| 24-1207 |
Angela Schuncey Richardson v. Krystle Reed Duncan, Corporal |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split coercion eighth-amendment prison-official-liability prisoner-rights sexual-misconduct |
Whether a prisoner challenging a prison official's sexual misconduct must plead that the prisoner's participation was coerced in order to state a clai… |
| 23-7725 |
Jimmie Lee Walton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion allen-charge coercion court-of-appeals criminal-procedure Did the Court of Appeals abuse it's discretion in Did the Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in a directed-verdict double-jeopardy due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal judicial-discretion jury-instructions mistrial motion-for-acquittal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Did Walton receive effective assistance of counsel? |
| 23-7350 |
Raul Zamora-Quinonos v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-04-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coercion consent-search exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment involuntary-consent law-enforcement search-and-seizure traffic-stop unreasonable-search |
Whether law enforcement violated the petitioner's right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment |
| 23-496 |
Sharan Garlapati v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-courts civil-rights coercion constitutional-protections cyberstalking due-process obstruction-of-justice privacy privacy-rights stalking-by-proxy |
Does the fundamental right to privacy still exist in our modern digital age, and do conspiracies against civil-rights, cyberstalking, stalking-by-prox… |
| 22-7197 |
Bernard A. Brandon v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
coercion criminal-procedure custody juvenile-justice miranda-rights probation |
Whether an interrogation in a secured facility between a probationer and armed law enforcement is custodial for Miranda purposes |
| 22-6900 |
Tony Deng v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cell-phone-search coercion confession-voluntariness deception-tactics due-process habeas-corpus law-enforcement-interrogation reasonable-expectation-of-privacy right-to-counsel will-overborne-standard |
Whether the 'will overborne' standard or analysis should be used to evaluate the voluntariness of a confession obtained by trickery and deception |
| 22-6083 |
Aaron Jay Pierce v. Utah |
Utah |
2022-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-collection impeachment interrogation-tactics law-enforcement police-interrogation right-to-counsel self-incrimination |
Whether statements obtained during a custodial police interrogation in violation of the Constitution, law, and state law should be suppressed by the d… |
| 22-5966 |
Malachi Henessey Rodriguez v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2022-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof character-evidence civil-rights coercion consent constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission reasonable-doubt |
The state failure to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner used coercion |
| 21-7026 |
Nehemias Samayoa v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appeal-withdrawal civil-rights coercion dual-sovereignty due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-jurisdiction indigent-defendant standing state-court-judgment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel to represent an indigent defendant who wi… |
| 21-6188 |
Johnathan Andrew Doody v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-withdrawal coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance involuntary-confession right-to-testify |
Whether Doody was denied his right to testify |
| 21-6029 |
Daronnie Thompkins v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery coercion criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-enhancement interrogation interrogation-tactics involuntary-statements self-incrimination sentencing |
Whether Thompkins' incriminating statements were involuntary and should have been suppressed |
| 20-8401 |
Tyler Landon Thornton v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split civil-rights coercion constitutional-rights criminal-plea due-process fifth-amendment involuntary-confession non-state-actor plea-bargaining plea-involuntariness |
Whether coercion from a non-state actor can render a plea involuntary and therefore invalidate it under the Fifth Amendment? |
| 20-8366 |
Larry Dean Garrett, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coercion confrontation-clause criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule false-statements fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment jury-bias plea-negotiation search-and-seizure sixth-amendment |
Did the district court err by suppressing evidence illegally seized with a warrant obtained by the use of false statements violating Petitioners' Four… |
| 20-8087 |
William Edward Erickson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review coercion conditional-plea constitutional-claims criminal-procedure evidence extraneous-statements ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel involuntary-plea pretrial-motions sixth-amendment |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to constitutional review and relief on his claims at the appeal level regarding his ineffective assistance of couns… |
| 20-6481 |
Luis Francisco Murillo Morfin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coercion conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deliberate-ignorance due-process intent-requirement knowledge-standard mens-rea |
Whether the government may rely on a deliberate ignorance theory to establish a conspiracy conviction, when there is no evidence of deliberate action … |
| 20-6144 |
David Allen Kuntz v. California |
California |
2020-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure coercion confession constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miranda-rights personal-autonomy psychological-evaluation trial-counsel |
Whether appellant's waiver of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary |
| 19-8047 |
Richard E. Daniel v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination right-to-trial |
Whether a defendant has a constitutional right to withdraw a plea of not guilty and enter a plea of guilty over the objection of the trial judge |
| 19-7890 |
Kevin Michael-Ferdinand Richards v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-coercion plea-understanding plea-withdrawal trial-court-discretion |
Did The Trial Court Abuse Its Discretion When It Denied Plea Withdrawal Under MCR 6.310(B)? |
| 19-7768 |
Jibriil A. Hersi v. Harold May, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-misconduct jury-trial police-misconduct prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal transcript trial-irregularities |
Whether I am entitled to get the missing records from my trial in Medina County, Ohio for statements made by the judge outside the hearing of the jury… |
| 19-7697 |
Rebecca Leigh Lovell v. Children's Corner Daycare |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure coercion constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process duress evidentiary-hearing settlement-dispute settlements trial-court |
Did the Court of Appeals err in finding the trial court did not abuse its discretion by enforcing settlements that were disputed by a party without ho… |
| 19-7667 |
Robert Tremaine Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment coercion detainment due-process fourth-amendment k-9-search law-enforcement search-and-seizure seizure traffic-stop video-evidence |
Whether the promise to be free to leave after clearance of driver's license, vehicle papers, and warrants with issuance of a warning traffic citation … |
| 19-996 |
Lindsay Waters v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-rights coercion due-process dui dui-testing fourth-amendment implied-consent search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits police to coerce submission to a warrantless blood test |
| 19-6951 |
Ruben S. Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C-2244(d)(1)(D) coerced-plea coercion collateral-review federal-courts guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower federal courts erred in determining that newly available evidence, in the form of affidavit of co-defendant's attorney, did not meet… |
| 19-693 |
Peter Balov v. California |
California |
2019-12-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
blood-alcohol-content blood-draw coercion consent dui fourth-amendment officer-authority probable-cause search-and-seizure |
Is a motorist's consent to a blood draw, for purposes of determining blood-alcohol content, voluntary within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment where… |
| 19-6185 |
Aaron Lee Smiley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights coercion constitutional-rights due-process forfeiture home-forfeiture ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement standing |
Does a plea agreement need to pass constitutional muster before it waives a person's right to challenge on appeal the forfeiture of his or her home? |
| 18-9836 |
Dwight Brown v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
allen-charge coercion coercive-instruction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion jury-deliberation jury-deliberations mistrial verdict-review |
Whether the district court erred or abused its discretion in reversing or rescinding its grant of mistrial |
| 18-9773 |
Arie Robert Redeker v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment coercion coercive-detention coercive-tactics constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation fifth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree involuntary-confession law-enforcement-tactics self-incrimination |
Whether fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine applies to a custodial interrogation that has been tainted |
| 18-8469 |
Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2422(b) age-of-consent coercion consensual-sexual-activity criminal-attempt criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process enticement entrapment federal-criminal-law mens-rea minor sexual-activity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the crime of attempted enticing of a minor is committed when a person agrees to engage in consensual sexual activity with an adult that the pe… |
| 18-8232 |
Jesus Rosales v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment allen-charge coercion criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-deliberation jury-instruction jury-instructions trial-procedure |
At what point should a court grant defense's request for an Allen charge, so that the lack of one, in itself, does not become coercive? |
| 18-1102 |
Askia Cuff v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abandonment coercion counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment voluntariness voluntary voluntary-waiver withdrawal |
Was Appellant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to trial, pursuant to a plea agreement, freely and voluntarily made or the product of coercion — t… |
| 18-7895 |
Jerry Anderson, II v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
coercion criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-trial sixth-amendment |
Was the defendant denied his state and federal constitutional rights to effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to prepare for trial … |
| 18-7655 |
Michael R. Spengler v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment appellate-standard civil-rights coercion constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process miranda-warnings police-lineup undercover-operations witness-identification |
Whether the widespread policy of the L.A. Superior Court and the L.A. Sheriff's Department, known as the Perkins Operation, which allows undercover ag… |
| 18-7619 |
Michael Scott Morris v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment coercion consent criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment police-coercion probable-cause search-and-seizure voluntary-consent warrant-requirement |
Is consent to search a home freely and voluntarily given when police threaten arrest and jail if they are required to obtain a search warrant? |
| 18-7504 |
Raphael R. Hamilton v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-discretion coercion competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue right-to-withdraw standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by not reversing the trial court's order denying petitioner his right to withdrawal of the guilty ple… |
| 18-915 |
Gregory T. Christian v. K. A. Payne, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment audio-evidence coercion consent evidence-suppression fourth-amendment procedural-irregularities qualified-immunity search-and-seizure section-1983 suppression-of-evidence warrantless-search |
Whether producing identification without being requested justifies search for weapons several minutes later |
| 18-7429 |
Adam Lee Lopez v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment coercion constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation due-process law-enforcement-interrogation miranda-rights police-interrogation self-incrimination suspect-waiver |
Whether officers may, when a suspect mentions a desire to wait for an attorney, follow up a reading of the Miranda warnings with soft persuasion and e… |
| 18-892 |
Mark N. Kirsch v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights coercion due-process extortion extortion-statute property-transfer racketeering-act racketeering-conspiracy scheidler-precedent scheidler-v-now sekhar-precedent transferable-property union-contract |
Whether pressuring a construction contractor to enter into a union contract meets the definition of generic extortion such that a racketeering act pre… |
| 18-7025 |
Tyree Marquez Burt v. California |
California |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
coercion due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hung-jury judicial-instruction jury-coercion jury-instructions trial-procedure |
Was the trial court's admonition to a deadlocked jury coercive, implicating the petitioner's due process rights to a fair trial? |
| 18-6906 |
David E. Miller v. Tony Parker, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
coercion cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment ex-post-facto execution-method lethal-injection waiver waiver-of-rights |
When an inmate alleges that both his original and later-imposed punishments for the same crime violate the Eighth Amendment but the later-imposed puni… |
| 18-6646 |
John Edward Davis v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
autopsy-photographs coercion constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession involuntary-statements juvenile-offender juvenile-offender-rights juvenile-rights motion-to-suppress right-to-testify self-incrimination |
Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Court's precedent |