| 21-8222 |
Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fifth-amendment judicial-discretion leave-to-amend pro-se pro-se-litigants standards-of-practice standing |
Whether the Fifth Amendment prohibits federal courts from holding pro se litigants to the same stringent standards as attorneys |
| 21-6619 |
Jeremiah Y. Nation v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-process legal-review procedural-grounds procedural-review state-court state-court-petition |
Should a Certificate of Appealability be issued on a Fourth Amendment claim in a Habeas Corpus petition where there was a dispute in the U.S. District… |
| 21-6063 |
Jason William Custer v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
5th-6th-14th-amendments due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miranda-rights pauper-defendant postconviction procedural-bar self-defense |
When trial and direct appeal counsel are one and the same, can a pauper defendant's due process rights be undermined when the state refuses to appoint… |
| 21-5710 |
Charles L. Fieldgrove v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Nebraska |
2021-09-17 |
Denied |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant's initial habeas corpus action to determine the validity of the statutes under which they were convicted and sentenced is… |
| 20-8274 |
RaySean D. Barber v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-10 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-deficiencies district-court due-process equal-protection indigent-claims leave-to-amend meaningful-review prisoner-claims standing |
Whether the district court's finding with regard to Mr. Barber's equal-protection-claim conflicted with this-Court's-governing-determinations |
| 20-8022 |
Tillman T. Henderson v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-05-14 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings |
Question not identified |
| 20-6176 |
Brandon J. Weathers v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standard-of-justice standard-of-review |
Did the Court of Appeals correctly apply the 'interests of justice' standard to the Petitioner's substitution of counsel claim where the trial court m… |
| 20-6024 |
Keinald V. Parnell v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying a certificate of appealability |
| 20-5591 |
Joseph G. Edwards v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Nebraska |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
competency compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection material-facts nebraska-supreme-court precedential-authority sexual-assault vulnerable-adult |
Did the Nebraska Supreme Court omit material facts and circumvent the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights? |
| 19-8700 |
Cody Strodtman v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-15 |
Denied |
8th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing supreme-court |
Whether the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying review of a district court's dismissal of a civil rights claim contrary to established U.S. … |
| 19-8482 |
Graylin Gray v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
conviction district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment judgment-of-conviction petition-for-writ procedural-error sentence state-custody |
Whether petitioner is in state custody pursuant to a sentence, not pursuant to the judgment, which includes both the conviction and sentence? |
| 19-5739 |
Duane Pope v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Nebraska |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto privileges-and-immunities separate-sovereigns separate-sovereigns-doctrine |
Does the 'separate sovereigns' doctrine permit multiple punishments that are exempted from the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual p… |
| 18-9751 |
Thomas Edward Nesbitt v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Dismissed |
actual-innocence aedpa brady-violation castro-v-us constitutional-rights due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance non-successiveness panetti-v-quarterman |
Does the Appellate Court's obscure Panel denials violate the 1996 A.E.D.P.A. Constitutional Due Process question in conflict with the Certiorari decis… |
| 18-9128 |
Shawn R. Erpelding v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Nebraska |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
14th-amendment arbitrary-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights privileges-and-immunities standing state-action |
Does the State of Nebraska violate the 14th Amendment's privileges and immunities clause by arbitrarily denying committed offenders the privilege of a… |
| 18-5631 |
Steven M. Jacob v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Dismissed |
aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review double-jeopardy due-process habeas habeas-corpus jury-selection prejudice presumption-of-impartiality standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent voir-dire |
Was the Petitioner's demonstration sufficient to require de novo review under the Panetti v. Quarterman standard or the Johnson v. Williams standard, … |
| 18-5632 |
Juan L. Leonor v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Nebraska |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-conviction habeas-corpus procedural-rule retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule vagueness |
Whether a new substantive rule of constitutional law must be applied retroactively to final cases |
| 18A115 |
William E. Smith v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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