federal-prisoner-rights

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6738 Clyde Pontefract v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending IFP administrative-law federal-prisoner-rights federal-tort-claims-act fiduciary-responsibility inmate-property-loss little-tucker-act 1. Does the Substantive Law of 28 CFR §14.1 et seq. and 28 CFR §543.30 et seq. qualify for the Little Tucker Act under United States V. Mitchell, 463 …
21-6594 James A. Hald, et al. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process extraordinary-reasons federal-prisoner-rights federal-prisons sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court must first determine whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduct…