prison-officials

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1170 LaQuan Stederick Johnson v. Elaine Terry, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-remedy bivens-remedy constitutional-rights federal-courts prison-officials special-factors Does the existence of the BOP's Administrative Remedy Program foreclose a Bivens action where prison officials prevent the inmate from accessing that …
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?
24-5053 Patrick Keith Hirt v. Amber Sundquist, Superintendent, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution Oregon 2024-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts bounds-v-smith constitutional-provisions habeas-corpus lewis-v-casey prison-officials prisoners-rights procedural-default supreme-court-precedent Did the State of Oregon violate this Court's holdings in Bounds v. Smith and Lewis v. Casey when prison officials impeded access to courts and proxima…
23-7363 Orin Kristich v. United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Tenth Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-circuit-court-of-appeals access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment legal-mail prison-officials Whether the First Amendment applies to legal mail
23-1097 J. D. Hartman, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Davie County, North Carolina, et al. v. Charles Willis Short, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Victoria Christine Short Fourth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Amici (1) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention prison-officials Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate-indifference must prove the defendant actually-knew of a significant-risk-of-harm or instead must prov…
23A367 Joseph Randolph Mays v. T.B. Smith, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-24 Presumed Complete bivens-remedy circuit-split due-process fifth-amendment prison-officials race-discrimination Whether a Bivens remedy is available for an inmate's Fifth Amendment claims alleging race-based discrimination and procedural due process violations b…
23-259 Lewis County, Kentucky, et al. v. Julie Helphenstine, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Dale Helphenstine and Guardian of B. D. H., the Minor Son of Christopher Dale Helphenstine Sixth Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee prison-officials qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate-indifference must prove the defendant actually-knew of a significant-risk-of-harm, or instead must pro…
23-5529 Abdalla Elehamir Mousa v. Christina Greve, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1997e administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit-rule equal-protection prison-grievance prison-officials section-1983 Whether an Applicant for Relief Under 42 U.S.C. §1983 is Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1997e(a) If the Prison Off…
23A149 Andrew J. J. Wolf v. Josh Tewalt, Director, Idaho Department of Correction, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-18 Presumed Complete access-to-courts due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment intentional-obstruction prison-officials Whether prison officials' intentional obstruction of an inmate's access to personal legal papers and court materials, implemented through standard ope…
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 …
22-7153 Tamar Devell Harvey v. Frederick Russell, Assistant Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-harm civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate-safety prison-official prison-officials risk-of-serious-harm substantial-risk Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's claim for failure to state a claim
21-6995 Admassu Regassa v. C. Brininger, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability prison-officials standing summary-judgment Whether the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred an…
21-6856 Darrell Wayne Butler v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force material-facts prison-officials summary-judgment Whether the court erred in granting summary judgment to the officials on the ground that there was a genuine dispute of material fact concerning wheth…
20-7149 Michael John Gaddy v. C. E. Ducart, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP due-process greenholtz-v-inmates liberty-interest minimal-protections parole prison-officials Whether petitioner was afforded minimal due process protections as set forth in Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 …
19-5160 Jamie D. Geer v. Florida Florida 2019-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal appeal-procedure due-process equal-protection post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prison-officials prisoner-rights Whether petitioner was denied due process, equal protection of the law, and right to access to the courts
18A1292 Steven L. Barnes v. South Carolina Department of Corrections South Carolina 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete certiorari due-process fundamental-rights prison-officials supreme-court time-extension Whether a state supreme court's denial of a prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari violates due process …
18-6333 William Staples v. Claude Maye, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud fraudulent-declaration habeas-corpus legal-procedure prison-officials standing sworn-declaration Was Staples Due Process complied with by the prison officials?
18-6264 Adrian M. Requena v. Ray Roberts, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-accountability judicial-oversight judicial-review prison-officials prisoner-rights Can Prison Officials violate a prisoner's Constitutional Rights and the Court System turn a blind eye?
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…