legal-relief

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5283 In Re Kenton G. Findlay 2024-08-08 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-of-appeal due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-relief Did the Third District Court of Appeal violate due process rights under the Florida Constitution and the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitut…
24-5052 In Re Kenton G. Findlay 2024-07-11 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violation court-of-appeal criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-relief Due process-violation
23-6660 Douglas Manning v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech judicial-review jurisdiction legal-relief procedural-due-process standing Question not identified
23-6114 Andre Jackson v. California California 2023-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights court-opinion due-process evidentiary-issues ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-issue legal-relief procedural-error record-development Whether APPELLATE Counsel's PERFORMANCE WAS deFiciut uNneteR StrickiANnd
22-7581 Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-records chilling-effect court-precedent due-process government-action grand-jury legal-relief legal-rights penalization procedural-limitation prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution Whether a person is precluded from doing what the law plainly allows them to do, as the government pursues a course of action to penalize a person's r…
22-6878 Roger Keith Lunsford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court double-jeopardy due-process federal-prosecution habeas-corpus hearing-requirement legal-relief Could the theft of a defendant's substantive and procedural right to due process be so egregious that it would bar a future federal prosecution?
22-754 In Re Christy Poon-Atkins 2023-02-10 Denied civil-procedure clerical-errors court-procedure document-alteration due-process evidence false-documents judicial-review legal-relief mandamus mishandled-evidence writ-of-mandamus Should evidence of clerical errors, the Defendants' submission of false and altered documents, and mishandled evidence result in the issuance of a Wri…
22-5834 Jose A. Torres v. Lisa Mitchell, Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Center, et al. First Circuit 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-review standard-of-review trial-error Whether Mr. Torres was entitled to relief or an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
21-8151 Eric X. Rambert v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP career-criminal civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights classification due-process false-imprisonment fraud judicial-review legal-relief lower-court-error standing Did the Lower Court Err in dismissing Appellants Civil Action for a lack of Stating a Claim for which Relief May be Granted?
21-8025 Christopher Thieme, aka John Thieme v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3664 all-writs-act criminal-law criminal-procedure illegal legal-relief restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation writ-of-audita-querela Does 18 U.S.C. §3664(k) and (0) permit a defendant to file a motion to vacate a restitution he asserts is illegal?
21-7982 In Re Mo Savoy Hicks 2022-05-27 Denied IFP actual-innocence deceptive-testimony excited-testimony excited-utterance forensic-evidence forensic-exposition fourth-amendment legal-relief miscarriage-of-justice perjury Does the novel issue, Forensic Exposition, demonstrate deceptive testimony and establish actual innocence?
21-5440 Joseph Augustus Dixon v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 60(b) civil-procedure death-of-mother federal-habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-relief medication procedural-motion rule-60b untimely-filing Whether the Federal Reviewing Courts abused their discretion in denying Petitioner's F.R.C.P. 60(b)
19-8870 Daniel Vallejo Recio v. Rudy Vasquez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process evidence legal-relief procedural-dismissal standing witness witness-evidence Why was the claim dismissed?
19-190 Bernard McLaughlin v. National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan Board of Trustees Third Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied benefits-withholding discovery erisa erisa-plan erisa-plan-benefits indebtedness legal-relief lien money-judgment set-off third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in affirming the ERISA plan's misuse of a court order to docket it under state law for money judgments, contrary to ER…
18-8987 Michael Wainaina Kariuki v. Washington Washington 2019-04-26 Denied IFP assault constitutional-law conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-error second-degree-assault sexual-assault standing victim Whether the defendant, Michael Kariuni, is entitled to reversal of the second-degree-assault conviction with instructions to dismiss
18-8520 Aaron Haas, et al. v. City of Richmond, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure document-evidence documents due-process facts judicial-review legal-relief procedural-fairness relief standing Would the court provide due process when facts and documents to entitle relief are provided to the court are not never considered?
18-7893 Sheila J. Halousek v. Bank of America, N.A. California 2019-02-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights consistent-application constitutional-law due-process legal-notice legal-relief notice process-service relief service-of-process What constitutes due process for proper notice in service of process?
18-378 Merck & Co., Inc., et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied Amici (2) civil-procedure damages equitable-defense jury-verdict legal-relief patent separation-of-powers seventh-amendment unclean-hands Whether the equitable defense of unclean hands precludes legal relief in the form of damages
18-5994 Ricky Wayne White v. Arkansas Arkansas 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error legal-relief maximum-sentence misdemeanor-enhancement sentencing sentencing-error state-court-jurisdiction state-courts Is an error of a lower State Court in exceeding the maximum sentence legally allowed, cognizable for relief at any time?