| 23A620 |
Christopher J. Pratt v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-04 |
Presumed Complete |
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access-to-courts covid-19 first-amendment incarceration legal-mail prison-law-library |
Whether restrictions on prison law library access during the COVID-19 pandemic violated an incarcerated individual's constitutional right of access to… |
| 23-5492 |
Dennis Christensen v. Barry Reddish, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process handwritten-petition illegible-document potential-legal-issue prison-law-library pro-se-litigant standing unclear-text unreadable-text |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the case without providing the petitioner an opportunity to amend the complaint to show… |
| 23-5431 |
Bryan K. Brown v. Ron Neal, Warden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus prison-law-library strickland-standard strickland-test |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the Defendant's negligent actions did not violate the Plaintiff's constitutional right to access th… |
| 22-694 |
Jermaine Andra Whitaker v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prison-access prison-law-library statute-of-limitations |
Whether the 11th circuit Court erred in determining that the covid-19 pandemic, which led to the quarantine of the Wheeler Correctional Facility for m… |
| 22-6234 |
Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Should district courts adopt a holistic approach to late habeas filings caused by COVID-19 conditions? |
| 22-5971 |
Joseph Michael Ladeairous v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-11-02 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process judicial-precedent prison-law-library prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing |
Denial of meaningful access to prison law library due to COVID-19 restrictions |
| 19-7029 |
In Re Paul Fahring |
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2019-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion prison-law-library prison-litigation pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing |
Whether an inmate has access to the state courts to address his constitutional issues in a guaranteed proceeding |
| 18A1338 |
Robert Chester v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2019-06-19 |
Presumed Complete |
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access-to-courts constitutional-rights indigent-prisoner legal-research prison-law-library pro-se-litigation |
Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional rights are violated when restricted access to a prison law library substantially impedes preparation of … |
| 18-9207 |
Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library |
Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One… |
| 18-8772 |
Ellery Bennett v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-law-library pro-se pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations |
Whether the pro se petitioner's lack of knowledge about the habeas corpus statute of limitations due to the prison law library clerk's misleading stat… |
| 18-7064 |
Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress |
Whether the Florida Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying him access to the courts and legal materials |