victims-rights

6 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7152 In Re Daniel Felix 2023-03-30 Denied IFP animal-cruelty constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection non-property-animals standing victim-rights victims-rights Whether homeless cats and other non-property animals have rudimentary state and federal constitutional rights, rights under existing state and federal…
20-1467 Michael Varco v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2021-04-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights crime-victims-rights crime-victims-rights-act dc-code district-court due-process federal-law metropolitan-police-department mpd standing statutory-interpretation victims-rights Whether a person harmed by a D.C. Code offense may assert rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act against the MPD Chief
19-8799 James Johnman, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied IFP appeals circuit-split criminal-assessment criminal-law judicial-review sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation victims-rights victims-trafficking-act Whether the 'additional special assessment' in the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3014, imposes a per-offender or per-count asses…
19-7980 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection retroactive-application statutory-interpretation victim-rights victims-rights Whether the North Carolina Crime Victims' Rights Act can be constitutionally applied to the petitioner for crimes committed before the Act's effective…
18-1400 E. V. v. Eugene H. Robinson, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, in His Capacity as Military Judge Ninth Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied article-6b due-process inferior-tribunals inferior-tribunals-clause judicial-review military-justice military-sexual-assault military-tribunals psychotherapist-privilege sovereign-immunity ucmj uniform-code-of-military-justice victims-rights Whether Congress intended to bar judicial review of a victim's rights under Article 6b
18-9043 Bryan Binkholder v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process plea-bargaining sentencing victim-rights victims-rights writ-of-mandamus Did the Crime Victims Rights Act, 18 USC 3771 (CVRA), and its 72 hour review requirement for a petition of Writ of Mandamus violate the Constitutional…