cause-and-prejudice

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25-5718 In Re Christopher J. Bradford 2025-09-25 Denied IFP aedpa cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights habeas-corpus procedural-default second-successive-petition 1. Whether the United States Court pf Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in its decision to dismiss the Petitioner 's 'application for leave to …
24-7314 Missouri, ex rel. Jeffrey Weinhaus v. Richard Adams, Warden Missouri 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus state-law summary-denial Where State law entitles a prisoner to habeas corpus review of a Constitutional claim upon a showing of cause and prejudice, does the summary denial o…
24-826 Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-04 Denied Relisted (8) aedpa cause-and-prejudice federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default Whether a federal court must apply the deferential review provisions of AEDPA to the state court's adjudication of an ineffective assistance of counse…
24A582 Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-13 Presumed Complete aedpa cause-and-prejudice circuit-split death-penalty juror-misconduct procedural-default Whether the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) applies to procedural default analysis in reviewing claims of juror misconduct that …
24-5807 Christopher Collings v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-10-22 Denied IFP brady-violation cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the State's failure to disclose impeachment evidence constitutes cause sufficient to excuse the petitioner's prior non-presentation of due pro…
24-5756 Jonathan Leigh Sosnowicz v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice factual-development habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-prisoner Did the Ninth Circuit correctly apply this Court's decision in Ramirez?
24-5662 In Re Noel Brown 2024-09-30 Denied IFP brady-violation cause-and-prejudice constitutional-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus Whether the intentional withholding of exculpatory evidence by prosecution and failure to allow cross-examination of an arresting officer constitutes …
24-5589 In Re Joseph G. Aulisio 2024-09-20 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice confrontation-clause due-process eighth-amendment false-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Whether prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony, and failure to correct known false evidence constitute a violation of due process and grounds for o…
23-7719 Justin T. Winston v. Jon Noble, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights constitutional-violations federal-claims postconviction-motion procedural-default state-law wisconsin-law Did Mr. Winston procedurally default all of his federal claims?
23-6504 Tormu E. Prall v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-error denial-of-counsel due-process habeas-corpus inequitable judicial-review lower-federal-courts rule-60(b) rule-60b Is it a grievous wrong when the lower federal courts demonstrably misread and reshape a habeas-corpus-claim?
23-5528 Lahme Perkins v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cause-and-prejudice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-facts notice post-conviction-relief procedural-default third-circuit-court Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to grant the certificate of appealability
22-7481 Anthony Allen v. Illinois Illinois 2023-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-representation cause-and-prejudice constitutional-challenge constitutional-sentencing ineffective-assistance smith-vs-bailey substantive-law successive-petition Whether appointed Appellate Counsel's missapprehended the law and facts by failure to brief and raise the issues on appeal constitutes unreasonable if…
22-7119 Vincent Alonzo Corson v. Texas Texas 2023-03-27 Denied IFP carrier-standard cause-and-prejudice constitutional-infirmity due-process habeas-corpus mccleskey-abuse-of-writ preclusive-effect retroactivity state-court-proceedings Whether a state court judgment that is constitutionally infirm due to lack of a full and fair hearing should be given preclusive effect
22-5930 Davon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Reed rule applies to a Rehaif v. United States claim
22-5155 In Re Donald Williams 2022-07-22 Denied IFP cage-v-louisiana cause-and-prejudice constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan out-of-time-appeal writ-of-appeal Whether the facts of Cockerham and Petitioner Williams are exactly the same for purpose of out of time appeal and application of Cage to their convict…
21-6879 In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton 2022-01-18 Dismissed IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim life-sentence original-jurisdiction state-court-review Whether transfer to the Supreme Court for hearing pursuant to the court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional life sentence …
21-6752 Franklin McPherson v. William Keyser, Jr., Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied IFP AEDPA-deference cause-and-prejudice circuit-split de-novo-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default Does de novo review or AEDPA deference apply when a habeas petitioner advances a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel as cause to excuse a proce…
21-6469 Glen Campbell v. J. LaManna Second Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claims counsel-ineffectiveness criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the District Court overlooked Constitutional Claims and Cause and Prejudice
21-6382 Askia Mustafa Raheem v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP brain-damage cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus incompetency plain-error seizure-disorder Whether the lower courts violated this Court's incompetency and 'right to evidentiary hearing' habeas law
21-5786 Jerry R. Tippett v. John Myrick, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice free-standing-constitutional-claim habeas ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan trial-counsel Whether Martinez v. Ryan may be utilized to excuse the default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim in § 2254 habeas proceedings
21-5127 Noel Aldana v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-review double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se procedural-bar strickland-standard strickland-v-washington untimeliness Does a meritorious claim that a pro se Petitioner raises which clearly present and meet the cause and prejudice standard addressed in the Strickland v…
20-8377 Herbert Garfield Gardner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cause-and-prejudice civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process external-interference habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default standing statute-of-limitations Whether state trial court's 'external interference' constitutes rare and extraordinary circumstance sufficient to excuse statute of limitations time-b…
20-7469 Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability
20-7389 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability covid-19 covid-19-impact due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington Whether the district court applied an incorrect standard of review
20-7000 Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-01-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 Does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence to pursue an independent action in equity under Fed. Civ. Proc. R. 60(d)(J)…
20-5465 In Re Francisco Felix 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-3231 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-violations criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions procedural-default subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the government's defense, jury instructions, and denial of counsel were prejudicial
20-5360 Reinaldo Dennes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-violation cause-and-prejudice circuit-split cullen-v-pinholster due-diligence due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus napue-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Should newly discovered Brady/Napue evidence be considered by federal courts or returned to state court?
19-8413 Troy Pope v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice federal-law-application federal-state-comity habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-court-decision Whether the Alabama state courts and federal district court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law in denying habeas relief to the petit…
19-1023 Donnie Morgan, Warden v. Vincent D. White, Jr. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) actual-prejudice cause-and-prejudice circuit-split federal-court-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default state-postconviction-counsel Whether a federal court may excuse a procedural default of an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with 'some merit' under Martinez v. Ryan w…
19-7628 Glen Gary Guyn v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cause-and-prejudice comity due-process finality fourth-amendment fundamental-injustice incarceration search-and-seizure unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether Mr. Guyn's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures was violated
19-7154 In Re Corey Devon Eaton 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-infirmity due-process plea-agreement plea-agreement-involuntary plea-waiver procedural-default retroactive-relief safety-valve whether-plea-agreement-involuntary
19-5851 Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied IFP 2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default Is there a federal procedural rule that permits a court to refuse to acknowledge and determine a presentation of cause & prejudice in a habeas petitio…
19-5746 Howard Griffith v. New York New York 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process federal-review judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-appellate-procedures state-appellate-review Whether the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division/Fourth Department, erred in allowing Defendant/Petitioner to take a direct appe…
18-5959 John Ingebretsen v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining post-conviction-counsel procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a request for a certificate of appealability
18-5531 Kelly E. Culver v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied IFP appellate-counsel-ineffectiveness cause-and-prejudice due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether trial counsel's failure to offer a contemporaneous objection during trial compromised the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to competent coun…
18-5519 Mark Templeton v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus parole procedural-default section-2254 standing Whether extraordinary circumstances exist that should afford Mr. Templeton equitable tolling of any time limit within which he had to file the underly…
18-5458 Kevin Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice comity compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Mr. Taylor's Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine his accusers was violated when he was denied Compulsory Process
18-5157 In Re Jose Luis Arevalo 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice cause-and-prejudice-doctrine certificate-of-appealability drug-crimes due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment jurisdiction money-laundering reasonable-doubt Whether the due process clause was violated by failure to prove every element of money laundering beyond a reasonable doubt
18-5110 Abron Spraggins v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review cause-and-prejudice civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-decisions procedural-default state-appellate-court Is the decision of the court of appeals regarding the procedural default of petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims in conflict with or …
18-5059 David Randolph Bedell v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstances fundamental-defects habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice procedural-default Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in denying a Certificate of Appealability