fundamental-right

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A1294 Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Presumed Complete circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession fundamental-right second-amendment Whether a federal statute prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions, including non-violent offenses, violates the Se…
23-7712 C. B., Father v. Vermont Department for Children and Families Vermont 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP balancing-test bright-line-rule constitutional-protection due-process fundamental-right fundamental-rights government-intervention parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights Whether the fundamental right to conceive and raise children without government interference requires a more objective, bright-line protection similar…
22-1090 Christopher David Tarpey v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-05-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-waiver due-process fundamental-right personal-right public-trial sixth-amendment waiver Is the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial a fundamental right that is personal to the defendant such that waiver must be on the record by the def…
22-980 Neil Paul Noble v. Texas Texas 2023-04-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-right harmless-error indictment-notice notice sixth-amendment state-courts Is the Sixth Amendment right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation a fundamental federal constitutional right that should be made a…
22-748 Golden Glow Tanning Salon, Incorporated v. City of Columbus, Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2023-02-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law due-process economic-liberty fundamental-right individual-liberty lawful-occupation occupation strict-scrutiny Is the right to pursue a lawful occupation a fundamental right deeply rooted in this nation's history and traditions such that any infringement upon t…
21-6586 Mark James Martinez v. California California 2021-12-13 Denied IFP california-law civil-rights common-law constitutional-right deadly-force due-process fundamental-right governmental-interest heightened-scrutiny imminent-harm self-defense Whether California's rule that self-defense is not available when a person does not act out of fear alone impermissibly infringes on the right to self…
21-5368 Alberto Rodriguez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right legal-representation notice-of-charges sixth-amendment waiver Whether the Sixth Amendment fundamental right to notice of charges can be waived by the lawyer's failure to object or whether the defendant must perso…
20-5150 Ernest R. Jenkins v. Daniel Clarke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review jurisdiction standing state-prosecution Was the Circuit Court's denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of apealability (COA) erroneous?
19-5544 Overille Denton Thompson, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-08-09 Denied IFP appellate-review barker-default constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process fundamental-right lower-courts presumption-against-waiver procedural-default speedy-trial texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in refusing to grant Mr. Thompson's petition for discretionary review, and therefore, sanction the lower c…
18-445 Tanya Ramirez v. Texas Texas 2018-10-10 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process equal-protection fundamental-right fundamental-rights intimacy legal-infringement privacy procreation sexual-conduct sexual-relationship texas-penal-code Is Texas Penal Code §21.12, which criminalizes an otherwise legal sexual relationship, unconstitutional in its infringement upon a constitutionally-pr…
18-177 Kenneth Jerome Dawson v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied bond-release constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention detention-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty fundamental-right judicial-scrutiny liberty-interest reasonably-related strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process When does a criminal defendant's right to be released from jail after posting bond implicate a fundamental right of liberty?