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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-488 Bruce R. Sands, Jr. v. Patricia V. Bradley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied 28-usc-2241 constitutional-conditions federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-claims jurisdiction prisoner-rights release unconstitutional-conditions Whether federal courts have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 over a petition for habeas corpus alleging that a prisoner's unconstitutional conditio…
22-225 Leopoldo Mendoza-Gomez v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Individually and Successor-in-Interest to Southern Pacific Transportation Company Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Dismissed asbestos-exposure cancer disease-claims existing-controversy federal-employers-liability-act fela future-liability railroad-liability release statutory-interpretation Whether a release of an 'existing controversy' that also purports to exempt a railroad from future liability for legally distinct claims for diseases …
20-1554 Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation Third Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release Whether a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the public may be released in a bankruptcy case prior to the appropriate government official obt…
20-492 Charles D. Gonzalez, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response Waived adequate-representation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inadequate-representation intra-class-conflict release rule-23 settlement settlement-approval Whether the district court and the court of appeals improperly applied obsolete standards for approval of settlement class actions under prior caselaw…
19-6305 Ilma Alexandra Soriano Nunez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-bond bail-release civil-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process immigration immigration-detention immigration-orders non-citizen release statutory-period unsecured-bail Whether a non-citizen defendant should be released notwithstanding any immigration orders of detention
18-8471 Arthur Abraham v. California California 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confinement due-process insanity-acquittee mental-health personality-disorder personality-traits release state-confinement Whether the Due Process Clause permits the State to continue to confine an insanity acquittee after he has recovered his sanity, as long as he has und…
18-6091 In Re Steven A. Walcott, Jr. 2018-09-25 Denied IFP bail civil-rights criminal-procedure detention due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pretrial-detention release speedy-trial Whether the State of Louisiana violated the petitioner's constitutional rights