| 24-7338 |
Justin Panus v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-review certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-findings substantive-claims |
Whether Petitioner was entitled to a Certificate of Appealability on multiple procedural and substantive grounds related to state court findings and A… |
| 21-1053 |
Randall Hepp, Warden v. Danny L. Wilber |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
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aedpa-review criminal-procedure deck-v-missouri due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-restraint jury-trial shackling state-conviction state-court-deference |
Whether the Seventh Circuit's invalidation of Wilber's conviction comports with the limits on federal authority to overturn State convictions under th… |
| 21-5582 |
Marlon Darrel Evans v. Amy Miller, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-review due-process eyewitness-identification habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the state court unreasonably applied SCOTUS precedents in concluding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to challenge an eyewit… |
| 21-5138 |
In Re Willie S. Smith |
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2021-07-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
acquittal aedpa-review exceptional-circumstances finality-of-verdict habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-review jury-verdict non-capital-case statutory-interpretation |
Whether transfer to the District Court for a hearing pursuant to this Court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional non-capita… |
| 20-988 |
Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. v. Aaron Edmunds Tyson |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
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accomplice-liability aedpa aedpa-review benefit-of-the-doubt cullen-v-pinholster due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions standard-of-review |
Whether the review required under AEDPA § 2254 and Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 170 (2011) is violated by reliance upon a 'some ambiguity' standard … |
| 19-8272 |
Nicholas Cody Tate v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Georgia |
2020-04-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-review capital-sentencing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence schriro-v-landrigan strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's opinion reversing the state habeas corpus court's reasoned grant of relief based on capital sentencing counsel's p… |
| 19-5298 |
Kendrick Antonio Simpson v. Mike Carpenter, Interim Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-review certificate-of-appealability double-deference federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-deference prejudice-prong standard-of-review strickland-analysis strickland-standard |
Does the AEDPA require federal courts to apply a doubly-deferential standard of review to the prejudice prong of the Strickland analysis? |
| 18-1495 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Charles Christopher Williams |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
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aedpa aedpa-review aedpa-standard capital-case capital-punishment capital-sentencing double-edged-evidence double-edged-sword fetal-alcohol-syndrome future-dangerousness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a state court is objectively unreasonable under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) in concluding a capital defendant was not prejudiced by counsel's failu… |