prison

44 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7520 Toran Peterson v. Esmaeili Emami, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied IFP administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment exhaustion juvenile-sentencing mandatory-life-sentence mental-health prison Whether Michigan's involuntary mental health treatment hearings comply with the mandatory language of the statute and prison policy directive, and whe…
23-1034 Tony Love v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights due-process penological-needs prison prison-disciplinary-proceedings procedural-due-process superintendent-v-hill wolff-v-mcdonnell Whether courts should determine the procedural due process protections that apply in prison disciplinary proceedings by balancing ordinary due process…
23-6389 Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process legal-provisions medical-care petition prison supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the denial of access to medical supplies that are necessary to avoid severe pain and suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on …
22-6325 Travis Ray Thompson v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied IFP administrative-grievance civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-prison due-process due-process-protections exhaustion exhaustion-requirement imminent-danger-exception plra prison prison-litigation-reform-act Whether the Eastern District abused its discretion finding Petitioner was not entitled to an 'imminent danger' exception to the PLRA, 42 USC § 1997e(a…
22-6033 Daniel A. Schillinger v. Josh Kiley, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP allow complaint amendment and exclude witnesses violates a prisoner's due p administrative-procedure civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process institutional-safety prison prison-disciplinary-proceedings witness witness-testimony Whether the DOC prison failed to provide the petitioner with a copy of the video tape of the assault, whether the petitioner was denied the opportunit…
21-7698 Daniel Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause correctional-officer evidence hearsay prison sixth-amendment Was the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation violated by the introduction of a correctional officer's statement and testimony about another officer'…
21-7288 Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force inmate-treatment prison prison-policy standing Has the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit created a harmful precedent that would establish that an officer/prison guard could give a citize…
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 …
21-6883 Walter Delaney Booker, Jr. v. M. E. Engelke, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compelling-interest constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause prison prison-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom standing Whether RLUIPA requires courts to evaluate claims under the 'compelling interest' test or the 'least restrictive means' test
21-774 Michelle Munger, et al. v. Brenda Davis, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights federal-rights inmate-rights inmate-services prison private-contractor qualified-immunity Can an employee of a private contractor providing services to inmates in a county jail or state prison facility assert qualified immunity in response …
21-5051 Shangia Washington v. Cedric Taylor, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit precedent prison prison-conditions qualified-immunity risk-of-harm subjective-knowledge Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is following its precedent prior to Hope v. Pelzer to require a prior case on all …
20-7434 William Dawes v. California California 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication judicial-discretion judicial-oversight legal-incompetence mental-health prison punishment-standards state-procedure Whether the involuntary medication of a prisoner without judicial oversight or even a court order violates the 5th Amendment's due process protections
20-6375 Molika Akwo Nweme v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison time-extension Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's request for an extension of time to file a petition for rehearing due to limited access to the law…
19-1350 Darius Ishun Green v. Bradley Hooks, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate personal-characteristics prison prisoner-rights risk-of-harm summary-judgment Under Farmer v. Brennan, is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of …
19-8166 Anthony Williams v. Muhammad Naji, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process health-care hepatitis-c imminent-danger medical-neglect prison prison-healthcare standing Did the court of appeals decision conflict with decisions made by the U.S. district court regarding imminent danger and does hepatitis-C create immine…
19-7922 Scott L. Rendelman v. William True, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals docketing-fee due-process legal-fees non-frivolous-appeal prison prison-discipline prisoner-rights standard-of-review standing Whether 'some evidence' is required to support a finding on every element of a prison disciplinary offense, or if 'some evidence' supporting any singl…
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
19-7815 Robert Grimsley v. Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied IFP civil-rights contractual-leniency custody due-process fraud fraud-in-the-facts habeas-corpus prison prison-contracts prisoner-rights sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-judgment statutory-interpretation takings Can a state commit the crimes of fraud in the facts of its own sentencing guidelines to renege on prison contracts on behalf of a person in custody pu…
19-7203 Arthur Luther McKinney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights custody custody-challenge due-process habeas-corpus prison prisoner-rights property-rights reentry supervision Does the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have to provide due process before taking away property given for work?
19-7162 Carlos Juan Negron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process filing habeas-corpus houston-v-lack judicial-procedure legal-filing prison prison-filing prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether a document when placed in the hands of prison officials hands for mailing pursuant to Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.…
19-6449 Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-decision administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-screening PLRA prison prisoner-rights standing Does the PLRA require the court to look beyond a prima facie showing when screening prisoner in forma pauperis complaints?
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
19-6158 William A. White v. Todd Sloop, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-03 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment free-speech hate-speech judicial-circuit-split judicial-interpretation prison prison-regulations religion Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in ruling that the statement that Judaism is a 'doctrine of hate' is equivalent to 'violence and murder' such that l…
19-5467 Tyrone Murray v. Wanda Collins, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process factual-allegations grievances motion-to-dismiss prison prisoner-rights pro-se retaliation standing Whether a Pro Se inmate Complaint in a Conspiracy to Commit Murder lawsuit must Contain Specific facts and/or is Subject to a Heightened Pleading Stan…
19-5439 MacKendy Strachan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-sanctions due-process federal-review judicial-review legal-mail legal-procedure prison standing Whether the Court should review the question of a Departure from the usual rules of judicial proceedings on an order of denial of a motion for reconsi…
19-5419 Raleigh D. Wiggins v. Eddie Pearson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process medical-care prison standing takings Whether the Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by failing to provide appropriate medical care and treatment
18-9649 Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Tennessee Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process free-exercise halal-diet prison religious-freedom rluipa substantial-burden Whether RLUIPA prohibits the Defendants from placing a substantial burden upon Petitioner's religious exercise
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
18-9640 Paul Eugene Lawson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-warning in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-sequestration legal-work prison prison-discipline standing Can a district court dismiss petitioner's lawsuit based upon the State's attorney's waiver of reply to complaint?
18-9359 Emmanuel Diaz v. New York New York 2019-05-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process fourth-amendment pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention prison prison-security recordings search-and-seizure telephone telephone-recording telephone-recordings warrant-requirement Whether absent a warrant, notice, or suspicion the Fourth Amendment permits the government to obtain recordings of telephone conversations from pretri…
18-9175 Corey Milledge v. Gray English, Assistant Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP bowen-v-warden civil-rights due-process evidence farmer-v-brennan harm prison standing threat united-states-v-white Whether a threat to inflict physical or other harm constitutes a substantial risk of serious harm in light of principles set forth in United States v.…
18-9165 Robert Warren v. Bobbette Ramage, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights conflict-of-laws constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process prison prison-rulemaking rulemaking state-law Whether or not prison authorities' failure to follow state law procedures for rulemaking denies due process
18-8255 David E. Ponder v. Avalon Correctional Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied IFP circuit-court-split civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-protections due-process foia-exemption freedom-of-information inmate-rights prison prison-transparency private-prisons standing takings Private for-profit prisons-are-allowed-to-deny-FOIA-and-State-Open-Records laws
18-7281 Olandio Ray Workman v. John Vandermosten, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-charges indigent-defense legal-mail medical-care prison prison-conditions right-to-counsel standing Did the District Court in Greenville, South Carolina deny me due process when they didn't finish school and let me know yet?
18-761 D. Dahne v. Thomas W. S. Richey Ninth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech grievance inmate-rights ninth-circuit prison prison-grievance qualified-immunity Do prison inmates have a First Amendment right to include threatening, abusive, and irrelevant language in grievances?
18-6835 Ricardo Enriquez Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied IFP benefits civil-rights due-process eligibility prison statutory-limits workers-compensation Can compensation be denied for workplace injuries that have statutory limits on eligibility and benefits that may be less than in the regular workers'…
18-594 Robert R. Snyder v. California California 2018-11-06 Denied appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-deprivation constitutional-deprivations due-process grievance-system prison prisoner-rights standing state-court state-court-procedure state-prison unsupervised-determinations Should this court grant review to remedy the conspicuous violations of due process
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…
18-355 Prison Legal News v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Amici (9) 1st-amendment censorship civil-rights content-restriction corrections-policy due-process first-amendment free-speech media-rights prior-restraint prison prison-censorship Whether the Florida Department of Corrections' blanket ban of Prison Legal News violates Petitioner's First Amendment right to free speech and a free …
18-6037 Raul S. Zavala v. Hector Rios, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claim civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions damages-claim due-process federal-courts mail-restrictions prison prison-mail prison-officials prison-regulations standing WHETHER PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO NOTICE WHEN UNOPENED' MAIL HAS BEEN REJECTED AND RETURNED TO THE SENDER BECAUSE IT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH PRISON REGUL…
18-5870 Matthew Prow v. Tom Roy, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment art-censorship civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prison prison-policies prison-restrictions reasonable-relationship-standard standing turner-analysis turner-standard Proper methodology for applying Turner standard for constitutional infringements in prison context
18-5816 Keith L. Nash v. Richard J. Bishop, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process incarceration jurisdiction medical-care prison standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment requires the government to provide adequate medical care to incarcerated in…
18-5573 Tajuan Williams v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law contraband due-process evidence-gathering fourth-amendment prison prison-regulations prisoner-rights regulations Should the Court review the case, de novo, to address the importance to the public of the issue in keeping contraband items out of prisons and out of …
18-5460 David Hill v. Brent Reinke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied IFP administrative-control-of-facilities baxstrom-v-herold circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process inmate-transfer mental-health mental-health-facility mental-health-facility-transfers prison prison-administration temporary temporary-transfers transfer vitek-v-jones Due-process-rights-of-inmates