prisoner-detention

1 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6512 Douglas Wayne Sokell v. David Pedro, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review life-sentence prisoner-detention recidivism sentencing three-strikes-law Was it constitutional to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or release, using recidivism (3 strikes) as a main fact, whe…