legal-rights

17 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7142 Elizabeth A. Ramsey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-review legal-rights presumption-of-innocence standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the court's refusal to allow him to present evidence and witnesses in his defense
23-6667 Michael Townsend v. Deondre Esters, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-proceedings due-process insurance-liability judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-rights standing Did the tribunal court follow the constitutions, statues and/or common law upon request given by the Plaintiff to a jury trial (Due Process)?
23-786 Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. Massachusetts 2024-01-23 Denied Relisted (2) abuse civil-rights consent-denial due-process emotional-distress family-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-procedure legal-rights standing tort-claim Whether in denying Jon Myers' consent to file a lawsuit
23-592 K. E. v. Denise M. Trauth, President, Texas State University, et al. Texas 2023-12-04 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-action administrative-law civil-procedure due-process higher-education judicial-proceedings legal-rights property-interest property-rights university-administration Whether a college degree is a protected property interest that can only be revoked through judicial proceedings rather than through the unilateral act…
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…
22-771 Renè Joseph Foley Bey, et ux. v. Steve Prator, Sheriff, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights common-law constitution damages due-process jury-trial legal-rights Does the Constitution guarantee the right to a jury trial in suits at common law exceeding $20?
22-5099 Erwin Whitter v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisal-statute burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process legal-rights public-defender right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner has a right to be granted extended time to secure counsel, the right to obtain the burden of proof, and the right to the Sixth …
21-6981 In Re Benny David Gibson 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-review court-jurisdiction default-judgment dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-rights procedural-dismissal settlement standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case without prejudice
21-976 Gregory Thomas Wilson v. Florida Florida 2022-01-06 Denied attorney-client-privilege civil-rights expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment jail-visitation legal-rights reasonable-expectation-of-privacy sixth-amendment surveillance Whether an attorney has a reasonable expectation of privacy when meeting with clients in the jail attorney visitation room
21-5818 Cynthia Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judgment judgment-amendment legal-rights notice-of-appeal time-to-file Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly split from the well-established rule of the Court and other Circuits
21-5698 Jasper Crook v. Ricardo Aguilar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts access-to-justice case-closure civil-rights court-fees due-process free-speech judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-rights ninth-circuit Does the petitioner have a right to 'free justice and open courts' without paying a fee to have their case heard in the Ninth Circuit?
21-5143 Cathy Carr v. National Presto Industries, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-reinstatement civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-rights procedural-fairness standing Was the petitioner denied fair due process and equal protection or other rights, and are there any reasons to reopen or reinstate her appeal?
20-7567 Brent Douglas Cole v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exigent-circumstances grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-rights search-and-seizure standing Whether the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant for a warrantless search of a person's home based on exigent circumstances when the person is not pres…
20-6847 Christopher Bryan Torres v. Brad Livingston, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights involuntary-servitude legal-rights prison-labor pro-se pro-se-complaint section-1983 thirteenth-amendment Do 13th Amendment slaves, or those under involuntary servitude, have legal rights when filing pro se § 1983 complaints for serious injuries received f…
20-5600 Jason Lee Harris v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure court-procedure due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-rights relief-petition standing statutory-interpretation When Preponderance of the Evidence Suffices Inference and Courts Judicial Notice
19-7224 Cheryl Jones v. Stephen Goldberg, et al. Maryland 2020-01-13 Denied IFP borrower-rights civil-procedure civil-rights document-falsification due-process foreclosure fraud legal-rights lender-fraud lender-practices property-law standing When a lender presents false documents and wins a final judgement, does this violate the rights of the borrower?
19-5552 Kevin Devon Sutton v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-rights sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether Section 5 actually violates the First Amendment?