| 25-6496 |
Paul D. Carr v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-06 |
Pending |
brady-violation criminal-procedure evidence-tampering habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pinholster-exception |
1) Does this court's decision in Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S.170;
131 S.CT. 1388 (2011), permit an exception whereby federal
courts may consider ne… |
| 25A567 |
Paul D. Carr v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-14 |
Application |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ninth-circuit pro-se substantial-showing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals properly denied a certificate of appealability in a habeas corpus proceeding by finding the petitioner fail… |
| 24-1316 |
Wendy Downs v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-26 |
Denied |
aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus procedural-grounds statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Ninth Circuit applied an overly stringent standard in assessing the district court's disposition of a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 22… |
| 24A897 |
Wendy Downs v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-18 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-5496 |
Jose Manuel Galan v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
child-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jury-instructions penal-code |
Did the admission of evidence of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS) violate Petitioner's due process rights, and did the trial court er… |
| 23-6741 |
Gerardo Ortiz v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-13 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-confront witness-testimony |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in refusing to apply clearly established Confrontation Clause precedent and assess whether the prosecutor's affirmative misa… |
| 23A657 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial post-conviction sentencing-claim |
Whether the lower court's denial of a post-conviction relief claim involving alleged constitutional violations in the petitioner's criminal trial and … |
| 23A658 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
aggregate-sentence constitutional-proportionality federal-intervention habeas-review sentencing state-court-discretion |
Whether a federal court can review and potentially modify a state court's aggregate sentencing determination that allegedly violates constitutional pr… |
| 22-7801 |
Immanuel Christian Price v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
6th-amendment constitutional-claim counsel-performance due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mixed-representation plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing |
Whether the defendant was entitled to effective assistance of counsel during the plea bargaining stage in a mixed form of representation |
| 22-7623 |
Arquimedes Mendoza v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-23 |
Denied |
constitutional-right criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-standard padilla-v-kentucky plea-bargaining reasonable-defendant reasonable-person |
Whether a defendant claiming ineffective assistance of counsel in the plea context must show that an objective 'reasonable person' or 'reasonable defe… |