involuntary-commitment

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5968 Mark Wheeler v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-28 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process involuntary-commitment mental-competency Does the mandatory commitment of a permanently incompetent defendant solely to assess the possibility of restoring competency violate due process?
23-254 Sean Guilday v. Crisis Center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, et al. Third Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process involuntary-commitment overrule psychiatric-examination slaughter-house-cases standing Is involuntary examination and involuntary commitment unconstitutional?
23-110 Anisha Ituah, by Her Guardian Angela McKay v. Austin State Hospital, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act deliberate-indifference disparate-treatment due-process intellectual-disability intervention-rights involuntary-commitment notice-requirements prop-207 property-taking rehabilitation-act sexual-assault sexual-assault 23-1109" summary-judgment Whether the State's taking of common HOA lands vio Whether an intellectually disabled woman who complained of rape and sexual assault while involuntarily committed to a State Hospital, but was disbelie…
22-6496 Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Bryan Collier, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-09 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-commitment civil-rights criminal-acquittal due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment mental-health psychological-disorder sexually-violent-predator treatment Does an individual who has been diagnosed with a state created psychological disorder have a right to treatment equal to those who the medical communi…
22-5502 In Re Artis Carroll 2022-09-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus involuntary-commitment legal-representation mental-health right-to-counsel Whether the involuntary commitment of a defendant to a psychiatric hospital without the assistance of counsel violates the defendant's constitutional …
21-6965 Lawtis Donald Rhoden v. Brandon Price, Executive Director of Coalinga State Hospital Ninth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights dangerousness due-process fourteenth-amendment involuntary-commitment mental-disorder mental-health sexually-violent-predator state-hospitals unconditional-discharge Whether the current version of the California SVP law violates the due process clause
21-5246 Jeffrey Ferguson v. Cook County Correctional Facility/Cermak, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process emergency-care involuntary-commitment mental-health patient-rights To what degree must standard psychiatry protocols be followed in the event of an involuntary commitment, transfer, discharge?
21-101 Kevin Scott Karsjens, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Tony Lourey, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit-precedent involuntary-commitment mental-health mental-health-law treatment-progression treatment-rights Whether an involuntarily committed individual whose continued commitment depends on treatment progression has a constitutional right to treatment?
21-5034 K. E. K. v. Waupaca County, Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-07-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-commitment constitutional-rights due-process government-authority involuntary-commitment involuntary-detention patient-dangerousness recent-acts Whether a statute authorizing the government to extend an involuntary civil commitment without evidence of any recent acts indicating that the patient…
20-1287 Recovery Innovations, Inc., et al. v. Kenneth Rawson Ninth Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law involuntary-commitment mental-health mental-health-services state-action state-action-doctrine Whether private healthcare providers are state actors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when providing mental health services pursuant to a state's involuntary c…
20-1025 Juan Francisco Vega v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process florida-constitution florida-rules-of-court florida-statutes involuntary-commitment jury jury-verdict mental-abnormality Whether the jury's verdict must be reinstated based on the United States Constitution, Florida Constitution, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rules of Co…
20-5471 Darryl C. Daniels v. Florida Florida 2020-08-24 Denied IFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-detention liberty liberty-interest sexual-predator state-power Should such disfavored persons, involuntarily civilly imprisoned as sexual violent predators, be deprived of fair notice and warning and continually r…
20-5166 J. J. H. v. Waukesha County, Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-07-24 Denied Amici (2)IFP civil-rights disability disability-accommodation due-process equal-protection hearing-rights involuntary-commitment legal-participation mental-health procedural-due-process procedural-fairness Whether a deaf person undergoing an involuntary commitment has a due process right to understand and participate in her hearing
19-7449 Jack Robert Smith v. Harry Oreol Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-mental-health-commitment-due-process- constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-hospitalization mental-health mental-health-commitment patient-rights supreme-court-review Whether the involuntary civil commitment of a non-dangerous individual violates due process and the Eighth Amendment
19-864 Bradley Beers v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-10 GVR civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-restriction involuntary-commitment mental-health mootness second-amendment Whether the government may permanently deny a mentally healthy, responsible, and law-abiding citizen the opportunity to recover their Second Amendment…
19-6361 Gregory Alan McKown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights commitment competency-evaluation criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-commitment liberty liberty-interest mathews-factors mathews-v-eldridge mental-health procedural-safeguards substantive-due-process Does mandatory, involuntary commitment of an incompetent defendant to the Bureau of Prisons for the sole purpose of evaluating whether he can attain c…
18-8686 Juan Francisco Vega v. Florida Florida 2019-04-03 Dismissed IFP civil-commitment civil-procedure constitutional-provisions criminal-convictions criminal-judgments due-process involuntary-commitment involuntary-proceedings standing statute-of-limitations Whether the criminal judgments and convictions that are being utilized for involuntary civil commitment are barred by the Florida civil action statute…
18-7890 In Re Jose Joaquin Ramirez 2019-02-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment mental-health procedural-safeguards standing state-government Can a cblhy graduated individual for a be cwled college ith Corrplebe contol of the Era} ish Lantaaaye ith gbjo lately No Sincere hishry ok mental Win…
18-7689 Frank James v. Rebecca Kapusta, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families Florida 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-procedure constitutional-provisions criminal-convictions criminal-judgments due-process involuntary-commitment involuntary-proceedings standing statute-of-limitations Whether the criminal judgments and convictions that are being utilized for involuntary civil commitment are barred by the Florida civil action statute…
18-7073 Todd James Luh v. Fulton State Hospital, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment disability-discrimination discovery due-process institutional-misconduct involuntary-commitment medical-abuse medical-records retaliation veterans-rights Does it serve justice to dismiss my claims when it is clear that testimony will be presented at trial that the defendants have assaulted me themselves…
18-5425 Jose Joaquin Ramirez v. Joseph Aponte, et al. New York 2018-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus involuntary-commitment mental-health mental-health-detention standing Whether the New Mexico state bail law as applied ($30.42) to a bill of rights violation, purposely keeping a recluse out of the court process in viola…