| 22-6934 |
Jack V. Smalley v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis discrimination discriminatory-purpose due-process jury-selection peremptory-challenge voir-dire |
Does a comparative-juror analysis on a Batson claim depend on the reasons a party actually gave for exercising a peremptory challenge, or does it exte… |
| 21-950 |
Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2254 batson-claim batson-v-kentucky certificate-of-appealability fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance martinez-trevino peremptory-strike racial-bias |
In rejecting Ramey's claim for relief under Batson v. Kentucky, did the Fifth Circuit decide an important federal question in a way that conflicts wit… |
| 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.… |
| 20-808 |
Johnny Duane Miles v. California |
California |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis death-penalty jury-selection peremptory-challenges pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination |
Whether a court reviewing a Batson claim may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the prosecutor… |
| 20-697 |
Orlando Cordia Hall v. T. J. Watson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 batson-claim batson-v-kentucky constitutional-error death-penalty federal-procedure habeas-corpus racial-discrimination |
Whether the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) permits use of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to present new evidence of racial discrimination in a federal death … |
| 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 |
| 18-8692 |
Jerry Adams, Jr. v. Robert Neuschmid, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review batson-challenge batson-claim equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review state-court-review |
Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to a Batson claim when the California courts' decisions relied upon legal principles in… |
| 18-6480 |
Gregory Hill v. James Gammon, Superintendent, Moberly Correctional Center |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anderson-v-bessemer-city batson-challenge batson-claim constitutional-review due-process eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-jurisprudence federal-habeas jury-selection racial-discrimination racial-discrimination-in-jury-selection thomas-v-keohane |
Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates racial discrimination in selection of its jurors |