| 21-1363 |
Brandon Scott Lavergne v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-19 |
Denied |
8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel life-without-parole plea-agreement rule-60b-petition solitary-confinement |
Is a criminal sentence of life without parole in solitary confinement a cruel and unusual sentence? |
| 19-6779 |
Mitchell Stevens v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech procedural-standards retaliation standing |
Did the district court err in dismissing the petitioner's claims, and did the appeals court err in overlooking key facts? |
| 18-7536 |
Jason M. Reeves v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Louisiana |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination side-by-side-comparison voir-dire |
Whether the Petitioner has established a prima facie case that Batson v. Kentucky had been violated |
| 18-6550 |
Anthony Thomas v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
affidavit costs court-fees declaration effective-assistance-of-counsel financial-disclosure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis income-declaration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-indigency poverty prejudice procedural-default redress sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a new trial when counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defendan… |