Ineffective-counsel

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25A894 George Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-06 Application appellate-review fifth-circuit ineffective-counsel legal-claims pro-se procedural-deficiency Question not identified.
25-6686 Ricardo Nellons v. Thomas Gee, Superintendent, Cayuga Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2026-02-02 Pending IFP darden-hearing due-process fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel probable-cause warrant-requirements The New York Courts ' requirements for establishing probable cause are not adhered to in the case at bar. When probable cause is totally reliant on …
25-6362 Dan Ioan Belc v. Florida Florida 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights due-process ineffective-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion Six (6) District Anems of Prosecution Misconduct Alleged [Cumulative Effect Amount to Fundamentally Undermine Possibility of Getting a Fair Trial in W…
25-6377 Ronald Wolters v. Shelbie Smith, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-12-15 Pending IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard Did the Sixth Circuits denial of a COA decide the important federal question related to sufficiency of the evidence and proof beyond a reasonable doub…
25-624 Michael Clayton Woodruff v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-02 Denied Response Waived appellate-review clear-error ineffective-counsel jury-verdict mixed-question strickland-standard 1. Where the court that presided over a defendant's trial and post-conviction evidentiary hearing finds the defendant suffered prejudice under Strickl…
25-6236 Jesse Alan Walker v. William D. Snyder, Sheriff, Martin County, Florida Florida 2025-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel pretrial-proceedings sixth-amendment Does the United Constitution of the Constitution of Florida permit the petition for a writ of habeas corpus to be decided based on the facts and retur…
25-6162 Terrell Onterial Lobley v. Don Harris, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-review legal-interpretation state-law trial-procedure Are the Courts (state and otherwise) required to uphold Laws that are in violation of State and Federal Constitutions? Is an individual, incarcerated…
25-5874 Bruce S. Myles v. New York New York 2025-10-14 Denied IFP competency due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel prosecutor-testimony sixth-amendment 1. WHETHER THE COURT VIOLATED DUE PROCESS WHEN THE PROSECUTOR WAS ALLOWED TO ACT AS AN UNSWORN WITNESS? 2. WHETHER COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN VIOLATI…
25A390 John Elwood Tyrone Martin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-03 Presumed Complete appellate-review guilty-plea ineffective-counsel mandate-rule resentencing withdrawal Whether the mandate rule permits federal appellate courts to review motions to withdraw guilty pleas filed after a case is remanded for resentencing
25-5669 Stanislav Steven Yelizarov v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appeal-waiver ineffective-counsel miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement resentencing When a criminal defendant is resentenced after a conviction is vacated because he is actually innocent of the charge, does an appeal waiver in the ple…
25-5335 In Re Xena Ames 2025-08-13 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion eeoc-complaint employment-discrimination ineffective-counsel mandamus writ-of-certiorari 1. ) Whether the issuance of a writ of mandamus is the proper procedure to correct a clear abuse of discretion by the trial court, due to erroneous is…
25-10 Rodney Dale Harmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability civil-criminal-context fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel search-and-seizure Whether the District Court or the Court of Appeals this Court's Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, even criminal context.
24-7383 In Re Robert Timothy Blake 2025-06-09 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel search-warrant Whether the defendant's constitutional rights were violated by ineffective assistance of counsel, improper search warrants, withheld discovery, and po…
24-7136 DeWayne Lee Waldrup v. Texas Texas 2025-05-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel self-representation trial-procedure Whether Texas trial courts improperly denied petitioner's right to self-representation and effective counsel by dismissing court-appointed counsel wit…
24-6714 David C. Lettieri v. Joel L. Daniels, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-06 Dismissed IFP class-of-one constitutional-claim disability-discrimination ineffective-counsel section-1985 title-42 Whether a 'class of one' claim applies under Title 42 United States Code 1985(3) and what constitutes a valid conspiracy or class animus for such a cl…
24-6687 Jason Jayavarman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-pornography criminal-procedure duplicitous-indictment ineffective-counsel plea-offer rule-8a Is an indictment duplicitous when it charges multiple offenses in a single count and does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 8(a) prohibit such chargi…
24-6643 Mark Douglas Huber v. Randy Valley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel Whether the Court of Appeals egregiously misapplied this Court's standard for issuing a certificate of appealability in the face of a substantial show…
24-6522 Samuel Carl Neyhart v. Tyrell Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel martinez-review ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit and Idaho Federal District Court erred in procedurally defaulting habeas claims and denying a Certificate of Appealability f…
24-6438 Iran Dwayne Ketchup v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel judicial-injustice rule-60 section-2255 Whether Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60 allows re-opening of 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings based on claims of judicial injustice and potential…
24-6258 Michael Collins Iheme v. Minnesota Minnesota 2025-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-bias sentencing-errors Whether a defendant's conviction should be voided due to ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial bias, and procedural irregularities during crimin…
24-6106 In Re Freeman William Stanton 2024-12-10 Denied IFP concurrent-sentences guilty-plea ineffective-counsel mental-disability plea-agreement resentencing Whether the petitioner is entitled to resentencing based on ineffective counsel, plea agreement terms, and mental disability claims
24-6093 Garland Ray Gregory, Jr. v. South Dakota South Dakota 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel Whether South Dakota's statutory appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners in habeas proceedings violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protect…
24A495 Jordan Shaun Rodgers v. Texas Texas 2024-11-19 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure diplomatic-intervention foreign-national ineffective-counsel post-conviction-relief texas-criminal-law Whether a foreign national's criminal conviction in Texas can be challenged on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel or procedural irregulariti…
24-5855 Andrew Fields v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Second Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-appeal ineffective-counsel legal-procedure trial-court Question not identified.
24-5824 Oscar Alvarado v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-25 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause harmless-error ineffective-counsel rule-60b1 sixth-amendment Did the court of appeals commit legal error in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability by finding that a jurist of reason would not debate t…
24-5691 Antoine Edwards v. Bradley Scott, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act What is the appropriate remedy for a Speedy Trial Act violation under 18 U.S.C.A § 3161 and the Sixth Amendment's constitutional protections?
24-5554 Harry Lee Goldsboro v. Florida Florida 2024-09-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-review procedural-error Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims of due process violations and ineffective assistance of counsel when the lowe…
24-5538 John Ross Stenberg v. Don Langford, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel self-incrimination Whether the District Court erred in denying suppression of statements and finding ineffective assistance of counsel claims without merit when constitu…
24A196 Michael Scott Hoover v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-22 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit ineffective-counsel procedural-due-process writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly applied legal standards in reviewing the defendant's criminal sentence by refusing to address k…
24A187 Aisha Wright v. Transportation Communication Union/IAM Fifth Circuit 2024-08-20 Presumed Complete dismissal-with-prejudice district-court fifth-circuit ineffective-counsel pro-se res-judicata Whether the doctrine of res judicata can bar a pro se plaintiff's claims when the prior dismissal may have resulted from ineffective legal representat…
24-5344 Jose Adolpho Castillo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-08-19 Denied IFP circuit-split cumulative-error habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel strickland-standard van-arsdall-factors Whether reviewing courts must consider the cumulative effect of counsel's errors in determining Strickland prejudice and weigh Van Arsdall factors for…
24-5212 Clarence Wyatt Holland v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied IFP circuit-court due-process fundamental-justice harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-law Did the Circuit Court apply the correct harmless-error standard and properly consider the record evidence of prejudice?
23-7840 Douglas Lemon v. Illinois Illinois 2024-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation disclosure-of-evidence due-process due-process-clause evidence-disclosure fitness-evaluation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to lack of a fair fitness evaluation, failure to disclose evidence, ineffective assis…
23-7737 Raul Gardea, Jr. v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process exhaustion ineffective-counsel jurisdictional-statement prosecution-costs state-habeas statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23A876 Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-04-02 Denied capital-case conflict-of-interest effective-assistance flat-fee-contract ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a capital defendant's appointed counsel's flat-fee contract constitutes an actual conflict of interest that warrants a presumption of prejudic…
23A803 Khan Mohammed v. United States District of Columbia 2024-02-29 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-history due-process ineffective-counsel sentencing-guidelines terrorism-enhancement Whether the Due Process Clause requires a heightened standard of proof for sentencing enhancements that substantially increase a defendant's sentence …
23-6669 S.C., et vir, v. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services Texas 2024-02-05 Denied IFP appointed-counsel asfa-compliance dismissal-date due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel parental-rights procedural-fairness texas-family-code venue-transfer Whether the denial of appointed counsel for indigent parents harmed them and their children, violated due process, and deprived them of their parental…
23-6497 Alex Marquez v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied IFP 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…
23A472 Travis Dwight Green v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-11-27 Presumed Complete capital-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel mental-illness procedural-default schizophrenia Whether a defendant's severe mental illness and state habeas counsel's abandonment can constitute cause to excuse procedural default in a capital case…
23-5810 Christopher L. Laureano-Perez v. United States First Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-verdict procedural-error section-2255-motion Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if the First Circuit of Appeals erred in not granting a certificate of appealability?
23-5734 Lawrence Flack v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waivers constitutional-rights double-jeopardy guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel plain-error plea-agreement Whether Appellant counsel's Anders brief was inadequate where evidence exists that Appellant's Constitutional rights were violated, including double j…
23-5664 Robert Edward Sindaco v. Florida Florida 2023-09-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel newly-discovered-evidence perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Whether the state court's denial of the petitioner's motion to vacate his conviction based on newly discovered evidence of perjury by a key witness vi…
23-312 Lee E. Stephens, Jr. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-relief impeachment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prior-convictions resentencing right-to-testify sentencing unconstitutional-convictions Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether habeas relief and resentencing is required when a defendant's sentence was premised on prior convictio…
23-5608 George Butler v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-09-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus habitual-offender indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel intervening-decision sentencing-error Whether the conviction and/or sentence was in violation of the United States Constitution, Mississippi Constitution, and Laws of Mississippi
23-5609 Eric G. Banks, Sr. v. Anthony Brown, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment court-error due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel liberty prosecution-misconduct sixth-amendment Did the U.S. District Court violate the Petitioners 5th Amendment Constitutional Right
23-5495 SirMichael Dyess v. California California 2023-08-31 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion ada appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct post-conviction-review procedural-default Whether the District Court violated ADA rights under Title II, whether the District Court's procedural and evidentiary rulings constituted an abuse of…
23-5353 Chandra Modugumudi v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel language-barrier plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment-rights Whether the defendant's constitutional rights were violated due to lack of counsel, language barrier, prosecutorial misconduct, and other errors resul…
23-5336 Maurice Walker v. Nicholas Lamb, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process felony-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt Did the trial court err in applying the felony murder rule and submitting an incomplete jury verdict that violated the defendant's due process rights?
23-5247 In Re David Jackson 2023-07-31 Dismissed IFP and post-conviction proceedings trial 14th-amendment 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-relief probable-cause retaliation search-and-seizure self-incrimination trial-procedure Whether the warrantless search and seizure of February 14, 1991 violated the 4th and 14th Amendment rights
23-5199 Duron B. Peoples v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts hearsay-exception ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel murder-conspiracy witness-testimony witness-unavailability Is federal due process violated where a federal court concludes that a petitioner's counsel ineffective claim lacks merit because petitioner did not s…
23-5205 Steven Lesane v. United States Second Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court factual-basis guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel mental-competency motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court abused its discretion in denying appellant's motion to withdraw guilty plea
23-5136 Chastity Quintana v. Rodney Wirthlin, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-counsel judicial-review legal-filing legal-standard procedural-error standing Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by having an unqualified or ineffective court-appointed counsel represent them in a…
22-7688 Avery Smartt v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process human-trafficking ineffective-counsel judicial-misconduct speedy-trial standing Is an EBL agent allowed to proffer false and leave a mentally ill, pregnant minor at a residence, to a person that the agent states to have gotten a r…
22-7529 Storm N. Rivera v. New York New York 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel juror-bias jury-selection mode-of-proceedings mode-of-proceedings-error rape-prosecution sexual-abuse Whether a juror who failed to disclose during jury selection that she was a victim of sexual abuse should have been disqualified
22-7330 Pedro Perez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure deportation due-process habeas-corpus immigration ineffective-counsel sentencing Whether petitioner's conviction for 'illegal reentry' was supported by sufficient evidence
22-7265 Allen Franks v. Florida Florida 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3.850-motion civil-procedure due-process government-fraud ineffective-counsel mental-capacity mental-disability plea-bargaining plea-process post-conviction-relief standing Whether petitioner was denied due process when trial court failed to allow the petitioner an opportunity to file a reply to state's response on petiti…
22-7189 Amos Gabriel Hicks v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-reporter court-transcripts due-process first-amendment ineffective-counsel right-to-records transcript-destruction Was the petitioner's constitutional right to due process and first amendment right violated?
22-7174 James R. Householder, Jr. v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP cross-examination due-process Fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment Impeachment Inconsistent-testimony ineffective-assistance Ineffective-counsel Sixth-Amendment witness-testimony Due-process
22-7103 George Lincoln Stanley, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 confrontation-clause criminal-procedure hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction kidnapping kidnapping-charges sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether Mr. Stanley's Sixth Amendment right to confront his witness was violated
22-7070 Kenneth Douglas Clark, III v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-03-22 Denied IFP 6th and 8th Amendment rights by refusing to drop char and allowing a biased jury verdict excluding his self-defense claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-bias jury-exclusion prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sentencing sentencing-guidelines trial-procedure Whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania violated the Petitioner's 5th and 6th Amendment rights by refusing to drop all charges against him, denying h…
22-6978 Dechaun Toliver v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction due-process enterprise ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining plea-colloquy plea-negotiation rico rico-laws Can a RICO conviction stand without an 'Enterprise' or corrupt acts meeting a monetary threshold?
22-6924 Gerald Drummond v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt-instruction state-courts structural-error trial-procedure Is the Pennsylvania courts inappropriately denying the United States constitutional protections of the petitioner rights in their denial of relief to …
22-6668 Aaron Lyons v. Brian Ladner, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel insufficient-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct standing Question not identified
22-6504 Donald Herrington v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process free-speech grand-jury-fraud ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-framework Did the Commonwealth of Virginia adopt a trial framework that allows elected officials to brake their oath by presenting, publicizing and spreading di…
22-6460 Davonte DeJean v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-trial right-to-jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Was counsel ineffective for not enforcing the 6th Amendment right to a jury trial in the sentencing proceeding and is the court also responsible?
22-6426 Delano Marco Medina v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-contract civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel plea-agreement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial strickland-standard Question not identified
22-6174 Porfirio Duarte-Herrera v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 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…
22-5976 Ricky Pendleton v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia 2022-11-04 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction malicious-assault robbery sixth-amendment Question not identified
22-5840 Joseph Shook v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process evidence evidence-admission evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection life-sentence prejudice prejudicial-testimony right-to-remain-silent Whether a Petitioner who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole is denied his constitutional rights
22-5813 Katherine Elizabeth Langhorst v. Texas Texas 2022-10-12 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining search-and-seizure trial-procedure Was the evidence seized in this cause/case 'Fruits of The Poisonous Tree'?
22-5782 Matthew Tassin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-court circuit-court-authority criminal-procedure district-court federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel resentencing section-2255 sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Circuit Court can limit the authority of a district court to resentence a federal criminal defendant or correct a criminal sentence 'as may …
22-5467 Antonio B. Moore v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied IFP 6th-amendment amendment-violation appellate-record civil-procedure constitutional-rights fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel search-warrant Did the Chief Deputy District Clerk err in excepting the search warrant and return without a prior stamp file on its-face and then file it into the ap…
22-5256 In Re Daniel Patrick Sheehan 2022-08-02 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel post-conviction-relief structural-error Will the Honorable Supreme Court let this complete miscarriage of Justice Continue?
22-5080 Jacky Cardale Mayfield v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-07-12 Denied IFP confidential-witness due-process Fourth-Amendment Fourth-Amendment-search In-camera-hearing ineffective-counsel Probable-cause search-warrant Shackling Witness-testimony Fourth-Amendment,Fourth-Amendment-search,Probable-cause,Witness-testimony,In-camera-hearing,Shackling,Eyewitness-identification,Ineffective-assistance…
22-5032 Steven Louis Barnes v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether denial of an evidentiary hearing viol collateral-review constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel remedy Is there a distinction between remedies in raising ineffectiveness of constitutional counsel on direct appeal, where constitutional counsel is allowed…
21-8204 Reginald Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture ineffective-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel severance sixth-amendment Whether the district court erred by denying the motions for severance?
21-8173 Vincent Raymond Rios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel language-barrier language-rights plea-bargaining Should the Ninth Circuit have vacated Mr. Rios's guilty plea for lack of a knowing and voluntary waiver of his constitutional rights
21-7998 Lamar Daniel Ron Wilson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP charging-instrument constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-information indictment ineffective-counsel plea-agreement Plea-agreement-as-sole-evidence-for-conviction
21-7768 Jowell Travis LeGendre v. Virginia Virginia 2022-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel inquiry pre-trial Were my rights to due process prejudiced when the court failed to conduct inquiry concerning pre-trial claims of ineffective counsel?
21-7651 Manuel Martinez v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights post-conviction-relief trial-strategy Whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel where defense counsel failed to adequately understand and present the significance of…
21-7370 Dante Leon Milon v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-counsel judicial-misconduct jury-misconduct mistrial recusal trial-errors witness-testimony Question not identified
21-7339 Robert Donald Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-limits due-process federal-state-powers fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel jurisdiction procedural-default standing Did the courts act outside of their jurisdictions?
21-7198 Remel Ahart v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether Massachusetts's appellate review prov appellate-review collateral-review criminal-procedure equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel postconviction-review procedural-default sixth-amendment When a court issues a procedural ruling not to extend the benefits of a new rule collaterally to those who did not preserve their claim, does the Sixt…
21-6877 Alisha Dawn Aldridge v. Texas Texas 2022-01-14 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process independent-investigation ineffective-counsel witness-testimony Did Counsel fully Advocate for his Client?
21-6714 In Re Rafael Verdejo-Ruiz 2021-12-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction ineffective-counsel military-appellate-review speedy-trial standing takings ucmj-jurisdiction Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-6407 Roy Thomas Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constructive-denial-of-counsel due-process ineffective-counsel liberal-reading merits plea-proceedings plea-stage pro-se pro-se-petitioners Whether the factual determination for denying the certificate of appealability was wrong and reversal is warranted
21-6357 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction procedural-default retroactivity sentencing Whether the district court erred in denying Mr. Reid a fair hearing for resentencing and failing to bring him back to court for the application of the…
21-6363 Diane Arellano v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cumulative-effect-of-error due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights sixth-amendment Does it violate her right to a speedy trial
21-6184 Mark Bitzan v. Chris Tripp, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-discretion court-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel petition-for-rehearing Where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit granted permission to file an overlength Petition for Rehearing and then denies the Petition for…
21-6017 Charles Louis v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-19 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct state-habeas Questions presented
21-5968 Timothy Stemen v. Florida Florida 2021-10-14 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel police-misconduct search-and-seizure self-incrimination Did law enforcement violate the petitioner's due process rights under the 14th Amendment regarding the recordings
21-5860 Antonio Franklin v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP appellate-process cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection final-judgment-rule fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel judicial-dereliction Whether the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments protect inmates from an allegedly faulty appellate process due to ineffective counsel
21-5887 Miguel Neil v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review case-law constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion procedural-default Whether a lower federal court violates due process when it ignores a petitioner's appropriately cited case law in support that appellate counsel was i…
21-5851 Daniel Bryan Kelly, Jr. v. California California 2021-10-04 Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial gang-related-crime ineffective-counsel trial-rights witness Why wasn't I allowed to face my accuser and cross-examine at trial?
21-5817 James E. Pearson v. Bridget Hill, Attorney General of Wyoming Tenth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-uscs-2254 constitutional-standards federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel malloy-v-hogan miller-el-v-cockrell state-court-procedure supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers Does the reasoning within Malloy v Hogan require specifically apply to claims of insufficiency or ineffective counsel, and were the federal habeas rev…
21-5724 Devin Lee Rintye v. California California 2021-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel miller-v-alabama mitigating-evidence sentencing youth youth-mitigation Does a State Court violate a defendant's due process rights, contrary to Apprendi v. New Jersey and Miller v. Alabama, when the court does not afford …
21-5646 Peter Klah v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights digital-contacts due-process ineffective-counsel jurisdiction-analysis online-interactions personal-jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel standing Whether the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress evidence
21-5589 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Third Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel sentencing standing Whether the United States District Court has jurisdiction to grant relief for a writ of habeas corpus
21-5552 Brian Green v. Clinton Perry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied IFP constitutional-violation fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection procedural-default sixth-amendment warrantless-search warrantless-search-and-seizure Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in holding that no constitutional violations in Green's trial
21-250 Khamraj Lall v. United States Third Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brady-material constitutional-rights due-process indictment-transfer ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel right-to-testify simultaneous-indictments speedy-trial Whether the Trial Judge erred in not having an on-the-record colloquy with the defendant regarding the right to testify
21-5450 Richard K. Cook v. Todd Wasmer, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accomplice-instruction amendment-violation constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process evidence-planting ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error Did the lower courts commit reversible error by refusing to order an evidentiary hearing surrounding a pattern of misconduct and evidence planting by …
21-5452 Elliot Joseph v. Daniel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 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…
21-5431 Jereme Eugene Mackey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel pre-trial-custody sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in finding the appellant guilty due to ineffective counsel
21-5438 Noe Gerardo Morin v. Bobby Lumpkin. Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP brady-disclosure confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington fundamental-fairness hearsay hearsay-statement ineffective-counsel non-testimonial prejudice right-to-confront testimonial Would a reasonable jurist find error in the District Court's assessment that hearsay statement in the case at bar was 'non testimonial' according to t…
21-5262 In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi 2021-07-29 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression extraordinary-motion habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel racial-bias racial-discrimination Deprivation of federal habeas review
21-5118 Michael D. Dyers v. Georgia Georgia 2021-07-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction-court-dismissal due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal transcript-evidence Whether the conviction court erred in dismissing the defendant's motion for out-of-time appeal based on no evidence showing the defendant lacked the r…
21-5063 Sammy Cano v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-09 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-seizure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-discretion witness-credibility witness-testimony Whether the State failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
20-1765 Donald S. Harden v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response Waived but-for-causation circuit-split controlled-substances-act death-results ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing For a death-results sentence under the Controlled Substances Act, must a jury be instructed as to but-for cause if the evidence of causation is confli…
20-8240 Carl Edmond Yancy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fact-witnesses false-imprisonment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel medical-evidence medical-experts pre-trial-investigation sexual-assault sexual-assault-experts virgin-examination Whether Petitioner's trial counsel was ineffective for failing to conduct a pre-trial investigation and call important fact witnesses, medical experts…
20-8244 Abdul S. Aziz v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19-impact due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel perjured-testimony plea-negotiations police-misconduct pro-se-brief Question not identified
20-8209 Dennis J. Edwards v. Kim Larson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure witness-testimony Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated by the denial of his habeas corpus petition without explanation
20-8164 Michael Mosley v. John Rich, Superintendent, Elmira Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence circumstantial-evidence confrontation-clause due-process habeas-corpus herrera-v-collins ineffective-counsel schlup-v-delo sixth-amendment Whether the new credible and compelling evidence of actual innocence, combined with the alibi, constitutes a 'truly persuasive showing of actual innoc…
20-8087 William Edward Erickson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review coercion conditional-plea constitutional-claims criminal-procedure evidence extraneous-statements ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel involuntary-plea pretrial-motions sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner is entitled to constitutional review and relief on his claims at the appeal level regarding his ineffective assistance of couns…
20-8040 Michael N. Kelsey v. New York New York 2021-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-neutrality plea-bargaining procedural-default sentencing trial-rights Are New York's procedural rules insufficiently hospitable to constitutional claims?
20-7985 Taji Jemal Lee v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied IFP appellate-review brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's 6th and 14th Amendment rights to due process were violated by the prosecution's knowing concealment of material exculpatory e…
20-7915 Larry Marcel Vaughn v. Texas Texas 2021-05-03 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel right-to-appeal sixth-amendment Whether the failure of appointed counsel to provide petitioner of his right to appeal the trial court's application of his guilt and/or the assessed p…
20-7821 In Re John A. Toth 2021-04-22 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel standing unlawful-detention Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of their constitutional rights
20-1449 Harold Persaud v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived federal-rules-of-civil-procedure gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan rule-60b section-2255 trevino-rule trevino-v-thaler Whether under Martinez v. Ryan and Trevino v. Thaler a Petitioner May Use Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) to Reopen a Proceeding Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
20-7782 Ronald W. Greer v. Sherie Korneman, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan doyle-v-ohio doyle-violation harmless-error ineffective-counsel miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona newly-discovered-evidence state-court-deference Has a petitioner substantially shown the denial of a constitutional right warranting issuance of a COA
20-7735 DeAndre Harris v. Michigan Michigan 2021-04-14 Denied IFP advocacy-appearance constitutional-challenge due-process evidentiary-breach evidentiary-issues fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias judicial-impartiality prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court reversibly erred in admitting highly prejudicial and irrelevant evidence related to an alleged threat to Ms. Branson by Petiti…
20-7740 Jason Robert Vickers v. Kenneth Diggs, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-fabrication exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether a criminal defendant can challenge an indictment and/or conviction after a coerced guilty plea
20-7514 Aimee Johnson v. St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias child-welfare civil-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-allegations ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias parental-rights recusal Can a judge preside over a case when he or she is biased? Or when they are friends with the parties involved? Can a person have a fair trial when they…
20-7313 Leonard Glen Overmyer, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-error supervised-release Whether a Defendant should be allowed to seek a reduction of, or discharge from, an imposed supervised release after being improperly sentenced, and r…
20-7295 Isidro Sauceda v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appealability-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights exculpatory-evidence factual-innocence ineffective-counsel lesser-included-offense ninth-circuit reasonable-jurists willits-instruction Whether the Ninth Circuit utilized an unduly burdensome certificate-of-appealability standard that contravenes Supreme-Court-precedent
20-7202 Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel ninth-circuit plea-bargaining post-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Eighth Circuit decision improperly denied petitioner's claim of violation by failing to remand to give him the opportunity to plead anew?
20-7151 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Clifton Harrold, Sheriff, Lane County, Oregon Ninth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP bail civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel speedy-trial state-court-review Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability when the petitioner raised debatable constitutional issues
20-6850 Ronald Eugene Weems v. Alabama Alabama 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-supreme-court attorney-representation constitutional-rights court-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-representation post-conviction sixth-amendment Question not identified
20-6384 Owen McCants v. Steven Silva First Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review pretrial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review Whether the trial court, appeals court, and Supreme Judicial Court abused their discretion?
20-6262 Daniel Twian Brown v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel warrantless-arrest Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability
20-5986 Romeo Wilson v. Debra Sue Gabites, et al. Michigan 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel legal-representation standing witness-testimony Do I have any rights/the light was blinking? Do I have any right/I had two lawyer, Mr.Jessie A.Nas# (79465) and Mirstared 1,Shouey(75877) was their to…
20-5963 Daniel Edward Murray v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-time-calculation hipaa hipaa-restrictions ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel medical-records medical-records-disclosure plea-agreement plea-agreements pro-se pro-se-litigation If there is a set of plea agreements taken at the same time and the court of appeals reverses a part of the appealed agreement, does this start the AE…
20-5898 Roy Eugene Ussery v. Texas Texas 2020-10-02 Denied IFP barker-test barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights defense-theory extraneous-offense-evidence grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prejudice speedy-trial witness-prejudice When the deceased witness was erroneously considered a witness for the State, despite being a defense witness, did this affect the prejudice factor in…
20-5781 Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement subject-matter-jurisdiction void-conviction habeas-corpus
20-5699 Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement void-conviction void-judgment issues-being-raised
20-5682 Simon F. Ranteesi v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony fair-trial ineffective-counsel jury-instructions medical-malpractice mental-state prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified
20-5626 Monte Whitehead v. New Mexico New Mexico 2020-09-09 Denied IFP bill-of-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining state-vs-federal-law Where New Mexico's anti-waiver statute violates double jeopardy
20-5466 John Eldridge Cone, Jr. v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-discretion circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-petition harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel When a petitioner supplements his constitutional claim on appeal with a colorable showing of factual innocence, should a Court of Appeals exercise its…
20-5419 Michael D. Dyer v. Aimee Smith, Warden, et al. Georgia 2020-08-19 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel Whether a defendant can knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily enter a guilty plea when the prosecutor is allowed to engage in misconduct without h…
20-5250 Oscar Armando Avila-Jaimes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 andrus-precedent evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Should a writ of certiorari be granted since the Fifth Circuit's decision in not remanding to the lower court was contrary to precedent of this court …
20-5084 Priscilla Ann Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-claim civil-rights due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-prejudice racial-bias sentencing sixth-amendment was-ellis-prejudiced
20-5095 Jethro L. Clairvoyant v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection ineffective-counsel jury-instructions martinez-claim reversals similarly-situated-defendants state-court Whether petitioner was denied due process and equal protection
20-5050 Ezra Leslie v. New York New York 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct reversal sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the defendant was denied his Sixth Amendment right to choose his own defense and his due process right to a fair trial due to trial counsel's …
19-8696 Frank DiTomasso v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial free-speech ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing standing Whether there was a conviction of production of child pornography when nothing was ever asked for, such as pictures or video, and there was not even a…
19-8386 David L. Culverhouse v. Texas Texas 2020-05-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion standing May the Court of Chimie Appeals of Fougs tin consbtutsena lly deny actually anocent Petitioners motion Por leave to Pile original applicatisa For weit…
19-8204 Arnold Eugene Fox, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fourth-amendment free-speech ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct search-warrant standing statutory-interpretation Does federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) have an unconstitutionally vague residual clause?
19-8186 Leroy Staton v. Superintendent, Lee Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence bill-of-attainder criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel sexual-assault Whether defendant is not guilty due to lack of rape and murder cover-up, resulting in an irrational conviction from due process violations and an unfa…
19-8103 Ramiro Rubi Ibarra v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-26 Denied IFP capital-sentencing double-edged-evidence federal-judicial-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment texas-law Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to ensure meaningful federal judicial review of a substantial Sixth Amendment claim
19-8091 Vernon Wayne Officer v. Washington Washington 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the denial of the defendant's request for re-appointment of counsel during his jury trial violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel
19-7703 Terry Antonio Lee v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-counsel jury-instructions sentencing Question not identified
19-7617 Donato Amaya-Rivas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-against-self-incrimination right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a defendant who raises for the first time on appeal that his plea is unconstitutional because it was entered unknowingly and involuntarily mus…
19-7578 Ray Edward Barry v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion binding-over brady-violation circuit-court criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel lost-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct quash-information Did The District Court Abused Its Discretion In Binding Over To Circuit Court And The Circuit Court Erred In Refusing To Quash The Information?
19-7395 Jean Crump v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-arrest grand-jury-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether a defendant's constitutional rights were violated when their court-appointed attorney failed to request a new judge despite being advised that…
19-7360 Terry Simonton, Jr. v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied IFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-substance federal-constitutional-substance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Did a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in denying Mr. Simonton a Certificate of Appealability
19-7290 Tamarkqua Garland v. New York New York 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment speedy-trial Defendant's speedy trial rights violated
19-7170 Dante Taylor v. New York New York 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states constitutional-law constitutional-ruling due-process fourth-amendment griffith-v-kentucky ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel retroactive-application retroactivity supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent What is the appropriate appellate protocol for appellate counsel to follow when: (i) the Supreme Court has issued a new constitutional ruling affectin…
19-6899 Jose Luis Meza-Lopez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP concealment constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cuellar-v-united-states due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel money-laundering transportation Does the Court's holding in Cuellar v. United States require more than a finding of concealing something for transportation to show money laundering?
19-6780 Darius Kinney v. Ohio Ohio 2019-11-29 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-box-rule ohio-appellate-rules sixth-amendment time-limitation time-limits Were Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights violated?
19-6775 James Marione Butchee v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender controlled-substance criminal-history due-process federal-sentencing ineffective-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony Do having one violent felony and one controlled substance conviction qualify citizens to be a career offender?
19-6632 Samier Patrick Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP adam-walsh-act civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-guidelines Was petitioner subjected to violations of his Constitutional rights throughout the criminal prosecution?
19-6595 Raymond Tavelle Holmes v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP cell-phone civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-636 due-process fair-trial florida-statute-934.23 fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel inevitable-discovery magistrate-judge objection procedural-error report-and-recommendation search-and-seizure severance similar-fact-evidence sixth-amendment standing third-party warrantless-search Whether the failure to sever counts deprived the P Whether the warrantless search and seizure of text williams-rule Whether the Magistrate Judge failed to file a report and recommendation as required, depriving the Petitioner the opportunity to file a written object…
19-6606 Ryan T. Root v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cumulative-errors double-prosecution due-process ineffective-counsel law-and-fact merger-doctrine miscarriage-of-justice money-laundering plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether cumulative errors led to a miscarriage of justice
19-6628 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-infirmity due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-relief short-sentence statutory-construction Whether the Pennsylvania statutes 42 Pa.C.S. §9542, 42 Pa.C.S. §9543(a)(1)(ii), 42 Pa.C.S. §9545(a), 42 Pa.C.S. §9545(b)(1), and 18 Pa.C.S. §2709(a)(4…
19-6419 Scott Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability commerce-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining Whether the district court erred in denying Wilson's habeas claim alleging counsel's unreasonable failure to investigate law and misadvice, thereby re…
19-6237 Terry G. Watson v. Chantay Godert, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-10-10 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred in not granting a certificate of appealability on the petitioner's claims of prosecutor…
19-6004 Lynn Taylor v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion affidavit civil-procedure court-procedure discovery discovery-violation due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion standing Did the Northern District Court abuse its discretion in not forwarding the full discovery to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals?
19-5914 Lena Lasher v. Roger Stavis, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence best-evidence-rule civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-defense due-process in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-malpractice Should a civil action be granted to correct the District Court's error in misrepresenting a precedent?
19-5858 Lamarr T. Crittenden v. Keith Butts, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-violation due-process ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel retroactive-application sexual-violent-predator sexually-violent-predator Did the Seventh Circuit fail to address an ex post facto violation and failure to issue a Certificate of Appealability?
19-273 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied constitutional-vagueness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-fraud property-rights right-to-control vagueness wire-fraud Is a trial lawyer constitutionally ineffective when he embraces a legal argument directly contrary to existing circuit law?
19-5536 Gabriel Vashon Seay v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel investigation legal-investigation plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Where Strickland v. Washington serves as the current case law protecting an accused's right to fair and competent assistance of legal counsel, there a…
19-5547 Ronny Lee Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied IFP abandonment-of-claim abandonment-of-defense certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim counsel-statement-of-guilt counsel-statements criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel right-to-autonomy right-to-counsel Whether COA should have been granted based on petitioner's right to autonomy when his counsel abandoned petitioner's claim of not guilty when counsel …
19-5514 In Re Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa 2019-08-08 Dismissed IFP civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction public-defender wrongful-conviction Whether the Blue Caste that rested on a Wrongful Conviction of an innocent person because of Ineffective Counsel Lack Knowledge and Understanding of t…
19-5319 William J. Barnes Jr. v. New York New York 2019-07-24 Denied IFP appellate-review competency constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel insanity-defense mental-capacity mental-competency structural-error trial-procedure Did the county court deprive the petitioner of his due process and constitutional right to a full and fair impartial determination of his mental capac…
19-5131 Steven L. Rackley v. Brigham Sloan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights dismissal due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel involuntary-manslaughter notice post-indictment-delay probable-cause sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations statute-of-limitations
19-5066 Jordon Louis Dongarra v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3161 constitutional-claims double-jeopardy due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement prisoner-rights pro-se speedy-trial statutory-interpretation Whether the dismissal of the first indictment under 18 USC 3161(b) and the subsequent untimely indictment without an alignment violates due process an…
18-9834 Carlos Alberto Ochoa-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error cumulative-error due-process fair-trial federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct rule-18 sentencing sixth-amendment venue venue-challenge Whether the district court violated Appellant's right to due process and his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial
18-9742 Mikle Anthony Butler v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-evaluation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion mental-health mental-illness sentencing sentencing-guidelines Issues being raised
18-9754 Daniel Teitelbaum v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-violation dna dna-evidence due-process fbi-codis-database guilty-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jury-unanimity new-evidence prejudice procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct Did flaws in the FBI's CODIS DNA database prejudice the defendant and lead to a guilty verdict?
18-9652 Cedric McDonald v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection racial-bias sixth-amendment trial-counsel voir-dire Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective counsel in failing to object to district court's use of a video in voir dire, which was designed to get jur…
18A1303 Dolores R. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete child-custody discrimination due-process ineffective-counsel juvenile-court procedural-fairness Whether the Due Process Clause requires reversal of a child custody termination where a parent alleges ineffective assistance of counsel, procedural i…
18-1525 Jose Andrade v. City of Hammond, Indiana, et al. Indiana 2019-06-10 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel ineffective-representation property-rights sixth-amendment Whether the Indiana Supreme Court decided an issue without determining the effect of ex post facto law, which affected petitioner's property and due p…
18-9481 Jerry Eugene Shrubb v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied IFP actual-innocence appeal cerebellar-degeneration constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-counsel miranda-violation petition-for-allowance-of-appeal sixth-amendment warrantless-search Has the Appellant been denied Due Process of Law in that no Court has reasonably observed the actual claims raised by the Appellant?
18-9435 Steven Jacob Seibert v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Georgia 2019-05-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel interstate-communication jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge restraining-order retroactivity. stalking-statute standing Whether the petitioner's conviction for aggravated stalking was unconstitutional due to lack of jurisdiction, ineffective assistance of counsel, and r…
18-9405 John Willie Mack, Jr. v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial Was the defendant denied effective assistance of counsel?
18-9379 Paul A. Light v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-sentencing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias non-contact-offenders reasonableness recusal second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the child pornography Sentencing Guidelines can be deemed reasonable when the Sentencing Commission has deemed …
18-9380 Miguel Daniel Leal v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel marital-communications-privilege marital-privilege ninth-circuit-review sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights state-courts supervisory-power supreme-court-dicta Is SCOTUS dicta authoritative?
18-9384 In Re Freya Pearson 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel legal-standards mandamus pro-se standing takings writ-of-relief Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when the district court dismissed her hab…
18-9392 Brent Edward Lovett v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure arbitrary-enforcement constitutional-rights debatable due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-counsel jurists-of-reason slack-v-mcdaniel Whether courts should be required to state reasons and indicate evidence relied upon to protect against arbitrary enforcement
18-9288 In Re Sherman Lamont Fields 2019-05-15 Denied IFP actual-innocence appeals constitutional-rights death-penalty death-row due-process immediate-relief ineffective-counsel judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice wrongful-conviction Do petitioner have a Constitutional Right to be set free Immediately in light of the overwhelming evidence showing that he was framed for the crime(s)…
18-9199 Peter Alfred Perez v. Michigan Michigan 2019-05-09 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure crosby-hearing due-process impartial-jury ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jury-impartiality mistrial resentencing Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying relief from judgment based on a violation of the right to an impartial jury and ineffective assist…
18-9149 John David Brookins v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights of due process and equal protection were violated in the lower court proceedings
18-9065 Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel sixth-amendment strategic-decision strickland-v-washington Whether petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is governed by the applicable test of Strickland v. Washington
18-9028 Lochild Reed v. James Flood, Jr., Acting Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief structural-error structural-errors Did the District Court err by not granting an evidentiary hearing to address Constitutional Violations
18-9022 Maurice Edward Carter v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights probable-cause search-and-seizure sixth-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision to deny Mr. Carter's habeas corpus relief misconstrued meritorious unresolve…
18-8811 Antonio Darset King, Sr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel search-and-seizure search-warrant sixth-amendment standing voir-dire Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in failing to grant petitioner King relief as to the denial of his motion to suppress the search warr…
18-1286 Brian D. Baur v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-04-10 Denied Response Waived castle-doctrine chain-of-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-preservation ineffective-counsel law-of-the-case prosecutorial-misconduct reassignment sentencing standing use-of-force Whether the Law of the Case Doctrine is an issue in this case
18-8645 David Dean Harris v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP appeal-procedure constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent victim-identification witness-testimony Was the state's use of the complaining witness's name specifically as the victim a violation of presumption of innocence, Supreme Court precedent, Uni…
18-8587 In Re Christopher Stegawski 2019-03-27 Denied IFP 21-cfr-1306.04 21-usc-802 21-usc-841 allocution chronic-pain-treatment cross-examination due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel medical-expert strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-fairness united-states-v-moore witness-testimony Was the trial fair when key defense witnesses were not investigated pretrial, court denied Defendant's request to cross examine government medical exp…
18-8139 Louis A. Hardison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-procedure-forfeiture due-process federal-adoption federal-jurisdiction forfeiture in-rem-jurisdiction ineffective-counsel missouri-forfeiture-laws missouri-statute state-federal-jurisdiction state-law turnover-order Whether Missouri statute RSMO 513.607-613.647 provides exclusive in rem jurisdiction over seized property even when state and local government fail to…
18-8162 Eric V. Bartoli v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-recusal mandate-recall sentencing stare-decisis Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals go against Supreme Court precedent, its own stare decisis, and create a circuit split by failing to recall its ma…
18-8119 Walter Douglas Jenkins v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel standing waiver Was the petitioner denied by the United States Court of Appeals a prima facie of Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment due process
18-8063 Shaun Mark Lawler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-25 Denied IFP aggravated-assault constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing deadly-weapon due-process equal-protection family-violence guilty-plea heat-of-passion ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder sentencing statutory-punishment Is it unconstitutional for the Texas Legislature to authorize a greater punishment range and maximum punishment for aggravated assault - family violen…
18-8053 Malcolm Roland Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3006a 6th-amendment career-offender due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-proceedings notice-of-appeal prejudice sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Whether ineffective counsel failed to file a notice of appeal and object to career offender sentencing guideline
18-7933 Keith Charleston v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure-miranda due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights premeditated-murder probable-cause self-defense self-incrimination warrantless-arrest Whether petitioner's statement was unconstitutionally obtained due to intoxication and lack of sleep preventing a knowing and intelligent Miranda waiv…
18-7873 Troy Sierra v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel right-to-counsel rights-advisement sixth-amendment Why were Petitioner's Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights violated?
18-7769 Demetrius Hill v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel new-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment witness-credibility witness-vouching Do exculpatory recordings that were purposefully withheld by the government warrant a new trial?
18-7782 James E. Mason, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-challenges burden-of-proof confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impeached-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel insufficient-evidence jury-instructions jury-selection race-neutral-challenges Whether the State obtained Mr. Mason's conviction with insufficient evidence
18-7628 Anthony Brian Bevan v. Florida Florida 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment governmental-misconduct ineffective-counsel spoilage-of-evidence stare-decisis usc-242 Was the Petitioner denied Due Process, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, and/or in violation of U.S.C Code # 242, and/or in…
18-7494 Richard Dernard Bozell, Jr. v. Greg Skipper, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP blackledge-v-allison blackledge-v-perry class-v-united-states constitutional-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court-jurisdiction guilty-plea-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining procedural-cognizability supreme-court-precedent Whether guilty plea cases are cognizable for federal review
18-7174 Shawndell Everson v. New York New York 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice due-process effective-assistance ineffective-counsel public-trial sixth-amendment trial-rights Did the State of New York deny petitioner his civil rights, liberties, and due process of law, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, by…
18-6631 David Hollenback, Jr. v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice state-conviction state-court-jurisdiction Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals commit error by denying the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability
18-6633 Keith Fremin v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP castration civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process good-time guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-district plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing Whether the 22 Judicial District Court failed to uphold the plea agreement in exchange
18-6579 In Re Patricia Ann McQuarry 2018-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appointment-affidavit burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-irregularity constitutional-law constitutional-result due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel remedies remedy secret-grand-jury standing subject-matter-jurisdiction unsigned-indictment vague-statutes Can an unconstitutional action by the government bring about a 'constitutional result?
18-6571 Mark Jervis v. Richard Brown, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process e-filing-system habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion prisoner-rights standing Does the District Court have the inherent power to rectify its own mistakes after creating a system that makes it nearly impossible for prisoners to c…
18-6572 Douglas Wayne Thompson v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole Eighth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment buck-v-davis civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b6-relief trial-tactics Whether the courts below erred in ruling that Petitioner must seek permission to file a second and successive petition
18-6421 Alexis D. Negron-Cruz v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel internet-access internet-restrictions plea-agreement plea-bargaining pornography-ban sentencing supervised-release supervised-release-conditions Whether District Court erred in imposing overbroad conditions of Supervised Release, limiting Petitioner's access to the Internet, for the term of sai…
18-6390 Valiant White v. Michigan Michigan 2018-10-19 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree impeachment-of-jury-verdict independent-finding-of-guilt ineffective-counsel jury-acquitted-conduct jury-trial jury-trial-right reasonable-suspicion Whether the trial court, Michigan Court of Appeals, and Michigan Supreme Court arbitrarily denied petitioner's right to a jury trial, used inappropria…
18-6326 Terry Alfred Coxe v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington State Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights counsel-abandonment due-process equitable-tolling fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether the lower courts' rulings directly conflict with the holdings in (1) McQuiggin v. Perkins; (2) Cronic v. United States, and (3) Cuyler v. Sull…
18-6240 Darryl Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights constitutional-error due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing Was Petitioner's guilty plea sustained in violation of due process warranting habeas relief
18-357 Dragomir Taskov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process due-process,ineffective-assistance,innocence,prose habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct section-2255 statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether Petitioner's substantive claim of innocence and constitutional violations are barred as untimely due to prosecutorial interference, miscarriag…
18-5724 Juan Concepcion v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP brown-vs-board case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-judgment due-process Equal-protection Gideon-v-wainwright gideon-vs-wainwright ineffective-counsel legal-petition Self-representation speedy-trial statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the state's alleged ineffective counsel resulted in a denial of due process and equal protection
18-5556 Joseph D. Barnes v. Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-acts bad-acts-evidence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel other-crimes-evidence quadruple-offender speedy-trial state-court-discretion statute-of-limitations Whether reasonable jurists would have found that the district court denied Mr. Barnes a fair trial when it allowed other crimes evidence and/or bad ac…
18-5559 Travis Michael Easter v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-innocence miscarriage-of-justice recidivism recidivist-enhancement recidivist-statute sentencing-error three-strikes three-strikes-law Whether the state of Oregon's imposition of a true life sentence under a three strikes sentencing recidivist enhancement statute is a miscarriage of j…
18-5432 Ahmadou Sankara v. Liam O'Hara, et al. Second Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel malicious-prosecution search-and-seizure unlawful-search-and-seizure Whether the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were violated by an unlawful search and seizure, false arrest, and false imprisonment without consent…
18-5324 Anastasio N. Laoutaris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1030 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process due-process evidence fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jackson-v-virginia judgment-of-acquittal malicious-code perjury perjury-standard reasonable-doubt sentencing strickland-standard sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a rational jury could have found each essential element of the offense of transmitting a malicious code, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5…
18-5289 Stephen Dale Barbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied IFP client-autonomy ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana post-conviction prejudice prejudice-standard sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington structural-error Did the Fifth Circuit impose an improper ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard, which required him to show prejudice, to Barbee's claim that his …
18-5031 Jabbar Wallace v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder-conviction self-defense self-defense-right sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's conviction for third-degree murder should be overturned due to self-defense, violation of the Confrontation Clause, and ineff…