| 24A1201 |
Pleadro J. Scott v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-right habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan post-conviction state-proceedings |
Whether Martinez v. Ryan creates a constitutional right for state prisoners to have counsel appointed in state post-conviction proceedings to effectiv… |
| 24-5245 |
Otis Phillips v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coleman-v-thompson due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction martinez-v-ryan procedural-default |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7227 |
Richard Lee Tabler v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
agency-relationship habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel maples-v-thomas martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment state-post-conviction |
Where counsel's renunciation of representation leads to a procedural default in state post-conviction proceedings that provide the initial opportunity… |
| 23-6721 |
Jerry Scott Heidler v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-conflict-of-interest certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit habeas habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan mental-competency mental-incompetence procedural-dismissal trial-counsel |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit imposed an erroneously high standard when it denied a COA to address the petitioner's claims |
| 23-6564 |
Jerome M. Teats v. Brandon Watwood, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-rule habeas-corpus martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan state-procedural-framework tennessee |
Did the decision in Martinez v Ryan require claims to be raised beyond the initial collateral proceeding for exhaustion purposes in Tennessee and othe… |
| 23-6487 |
Simeon Bozic v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel marbury-v-madison martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief shinn-v-ramirez state-procedural-rules |
Do the Shinn v. Ramirez, 142 S. Ct. 1718, 596 U.S.___—(2022), and Martinez v. Ryan line of cases require the State to provide a post-conviction petiti… |
| 23-6255 |
David Alexander Hunter v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa direct-appeal direct-review due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan suspension-clause |
Is the AEDPA's one-year limitation period for state prisoners to raise claims of ineffective assistance of counsel triggered by conclusion of 'direct … |
| 23-6174 |
Jessie Dotson v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
ake-v-oklahoma collateral-proceedings constitutional-claims due-process expert-assistance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan right-to-counsel state-prisoners |
Does a prisoner have a right to effective counsel in collateral proceedings that provide the first occasion to raise a claim of ineffective assistance… |
| 23A426 |
Jerome M. Teats v. Brandon Watwood, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
collateral-review en-banc-petition exhaustion-rule martinez-v-ryan procedural-default successive-petition |
Whether the Supreme Court should recognize an exception to procedural default rules for successive petitions in state post-conviction proceedings base… |
| 23-5945 |
Dana Jovan Johnson v. District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default |
Whether inadequate assistance of counsel at initial-review collateral proceedings may establish cause for a prisoner's procedural default of a claim o… |
| 22-6262 |
Babubhai Patel v. T. J. Watson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-discretion due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan newly-discovered-evidence procedural-default procedural-due-process rosemond-v-united-states savings-clause statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion |
| 22-6091 |
Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-of-the-case martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment |
Whether the law-of-the-case doctrine prohibits a court from changing its previous ruling on the same question later during the course of litigation |
| 22-5802 |
Michael Fetherolf v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-circuit-conflict trevino-v-thaler |
Whether a petitioner is precluded from relying on Martinez/Ryan to overcome a procedurally defaulted IATC claim if he filed an 'initial' petition for … |
| 22-5676 |
Bernard D. Ellerbe v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-09-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability hinton-standard hinton-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default strickland-claim strickland-v-washington third-circuit |
Did the Third Circuit & Delaware District Courts err by denying a Certificate of Appealability seeking to challenge procedural default findings where … |
| 22-5666 |
Arturo Cano v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan pro-se procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing |
Whether being presented by counsel at the state initial-collateral proceedings is a determinative factor for obtaining an evidentiary hearing before a… |
| 22-5155 |
In Re Donald Williams |
|
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
cage-v-louisiana cause-and-prejudice constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan out-of-time-appeal writ-of-appeal |
Whether the facts of Cockerham and Petitioner Williams are exactly the same for purpose of out of time appeal and application of Cage to their convict… |
| 21-7799 |
Sam Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus irwin-v-dept-of-veterans-affairs martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan statutory-limitations statutory-tolling trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler |
Did the district court and Fifth Circuit err in refusing to equitably toll petitioner's untimely refiled §2254 habeas petition |
| 21-7497 |
In Re Willie T. Murphy |
|
2022-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-proceeding collateral-review constitutional-right due-process ineffective-assistance legal-counsel martinez-v-ryan prisoner-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Does a prisoner have a right to effective assistance of counsel in a collateral proceeding which provides the first occasion to raise a claim of ineff… |
| 21-7449 |
Leonard S. Taylor v. Paul Blair, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-trial closing-argument ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan mccoy-v-louisiana nixon-v-florida sixth-amendment strickland-test strickland-v-washington |
Whether the decision to forego a closing argument in the penalty phase of a capital murder trial is a tactical decision for trial counsel to make or a… |
| 21-6988 |
Paul E. Pavulak v. Warden, FMC Butner |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-U.S.C-§-2241 28-U.S.C-§-2255(e) federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan postconviction-review section-2241 section-2255 |
May a federal prisoner seeking review of a defaulted claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel seek postconviction review under 28-U.S.C-§-2241… |
| 21-6580 |
Kevin Johnson v. Troy Steele, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review batson-claim Batson-v-Kentucky capital-habeas capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Martinez-v-Ryan |
Does the Eighth Circuit's practice of issuing unexplained blanket denials of certificates of appealability in capital habeas cases conflict with 28-U.… |
| 21-6202 |
Charles Gregory Clark v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan shackling shackling-claim specific-intent strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the trial court's requirement that Charles Gregory Clark be visibly restrained during his entire capital murder trial without a hearing and ne… |
| 21-6195 |
Ronald C. Fairchild v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment martinez-claim martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment |
Did the Kentucky Court of Appeals allow Mr. Fairchild's rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as… |
| 21-6157 |
Christopher Coker, aka Christopher Forman v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
default-rule due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan pcra post-conviction-relief standing trial-procedure |
Did Trial Judge failed to rule on meritorious issues? |
| 21-6151 |
Gary DuBose Terry v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-review summary-judgment trial-counsel |
Whether a federal habeas court may summarily dismiss a petition alleging a substantial but defaulted claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel … |
| 21-5786 |
Jerry R. Tippett v. John Myrick, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-and-prejudice free-standing-constitutional-claim habeas ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan trial-counsel |
Whether Martinez v. Ryan may be utilized to excuse the default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim in § 2254 habeas proceedings |
| 21-5476 |
In Re William Barret Slade, II |
|
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-amendment |
Whether the Alabama state courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in refusing to apply the Supreme Court's rule in Martinez v. Ryan |
| 21-5181 |
Gerald Patrick Thomas, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan retroactivity teague-bar teague-v-lane trevino-v-thaler |
Does Teague v. Lane bar Federal Habeas court from reviewing the merits of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim because Martinez v. Ryan an… |
| 20-8305 |
Gersu Guisao v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceeding martinez-v-ryan material-witnesses new-evidence newly-discovered-evidence procedural-standard |
Did the initial review collateral counsel breach his fiduciary duty by waiving three of four claims that included critical expert and material witness… |
| 20-8252 |
Timothy James Thompson v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
default habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion martinez-v-ryan prejudice prejudice-standard trial-counsel trial-judge |
Whether when assessing prejudice to determine if the default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim should be excused under Martinez v. R… |
| 20-7928 |
Brandon Robinson v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-proceedings brady-violation discovery-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-claim martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-record |
Was counsel ineffective under Strickland, and did the ineffectiveness present a Martinez claim in the petitioner's appellate proceedings? |
| 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 |
| 20-7788 |
Alexander Olivieri v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-bar trevino-v-thaler |
Is the Fifth Circuit effectively overturning the Supreme Court and its own rulings in not granting Olivieri a Certificate of Appealability? |
| 20-7685 |
Terrance Heard v. Grady Perry, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ATC-claim constitutional-claim district-court-review district-courts factual-development ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard Martinez-v-Ryan Miller-El-Cockrell-standard procedural-default |
Whether the Tennessee District Courts are correctly considering whether a procedurally defaulted ATC claim is substantial, having merit, presented und… |
| 20-7480 |
Mickey Thomas v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure day-v-mcdonough federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sua-sponte wood-v-milyard |
Whether a court of appeals can sua sponte raise a habeas defense that a state abandons on appeal |
| 20-7469 |
Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default |
Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability |
| 20-7328 |
Alberto Matias-Martinez v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan state-impediment statutory-limitations |
Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find that Mr. Matias-Martinez's § 2254 habeas application was timely filed, or in the alternate, that he … |
| 20-1009 |
David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry v. David Martinez Ramirez |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-27 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (13)Relisted (3) |
aedpa evidentiary-development federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel procedural-default |
Whether AEDPA's bar on evidentiary development under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2) applies to a federal court's merits review of a claim when a court excuses… |
| 20-6929 |
Stephen Hugueley v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Rehearing |
Relisted (2)IFP |
habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Does the Martinez exception apply when post-conviction counsel's deficient representation resulted in a procedural default? |
| 20-975 |
Freddie Owens v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default |
Whether the standard for determining if an underlying constitutional claim is 'substantial' under Martinez v. Ryan is the same as the standard for obt… |
| 20-6772 |
Christopher J. Spreitz v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
cognitive-impairment ineffective-assistance martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan mitigation-evidence post-conviction-relief procedural-default statutory-mitigating-factor trial-counsel |
When must the court of appeals remand to a court of first instance for application of this Court's intervening decision in Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. … |
| 20-6549 |
Evatrus Derjuan Moss v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-review exclusionary-provision habeas-corpus martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief procedural-default statutory-interpretation treving-v-thaler |
Does a denial of counsel on an initial state post-conviction habeas corpus application activate the exclusionary provision of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1)(B… |
| 20-6502 |
Sean P. Reilly v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
2254-petition federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief trial-counsel trial-counsel-claim |
Does a federal habeas petitioner forfeit his or her opportunity to invoke Martinez v. Ryan, 182 S. Ct. 1309 (2012), and bring forth an otherwise unexh… |
| 20-6247 |
Jermont Cox v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability default-rule exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan rule-60(b)(6) |
Whether a district court deciding a Rule 60(b)(6) motion in habeas corpus proceedings may ignore new exculpatory evidence when assessing the substanti… |
| 20-6166 |
Brad Keith Sigmon v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing cumulative-evidence evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-claim martinez-v-ryan mitigation-evidence sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fourth Circuit violated this Court's directives on the Sixth Amendment's right to effective counsel when it rejected Sigmon's Martinez evi… |
| 20-5802 |
Timothy W. Saunders v. Terry Raybon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process exhausted-claim exhaustion federal-habeas federal-habeas-review martinez-v-ryan merits-adjudication post-conviction post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-deference state-court-proceedings |
What deference, if any, is due to a state court decision on an exhausted post-conviction claim when the decision arises from a system that does not gi… |
| 20-5570 |
Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2)IFP |
adjudicated-on-the-merits fair-presentation fair-presentation-doctrine habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan new-evidence procedural-default state-post-conviction-review |
In determining whether a claim has been fairly presented to, and 'adjudicated on the merits' by, the state courts for § 2254(d) purposes, must a feder… |
| 20-5397 |
Wilbert Romon Banks v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining racial-bias racial-discrimination trevino-v-thaler trial-counsel venue-change |
Was Banks' claim of ineffective assistance of counsel a substantial claim under Trevino v. Thaler and Martinez v. Ryan? |
| 20-5192 |
Scott Allan Moser v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-counsel federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel invited-error-doctrine martinez-framework martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment |
Whether procedurally defaulted claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are excusable under the framework established by Martinez v. Ryan |
| 20-26 |
Wesley Ira Purkey v. United States, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-07-15 |
Denied |
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capital-punishment collateral-review federal-capital-prisoners federal-prisoners ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-default trevino-v-thaler trial-counsel |
Whether federal capital prisoners whose substantial claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel were defaulted by ineffective § 2255 counsel may… |
| 19-8213 |
Jesus Rodriguez v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review cullen-v-pinholster due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan pinholster-ruling sixth-amendment |
Whether receiving inadequate representation at a first collateral review proceeding triggers the exception of Martinez v. Ryan |
| 19-7816 |
Terry Gay v. Shawn Foster, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-review constitutional-entitlement due-process evidentiary-development fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan state-courts |
Under the standards set by this Court in Martinez v. Ryan, must a U.S. District Court allow evidentiary development of a fact-based claim of ineffecti… |
| 19-1075 |
Bryan Adrian Copeland v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miller-el-v-cockrell strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the District Court and denying Copeland a Certificate of Appealability for § 2255 habeas review |
| 19-1023 |
Donnie Morgan, Warden v. Vincent D. White, Jr. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
actual-prejudice cause-and-prejudice circuit-split federal-court-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default state-postconviction-counsel |
Whether a federal court may excuse a procedural default of an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with 'some merit' under Martinez v. Ryan w… |
| 19-7524 |
In Re Lexter K. Kossie |
|
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C.-§-2244 28-usc-2244 constitutional-performance due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan Martinez-v.-Ryan mitigation-investigation procedural-default successive-petitions supreme-court-review trevino-v-thaler Trevino-v.-Thaler trial-counsel |
Whether the Court's 'equitable' ruling permits Texas prisoners to avoid the successive requirements found at 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a) and (b) regarding pri… |
| 19-7329 |
Jamaar Jerome Williams v. Jo Gentry, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alibi-witnesses habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction-litigation post-conviction-relief prejudice prejudice-analysis |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it concluded Williams had failed to establish prejudice under Martinez v. Ryan because the record clearly shows W… |
| 19-6950 |
Christopher Brian Rogers v. Tammatha Soss, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure darden-v-wainwright due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the prosecutor's statements shifting the burden of proof to the defendant during closing arguments constituted prejudicial misconduct under Da… |
| 19-770 |
Jason C. Underwood v. Shawn Phillips, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review trevino-v-thaler |
Whether the District Court properly interpreted Underwood's Martinez v. Ryan claims when his state post-conviction counsel and trial counsel were inef… |
| 19-6465 |
Quintin Phillippe Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3599 6th-amendment death-penalty federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-funding martinez-v-ryan meaningful-representation sixth-amendment |
When has a qualifying prisoner been denied meaningful representation informed by investigation to prepare a federal habeas corpus application? |
| 19-5968 |
Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez v. Mike Carpenter, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-defendants direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-bar public-defender trevino-v-thaler |
Where a state, through operation of its laws, requires some capital defendants to be represented by the same public defender at both trial and on thei… |
| 19-5705 |
Leighton Martin Curtis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure collateral-proceeding counsel-objection due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review magistrate-report martinez-v-ryan procedural-default record-preservation standard-of-review |
Does Counsel's failure to expand on the record and file pre and post hearing briefs for the petitioner's arguments, and make specific objections to th… |
| 19-5389 |
Mervin R. Barteaux v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-error habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default trial-counsel trial-court-error writ-of-certiorari |
Whether where the procedural default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim is excused under Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), that in… |
| 19-5305 |
Sherman Alexander Lynch v. Shane Nelson |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process fraud-on-the-court fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan procedural-default schlup-v-delo standing |
Whether the District Court erred when it held Lynch was not entitled to the 'fundamental miscarriage of justice' exception |
| 19-5291 |
Tyrone Jordan v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-review habeas-corpus habeas-proceeding iac-claim ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel procedural-default standard-of-review trial-counsel |
What is the District Court's duty and what standard is the Court to apply to a habeas proceeding presenting a substantial and meritorious IAC claim of… |
| 18-9533 |
Shua Tilahun v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Oregon |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment equitable-tolling fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment successive-post-conviction |
Whether Martinez v. Ryan allows a case to be overturned if the plaintiff can show a high probability of a substantially different outcome at the trial… |
| 18-9438 |
Nathaniel Woods v. Cynthia Stewart, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,ma ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining plea-negotiations trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler |
Could reasonable jurists disagree with the district court's rejection of Mr. Woods' claim that Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), and Trevino v. Tha… |
| 18-1433 |
Milton Balkany v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default reasonable-doubt trevino-v-thaler |
Whether a lower court can apply a default rule or ignore precedent on actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel claims |
| 18-8936 |
William Arthur McIntosh v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan newly-available-evidence schlup-v-delo state-court-review successive-writ supreme-court-precedent texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-court-of-criminal-appeals trevino-v-thaler |
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rule adversely by denying Petitioners successive writ of habeas corpus when he presented newly available evide… |
| 18-8429 |
Tracy Lane Beatty v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b6-martinez-v-ryan-conflict-amon federal-courts federal-habeas martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing timeliness |
Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve a conflict among the federal courts of appeals as to whether petitioners may ever prevail on a Fe… |
| 18-8337 |
David Michael Decker v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence deficient-performance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief strickland-analysis strickland-v-washington |
Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable… |
| 18-8214 |
Charles D. Raby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
circuit-split civil-procedure-rule-60b6 civil-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan martinez-v-trevino post-conviction-review postconviction-counsel procedural-default rule-60(b)(6) trevino-v-thaler |
Whether a court must categorically deny a Rule 60(b)(6) motion premised on the change in decisional law produced by Martinez v. Ryan |
| 18-1132 |
Oscar Franklin Smith v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
|
cullen-v-pinholster federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan pinholster-limitation pinholster-v-cullen procedural-default state-habeas state-habeas-proceedings state-post-conviction trevino-v-thaler |
Whether Martinez and Trevino apply to ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claims that were technically raised in state habeas proceedings but went… |
| 18-8030 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan pinholster-standard procedural-default state-court-adjudication |
Where is the boundary between 'new claims,' whose default federal habeas courts may excuse, and 'new facts,' which federal habeas courts may not consi… |
| 18-7631 |
Jerry Haley v. Blair Leibach, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-proceedings procedural-default trevino-v-thaler |
Whether the United States District Court decision that Mr. Haley cannot establish cause to excuse the procedural default of his substantial claims of … |
| 18-7603 |
Raymond Zayas v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights crawford-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment |
Whether this Court should vacate the Third Circuit's Order denying a Certificate of Appealability and remand so the Third Circuit can apply Martinez-v… |
| 18-7540 |
David Dewayne Riley v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-post-conviction-proceedings capital-proceedings collateral-review death-penalty death-sentence effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan murray-v-giarratano post-conviction-counsel precedent state-court |
Should this Court revisit its precedent to consider whether death-sentenced inmates are entitled to the effective assistance of counsel on initial col… |
| 18-7521 |
Freddie King, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-review constitutional-right counsel douglas-v-california habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel louisiana-criminal-procedure martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-review procedural-default right-to-counsel state-procedure |
Whether a defendant in a Louisiana state criminal case has a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in a first post-conviction procee… |
| 18-791 |
Kyle James Moesch v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collateral-proceedings collateral-review constitutional-rights douglas-v-california due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether a prisoner who raises a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in initial-review collateral proceedings is entitled to the assistanc… |
| 18-7021 |
Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender |
Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the 'Equitable Tolling' in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public … |
| 18-6944 |
Jose Luis Vizcaino-Ramos v. Cherry Lindamood, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-state-remedies habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan procedural-default tennessee tennessee-post-conviction-procedures trial-counsel |
Whether under Martinez v. Ryan, a prisoner confined pursuant to a Tennessee Judgment may assert ineffective assistance of initial-collateral-review co… |
| 18-6467 |
Tyrone Pulley v. California |
California |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-counsel circuit-split habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-proceedings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default trevino-v-thaler |
Does the rule established in Martinez v. Ryan and Trevino v. Thaler apply to procedurally defaulted ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claims… |
| 18-6454 |
Charles Nash v. Shawn Phillips, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-trevino martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-circuit-review trevino-v-thaler |
Whether a post-conviction attorney's failure to argue or present proof in support of raised substantial ineffective assistance of trial counsel claims… |
| 18-6062 |
Ramiro Rubi Ibarra v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-exception final-conviction habeas-corpus martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default retroactive-rights retroactivity |
Whether the equitable exception to procedural default recognized in Martinez v. Ryan should be extended to claims based on retroactive rights in cases… |
| 18-6032 |
D. L. v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2018-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
does-wisconsin's-sentencing-scheme-apply-to-juveni federal-habeas-proceedings habeas-corpus-review ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-sentencing mandatory-life-sentence martinez-trevino-doctrine martinez-v-ryan miller-v-alabama procedural-default state-habeas state-habeas-proceedings trevino-v-thaler |
Can the exceptions excusing procedural default of ineffective assistance of trial counsel claims in the Martinez/Trevino doctrine apply to State Habea… |
| 18-5959 |
John Ingebretsen v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining post-conviction-counsel procedural-default |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a request for a certificate of appealability |
| 18-5703 |
Joshua D. Blair v. Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction martinez-v-ryan procedural-defect standing |
Did the Foortis Cirecit Coors of Apgeals errored in Peii toner I writ, usinauny Vasiierer Shavoeck cont yi ed 1c an LYYPETrary ISSOL LWHYn Ane YM Circ… |
| 18-5597 |
David E. Miller v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
buck-v-davis capital-punishment civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan rule-60b6 trevino-v-thaler |
Whether the change in law announced in Martinez and Trevino, when coupled with a particularly substantial deprivation of a capital defendant's right t… |
| 18-5505 |
Farris Genner Morris v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
procedurally defaulted ineffective assistance of capital-case equitable-exception evidence federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-amendment |
When Martinez v. Ryan applies to a petitioner's initial federal habeas corpus proceeding, should the petitioner be entitled to application of Martinez… |
| 18-5462 |
Alfonso V. Senior, Jr. v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discretionary-review exhaustion-of-state-remedies habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition right-to-counsel state-court-remedies |
Whether a habeas corpus petitioner who was unrepresented in his state post-conviction proceedings, in a state which refuses to appoint counsel for suc… |