substantial-justice

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5512 Maurice Diggins v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-249 district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction public-interest public-interest-prosecution racially-motivated-assault substantial-justice thirteenth-amendment Does a United States district court have jurisdiction under the Thirteenth Amendment for a racially motivated assault prosecution under 18 USC Sec. 24…
19-8523 Christian James v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process fifth-circuit government-promise obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-justice united-states-sentencing-guidelines writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion rejecting James's claim that the Government made an implied promise that any obstruction of justice…