health-issues

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-6609 Christopher Coffer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing defendant-health due-process health-issues judicial-discretion medical-disadvantage mitigation-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance variance What is the extent of medical disadvantage that a defendant must present in order to secure a variance based on ill health?
19-8377 Bobby Ray Knight v. Monterey County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act circuit-court civil-procedure due-process extensions federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus health-issues incarceration statutory-interpretation time-limitations Whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(a) and 6(b) are too restrictive or inflexible when resolving impediments to timely litigation, and whet…