| 23-5199 |
Duron B. Peoples v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts hearsay-exception ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel murder-conspiracy witness-testimony witness-unavailability |
Is federal due process violated where a federal court concludes that a petitioner's counsel ineffective claim lacks merit because petitioner did not s… |
| 22-5938 |
Carrington K. Joseph v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standard procedural-review standard-of-review substantial-showing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Court of Appeals decision to deny Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability conflicts with the standard articulated by this Court and its … |
| 21-5308 |
Calvin B. Lynch v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-08-05 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-law statutory-interpretation witness-intimidation witness-testimony |
Is petitioner entitled to the Pennsylvania courts' clarifying interpretation of the witness intimidation statute, Pa.C.S.A.§4952, under which petition… |
| 20-8098 |
Mohammad Sohail Saleem v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-24 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bias civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias partiality petition-for-rehearing prejudice |
Did the United States Court of Appeals, for the Third District err in denying Mr. Saleem's Petition for Re-Hearing |
| 20-5501 |
Andrew Darvin Hersh v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
ativan-influence confession-admissibility credibility-determination credibility-determinations due-process federal-court-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession non-custodial-confession state-court-findings state-court-review |
Does a 'non-custodial' confession uttered under the influence of the prescription drug, 'Ativan,' render a confession involuntary and inadmissible? |
| 20-5441 |
Craig Saunders v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
batson civil-rights constitutional-challenge cross-examination federal-procedure habeas-corpus peremptory-strikes rule-60b |
Whether reasonable jurists could debate the limitation on cross-examination of prosecutor about peremptory strikes in Batson claim |
| 19-8378 |
Joseph Howell v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-30 |
Denied |
absolute-disparity duren-v-missouri fair-cross-section jury-pool jury-selection minority-representation presumption-of-legitimacy sixth-amendment systematic-exclusion venire-study |
May a court deny a fair cross-section challenge to the jury pool simply because the 'absolute disparity' is less than 10%, thereby sanctioning the com… |
| 19-8140 |
Benjamin Dennerlein v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
attorney-misconduct client-assault due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pre-trial-conduct prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Does Strickland v. Washington prejudice threshold condone the actions of Counsel when Counsel assaults his client pre-trial, covered up said assault d… |
| 19A933 |
Joseph Howell v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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| 19-7360 |
Terry Simonton, Jr. v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-substance federal-constitutional-substance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct |
Did a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in denying Mr. Simonton a Certificate of Appealability |
| 19-5069 |
Chapel Thompson v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
brady-violation buck-v-davis civil-procedure co-defendant court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus incriminating-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-standard procedural-analysis standing |
Whether the court of appeals followed the dictates of this court's decision in Buck v. Davis, explaining that the COA stage is not coextensive with a … |
| 18-9562 |
Shawn Michael Simms v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio |
Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statute, 42 Pa.C… |
| 18-8368 |
Desmond Martin v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles |
| 18-7284 |
Roger Leon Barlow v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
42-pa-c-s-a-9541 constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act re-sentencing sentencing void-ab-initio |
Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statute, 42 Pa.C… |
| 18-5104 |
Christopher Reed v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
arkansas civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extradition extradition-law extradition-process federal-laws habeas-corpus human-trafficking involuntary-servitude pennsylvania procedural-default tennessee uniform-criminal-extradition-act |
Did the State of Arkansas, Tennessee and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania violate the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act by not following Federal laws on ex… |