| 25-5879 |
Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Dismissed |
constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice-act |
(1) Lower Courts violated United States Constitution 14th Amendment Due Process Right To State Created Liberty Interest To newly enacted 2020 Californ… |
| 23-7808 |
Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Dismissed |
14th-amendment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice racial-justice-act state-created-right |
Does the newly enacted 2020 California Racial Justice Penal Code section 1473(f) create a United States Constitution 14th Amendment Due Process Right … |
| 23-7241 |
Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-17 |
Denied |
14th-amendment aider-and-abettor constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Does California Penal Code Section 117.95(a)(1)-(3) statute violate the United States Constitution 14th Amendment Equal Protection of the Law by not i… |
| 22-5018 |
Michael Allen Long v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-01 |
Denied |
appeal appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure fifth-circuit jurisdiction plea-agreement plea-bargaining procedural-error standard-of-review waiver |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by finding that Mr. Long's appeal should be dismissed based on the waiver of appeal provision in his Plea Agreement |
| 20-7836 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Ted Wire, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-23 |
Dismissed |
administrative-law age-discrimination appointment-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-employment federal-question standing |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the order of the district court to dismiss the Title VII civil rights and Age Discrimination in E… |
| 20-7698 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Town of Cary Police Department, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-09 |
Dismissed |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity standing |
Whether the issue of action as frivolous and/or for failure to state a claim against the Town of Cary's Police Department and Police Chief Tom Decurti… |
| 20-7445 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. SunTrust Bank, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation third-amendment |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioners' civil complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction |
| 20-7302 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Dismissed |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint against the defendant(s) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction |
| 20-7103 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. |
North Carolina |
2021-02-10 |
Dismissed |
administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech grievance-mechanism petition-clause prisoner-rights standing |
Whether the petitioner retains the right to petition the government for redress of grievances and whether this is denied in violation of the Equal Pro… |
| 20-7025 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Jr. v. Orlando Hudson, Jr. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-04 |
Dismissed |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus immunity monetary-relief post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's order dismissing Petitioner's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915 without d… |
| 20-6729 |
Michael Allen Bullock v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud-on-the-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fraud prior-record sentencing |
Whether the petitioner's attorney deliberately and flagrantly violated the petitioner's constitutional rights, and why the courts have avoided address… |
| 20-6476 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-30 |
Denied |
28-usc-1495 28-usc-2513 certificate-of-innocence court-of-appeals dismissal district-court federal-court-of-claims fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation technical-claim |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of a certificate of innocence in 28 U.S.C. § 2… |
| 20-5021 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts judicial-opinion legal-standing petition-review pleadings procedural-complexity standing |
Whether the petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual matter to survive a motion to dismiss |
| 20-5022 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Sara Glines, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process federal-circuit judicial-interpretation pleadings precedential-opinion standing |
Whether petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual allegations to survive a motion to dismiss |
| 20-5020 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Tri-Lift North Carolina, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction |
| 19-8862 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Total Visa, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be gran… |
| 19-8778 |
John Michael Allen v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2020-06-22 |
Denied |
accomplice capital-punishment criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment felony innocent-life nontriggerman |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits capital punishment for a 'nontriggerman' accomplice to a felony that is not likely to result in the loss of inn… |
| 19-8752 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Annette Moore, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-19 |
Denied |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process fourth-circuit judicial-procedure jurisdiction official-misconduct precedent standing |
Whether the petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual allegations to survive a motion to dismiss |
| 19-8458 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Phillip Jordan, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection public-accommodations race-discrimination standing |
Whether the petitioner's complaint of discrimination based on race, color, religion, familial status, and/or national origin was sufficient to survive… |
| 19-8457 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Alice Neece Mine, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process gun-control legislative-authority public-safety |
Whether the state's law prohibiting the sale of assault weapons violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms |
| 19-7873 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited status in order to convict under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) |
| 19-6919 |
Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdiction standing takings |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 19-6642 |
Michael Allen Channel v. Benjamin Marquez, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
4th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech privacy search-and-seizure standing technology |
Whether the warrantless search and seizure of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and … |
| 19-6512 |
Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. John Brinker, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the defendants' warrantless seizure and search of the plaintiffs' home violated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches an… |
| 18-7123 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
GVR |
criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s… |
| 18-412 |
Jael Watts v. Michael Allen, et al. |
Virginia |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment state-law tort-immunity |
Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's appeal without reaching the merits of the case violates the Petitioner's fundamenta… |
| 18-5939 |
Gary Michael Allen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Denied |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timely-filing vagueness |
Whether a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed within one year of Johnson v. United States asserts a right recognized in Johnson |
| 18-5174 |
Michael Allen Griffin v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
aggravating-factors capital-murder civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto jury-unanimity patent retroactivity standing takings |
Whether Petitioner's death sentences for two 1994 homicides can remain intact given that his jury did not unanimously find the elements of capital mur… |