federal-prison
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6954 | Natasha Nicole Newberry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-03-04 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | 18-USC-1791 contraband criminal-attempt federal-prison mens-rea substantial-step | Whether an inmate's intercepted letter discussing introduction of contraband inside a federal prison constitutes a "substantial step" sufficient to su… |
| 23A1024 | Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield | Seventh Circuit | 2024-05-17 | Presumed Complete | bivens-remedy constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-prison inmate-violence | Whether this Court's precedents recognize a cause of action for damages under the Eighth Amendment against prison officials who exhibit deliberate ind… | |
| 22-6600 | Eric Banks v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-23 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prison jurisdictional-requirements statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction | Several federal criminal statutes only apply within the United States's "special maritime and territorial jurisdiction," including the assault statute… |
| 22-6587 | Vernon White v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-20 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-113 40-usc-3112 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-prison maritime-jurisdiction special-maritime-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction | Whether proof that a crime occurred at a federal prison is sufficient to establish the existence of "special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of t… |
| 21-7166 | Mustafa Ozsusamlar v. P. Adams, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2022-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-remedies civil-rights discrimination due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-prison free-speech habeas-corpus postal-service prisoner-litigation standing | 1-in commen and out going leqal mail opened by Mailing Room Guard. Readed-copied-Forvarded to the warden or unit manager. dilayed or Distroyet. That i… |
| 18-6826 | Carlos David Caro v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-11-26 | Denied | IFP | §-2255-claim bop-data brady-violation criminal-procedure-brady death-penalty due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-prison government-misconduct procedural-bar sentencing sentencing-procedure suppression-of-evidence | Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in ruling Caro was procedurally barred from raising a § 2255 claim that the Government's suppression of available exc… |
| 18-6374 | William Carl Welsh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-19 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-4248 actual-innocence civil-commitment federal-prison jurisdiction jurisdictional jurisdictional-requirement rule-60(b)(5) rule-60b5 section-4248 summary-reversal | Whether a district court may deny relief from a civil-commitment judgment under 18 U.S.C. § 4248 and keep a person in federal prison indefinitely when… |