pardon
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5179 | Forrest Hammond v. Tim Hooper, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-30 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-liberties commutation criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review pardon state-court | Whether the commutation of Petitioner's sentence to time-served ending his state custody before his pending federal habeas corpus application was adju… |
| 22-376 | Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Metropolitan Government, et al. v. Johnetta Carr | Sixth Circuit | 2022-10-21 | Denied | Amici (2) | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-action conviction criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey pardon section-1983 | May a convicted offender, subsequently pardoned, bring a § 1983 action where the pardon fails to expunge the underlying criminal conviction or call it… |
| 21-1440 | Mark T. McCloskey v. Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel | Missouri | 2022-05-13 | Denied | Response Waived | 2nd-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment moral-turpitude pardon professional-misconduct right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense | Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause permit attorney sanctions for professional misconduct based on a finding of 'moral turpitude' wher… |
| 21-5369 | Michael Alexander Rivera v. Unknown | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-17 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights due-process executive-power pardon separation-of-powers standing | Whether the United States Constitution justifies and executes the President's actions as reasonable and necessary when granting a pardon is never a si… |
| 20-285 | Herman Tracy Clark v. Jerold Braggs, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2020-09-03 | Denied | aedpa-restriction commutation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus impartiality liberty-interest pardon pardon-and-parole parole statutory-interpretation | Whether the word 'shall' binds the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board decision | |
| 19-6716 | Israel C. Isbell v. Steven Merlak, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law administrative-mistake civil-rights consecutive-sentence due-process federal-government federal-jurisdiction interstate-transfer jurisdiction pardon primary-jurisdiction prisoner-custody prisoner-transfer sentencing-procedure sixth-circuit-precedent sovereign-immunity state-custody | Does one sovereign lose or surrender its primary jurisdiction when it releases an inmate serving a consecutive sentence into the custody of another so… |
| 18-8011 | Kevin Kerr v. William P. Barr, Attorney General | Eighth Circuit | 2019-02-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 42-usc-1988 6th-amendment civil-rights competency criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech pardon pro-se-appearance psychological-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment standing | Does 42 U.S.C. § 1988(a) confer jurisdiction on the respondent, the United States District Court, and the United States Court of Appeals conveying to … |