prison-litigation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5067 Donivan Diaz v. Raymond Madden, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts actual-injury civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus legal-materials prison-litigation prison-officials Whether prison officials interference with petitioner's ability to litigate his habeas cases by denying him access to his legal materials rise to the …
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
21-7801 Richard E. Shreves v. United States District Court for the District of Montana Ninth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-authority document-access due-process e-filing e-filing-program inmate-rights prison-litigation pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court exceed its authority in determining pro-se inmate litigants were not entitled to one free copy of filed documents under 28 U.S.…
21-7653 Nathan Christopher Braun v. Justin DeMars, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-preparation civil-rights confinement document-access due-process eleventh-circuit legal-access legal-materials medical-care prison-litigation retaliation transfer Did the retaliatory transfer from one facility to another violate the petitioner's due process rights?
21-5811 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Virginia Page, et al Tenth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process judicial-mandate prison-litigation ross-v-blake ross-v-rlake tenth-circuit Do the mandates stated by this Court in Ross v. Blake, 136 S.Ct. 1850 (2016) require the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and U.S. Dist. Co…
20-7719 Robert L. Tatum v. Thomas Trettin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process free-speech in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation prisoner-litigation-reform-act standing three-strikes-rule Whether the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) 3-strike rule is unconstitutional
19-7955 Philip Berryman v. Randall Haas, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied IFP circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process precedent prison-litigation sixth-circuit stare-decisis Is the Sixth Circuit required to adhere to precedent under stare decisis when ruling on the same issue that has been ruled upon by the Sixth Circuit, …
19-7212 Ronald Lee Alexander v. Texas Texas 2020-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing Whether a Thomas prisoner has a right to an evidentiary hearing on a chain of custody claim
19-7029 In Re Paul Fahring 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
19-5152 Daryll Keith Shumake v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights court-filing due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence hearsay ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-access legal-materials prison-litigation prisoner-rights prosecutorial-misconduct How did the law waive the petitioner's right to confrontation?
18-9023 Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-26 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-collateral-order-doctrine collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-violations due-process enlargement-of-time federal-relief habeas-corpus magistrate-judge prison-litigation prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner standing Whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked when a party is deprived of an opportunity to preserve issues for appellate review
18-8170 In Re William Edward Cloninger 2019-02-27 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal civil-rights congress-legislation constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection legal-reform prison-litigation pro-se-litigant procedural-dismissal statute-of-limitations Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments were violated by the dismissal of his appeal
18-5560 Eric C. Beauchamp v. D. J. Doglietto, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies administrative-remedy anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-rights due-process prison-litigation procedural-barriers ross-v-blake standing summary-judgment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmation of the United States District Court grant of summary judgment to the Defe…