homeless-rights

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-175 City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit 2023-08-25 Judgment Issued Amici (109)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-citations constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness public-camping Does the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Ei…
19-247 City of Boise, Idaho v. Robert Martin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Amici (20)Relisted (2) 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness local-government-powers local-government-regulation public-camping public-health-and-safety Like many cities and towns across the country, the City of Boise, Idaho regulates camping and sleeping in public spaces to ensure that these areas rem…
19-5525 Erika Jacobs v. Atlanta Police Department, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-offense cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment homeless-rights judicial-conspiracy malice police-misconduct standing state-law Is this case presenting issues of importance beyond the particuler falts and parties inudved? well does a case of judicia consinyad malie o overt Hhe …
18-6521 Leonard J. Porto, lll v. City of Laguna Beach, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied IFP article-iii-standing civil-rights credible-threat-of-enforcement due-process enforcement-threat homeless homeless-rights local-ordinance municipal-code public-space shelter-policy standing To challenge a local ordinance that prohibits sleeping in public at all hours, must a party show that he was "arrested, charged, or convicted under th…