ptsd

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6531 Timothy Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights comprehension-disability constitutional-rights due-process garza-ruling post-conviction-relief ptsd retroactivity statute-of-limitations Whether the ruling in GARZA V. IDAHO 139 S. CT 739 (2019) applies to Plaintiff's Constitutional guarantee?
21-1112 Sonya Gorbea v. Verizon New York, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied ada constructive-termination employment-discrimination job-abandonment pretext ptsd reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations title-vii How can Verizon's dereliction of duty and reckless disregard for necessary medical treatment be acceptable under the ADA/Title VII when Verizon refuse…
21-5971 Adrian Torres v. Warren Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-trial cumulative-error doyle-error due-process evidence-exclusion ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct ptsd right-to-present-defense Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and present a PTSD expert; whether the prosecutor committed misconduct…
21-5753 James Allyson Lee v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing childhood-trauma habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence post-conviction-relief ptsd ptsd-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether new mitigating evidence of a capital defendant's horrific childhood abuse and PTSD diagnosis can be considered cumulative and inconsequential …
20-1461 Jairo Acosta, Police Officer for the City of Los Banos v. Tan Lam, as Successor-in-Interest to Decedent Sonny Lam, aka Son Tung Lam Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process evidence officer-credibility plain-error police-use-of-force ptsd ptsd-evidence qualified-immunity reasonable-officer threat-assessment use-of-force Is it plain error to admit evidence of a police officer's remote PTSD diagnosis to challenge the officer's credibility and prove he was more likely to…
19-8493 Mark Stinson v. Dewayne Hendrix, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conspiracy criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction jury-trial ptsd Can husband and wife be charged with conspiracy despite the husband's PTSD diagnosis?
19-7508 Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karen Kloth, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP by triggering PTSD symptoms rise to a level that is cognizable under the Eigh that caused psychological harm civil-rights correctional-officer correctional-officer-duties due-process eighth-amendment emotional-distress inmate-rights intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress psychological-harm ptsd qualified-immunity Does the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, by triggering PTSD symptoms, that caused psychological harm, rise to a level that is cog…
18-6727 John C. Stojetz v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied IFP brady-violation capital-punishment due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-records mitigation prosecutorial-misconduct ptsd racial-bias Has the Constitutional right to due process of law been violated where a prosecutor withholds prison medical records that substantiate a capital defen…
18-5502 Susan Joy Jacobson v. Arizona Arizona 2018-08-09 Denied IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony ptsd ptsd-diagnosis self-defense sixth-amendment Whether preclusion of an accused citizen's PTSD diagnosis, proffered to support her self-defense claim, unconstitutionally impinges on her Due Process…