state-custody
23 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-7207 | In Re Willie C. Simpson | 2025-05-15 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights filing-fee habeas-corpus state-custody supremacy-clause suspension-clause | Whether the state's suspension of habeas corpus privileges by imposing a $1,800 filing bar fee violates the U.S. Constitution's Suspension Clause and … | |
| 24-7080 | Rolondo Stewart v. Keith Cooley, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2025-04-28 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-violations due-process federal-petition habeas-corpus state-custody supreme-court | Whether a federal habeas petition filed by a state prisoner raises constitutional violations under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 |
| 24-6743 | Andre Ricardo Roach v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion court-of-appeals federal-custody judicial-review sentencing-procedure state-custody | Whether the Court of Appeals abused its discretion by failing to consider this Court's opinion in Hughes v. United States and by removing Petitioner f… |
| 24-5850 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Shannon Blackwell | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | corrections-staff exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody | Is the inmate grievance process the exclusive remedy available to pretrial detainees and convicted persons for protection from abuse? |
| 24-5849 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Jeremiah Kinney | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance power-of-attorney pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody | Whether the inmate grievance process constitutes the exclusive remedy for pretrial detainees seeking protection from abuse in state custody |
| 24-5848 | Elizabeth Johnson, on Behalf of Aaron Johnson, Jr. v. Tiara Thomas | Maryland | 2024-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | corrections-personnel exhaustion-doctrine inmate-grievance pretrial-detainee protective-order state-custody | Is the inmate grievance process the exclusive remedy for pretrial detainees seeking protection from abuse in state custody? |
| 24-5311 | Kurnicus Hayes v. Arnold Patrick | Fifth Circuit | 2024-08-13 | Denied | IFP | aedpa-limitation certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-custody | Whether Mr. Hayes's 2254 petition satisfies the Slack v. McDaniel standard for Certificate of Appealability (COA) on a procedurally-denied petition, a… |
| 21-285 | In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson | 2021-08-26 | Denied | civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus standing state-custody | Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. §2241 Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his constit… | ||
| 20-1730 | In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson | 2021-06-15 | Denied | civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody | Should a Petitioner raising a 28-U.S.C.-2241-habeas-corpus petition remain in state-custody without certified-legal-documentation in violation of his … | ||
| 20-1729 | In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson | 2021-06-15 | Denied | 28-usc-2241 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge state-custody | Whether a petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. §2241 habeas corpus claim should remain in state custody without certified legal documentation in violation o… | ||
| 20-7763 | Brian David Hill v. Virginia | Virginia | 2021-04-15 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus indecent-exposure procedural-defect state-custody supervised-release | Where the Virginia Supreme Court didn't think that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus should apply to the case of Brian David Hill being convicted… |
| 20-1234 | Marianne Baptiste, et al. v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. | Massachusetts | 2021-03-08 | Denied | 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process juvenile-detention juvenile-rights medical-treatment state-custody | Whether a juvenile committed to the custody of the State enjoys the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause when evaluating the ju… | |
| 20-5211 | Michael Anthony Dobson v. Colin D. Stolle, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2020-07-29 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process informant-relationship personal-safety prison-administration race-restrictions state-action state-custody | Whether the administration of a state prison facility's policy of routinely recording phone calls between prisoners and their attorneys violates the p… |
| 20-5101 | Timothy Visage v. R. E. Woodall, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-07-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment arbitrary-action arbitrary-and-abusive-conduct civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process fourteenth-amendment government-liability government-policy state-created-danger state-custody | Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposes upon the State an affirmative duty of care and protection to connected persons in S… |
| 19-8482 | Graylin Gray v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2020-05-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conviction district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment judgment-of-conviction petition-for-writ procedural-error sentence state-custody | Whether petitioner is in state custody pursuant to a sentence, not pursuant to the judgment, which includes both the conviction and sentence? |
| 19-7763 | Jean Bernier v. J. C. Holland, Warden, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2020-02-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3585 18-usc-3621 18-usc-3621b administrative-discretion barden-determination bureau-of-prisons custody-credit federal-custody federal-sentencing sentence-commencement state-custody statutory-authority statutory-interpretation | Does the federal bureau of prisons exceed statutory authority when it commences a sentence in 1992, decides 11 years later in 2003 that it was state e… |
| 19-6716 | Israel C. Isbell v. Steven Merlak, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law administrative-mistake civil-rights consecutive-sentence due-process federal-government federal-jurisdiction interstate-transfer jurisdiction pardon primary-jurisdiction prisoner-custody prisoner-transfer sentencing-procedure sixth-circuit-precedent sovereign-immunity state-custody | Does one sovereign lose or surrender its primary jurisdiction when it releases an inmate serving a consecutive sentence into the custody of another so… |
| 19-655 | In Re Dimitri J. Patterson | 2019-11-21 | Denied | civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody | Should a Petitioner raising a 28-U.S.C-2241-habeas-corpus petition remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his c… | ||
| 19-633 | Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-15 | Denied | Relisted (3) | 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 |
| 19-441 | In Re Dimitri Patterson | 2019-10-02 | Denied | 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-documentation standing state-custody | Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Habeas Corpus remain in State custody without constitutional rights? | ||
| 18-7519 | Daltonia Duncan v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-01-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-4246 civil-commitment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-law state-custody statutory-interpretation united-states-code | Whether a district court may civilly commit a person under 18 U.S.C. § 4246 without first determining whether suitable arrangements for state custody … |
| 18-5364 | Harry Austin v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment state-custody writ-of-certiorari | Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of Austin's petition under 28 U.S.C. §2254 for writ of habe… |
| 18-5305 | Aubry Rae Johnson v. Paul Copenhaver, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2018-07-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure double-counting due-process federal-custody federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-petition jurisdiction primary-jurisdiction sentencing state-custody time-served | Does 18 U.S.C. § 3585 prevent a federal sentence from commencing where federal authorities do not have primary jurisdiction of the inmate? |