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25-765 Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., a Wyoming Not-for-Profit Corporation, et al. v. Alberto Carvalho, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Los Angeles United School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived constitutional-scrutiny fundamental-rights government-mandate judicial-review medical-treatment rational-basis-review 1. Does this Court's opinion in Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), limit a court's review of government mandated medical t…
25A712 Donald Wayne Read v. Texas Texas 2025-12-17 Application constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights pro-se Question not identified.
25A699 Larry E. Harrison v. Sharon A. Oliver, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-12-16 Application eighth-amendment hirschsprung-disease incontinence medical-indifference medical-treatment prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25-481 Jennifer Bridges, et al. v. The Methodist Hospital, dba The Methodist Hospital System, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-10-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived due-process federal-funding informed-consent liberty-interest medical-treatment state-action Since the passage of the 1974 National Research Act, federal policy has ensured that no individual faces penalties or loss of benefits for refusing un…
25A431 Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., a Wyoming Not-for-Profit Corporation, et al. v. Alberto Carvalho, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Los Angeles United School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-15 Presumed Complete bodily-autonomy covid-19 fundamental-rights medical-treatment substantive-due-process vaccine-mandate Question not identified.
25-431 Ealaila Conard v. Chanel, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Response Waived ada-discrimination employment-law informed-consent job-related-standards medical-privacy medical-treatment Did the Court create conflicts in the law by failing to be guided by the common-law rule, well-established public policy and the long legal tradition …
25A234 South Carolina, et al. v. John Doe, By His Next Friends and Parents, Jim Doe and Jane Doe Fourth Circuit 2025-08-28 Presumed Complete Amici (1) equal-protection gender-affirming-care legislative-act medical-treatment sovereignty title-x Question not identified.
25A208 Francis Nielsen v. Kekai Watanabe Ninth Circuit 2025-08-21 Presumed Complete alternative-remedies bivens-action eighth-amendment federal-detention medical-treatment prisoner-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly applied the first step of the Egbert v. Boule test by holding that a case involving a federal detention center's r…
25-204 Jeri Pearson, et al. v. Shriners Hospitals for Children, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived due-process fourteenth-amendment informed-consent medical-treatment research-ethics state-action Since Congress enacted the 1974 National Research Act, it has been the federal government's policy that no individual can be subjected to a penalty or…
25-5292 John Charles Volungus v. United States First Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act civil-commitment conditional-release district-court-authority medical-treatment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248(e) and other federal mental health statutes, which authorize the conditional release of a civilly committed persons under …
24-6461 David James Lack v. Dr. Posner, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process medical-treatment plea-agreement prison-conditions speedy-trial 1. Was the Trial Court in Violation of the Plaintiffs State and Federal Speedy-Trial Rights. Plaintiff constantly asking for a speedy trial for over 4…
24-612 Paul A. Eknes-Tucker, et al. v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-04 Dismissed due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-treatment parental-rights transgender-rights In 2022, the Alabama Legislature enacted a categorical ban on the use of certain medical treatments for transgender minors. The ban applies when the t…
24-582 United States v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-26 Dismissed constitutional-law equal-protection gender-identity medical-treatment minor-rights transgender-rights Whether Alabama Senate Bill 184, which prohibits certain medical treatments if they are provided to "alter the appearance of or affirm [a] minor's per…
24A420 Randal Jerome Dalavai, as Successor in Interest to Decedent Geetha Dalavai and son of Geetha Dalavai v. The Regents, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete administrative-deference circuit-split emtala hospital-liability medical-treatment patient-stabilization Whether a hospital's obligation under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act ("EMTALA") ends when the patient is admitted to the hospital, as the…
24-5394 Nathan Brooks Manuelito v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-prosecution dual-purpose-statements evidence-reliability federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay-exception medical-treatment Whether statements made, in part, to provide evidence for a criminal prosecution can satisfy the hearsay exception in Federal Rule of Evidence 803(4) …
24-5125 Corvin J. Young v. Spartanburg County Detention Facility, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-custody habeas-corpus medical-treatment pretrial-detention prison-conditions prisoner-rights Question not identified
23-996 Jeanna Norris, et al. v. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., in His Official Capacity as President of Michigan State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived bodily-autonomy civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny due-process heightened-scrutiny jacobson-v-massachusetts medical-treatment public-health vaccine-mandate Whether Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), when read in light of this Court's later acknowledgment that the right to refuse treatment is '…
23A785 Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart Seventh Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights medical-access medical-treatment prison-healthcare prisoner-rights spinal-condition Whether a prisoner's constitutional rights are violated when denied timely access to medical treatment and surgical consultation for a serious spinal …
23-6237 Gregory I. Ezeani v. William Anderson, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-prisoner healthcare-denial immigration immigration-detention medical-negligence medical-treatment retaliation Whether the plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when DHS/ICE unlawfully arrested him, denied him proper medical treatment, and failed to f…
23-492 Jane Doe 1, et al. v. Kentucky, ex rel. Russell Coleman, Attorney General of Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (14) due-process equal-protection heightened-scrutiny medical-treatment parental-rights rational-basis-review sex-classification transgender transgender-rights Whether the Kentucky treatment ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors should be subject to heightened scrutiny under the Due Process…
23-477 United States v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-06 Judgment Issued Amici (92)Relisted (13) constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-identity medical-treatment minor-rights sex-based-classification sex-classification transgender-rights Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB1) violates the Equal Protection Clause
23-451 Geoffrey Hamilton Woodward v. Sarah Edge Woodward Tennessee 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) can condition a fit parent's ability to have any consistent with the Due Process Clause child-custody compelling-interest due-process family-court family-law medical-treatment mental-health parental-rights state-interest state-intervention Whether a court can condition a fit parent's ability to have any contact with his child on unwanted medical treatment without finding that the treatme…
23A177 Geoffrey Hamilton Woodward v. Sarah Edge Woodward Tennessee 2023-08-25 Presumed Complete compelled-medical-procedures due-process-clause family-court medical-treatment parental-contact parental-rights Whether the Due Process Clause permits a family court to compel unwanted medical treatment as a condition of allowing a fit parent to maintain contact…
23-5105 Russell Garvis Griffith, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied IFP child-abuse circuit-split evidence-rule-803(4) hearsay hearsay-exception household-abuse medical-diagnosis medical-treatment rule-803(4) witness-testimony Whether a party seeking to admit an out-of-court statement pursuant to Rule 803(4) must show that the speaker subjectively knew that the identity of t…
22-7513 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. John Stone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment government-misconduct incarceration involuntary-treatment medical-consent medical-treatment state-law Whether the petitioner was deprived of due process and equal protection rights when confined for 4 months without conviction and denied medical treatm…
22-7507 Robert Stanley Woods, aka Saladin Rushdan v. Haar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights correctional-goals due-process first-amendment medical-treatment out-of-court-settlement prisoner-rights retaliation settlement-agreement Does an out-of-court settlement agreement set the parameters for future legitimate correctional goals?
22-7493 Glen Thomas Dotson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-bureau-of-prisons first-amendment medical-treatment retaliation standing Was Petitioner's First Amendment Right violated when he was retaliated by Federal Bureau of Prisons staff for exercising his right to pursue his lawsu…
22-7334 In Re Quincetta Y. Cargill 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance institutional-conditions intellectual-disability legal-appeal medical-treatment mental-health procedural-challenges rules-of-court standing Where petitioner has been denied showing a probability of success on the merits
22-7232 Darrell Gunn v. Frederick N. Berntein, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment assault assault-case civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-review medical-treatment retaliation Whether plaintiff was within the 5-year statute of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983(a) when he filed Section 1983 claims
22-7049 Robert A. Martinez, Jr. v. Lucas County Jail Sixth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied IFP 8th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process eighth-amendment inmate-healthcare medical-treatment Is it legal to refuse prescribed medication to a Disabled person while incarcerated?
22-7034 Earnest Gibson, IV v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law campus direct-supervision medical-treatment medicare-regulations off-site off-site-facility physician-oversight remote-location satellite-facility Whether Petitioner's PHP was in violation of Medicare's requirement that treatment must have occurred under a licensed physician's direct supervision?
22-6320 Mausean Carter v. Corizon Health, Inc. Maryland 2022-12-16 Denied IFP actual-innocence burden-of-proof civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment evidence gross-negligence habeas-corpus medical-evidence medical-treatment successive-petition Whether the lower courts erred in holding that the petitioner did not meet the burden of establishing the respondents' deliberate indifference in viol…
22-6251 Onofre Tommy Serrano v. California California 2022-12-07 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review medical-treatment reasonable-time-to-consult right-to-counsel Whether the court has a prompt duty to appoint counsel once indigency attaches
22-5559 Patricio Estrada v. Troy Nehls, Sheriff, Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disciplinary-isolation due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection medical-treatment prison-conditions Whether Estrada's due process rights were violated by being placed in disciplinary isolation prior to any hearing
21-8156 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. Jeffrey Alvarez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights Whether prison officials are deliberately indifferent when they delay or intentionally interfere with medical treatment
21-7751 Timothy Littlejohn v. Dr. Dalton, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-29 Denied IFP civil-rights disability due-process glaucoma-treatment judicial-discretion medical-negligence medical-treatment ophthalmology standing Whether the district court misapplied the governing legal rules concerning my constitutional right to be treated by ophthalmologists and did so by imp…
21-7505 Eugene Dyson v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference due-process medical-records medical-treatment prison-conditions serious-medical-needs summary-judgment Did the lower court err or abuse its discretion when granting summary judgment or dismissal before discovery was implemented, and based upon medical r…
21-7232 Lance Reberger v. Michael Koehn, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment prison prison-medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Whether the Nevada Department of Corrections officials violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide adequate medical care to a prisoner during …
21-1141 Charles Wade v. Gordon Lewis Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process fair-warning medical-treatment prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Whether qualified-immunity-doctrine-demands-identical-fact-pattern
21-1075 Mandy England, in Her Individual Capacity v. Annissa Colson Sixth Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response Waived civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-rights correctional-officer due-process eighth-amendment inmate-treatment medical-determination medical-treatment qualified-immunity Whether a correctional officer violated a constitutional right of an inmate for not requesting further treatment for a injury to the inmate's knee whe…
21-6414 Charles Wayne Marietta v. Leanne LoBue, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights discovery due-process judicial-discretion medical-evidence medical-treatment summary-judgment Did the District Court of Arizona err in granting Summary Judgment for Defendants without presenting all the elements of Appellants' medical complaint…
21-6206 Joel Barcelona v. Sergeant Parish, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-threatening life-without-parole medical-treatment refusal-of-care Whether the Respondents, Nurse J.M. Chunnu and Nurse M.M. Kelly, exhibited deliberate indifference to Petitioner's life-threatening medical condition …
21-6093 Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karl Hoffmann, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-rights medical-treatment summary-judgment wanton-suffering Did the District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the legal presidents that 46 days of severe 'unnecessary inflict of wanton pain…
21-5759 Kevin Hall v. Kul Sood, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-treatment prison-healthcare supervisory-power wexford-health-sources Did prison medical professionals and the prison's healthcare contractor violate the Eighth Amendment?
21-235 Gary Heidel, et al. v. Anthony Mazzola, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied civil-rights due-process failure-to-enforce fourteenth-amendment kingsley-standard medical-treatment predictable-consequence pretrial-detainee recklessness suicide-prevention Whether jail officials violate a pretrial detainee's Fourteenth Amendment right to medical treatment by being reckless to, without actually knowing of…
21-5080 Emogene R. Brown v. Llyas Shalkh Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied IFP assault battery bodily-integrity civil-rights due-process medical-treatment Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the respondent entered the room with a needle and threatened to inject the petitioner
20-8411 C. T. v. Orange County Social Services Agency California 2021-06-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment child-endangerment child-welfare civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment medical-privacy medical-treatment parental-rights sixth-amendment Does the act of forcefully administering psychotropic medications to a child before trial violate the IV and VI amendments in the absence of a court o…
20-1604 Biogen MA Inc. v. EMD Serono, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied anticipation claim-construction incentives medical-treatment method-of-treatment novelty patent patent-law patent-validity prior-art recombinant-protein Whether courts may disregard the express claim term 'recombinant' so as to render a method-of-treatment patent anticipated—and thus invalid—in light o…
20-7888 James Arthur Ross v. Steven Shelton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion medical-treatment pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness standing summary-judgment Did the District Court abuse its discretion in refusing to appoint counsel?
20-1234 Marianne Baptiste, et al. v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. Massachusetts 2021-03-08 Denied 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process juvenile-detention juvenile-rights medical-treatment state-custody Whether a juvenile committed to the custody of the State enjoys the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause when evaluating the ju…
20-6872 Scott Hildreth v. Kim Butler, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment grievance-process medical-neglect medical-treatment medication-refill policy prisoner-rights Is it right that the defendant Wexford health service, (Menard CC ) have returned to their same old song and dance and have been not properly or timel…
20-6534 Deverick Scott v. Rory Griffin, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment grievances inmate-rights medical-malpractice medical-treatment policy Is A.D.C.'s Correct Care Solutions Medical policy unconstitutional when it denies Scott's tooth restoration?
20-6440 Benjamin K. Toscano v. Nancy Adam, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct legal-fabrication medical-negligence medical-treatment pain-and-suffering procedural-due-process spinal-injury Does respondent have the right to submit fabricated documents?
20-5521 Wilbert Williams, aka Serenity Izabel Williams v. Beverly Kelly, Assistant Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment gender-dysphoria medical-treatment prisoners-rights transgender transgender-rights Whether gender dysphoria is a serious medical condition and whether there is a conflict between the 5th Circuit and other U.S. Courts of Appeals
20-5291 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. John Marlar Tenth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict civil-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements medical-treatment standing tenth-circuit warrant-constitutionality Whether the Tenth Circuit's failure to satisfy itself of district court's jurisdiction resulted in it exceeding its discretion and jurisdiction
19-8084 Christopher Young v. Rehka Halligan Third Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment standing whether-continuous-ineffective-treatment-violates-8th-amendment
19-1138 DeWayne D. Knight v. Thomas Grossman, Jr. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied balancing-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment informed-consent medical-treatment prisoner-rights Whether a claim for violation of a prisoner-patient's Fourteenth Amendment right to informed consent requires a showing of deliberate indifference and…
19-1103 INO Therapeutics LLC, et al. v. Praxair Distribution Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 drug-administration due-process eligibility innovation medical-research medical-treatment method-of-treatment patent patent-eligibility patient-outcomes personalized-medicine section-101 selective-treatment Whether a method of treatment that requires doctors to selectively administer a drug to certain patients and not others to enhance patient outcomes is…
19-7860 Robert Rowles v. GEO Group, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP 8th-amendment circuit-court civil-rights cost-cutting deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate inmate-rights judicial-discretion medical-treatment prison standing Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal abuse its discretion in denying relief on the lack of medical diagnosis and treatment
19-7543 Earl Osborn v. Christopher Williams, et al. Second Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights corrections-department disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process inmate-rights medical-treatment mental-disability mental-health prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment Whether the Supreme Court should eliminate the requirement for an individualized, fact-specific determination regarding the availability of administra…
19-7464 Derrick Dewayne Davis v. Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights correctional-facility deliberate-indifference due-process medical-neglect medical-treatment standing writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the 5th Circuit and the United States District Court violated plaintiff's constitutional rights by denying plaintiff's writ without reviewing …
19-7214 Gregory Brown v. Ellen Mace-Liebson, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment intra-circuit-conflict medical-care medical-treatment pro-se summary-judgment Whether the sitting panel for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's entry of summary judgment on petitioner's pro…
19-6812 Steven Kurt Baughman v. Michael Seale, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment brain-damage burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-claims deliberate-indifference due-process hyperglycemia insulin medical-treatment prisoner-rights retaliation serious-medical-needs Whether injecting a prisoner with insulin without knowing his immediate blood sugar level constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
19-6130 George W. Fisher v. John Gregory Mermelstein, et al Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment disability due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection free-speech media-access medical-treatment prison prisoner-rights state-liability Whether the denial of media treatment at a state prison violates the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press
19-406 Marilu F. Touma v. The General Counsel of the Regents, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) abuse-of-power ada ada-violation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights conspiracy-to-interfere-with-civil-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process jurisdiction medical-discrimination medical-treatment Whether UCLA Medical Center violated the ADA and Civil Rights when it denied medical treatment to a disabled woman, provided substandard services, and…
19-5843 Gonzalo R. Rubang, Jr. v. Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal court-trial due-process insurance-claims judicial-procedure medical-treatment pro-se-petition procedural-fairness standing unfair unfair-dismissal workers-compensation Why the US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT adopted the decision from the US DISTRICT COURT
19-5214 Beatrice Downs v. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1964-civil-rights-act adverse-medical-treatment civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process eeoc-claim employment-discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights harassment medical-treatment retaliation right-to-work state-agency title-vii Whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against retaliation by a state agency
18-1586 Scott Lynn Gibson, aka Vanessa Lynn v. Brian Collier, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment individualized-medical-evaluation life-threatening-medical-need life-threatening-need medical-treatment new-treatment prison-healthcare prisoner-rights transgender-rights universal-medical-acceptance Whether an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's life-threatening medical need can be disposed of without any individuali…
18-1556 Peggy Edwards, et al. v. Louisiana Workforce Commission, et al. Louisiana 2019-06-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-adjudication agency-decision burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard medical-claims medical-treatment standing workers-compensation Does the Louisiana administrative system for adjudicating medical claims by injured workers violate due process
18-9733 Bobby F. McReynolds v. Preston Glenn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus medical-treatment prisoner-rights procedural-default scheduling standing state-court-review surgery Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case
18-9647 George Edward Tustin, Jr. v. Brad Livingston, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review medical-treatment prison prison-conditions Whether the district court erred in determining that the delay in treatment was not caused by deliberate indifference
18-1510 Fredesvindo Rodriguez-Garcia v. Fior Pichardo de Veloz, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights detention-facility due-process forfeiture gender-identification gender-identity medical-examination medical-treatment procedural-error qualified-immunity Whether the court of appeals erred in denying qualified immunity to Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia without identifying precedent clearly establishing the violat…
18-9126 Alan L. Doering v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing-due-process-medical-trea 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rules medical-records medical-treatment prison-conditions security-concerns standing Whether the denial of the petitioner's request for medical treatment violates his constitutional rights
18-8990 Raszell Reeder v. E. Wheldon, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compensatory-damages constitutional-claims cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect medical-records medical-treatment mental-health prisoner-healthcare Whether the courts erred in denying the petitioner's claims for compensatory damages for physical and mental trauma caused by the defendants' failure …
18-8890 Carl Lee Jones v. Willie Smith, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-treatment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent transgender-rights What is the appropriate medical treatment for individuals with gender dysphoria?
18-8552 Herman Gaines v. Brad Busnardo, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-treatment procedural-rights standing statutory-provisions Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due-process by declining to consider the petitioner's claim that t…
18-8310 Azhar Lal v. B. G. Flores, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages deliberate-indifference due-process medical-treatment prisoner-rights standing Whether the prison doctor's deliberate failure to provide insulin treatment for a diabetic inmate's serious medical need amounts to cruel and unusual …
18-7338 Crystal Nicole Jones v. Office of Administrative Hearings, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights discrimination drug-addiction due-process medical-care medical-treatment professional-licensing standing Did the Kansas State Board of Nursing improperly deny a nursing license to the petitioner?
18-817 Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. v. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) generic-drugs inventive-concept medical-patent medical-treatment method-of-treatment natural-law patent-eligibility routine-and-conventional section-101 Whether patents that claim a method of medically treating a patient automatically satisfy Section 101 of the Patent Act, even if they apply a natural …
18-6488 Alonzo Dwayne Coleman v. Michael Hakala, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-medical-care deliberate-deception deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-evidence medical-treatment prison prison-medical-treatment rare-disease Whether there is a constitutional standard of medical care for persons with rare massive polycystic liver disease and are the state's (Missouri) priso…
18-6367 Joel Carter v. Jamie Ayala, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-services medical-treatment precedent prisoner-rights summary-judgment Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by issuin…
18-6294 Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Terrebonne Parish Jail Medical Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims medical-conditions medical-treatment prison-conditions standing Whether the petitioners allege serious medical conditions
18-5908 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Howard A. Zucker, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct Second Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medical-treatment standing takings Why were the lives of the petitioners terminated without due process?
18-5834 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Keith Robinson Second Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medical-treatment patent prison-conditions standing takings Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the court failed to provide him with adequate medical…
24A553 Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction v. Kayla Jean Ayers Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment gender-affirmation medical-treatment prison-conditions transgender-rights Question not identified.