state-federal-relations

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6035 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-11-16 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection family-law hearsay parental-rights standing state-federal-relations Can a judge of two appeal courts open a child protective custody case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state law, then set bail/bond …
18-5673 Eugene Smalls v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing lochner sentencing sentencing-commission-guidelines sixth-amendment state-federal-relations statutory-interpretation Does the 'heightened' Lochner standards of W.G. Abel v. Estelle, AHR, override the state and federal sentencing guidelines of the motion of the judge,…