federal-prisons

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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), a district court must first determine whether 'extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons' warrant such a reductio…
21-5437 Jean Crump v. Social Security Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisons medication-access prisoner-retirement prisoner-rights retirement-funds retirement-plan room-and-board social-security Is the Social Security Administration employee funded retirement a retirement plan?
20-8250 Nathaniel Howard Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process federal-prisons legal-resources prison-access prisoner-litigation Was the petitioner denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to federal prison closures?
20-7127 Clyde Pontefract v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens bivens-action civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-prisoner federal-prisons injunctive-relief municipal-liability standing Does Ziglar V Abbasi apply to Eighth Amendment claims by federal prisoners?