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25-6811 Gifford Johnson, III v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP circuit-court-split constitutional-duty ineffective-assistance newly-discovered-evidence schulp-claim sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth Circuit's application of Schulp's claim was unreasonable when newly presented evidence was not heard at trial and would qualify as n…
25-5575 Kevin Don Foster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split federal-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review state-prisoner Whether the Courts of Appeal may dismiss an appeal by a state prisoner on habeas review when a circuit judge votes to grant a certificate of appealabi…
24-5232 Christopher N. Queen v. James Phelan, et al. Kansas 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11-usc-362 11-usc-524 automatic-stay-violation bankruptcy-stay circuit-court-split constitutional-violation due-process federal-injunction jurisdiction-challenge void-ab-initio void-judgment voidable Whether the five trespasser respondents with primary responsibility for their jurisdiction across 22 years acting in the complete absence of power con…
24-5088 In Re Gavin B. Davis 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-split circuit-split collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal mootness pretrial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation Appealability-of-18-U.S.C.-§-3164-motion-for-pretrial-release
23-7605 Rodrigo Alvarez-Quinonez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-split federal-rule-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence harmless-error jury-factfinding-role law-enforcement-witness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony percipient-knowledge witness-testimony Whether law enforcement agent testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 701 based on overall investigation knowledge is permissible
23-7416 Christopher J. Pratt v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-court-split circuit-split fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant staleness standard-of-review Did the Second Court of Appeals err when they failed to apply their own standards under United States v. Raymonda, 780 F.3d 105 (2nd Cir. 2015), when …
23-1085 Kava Holdings, LLC, dba Hotel Bel-Air v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied 8(a)(3) anti-union-animus burden-of-proof circuit-court-split employment-discrimination labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlrb-standard unfair-labor-practice Whether the NLRB may rely solely on 'generalized' evidence of anti-union animus, without a causal nexus to the specific adverse employment actions at …
23-968 Steven Dakota Knezovich, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-split circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence sovereign-immunity tort-liability wildland-fire wildland-fire-response Is the United States liable for the negligence of wildland fire managers?
23-932 Minna-Marie Brandt v. Damian Caracciolo Fourth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied child-abduction circuit-court-split country-of-residence custody-rights hague-convention international-child-abduction international-law judicial-procedure treaty-interpretation wrongful-retention Did the Fourth Circuit below err in concluding—in conflict with the text of the Hague Convention and the cases of this Court and six other circuits'—t…
23-6661 Justin Granier v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2254(d) circuit-court-split circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus implied-bias judicial-bias statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has created a split in the Circuit Courts on this issue of implied-bias
23-629 DeAndre Gordon v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split constitutional-rights habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review Whether a Certificate of Appealability must issue when a circuit judge votes to grant one
23-5332 Tamara Jeune, aka Tamara Voltaire v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied IFP circuit-court-split circuit-split evidence-rule federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-interpretation prejudice probative-value propensity-evidence rule-404(b) trial-procedure How are the courts to properly apply Fed. R. Evid. 404(b)?
22-6945 Derrick Owens v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-circuit appellate-review career-offender circuit-court-split circuit-split cocaine-conviction cocaine-convictions federal-law sentencing-guidelines Did the district court err in finding Mr. Owens a Career Offender under the Sentencing Guidelines
22-5599 Denzell Russell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Is the Sixth Circuit's application of plain-error-review under Fed.-R.-Crim.-P.-52(b) in conflict with this Court's decisions?
22-5217 Ramell Markus v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-sentencing extreme-physical-pain kidnapping objective-standard sentencing-guidelines serious-bodily-injury subjective-vs-objective Is a determination of 'serious bodily injury' based on 'extreme physical pain' a subjective test based on the victim's level of pain tolerance or an o…
21-7870 Greg Cantoni v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-court-standards daubert discovery-violation expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence harmless-error jencks-act prosecutorial-discretion Which standard must be applied to determine whether a Jencks Act violation is prejudicial or harmless?
21-6942 Alison Gu v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1542 circuit-court-split criminal-law false-statements oath-requirement passport-application statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether making false statements on a passport application form violates 18 U.S.C. § 1542
21-6508 Daniel Jones v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion motion-for-counsel pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the appeal pursuant to 25 U.S.C.§ 1915(e) based solely on the denial of the motion for…
21-6467 John D. Glenn, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud bank-fraud-statute circuit-court-split common-fraud definitional-term fraud-enforcement fraud-enforcement-and-recovery-act mortgage-lending-business statutory-interpretation third-circuit-ruling venture-capitalist-firms Whether the Third Circuit's overbroad interpretation of what is a 'mortgage lending business' requires this Court's intervention
21-365 Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) arbitration-requirement circuit-court-split contract-law customer-dispute-resolution dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act standard-form-contract state-common-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act displaces a state common-law rule forbidding companies from adding an arbitration requirement to their standard-fo…
21-5579 Emmanuel Perez v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility evidence-rule evidentiary-standard federal-rules-of-evidence inextricably-intertwined judicial-interpretation standard-of-review Whether the 'inextricably intertwined' standard is a proper exception to Fed.R.Evid. 404(b)
21-5577 Terry Darnell Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split cumulative-error cumulative-error-doctrine fair-trial federal-habeas-corpus fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Does the cumulative error doctrine apply to ineffective assistance of counsel claims?
21-5201 Susan Kaytlin Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-courts constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure custody-determination due-process fifth-amendment law-enforcement-interrogation miranda-custody miranda-warning Do the Circuit Courts' different tests used to determine custody status for purposes of Miranda lead to inconsistent results?
20-1642 Brian Doty v. Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC Second Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied circuit-court circuit-court-split construction-site jones-act jury-determination maritime-worker seaman-status supreme-court-precedent vessel-navigation Whether the injured worker was entitled to a jury determination of his status as a Jones Act seaman
20-1340 Amanuel Gebrengus Atsemet v. Texas Texas 2021-03-24 Denied circuit-court-split constitutional-right-to-travel constitutional-rights fourth-amendment license-plate-profiling marijuana-legalization reasonable-suspicion right-to-travel totality-of-circumstances When applying the 'totality of the circumstances' test for reasonable suspicion in a state that has criminalized marijuana, does the consideration of …
20-5985 Derrick Kennedy Crumpton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith-review circuit-court-split criminal-procedure government-discretion government-motion judicial-review plea-agreement proffer-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines What is the scope of judicial review when the defendant and the government have entered in a Plea Agreement and/or a Proffer Agreement in which the go…
20-360 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily prescribes
20-205 Z. B., By and Through His Mother, Sylvia Sanchez v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2020-08-21 Denied Response Waived change-in-placement circuit-court-split disability-rights free-and-appropriate-public-education free-appropriate-public-education individualized-education-program individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parent-participation school-placement special-education What is the definition of school placement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and when does a change in placement occur?
20-5285 Melvin Lee Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment circuit-court-split criminal-procedure drug-enforcement fourth-amendment locked-containers marijuana-odor probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Scope of search warrant based on marijuana odor
19-8926 Roberto Clemente Govea v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause reasonably-trained-officer reasonably-well-trained-officer search-and-seizure search-warrant supreme-court-review Whether the good-faith exception of Leon v. United States applies to the search warrant for the defendant's home
19-8048 Collyer Goodman v. United States Second Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-court circuit-court-split conspiracy criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process narcotics narcotics-conspiracy sentencing shared-objective supreme-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence pronounced by the United …
19-7732 Jerad Hanks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) is unconstitutionally vague
19-870 Jeana K. Reinbold, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of 180 Equipment, LLC v. First Midwest Bank Seventh Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-court-split circuit-split federal-court-interpretation federal-interpretation notice-of-collateral secured-creditor security-interest state-law state-law-interpretation uniform-commercial-code Whether the decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, that a secured creditor need not give any public notice of the collateral securing its s…
19-6972 Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice plain-error rico-conspiracy statutory-interpretation Should this Court grant certiorari to correct a miscarriage of justice and provide needed clarification of the RICO law?
19-6966 Kyle A. Keys v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-requirement fair-presentation federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-remedies statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the 'fair presentation'/exhaustion requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 2254
19-734 Trina R. Patterson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1692a-6 circuit-court-split debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure ninth-circuit security-interest standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding consistent with the opinions in Dowers v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al and Obduskey v. McCarthy and Holt…
19-6892 John R. Van Orden v. Mark Stringer, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split civil-commitment due-process fundamental-rights liberty-interest mental-health-confinement sexually-violent-predator shocks-the-conscience substantive-due-process What is the proper analysis to review a substantive due process claim? Is it the conjunctive or disjunctive analysis?
19-691 Arthur Lawton Clark v. Georgia Georgia 2019-12-02 Denied Response Waived 404b-evidence circuit-court-split circuit-split d.c.-circuit-precedent due-process evidence-rule federal-rules-of-evidence georgia-supreme-court intrinsic-evidence intrinsic-evidence-rule prior-bad-act-evidence prior-bad-acts Were petitioner's due process rights violated by the Supreme Court of Georgia's overly broad application of the 'intrinsic evidence' rule?
19-415 Oscar Ernesto Melendez v. Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response Waived 8-usc-1255 adjustment-of-status circuit-court-split circuit-split immigration-law lawful-admission national-importance statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether Temporary Protected Status constitutes an admission for purposes of adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a)
19-5990 David Alan Vogel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-18 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction notice-of-appeal procedural-defect right-to-appeal standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals conflict with Supreme Court precedent by denying the petitioner's right to appeal based on a minor defect in th…
19-5866 Jason Loera v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-courts electronic-evidence fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence fourth-amendment-protections inevitable-discovery search-and-seizure state-courts technological-advances warrant-requirement Are the federal circuit courts and state courts of last resort analyzing and applying the inevitable discovery doctrine in a manner eviscerating the F…
18-9398 Ali Cisse v. New York New York 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2511 circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights consent fourth-amendment mitchell-v-wisconsin privacy privacy-rights statutory-interpretation title-iii wiretapping wiretapping-consent Does knowledge of wiretapping establish 'consent' to wiretapping under 18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(c)?
18-9069 Hector Rengifo v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split civil-procedure controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-winstead Whether two United States Court of Appeals has entered a decision in conflict with relevant decision of this Court
18-1270 Henry M. Jagos, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Sixth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-procedure due-process eighth-circuit judicial-review jurisdiction notice-of-deficiency sixth-circuit standing tax-appeals tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction tax-procedure Did the Tax Court lack jurisdiction when it had no facially legitimate notice of deficiency?
18-8526 Marcel Henderson v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment circuit-court-split criminal-procedure dixon-standard due-process fifth-amendment imminent-threat justification-defense sixth-amendment Were the petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights violated by the ambiguity of the Dixon standard as applied regarding what constitutes a 'well-f…
18-8255 David E. Ponder v. Avalon Correctional Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied IFP circuit-court-split civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-protections due-process foia-exemption freedom-of-information inmate-rights prison prison-transparency private-prisons standing takings Private for-profit prisons-are-allowed-to-deny-FOIA-and-State-Open-Records laws
18-1139 BNSF Railway Company v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) ada ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-court-split disability discrimination employment employment-discrimination job-applicant job-applicant-rights job-duties medical-examination ninth-circuit reasonable-accommodation regarded-as regarded-as-disability Whether requiring an individualized medical examination as a condition of employment to determine whether a job applicant or employee can safely perfo…
18-8160 Paul Wagner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-conflict circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-precedent mickens-v-taylor ninth-circuit sixth-amendment supreme-court-interpretation united-states-v-hanoum Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision conflicts with other circuit courts and Supreme Court precedent on the issue of actual conflict between a defenda…
18-8125 Darrell D. Walker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-25 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-split criminal-defendant district-court-judgment federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision original-judgment record-silent retroactive-constitutional-decision second-successive-motion statutory-provision Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision, where the r…
18-1090 Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity Petitioner seeks review of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes website operators from liability for their own negligent or…
18-1082 Marianne Guzall v. City of Romulus, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process evidence federal-rules-evidence free-speech hearsay motive-intent party-opponent sixth-circuit whistleblower-retaliation Does the Sixth Circuit Court's split decision determining a statement by a party opponent to be hearsay directly contradict other Circuit Court decisi…
18-1046 Virginia Callahan, et al. v. Pacific Cycle, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-procedure de-novo-review evidence evidence-admissibility evidentiary-ruling hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion standard-of-review Standard-of-review-for-hearsay-rulings
18-7792 Anthony Donato v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-standard antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act brady-violation brady-violation-disclosure circuit-court-split constitutional-disclosure constitutional-due-process due-process federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct second-circuit-decision second-or-successive successive-habeas-petition Whether the Second Circuit's decision that petitioner's second-in-time Brady claim is successive conflicts with applicable decisions of this Court
18-7615 Michael Alexander Bacon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split criminal-justice-process criminal-procedure evidentiary-inquiry fact-finding factual-dispute federal-rule-41 federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41(g) government-possession post-conviction-motion property-return property-seizure rule-41g seized-property What evidentiary inquiry is required when the government responds to a post-conviction motion under Rule 41(g) by asserting that it lacks physical pos…
18-781 Baltimore County, Maryland v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) adea-enforcement age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent circuit-court-split discretionary-authority judicial-discretion pension-plan pension-plans retroactive-relief statutory-interpretation Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held that a retroactive award of monetary relief is mandatory under the ADEA in this pension case
18-7087 Daniel Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review plain-error plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the District Court committed plain error by allowing the prosecutor to commit prosecutorial misconduct by breaching the plea agreement
18-6738 Jonathone J. Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-law-and-procedure criminal-law-procedure de-novo-review due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-victims-restitution-act presumption remand restitution sentencing Whether Petitioner was entitled to a de novo resentencing hearing relative to his challenges to the restitution order following remand from the Sixth …
18-319 E. & J. Gallo Winery, et al. v. Refugio Arreguin California 2018-09-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitrability circuit-court-split circuit-split class-arbitration federal-arbitration-act gateway-question gateway-question-of-arbitrability oxford-health-plans oxford-health-plans-v-sutter stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-v-animalfeeds supreme-court-precedent Whether a court, or an arbitrator, decides whether an arbitration agreement permits class arbitration
18-289 Alfred DeGennaro v. American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-procedure-pleading-standards damages damages-calculation due-process fraud grubbs-v-kanneganti insurance-fraud monetary-value pleading-requirements pleading-standards rule-9b story-v-parchment supreme-court-precedent Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals improperly stated the law
18-5562 Albert Norman Pierre, Sr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied IFP circuit-court-split circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial innocence perjured-testimony prosecutorial-knowledge prosecutorial-misconduct recantation victim-recantation Whether petitioner was denied due process and a fair trial due to victim's false testimony and post-trial recantation
18-5380 Luis Lopez v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act carachuri-rosendo circuit-court-split criminal-history drug-offense massachusetts-state-court massachusetts-state-district-court maximum-imprisonment maximum-term-of-imprisonment moncrieffe sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-court-conviction Whether a prior conviction in a Massachusetts state district court for which the defendant was actually exposed by law to a maximum term of imprisonme…
18-5312 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP aedpa-limitations aedpa-tolling circuit-court-split circuit-split dna-testing due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling federal-habeas-review finality habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-review statutory-tolling Does a properly filed application for post-conviction DNA testing toll AEDPA's limitation period under 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(2)?
18-5038 Neil Sweeney v. United States First Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP administrative-law child-pornography circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence-403 federal-rules-of-evidence-414 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the differing applications of the Circuit Courts' balancing tests under Federal Rules of Evidence 403 and 414 resulted in a violation of the p…