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Bryson v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by an exonerated former inmate against a city and officials alleging that they falsely procured his original conviction and...

People v. Allen

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A defendant in a sexually violent predator proceeding has a state and federal constitutional right to testify despite counsel's decision that he or...

Casas-Castrillon v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In the context of the detention of an alien who is a legal permanent resident of the U.S., the circuit court rules that a prolonged detention must be...

People v. Wilen

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
A defendant who has pleaded guilty to controlled substance crimes and who is subject of a petition for recovery of hazardous clean-up expenses has a...

Peals v. Terre Haute Police Dept.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging unlawful search, false arrest, excessive force, and retaliatory prosecution, partial summary judgment for...

Wilson v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming that plaintiff was entitled to monetary damages for unconstitutional imprisonment because Virginia improperly...

Prieto-Romero v. Clark

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
An alien whose removal order is administratively final, but whose removal is stayed pending the court of appeals' resolution of his petition for...

Johnson v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the U.S. alleging a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) correctional officer and a tribal...

Fowler v. Crawford

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action arising from state prison officials' decision to deny plaintiff-inmate a sweat lodge in which to practice his Native American faith,...

Phillips v. Roane County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In estate representative's action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against various governmental officials alleging that they were deliberately...