| 25-424 |
Patricia Ashton Derges v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-violations due-process judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether seven constitutional violations, over 120 Brady violations, and more than 200 acts of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct warrant Supreme Co… |
| 23-7782 |
Jake Paul Heiney v. Heidi E. Washington |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violations certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause cross-examination-limitations expert-witness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence |
medical-malpractice-defense |
| 23-1013 |
Dalibor Kabov and Berry Kabov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
|
brady-violation brady-violations drug-trafficking invited-error invited-error-doctrine jury-instructions napue-violation napue-violations ruan-v-united-states section-841 state-of-mind |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in upholding the petitioners' drug distribution conviction despite the conflict with Ruan v. United States |
| 22-7266 |
Levar Lee Spence v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2023-04-13 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
appeal-rights appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus self-representation statutory-authorization statutory-interpretation |
issue being raised |
| 22-5195 |
C. Raymond Jones, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-limitations brady-violation brady-violations due-process herrera herrera-claim house-v-bell ineffective-assistance newly-discovered-evidence schulp |
Federal & State Court Split on Newly Reliable Evidence |
| 21-6604 |
Andre Bowers v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violations constitutional-rights criminal-justice due-process faulty-investigative-practices first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct systemic-racism wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions |
wrongful-convictions,prosecutorial-misconduct,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,faulty-investigative-practices,brady-violations,first-amendment,fourte… |
| 21-6519 |
Jesse Driskill v. Missouri |
Missouri |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation brady-violations constitutional-claims constitutional-review due-process evidence-destruction factual-findings independent-review prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct witness-testimony |
Whether Missouri's verbatim adoption of the prosecution's factually deficient findings without independent review fails to provide adequate due proces… |
| 21-6017 |
Charles Louis v. Walter Berry, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct state-habeas |
Questions presented |
| 21-5285 |
In Re Ivar Voits |
|
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence brady-violations constitutional-claim due-process exceptional-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct |
Does it appear that Petitioner Mr. Voits lacked an 'adequate and effective' opportunity to test the validity of his constitutionally substantial actua… |
| 19-8772 |
Mario Torres v. Mike Hansen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 brady-violations civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment discovery discovery-deprivation due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial |
Whether Contra Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surro… |
| 19-7004 |
Mario Torres v. Shawn Hatton, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
blanket-policy brady-violations criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence federal-law ineffective-assistance plea-agreement policy right-to-counsel unreasonable-application |
Whether Contra.Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surro… |
| 19-5650 |
James Michael Williams v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
brady-violations certificate-of-appealability due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct second-jury-trial |
Whether the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying Certificate of Appealability to Petitioner |
| 18-6752 |
David McGuire v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation brady-violations criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process evidence-disclosure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment police-misconduct remedies |
When a discovery violation is discovered mid-trial, does a remedy that fails to order the disclosure of the withheld evidence violate the Due Process … |
| 18-6214 |
Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
brady-violation brady-violations california-habeas cullen-v-pinholster death-row eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus materiality materiality-test ninth-circuit prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the federal habeas courts should evaluate the summary denial of a California habeas petition based on whether the petitioner failed to allege … |
| 18-6155 |
Christian Lemus Cerna, aka Leopardo, aka Bago, aka Vago, aka Gatito, aka Christian Josue Lemus Alfaro v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-evidence-disclosure brady-violation brady-violations court-of-appeals criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-sentencing evidence-admission false-testimony jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses mandatory-life-sentence severance-of-defendants uncharged-conduct-evidence uncharged-murder-evidence |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's decisions |
| 18-5387 |
John Garrett Smith v. Washington |
Washington |
2018-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violations civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution standing |
Can a state constitutionally fail to hear a meritorious claim because state hostility precludes procedural justice? |
| 18-5337 |
Shawn Johnson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence brady-violations certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-concession prosecutorial-misconduct recantation recanted-testimony self-defense witness-recantation |
Whether petitioner Shawn Johnson was denied due process and a fair trial due to newly discovered evidence of actual innocence and ineffective assistan… |
| 18-50 |
Linda Carty v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
brady-violation brady-violations capital-case capital-murder constitutional-error constitutional-errors cumulative-error cumulative-prejudice due-process habeas-review heightened-scrutiny strickland-standard strickland-violation |
Whether the Constitution requires a court on habeas review in a capital case to assess cumulatively the prejudice caused by multiple constitutional er… |