| 21-7120 |
David John Telles, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony grooming-expert-testimony malingering mental-disorder mental-disorder-defense self-representation standard-of-review |
standard-for-reviewing-denied-motions-for-competency-hearings |
| 21-6965 |
Lawtis Donald Rhoden v. Brandon Price, Executive Director of Coalinga State Hospital |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-commitment civil-rights dangerousness due-process fourteenth-amendment involuntary-commitment mental-disorder mental-health sexually-violent-predator state-hospitals unconditional-discharge |
Whether the current version of the California SVP law violates the due process clause |
| 18-7220 |
Pashtoon Farooqi v. California |
California |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
bill-of-attainder civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process hearsay-evidence jury-instruction mental-disorder sexually-violent-predator vagueness |
Does the California version of its Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) violate the precedents of this Court, and is it therefore unconstitutional? |