Punch and Jurists

Porter v. Clarke, No. 16-7044 (4th Cir.) (852 F.3d 358) (March 24, 2017) (Judge James A. Jr. Wynn) by This is an interesting decision in which the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court ruling that dismissed a Bivens action against prison officials over the conditions of confinement of death row …

Qassim v. Bush, No. 05-5477 (D.C. Cir.) (466 F.3d 1073) (August 14, 2006) (Per Curiam) by Back in 2001, in an effort to show the American people that its Government was being aggressive in the newly-announced War on terrorism, the Government began offering bounties of $5,000 or more for detainees …

Abu Ali v. Gonzales, No. CIV.A.04-1258 JDB (D.D.C.) (387 F.Supp.2d 16) (September 19, 2005) (Judge John D. Bates) by Petitioners filed an action against respondent, the United States Attorney General and others, to obtain release of petitioner detainee from incarceration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which they claimed was …

Wilson v. Terhune, No. 01-17448 (9th Cir.) (319 F.3d 477) (February 6, 2003) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima) by A state prisoner’s habeas petition seeking relief from disciplinary punishment was held properly dismissed on the grounds of mootness because by the time the inmate had exhausted his administrative remedies, the punishment …

Chacon v. Wood, No. 92-35454 (9th Cir.) (36 F.3d 1459) (September 7, 1994) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt) by Here the Court held that a habeas petition challenging the underlying conviction is never moot simply because, subsequent to its filing, the petitioner has been released from custody, because there are collateral consequences …