| 25-51 |
Christopher Klein, Superintendent, Department of Detention Facilities for Anne Arundel County, et al. v. Charles Brandon Martin |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-07-15 |
Granted |
Relisted (11) |
aedpa-standard brady-violation federal-habeas judicial-deference legal-reasonableness state-court-review |
Did the Fourth Circuit violate AEDPA's deferential standard by overturning a state-court decision based on the supposed lack of 'nuance' and 'exhausti… |
| 24-6798 |
Karl Douglas Roberts v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2)IFP |
aedpa-standard atkins-claim death-penalty federal-claim habeas-corpus state-court-adjudication |
Whether a claim has been adjudicated on the merits by a state court under § 2254(d), where the defendant did not present a federal claim for relief an… |
| 24-797 |
Scott Speer, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, et al. v. Jeffrey Weller, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa-standard federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit-review state-court-adjudication |
Whether the state courts adjudicated the merits of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when expressly citin… |
| 24A618 |
Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa-standard constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-prisoner |
Whether a federal habeas court correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) standard for granting relief on a state p… |
| 24-5183 |
Harshadkumar Nanjibhai Jadav v. J. Woodson, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
and whether the state prisoner made a proper show actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standard criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions schlup |
What constitutes as 'new' evidence |
| 24-5018 |
Maureen McDermott v. Anissa De La Cruz, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard batson-challenge clearly-established-federal-law darden-v-wainwright death-penalty-review due-process ninth-circuit-review parker-v-matthews prosecutorial-misconduct |
Did the Ninth Circuit's denial of relief rest on a misapprehension of what constitutes clearly established federal law under this Court's decision in … |
| 23A970 |
Brandon Washington v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa-standard capital-murder ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit and state courts improperly applied the ineffective assistance of counsel standard under Missouri v. Frye by denying reli… |
| 23-5637 |
Daniel Lee Reed v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-petition successive-petitions |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying a COA for failure to properly consider the framework in which successive petitions are mandated to be reviewed |
| 22-600 |
Gregory Bartko v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa aedpa-standard brady-claim brady-rule exculpatory-evidence gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus napue-claim napue-rule panetti-v-quarterman |
Is the stringent gatekeeping standard under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) consistent with AEDPA and Panetti v. Quarterman? |
| 22-6160 |
Wayland Lynn Dilts v. Mike Brown, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard constitutional-violation courtroom-closure due-process public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment sixth-circuit weaver-v-massachusetts witness-testimony |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit improperly applied Weaver v. Massachusetts and AEDPA, and whether the Michigan trial court violated… |
| 21-6902 |
Daliyl Raaid Muhammad v. Eric Armel, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-01-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard circuit-split collateral-review criminal-procedure federal-prejudice-standards harmless-error jury-verdict jury-verdicts supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Third Circuit erred in holding that United States v. Powell precludes consideration of the jury's other verdicts when conducting harmless … |
| 21-6101 |
Paul D. Timms v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent |
When a federal district court denies a state prisoner's 28-U.S.C.-2254-petition based upon an improper standard-of-review |
| 21-5276 |
William H. Bransford v. Dan Winkelski, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-standard appellate-counsel civil-commitment dna-evidence due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining |
When does constructive abandonment by appointed appellate attorney occur during direct appeal? |
| 20-8170 |
Ronnie Ray Ogle v. Mike Parris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-standard due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea judicial-discretion recusal statute-of-limitations |
Whether the state's adjudication - or lack thereof - of Petitioner's Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b) Motion, Tennessee Rules of Criminal… |
| 20-7813 |
Richard Allen Benson v. Kevin Chappell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard capital-case capital-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence prima-facie state-law |
When a federal habeas court examines for reasonableness a silent state court habeas denial pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) (AEDPA) and Harrington v. R… |
| 20-1084 |
Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Matthew Reeves |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-09 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Relisted (8) |
aedpa aedpa-standard comity federal-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit violated § 2254(d) by readily attributing error to the state court |
| 20-5956 |
Tracy Lynn Cope v. Randy Lee, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard brady-v-maryland brady-violation confidential-informant criminal-trial due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-review |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's property applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) in denying Petition relief where in the… |
| 19-1302 |
David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. George Russell Kayer |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-20 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (9) |
aedpa aedpa-standard comity de-novo-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit rule-of-law sixth-amendment standard-of-review |
Did the Ninth Circuit violate 28 U.S.C. § 2254's deferential standard, and employ a flawed methodology this Court has repeatedly condemned, when it gr… |
| 19-5986 |
Brian Whitaker v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment aedpa aedpa-standard arbitrary-governmental-action constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection postconviction-relief procedural-bar |
Do the guarantees of equal protection and due process of law extend to individuals seeking postconviction relief? |
| 18-1495 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Charles Christopher Williams |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
|
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… |
| 18-8924 |
William Weaver v. Michael Bowersox, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard batson-claim certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eighth-amendment eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-review habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b |
Whether a habeas petitioner can obtain Rule 60(b) relief despite a prior adjudication on the merits |
| 18-8680 |
George Rahsaan Brooks v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactive-precedent retroactivity rule-60(b) rule-60b subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the decision of McQuiggin v. Perkins applies retroactively |
| 18-1181 |
Tim Shoop, Warden v. Ahmad Fawzi Issa |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
aedpa aedpa-standard confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process federal-court-review habeas-corpus retroactivity sixth-amendment state-prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a state prisoner's conviction is constitutional under current Supreme Court precedent, even if it violated now-overruled precedent at the time… |
| 18-7792 |
Anthony Donato v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act brady-violation brady-violation-disclosure circuit-court-split constitutional-disclosure constitutional-due-process due-process federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct second-circuit-decision second-or-successive successive-habeas-petition |
Whether the Second Circuit's decision that petitioner's second-in-time Brady claim is successive conflicts with applicable decisions of this Court |
| 18-6258 |
Steven Lazar v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard confession confession-voluntariness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-adjudication reliability standard-of-review third-circuit-review voluntariness |
Did not the Pennsylvania state courts and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals convolute the difference between a confession's voluntariness and its rel… |