| 25-6754 |
Kendrick Simpson v. Christe Quick, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-02-09 |
Denied |
eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young federal-civil-rights rooker-feldman section-1983 state-procedural-rule |
Whether Rooker-Feldman and the Eleventh Amendment jurisdictionally bar a § 1983 challenge to a state procedural rule announced in a state court decisi… |
| 25-6609 |
Roger Hoan Brady v. Sircoya M. Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
batson-challenge certificate-of-appealability judicial-error procedural-default racial-discrimination voir-dire |
1. In light of the missing voir dire transcript, did the U.S. District Court erred when it held that Petitioner's Batson claim was procedurally defaul… |
| 25-6379 |
Kevin Ogden v. George Stephenson, Warden, et al. |
New Mexico |
2025-12-16 |
Pending |
constitutional-rights corrections-department disciplinary-procedures double-jeopardy legal-process witness-treatment |
Does the State of N.M. practice illegal Law violating the N.M. Corrections Department and its facilities?
Does the State of N.M. commit fraud by fili… |
| 25A689 |
Edward Allen Moore v. Gregory Hancock, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-11 |
Application |
certificate-of-appealability court-access eighth-circuit habeas-corpus prison-library pro-se-litigation |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6261 |
Joshua Adam Schulte v. D. Baysore, Warden, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-01 |
Denied |
None |
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| 25-6248 |
Nathan David Black v. Ryan Flores, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-26 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction protection-order |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6025 |
Ledale Nathan v. Heather Cofer, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-11-04 |
Denied |
None |
Mr. Nathan was sixteen years old at the time of his crimes. He was certified as an adult and tried for first degree murder and related offenses. He wa… |
| 25-6018 |
Wayne Taylor, III v. Dao Vang, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-03 |
Denied |
None |
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| 25-6005 |
Sean D. Jones v. Kelly Strong, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Denied |
inmate-rights medical-indifference negligence prison-healthcare standard-of-care treatment-delay |
(1) Did the failure by NP Tenorio ,failure to assure that the pl
aintiff , Jones ,was seen by a specialist ,when the medication of
which Tenorio had … |
| 25-5995 |
Vernon Montgomery v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-30 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5983 |
Maurice Cruz-Webster v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-29 |
Denied |
criminal-justice due-process evidentiary-standard police-testimony victim-declaration witness-statement |
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| 25-5906 |
Alfredo Ramon Cerda v. W. Z. Jenkins, II, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-16 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights extradition-treaty international-law mexico-us-relations speedy-trial treaty-interpretation |
Whether the government is prohibited from extraditing a person to Mexico under Article 7 of the U.S. Mexico Extradition Treaty, when the prosecution f… |
| 25-5882 |
Michael Broomer v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Denied |
None |
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| 25-5869 |
Lance Shockley v. Richard Adams, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-13 |
Denied |
death-penalty free-exercise missouri-law ramirez-precedent religious-rights spiritual-advisor |
1. Does the State of Missouri's decision to deny a condemned his choice of spiritual advisor solely on the basis of the individual's familial relation… |
| 25-5741 |
Jerome Curry v. Terri Wallace, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-26 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 25A333 |
Ledale Nathan v. Heather Cofer, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-09-23 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus pro-bono supreme-court-rule |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability in a federal habeas corpus petition improperly restricted the petitioner's right… |
| 25-5623 |
Devon Joseph Anderson v. Alicia Carver, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-12 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-conviction |
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| 25A276 |
Melvin Martinez-Guardado v. Hiromichi Kobayashi, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 25A254 |
Michael Broomer v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-09-03 |
Presumed Complete |
antiterrorism-act federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statute-of-limitations timeliness |
Whether a federal habeas petition filed by a state prisoner is timely under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations |
| 25-5524 |
Wesley Brian Earnest v. Kemsey Bowles, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-02 |
Denied |
covid-19 dna-evidence habeas-corpus legal-research pro-se procedural-time-bar |
Should pre se, incaccecated Habeas Corpus petitioners be Procedural ly time-bacced when The multi- yeac COVID-19 Pandemic created "Extenocdinary Cireu… |
| 25-5478 |
Gregory D. Crosby aka Gregory D. Cosby v. Mistelle J. Starr, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-08-27 |
Dismissed |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5356 |
Oscar Oropeza v. Hector Rios, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process witness-testimony |
Question not identified. |
| 25A150 |
Maurice Cruz-Webster v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-05 |
Presumed Complete |
cumulative-error habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard |
Whether a state court's denial of a criminal defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim constitutes an unreasonable application of clearly es… |
| 25-5236 |
Robert Annabel, II v. Sherman Campbell, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-30 |
Denied |
appellate-review fact-finding legal-standard religious-practice substantial-burden summary-judgment |
Did the Court of Appeals erroneously define what constitutes substantial burden upon religious practice and did it erroneously find impermissible bind… |
| 25-109 |
Hong Thu Nguyen v. Chris McBee, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
arson certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance insurance-fraud |
Hong Thu Nguyen was charged with arson at two of her places of business. Over objection, the state presented financial evidence that after other busin… |
| 25-5069 |
Arnold Anderson v. Terry Royal, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5042 |
Deshawn Demarcus House v. Jeff Long, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Denied |
competency-to-stand-trial criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-inquiry mental-health |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5044 |
Robert Baise, Jr. v. Phillip Mitchell, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Denied |
alabama-criminal-code conviction-enhancement criminal-procedure misdemeanor-classification presumptive-sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether Baise conviction's count 104A to 5 and a misdemeanor charge count 093. |
| 24A1224 |
Hong Thu Nguyen v. Chris McBee, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-12 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-7326 |
Desmond Alan Mackay v. Shawn Wead, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-7302 |
Sterling Atkins, Jr. v. Jeremy Bean, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance strickland-standard trial-counsel |
Can a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel be denied on the basis of an alleged failure to show what trial counsel did rather than what they fai… |
| 24A1099 |
Richard Graham, Warden, et al. v. Jeremiah Antoine Sweeney |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-7151 |
Zane Michael Floyd v. Jeremy Bean, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2025-05-06 |
Denied |
atkins-ruling capital-punishment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment intellectual-disability medical-consensus |
Whether a state may constitutionally execute a defendant who meets the strict medical standard for severe brain damage caused by fetal alcohol exposur… |
| 24-7129 |
Frank John Richard v. O'Bell T. Winn, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Denied |
civil-procedure confrontation-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment initial-disclosure pro-se-litigant |
Does Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 26(a)(1)(B)(iv) deny Initial Disclosure to incarcerated, pro se litigants, thereby rendering the Confrontation and Equal Pro… |
| 24A1048 |
Jeffrey Nines, Warden, et al. v. Charles Brandon Martin |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-04-29 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24A984 |
Zane Michael Floyd v. Jeremy Bean, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2025-04-15 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-6859 |
Cecil Ray v. Angela Phams, Warden, et al. |
Georgia |
2025-03-26 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment right-to-counsel state-courts |
Whether the Georgia State Courts violated the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights by denying access to case records for direct appeal… |
| 24A927 |
Paul K. Lacombe v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-03-26 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-6832 |
Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-25 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6802 |
Joseph Blea v. Hector Rios, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-03-21 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6726 |
Jason Krumback v. Amber Pirraglia, Acting Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-10 |
Denied |
court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus innocence-claim procedural-default sentencing-review witness-testimony |
Whether a pro se petitioner can challenge multiple procedural aspects of a habeas corpus petition and court proceedings |
| 24-6527 |
Hazhar A. Sayed v. Gilbert Caley, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-02-10 |
Denied |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-litigant self-defense |
Whether the trial court violated Mr. Saved's procedural and substantive due process rights by failing to hold a competency hearing and allowing him to… |
| 24-821 |
Richard L. Lewis v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-03 |
Denied |
appellate-counsel constitutional-challenge direct-appeal evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance |
Whether Mr. Lewis's state court appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to present obvious and significant constitutional challenges to the admi… |
| 24-809 |
Howard Goldey, Associate Warden, et al. v. Andrew Fields, III, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-01-30 |
Judgment Issued |
bivens-action constitutional-damages eighth-amendment excessive-force federal-officers judicial-remedy |
Whether an implied cause of action exists for Eighth Amendment excessive force claims against federal officers and whether the Court should reconsider… |
| 24-6313 |
Eric St. George v. Jason Lengerich, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-01-15 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness propensity-evidence |
Does the admission of unrelated weapons evidence render a criminal trial fundamentally unfair under the Fourteenth Amendment, notwithstanding prior pr… |
| 24-6297 |
Donald Sherman v. Jeremy Bean, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability discovery-rights due-process factual-findings ninth-circuit state-appellate-courts |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in failing to address Sherman's argument that the state appellate courts' factual findings were objectively unreasonable wit… |
| 24A648 |
Richard L. Lewis v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-12-31 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-challenge extraterritorial-surveillance fourth-amendment gps-tracking probable-cause search-warrant |
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits extraterritorial GPS tracking by state law enforcement without explicit statutory authorization or judicial warra… |
| 24-6145 |
Jermaine Jamaica Campbell, Sr. v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-16 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit-standard procedural-default sentencing-error |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the standard governing the grant of a certificate of appealability for a federal habeas petition… |
| 24-6014 |
Ronald Cox v. Ronald S. Weber, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-11-21 |
Denied |
appellate-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying relief for ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment by failing to recognize counsel's f… |
| 24-6007 |
Warren Dale Watson v. Dave Bergman, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-11-20 |
Denied |
faretta-guidelines judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-procedure |
Does a defendant who has previously requested and later revoked pro se representation have the right under the Sixth Amendment to later go pro se afte… |
| 24-5975 |
James Franklin Snyder v. Russell Ross, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-15 |
Dismissed |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5962 |
Preston M. Young v. Angela Phams, Warden, et al. |
Georgia |
2024-11-13 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process indictment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment |
Does a defense attorney provide effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment when he fails to challenge an indictment or pr… |
| 24-5927 |
William Dale Watson v. William Streeter, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-06 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness |
Did the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals err in affirming Watson's conviction despite alleged jurisdictional defects, inadmissible evidence, and pros… |
| 24-5841 |
Carl Javan Ross v. Carlos D. Bivens, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-29 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process evidence-fabrication judicial-misconduct law-enforcement obstruction-of-justice |
Whether law enforcement officers can be held liable for fabricating evidence and lying under oath when their actions potentially obstruct justice and … |
| 24A411 |
Donald Sherman v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-punishment eighth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a capital defendant whose underlying conviction or sentence may have been tainted by ineffecti… |
| 24-5831 |
Colby Dranoel Leonard v. Keith Cooley, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-25 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights court-procedure judicial-error legal-defect petition-review pro-se-litigation |
Whether the Federal Court erred in ordering demonstrative defects in a pro se litigant's petition alleging constitutional rights violations |
| 24-5780 |
Alex Ryle v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment habeas-corpus sentencing |
Whether multiple convictions and sentences for possessing one loaded firearm violate the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause |
| 24A344 |
Jermaine Jamaica Campbell, Jr. v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-11 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability drug-trafficking ineffective-assistance jury-finding sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to find the specific drug quantity necessary to impose a Level III drug trafficking sentence beyond a reas… |
| 24-5735 |
Robert G. Moore v. Ronald Weber, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-10 |
Denied |
district-court due-process evidentiary-ruling fourth-circuit judicial-review procedural-error |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly applied due process standards in reviewing a district court's evidentiary rulings and potential… |
| 24A338 |
Joseph Blea v. Hector Rios, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-10-09 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-violation due-process ex-post-facto retroactive-application statute-of-limitations vested-rights |
Whether the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution prohibits retroactive application of an amendatory act extending a statute of limit… |
| 24-5726 |
William Hudson v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-08 |
Denied |
digital-search fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-test warrant-particularity |
Whether digital searches of entire computer contents violate the Fourth Amendment's particularity requirement and whether ineffective assistance of co… |
| 24A326 |
James Franklin Snyder v. Glenn Armstrong, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-03 |
Presumed Complete |
appealability certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right habeas-corpus procedural-ruling slack-standard |
Whether a certificate of appealability should be granted when a petitioner fails to demonstrate that jurists of reason would find the constitutional c… |
| 24-5692 |
Jamie Patrick Hahn v. Angela Reaves, Warden, et al. |
Georgia |
2024-10-02 |
Denied |
constitutional-review criminal-procedure false-evidence habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Georgia Supreme Court improperly denied the petitioner's habeas corpus petition by failing to review false evidence and potential Sixth Am… |
| 24-5676 |
Henry Altamirano v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
antiterrorism-act due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus limitation-period subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Petitioner have the right to have his subject matter jurisdiction claim heard on its merits despite filing a federal habeas petition after the… |
| 24-5651 |
Michael T. McLaughlin v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
diligence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-rule ninth-circuit procedural-default |
Does the Court's decision in Ramirez change the diligence standard for developing factual bases in state court procedurally barred petitions? |
| 24-247 |
Kenneth Kelley v. William S. Bohrer, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus mens-rea vehicular-homicide |
Does this Court's clearly established precedent require an explanation and understanding of the elements of each charge to which a defendant pleads gu… |
| 24-5448 |
Karl D. Drew v. Stephen Smith, Acting Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-04 |
Denied |
citizen-protections constitutional-rights due-process forensic-system incarceration maximum-state |
Does a forensic system that prevents an American citizen from challenging their maximum state without attenuator violate constitutional protections |
| 24-5411 |
Mario Chavez v. Carlos Lazarin, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-28 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hearsay-evidence sixth-amendment |
Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation rights are violated when a court admits hearsay evidence through a surrogate witness in v… |
| 24-5385 |
Marc Anthony Colon v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-23 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability due-process ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit trial-counsel witness-preparation |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability (COA) for review of ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim… |
| 24-5360 |
Esteban Hernandez v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-21 |
Denied |
constitutional-provisions court-procedure judicial-review legal-jurisdiction statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5318 |
Norberto Serna v. O’Brian Bailey, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process judicial-standard miranda-warning |
Whether the Court of Appeals imposed an incorrect standard for granting a certificate of appealability in conflict with Supreme Court precedent |
| 24-5271 |
Claude P. Lacombe v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-08 |
Denied |
guilty-plea habeas-relief ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing strickland-prejudice |
Whether a petitioner seeking habeas relief from a sentence imposed by a guilty plea can establish Strickland prejudice by showing that but for counsel… |
| 24-5245 |
Otis Phillips v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
coleman-v-thompson due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction martinez-v-ryan procedural-default |
Question not identified. |
| 24A142 |
Terry Royal, Warden, et al. v. William Witter |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Presumed Complete |
aedpa federal-review habeas-corpus magwood-exception second-successive-petition state-court-judgment |
Whether a state court judgment modifying a ministerial error in a criminal judgment constitutes a 'new judgment' that allows a petitioner to file a se… |
| 24A119 |
Adam Owen Grady v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-08-01 |
Presumed Complete |
criminal-justice-act eighth-circuit in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights pro-se writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the pro se prisoner's motion for in forma pauperis status and extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted given the … |
| 24-5161 |
Genuine Truth Banner v. Michael Stephan, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-29 |
Denied |
administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine judicial-review prisoner-rights standing |
Should prisoner's claims be dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies where prison officials prevented him from exhausting? |
| 24M11 |
Reginald Jackson v. E. Dustin Bickham, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-5063 |
Bruce Rowan v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-07-12 |
Denied |
bail-conditions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment lower-court trial-court |
Does a conviction for breach of bail conditions-set by lower court-violate the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, where trial court set bail c… |
| 24A26 |
William Hudson v. James T. Vaughn, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-rules habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance supreme-court-rules |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner's untimely motion for rehearing can constitute good cause for an extension of time to file a certiorari petition u… |
| 24M1 |
Christopher A. Perea v. Shane Stucker, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-03 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 23-7794 |
Michael T. Washington v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Denied |
brady-violation due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence perjury procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct substantial-assistance |
Is state-attorney-undisclosed-substantial-assistance-motion-newly-discovered-evidence-resulting-in-brady-violation |
| 23A1140 |
Kenneth Kelley v. William S. Bohrer, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus state-postconviction wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal habeas court must strictly limit its review to the specific reasons provided by a state postconviction court under AEDPA or may cons… |
| 23-7753 |
William Lee Boyer v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-18 |
Denied |
access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-assistance legal-notice notice one-year-deadline prisoner-rights |
Equitable-tolling-doctrine-for-federal-habeas-corpus |
| 23-7695 |
Gregory D. Cosby, aka Gregory D. Cosmo Crosby v. A. Ciolli, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing |
Question not identified |
| 23-7697 |
Zachary Kelsey v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
cause-of-death closing-argument criminal-procedure criminal-trial forensic-pathologist forensic-pathology habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-degree-murder sixth-amendment |
Whether Zachary Kelsey was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel |
| 23-7701 |
Robin Jones v. Angela Reaves, Warden, et al. |
Georgia |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
appeal certificate-of-appealability certiorari civil-rights court-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review petition supreme-court |
Whether the federal courts should address the Strickland Assistance of Trial Counsel claims are moot due to the claims being stayed, whether dismissin… |
| 23-7552 |
Jermeal White v. Ronald Erdos, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
appeals civil-rights court-of-appeals district-court due-process evidence-review legal-procedure scotus-review summary-judgment use-of-force |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit err in reviewing the full facts of the videotape and the use of force report by the commi… |
| 23-7460 |
William Burton v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-stipulation fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana plea-rights sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Was Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel violated? |
| 23-7423 |
Glenn Francis v. Thomas Scarantino, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-08 |
Denied |
civil-rights immunity immunity-doctrine jury-trial probable-cause punitive-damages writ-of-certiorari wrongful-incarceration |
Can you deny me a jury trial for civil rights violations and wrongful incarceration and punitive damages based only on immunity of defendants |
| 23-7277 |
Benny Stewart v. Tom Green, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-19 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights fairness judicial-fairness judicial-integrity plain-error summary-judgment willful-blindness |
Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's claims of civil rig… |
| 23-7169 |
Robert G. Pulley v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
28-usc-2254(d)(2) aedpa-statute-of-limitations california-penal-code-section-198.5 habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing-testimony schlup-actual-innocence-exception state-procedural-default unreasonable-determination-of-fact unreasonable-determination-of-law |
what-constitutes-sufficient-evidence-to-overcome-the-presumption |
| 23-7062 |
Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability discovery-and-counsel-denial double-jeopardy due-process equitable-tolling fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability |
| 23-6959 |
Lionel Scott Ellison v. Peter Bludworth, Warden, et al. |
Montana |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 23-6961 |
Jacob Smith v. John Henley, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation |
Whether the prosecutor improperly shifted the burden of proof by asking the defendant to prove his innocence in front of the jury, which was prejudici… |
| 23-6882 |
Steven Brown v. Felicia Adkins, Warden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states |
| 23-6522 |
Autley I. Salahuddin, II v. Scott Wilkes, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
actual-innocence direct-appeal exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-petition jury-review miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prerequisites scientific-evidence |
Whether the filing of a direct appeal is a prerequisite to the filing of a habeas petition? |
| 23-6497 |
Alex Marquez v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel involuntary-confession miranda-warning ninth-circuit |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when Alex Marquez made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right as to an inadequate Miranda warning lea… |
| 23-6473 |
Joseph Bergeron v. William Bolin, Warden, et al. |
Minnesota |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis informa-pauperis judicial-fairness legal-obstruction minnesota-judicial-system pro-se pro-se-litigation |
Can the Minnesota Judicial system deny Informa Pauperis to impoverished Pro Se litigant as a means to obstruct Judicial fairness? |
| 23-6438 |
Jean Jocelyn Merilien v. Andrew McFarlane, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-09 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence exhaustion habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-disclosure |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in concluding that Petitioner's Rule 60(b)(6) motion did not satisfy the requirements for relief under that rule |
| 23-723 |
Joseph Randolph Mays v. T. B. Smith, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-04 |
Rehearing |
bivens bivens-claim civil-rights damages-suit due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-prisoner race-discrimination racial-discrimination supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a federal inmate prisoner may bring a Bivens claim for racial discrimination against prison officials |
| 23-6389 |
Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process legal-provisions medical-care petition prison supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the denial of access to medical supplies that are necessary to avoid severe pain and suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on … |
| 23-6237 |
Gregory I. Ezeani v. William Anderson, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-prisoner healthcare-denial immigration immigration-detention medical-negligence medical-treatment retaliation |
Whether the plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when DHS/ICE unlawfully arrested him, denied him proper medical treatment, and failed to f… |
| 23A526 |
Jacob Smith v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-right criminal-procedure faretta-right preliminary-hearing self-representation sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation established in Faretta applies to preliminary hearings in state criminal proceedings |
| 23-6089 |
Christopher Lenard Blockson v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct standing |
What is the proper course of action when a court ignores the record on appeal and engages in fraud on the court? |
| 23-6047 |
Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure state-court state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether the State of Delaware's denial of Petitioner's request for a writ of habeas corpus violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendm… |
| 23-5985 |
Russell Wayne Bullock v. Pete Bludworth, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
cell-phone-data digital-privacy fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy search-and-seizure |
Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable … |
| 23-5976 |
Brian Heath Davis v. Randy Gibbs, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Denied |
autopsy autopsy-report confrontation-clause criminal-procedure effective-assistance expert-testimony reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
To what extent are Sixth Amendment guarantees of Confrontation and Effective Assistance violated when an expert conducts an autopsy, prepares an autop… |
| 23-5891 |
Luis Alonso Hidalgo, III v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-26 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel joinder joint-trial sixth-amendment |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying Petitioner Hidalgo's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, improper joinder, and improper convictions? |
| 23A367 |
Joseph Randolph Mays v. T.B. Smith, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-24 |
Presumed Complete |
bivens-remedy circuit-split due-process fifth-amendment prison-officials race-discrimination |
Whether a Bivens remedy is available for an inmate's Fifth Amendment claims alleging race-based discrimination and procedural due process violations b… |
| 23-5805 |
Jeffrey Corporal v. Ronald Weber, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction filing-deadline harmless-error pro-se-litigant procedural-error standing statute-of-limitations |
Does a federal district court harmlessly err when it erroneously extends a defendant's inexcusably neglectfully missed filing deadline to respond to a… |
| 23-5746 |
James H. Hayes v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Mr. Hawes' petition for a certificate of appealability concerning the district court's den… |
| 23-5752 |
Donald Foster v. Billy Jackson, Assistant Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing |
Question not identified |
| 23-5729 |
Titus Henderson v. Gary Boughton, Warden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-06 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process notice standing |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in denying counsel to challenge the certification of the district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 appeal |
| 23-5679 |
Joshua Stephenson v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-discretion due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure procedural-rights standing |
Whether the discretion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to deny a certificate of appealability (COA) under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) is co… |
| 23-5673 |
Javier Martinez v. Lowell Clark, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
GVR |
8-usc-1226 discretionary-determination due-process habeas-corpus immigration-detention judicial-review mixed-question-of-law-and-fact statutory-interpretation |
Whether an agency's determination that an immigration detainee is a 'danger to the community' is a discretionary determination barred from judicial re… |
| 23-5656 |
Stephen M. Cooke, Jr. v. Allen Gang, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment involuntary-statements post-indictment-statements right-to-counsel sixth-amendment undercover-agent |
Was Cooke's Sixth Amendment right to counsel violated? |
| 23A247 |
Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Presumed Complete |
adequate-staffing deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment farmer-v-brennan habeas-corpus-filing-deadline prison-conditions |
Whether prison officials' deliberate indifference to systemic staffing deficiencies that substantially increase the risk of serious harm to inmates vi… |
| 23-5576 |
Robert William Pann v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
access-to-courts ex-parte-proceeding extrinsic-fraud first-amendment lewis-v-casey prison-conditions prisoner-rights probate-court prosecutorial-misconduct |
Is Petitioner's First Amendment right of access to the courts violated by the rule announced in Lewis v. Casey being too narrow by strictly limiting i… |
| 23-5588 |
Roger A. Libby v. Robert Legran, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-cases criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-law substantive-due-process substantive-rule |
Whether the due process and equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment render Nevada state laws unconstitutional |
| 23-234 |
Nicholas Crystal v. Calvin Johnson, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-deficiency ninth-circuit post-conviction |
Did the Ninth Circuit commit reversible error in denying a Certificate of Appealability to a mentally deficient appellant? |
| 23-5492 |
Dennis Christensen v. Barry Reddish, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process handwritten-petition illegible-document potential-legal-issue prison-law-library pro-se-litigant standing unclear-text unreadable-text |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the case without providing the petitioner an opportunity to amend the complaint to show… |
| 23-5472 |
Jorge Andrade Rico v. James Robertson, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-29 |
Denied |
administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus mootness procedural-default solitary-confinement standing |
Whether administrative prisoners can be placed in solitary confinement units without due process |
| 23-5431 |
Bryan K. Brown v. Ron Neal, Warden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Denied |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus prison-law-library strickland-standard strickland-test |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the Defendant's negligent actions did not violate the Plaintiff's constitutional right to access th… |
| 23A160 |
Brian Williams, Warden, et al. v. Reynaldo Agavo |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
attorney-misconduct clearly-established-law confrontation-clause equitable-tolling habeas-corpus section-2254 |
Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) in holding that Nevada courts unreasonably applied clearly established Confrontation… |
| 23A143 |
Javier Martinez v. Lowell Clark, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-17 |
Presumed Complete |
dangerousness-determination due-process-clause immigration-detention judicial-review mandatory-detention mixed-questions-of-law-and-fact |
Whether a dangerousness determination in immigration detention proceedings constitutes a reviewable mixed question of law and fact under the Due Proce… |
| 23A146 |
Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-17 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5286 |
Frederick Dwight Green v. Aimee Smith, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure cell-phones civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gang-violence legal-materials prison-access prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing |
Does this Court consider widespread staff shortages in Georgia prisons that have led to prisoners being severely attacked by 'affiliated gang offender… |
| 23-5211 |
Andrew Cook v. Robert Martin, Warden, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
abstention amendment-protections civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process executive-power executive-powers general-warrants judicial-abstention younger-doctrine |
Whether there are issues of Constitutional importance regarding the 4th, 6th, 8th and 14th Amendments |
| 23-5193 |
Bradley Ross Fairbourn v. Neicole Morden, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus impliedly-biased-juror juror-bias strickland-standard strickland-v-washington structural-error weaver-v-massachusetts |
Whether the Strickland actual-prejudice standard applies to a structural error in the form of an impliedly-biased juror |
| 23-5140 |
Ralph Castillo v. Richard Martinez, Warden, et al. |
New Mexico |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
aggravating-circumstances criminal-rights due-process jury-determination jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment |
Was it proper for the state to intentionally mislead the court |
| 23-5122 |
Ronny Deviod Walker v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-18 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts immunity impeachment judicial-misconduct misconduct pro-se-pleading procedural-rules standing |
Who may be complained about: where to file a complaint? |
| 23-5067 |
Donivan Diaz v. Raymond Madden, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-10 |
Denied |
access-to-courts actual-injury civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus legal-materials prison-litigation prison-officials |
Whether prison officials interference with petitioner's ability to litigate his habeas cases by denying him access to his legal materials rise to the … |
| 23A21 |
David Stephen Middleton v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2023-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 23-5038 |
Kurt Michaels v. Ron Davis, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
aggravating-evidence appellate-review capital-case confession confession-evidence cumulative-error harmless-error harmless-error-analysis jury-deliberation jury-deliberations ninth-circuit-review |
Whether a court reviewing a cold record in a capital case may determine that the effect of an erroneously admitted confession and other improper aggra… |
| 23-5046 |
Kashard O. Brown v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection precedent standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court erred in refusing to apply the historical record and U.S. Supreme Court precedent to the facts of this case |
| 22-7887 |
Kevin W. Dunigan v. Raybon C. Johnson, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-28 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing takings |
Whether the 6th Circuit abused its discretion in denying the plaintiffs' request for preliminary injunctive relief |
| 22-7750 |
Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
civil-rights clemency constitutional-law criminal-justice-reform due-process equal-protection expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech hate-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the difference between new convictions and the role of law in the FIRST STEP Act and how constraints on the release of prisoners violates the … |
| 22-7752 |
Arthur Taylor v. Landon Bird, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights toxic-exposure |
Whether the petitioner's medical condition and denial of compassionate release violates their constitutional rights |
| 22A1063 |
Russell Wayne Bullock v. Pete Bludworth, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-1166 |
D. K. Williams, Warden, et al. v. Rafiq Sabir, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-01 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights constitutional-precedent due-process group-prayer inmate-rights prison-policy qualified-immunity religious-freedom-restoration-act |
Whether RFRA claims are exempt from the requirement not to define clearly established law at a high level of generality |
| 22-7614 |
Lisa A. Biron v. Jody Upton, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-23 |
Denied |
christian-faith constitutional-rights federal-inmate first-amendment legitimate-penological-interests prison-regulations qualified-immunity religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act substantial-burden |
Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) apply to protect a federal inmate's religious liberties when she has adequately pleaded a substantia… |
| 22-7622 |
Anthony Bogarin v. Luis Martinez, Acting Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-23 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
whether-the-court-of-appeals-erred-in-dismissing-the-petition-for-writ-of-certiorari |
| 22-7603 |
James Snyder v. Aaron Krieger, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-19 |
Denied |
border-search civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronic-privacy fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct prison-conditions probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated |
| 22-7595 |
Arnoldo Navarette v. Vincent Horton, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-18 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial |
Whether the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when his defense attorney failed to present certain evid… |
| 22A933 |
Donald Foster v. Billy Jackson, Assistant Warden, et al. |
California |
2023-04-25 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-7283 |
Ronald O. LaTray v. Pete Bludworth, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus state-courts stone-v-powell |
What constitutes a full and fair opportunity to litigate a United States Constitutional Fourth Amendment violation complaint invoking the exclusionary… |
| 22A905 |
Ralph Castillo v. Richard Martinez, Warden, et al. |
New Mexico |
2023-04-14 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22A872 |
Kurt Michaels v. Ron Davis, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-06 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-7186 |
Daniel Ray Mann v. Doug Clark, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony plain-error plain-error-review procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct vouching |
Whether the state court's admission of 'vouching' testimony from a police officer expert witness violated the defendant's due process rights under the… |
| 22-7170 |
Reginald L. Wilson v. Jamie Bullard, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-31 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure case-manager civil-rights disciplinary-infraction due-process negligence omissions record-checking retaliation standing |
Whether the plaintiff's case manager, the defendant, Amanda Edwards' recommendation was based on a non-existent disciplinary infraction? |
| 22-7086 |
Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr. v. C. Manis, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioners' claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim |
| 22A825 |
D.K. Williams, Warden, et al. v. Rafiq Sabir, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-17 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-7006 |
Lamone M. Johnson, aka Marylin Monae Porter v. Luke Pettigrew, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-03-14 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act disability-discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection grievance-procedure municipal-employment ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's grievance procedure claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Ac… |
| 22-841 |
Christopher H. West v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-03 |
Denied |
6th-amendment constitutional-rights cronic-standard due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sandin-v-conner sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
Question not identified |
| 22-6906 |
Joseph Johnson v. Casey Campbell, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation counsel due-process habeas-corpus judicial-prejudice legal-standard lower-court-error petition-review standing summary-judgment |
Did the lower court err in granting Defendants' motion to dismiss? |
| 22A751 |
William Vera, aka Memo Vera v. Christian Pfieffer, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-15 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-643 |
Jason Devon Lenoir v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability faretta-hearing fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation psychological-evaluation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel |
Is a criminal defendant entitled to a COA when he has demonstrated and made a substantial showing that his rights were denied under the Sixth and Four… |
| 22-6295 |
Jamisi Jermaine Calloway v. M. Martel, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-13 |
Denied |
access-to-courts ada-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights continuing-violation-doctrine disability-rights due-process indigent-prisoner-rights legal-assistance pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation section-1983 |
When should a total disabled incarcerated indigent prisoner be appointed legal assistant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case? |
| 22-6219 |
Bruce Wood v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-12-05 |
Dismissed |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability coa conflict-with-court-precedent due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60 rule-60-motion |
When Petitioner's exculpatory evidence infers an innocent man is imprisoned |
| 22-6174 |
Porfirio Duarte-Herrera v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
co-defendant-severance constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-instructions ninth-circuit-review severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying Mr. Duarte-Herrera's claims of constitutional violations regarding his defense, jury instructions, and failure to… |
| 22-6077 |
William Donnell, III v. Eddie Caley, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence impeachment lead-detective right-to-present-defense trial-court-error trial-error witness-impeachment |
Did the trial court violate the defendant's Confrontation Clause rights and right to present a defense? |
| 22A369 |
Jason Devon Lenoir v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5941 |
Albert L. Watson v. Stu Sherman, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process en-banc-hearing ninth-circuit penal-code procedural-rules reasoned-opinion sixth-amendment state-law state-penal-code |
Was the district court's use of state penal code justifying violation of sixth amendment correct |
| 22-5870 |
Rodney Marshall v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-19 |
Denied |
appeal certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ninth-circuit sentencing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by denying a certificate of appealability on the question of whether Mr. Marshall's right to be free from double jeopa… |
| 22-5853 |
Steven Trapp v. Erica Huss, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-17 |
Denied |
civil-rights complaint-dismissal constitutional-violation covid-19 departmental-memorandum due-process pleadings sixth-circuit standing |
Should the Sixth Circuit Court's dismissal of petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim be overturned? |
| 22A312 |
Gregory Goods v. David Baughman, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5817 |
Brandon Craig Wood v. Eric Sellers, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
abatement administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-litigation civil-procedure collateral-estoppel dismissal-without-prejudice exhaustion full-and-fair-opportunity judicial-procedure |
Does collateral estoppel bar a plaintiff from challenging the defendants' failure to exhaust administrative remedies defense? |
| 22-5801 |
Steven Nelson Murray v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-11 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial jury-trial-waiver procedural-default sixth-amendment |
When a criminal defendant must make a personal decision whether to waive a fundamental constitutional right, does an attorney provide deficient perfor… |
| 22-5725 |
Marty Joe Banghart v. Dan Sullivan, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-30 |
Denied |
appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus standing |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in denying Banghart's motion for a certificate of appealability |
| 22-5676 |
Bernard D. Ellerbe v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-09-23 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability hinton-standard hinton-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default strickland-claim strickland-v-washington third-circuit |
Did the Third Circuit & Delaware District Courts err by denying a Certificate of Appealability seeking to challenge procedural default findings where … |
| 22-5544 |
Jason L. Sanders v. Matt Macauley, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-09 |
Denied |
8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process medical-care prisoner-rights |
Question not identified |
| 22-5426 |
Joseph Antonetti v. Timothy Filson, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Denied |
autopsy-report certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-examiner |
Did the courts below err in denying a Certificate of Appealability to review the holdings of the district court and the Nevada Supreme Court that Mr. … |
| 22A129 |
Rodney Marshall v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-15 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5289 |
Phillip A. Brown, II v. Cindi Curtin, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-04 |
Denied |
appellate-jurisdiction calderon-v-thompson circuit-split collins-v-miller federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-54(b) final-judgment habeas-claims habeas-corpus jury-bias remmer-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Circuit Court must recall the mandate in extraordinary cases where it lacked subject-matter-jurisdiction |
| 22-5275 |
Russell M. Boles v. Jeff Long, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-08-03 |
Denied |
case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence jurisdictional-issue jury-instructions legal-procedure negligence standard-of-review statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the court erred in drawing an adverse inference against the petitioner |
| 22A80 |
Bernard Ellerbe v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-28 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-5189 |
Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-habeas-proceedings habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-discretion procedural-default rule-60b-motion |
whether-the-district-court-abused-its-discretion-in-denying-rule-60(b)-motion |
| 22-5047 |
Jermaine Blackwell v. Jeff Nines, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-07 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargain plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing trial-counsel trial-strategy |
Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
| 21-8239 |
Lawrence L. Crawford, aka Johah Gabriel, aka Jahjah T. Tishbite v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure sanctions separation-of-powers spoliation standing |
Does the filing submitted by the petitioner(s) serve as a functional equivalent to an informal brief? |
| 21-8178 |
Jing Hua Wu v. Eric Arnold, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-17 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-fabrication habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-procedure |
Jury-Misconduct |
| 21A819 |
James Montell Chappell v. William Reubart, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2022-06-14 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-8078 |
Daniel Taylor v. Leslie Fleming, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pro-se standing |
Question not identified |
| 21-7990 |
Jerry Lee Craig, Sr. v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-27 |
Denied |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-bias standing |
Whether conflict of interest existed at trial after judge gamed the withholding of evidence from the defense |
| 21A744 |
Willie Bush v. Gary Lindsey, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21A746 |
Timothy Dane Tillman v. Gary Williams, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21A737 |
Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-18 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7849 |
Mark Stinson v. John P. Yates, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-12 |
Denied |
5th-amendment administrative-segregation confinement-standards constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment inmate-rights prison-administration |
What limits the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment places on the authority of prison administrators to remove inmates from the general prison p… |
| 21-7776 |
Kelvin Wrenn v. Deborah Toney, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 21-7639 |
Elizabeth Carley v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues and Sixth Amendment effective assistance of counsel issues were correctly interpreted, or contr… |
| 21A568 |
Jing Hua Wu v. Eric Arnold, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7469 |
Jermeal White v. Ronald Erdos, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Denied |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process legal-proceeding pro-se summary-judgment video-evidence |
Did the district court and the United States Court of Appeals fail to consider Petitioner's opposition to Respondent's cross-motion for summary judgme… |
| 21-7414 |
Gregory M. Hawes v. Michael Pacheco, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-18 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-maximum |
Whether Patterson v. New York has been abrogated by Apprendi and Alleyne |
| 21-7385 |
Juan M. Alcaraz v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in finding that Mr. Alcaraz did not make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right regarding trial couns… |
| 21-7250 |
Michael Ray Fortuna v. Robert Hudgins, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment disability-accommodations due-process eighth-amendment inmate-safety isolation-conditions medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights |
Whether an inmate's placement on a top bunk after suffering injuries from a previous fall constitutes a constitutional violation |
| 21-7177 |
Maurice O. Byrd, Jr. v. Raymond Byrd, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
abandonment-of-appeal conflict-of-interest habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief prejudice structural-error |
Structural-error-on-appeal |
| 21A433 |
Shannon Harris v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-02-17 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21A425 |
Lawrence L. Crawford v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-7131 |
Bobby Ray Jones v. Phillip Mitchell, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se schlup-v-delo slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the courts below erred in denying Jones a certificate of appealability |
| 21-1099 |
Thomas Clayton Steres v. Kevin Curran, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-08 |
Denied |
cell-phone-search certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether Thomas Steres received ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 21-6959 |
Kenneth J. Cox v. Ed Caley, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
AEDPA constitutional-rights federal-law jurisdiction procedural-default representation-right SAOC-elements sentence-enhancement sentence-enhancers state-court-judgment state-prisoner state-prisoners-claim |
Whether the jurisdiction of this court is invoked under 28-U.S.C.-1257(a) |