| 24-6446 |
Larayna Manning v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2025-02-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
chain-of-custody constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether the delay in trial and chain of custody of evidence violated the defendant's constitutional rights to a speedy trial and due process |
| 24-5509 |
James Rashad Clay v. Roy Odum, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence witness-testimony |
Whether the November hair/shotgun residue report under Division of Forensic Sciences Case was properly handled and admitted as evidence |
| 23-7156 |
Robert Shields v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody chemical-identity constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence evidence-standard |
Does the Constitutional right to due process of law require some evidence that a drug that resulted in death was chemically identical to the drug a De… |
| 23-1017 |
Marc Thielman, et al. v. Lavonne Griffin-Valade, Oregon Secretary of State, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-security ballot-trafficking chain-of-custody election-integrity election-process public-confidence signature-verification standing-doctrine vote-by-mail voter-confidence voter-rolls |
Do Petitioners have standing to challenge Oregon's vote-by-mail election system due to the loss of their freedom caused by Oregon's confidence-destroy… |
| 23-582 |
Rollo A. Barker, aka Rollo Narker v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2023-11-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
6th-amendment chain-of-custody confrontation-clause criminal-evidence evidence forensic-analysis lab-analysis lab-testimony melendez-diaz melendez-diaz-precedent sixth-amendment |
Does testimony from a lab analyst who did not perform the actual testing on Defendant's seized (alleged) contraband that was analyzed by a State Polic… |
| 23-5829 |
Luis Rios v. Patrick Covello, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations chain-of-custody factual-predicate habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-prong statute-of-limitations |
When determining the one-year limitations period under 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(1)(D) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) for an in… |
| 23-5278 |
Earl Monroe Belcher v. Brian Williams, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
chain-of-custody constitutional-rights district-court dna-evidence due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance reasonable-doubt unreasonable-application |
Whether the District Court's decision was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law |
| 22-7671 |
Eduardo Catarino Palacios v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-05-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
brady-violation chain-of-custody due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct texas-criminal-procedure |
Was the prosecutor allowed to override the habeas court's findings of fact and conclusions of law? |
| 21-6620 |
Tormu Prall v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-tampering fundamental-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony |
Whether the steps the petitioner proposed for regaining access to those letters are a 'watershed rule implicating the fundamental fairness and accurac… |
| 21-5932 |
Michael R. Burns v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody civil-rights dna-fabrication due-process evidence-substitution evidence-tampering fabrication forensic-evidence forensic-integrity laboratory-procedure substitution |
Whether the DNA and fingerprint evidence was fabricated by substituting the gloves examined for fingerprints with different gloves examined for DNA, r… |
| 21-5087 |
Zachary Gage Pebley v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
authentication chain-of-custody criminal-procedure deepfakes digital-evidence digital-recordings due-process voice-identification |
Whether the government's burden of establishing authentication and chain of custody for digital recordings is sufficient to protect a criminal defenda… |
| 20-8467 |
Cyrus Casby v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody civil-rights constitutional-standards criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence-contamination expert-qualification expert-testimony scientific-procedure testing-guidelines |
Whether the contaminated exonerating evidence was misused to convict |
| 20-8430 |
Samuel Gayden v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
chain-of-custody criminal-procedure dna-evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lay-opinion prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure witness-identification |
Whether the State misused DNA evidence to link Petitioner to the weapon used in the offense, and to alleged threatening letters sent from the Cook Cou… |
| 20-6654 |
Gabino Romero v. Raymond Madden, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment chain-of-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-rulings fair-trial jury-instructions prejudice search-and-seizure standing |
Whether the conduct of the United States in conducting research prior to deliberation on a trial judge's decision violated the 4th Amendment |
| 19-7228 |
Jerry Carter v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
chain-of-custody confidential-informant confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-8th-amendment-confrontation-cla criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns eighth-circuit evidence harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel napue-violation strickland-standard Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in rejecting the |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred |
| 19-6837 |
Anzara Brown v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland chain-of-custody civil-rights confidential-informant constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-disclosure exculpatory-evidence forensic-evidence medical-examiners witness-testimony |
Whether the state of Delaware can withhold exculpatory evidence relating to the state's office of medical examiners officials, denying true evidence f… |
| 18-8847 |
Javier Bocanegra, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody cocaine-conspiracy conspiracy controlled-substances cooperating-witnesses credibility criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deferred-adjudication drug-offense-enhancement evidence full-faith-and-credit reasonable-doubt |
Is there insufficient evidence for a conspiracy to transport cocaine conviction based upon the testimony of cooperating witnesses who are not credible… |
| 18-1286 |
Brian D. Baur v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
castle-doctrine chain-of-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-preservation ineffective-counsel law-of-the-case prosecutorial-misconduct reassignment sentencing standing use-of-force |
Whether the Law of the Case Doctrine is an issue in this case |