28-U.S.C-2255

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5329 Chadrick Fulks v. T. J. Watson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-U.S.C-2241 28-U.S.C-2255 collateral-review death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability section-2241 section-2255 Is an intellectually disabled and death-sentenced prisoner condemned to be executed in violation of the Eighth Amendment because he was found not to b…
21-946 Michael Coscia v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-28 Denied Response Waived 28-U.S.C-2255 adversely-affected conflict-of-interest Cuyler-v-Sullivan-446-U.S-335-1980 evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance Machibroda-v-United-States-368-U.S-487-1962 section-2255 supreme-court-precedent trial-counsel Whether a petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to resolve his claim under Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), …
19-8640 Paul N. Littles v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255 career-offender constitutional-vagueness Johnson-v-United-States mandatory-sentencing-guidelines postconviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent unconstitutionally-vague The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-6550 Christian James Gieseke v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255 28-usc-2255 6th-amendment counsel-misfeasance defenses duty-to-mitigate evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction pretrial-detainee When a post-conviction movant proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 raises claims which, if true, would entitle him to relief, does the fact that movant d…
19-5515 Lester Leon Sanders v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict criminal-defendant district-court district-court-judgment federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision original-judgment retroactive-constitutional-decision second-successive-motion statutory-provision What standard governs a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, asserting relief pursuant to a retroactive c…