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20 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A791 | Antonio Sauceda Reyes v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2026-01-08 | Application | court-access due-process first-amendment indigent-litigant legal-resources prisoner-access | Question not identified. | |
| 25A328 | Palma Jefferson, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-22 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability federal-appeal legal-resources pro-se supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari when denied a Certificate of Appealability and fac… | |
| 24A705 | Angelo Graham v. Illinois | Illinois | 2025-01-17 | Presumed Complete | appellate-review criminal-defendant due-process legal-resources pro-se supreme-court-access | Whether a pro se criminal defendant's inability to obtain legal assistance or adequate legal resources constitutes a violation of due process or the r… | |
| 24A643 | Erick Alfredo Peralta v. Texas | Texas | 2024-12-30 | Presumed Complete | criminal-appeal incarceration legal-resources pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner is entitled to an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari due to constraints of incarceration and lack of legal resou… | |
| 24A641 | Jose Guillermo Mendez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2024-12-30 | Presumed Complete | certiorari indigent legal-resources prison-restrictions pro-se time-extension | Whether a pro se indigent prisoner's limited access to legal resources and prison mail restrictions constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifyin… | |
| 24A455 | Eric W. Strong v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2024-11-06 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights habeas-corpus legal-resources post-conviction-review prisoner-access section-2254 | Whether a state prisoner's extremely limited access to legal resources and law library constitutes a constitutional violation of his right to meaningf… | |
| 24A398 | Ralph Berry v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-10-23 | Presumed Complete | criminal-procedure en-banc excusable-neglect legal-resources petition-for-rehearing pro-se | Whether a pro se criminal defendant's failure to timely file a petition for rehearing en banc due to lack of legal resources and understanding constit… | |
| 24A75 | Vernell White v. California | California | 2024-07-22 | Presumed Complete | court-access legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court time-extension | Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition due to limited access to legal research resources | |
| 24A35 | Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2024-07-12 | Presumed Complete | ada disability-access legal-resources meaningful-access medical-impairment prison-conditions | Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state prisons to provide meaningful access to legal resources for inmates with disabilities who f… | |
| 23A1161 | Ryan Galal VanDyck v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-06-26 | Presumed Complete | certiorari legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court time-extension | Whether a pro se prisoner's inability to access legal resources due to prison facility restrictions constitutes an extraordinary circumstance justifyi… | |
| 23A1125 | John Ross Stenberg v. Don Langford, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2024-06-20 | Presumed Complete | legal-resources prisoner-litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources and lack of counsel constitutes good cause for an extension of time to file a petition f… | |
| 23A706 | Juan Luis Leonor v. Diana Sabatka-Rine, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services | Nebraska | 2024-01-31 | Presumed Complete | certiorari incarceration legal-resources pro-se procedural-barriers supreme-court-rules | Whether a pro se, incarcerated petitioner who lacks legal resources and English proficiency should be granted an extension of time to file a Supreme C… | |
| 21-6975 | David James Lola v. Rick Ramsay, Sheriff, Monroe County, Florida | Florida | 2022-01-27 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration legal-resources prisoner-access | Does an innocent citizen representing themselves against criminal allegations, also known as pro se, and incarcerated prior to trial have a due proces… |
| 20-8250 | Nathaniel Howard Thomas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-06-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | access-to-courts appeal appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process federal-prisons legal-resources prison-access prisoner-litigation | Was the petitioner denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to federal prison closures? |
| 19-8122 | Allan Widdifield v. Kevin Mazza, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2020-03-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-circuit aedpa constitutional-rights discrimination due-process habeas-corpus kentucky legal-resources time-limits | Why are the United States District Judges for Kentucky in total disarray with the other Judges in the 6th Circuit concerning the AEDPA's time limits f… |
| 19-7196 | Mark D. Zimmerman v. Texas | Texas | 2020-01-07 | Denied | IFP | access-to-courts asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process incarceration judicial-discretion legal-resources pro-se standing state-courts supervisory-power | Whether the lower state court erred in sanctioning the petitioner's departure from the accepted judicial proceedings regarding the decision governing … |
| 18A1335 | Jonathan Javier Aleman v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Presumed Complete | incarcerated-litigant legal-resources pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se incarcerated litigant's limited access to legal resources and prison administrative constraints constitute sufficient grounds for an … | |
| 18A1309 | Marcel Malachowski v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-06-13 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se section-2255 | Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources at a private correctional facility constitutes a due process violation warranting an ext… | |
| 18A1231 | Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institution Division | Fifth Circuit | 2019-05-30 | Presumed Complete | eighth-amendment intellectual-disability legal-resources petition-for-certiorari prison-conditions time-extension | Whether a prisoner with intellectual disabilities and limited access to legal resources can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certior… | |
| 18A1233 | Donaveon Lightbourn v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2019-05-29 | Presumed Complete | correctional-facilities due-process habeas-corpus legal-resources personal-property transfer | Whether a federal habeas corpus petitioner's access to legal resources and personal property constitutes a due process violation when transferred betw… |