language-barriers
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-5355 | Jung Won Yun v. Chung Cha Kim, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-12 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights covid-19 due-process fee-waiver language-barriers legal-documents litigation pro-se standing supreme-court translation | Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and economic conditions justify an exception to the normal rules for filing a petition for writ of certiorari |
| 20-7022 | Amado Reyes Trujillo v. Mona D. Houston, Acting Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-03 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review language-barriers petition-for-relief pro-se standing | Whether the District Court erred in denying petitioner's writ of habeas corpus due to lack of procedures, without considering that petitioner is not a… |
| 19-6781 | Donato Luna-Quintero v. Indiana | Indiana | 2019-11-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel foreign-defendant jury-trial language-barrier language-barriers limited-english-proficiency right-to-counsel waiver | Whether the defendant's constitutional right to a jury trial was properly waived, and whether counsel provided effective assistance, when the defendan… |
| 18-6968 | Alejandro Quinones Leyva v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | Fourth Circuit | 2018-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-amendment criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel language-barriers notice-of-appeal plea-bargaining prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-rights sixth-amendment | Whether the defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel due to counsel's failure to file a notice of appeal |
| 18-5721 | Carlos Levy v. Mike Parris, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access diligence due-process habeas-corpus language-barrier language-barriers prisoner-rights spanish-speaking tolling | Whether a Spanish-speaking U.S. citizen prisoner must prove he sought legal advice from fellow inmates lacking legal training to establish diligence f… |