| 24-6420 |
Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-01-29 |
Denied |
capital-punishment expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel traumatic-brain-injury waiver-of-counsel |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) require a certificate of appealability for review of an order prematurely granting summary judgment against a habeas pe… |
| 24-6376 |
Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
South Carolina |
2025-01-23 |
Denied |
capital-sentencing constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance racial-bias |
Did trial counsel provide prejudicially deficient assistance of counsel by repeatedly introducing and amplifying noxious racial stereotypes about Bowm… |
| 24A491 |
Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-11-18 |
Presumed Complete |
conflict-of-interest expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance trial-counsel waiver |
Whether an actual conflict of trial counsel that adversely affects representation can be validly waived without fully advising the client of the conse… |
| 22-1234 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
aedpa default-rule federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default standard-of-review statutory-interpretation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Fourth Circuit defied the Supreme Court's remand instruction and circumvented 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2)'s limitations on federal court author… |
| 22-5646 |
Fred Freeman v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights classification-error court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-review qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing |
Did Court of Appeals err in ruling on disability claims under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act? |
| 22-5014 |
Willie Johnson v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-01 |
Denied |
case-law civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation dismissal district-court due-process election federal-courts judicial-procedure legal-standards standing |
Whether the District Court for the District of South Carolina erred in dismissing the case on the ground that the petitioners lacked standing to chall… |
| 21A437 |
Willie Johnson v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-1044 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. James Nathaniel Bryant, III |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-deference |
In review of a claim fully adjudicated in state court, did the district court violate 28-usc-2254, finality, federalism |
| 21-938 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
GVR |
capital-punishment fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence prejudice-analysis procedural-default strategic-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Fourth Circuit violated Strickland v. Washington in its prejudice analysis |
| 21-5962 |
Charles Nemon Vandross v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process standing supervision-of-lower-courts |
Whether the USCRY has denied Petitioner access to the courts |
| 21A61 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-07 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 20-975 |
Freddie Owens v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default |
Whether the standard for determining if an underlying constitutional claim is 'substantial' under Martinez v. Ryan is the same as the standard for obt… |
| 20-5570 |
Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
adjudicated-on-the-merits fair-presentation fair-presentation-doctrine habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan new-evidence procedural-default state-post-conviction-review |
In determining whether a claim has been fairly presented to, and 'adjudicated on the merits' by, the state courts for § 2254(d) purposes, must a feder… |
| 19-8130 |
Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
South Carolina |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
actual-innocence constitutional-challenge federal-constitutional-guarantees federal-guarantees habeas-corpus life-without-parole manifest-miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief state-court-conviction |
Correcting-erroneous-denial-of-extraordinary-writ |
| 18-1495 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Charles Christopher Williams |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
aedpa aedpa-review aedpa-standard capital-case capital-punishment capital-sentencing double-edged-evidence double-edged-sword fetal-alcohol-syndrome future-dangerousness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a state court is objectively unreasonable under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) in concluding a capital defendant was not prejudiced by counsel's failu… |
| 24A723 |
Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
South Carolina |
|
Denied |
death-penalty ineffective-assistance racial-bias sixth-amendment strickland-standard trial-counsel |
Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when trial counsel introduces racially prejudicial… |