| 22-5542 |
Johnny A. Johnson v. Paul Blair, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-cases certificate-of-appealability cumulative-effect habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington wiggins-claim Wiggins-v-Smith |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's practice of issuing unexplained summary denials of certificates of appealability in capital cases conflicts with 28-U.S.C… |
| 21-5991 |
Ricky Allen Fackrell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
administration-of-justice appellate-record capital-cases federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-10 right-to-appeal structural-error |
Whether an unrecorded conference in chambers is a 'hearing or trial,' or 'proceeding,' under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(c) |
| 20-7879 |
Vincent Gino Chavez v. Brian Cates, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
capital-case capital-cases circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses noncapital-cases |
Does the Due Process Clause require giving lesser included instructions if warranted by the evidence in a noncapital criminal case? |
| 20-464 |
James J. Rosemond v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-09 |
Denied |
|
actus-reus capital-cases concession-of-guilt criminal-defendant criminal-procedure right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Does an attorney violate a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to autonomy by admitting, over the defendant's objection, that the defendant ord… |
| 20-5527 |
Mark Benton v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa attorney-abandonment capital-cases circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus |
When this Court issued Holland v. Florida, 130 S.ct. 2549 (2010), decision, was the intent to apply it to Capital cases only for purposes of Attorney … |
| 19-8831 |
Eric Reid v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-cases constitutional-procedure criminal-trial death-penalty due-process jury-selection morgan-v-illinois voir-dire |
Whether the Arkansas' voir dire framework in capital cases conflicts with this Court's ruling in Morgan v. Illinois |
| 19-8644 |
Michael L. King v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-cases due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal judicial-bias |
When a court shows partiality and bias by adopting nearly verbatim the prevailing party's brief as its order or opinion, particularly in capital cases… |
| 19-6685 |
Scott McLaughlin v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-cases capital-cases-habeas-corpus certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability confrontation-clause eighth-circuit giles-v-california habeas-corpus pro-forma-denial procedural-due-process standard-of-review |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's pro forma practice of issuing unexplained blanket denials of COAs in capital habeas cases conflicts with 28 U.S.C. §2258 … |
| 18-7594 |
James Randall Rogers v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Georgia |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
capital-cases civil-rights death-penalty equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination racial-exclusion standing |
Does Lanier's systematic discrimination against African Americans violate Strauder v. West Virginia, 380 U.S. 202 (1965), and Foster v. Chatman? |