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25A661 Oregon, et al. v. Paul Maney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-04 Application communicable-disease covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment prison-conditions qualified-immunity Question not identified.
25A618 Antonio M. Smith v. John Kind, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-11-25 Application constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment excessive-force prison-conditions qualified-immunity Whether the Eighth Amendment precludes qualified immunity for corrections officers who deliberately subject a prisoner to extreme cold conditions with…
25A518 John T. Hardee v. Jeff Vergakis, Individually and as Superintendent, Hampton Roads Regional Jail, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-05 Application constitutional-rights court-access document-preparation legal-access prison-conditions pro-se-litigation Whether a state corrections facility's restrictions on legal research access and document preparation violate an incarcerated individual's constitutio…
25-417 Francis Nielsen v. Kekai Watanabe Ninth Circuit 2025-10-07 Pending alternative-remedies bivens-remedy damages-action eighth-amendment prison-conditions special-factors Whether the Ninth Circuit here erred in recognizing a Bivens cause of action.
25A358 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance law-library prison-conditions section-2255 Whether a federal prisoner can obtain relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 based on ineffective assistance of counsel when facing procedural barriers in acce…
24A1058 Derrick Lloyd v. Robert Morton Second Circuit 2025-05-01 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights emergency-staffing habeas-corpus legal-access prison-conditions pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's constitutional right to meaningful access to legal resources is impermissibly burdened when a state correctional facility'…
24A761 Chad Cutler v. Anthony Wills, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Presumed Complete administrative-remedies civil-rights exhaustion-requirement prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigant Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act's exhaustion requirement bars a pro se prisoner's civil rights claim when administrative remedies were allege…
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 Was the Trial Court in Violation of the Plaintiffs State and Federal Speedy-Trial Rights, Defendant's Medical Treatment, and Due Process Rights by For…
24A406 Deshawn Drumgo v. Sergeant William Kuschel Third Circuit 2024-10-25 Presumed Complete civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment prison-conditions punitive-damages sexual-assault Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a substantial punitive damages award for an inmate's sexual assault claim where the jury found no compensable phy…
24-5250 Terry Antonio Lee v. Kevin Patterson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-grievance prison-conditions Question not identified.
24-73 Sherry L. Burt, et al. v. Jimmie Leon Gordon Sixth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-rights covid-19 pandemic-response precedent prison-conditions prison-officials qualified-immunity sixth-circuit Did the Sixth Circuit improperly deny qualified immunity to prison officials based on their response to the unprecedented COVID-19 global pandemic?
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
24A35 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-12 Presumed Complete ada disability-access legal-resources meaningful-access medical-impairment prison-conditions Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state prisons to provide meaningful access to legal resources for inmates with disabilities who f…
23-7417 Nersius Adonliel Artisani, aka Roger Joseph Hoffert, Jr. v. Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment heat-exposure prison-conditions Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment protects prisoners from being subjected to extreme heat and inadequate cool…
23-7224 Quentin Freeman v. Daniel Deas Fourth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment inmate-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment whitley-standard Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed because the Fourth Circuit misapplied the Whitley factors by viewing the evidence in the light…
23A873 Jose Luis Garcia v. Kyeong Park Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Presumed Complete deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prison-conditions section-1983 summary-judgment Whether a prison official's medical treatment of an inmate's foot condition constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under the Eig…
23-6858 Tujuan Estaisyo Session v. FNU Giannotti, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation Whether the Supreme Court should order the federal Bureau of Prisons to investigate and address the petitioner's allegations of assault and threats by…
23A743 Darryl Puderer v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-09 Presumed Complete access-to-courts covid-19 habeas-corpus law-library prison-conditions pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to a law library during a COVID-19 lockdown constitutes a violation of his constitutional right to meaningf…
23-722 Ralph Diaz, et al. v. Patricia Polanco, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation covid-19 due-process ninth-circuit prison-conditions qualified-immunity substantive-due-process Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly denied qualified-immunity to prison-officials in these cases by defining the relevant-law at a high-level-of-gene…
23-5841 James Franklin Snyder v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction inmate-rights judicial-review legal-materials prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation Can the State Department of Corrections terminate an inmate's access to legal materials and services in retaliation for the inmate's filing of a civil…
23A247 Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-15 Presumed Complete adequate-staffing deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment farmer-v-brennan habeas-corpus-filing-deadline prison-conditions Whether prison officials' deliberate indifference to systemic staffing deficiencies that substantially increase the risk of serious harm to inmates vi…
23-5576 Robert William Pann v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP access-to-courts ex-parte-proceeding extrinsic-fraud first-amendment lewis-v-casey prison-conditions prisoner-rights probate-court prosecutorial-misconduct Is Petitioner's First Amendment right of access to the courts violated by the rule announced in Lewis v. Casey being too narrow by strictly limiting i…
23-5496 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation transfer Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment are being violated by the government…
23-5286 Frederick Dwight Green v. Aimee Smith, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure cell-phones civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gang-violence legal-materials prison-access prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Does this Court consider widespread staff shortages in Georgia prisons that have led to prisoners being severely attacked by 'affiliated gang offender…
23-5098 Arthur Ray Deere, Sr. v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Employees, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions statutory-provisions Whether the conditions of confinement at Mule Creek State Prison violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
23-7 Lynn Hamlet v. Officer Hoxie Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights conditions-of-confinement cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment prison-conditions procunier-v-navarette qualified-immunity section-1983 Whether the Eighth Amendment bars a prison official from forcing a person with diabetes and open wounds to endure prolonged and unnecessary exposure t…
22-7752 Arthur Taylor v. Landon Bird, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights toxic-exposure Whether the petitioner's medical condition and denial of compassionate release violates their constitutional rights
22-7603 James Snyder v. Aaron Krieger, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP border-search civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronic-privacy fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct prison-conditions probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
22-7547 Carl Lee Ashley v. Mary Boayue, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review legal-standard objective-prong prison-conditions standing Whether the court of appeals erred in finding that petitioner could not establish the objective prong of his Eighth Amendment claims
22-7177 Michael Lee Gordon v. Chris Tripp, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-04-03 Dismissed IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions standing Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the lower district court's denial of relief for the appellants' challenge to the condit…
22-688 Debbie Flowers, as Personal Representative of Toby Kristopher Payne v. James Sutterfield, Mental Health Manager, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-law due-process equitable-claims mental-health-treatment prison-conditions pro-se-complaint procedural-due-process standing suicide Does the courts' abdication of several procedural and substantive legal principles merit summary reversal?
22-6577 Marcus Brent Fields v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process housing-policy medical-ethics prison-conditions prisoner-rights segregation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when he was injected with the harmful Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine against his will
22-6278 Daniel Patrick Degoto v. William S. Bohrer, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-challenge legal-representation lower-court-decision prison-conditions standing supreme-court Whether the courts have properly considered the legal issues and procedures involved in DEETO cases, including illegal detention, conviction, and exte…
22-6118 Wilbert Glover v. Matt Bostrom, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-treatment prison-conditions qualified-immunity racial-discrimination Whether the petitioner's claims of severe racial harassment and discrimination by prison officers and sergeants at the Ramsey County Jail were imprope…
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
22-5476 John R. Wood v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied IFP capital-punishment fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis prison-conditions strickland-standard Wilson-v-Sellers Whether the state court unreasonably applied Strickland-v-Washington
21-8043 William Sims v. Alexis Figueroa Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit factual-disputes medical-care nonmovant-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment Does the decision below, which misstates a summary judgment record and resolves factual disputes against a nonmovant, warrant summary reversal?
21-7547 Gabriel Gonzalez v. John P. Yates, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment prison-conditions sentencing sentencing-guidelines Does continued imprisonment under unconstrained exposure to a lethal contagion violate Eighth Amendment rights?
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…
21-7336 Karsten O. Allen v. J. Mayo, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prison-conditions prisoner-litigation pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-defect state-created-rights virginia-department-of-corrections Does the language of Virginia's statutes and Department of Corrections' Operating Procedures establish a state-created liberty interest in good time e…
21-7250 Michael Ray Fortuna v. Robert Hudgins, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment disability-accommodations due-process eighth-amendment inmate-safety isolation-conditions medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights Whether an inmate's placement on a top bunk after suffering injuries from a previous fall constitutes a constitutional violation
21-1065 Dennis Wayne Hope v. Todd Harris, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review mental-health physical-health prison-conditions prisoner-rights review-procedures solitary-confinement Whether decades of solitary confinement can violate the Eighth Amendment
21-6819 Christopher Varner v. Stan Shepard, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedy booth-v-churner civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process exhaustion-of-remedies exhaustion-requirement internal-investigation prison-conditions prison-grievance ross-v-blake section-1997e Whether a prison grievance procedure is an available administrative remedy when it automatically refers a grievance for an internal investigation and …
21-6504 Edward JoRodge Gladney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment precedent-interpretation prison-conditions prison-safety prisoner-rights sexual-assault Did the Circuit Court err by contradicting this Court's precedent in Farmer v. Brennan by ruling Petitioner was obliged to show an individualized risk…
21-6495 Pedro J. Amaro v. New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion prison-conditions procedural-fairness standing summary-dismissal Whether the court of appeals, under the 'abuse of discretion' standard of review, should have reversed the district court's judgment summarily dismiss…
21-5721 In Re Michael Wappler 2021-09-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison-conditions Whether a prisoner who is among a group identified by the CDC as vulnerable to the more contagious COVID-19 'D' variant is entitled to early release t…
21-5412 Alfred E. Caraffa v. California Housing Securities, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the prison's alleged practices of law library access denial, lack of legal assistance, an…
21-5320 Trenton John Tompkins v. Lauren Leigh Hackett Third Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure prison-conditions pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's inability to submit his appellant's brief and appendix due to a prison lockdown and lack of access to legal materials cons…
21-5269 Toy Terrell Smith v. J. Torres, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process prison-conditions transfer-policy Whether a prisoner's transfer to a facility where he previously caused a riot constitutes cruel and unusual punishment
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 …
20-8115 Christopher Scott Merrill v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 42-usc-1983 civil-rights covid-19 due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Whether prisoners can challenge unsafe prison conditions causing death and other life-threatening conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks us…
20-7563 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 actual-innocence cares-act certificate-of-appealability covid-19 federal-court-authority prison-conditions prisoner-rights sentence-execution whether-federal-court-has-authority-to-order-release-of-state-prisoner
20-7331 Kevin L. Martin v. Frank Vanihel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-care prison-conditions procedural-default Whether the state failed to provide the inmate with the necessary medical care and treatment as required, violating his constitutional rights
20-7342 In Re Christopher Vigliotti 2021-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment covid-19 covid-19-risk cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus prison-conditions Should the court issue an emergency writ of habeas corpus requiring respondent's to release petitioner due to the fact COVID-19 and its variants prese…
20-7061 Frank Durand Tomlin v. Todd E. Ishee Fourth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied IFP 8th-amendment basic-human-needs civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection prison-conditions public-policy standing Does prison officials' issuance of hygiene and cosmetics that do not work to prisoners constitute deprivation of a basic human need objectively suffic…
20-941 Gregory Atkins, et al. v. Kenneth Williams, Medical Director, Tennessee Department of Correction Sixth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment injunctive-relief lack-of-funds official-capacity prison-conditions subjective-component Does the unavailability of funds or other resources negate the subjective component of a deliberate indifference claim under the Eighth Amendment?
20-6849 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Katy Poole, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-12 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process health-safety inmate-rights institutional-policy prison-conditions Does lawful imprisonment impose a legal duty on the prisoner to try surviving in the general population, so that he can be lawfully ordered to go into…
20-6528 Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington v. Benjamin Brooke, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied IFP civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment failure-to-protect prison-conditions prison-safety summary-judgment Whether the district court improperly decided factual issues in granting summary judgment
20-6499 Robert T. Sigler v. Jimmy Thornton, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied IFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference detainee-rights detention-conditions due-process equal-protection medical-care prison-conditions Whether the county government was deliberately indifferent towards the detainee class by providing inadequate sleeping conditions, limited recreation …
20-554 Craig Eugene Smith v. James McKinney, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) atypical-and-significant-hardship atypical-hardship courts-of-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review liberty-interest prison-conditions wilkinson-v-austin Whether a court determining if a prisoner has suffered an 'atypical and significant' hardship must consider factors such as the duration of and justif…
20-445 Matthew Anderson v. John Bonnewell, et al. Delaware 2020-10-07 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights correctional-officers due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force intent prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment Whether a trial court can disregard the Whitley-factors in an Eighth-Amendment-excessive-force case
20-5673 In Re Ricardo Watkins 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP cares-act civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-management due-process home-confinement medical-conditions prison-conditions prison-safety Whether Ricardo Watkins should be released to home confinement under the CARES Act due to his medical conditions and FCI Luna's failure to protect aga…
20-5572 Michael Aaron Witkin v. Mariana Lotersztain, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment expert-testimony medical-care prison-conditions summary-judgment Whether expert medical testimony is necessary to survive summary judgment in an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim
20-5364 John S. Kaminski v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights class-action cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process prison-conditions standing Whether the conditions of confinement and deliberate obstruction of due process by prison officials violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on crue…
20-31 Prince McCoy, Sr. v. Tajudeen Alamu Fifth Circuit 2020-07-16 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights eighth-amendment excessive-force hudson-factors prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Whether a prison official is entitled to qualified immunity for an unprovoked assault on a prisoner even when not every Hudson factor favors the plain…
19-8930 Reginald L. Dunahue v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prison-conditions qualified-immunity standing Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should review the discretion of the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals in dismissing the petitioner's cl…
19-8460 Nexis Rene Gomez v. D. Braun, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied IFP civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prison-conditions prisoner-treatment summary-judgment Did the Court of Appeals Erred In Affirming Summary Judgment In Respondents' Favor When There is Evidence in Petitioner's Medical Record Demonstrating…
19-8432 Donald Randolph LaFlamme v. California California 2020-05-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights disparate-impact due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fifth-amendment prison-conditions title-vii workplace-practices Whether the 4th and 8th Amendment protections, as incorporated by the 14th Amendment, were violated by the conditions of confinement in California sta…
19-8363 Daniel R. McClain v. Kenneth Sharp, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-counsel post-conviction-relief prison-conditions Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to the deprivation of adequate access to the courts and lack of properly trained lega…
19-7401 Dumisai H. Hockaday v. Helene Christner, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP administrative-regulations civil-procedure confrontation-clause constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference double-jeopardy due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process medical-care prison-conditions standing summary-judgment Whether the underlying activity of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is ethical or not
19-7252 Clarence Joseph Jason v. Robert Tanner, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force inmate-safety prison-conditions qualified-immunity Whether a prison's 'control policy' that allows inmates to attack other inmates violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punis…
19-7143 In Re Steven Darby McDonald 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-deaths inmate-rights judicial-misconduct medical-care medical-malpractice ninth-circuit-court prison-conditions pro-se-brief standing Why is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Washington allowed to act as the right arm of the DOC?
19-6893 Michael Wayne Nelson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process patent prison-conditions retaliation standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state's actions
19-6410 Donald W. Rager v. Paige Augustine, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied IFP administrative-remedies circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies plra prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations tolling Whether the statute of limitations should be tolled for the time spent exhausting administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA…
19-6416 Jurijus Kadamovas v. John F. Caraway, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-discretion administrative-law bureau-of-prisons civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-conditions prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing torture-prevention Whether the Federal Bureau of Prisons can torture an inmate diagnosed with asthma by exposing them to oleoresin capsicum spray, toxic smoke, and tear …
19-6329 Jackie Lee Boyd v. Carol Monroe, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-treatment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-care prison-conditions Is a constitutional right to be free of the wanton infliction of sei pain rendered void upon incarceration?
19-6148 Cornelius Lorenzo Wilson v. Dennis Grimes, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care monell-doctrine monell-liability municipal-jail municipal-liability prison-conditions prisoner-rights serious-medical-need systemic-underfunding Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside me…
19-5966 Delbert Heard v. Andrew Tilden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process electronic-evidence medical-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence ostrich-defense prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity surgical-delay Whether prison doctor can evade culpability for 8th Amendment violation for delay of prisoner's hernia surgery
19-5898 Danny Howell v. Duane Southerland, et al. Tennessee 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions racial-discrimination standing Whether the court erred in denying petitioner's claim that the conditions of his confinement violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
19-5776 Benjamin R. Schwarz v. Erwin Meinberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit assets bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-inmate financial-disclosure free-speech in-forma-pauperis liabilities prison-conditions standing takings ziglar-precedent Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
19-5702 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims prison-conditions prisoners-rights procedural-hurdles standing statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) is unconstitutional, when courts have denied prisoners past relief for their grievances merely because the prisoners have …
19-5649 Terry Lee O'Brien v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-negligence national-uniformity obstruction-of-justice prison-conditions standing statutory-interpretation What degree of interpretation of a constitution, statute, or authority of law is a question of law where there is a crisis case?
19-195 Robert Ryan Snyder v. California California 2019-08-14 Denied 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deprivation-of-necessities due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-deference lockdown lockdown-procedures prison-conditions retaliation Has California's justice system forgotten what was taught by this Court's holding in Wilson v. Seiter
19-5502 David Anderson v. Jackie T. Strode, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force inmate-rights law-enforcement prison-conditions prisoner-treatment qualified-immunity restraint-chair tasing-in-restraints Why was I tased in a restraint chair with only one arm loose out of the restraints?
19-5324 Roscoe Chambers v. Kris Schmidts, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fees prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Whether the PLRA reform litigation track, Brace strike, rule regulates and judicial declaration of speculation/
19-5207 Admassu Regassa v. Emily Cimino, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ftca ftca-claim judicial-review prison-conditions pro-se-prisoner Whether the district court erroneously dismissed the petitioner's Second Amended Complaint and the Seventh Circuit improperly affirmed the dismissal
18-1590 Corey Lamar Smith, et al. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights clearly-established-test danger due-process helling-v-mckinney incident-rate-statistics ninth-circuit plata-receiver prison-conditions qualified-immunity standing state-officials Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied the clearly established test's generality principles by analyzing the issue too specifically, whether the Ninth C…
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
18-9586 Jovan Watkins v. Robert Green, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-need policy-procedures prison-conditions standing Did the court of appeals err in not reviewing the lower court's decision by finding that the petitioner lacked standing to appeal
18A1231 Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institution Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-30 Presumed Complete eighth-amendment intellectual-disability legal-resources petition-for-certiorari prison-conditions time-extension Whether a prisoner with intellectual disabilities and limited access to legal resources can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certior…
18-9286 Prentis Rupert v. Keith Bowers, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights class-action deliberate-indifference due-process hepatitis-c medical-care prison-conditions settlement-agreement standing summary-judgment Whether the petitioner's claims of deliberate indifference to serious medical needs should proceed without summary judgment
18-9191 Jerome Allen Bargo v. Raymond Naylor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP contradictory-evidence cruel-punishment cvsa cvsa-test disciplinary-action due-process eighth-amendment inmate-rights prison-conditions prison-discipline unsupported-evidence Did the Eighth Circuit err in holding that Bargo's CVSA tests results constituted 'some evidence' to support disciplinary action, even though the resu…
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
18-9052 Neil Grenning v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment institutional-lighting prison-conditions prisoner-rights sleep-deprivation writ-of-certiorari Should this Court grant writ of certiorari where lower courts have no guidance on what level of 24-hour lighting is appropriate in prisons so as not t…
18-8940 Anson Chi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions retaliation standing Should pro se defendants be granted in forma pauperis status in criminal cases, given that the second copy of the record on appeal was intentionally l…
18-8731 Carlos Noguera v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-force medical-care prison-conditions standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment was violated when the petitioner was subjected to excessive force and denie…
18-8789 Roy Easterwood v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-04-11 Dismissed IFP civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions res-judicata Will this Court require Oklahoma courts to treat similarly situated persons inmates alike?
18-8416 Patrick Neil Kinney v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-28-usc-2253 circuit-split conditions-of-confinement due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241,due-process,circuit-split,certi habeas-corpus-28-usc-2241 liberty-interest prison-conditions prison-misconduct property-interest sixth-circuit Whether claims by prisoners challenging their conditions of confinement are cognizable in habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241
18-8192 James Anthony Barnett, Jr. v. Alamance County Sheriff Office Detention Center, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights compassionate-release due-process federal-courts first-amendment prison-conditions standing Did the United States District Courts of North Carolina unlawfully deny petitioner's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
18-7648 William R. Stevenson v. R. Cordova, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-violation-obvious-standard constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference directed-verdict-standard due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-deliberate-indifference judicial-bias perjured-testimony prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment summary-judgment-qualified-immunity Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding the law was not clearly established as to the conduct of Defendants Espinoza and Williams and in conc…
18-7458 Samuel Lewis Taylor v. Michael Miller, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied IFP 8th-amendment access-to-court access-to-courts cell-search civil-rights discovery due-process prison-conditions property-rights retaliation Whether or not petitioner's civil rights discovery material confiscated from petitioner's cell during cell search and disposed of denied access to the…
18-7366 Frederick Gray v. Patricia Sorrels, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions Whether the petitioner should be granted remedial relief regarding the denial of his motion for the appointment of competent counsel presented in Appe…
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?
18-6433 Robert Norman Smithback v. Texas Texas 2018-10-25 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, constitutional-guarantees cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection farmer-v-brennan prison-conditions prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent Whether Texas jurisprudence enforces constitutional guarantees, especially the Supreme Court's Farmer v. Brennan decision
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
18-6223 Martin Jonassen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-04 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-procedure cell-conditions civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process facility-design habeas-corpus inmate-safety prison-conditions prison-overcrowding standing Whether the 5th Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's dismissal without a hearing and denial of petitioner's requests for injunctive and dec…
18-5873 Milorad Teodor Olic v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Dismissed IFP behavioral-credits civil-rights due-process parole prison-conditions rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing Whether prisoners can earn behavioral credits and why courts deny prisoners the ability to challenge loss of such credits
18-5878 Johnson Christopher Jamerson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cert I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. civil-rights due-process executive-power legislative-authority prison-conditions prison-operations regulatory-compliance regulatory-oversight standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in deciding the case without applying the law to the facts of the case
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…
18-5848 Darrell Darcell Darby v. Texas Texas 2018-08-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional criminal-appeals cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process prison-conditions search-and-seizure sentencing standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Fourth and Eighth Amendments were violated
18-5652 Glen Springer v. Benjamin Dale Caple, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-needs prison-conditions Did Phish Suffer An Eighth Amendment Violation?
18-162 Elzie Ball, et al. v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-08-06 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived air-conditioning constitutional-remedies constitutional-remedy eighth-amendment heat-index judicial-relief plra plra-restrictions prison-conditions prospective-relief remedies Whether the PLRA's tailoring requirement prohibits a district court from ordering a prison to maintain a maximum heat index to remedy a constitutional…
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 Whether a state corrections department can be compelled to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to an incarcerated transgender individual under …