imprisonment
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5896 | Shawn Travis Paschal v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure imprisonment reasonableness-standard sentencing-review supervised-release | Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? |
| 25-5442 | Jaron Burnett v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Pending | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP | fifth-amendment imprisonment jury-right revocation-proceeding sixth-amendment supervised-release | Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendment jury right applies to supervised release revocation proceedings that impose a term of imprisonment beyond the ma… |
| 25-5149 | Jerrell Sims v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure imprisonment reasonableness sentencing-review supervised-release | Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? |
| 24-6284 | Christopher Duncan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure imprisonment reasonableness sentencing-review supervised-release | Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? |
| 24-5369 | Tommy T. Branch v. United States | District of Columbia | 2024-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | covid-19 imprisonment legislative-response rehabilitation sentencing-disparity term-reduction | Question not identified. |
| 23-1064 | Juan Luis Leonor v. Diana Sabatka-Rine, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services | Nebraska | 2024-03-29 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment criminal-liability due-process imprisonment judicial-legislation state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction sudden-quarrel-provocation | Whether the Due Process Clause prohibits imprisonment under a sentence derived from an unconstitutional law |
| 23-6539 | In Re Jesse James Corbin-Bey | 2024-01-23 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process ex-post-facto extraordinary-relief federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus imprisonment slavery state-court-jurisdiction | Should this Court use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to the Petitioner who has no other available forum to raise his compelling claims of … | |
| 23-5631 | Jason M. Moriarty v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-09-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure imprisonment maximum-sentence revocation-of-release sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release | When revoking multiple terms of supervised release, may the court run the service in prison on each term consecutively to exceed the maximum authorize… |
| 23-132 | Cynthia L. Pollick v. Anthony P. Trozzolillo | Pennsylvania | 2023-08-15 | Denied | Response Waived | attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights debtors-prison due-process equal-protection imprisonment statutory-interpretation | Whether imprisoning a citizen for a divorce judgment of attorney fees violated 28 U.S.C. § 2007(a) since a citizen cannot be imprisoned for a money ju… |
| 23-5189 | Tyree Steele v. United States | Third Circuit | 2023-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts imprisonment judicial-discretion rehabilitation rehabilitative-purpose sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation | Whether a district court violates the Sentencing Reform Act's ban on imprisonment as a rehabilitative measure |
| 22-6608 | Arthur Torlucci v. California | California | 2023-01-23 | Denied | IFP | due-process imprisonment indigent-defendants misdemeanor right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the government to provide counsel to indigent defendants in misdemeanor cases wher… |
| 21-1481 | John Destin Alexander v. Department of the Army, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2022-05-25 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process freedom-of-speech government-overreach imprisonment involuntary-servitude privacy privacy-violation | Can the government impose and maintain thirty years of involuntary servitude imprisonment upon an American citizen without filing any charges against … |
| 21-7547 | Gabriel Gonzalez v. John P. Yates, Warden | Eighth Circuit | 2022-04-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment prison-conditions sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Does continued imprisonment under unconstrained exposure to a lethal contagion violate Eighth Amendment rights? |
| 21-5231 | Shaun J. Salazar v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-07-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-law imprisonment revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum supervised-release united-states-v-haymond | Whether a district court may impose a revocation imprisonment term under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) that, when combined with a defendant's initial term of… |
| 21-5165 | Robert Allen Custard v. Scott Crow, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2021-07-21 | Denied | IFP | citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment double-jeopardy due-process imprisonment legal-detention multiple-punishments united-states-constitution | Whether a U.S. citizen can serve 14 years in prison without a sentence |
| 20-6623 | Raymond Ka-Lun Pin v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections | Fourth Circuit | 2020-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-grievance civil-rights constitutional-rights discretionary-parole due-process equal-protection imprisonment parole sentencing takings | Whether the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's due process rights by the arbitrary enforcement of a void dis… |
| 20-5491 | M. C. v. Indiana | Indiana | 2020-08-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment delinquent-acts due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment juvenile-detention juvenile-justice punishment | Is a child imprisoned for delinquent acts 'punished' within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment? |
| 20-5359 | Brandon Shane Eustice v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-08-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-history diversionary-disposition due-process imprisonment judicial-procedure probation-revocation revocation sentencing-calculation sentencing-guidelines | Whether a diversionary disposition that results in a later revocation and imprisonment should be counted as a sentence under § 4A1.1(b) rather than a … |
| 19-8566 | John Charles Thompson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-05-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggregate-imprisonment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process imprisonment plain-error revocation sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release | Was it plain error for the Western District of North Carolina to not aggregate Mr. Thompson's multiple revocation active imprisonment sentences then r… |
| 19-7839 | Christopher Sanchez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-03-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure deterrence due-process imprisonment plain-error-review policy-statement policy-statement-range sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines | Is a single-sentence explanation of 'I believe this addresses the issues of adequate deterrence and protection of the public' procedurally reasonable … |
| 19-561 | Gail Rosier v. Jeffrey Strobel | Arizona | 2019-10-29 | Denied | Response Waived | child-support contempt contempt-proceedings due-process imprisonment incarcerated-obligors indigent-obligors interstate-enforcement procedural-safeguards uniform-interstate-family-support-act | What minimum procedural safeguards are required to ensure due process for incarcerated and indigent obligors who face child support proceedings under … |
| 19-6299 | Victor Lopez v. Sterling Correctional Facility, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2019-10-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 10th-circuit appeals case-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment ineffective-assistance innocence judicial-review sentencing-enhancement substantial-innocence | Whether Mr Lopez should be in prison on a case that the 10th Circuit found substantial Innocence on and the Trial Court Dismissing 3 cases that were u… |
| 19-5891 | Donte Island v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process imprisonment release-conditions split-circuit statutory-interpretation supervised-release tolling | Whether a term of supervised release may be tolled for periods of noncompliance with release conditions |
| 19-5378 | Arthur Ray Deere, Sr. v. California | California | 2019-07-30 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel | Whether the California Supreme Court erred in denying petitioner's constitutional rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments, including the right to eff… |
| 18-9568 | Roderick Mullins v. Florida | Florida | 2019-06-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process imprisonment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment life-sentence sentencing sentencing-scheme state-constitution | Does the Florida 'Life Means Life' sentence scheme violate the State Constitution's ban on indefinite imprisonment and the 14th Amendment Due Process … |
| 18-8504 | John Whaley v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-03-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process imprisonment procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines supervised-release | Whether the imposition of the same twenty-five year term of imprisonment and maximum term of supervised release was both procedurally and substantivel… |
| 18-7864 | Prince Charles Cotton, Sr. v. Ghae Harris, Warden | Ohio | 2019-02-08 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus illegal-confinement imprisonment ohio-law parole sentencing sentencing-entry standing supreme-court-ruling | Is it Lawful, For The State Of Ohio to Hold The Herein Petitioner In Illegal Confinement, 'Under' Statutes That: The ' United States Supreme Court Has… |
| 18-7325 | John Joseph Zinkand v. Carlos Hernandez, Superintendent, Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2019-01-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment indictment state-law statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction | Did North Carolina State unlawfully imprison Petitioner upon an unconstitutional statute? |
| 18-759 | Matthew D. Sample v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-12-14 | Denied | Amici (3) | criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-authority district-court-discretion imprisonment income-earning probation restitution sentencing-discretion victim-compensation | Whether a district court may reduce a prison sentence, or impose a probationary term in lieu of imprisonment, to enable a defendant to earn income to … |
| 18-6756 | John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor | Third Circuit | 2018-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights contempt debt-imprisonment disgorgement due-process erisa erisa-case erisa-enforcement garnishment imprisonment judicial-review labor-secretary-powers preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation | Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that parts of a $38 million judgment for disgorgement' entered in 2015 against the Peti… |
| 18-6514 | In Re Melvin T. Bell | 2018-10-31 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment jurisdiction liberty-deprivation standing territorial-jurisdiction | Whether the petitioner is illegally deprived of his liberty |