| 22-7062 |
Ricardo Noble v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-22 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment discretion-abuse due-process equal-protection prison-classification retaliation standing |
Whether it is unconstitutional for judges and prison staff to allow their personal prejudices to interfere with their ability to do their job |
| 20-7643 |
Nafis Antuan Faison v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254 arrest-warrant constitutional-standard expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus minnesota-v-olson probable-cause standing third-party-residence |
Whether the federal court impermissibly added an element to the expectation-of-privacy standard for a third-party overnight guest, in violation of 28 … |
| 20-6542 |
Alfonso Percy Pew v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
1st-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-religious-land-use-institutionalized-perso federal-settlement-agreement first-amendment pro-se-litigant religious-land-use standing |
Whether the Pennsylvania state court judicial system has created a hands-off doctrine for pro se litigant's 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil-rights complaint all… |
| 20-6354 |
Richard A. Poplawski v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fee-provisions fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act standing |
Can courts strategically exempt litigants from the law to thwart test cases? |
| 20-6247 |
Jermont Cox v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability default-rule exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan rule-60(b)(6) |
Whether a district court deciding a Rule 60(b)(6) motion in habeas corpus proceedings may ignore new exculpatory evidence when assessing the substanti… |
| 19-7100 |
Damon Jones v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-30 |
Dismissed |
burden-of-proof constitutional-presumption evidentiary-presumption fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment specific-intent transferred-intent |
Are the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments violated where in a case tried and presented under the transferred intent theory the jury is not instructed on… |
| 19-6614 |
Jerome Marshall v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health miranda-rights miranda-warnings post-conviction-relief procedural-default witness-credibility |
Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred by denying Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability |
| 19-6194 |
William Edward Sneed v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky certificate-of-appealability equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intentional-discrimination juror-discrimination racial-bias racial-discrimination third-circuit-court-of-appeals |
In light of the post-conviction court's finding of intentional discrimination—a finding that has not been challenged by any reviewing court—did the Th… |
| 19-5607 |
Felix Summers v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Denial of Sixth Amendment right of confrontation |
| 18M162 |
Samuel Randolph, IV v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18A590 |
Lawrence T. White v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-07 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-6872 |
Seifullah Abdul-Salaam v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-29 |
Denied |
aedpa brady-rule brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process exculpatory-evidence exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review litigation-conduct nonexhaustion-defense state-post-conviction suppression-of-evidence |
Can a nonexhaustion defense be deemed expressly waived based on a party's litigation conduct? |
| 18-5877 |
Levi Lapp Stoltzfoos v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
cash-deposit civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-mens-rea due-process financial-institution financial-institutions mens-rea money-laundering overbreadth overbroad-statute statutory-interpretation |
Is 18 Pa. C.S. § 5111(a)(8) unconstitutionally overbroad? |
| 18A79 |
Levi Lapp Stoltzfoos v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-5255 |
Jerome Gibson v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
brady-claim brady-v-maryland credibility de-novo-review due-process evidence-suppression investigation kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-test police-investigation reliability suppressed-evidence witness-credibility |
Whether the suppression of evidence of inducements provided to Commonwealth witnesses violates Brady v. Maryland, where the defense could have used th… |