federal-custody

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-833 Duane Letroy Berry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-commitment congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-procedure due-process federal-custody Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4246(a) exceeds the constitutional limits of Congress's powers insofar as it permits the federal government to civilly commit a pe…
24-6743 Andre Ricardo Roach v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion court-of-appeals federal-custody judicial-review sentencing-procedure state-custody Whether the Court of Appeals abused its discretion by failing to consider this Court's opinion in Hughes v. United States and by removing Petitioner f…
24-5125 Corvin J. Young v. Spartanburg County Detention Facility, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-custody habeas-corpus medical-treatment pretrial-detention prison-conditions prisoner-rights Question not identified
22-7713 Javier Giovanni Araujo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process federal-custody fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion section-2255-motion Whether the Fifth Circuit Erred in Denying Araujo's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
22-7708 Brian Collins v. Warden, United States Penitentiary, Victorville Ninth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-adjudication consent detainer federal-custody federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer primary-jurisdiction sentence-calculation sovereign-jurisdiction Was the Ninth Circuit wrong to conclude that the federal government consented to a transfer of primary jurisdiction at the end of its sentence, when n…
22-7593 In Re Edwin W. Rubis 2023-05-18 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-custody habeas-corpus liberty marijuana-prohibition whether-rules-14-g-and-h-are-applicable-to-habeas-corpus-petition
22-6334 Joey Faught v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law detainer due-process federal-custody interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers notice prisoner-rights sixth-circuit Was Petitioner's letter to the U.S. District Court Clerk sufficient to invoke the Interstate Agreement on Detainers
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
22-5824 Edward Tyrone Ridley v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto federal-custody habeas-corpus illegal-detention judicial-review procedural-rights sex-offender-registration takings Whether the Georgia statute OCGA 42-1-12 violates the Due Process Clause and the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution
21-6360 Qian Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure factual-findings federal-court federal-custody federal-jurisdiction grand-jury-indictment judicial-discretion search-warrant speedy-trial-act Did the court of appeals properly affirm the trial court's decisions?
21-48 Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. John Doe 5, et al., By and Through Their Next Friend, Nelson Dolores Lopez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Fourth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-custody immigrant-detainee injunctive-relief juvenile-detention medical-care professional-judgment standing Whether professional judgment rather than deliberate indifference is the proper constitutional standard for a claim of inadequate medical care
21-5067 Lonnie Ray Wiseman v. Patti Wachtendorf, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-procedure complex-legal-issues counsel-appointment custody-transfer federal-custody habeas-corpus legal-representation primary-jurisdiction writ-of-custody writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in refusing to order the government to produce a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum
20-911 Michael Jackson v. Don Hudson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Amici (1) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent federal-custody habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective overruled post-conviction-motion saving-clause section-2255 Whether Section 2255 is 'inadequate or ineffective' when, at the time of petitioner's initial Section 2255 motion, circuit precedent foreclosed a pote…
19-7763 Jean Bernier v. J. C. Holland, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3585 18-usc-3621 18-usc-3621b administrative-discretion barden-determination bureau-of-prisons custody-credit federal-custody federal-sentencing sentence-commencement state-custody statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Does the federal bureau of prisons exceed statutory authority when it commences a sentence in 1992, decides 11 years later in 2003 that it was state e…
19-633 Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Relisted (3) 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
18-6146 Charles Neuman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-custody habeas-corpus mathis savings-clause section-2255 Whether a claim of actual innocence of Armed Career Criminal status, based on this Court's decision in Mathis is cognizable under the savings clause
18-5305 Aubry Rae Johnson v. Paul Copenhaver, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-counting due-process federal-custody federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-petition jurisdiction primary-jurisdiction sentencing state-custody time-served Does 18 U.S.C. § 3585 prevent a federal sentence from commencing where federal authorities do not have primary jurisdiction of the inmate?
18-5224 Frank Costelon v. New Mexico Tenth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel cronic-violation custody due-process equitable-tolling federal-custody gideon-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction standing state-court-conviction Whether the District Court erred in concluding that it did not have jurisdiction because the petitioner was no longer in custody of the state court ju…