| 24-7096 |
Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2025-04-29 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-jury sixth-amendment |
Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts violate a criminal defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights |
| 24-7059 |
Dennis L. Magee v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2025-04-23 |
Denied |
aggravated-rape constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-jury sixth-amendment |
Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts in aggravated rape cases violate a defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights |
| 24-6949 |
Kendrick Christmas v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-09 |
Denied |
district-attorney equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se supervisory-writ warden |
Whether Kendrick Christmas's federal writ of habeas corpus is entitled to equitable tolling during the time he filed for supervisory writs in the Loui… |
| 24-6940 |
Tam Q. Le v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-08 |
Denied |
allen-charge constitutional-rights fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-jury sixth-amendment |
Whether the trial court committed reversible error by providing an Allen charge to a deadlocked jury and whether Mr. Le was convicted by a non-unanimo… |
| 24-6856 |
Curtis Hawthorne v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-26 |
Denied |
constitutional-issue judicial-review legal-jurisdiction pro-se-petition state-courts supreme-court-review |
Whether conflicting state court decisions on a constitutional issue warrant Supreme Court review |
| 24-6225 |
Dennis Mischler v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-02 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit habeas-corpus sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit deprived Mischler of Due Process by failing to afford an evidentiary hearing on disputed facts when no hearing was provided … |
| 24-460 |
Corey Miller v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals life-without-parole racial-prejudice supervisory-power |
Whether the Court of Appeals' repeated misapplication of the standard for issuing a certificate of appealability warrants the Court's supervisory inte… |
| 24-5357 |
Peter Mule v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-21 |
Denied |
federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-defect subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment |
Whether a court's judgment is void under FRCP 60(b)(4) when jurisdiction is lacking or improperly exercised |
| 24-5254 |
Edward Keith Johnson, Jr. v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-08 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5188 |
Patrick Wilson v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trials non-unanimous-jury second-degree-murder sixth-amendment state-courts |
Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts in state criminal trials violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution |
| 24-5179 |
Forrest Hammond v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
civil-liberties commutation criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review pardon state-court |
Whether the commutation of Petitioner's sentence to time-served ending his state custody before his pending federal habeas corpus application was adju… |
| 23-7533 |
Chadwick Wright v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-procedure standing state-collateral-proceedings state-law |
Does the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution mandate the appointment of counsel by indigent prisoners in state collateral proceedin… |
| 23-7379 |
Michael Hebert v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Denied |
brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidence evidence-contamination fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment |
Whether the lower court erred in denying COA on the claim of prosecutorial misconduct |
| 23-7157 |
Roy R. Dixon v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection precedents statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection precedents |
| 23-6932 |
Tremond Thomas v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
coerced-waiver confession-suppression due-process-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation involuntary-confession juvenile-interrogation juvenile-rights police-questioning right-to-counsel right-to-cut-off-questioning |
Whether a juvenile's right to stop an interrogation is violated when the interrogator refuses and insists that the questioning continues |
| 23-6931 |
Darrell Tillery v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
aggravated-rape constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial non-unanimous-jury sexual-battery sixth-amendment |
Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 23-6661 |
Justin Granier v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-02 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254(d) circuit-court-split circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus implied-bias judicial-bias statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has created a split in the Circuit Courts on this issue of implied-bias |
| 23-6630 |
Terry L. Terry v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Denied |
criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia molestation sexual-assault statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence victim-testimony |
Did the state court unreasonably apply Jackson v. Virginia when it determined that evidence presented at trial was sufficient to sustain Terry's convi… |
| 23-6563 |
Justin Taylor v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-standing procedural-challenge remand standing state-court supreme-court void-proceedings |
Whether the lower court must investigate and resolve jurisdiction if raised by a party |
| 23-6380 |
Noel Austin v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-amendment due-process federal-preemption jurisdiction jurisdictional-barriers standing state-law supreme-court-review |
Whether the lower state court's deliberate transgression of jurisdictional barriers imposed by the 14th Amendment should be addressed |
| 23-5801 |
Jeffery Ducote v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-testify sixth-amendment |
Whether Mr. Ducote's 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights were violated when his right to testify was taken from him |
| 23-5080 |
Brandon Tate v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
civil-rights discriminatory-impact due-process federal-questions jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court had proper jurisdiction |
| 23-5043 |
Coby Quinton Ceaser v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance jackson-standard jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense right-to-testify trial-fairness |
Can the Jackson standard be satisfied when relevant, material, and appreciable evidence is impermissibly kept from the jury? |
| 22-7767 |
Wesley Sinclair Ricks v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing |
| 22A759 |
Byron S. Lloyd v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-6780 |
Anthony LeMarcus Larkins v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-14 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 22-6546 |
Arty Marcel v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-17 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof constitutional-error fair-trial improper-amendment-of-bill-of-information ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense other-crimes-evidence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
whether-mr-marcel-was-denied-right-to-fair-trial |
| 22-6415 |
Richard Bethely v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 22-6357 |
Clifton Raye v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Was Petitioner's rights under 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution violated when trial counsel was ineffective? |
| 22-5909 |
Timmy Doucet v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
brady-material criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Insufficient evidence to convict beyond reasonable doubt |
| 22-5825 |
Ahmed R. Morning v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-14 |
Denied |
constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction ramos-v-louisiana retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-review |
Whether the State trial court erred by imposing an unconstitutionally harsh and excessive sentence? |
| 22-5755 |
Ervin Carter v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-04 |
Denied |
constitution constitutional-protection court-transfer federal-preemption judicial-review jurisdiction lower-court state-law transfer |
Whether this Honorable United States Supreme Court 'must' investigate and resolve jurisdiction if raised by one of the petitioning party(ies) to the l… |
| 22-5579 |
William Baham v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
14th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance state-action supremacy-clause |
Whether the 14th Amendment imposes upon the States of Louisiana the obligation to refrain from systemic, purposeful deprivations of substantive federa… |
| 22-5268 |
Anthony Peters v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-03 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus limitations-defense petition-dismissal procedural-timeliness state-court-review state-courts timeliness |
Whether a federal court lacks authority, on its own initiative, to dismiss a habeas petition as untimely, once the State's highest court has answered … |
| 21-8266 |
Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
affidavit civil-procedure court-filing declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-proceeding poverty prisoner-rights |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements |
| 21-8205 |
Bobby Charles Byrd v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
aggravated-flight constitutional-rights due-process false-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice sixth-amendment |
whether-mr-byrd-was-denied-effective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel |
| 21-7995 |
Joseph Kurz v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-27 |
Denied |
constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ex-post-facto fifth-circuit fourteenth-amendment reasonable-jurists sixth-amendment |
Whether reasonable jurists would determine there was sufficient evidence to support convictions |
| 21-7869 |
Timothy Thibodeaux v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause confrontation-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment pro-se-petition sixth-amendment |
whether-mr-thibodeaux's-conviction-was-obtained-in-violation-of-the-sixth-and-fourteenth-amendments |
| 21-7637 |
Marecellus Adams v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Did trial counsel violate Adams's right to choose the objective of his defense when he conceded guilt over his express objection? |
| 21-7370 |
Dante Leon Milon v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-counsel judicial-misconduct jury-misconduct mistrial recusal trial-errors witness-testimony |
Question not identified |
| 21-7235 |
Wesley S. Ricks v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
capital-offense capital-offenses criminal-procedure due-process joinder-of-offenses non-capital-offenses procedural-safeguards state-constitution trial-rights |
Whether Capital and NonCapital Offenses may be Joinder of Offenses for Trial? |
| 21-7150 |
Michael Cameron v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-17 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification misidentification right-to-defense right-to-present-defense showup-lineup suggestive-lineup witness-identification |
Did the trial court err in allowing the uncorroborated showup identifications at Cameron's trial? |
| 21-6512 |
Jason Kiger v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
capital-offense constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial legislative-amendment legislative-power sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation unanimous-verdict |
Can Louisiana's 1997 and 1998 legislative amendments to La. 14:42 (C) and (D) qualify, absent a constitutional amendment, as the attendant provision n… |
| 21-5452 |
Elliot Joseph v. Daniel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-23 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel miranda-v-arizona strickland-v-washington |
Whether the lower courts incorrectly found petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus failed to demonstrate a substantial showing of the denial o… |