Re James Michael Fayed 2025-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3142 bail-revocation case-of-first-impression false-imprisonment fourth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree Whether 18 USC§ 3142 is binding on lower courts and whether a district court's deliberate disobedience of mandatory bail provisions constitutes false …
23-6744 Darrel R. Fisher v. Robert E. Larsen, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied IFP 18-usc-1519 bodily-injury civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-criminal-law jurisdictional-challenge mireles-v-waco Whether Smith was improperly sent to FMC Butner, NC 27509
23-6188 Otis Blaxton v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-relief sovereign-immunity Has the State of Florida waived immunity from suits under its own statute, Florida Statute § 768.28 and the Florida Constitution Art. X, § 13?
23-6133 Jacquelyn Reaves v. Monmouth University, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment hate-crime jurisdiction racial-discrimination Should respondents be criminally and civilly liable for hate-crime, false-imprisonment, racial-discrimination, persecution, emotional-distress, miscon…
23-530 Terrence R. Yoast v. Pottstown Borough, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied excessive-bail false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment heck-doctrine malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 warrantless-arrest warrantless-entry Fourth-Amendment-in-presence-requirement
23-5924 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. American Medical Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-crime genocide human-rights international-law judicial-procedure standing whistleblower-protection Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for lack of standing and due process violations
22-7513 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. John Stone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment government-misconduct incarceration involuntary-treatment medical-consent medical-treatment state-law Whether the petitioner was deprived of due process and equal protection rights when confined for 4 months without conviction and denied medical treatm…
22-64 Samuel Arrington v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process excessive-force false-arrest false-imprisonment habeas-corpus heck-doctrine plea-agreement Whether Heck applies to a former prisoner who was ineligible to challenge his subsequent conviction through federal habeas
22-5079 Steven Martinez v. Christopher Gomez, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4001(a) constitutional-rights detention-authority false-imprisonment habeas-corpus indefinite-detention prison-program-statement-5380.06 sentencing-review void-judgment void-judgment-and-commitment Did the court of appeals apply the wrong model form motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)
21-8151 Eric X. Rambert v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP career-criminal civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights classification due-process false-imprisonment fraud judicial-review legal-relief lower-court-error standing Did the Lower Court Err in dismissing Appellants Civil Action for a lack of Stating a Claim for which Relief May be Granted?
21-7447 Peter Liounis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt Whether the favorable termination requirement of Heck v. Humphrey must be satisfied in plaintiff's criminal case prior to filing a federal torts claim…
21-7273 Terron Gerhard Dizzley v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-review double-jeopardy false-imprisonment federal-question lack-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-decisions trial-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus Did the United Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decide an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of thi…
21-6051 Travis L. Watson v. Dennis Daniels, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment fraud habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Does the U.S. Constitution protect a convict from imprisonment under a falsified document?
21-5213 Zachary B. Taylor v. Georgia Georgia 2021-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment habeas-corpus medical-negligence mental-health veterans-affairs Whether the federal court, Harris County, GA Superior Court, lacked evidence to prove Petitioner Zachary Bouvier Taylor knowingly and intentionally gu…
20-8303 Dong Sheng Huang v. Jalea Joechelle Hill, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution section-1983 warrantless-arrest Whether fourth amendment and fourteenth amendment claims were dismissed wrongly at Rule 12(b)(6) motion stage
20-8240 Carl Edmond Yancy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fact-witnesses false-imprisonment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel medical-evidence medical-experts pre-trial-investigation sexual-assault sexual-assault-experts virgin-examination Whether Petitioner's trial counsel was ineffective for failing to conduct a pre-trial investigation and call important fact witnesses, medical experts…
20-8233 Adam Paul Strege v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment free-speech judicial-review pro-se-representation standing Question Presented on the legality of spreading the Plague and COVID-19 to exterminate all intelligent life
20-8086 Jack E. Allen v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-05-20 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exoneration fair-trial false-imprisonment federal-crimes fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction Does the petitioner deserve another trial based upon constitutional rights violations?
20-5624 Juan Francisco Vega v. Chad Poppell, Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-09 Dismissed IFP §2254-petition certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-discretion extraordinary-circumstances false-imprisonment habeas-corpus sexually-violent-predator successive-petitions whether-jurists-could-debate-abuse-of-discretion
20-5399 Anthony Leon Latimer, aka Gerrald Smith v. Ben Jones, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 911-caller civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process emergency-provision false-imprisonment good-samaritan good-samaritan-law law-enforcement-immunity Did the petitioner call 911 in a mental state of emergency?
19-8766 In Re Linda Ann Wright 2020-06-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment carotid-artery civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment medical-malpractice obstruction-of-justice Was there a concerted effort to deny petitioner her Due Process, under the 5th and 14th Amendments?
19-7850 Bobby Drew Autry v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-error due-process false-imprisonment final-judgment habeas-corpus plea-bargain statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Does the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996 one year statute of limitations violate the suspension clause of the U.S. Const…
19-928 Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-statute due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause Whether the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated due to false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42…
19-6889 In Re Joel Law 2019-12-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-2422b 6th-amendment confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-6th-amendment,false-imprisonm constitutional-rights false-imprisonment habeas-corpus immediate-relief judicial-review section-2255 sixth-amendment Am I entitled to immediate relief from this Court, to protect myself and others similarily situated, from being falsely imprisoned pursuant to 18 U.S.…
19-6134 In Re Recardo Wimbush, et ux. 2019-10-02 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment habeas-corpus jurisdiction slavery speedy-trial state-remedies void-judgment Whether the petitioner's judgment of conviction should be vacated for lack of jurisdiction under the U.S. Constitution
19-5815 Antonio Demetrius Parker v. Virginia Virginia 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-imprisonment jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrant-requirement Did the Supreme court of Virginia err when it determined that the circuit court didn't have the jurisdiction to give the petitioner the relief sought …
19-5587 In Re Levar Lee Spence 2019-08-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment federal-courts federal-habeas-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction liberty-rights Whether the courts can refuse and/or feign review of habeas corpus claims asserting constitutional violations, would warrant habeas corpus relief?
19-5416 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Apex Reporting Group, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-U.S.C.-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-imprisonment fraud habeas-corpus judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct standing whistle-blower whistle-blower-protections Can fraud be allowed to be committed as the underlying reason for dismissal of a complaint?
19-5338 Anna Maria Agolli v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-misconduct due-process false-imprisonment government-liability government-misconduct immunity-defense qualified-immunity statute-of-limitations Should Courts allow qualified immunity to protect governments and their employees in spite of evidence?
18-9515 Brandon Christopher Pierre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights conviction-and-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction malicious-prosecution probable-cause Under what circumstances can a federal court falsely and wrongfully indict, arrest, imprison, convict, and sentence an individual under the 'color of …
18-8322 In Re Richard Madkins 2019-03-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentence-modification sentencing-modification state-jurisdiction unlawful-detention Whether it would result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice if failure to entertain petitioner constitutional claims
18-7283 Angel Bartlett v. Kalamazoo County Community Mental Health Board, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-rights corrective-programs discriminatory-practices due-process false-imprisonment false-reporting false-reports mental-health mental-health-confinement probate religious-discrimination torture-allegations weapons-of-mass-destruction Is it illegal or wrongful for Community Mental Health to be holding Angel Bartlett in corrective programs even when there is no open probate to hold A…
18-7259 Jack E. Allen v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale Pennsylvania 2019-01-07 Denied IFP batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance innocence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Did the petitioner give the first opportunity of the state supreme court to resolve such claims, issues, contentions in a state habeas corpus?
18-775 Andrew Chien v. LeClairRyan, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-error civil-rights collateral-estoppel color-of-state-act due-process false-imprisonment fourth-amendment qualified-immunity res-judicata subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction Whether the order is void due to administrative error and lack of jurisdiction
18-619 Gamada A. Hussein v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response Waived bodily-integrity civil-rights dna-testing due-process faith-based-discrimination false-imprisonment fourth-amendment fourth-amendment,false-imprisonment,due-process,wa sovereign-immunity surveillance warrantless-monitoring Whether implanting chips in Petitioner's body and monitoring the Petitioner and Petitioner's family life activities for a decade without warrant and d…
18-6512 Jabril Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appeals cell-phone-privacy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule false-imprisonment Fourth-Amendment jurisdiction jury-trial probable-cause search-incident-to-arrest sentencing standing warrantless-search Whether petitioners were arrested without probable cause
18-6466 Wilson C. Ortega v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault criminal-enhancement criminal-street-gang criminal-threats false-imprisonment gang-evidence gang-related ineffective-assistance-of-counsel predicate-offenses prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the admission of irrelevant and inflammatory gang evidence prejudiced the petitioner
18-234 Guadalupe Chaidez Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment federal-tort-claims-act intentional-torts law-enforcement-proviso sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act restricts the law enforcement proviso's waiver of sovereign immunity for i…
18-5511 Michael John Tarvin v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence false-imprisonment innocence-claim standing successive-petition Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's application, when the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the petitioner's motion …
18-5432 Ahmadou Sankara v. Liam O'Hara, et al. Second Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel malicious-prosecution search-and-seizure unlawful-search-and-seizure Whether the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were violated by an unlawful search and seizure, false arrest, and false imprisonment without consent…