Danny Richard Rivers, Petitioner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

  1. March 31, 2025

    Justices Doubtful Of Inmate's Habeas Amendment Petition Bid

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared reluctant to make an exception to a federal law preventing incarcerated people from bringing multiple habeas corpus challenges to their convictions by allowing prisoners to amend their initial habeas petitions while they are still pending on appeal.

  2. March 29, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers. 

  3. December 06, 2024

    Justices To Consider Easing Rules On Revising Habeas Petitions

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case that could make it easier for prisoners to amend their habeas corpus petitions, brought by a man who claims his drunken attorney never pointed out that key evidence in his child pornography trial was marked as "not child porn" by investigators.

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