| 25A868 |
Gregory Michael Nierenberg v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-02-03 |
Application |
certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus post-conviction statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6647 |
Emanuel Johnson, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus postconviction-review |
1. Under the threshold certificate of appealability standard, could reasonable jurists debate a district court's refusal to consolidate inextricably i… |
| 25-6608 |
Dennis Christensen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
None |
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| 25-6579 |
Robert Keaton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-14 |
Pending |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus takings-clause |
Whether an accused's right under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment is offended when a United States Court of Appeals denies… |
| 25-6581 |
Michael David Dunn v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-14 |
Pending |
AEDPA criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. What is the standard of review for a federal habeas court for analyzing a sufficiency-of-the evidence claim under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective … |
| 25-6382 |
Frank A. Walls v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-16 |
Denied |
constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment federal-review lethal-injection method-of-execution undue-delay |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying Mr. Walls review, based solely on undue delay, despite the primary basis for his challenge —records r… |
| 25A671 |
Emanuel Johnson, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-09 |
Application |
death-penalty docket-consolidation eleventh-circuit federal-habeas ineffective-assistance pro-se |
Question not identified. |
| 25A635 |
Robert Keaton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-02 |
Application |
equitable-tolling extraordinary-relief federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mental-health suicide-attempt |
Whether a federal prisoner's suicide attempt and subsequent mental health challenges constitute grounds for equitable tolling or extraordinary relief … |
| 25-6191 |
Duane E. Adams v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-21 |
Denied |
charging-document constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-court |
WAS ADAMS ' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS
VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT CONDUCTED A TRIAL AND
ENTERED A JUDGMENT, WITHOUT HAVING SUBJECT MATTE… |
| 25-5585 |
Arseles D. Miller v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Denied |
constitutional-amendment court-of-appeals habeas-corpus liberty-interest procedural-due-process statute-of-limitations |
Whether a 2254 application is second or successive if it challenges a new judgment for purpose of §2244(b).
Whether a new judgment, resulting from re… |
| 25-5426 |
Reginald Bertram Johnson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Denied |
appellate-review confrontation-clause constitutional-rights fair-trial sixth-amendment trial-court |
The following question stems from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' Published Opinion regarding claims asserted by Mr. Johnson.
1. Whether the U… |
| 25-5244 |
Kristy Richard v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-31 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigant |
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| 25-5218 |
Michael Anthony LoRusso v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5097 |
Michael Bell v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-14 |
Denied |
brady-violation due-diligence federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief successive-petition |
Where government action prevented Petitioner from bringing his claims under Brady and Giglio in his initial § 2254 motion, should a second-in-time mot… |
| 24A1214 |
Joshua Lee Dukes v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-7360 |
Daniel David Strader v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-05 |
Denied |
due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence sentencing |
Whether a court violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by using a petitioner's silence at sentencing as the sole definitive factor to deny relie… |
| 24A1139 |
John DiTullio v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-23 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-7118 |
Enrique Diaz v. Ricky Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Florida |
2025-05-02 |
Denied |
amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-agreement |
Whether the Third District's decision disallowing Diaz's use of habeas corpus violates his constitutional right to court access and challenges an alle… |
| 24-7010 |
Kenneth Hartley v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-04-16 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's blanket denial of a certificate of appealability complies with Supreme Court standards for COA review and whether the d… |
| 24A991 |
Jeffrey S. Jordan v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-04-16 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-6883 |
Kenneth Karlston Newsome v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-28 |
Denied |
constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process international-human-rights life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence |
Whether a person's right to be presumed innocent is denied by conclusory assertions of guilt before trial, and whether life imprisonment violates due … |
| 24-6876 |
Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-27 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance strickland-standard |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his ineffective assistance o… |
| 24-1023 |
Violet Love Ray v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-25 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-petition habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief state-court |
Whether a certificate of appealability should issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) where one or more judges in the state-court habeas proceedings has deter… |
| 24-6777 |
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-18 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24A892 |
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-18 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 24-6776 |
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus mental-incapacity procedural-timeliness |
Could reasonable jurists debate whether an evidentiary hearing should have been granted to resolve an unrebutted factual proffer that Mr. James' untim… |
| 24A891 |
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 24-6741 |
Sasha Nicole Pringle v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-11 |
Denied |
aedpa constitutional-claim exhaustion-doctrine federal-claim habeas-corpus state-court |
Whether a state habeas petitioner 'fairly presents' her federal claim when the petitioner raises the substance of a federal constitutional claim in st… |
| 24-6676 |
Louis Angel Mercado v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-28 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure brief-filing cronic-standard ineffective-assistance-counsel presumed-prejudice state-appeal |
Whether prejudice should be presumed under United States v. Cronic when defense counsel fails to file an appellee's brief under a state-initiated appe… |
| 24A799 |
Kenneth Hartley v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-19 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-6565 |
Alex Hernando Gomez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-14 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24A770 |
Violet Love Ray v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-07 |
Presumed Complete |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-standard |
Whether a federal court of appeals may deny a certificate of appealability when state appellate judges have divided on the merits of a petitioner's co… |
| 24-6209 |
Edvin Santiagomazariegos v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-30 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent |
Whether trial counsel's performance deprived Petitioner of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel as made applicable by the Four… |
| 24-6182 |
Daniel O. Conahan, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Denied |
capital-defendant certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus procedural-review |
Whether a circuit split in procedures for reviewing certificates of appealability constitutes a due process violation and warrants Supreme Court inter… |
| 24A618 |
Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
aedpa-standard constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-prisoner |
Whether a federal habeas court correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) standard for granting relief on a state p… |
| 24A603 |
Christopher Thomas v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-18 |
Presumed Complete |
armed-robbery habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-instructions sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires reversal of a criminal conviction where trial counsel allegedly provided ineffective assistance by failing to obj… |
| 24-6124 |
Bradley Dorman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Denied |
court-access equal-protection first-amendment prison-litigation-reform-act three-strike-rule younger-abstention |
Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act's 'Three-Strike' Rule is unconstitutionally applied to a prisoner's prior Younger abstention dismissals and v… |
| 24-5991 |
Morgan Allen Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-19 |
Denied |
court-jurisdiction federal-court judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure |
Question not identified. |
| 24A464 |
Daniel O. Conahan, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-08 |
Presumed Complete |
brady-violation certificate-of-appealability eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments require a new trial or resentencing where the prosecution withheld material exculpatory evidence … |
| 24-5895 |
Jonathan Godwin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-01 |
Denied |
district-court due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss relief-from-judgment rule-60-motion |
Whether a District Court abused its discretion by dismissing a Rule 60(b)(4) Motion for Relief from Judgment alleging a due process violation |
| 24A413 |
Edvin Santiagomazariegos v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
court-access institutional-constraints law-library-access legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se-litigant |
Whether a prisoner's limited law library access and restricted legal research time due to institutional constraints constitutes a substantial burden o… |
| 24A402 |
Carl Ezekiel Woods v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-24 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-right extension-of-time federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted when the litigant lacks profes… |
| 24A314 |
Robert Darrel Batson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-02 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-review |
Whether a state prisoner can obtain federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when state appellate courts have already adjudicated his ineffecti… |
| 24-5616 |
Craig Bernard Kerry v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-23 |
Denied |
competency-examination ineffective-assistance mental-health-issues petition-timeliness trial-court-error |
Whether the trial court erred by determining that Mr. Kerry's petition was untimely and whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a… |
| 24-5464 |
Jeromy Schiedenhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-05 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance trial-counsel |
Whether Texas counsel fails to adequately challenge insufficient evidence and provide ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of U.S. Constitut… |
| 24A240 |
George L. Fields v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-05 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-right exhaustion-requirement ineffective-assistance jury-instructions procedural-default strickland-standard |
Whether a state court's denial of a prisoner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims constitutes a violation of due process when the claims involve… |
| 24-5308 |
Charles Grover Brant v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
capital-case certificate-of-appealability collateral-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard |
Whether a federal circuit court is patently wrong in denying a Certificate of Appealability in a capital case where a state habeas petitioner identifi… |
| 24-5309 |
Andrew R. Allred v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure death-penalty ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health-evaluation mitigation-testimony sixth-amendment |
Whether Mr. Allred's convictions and death sentences are unconstitutional due to receiving ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial in violation… |
| 24-5168 |
Edward Nicholas Reeder v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability court-order final-order habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure motion-disposition motion-to-withdraw-plea plea-withdrawal trial-counsel voluntary-dismissal |
Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to object and request that the lower court to address the disposition of Reeder's motion to withdraw plea by… |
| 24-5153 |
Jonathan Godwin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-26 |
Denied |
appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-rule-60(b) constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit final-order habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-ruling rule-60b standards-of-review timeliness |
Whether Petitioner's Rule 60(b) Motion for Relief from judgment filed within a year of the denial of his Habeas Petition timely? |
| 24-5127 |
Lamar Z. Brooks v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
28-usc-2253c certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa constitutional-review eleventh-circuit federal-court-litigation federal-habeas habeas-corpus miller-el-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' pro forma, nonindividualized, blanket denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) complies with the … |
| 24-5104 |
Anthony Mungin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
appeals-court district-court due-process federal-appeals federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard statute-of-limitations |
Whether the prohibition on a federal district court's ability to dismiss a federal habeas corpus petition on statute of limitations grounds without af… |
| 24-5057 |
Isaiah L. Dunbar v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-11 |
Denied |
antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus postconviction |
Whether an applicant can raise state postconviction claims that are procedurally barred in federal habeas review under the Antiterrorism and Effective… |
| 24A12 |
Andrew R. Allred v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-review death-penalty eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus postconviction section-2254 |
Whether a death-sentenced inmate's habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was improperly denied by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, poten… |
| 23A1164 |
Charles Grover Brant v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability death-penalty eleventh-circuit first-degree-murder habeas-corpus post-conviction |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a Certificate of Appealability for a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a stat… |
| 23-7814 |
James Harmon, III v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
Denied |
8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction juvenile-justice parole sentencing |
Whether sentences of life without parole, as applied to juvenile offenders, violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment… |
| 23-7729 |
Lee Antwan Johnson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure court-review findings-of-fact judicial-procedure legal-standard lower-court standard-of-review |
What is the proper standard of review to be employed by a reviewing court examining a lower court's findings of fact? |
| 23A1106 |
Lamar Z. Brooks v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-11 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability death-penalty eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus hurst-v-florida section-2254 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit improperly denied a Certificate of Appealability for a state prisoner's federal habeas corpus petition challenging his mu… |
| 23A1088 |
Anthony Mungin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-review criminal-procedure death-penalty habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance trial-counsel |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit applied an unreasonable standard in evaluating claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in a death penalty case involv… |
| 23-7563 |
Sanford Benjamin Gloster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-28 |
Denied |
aedpa brady-doctrine brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process giglio-doctrine habeas-corpus procedural-default |
Does the admission of false evidence constitute Giglio/Brady violations under Due Process Clause |
| 23A1053 |
Jeromy Schiedenhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Presumed Complete |
circuit-court federal-courts habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief state-conviction writ-petition |
Whether the federal courts improperly denied a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging a state court conviction and sentence |
| 23-7470 |
Christopher L. Takhvar v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-15 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process edwards-v-arizona ex-post-facto fundamental-rights habeas-corpus retroactive-criminalization slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the denial of a Certificate of Appealability violates the established 'Slack v. McDaniel' standard to determine a substantial showing of the d… |
| 23M93 |
John David Wilson, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-22 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 23-7257 |
Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice premeditated-murder self-defense use-of-force witness-testimony |
Whether the jury used unreasonable facts to prove a premeditated design |
| 23A914 |
William Ted Holliday v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-12 |
Presumed Complete |
circuit-court federal-appellate habeas-corpus mandate-recall post-conviction prisoner-rights |
Whether a state prisoner's motion to recall a mandate constitutes a cognizable legal claim for federal habeas corpus relief |
| 23-7058 |
James E. Palmer v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
aedpa civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-remedies |
Whether the denial of a state prisoner's constitutional right to the writ of habeas corpus permits equitable tolling of the AEDPA statute of limitatio… |
| 23A808 |
James E. Palmer v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 23-6752 |
Patrick W. Wharen, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-law jurisdictional-prerequisites miller-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied federal law |
| 23-6737 |
Anthony F. Wainwright v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-13 |
Denied |
attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60b |
Whether habeas counsel's unsworn representations can rebut a petitioner's allegation of dishonesty |
| 23-6713 |
Tai A. Pham v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell supreme-court-standards witness-impeachment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal's analysis of Tai A. Pham's application for a certificate of appealability conflicts with the relevant st… |
| 23-6650 |
Pablo Guzman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
appellate-review constitutional-prejudice federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus jury-instruction lockhart-precedent lockhart-v-fretwell prejudice state-court-decision supreme-court-precedent |
Does Lockhart v. Fretwell prevent federal habeas corpus relief despite prejudice when Supreme Court precedent at trial was not clearly inconsistent wi… |
| 23A707 |
Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Presumed Complete |
certiorari-petition constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the standard for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in denying the petitioner… |
| 23-6459 |
Alan Osterhoudt, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
28-usc-2253 5th-amendment certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals criminal-procedure fifth-amendment law-enforcement-comment mistrial-motion self-incrimination |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his Fifth Ame… |
| 23-6363 |
Matthew Reid Hinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
competent-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Does an attorney's failure to investigate, interview witnesses, and discuss defenses before advising a guilty plea violate the Sixth Amendment's right… |
| 23A586 |
Anthony F. Wainwright v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
certiorari civil-procedure death-penalty eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sixty-b |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner may seek relief under Civil Procedure Rule 60(b) to reopen a judgment dismissing his habeas corpus proceedings |
| 23A588 |
Justin Willis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-right habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-challenges strickland-standard |
Whether trial counsel's failure to object to a limitation on peremptory challenges constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the Strickland … |
| 23-6238 |
William Jarvis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
confrontation confrontation-clause due-process effective-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment third-party-guilt |
Whether the Fifth Amendment right to be free from the compulsion to make self-incriminating statements includes the right to not be required to provid… |
| 23-6226 |
Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process ex-post-facto-law federal-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus state-court-misconduct state-law trial-errors |
When will a state's 'substantive law' be applied in a federal court? |
| 23A453 |
Alan Osterhoudt, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-court-adjudication |
Whether a federal habeas court may grant relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 when state court adjudications fail to provide a full and fair review of a crim… |
| 23-6007 |
Daniel A. Rocha v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-14 |
Denied |
collateral-review constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance procedural-rules time-limitations |
Does Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 358 (1968), and its progeny, require a state court to advise an indigent defendant of the procedural rules and ti… |
| 23-5916 |
Steven Richard Taylor v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process expert-testimony frye-standard frye-test ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation right-to-counsel |
Was Petitioner prejudiced by trial counsel's failure to move for adversarial testing of the State's novel DNA testing and statistics under Frye v. Uni… |
| 23A332 |
Charles J. Lawn, Jr. v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-13 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5723 |
James Daryl West v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-05 |
Denied |
circuit-opinion civil-procedure civil-rights claim-dismissal due-process factual-assertion habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-error ninth-circuit prisoner-rights standing |
whether-the-eleventh-circuit-court-of-appeals-erred-in-dismissing-the-petitioner's-complaint |
| 23A295 |
Pablo Guzman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-04 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5620 |
Margaret A. Allen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit flouted this Court's relevant decisions and precedent by declining to even grant a certificate of appealability regarding… |
| 23-5563 |
Christopher John Derting v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
circuit-court-conflict due-process federal-review habeas-corpus keeney-v-tamayo-reyes post-conviction-review strickland strickland-claim townsend-v-sain vicks-v-bunnell |
Can the District Court ignore the views of this Court stated in Lovell v. Duffey pertaining to 2254 (d) (2) claims, which should focus on what State C… |
| 23A229 |
Richard Summerall v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-11 |
Presumed Complete |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-prisoner |
Whether a prisoner's right to adequate access to legal resources and law library facilities is violated when institutional lockdowns and heavy caseloa… |
| 23A215 |
Steven Richard Taylor v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5418 |
Billy Noel Catherwood v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-23 |
Denied |
appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-circuit national-emergency public-defender standing state-corrections time-extension victim-impact |
Did the Mid. Dis. of FL y. U.S. Ct. of App. err (in not following Supreme Court Order allowing 180-day extension of time for filing federal habeas cor… |
| 23A141 |
Christopher John Derting v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-17 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5289 |
Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pleadings sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence |
Is it a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process to allow a conviction to stand where some of the elements of the crime were not est… |
| 23A24 |
Margaret A. Allen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus postconviction-relief state-conviction |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit applied the correct standard for granting a certificate of appealability in a federal habeas corpus proceeding challengin… |
| 23A19 |
Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 23-5026 |
Isaiah L. Dunbar v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-03 |
Denied |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing |
Whether the denial by the U.S. Court of Appeals of Petitioner's Sixth Amendment due process claim was proper |
| 22-7774 |
Duane E. Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis forensic-evidence trial-procedure |
Does the court's need a second analyst to testifies, to the first analyst opinion containing veracious of petitioner's finger print? |
| 22M117 |
Micah Lamb v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-7628 |
Robert Earl Gorham v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-24 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a state court adjudication of the prejudice prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is 'contrary to' Strickland v. Washington |
| 22-7598 |
Larry Donahill Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-19 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights |
| 22-7555 |
Tyrell Rakeem Mobley v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
actual-innocence civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus manifest-injustice standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to manifest injustice |
| 22-7564 |
Victor Wilson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
11th-circuit 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment speedy-trial |
Can a 11th Circuit Court sua sponte deny a defendant's or petitioner's constitutional right to a public speedy trial |
| 22A983 |
Duane E. Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-1059 |
Jorge Marc Gonzalez-Betancourt v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-03 |
Denied |
civil-forfeiture collateral-estoppel controlled-substances double-jeopardy exhaustion fifth-amendment ruan-v-united-states state-prosecution |
Is Florida violating federal rights of its prisoners by preventing a defendant from arguing collateral-estoppel, claiming-exhaustion? |
| 22-7331 |
Maria Navarro-Martin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution perjury standing |
Whether the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, where the petitioner alleges the use of perjured evidence and a malicious prosecution, vio… |
| 22-1000 |
William Casiano v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability contemporaneous-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-bargaining strickland-prejudice |
Whether the rule in Lee v. United States applies to cases involving the rejection of plea offers |
| 22-7225 |
Andrew Michael Gomez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-04-06 |
Denied |
constitutional-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining presumption-of-innocence trial-court |
whether-trial-court-required-to-inquire-into-factual-basis-of-guilty-plea |
| 22-6868 |
Billy Leon Kearse v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-27 |
Denied |
counsel-performance due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-strategy sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's analysis of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims fails to protect the Sixth-Amendment-right-to-effective-assistance… |
| 22-686 |
Crosley Alexander Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-24 |
Denied |
admissibility AEDPA brady-v-maryland brady-violation comity constitutional-exhaustion federal-appellate-review federalism habeas-corpus prosecutorial-disclosure state-court-deference state-court-factfinding |
Whether a federal habeas court can redefine a state court claim to conclude it was not properly exhausted |
| 22-6593 |
Steven C. Heiser v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability certiorari-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus limitations-defense party-presentation statute-of-limitations sua-sponte |
Did the district court abuse its discretion when it sua sponte dismissed Heiser's habeas petition by overriding the state's deliberate waiver of the l… |
| 22A643 |
Billy Leon Kearse v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-6406 |
William James Truesdale v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-28 |
Denied |
appellate-filing-fee certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit filing-fee habeas-corpus pro-se-petition standing |
Whether petitioner Truesdale owes the District Court Clerk the docketing and filing fee in order to obtain a Certificate of Appealability |
| 22-6268 |
David Miller, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mental-illness statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit denied the petitioner due process by denying a certificate of appealability on alternative procedural grounds not conside… |
| 22A500 |
Thomas J. Profetto v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-06 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22A481 |
Crosley Alexander Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-6133 |
David Priester v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
anders-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights right-to-counsel sentencing-mitigation voluntariness waiver-of-counsel |
Question not identified |
| 22A448 |
Micah Lamb v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-6089 |
Heeralall Puran v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-17 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus math-mistake time-limitation untimely-petition |
Whether Petitioner Puran Is Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability on the Question Whether Equitable Tolling Should Apply to Permit an Untimely Ha… |
| 22A348 |
William James Truesdale v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5888 |
Manolo Martinez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing franks-v-delaware habeas-corpus probable-cause |
Whether Petitioner was denied his U.S. Constitutional rights to due process |
| 22-5864 |
David Rodriguez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
appellate-proceeding certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-review motion-denial standing |
Whether a single circuit court judge may deny a motion for certificate of appealability under Fed. R. App. P. 27(c)? |
| 22A323 |
Mark W. Benoit v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5727 |
Antonio Garrett v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-30 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction section-2254 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Garrett a certificate of appealability on his 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 habeas claim of in… |
| 22-5684 |
Victor Gavillan Martinez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment warrantless-search |
Whether Petitioner's Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment Rights to the United States Constitution Require this Court to vacate Petitioner's convic… |
| 22-5694 |
Jonathan Lopez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review judiciary public-confidence standing |
Whether a criminal defendant is required to prove an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim on the face of the record? |
| 22A257 |
David Miller v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-239 |
Krishna Maharaj v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
28-usc-2244 appellate-review court-of-appeals evidence evidence-consideration federal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar successive-petition |
Whether a district court is jurisdictionally barred from considering evidence supporting a claim in a second or successive habeas petition that the co… |
| 22A93 |
Krishna Maharaj v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-03 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22M12 |
Shannon Copeland v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5210 |
Travis Louis Shaw v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance jury-trial reasonable-doubt strickland-v-washington us-constitution |
Whether Petitioner should be granted a Certificate of Appealability |
| 22-5115 |
Michael Kennedy v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-15 |
Denied |
consent constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-consent due-process fourteenth-amendment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Does the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require that before a trial counsel can concede a defendant's guilt, trial counsel must first consult with th… |
| 22-5071 |
Daniel Toney v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-12 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment circumstantial-evidence due-process evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment habitual-offender ineffective-assistance montgomery sixth-amendment |
Whether Petitioner's 6th and 14th Amendment rights to due process are being violated by denying claims based on assumption and not facts |
| 22-5035 |
Irving Lisboa-Cupely v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-05 |
Denied |
5th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice plain-error |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court denied due process of the law under the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by failing to issue a certificate of… |
| 22M2 |
Raymond Torres v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-30 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-8228 |
Angel Daniel Caraballo v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-24 |
Denied |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health sworn-testimony |
Whether defendant is entitled to a competency hearing |
| 21-8160 |
Jamie M. Coffey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
14th-amendment appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process griffith-v-kentucky judicial-precedent retroactive-application retroactivity |
Do the State and Federal courts violate a petitioner's 14th Amendment Right to due process when they decline to apply a new rule governing a criminal … |
| 21-8090 |
Angelo C. Pearson, II v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-08 |
Denied |
constitutional-claim constitutional-claims equitable-remedies equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-review plain-error procedural-default state-prisoner |
Whether 'extraordinary circumstances' are present when a state prisoner's record shows a constitutional error that meets the federal 'plain error' sta… |
| 21A796 |
Michael Kennedy v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7920 |
Jimmy Lee Wheeler v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard structural-error |
Whether Thin Court Will Cobh, Hat 2 Mant Peet injudiiee. has heen Crrtumven%e d by The lower Courts and Also been diste garde d by The Appellate | Cou… |
| 21A719 |
Jamie M. Coffey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7760 |
William James Siskos v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-02 |
Denied |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fraud fraud-prevention judicial-process misconduct misrepresentation pro-se-litigants |
Did the Supreme Court err in holding that the federal courts have the right and the duty to protect themselves from fraud, misrepresentation and misco… |
| 21-7605 |
Lwane A. Mansell v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2254 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights discovery-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-bar sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the district court erred in denying claim one of the petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as procedurally barred |
| 21A588 |
Adrian Francis Williams v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-08 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21A570 |
Arseles Miller v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7456 |
Robert Earl Rowles v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing florida-law ineffective-assistance outcome-of-proceeding post-conviction reasonable-probability right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strategic-decision |
Whether a Petitioner who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole is denied his constitutional rights to counsel where counsel's r… |
| 21A552 |
Daniel Toney v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21A538 |
Andrew Michael Gomez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7255 |
James Robert Hope v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence jurisdiction jury-instructions mistrial prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct standing |
Whether the lower courts erred in finding that Mr. Hope was not prejudiced by mistrial counters due to his failure to object to the trial court's lack… |
| 21-7052 |
Lewis Taylor, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing meaningful-opportunity parole parole-eligibility rehabilitation-consideration sentencing solem-v-helm |
Whether a 129-year sentence for a non-homicide offense committed as a juvenile violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punish… |
| 21-7018 |
Jose Fuentes v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
character-evidence criminal-procedure deposition due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense medical-records subpoena trial-counsel witness-testimony |
Was counsel's failure to subpoena an important witness considered ineffective assistance of trial counsel? |
| 21A370 |
Eugene Staffine v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-6938 |
David Charles Sussman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Florida |
2022-01-24 |
Denied |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process filing-restrictions pro-se suspension-clause |
Does the Fla. court's imposition of an all-inclusive, total pro se filing bar violate the Suspension Clause of U.S. Const., Art. I, sec. 9? |
| 21M71 |
Gary Leonard Clair v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-19 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-6869 |
Edward Oberwise v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
actual-innocence certiorari constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court state-court-procedure successive-petition |
Should the Court use its power to grant certiorari to a noncapital state court defendant who has no other available forum to raise a compelling claim … |
| 21-6802 |
Tarvis Wilson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
attorney-representation constitutional-error due-process fraud-practice fraud-upon-court fundamental-error judicial-misconduct manifest-injustice misrepresentation plea-change show-cause-order |
Is it fraud practice upon the Court when an Assistant State Attorney misrepresents the facts of a Petitioner's Motion in their Response to a show caus… |
| 21A257 |
Tarvis Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21M51 |
Sam Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-29 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-6187 |
James E. Lyons v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief sixth-amendment |
Whether the circuit court of appeals should hear and rule upon petitioner's certificate of appealability that was denied and alleged that trial counse… |
| 21-5959 |
Darwin J. Fifield, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
civil-rights coerced-statement counsel-ineffectiveness due-process excessive-force fifth-amendment fourth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement self-representation sixth-amendment |
Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later stat… |
| 21-5862 |
Micah Lamb v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Rehearing |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-on-the-court government-corruption ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct standing |
Whether the U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's claims of 'fraud on the court'… |
| 21-5741 |
Jonathan Godwin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-21 |
Denied |
28-usc-2253 abandonment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-claims district-court habeas-corpus procedural-ruling procedural-rulings slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether an applicant must demonstrate both the debatability of constitutional claims and the debatability of procedural rulings to obtain a certificat… |
| 21-5513 |
Christopher Seckington v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
chapman-v-united-states constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-trafficking eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment urine-testing |
Question not identified |
| 21-5509 |
Luther McKiver v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-27 |
Denied |
14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit fourteenth-amendment judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit entered a decision that misapplies the precedent of this Court and as a result, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fo… |
| 21-5440 |
Joseph Augustus Dixon v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-23 |
Denied |
60(b) civil-procedure death-of-mother federal-habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-relief medication procedural-motion rule-60b untimely-filing |
Whether the Federal Reviewing Courts abused their discretion in denying Petitioner's F.R.C.P. 60(b) |
| 21M16 |
Jerry Means v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-176 |
David J. Tatara v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus judgment-of-acquittal mens-rea superseding-information |
Does a conviction of a crime submitted to the jury through a superseding information filed after jeopardy attached and after the court granted judgmen… |
| 21-5243 |
Charles Givens v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-29 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process standard-of-review unelaborated-opinion |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in issuing an unelaborated opinion denying a certificate of appealability after denial of a COA by… |
| 21-5253 |
John David Wilson, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-29 |
Dismissed |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the imposition of an enhanced sentence under Florida's 10-20-life statute |
| 21-5237 |
Taurice Leonard Brown v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-review jury-selection merits-decision sixth-amendment supremacy-clause |
Whether the Florida courts are refusing to consider Sixth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by not treating such claims as decisio… |
| 21-5155 |
Michael Wayne Shellito v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-21 |
Denied |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion postconviction-proceedings standard-of-review |
Whether the petitioner has demonstrated that jurists of reason could disagree with the federal courts' resolution of his constitutional claims or that… |
| 20-8442 |
Luckner Pierre v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
access-to-court certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process language-assistance language-barrier mental-competency miranda-rights procedural-due-process standing waiver-of-rights |
whether-the-u.s.-court-of-appeal-for-the-11th-circuit-denied-the-petitioner-his-procedural-due-process-right-and-access-to-court |
| 20-1754 |
Lawrence Joey Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions prosecutorial-argument prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt |
Is it objectionable for a prosecutor to argue to the jury that a lack of evidence does not give rise to a reasonable doubt? |
| 20-8339 |
John David Wilson, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 20-8305 |
Gersu Guisao v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceeding martinez-v-ryan material-witnesses new-evidence newly-discovered-evidence procedural-standard |
Did the initial review collateral counsel breach his fiduciary duty by waiving three of four claims that included critical expert and material witness… |
| 20-8276 |
Joel Barcelona v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-10 |
Denied |
8th-amendment administrative-refusal civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation due-process healthcare-access medical-needs medical-rights statutory-rights |
Whether the respondents acted with deliberate indifference when they refused to authorize payments for a hearing aid, a medically necessary device to … |
| 20-8175 |
Timothy Alan Marr v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-28 |
Denied |
violating Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Right constitutional-rights due-process federal-question fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus petition statutory-interpretation untimely-filing |
Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court |
| 20-8042 |
Jorge Cervantes v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-17 |
Denied |
due-process evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-determination postconviction-relief standard-of-review state-court-findings strickland |
Did the trial court use the incorrect standard to review the issues and thus incorrectly apply the fact to the law under Strickland? |
| 20-8025 |
Thomas L. Fast v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-14 |
Denied |
appellate-review cold-war cold-war-claims conflict-of-holdings due-process extraordinary-miscarriage-of-justice federal-officer procedural-default structural-due-process structural-rights |
Was the appellate court's orders supporting the lower court's decision's conflict with Supreme Court and appellate court's holdings violate the Petiti… |
| 20-7897 |
Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-29 |
Denied |
2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement |
| 20-7720 |
Corey Denard Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
civil-procedure constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-rules sentencing standing state-court-procedure |
Are Ferecal Couels Allowed fo Tatecfees with pendine Stete Couet PROCEEDINGS |
| 20A154 |
Micah Lamb v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-02 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 20-7367 |
Sherwood Laran Bostic v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
circuit-court constitutional-right constitutional-rights counsel due-process evidentiary-hearing post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel state-court-proceedings state-proceeding |
Did the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal err when it denied (COA) status on the point raised that the U.S. District Court erred when it sustained that pet… |
| 20-7248 |
Jonathan Lee Page v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
constitutional-law court-limitation criminal-procedure independent-act ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-objection primary-offense primary-offenses trial-procedure |
Whether counsel was ineffective when he failed to timely object to the lower court expressly limiting the independent act jury instruction to the prim… |
| 20-7182 |
Anton Tuomi v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest faretta-rights faretta-v-california guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel waiver-of-rights |
Whether the petitioner was denied his right to counsel |
| 20-6796 |
Simon A. Sanchez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-07 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure deadly-weapon due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions |
Whether Trial Counsel failure to object a factual withholding with Guilty modifications in two (Pharenteticals) of Jury instructions, prevented Juror'… |
| 20-6530 |
Jamel Mobley v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
appellate-preservation appellate-process constitutional-ineffectiveness fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-trial-standard right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
Whether trial counsel can be constitutionally ineffective under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) for failing to preserve an issue for pur… |
| 20-6485 |
Qinard Lamar Collins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
actual-innocence circuit-split due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus medical-evidence shaken-baby-syndrome statutory-interpretation |
Whether a freestanding claim of actual innocence is cognizable in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding in a case where the prosecution's theory was based on … |
| 20-6349 |
Larry D. Odum v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims |
| 20-6361 |
Robert L. Davis v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-review standing weight-of-evidence |
Whether the weight of the evidence supports the defendant-petitioner's claim that counsel lied about a material issue, resulting in ineffective assist… |
| 20-6208 |
Ira L. Jackson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
appeals civil-rights constitutional-due-process counsel-representation district-court-writ due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion procedural-errors standing |
Whether the Elevant Circuit was in error when it failed to grant the certificate of appealability |
| 20-6135 |
Justin Mertis Barber v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Barber's motion for leave to file a motion for a certificate of appealability |
| 20-6065 |
Delmar Reinheimer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act collateral-consequences collateral-consequences-of-conviction exhaustion-doctrine failure-to-advise federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Under the Sixth Amendment and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), is a claim of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel regarding col… |
| 20-5719 |
Efrain Camarill Cruz v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-16 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability double-jeopardy federal-jurisdiction guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-illness plea-bargaining |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability |
| 20-5647 |
Robert William Moynihan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-injustice constitutional-manifest-injustice exceptional-circumstances federal-courts judicial-power legal-remedy procedural-default standing |
Whether the petitioner, as a matter of law, who has presented clear and convincing evidence demonstrating a constitutional injustice, is entitled to a… |
| 20-5625 |
Ricky Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review |
Whether the Court of Appeals employed the correct legal standard in determining that the Petitioner was not entitled to the issuance of a certificate … |
| 20-5641 |
Steven Turbi v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
appeals appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights counsel-performance due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-standard strickland |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Petitioner's claims regarding allegations of counsel being ineffective according to t… |
| 20-5460 |
Keith L. Calvin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-28 |
Denied |
aedpa antiterrorism-act civil-rights due-process federal-petition habeas-corpus post-conviction state-prisoner statute-of-limitations time-limitation |
Whether the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) requires a state prisoner seeking federal habeas corpus relief to file his federal p… |
| 20-5492 |
Ray Lamar Johnston v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-25 |
Denied |
appellate-review caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment constitutional-claims death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus hurst-v-florida ineffective-assistance jury-instructions procedural-default |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit should have remanded or expanded the appeal |
| 20-5421 |
Doved Ben Downer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
charging-document criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-possession due-process information-charging legal-sufficiency racketeering statutory-interpretation |
Whether simple possession under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(a) is a legally permissible racketeering predicate incident under Fla. Stat. §§ 895.02(1)(a), 8… |
| 20-5354 |
Johnnie Lee Jordan, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-14 |
Denied |
2254-petition brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process giglio-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether pro se litigants can be sentenced to a natural life sentence because of Giglio-and-Brady-violations |
| 20-5316 |
Tyrone Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-11 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim discretionary-review due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus standing |
Whether the Federal District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims contrary to Supreme Court precedent |
| 20-5192 |
Scott Allan Moser v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
appellate-counsel federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel invited-error-doctrine martinez-framework martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment |
Whether procedurally defaulted claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are excusable under the framework established by Martinez v. Ryan |