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07/20/2021 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs June 29, 2021 WAYNARD QUARTEZ WINBUSH v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Johnson County No. CC-2020-CR-110 Stacy L. Street, Judge

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs November 16, 2011 QUINTON ALBERT CAGE v. DAVID SEXTON, WARDEN Appeal from the Criminal Court for Johnson County No. 5891 Lynn W. Brown, Judge No. E2011-01609-CCA-R3-HC - Filed July 10, 2012 The Petitioner, Quinton Albert Cage, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his c

507 F.Supp.2d 522 (2007) UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. Graydon Earl COMSTOCK, Jr., Respondent. United States of America, Petitioner, v. Shane Catron, Respondent. United States of America, Petitioner, v. Thomas Motherly, Respondent. United States of America, Petitioner, v. Marvin Vigil, Respondent. United States of America, Petitioner, v. Markis Revland, Respondent. N

(2008) Johnny J. CLOUGH, Petitioner, v. M.S. EVANS, Respondent. No. CV F 06-0903 DLB HC. United States District Court, E.D. California. May 9, 2008. ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF RESPONDENT, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY DENNIS L. BECK, United States Magistrate Ju

637 F.Supp.2d 837 (2009) Brian THOMAS, Petitioner, v. James A. YATES, Respondent. No. 1:05-cv-01198-LJO-JMD-HC. United States District Court, E.D. California. June 17, 2009. *840 Marc E. Grossman, Law Offices of Marc E. Grossman, Upland, CA, for Petitioner. Maria G. Chan, California Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, C

978 F.Supp. 242 (1997) Harvey Lee GREEN, Jr., Petitioner, v. James B. FRENCH, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, Respondent. No. 5:96-HC-676-BR. United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division. July 16, 1997. *243 *244 *245

984 F.Supp. 940 (1997) Michael Edward BROOKS, Petitioner, v. N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Respondent. No. 5:96-HC-752-BR2. United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division. September 25, 1997. *941 *942 *943 G. Alan DuBois, Raleigh, NC,

*540 Opinion JOHNSON, J. In January 2016, the trial court, pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.), 1 found John Wright (Wright) to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA sHABTAI sCoTT sHATSKY, er 31., ) Plaintiffs, § v. § Civil Case No. 02-2280 (RJL) Pi»;iLEsIrINE LIBERATION oRGANIZATIoN § an PA ESTINIAN AUTHoRITY, § F I L E D Defendants. ) Nov 1 7 2017 -h~ .. MEMoRANDUM oPINloN c%'$l‘s’ ills ih%'$nti.l.lrti§`t 513 'r';‘mila (November 16 ,2017) [Dkt. #354] On June 20, 2017-following years of unnecessarily protracted litigation, distinguished, at times, by the parties’ use of dilatory tactics rat

540 F.Supp. 451 (1982) Margie Bullard BARFIELD, Petitioner, v. Kenneth W. HARRIS, et al., Respondents. No. 82-245-HC. United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division. May 21, 1982. *452 *453 James D. Little, Singleton, Murray, Harlow & Little, Fayetteville, N. C., Rich

07/15/2019 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs April 16, 2019 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ROGER F. JOHNSON Appeal from the Circuit Court for Grundy County No. 5910 Thomas W. Graham, Judge

OPINION KLEIN SCHMIDT, Presiding Judge. This is an appeal from the order of the superior court denying the petitioner’s request for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to free him from the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections. The petitioner, Robert V. Tuzon, contends that he was promised that the sentence he was serving would be commuted to immediate release with life parole in return for

Opinion by Judge McKEOWN; Dissent by Judge M. SMITH. OPINION McKEOWN, Circuit Judge: The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (the “Adam Walsh Act” or the “Act”) sets up a process for civil commitment of “sexually dangerous persons.” This appeal raises the question of whether a civil detention under the Act constitutes a term of imprisonment that both precludes and tolls the c

794 F.Supp.2d 594 (2011) David H. TOBEY v. UNITED STATES of America. Civil Action No. DKC 10-1358. Criminal No. DKC 03-0151. United States District Court, D. Maryland. June 29, 2011. *595 Joseph Martin Peterson, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Baltimore, MD, for David H. Tobey. Larry D. Adams, Office of the United States Attorney, Bal

ORDER TERRENCE W. BOYLE, District Judge. On July 15, 2010, plaintiff Shaun Antonio Hayden (“Hayden”), proceeding pro se, filed this complaint in this case pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Compl., D.E. 1. After denying defendants’ motion to dismiss the matter, the court directed that Hayden be represented by North Carolina Prison Legal Services, Inc. (“NCPLS”). Hayden v. Keller, No. 10-HC-

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs July 12, 2016 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DESHUN HAMPTON, MATTHEW TYLER and DEVONTA HAMPTON aka DEVONTA TAYLOR Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County Nos. 13-01803, 13-01807, 13-02893, 13-02895, 13-02894 James C. Beasley, Jr., Judge ___________________________________ No. W2015-0

04/18/2018 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON July 11, 2017 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. WALTER COLLINS Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 15-00211 Paula Skahan, Judge ________________________________

No. 121,815 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS RONELL WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibi

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Case: 23-30294 Document: 192-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/29/2024 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED May 29, 2024