| 25-247 |
Charles L. Payne, II v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2025-09-03 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-vouching sixth-amendment witness-credibility |
Under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, a defendant has a right against a prosecutor or law enforcement vouching … |
| 24A1265 |
Charles L. Payne, II v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2025-06-23 |
Presumed Complete |
due-process fourteenth-amendment harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-vouching |
Whether a trial court violates a defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by permitting prosecutorial and police vouching for a witness's cre… |
| 24-7284 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Denied |
employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the lower courts applied the correct summary judgment standard of review for prima facie and for pretext in assessing a case of employment dis… |
| 23-6528 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
42-usc-2000e civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment-discriminat… |
| 22-5944 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
42-usc-2000e employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment discriminat… |
| 22A163 |
Richard Rojas v. Charles L. Ryan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-5710 |
Charles L. Fieldgrove v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Nebraska |
2021-09-17 |
Denied |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant's initial habeas corpus action to determine the validity of the statutes under which they were convicted and sentenced is… |
| 20-7466 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
bill-of-costs civil-procedure cost-waiver costs court-discretion deposition-costs indigency local-rules waiver |
Whether a party waives costs if it does not file a bill of cost on time pursuant to local rules? |
| 20-1253 |
Charles L. Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. |
Mississippi |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
chancery-court civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-to-strike pro-se-representation sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Did the Mississippi Supreme Court break state law when it would not apply the mandatory language in the use of the word 'shall' in Mississippi Code of… |
| 20-254 |
Kuang-Bao Ou-Young v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-01 |
Denied |
civil-rights competence-restoration criminal-action criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-tort-claims-act habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing |
Whether a three-judge court should have adjudged the FTCA case |
| 19A986 |
Antonio Lozano Solis v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-06 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19A770 |
Stephen J. Mocco v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-09 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19A739 |
Michael Anthony Jefferson v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-03 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19-6388 |
Cary VanDerMeulen v. Charles L. Ryan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection judicial-access judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process remedies rights-enforcement standing |
Why is a citizen not allowed to bring a valid claim (claims) for civil rights violations before the court and have them heard? |
| 19-5912 |
Jesus Oscar Meraz Leon v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
actual-innocence arizona-courts arizona-law civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-relief standing |
Whether the state courts' refusal to grant Leon's request for DNA testing because it violates his right to due process and equal protection of the law… |
| 19-5834 |
Thomas David McWaters v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review standing |
Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel in his Arizona post-conviction proceedings, which prevented him from timely presenti… |
| 19-5380 |
In Re Charles L. Cox |
|
2019-07-30 |
Denied |
community-supervision criminal-procedure deferred-adjudication due-process equal-protection jurisdiction separation-of-powers vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42.1285(a) deferred Adjudication Community Supervision void for vagueness? |
| 19-5291 |
Tyrone Jordan v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof constitutional-review habeas-corpus habeas-proceeding iac-claim ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel procedural-default standard-of-review trial-counsel |
What is the District Court's duty and what standard is the Court to apply to a habeas proceeding presenting a substantial and meritorious IAC claim of… |
| 19-5051 |
Armando Duarte Islas, Jr. v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
actual-innocence arizona-jurisdiction civil-rights confrontation-clause due-process federal-agencies federal-jurisdiction federal-organization habeas-corpus |
Whether Arizona had jurisdiction over events that occurred wholly, and investigated exclusively by agencies under exclusive federal organization? |
| 19-5018 |
Gettus Leroy Mintz v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
actual-innocence brady-violation certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review conviction-standard criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct procedural-default reasonable-doubt |
Whether the willful and serial denial of attempts to demonstrate actual innocence, by the courts and counsel, presents at a minimum the debatable qual… |
| 18-1547 |
Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
28-usc-636 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-litigation constitutional-violation federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rights magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-selection magistrate-jurisdiction prison-litigation-reform-act prospective-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in allowing parties to choose their own magistrate judge and in permitting prospective relief in a prisoner case witho… |
| 18-9670 |
Charles L. Trice v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
2nd-amendment 9th-amendment conflict-in-circuits constitutional-rule due-process due-process-interpretation eleventh-circuit-conflict griffith-v-kentucky ninth-amendment second-amendment self-defense self-defense-right weiand-decision |
Whether the Florida post-conviction court unreasonably applied Griffith v. Kentucky in determining that Trice's convictions were final when the Florid… |
| 18-9609 |
Charles L. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex |
West Virginia |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
collateral-acts collateral-acts-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense limiting-instruction sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
Does the failure of trial counsel to request a limiting instruction related to unindicted collateral acts evidence constitute ineffective assistance o… |
| 18-9494 |
Matthew Mounir Awad v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-ruling sentencing |
Whether the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals correctly denied Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability |
| 18-9380 |
Miguel Daniel Leal v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
circuit-court-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel marital-communications-privilege marital-privilege ninth-circuit-review sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights state-courts supervisory-power supreme-court-dicta |
Is SCOTUS dicta authoritative? |
| 18-9362 |
Timothy Stuart Ring v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-appointment federal-habeas-proceeding habeas-corpus motion-for-counsel motion-for-discovery ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-petition |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in construing a pro se petitioner's appeal |
| 18-9072 |
Dewey Lee McBride v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights direct-review due-process judicial-bias legal-claims ninth-circuit standing unbiased-judge |
Whether Mr. McBride's direct review continued until his claims were decided by an unbiased judge |
| 18-8386 |
Michael Apelt v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mental-impairment prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
When determining if a capital defendant was prejudiced by counsel's deficient performance during state sentencing, whether the federal court may bypas… |
| 18A912 |
Timothy Stuart Ring v. Charles L. Ryan, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-8151 |
Loren Williamson, III v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254a 28-usc-2254d conflict-of-interest due-process due-process-equal-protection-disparity equal-protection parties-to-the-proceeding post-conviction post-conviction-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel |
Whether a Certificate of Appealability should issue |
| 18-7868 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two, Inc., dba Marsh's Sunfresh Market, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
civil-procedure discovery-order dismissal due-process judicial-discretion lesser-sanctions prejudice procedural-fairness sanctions |
Whether the district court is required to provide the sanctioned party with adequate due process before dismissing the lawsuit? |
| 18A746 |
Christopher M. Alonso v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-848 |
Courtney Valle Bisbee v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial sixth-amendment |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on her ineffective assistance of counsel claim |
| 18A656 |
Michael Apelt v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-7003 |
Jose Jesus Ramirez v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-12 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights congress constitutional-law due-process federal-courts impeachment separation-of-powers standing |
Whether the federal court erred in denying petitioner's constitutional challenge to the impeachment process |
| 18-6766 |
David Gulbrandson v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
capital-punishment capital-punishment-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-default procedural-ruling second-in-time-petition statutory-aggravating-factors statutory-aggravator successive-petitions |
Whether reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the district court's procedural ruling that Gulbrandson's second-in-time § 2254 petition wa… |
| 18-6606 |
Anthony James Merrick v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process establishment-clause free-speech religious-freedom standing |
Does the lack of a workable test for determination of religious sincerity create arbitrary decisions based on bias that effectively violate the Establ… |
| 18-6536 |
Lewis Waters v. Charles L. Lockett, Warden |
District of Columbia |
2018-11-01 |
Denied |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-safeguard court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus jurisdiction unindicted-crime |
Where the Fifth Amendment guarantees that no person shall be held to answer for a crime unless upon presentment of a Grand Jury's indictment, does the… |
| 18-5815 |
Jose Francisco Puentes v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment arizona-statute civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing |
Does the Arizona statute 13-1410 violate the petitioner's 14th Amendment rights? |
| 18-5782 |
Michael Lynn Cook v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-27 |
Denied |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus judicial-remedies procedural-timeliness state-misconduct state-waiver statute-of-limitations |
Does the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision conflict with a decision of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals? |
| 18-5651 |
Samuel W. Swoopes v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
appeal constitutional-law criminal-procedure defendant defendant-exclusion due-process ex-parte jury jury-question mid-deliberation sixth-amendment |
Does it violate Due Process and the Sixth Amendment to exclude a defendant from the court's consideration and answering of a jury question? |
| 18M20 |
Roger W. Murray v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-5271 |
Roger W. Murray v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
batson batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit racial-discrimination voir-dire |
Whether the Arizona courts unreasonably applied Batson v. Kentucky and unreasonably determined the constitutionally significant facts, thus violating … |
| 18M2 |
Frank Jarvis Atwood v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-06-28 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|