torture

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A108 Scott York v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete bodily-autonomy brain-computer-interface constitutional-rights directed-energy-weapons government-interference torture Whether the government's alleged use of brain-computer interface and directed energy weapons constitutes a violation of constitutional rights to priva…
24-5134 Diana Ingrid Reismann Sexton v. Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. Texas 2024-07-25 Denied IFP alien-tort-statute civil-rights-violations convention-against-torture dual-citizenship due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law international-treaties sovereign-immunity torture torture-prevention May-a-case-demanding-relief-to-a-dual-citizen-with-dominant-nationality-as-an-alien-and-her-child-injured-by-US-naturals-who-committed-tortures-fraud-…
23-6036 David Santiago Renteria v. Texas Texas 2023-11-16 Denied IFP due-process executioner lethal-substances life state-law torture Does a State deprive a person of life without due process of law when it delegates to its executioner unchecked discretion to ignore a state law prohi…
23-5842 Ellis Keyes v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2023-10-20 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment citizen-protection civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process governmental-invasion governmental-powers state-sovereignty torture torture-prohibition Shall the State of Mississippi be restrained, abolished and banned from the use of torture?
22-6648 Glen Plourde v. Redington-Fairview General Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2023-01-27 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-misconduct judicial-overreach legislative-authority separation-of-powers standing state-statute state-supreme-court torture Separation-of-powers
21-5865 Glen Plourde v. Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-abuse pro-se pro-se-litigant standing torture Does the continual disenfranchisement of the Petitioner by The Federal Courts' violate the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment Constitutional rights to Subst…
20-8474 Glen Plourde v. Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts geneva-conventions international-law judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation standing torture Does the continual refusal of the Federal Court System to address the judicially noticeable fact that the Petitioner has been Tortured and has suffere…
20-1815 Dale J. Richardson v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus immigration-court judicial-suspension obstruction-of-justice torture torture-prevention Is it constitutional to leave a person in the custody of someone they alleged torture against?
20-8319 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure criminal-counsel direct-appeal due-process florida-bar-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misrepresentation plea-bargaining torture Can same criminal counsel misrepresenting defendant in the same L.T. case, and other cases in the trial court documenting instances of 'torture' to in…
20-7827 Glen D. Plourde v. Stephen C. Bellavia Maine 2021-04-22 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-bias police-misconduct torture Whether the petitioner's Fifth Amendment rights to substantive and procedural due process were infringed upon due to the father-son relationship betwe…
20-1282 In Re Kaysha F. N. Dery 2021-03-17 Denied administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus immigration immigration-law indigenous-rights terrorism torture Is it constitutional to detain someone who is fleeing torture and terrorism?
19-1289 George Andrew Benavides v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process military-operations. torture treason civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process espionage-act espionage-act-1917 fourth-amendment military-operations military-privacy surveillance-rights torture treason Whether the United States Navy/USN had legal consent to spy on the petitioner while serving in the United States Marine Corps/USMC during the Gulf War…
19-818 Jerry L. Carr v. William P. Barr, Attorney General District of Columbia 2019-12-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights court-order due-process evidence-concealment exculpatory-evidence judicial-misconduct legal-procedure standing torture Was Petitioner Jerry Lee Carr's constitutional and civil rights violated?
19-6545 Bradly M. Cunningham v. Washington County, Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-07 Dismissed IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus illegal-sentence parole-board section-1983 sentencing torture Issues being raised
19-6228 Anson Chi v. Andrew Stover, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-records post-conviction-review procedural-default torture Was the U.S. Court of Appeals intentionally delaying the mailing of its December 7, 2018 opinion
19-448 Glen Plourde v. Jane Doe Maine 2019-10-03 Denied assassination-attempts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process government-surveillance harassment international-law standing surveillance torture Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to harassment, surveillance, and alleged torture by government agents
19-299 G. D. P. v. N. G. P. Maine 2019-09-05 Denied civil-rights constitutional-due-process domestic-violence due-process federal-jurisdiction government-surveillance international-law protection-from-abuse standing takings torture torture-allegations torture. Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to alleged torture, surveillance, and lack of government protection
19-294 Usama Jamil Hamama, et al. v. Rebecca Adducci, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Relisted (2) country-conditions deportation detention due-process ethnic-minorities immigration-court immigration-law removal-orders removal-proceedings suspension-clause torture torture-convention torture-protection Whether section 1252(g) is unconstitutional under the Suspension Clause as applied to Petitioners
19-5373 Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Carlos Castellon Cueva, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure judicial-misconduct personal-injuries pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations terrorism torture Whether the district court and appeals court erred in denying court-appointed counsel and dismissing the case despite the merits and evidence of terro…
18-1315 Hmong 1, et al. v. Lao People's Democratic Republic, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied alien-tort-statute cia genocide head-of-state-immunity heads-of-state heads-of-state-immunity secret-war state-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction torture war-crimes Whether petitioners/survivors of the atrocities committed by the Laos communist government met their pleading burden under the Alien Tort Claims Act
18-6365 Angel Bartlett v. Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2332a 18-usc-2332h 18-usc-ch-13 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process government-conspiracy state-action torture weapons-of-mass-destruction Is it wrongful or illegal to use weapons of mass destruction to radiate and torture Angel Bartlett?
18-5530 Victoria Elia Kaldawi v. State of Kuwait, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights consular-protection diplomatic-immunity due-process human-rights international-law tort torture unlawful-detention Whether the U.S. government failed to protect a U.S. citizen from human rights violations and torture committed by foreign government agents