| 25-5876 |
William Housman v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-14 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability federal-constitutional-claim judicial-review reasonable-jurists state-court-decision |
Does a state court's divided decision on the merits of a federal constitutional claim demonstrate that reasonable jurists would debate the claim's mer… |
| 25-5309 |
Tedor Davido v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-08 |
Pending |
criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony probable-cause self-representation warrant-exception |
1. In light of this Court's recent grant of certiorari in Case v. Montana to resolve the question of whether the emergency aid exception to the warran… |
| 24A1271 |
Tedor Davido v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-06-23 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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| 24-7262 |
Richard Roland Laird v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-05-21 |
Denied |
aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus merits-decision strickland-claim |
When a state court issues a reasoned merits decision on only one component of a multi-component claim, does AEDPA require federal habeas courts to def… |
| 24-6032 |
Robert Gene Rega v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-11-25 |
Denied |
brady-violation federal-review habeas-corpus presumption-of-correctness state-court-findings witness-cooperation |
Does the decision below, which misstates and fails to afford any presumption of correctness to a state court's factual findings in a habeas case, warr… |
| 24-5782 |
Harvey Miguel Robinson v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
federal-circuit-split habeas-corpus jury-instructions legislative-interpretation sentencing-law state-court-review |
Whether a court may instruct a jury about potential legislative changes to sentencing law, and whether a federal habeas court can substitute its own r… |
| 24A137 |
Shariff Butler, et al. v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-06 |
Presumed Complete |
appellate-process extension-of-time incarceration pro-se supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se prisoner's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted due to unique incarceration c… |
| 24-5217 |
Sheldon Hannibal v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony |
Whether the Third Circuit's Brady materiality test—under which suppressed evidence is immaterial if it contradicts the prosecution's trial evidence—co… |
| 23A1127 |
Sheldon Hannibal v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-20 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-case criminal-conviction federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a criminal conviction or sentence |
| 23-7424 |
Manuel Sepulveda v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-05-08 |
Denied |
appellate-review brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions |
Whether an unreasoned blanket denial of a certificate of appealability conflicts with 28 U.S.C. § 2253 and Supreme Court precedents |
| 23A864 |
Manuel Sepulveda v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-27 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-case death-penalty habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance penalty-phase post-conviction |
Whether ineffective assistance of counsel during a capital case's penalty phase warrants federal habeas relief when state post-conviction proceedings … |
| 23-6023 |
David Sattazahn v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
brady-disclosure brady-violation due-process giglio-disclosure giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct united-states-v-bagley witness-bias witness-inducement |
Whether prosecutors must disclose inducements provided to witnesses, even in the absence of an agreement with express terms |
| 23-5528 |
Lahme Perkins v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Denied |
cause-and-prejudice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-facts notice post-conviction-relief procedural-default third-circuit-court |
Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to grant the certificate of appealability |