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25-5700 Patricia Ann Jackson v. John Xiao-Jian Qian, et al. California 2025-09-22 Denied IFP affidavit default-judgment judicial-error liberal-construction pro-se truth-in-commerce Is truth expressed in the form of an affidavit? Is an unrebutted Affidavit fact? Is truth sovereign in commerce? Are pro se filings to be liberally co…
24-1152 Gregory Garcia v. New Jersey New Jersey 2025-05-09 Denied Response Waived affidavit criminal-defendant franks-hearing government-agent legal-defenses search-warrant Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to a Franks hearing when he presents specific and concrete evidence that the government agent who presented t…
24-6423 Davonte Laron Chaney v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit false-statements fourth-amendment materiality probable-cause search-warrant Whether a search warrant affidavit establishes probable cause when the affiant made materially false statements
24-5348 Tierzah Mapson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit declaration forma-pauperis jurisdiction oath writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-7751 Montel Westley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure-4th-amendment-search-warrant-affid due-process perjury protective-sweep search-warrant warrant-execution Question not identified
23-1311 Charles W. Washington v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-06-14 Denied affidavit drug-activity fourth-amendment oral-testimony probable-cause search-warrant sgro-precedent time-delay warrant-application Whether the mandates announced in Sgro v. United States were violated in the issuance of the search warrant
23-7264 Samreen Riaz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California 2024-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-redress poverty redress Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
23-869 Tyler Land v. Donald L. Edenfield, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Jackson County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-arrest fourth-amendment intentional-misstatements law-enforcement probable-cause reckless-misstatements search-and-seizure warrant When is evidence of mere presence in a car with an alleged drug dealer sufficient for probable cause to arrest the driver?
23-759 Gary Eugene Maddox, Jr. v. Maryland Parole Commission, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) affidavit civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment parole perjury privacy privacy-violation tracking-without-permission Did chairman David R Blumberg unlawfully and knowingly commit perjury?
23-6326 In Re Luis Fernando Isaza Arango 2023-12-21 Denied IFP affidavit assets civil-procedure declaration employment financial-information financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty Whether the petitioner's inability to pay the costs of this case or provide security therefor, as stated in the affidavit or declaration, entitles the…
23-5763 In Re Darryl C. Daniels 2023-10-11 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights due-process expense-reporting financial-declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-verification legal-redress poverty standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
23-5721 In Re Terrance A. McCauley 2023-10-05 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-support poverty poverty-affidavit redress Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
23A167 Erik Carrasco v. Terry Henkell Fifth Circuit 2023-08-24 Presumed Complete affidavit exculpatory-information fourth-amendment omission qualified-immunity search-warrant Whether a law enforcement officer violates the Fourth Amendment by submitting an affidavit for a search warrant that omits material exculpatory inform…
22-6176 Cheryl A. Wolf, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis poverty Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements
22-505 Tamika J. Pledger v. Gloria Geither, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment affidavit arrest-warrant auto-accident civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process frank-v-delaware no-fault-auto-insurance probable-cause toxicology Does Affidavit for Application for Arrest Warrant include false-statements-knowingly-and-intentionally, probable-cause, due-process, frank-v-delaware,…
22-6080 James David Wren v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-status in-forma-pauperis poverty Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
21-8266 Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure court-filing declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-proceeding poverty prisoner-rights Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements
21-8157 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure costs declaration poverty redress Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
21-1466 Lenard Johnson v. Richard Winfrey, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-20 Denied 4th-amendment affidavit civil-rights damages-claim franks-v-delaware law-enforcement probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 warrant-affidavit Whether a law enforcement officer violates clearly established law under Franks v. Delaware if the officer does not include information in an affidavi…
21-7753 Levi Miller v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit affidavit-sufficiency circuit-split franks-standard franks-v-delaware judicial-review material-omissions police-misconduct probable-cause remedy search-warrant Whether the proper remedy for a Franks v. Delaware violation is to purge misleading statements or supplement the affidavit with omitted information
21-7350 Roberto Cerda v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-11 Denied IFP affidavit assets civil-rights declaration due-process employment-history financial-institution in-forma-pauperis income-source monthly-expenses standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's denial of in forma pauperis status
21-6544 Omar Leonides Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-rights court-costs declaration due-process financial-declaration in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-prisoner legal-redress monthly-income standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
21-6129 John Ragin v. Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia 2021-11-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure costs court-filing declaration financial-assets in-forma-pauperis income-disclosure legal-support monthly-expenses poverty Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient to establish their inabi…
21-5654 Michael Ortega, aka Salvador Amitcar Herrero Flores v. Oregon Oregon 2021-09-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-access declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty redress Question not identified
21-5265 Terry Reed v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-doctrine good-faith-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-exception warrant-requirement Whether the good faith exception to the warrant requirement extends so far as to excuse an officer's reliance upon an affidavit he drafted with the on…
20-1445 Nathan Ray Foreman v. Texas Texas 2021-04-15 Denied Response Waived affidavit computer-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-seizure fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure surveillance-equipment warrant-application Whether the decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals constitutes an unreasonable application of this Court's clearly established precedent, by …
20-7712 Gwendolyn Singleton v. Orangeburg County Disabilities Special Needs Board Fourth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
20-1225 Jenean Elizabeth Winston, et al. v. Mark Anthony Walsh Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response Waived actual-notice affidavit civil-procedure hague-convention prejudice service-of-process Did the Court of Appeals err in affirming the District Court's dismissal of the case due to insufficient service of process?
20-7211 In Re Jeremy L. Dale 2021-02-23 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-procedure poverty redress Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient to establish poverty and e…
20-1124 Michael Don Leatherwood v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied affidavit criminal-procedure due-process fair-warning ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion probation probation-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner subject to the release conditions of probation while he was in prison?
20-1053 Ronald Dewayne Pitts v. Ohio Ohio 2021-02-03 Denied Response Waived affidavit credibility-reliability due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-scrutiny probable-cause search-warrant undisclosed-sources Whether a Search Warrant Affidavit that failed to set forth probable cause can survive meaningful scrutiny
20-6733 John Christopher Ferguson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits law-enforcement search-warrant warrant-affidavit Whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies where law enforcement knew or should have known the affidavit would lead to a mistak…
20-6104 Jacqueline Pidanick v. Paul C. LaRosa, III, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit child-custody civil-procedure court-fraud declaration due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-review Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
20-5776 Joel Thomas Augard v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule good-faith good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant warrant-execution Whether the good-faith analysis prohibits consideration of facts not included in the search-warrant affidavit?
19-8641 Samir Hanna v. California California 2020-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-fees poverty pro-se-litigation redress Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
19-8527 Rodney Douglas Eaves v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment affidavit constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment probable-cause waiver Whether the Fifth Amendment is violated when an unverified Complaint and Information is used in lieu of a probable cause hearing
19-8454 Michael Boykin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida, Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure cumulative-evidence declaration hearsay-evidence in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance martinez-rule poverty procedural-default redress Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
19-8418 Rupert Stamps v. Detective Paris Capalupo, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied IFP affidavit exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant standing Did the Lower Court err or abuse its discretion when ruling that Officer Rollins did not violate Appellant's rights under the Fourth Amendment to be f…
19-7983 Eric S. Newton, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2020-03-13 Denied IFP 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone-search civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights law-enforcement-misconduct misidentification police-misconduct probable-cause reckless-disregard search-and-seizure search-warrant standing Was the Ohio Supreme Court in error when it refused to accept jurisdiction over a matter involving a violation of the petitioner's Fourth Amendment ri…
19-7656 Michael Huntoon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit computer-privacy computer-search fourth-amendment franks-hearing magistrate probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether the lower court can interpret the meaning of words to determine probable cause existed in a search warrant without the false information
19-7173 Kenneth Rose v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP address-discrepancy affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel material-fact plain-error search-warrant suppression Whether appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a plain error of fact material to Leon's third exception, which would have not permitte…
19-7136 Karen Lynn McClaflin v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appeal appellate-procedure cja-appointment counsel-appointment criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-1964 criminal-procedure due-process fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's denial of Ms. McClaflin's motion to dismiss the indictment on the b…
19-7020 Nahach Garay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure training-and-experience warrant warrantless-search Whether a purported inventory search that produces no inventory can justify the warrantless search of an automobile
19-6816 Michael J. Warner, II v. Maine Maine 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit burglary cell-phone-data criminal-evidence nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant that contains neither specific allegations that a burglary suspect's cell phone data contain evide…
19-544 In Re Todd C. Bank 2019-10-25 Denied affidavit affidavit-requirement article-iii-court bar-admission civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1746 due-process federal-courts legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation unsworn-declaration Whether an applicant to the bar of an Article III court may, under 28 U.S.C. Section 1746, submit an unsworn declaration where such court requires tha…
19-6267 Michael E. Goynes, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone cell-phone-privacy crime-investigation criminal-investigation fourth-amendment nexus probable-cause search search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the search of the content of a suspect's cell phone when the affidavit in support of the search provides no nex…
19-6202 Manuel Rodriguez-Santana v. United States First Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit constitutional-procedure criminal-complaint criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-amendment magistrate magistrate-review probable-cause Whether the District Court Violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendment; Federal Rule Criminal Procedure
19-478 Amadou Sowe v. Pall Corporation Second Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1746 affidavit affidavit-substitution age-discrimination civil-procedure due-process federal-procedure local-rule-violation local-rules owbpa perjury-statute summary-judgment sworn-declaration unsworn-declaration Whether plaintiff's counter statement sworn under 28 U.S.C. § 1746 can be used to show lack of compliance with OWBPA statute despite local rule violat…
19-6187 Jon Kaiser v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP affiant-misconduct affidavit child-pornography civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-review lascivious-exhibition magistrate-judge probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether an intentional or reckless omission of purported child pornography images from a search warrant application undermines a finding of probable c…
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?
19-5845 Shawn M. Thomas v. Karen Slusher, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit affidavit-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-claim district-court-dismissal due-process first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation free-speech retaliation sixth-circuit-appeal standing summary-judgment Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals make the right decision in dismissing Plaintiff Thomas' appeal and affirming the dismissal of the District Cour…
19-5776 Benjamin R. Schwarz v. Erwin Meinberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit assets bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-inmate financial-disclosure free-speech in-forma-pauperis liabilities prison-conditions standing takings ziglar-precedent Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
19-5453 Juan Pablo Revelo Salcedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance judicial-access motion motion-to-substitute-counsel poverty poverty-affidavit pro-se-litigation redress right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel when a defendant expresses dissatisfactio…
19-5414 Arthur Whitley v. Texas Texas 2019-07-31 Denied IFP 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone cell-phone-data cell-phone-search criminal-investigation evidence-nexus fourth-amendment murder-investigation nexus-requirement probable-cause riley-precedent riley-v-california search-warrant search-warrant-precedent Whether the Fourth Court of Appeals' legal analysis of the nexus between evidence about a murder investigation and information in the Petitioner's cel…
19-5014 Ricardo Donate-Cardona v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP affidavit appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review court-filing defendant-dissatisfaction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-redress poverty-affidavit sixth-amendment standing substitute-counsel Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint substitute counsel when a defendant expresses dissati…
18-9775 Dustin Washington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure drug-weight forfeiture fourth-amendment fourth-circuit motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing-error standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in failing to find that the trial court erred in denying Mr. Washington's motion to suppress the search of the BMW
18-9655 Sylvester Ekwunife v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment affidavit affidavit-accuracy civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure detective-misconduct fourth-amendment groh-v-ramirez probable-cause warrant warrant-preparation Whether the dictates of Groh v. Ramirez were violated when the Detective in this case did not have all the correct facts when preparing a probable cau…
18-9478 David Rothenberg v. Florida Florida 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process mens-rea plea-bargaining probable-cause probable-cause-affidavit probation prosecutorial-misconduct Is the use by the prosecutor of a 'probable cause affidavit' containing averments contradictory to the alleged victim's own sworn statement to charge …
18-9361 Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-05-21 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-rights court-access criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-proportionality in-forma-pauperis indigence indigent-status juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing legal-representation life-imprisonment pro-bono Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a crime committ…
18-9256 Zeeshan Khalid Syed v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-affidavit court-discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se reasonableness-of-counsel standing waiver waiver-doctrine writ-of-certiorari When a pro-se files for a COA and discusses his claim extensively in his argument, can the Court construe the issue as being waived?
18-9259 Akunna Baiyina Ejiofor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception plain-language plain-meaning search-warrant search-warrant-affidavit standard-of-review suppression-motion tenth-circuit May a reviewing court uphold a search by reading a statement in a search-warrant affidavit contrary to its plain meaning?
18-9157 Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-8907 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2019-04-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18-8723 Miles Sterling Bench v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-04-08 Denied IFP 8th-amendment affidavit civil-rights competency costs criminal-appeals death-penalty declaration due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent indigent-status mental-illness oklahoma-law supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a person with severe mental illness
18-8665 Michael Benanti v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit criminal-activity fed-evid-r-403 fed-evid-rule-403 fourth-amendment harmless-error nexus nexus-requirement place-to-be-searched search-warrant substantial-rights Whether the Fourth Amendment requires the affidavit supporting a search warrant to show a nexus between the criminal activity at issue and the place t…
18-8668 Joseph Edwards Teague, III v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-04-02 Denied IFP affidavit appeal appellate-review detective-affidavit federal-law good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant state-law state-vs-federal state-vs-federal-law Was COA17-1134 dispositive of appeal brought to NC Court of Appeals?
18-8593 Dontae Callen v. Alabama Alabama 2019-03-27 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-review criminal-procedure death-penalty fourth-amendment jury-unanimity probable-cause search-warrant separate-affidavit Where an affidavit does not support a finding of probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant, can a reviewing court consider information from …
18-1247 Robert Alan Ries v. Oregon Oregon 2019-03-26 Denied Response Waived affidavit blood-sample constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment particularity-requirement probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-particularity Does a warrant commanding the police to seize a blood sample from a person with an entirely different name than the defendant violate the Fourth Amend…
18-7336 Jonathan Henry Hill v. Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP affidavit affidavit-standard civil-procedure conviction due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence one-year-limitation post-conviction-relief statute-of-limitations Can a Habeas Petitioner rely on an affidavit as newly discovered evidence when the affidavit is submitted more than one year after a conviction?
18-7328 Anthony Sheely, et ux. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure compensation costs court-access declaration due-process fifth-amendment financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure legal-filing poverty poverty-exemption private-property regulatory-burden takings Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires compensation when the government imposes a regulatory burden on private property that does …
18-7216 Jason Duhamel v. Michelle Miller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment affidavit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty declaration due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis intellectual-disability miller-el-standard poverty redress sixth-circuit threshold-merits Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th…
18-7198 Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18-7064 Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress Whether the Florida Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying him access to the courts and legal materials
18-6875 Kendall Thrift v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing false-statements franks-hearing franks-v-maryland magistrate-judge ninth-circuit omissions search-and-seizure substantial-showing warrant-challenge Whether the Court should grant certiorari because the Ninth Circuit's decision that defendant Kendall Thrift had not made a substantial preliminary sh…
18-6550 Anthony Thomas v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit costs court-fees declaration effective-assistance-of-counsel financial-disclosure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis income-declaration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-indigency poverty prejudice procedural-default redress sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a new trial when counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defendan…
18-5010 Christine Chang v. Robin Andrews California 2018-06-28 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collusion due-process equal-protection evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct legal-ethics subpoenaed-evidence Does collusion between the superior court judge and lawyer, covering up petitioner's evidence of: (1) subpoenaed surveillance photos and, (2) petition…