federal-criminal

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23A554 Joshua James Duggar v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-15 Presumed Complete complete-defense constitutional-right criminal-defendant due-process eighth-circuit federal-criminal Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right to present a complete defense was improperly restricted during trial proceedings
21-5129 Gary E. Peel v. Barbara Zarrick Seventh Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-review district-court due-process federal-criminal federal-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus non-capital standing writ-of-mandamus Whether a stand-alone (a/k/a free-standing) claim of 'actual innocence' is cognizable in a federal non-capital criminal case
20-6963 F. Allan Midyett v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-criminal federal-employment indian-employment statutory-compliance veterans-affairs Whether the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs can refuse to comply with provisions of 25 U.S.C. Ch. 36 to take adverse acts causing harm…