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Justin A. Jefferson v. Moses Andre Stancil, Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 25-1153 · judgment June 23, 2026


Pending

Question presented

Question 1 Whether the Government’s threat and consequence of Life Incarceration Without the Eligibility to be Granted Parole for refusal to not self-incriminate, create a compulsion in a prison setting, that constitute atypical and significant hardships in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life, in violation of the Fifth Amendment and precedent set by this United States Supreme Court. Question 2 Whether the Decision and Application of the Turner Analysis, that is used to override the Protections of the Fourteenth Amendment and validate violations of Constitutional Rights, is an adequate Analysis to fairly and properly evaluate the validation of violations of Constitutional Rights, and is not in itself, a violation of the Constitution’s Protection of Substantive Due Process of the Fourteenth Amendment

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Justin A. Jefferson

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 15 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
  2. Jul 28 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2026)