| 25A875 |
Telina Fuller v. Hector Sanchez, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Application |
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competency-hearing constitutional-violation due-process godinez-standard self-representation sixth-amendment |
Whether a state court's sua sponte imposition of a competency standard that contradicts Godinez v. Moran violates a criminal defendant's constitutiona… |
| 25-5812 |
Michael Barreto v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-07 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure defendant-rights judicial-discretion mental-competency statutory-interpretation |
If a district court orders a competency examination under § 4241(b) based upon reasonable cause to question a defendant's competency, is it mandatory … |
| 25-5014 |
Phillip R. Durachinsky v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing critical-stages defense-counsel due-process effective-advocacy sixth-amendment |
Where defense counsel reasonably believes that their client may be incompetent, but the defendant disagrees, does the Sixth Amendment require a distri… |
| 24-6527 |
Hazhar A. Sayed v. Gilbert Caley, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-02-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-litigant self-defense |
Whether the trial court violated Mr. Saved's procedural and substantive due process rights by failing to hold a competency hearing and allowing him to… |
| 24-6173 |
James Louis Lange, II v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
competency-hearing court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process mental-competency trial-court |
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in denying Applicant's contention that the trial court did not conduct a proper competency inquiry, thereb… |
| 24-5175 |
Kalamice Keson Piggee v. Gena Jones, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-hearing due-process expert-testimony judicial-review mental-health-evaluation mental-illness retrospective-competency-determination trial-court-discretion trial-procedure |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision sanctioned a departure from this Court's precedent requiring a trial court to hold a competency hearing if substa… |
| 23A1028 |
Kalamice Keson Piggee v. Gena Jones, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
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competency-hearing criminal-trial due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-health |
Whether a state criminal trial court violated a defendant's federal due process rights by refusing to hold a competency hearing despite substantial ev… |
| 23-7037 |
Billy Joe King v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction burden-of-proof civil-procedure competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility judicial-review mental-capacity standing |
Whether the petitioner has met the burden of proof to establish his mental incompetence and entitlement to a competency hearing |
| 23-6756 |
Kenneth J. Coleman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency pate-v-robinson plea-agreement |
Is the petitioner constitutionally entitled to a hearing upon the issue of his competency to stand trial |
| 23A555 |
Brandon Michael Council v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Presumed Complete |
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competency-hearing criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance mental-competence supreme-court-review |
Whether a trial court must independently determine a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial, even when defense counsel and an expert claim the… |
| 23-536 |
Kendall Merlo v. Ingrid Warren, Presiding Judge, Probate Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas |
Texas |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
competency competency-hearing due-process estate-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-procedure notice pleadings probate-court sua-sponte |
Does a state trial court violate due process by appointing a guardian ad litem for the adult beneficiary of an estate, who is presumed to be competent… |
| 23-5480 |
Jesus C. More v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure competency-hearing due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar procedural-rules remedies separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified |
| 22-1070 |
Stanford James Stelle, III v. California |
California |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
competency competency-hearing criminal-defendant criminal-procedure drope-v-missouri due-process fourteenth-amendment mental-competency mental-incompetence pate-v-robinson successive-review |
Does California's heightened standard for a successive competency hearing violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? |
| 21-8234 |
Bithomas Ceasar, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bureau-of-prisons commitment competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mental-health-commitment restoration statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court lacks authority to order additional competency restoration commitment under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d)(2) |
| 21-8228 |
Angel Daniel Caraballo v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health sworn-testimony |
Whether defendant is entitled to a competency hearing |
| 21-7879 |
Stanley Cookston v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial retrospective-determination trial-court trial-court-procedure |
Was Cookston's Constitutional Rights to due-process and fair-trial violated by the trial court making a retrospective determination of competency a ye… |
| 21-7120 |
David John Telles, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony grooming-expert-testimony malingering mental-disorder mental-disorder-defense self-representation standard-of-review |
standard-for-reviewing-denied-motions-for-competency-hearings |
| 21-5572 |
Kamau Alan Israel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense mental-illness plea-bargain sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether counsel for a person suffering severe mental illness throughout his entire life should have taken minimal steps to investigate his mental illn… |
| 21-293 |
Vincent Alphonso Powell v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process forcible-medication mental-health panel-decision precedent standing waiver-of-rights |
Did the State of Arizona, Superior Court, confront a set of facts that are materially indistinguishable from the decision of this honorable Court in t… |
| 21-5427 |
Kushawn Miles-El v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Michigan |
2021-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment capital-case civil-rights competency competency-hearing due-process fourteenth-amendment right-to-be-present right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the state court has denied petitioner any right, privilege or immunity |
| 20-8233 |
Adam Paul Strege v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment free-speech judicial-review pro-se-representation standing |
Question Presented on the legality of spreading the Plague and COVID-19 to exterminate all intelligent life |
| 20-7795 |
Antwan Lamar Hutchinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure drope-standard due-process mental-health procedural-review sixth-circuit standard-of-review |
Should the Court reverse the Sixth Circuit's modified version of the three-factor legal test in Drope v. Missouri |
| 20-7729 |
Casey Rose v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing confrontation-clause cooperating-witness cross-examination due-process impeachment indiana-v-edwards self-representation witness-impeachment |
Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating-witness-with-incentives-to-lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the c… |
| 20-7173 |
Venecia Depaula v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health plea-offer privileged-communication waiver |
Was counsel's assistance rendered ineffective |
| 20-6804 |
Stephen Cometa v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bona-fide-doubt competency competency-hearing due-process eleventh-circuit irrational-behavior medical-opinions pate-v-robinson sua-sponte trial-competence |
Whether a district court must conduct a competency hearing sua sponte based on the record evidence |
| 20-5619 |
James Allen Minyard v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
competency-hearing due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment harmless-error prejudice structural-error trial-rights |
Whether the trial court violated the petitioner's due process right to a fair trial by failing to hold a competency hearing despite a bona fide doubt … |
| 20-5616 |
Zachary Knotts v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bench-trial competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment-disposition mental-competency proof-standard trial-jurisdiction |
if-defendant-not-competent-to-stand-trial |
| 20-5505 |
Keith O. Johnson v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fundamental-error mental-health |
Whether a defendant can be proceeded against in a criminal proceeding where a question of the defendant's competency has been raised and recognized by… |
| 20-5468 |
Corey Manning v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
competency-hearing competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stages due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure right-to-be-present supreme-court-precedent trial-presence |
Whether defendant-appellant was denied his constitutional right to be present at all critical stages of trial |
| 19-8247 |
John Wilson v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-procedure mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-court-discretion |
Whether the trial court was obligated to determine the mental competency of a defendant before granting him the right to represent himself at trial if… |
| 19-7840 |
Victor Dewayne Jones v. Joe Errington |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance judicial-review mental-competency mental-evaluation post-conviction psychiatric-evaluation public-defender sentencing sentencing-petition trial-counsel |
Whether Petitioner was denied his right to due process of law |
| 19-7674 |
Kyle K. Clark v. Kevin Lindsay, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-responsibility cronic-standard right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-action united-states-v-cronic |
Did the Sixth Circuit depart from this Court's prior decisions and create a conflict with its own precedent and a split with other circuits requiring … |
| 19-6525 |
Sean Trent Barnes v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether Mr. Sean Trent Barnes' decision to waive counsel and represent himself was made voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently |
| 18-8473 |
Eric Laquinne Brown, aka Eric L. Brown, aka Eric Brown v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea mental-competency mental-evaluation mental-health mississippi-uniform-rule-9.06 plea-bargaining procedural-bars procedural-due-process standing |
Did Brown have a Constitutional right to have a competency hearing before he plead guilty? |
| 18-8233 |
Calvin J. Reid v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2255-motion 18-usc-4241 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance mental-competency mental-illness right-to-counsel standards-of-review |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has misapplied the standards set forth in Miller-El v. Cockrell and Buck v. Davis |
| 18-8077 |
Donald Glenn Estes v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment involuntary-confinement mental-competency mental-health-confinement prosecutorial-evidence right-to-remain-silent wainwright-v-greenfield |
Whether this Court's Decisions in Wainwright v. Greenfield, 474 U.S. 284 (1996), and Buchanan v. Kentucky, 483 U.S. 402 (1987), Allow a Prosecutor to … |
| 18-7876 |
Jordie L. Callahan v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
6th-amendment competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel mental-capacity mental-competency mental-evaluation sixth-amendment |
Whether a Mentally Deficient Defendant is Entitled to a Competency Hearing or Mental Evaluation |
| 18-7835 |
Iouri Mikhel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-judiciary hostage-taking judicial-discretion mental-health recusal standard-of-proof treaty-power trial-procedure |
Where significant evidence of competency is susceptible to conflicting inferences, what standard of proof is required for a competency hearing and wha… |
| 18-7809 |
James Were v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
buck-v-davis competency-hearing death-penalty death-penalty-eligibility eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment intellectual-disability iq-scores racial-bias |
Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by refusing to reopen the petitioner's direct appeal to consider evide… |
| 18-7731 |
Anthony Ciavone v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence competency-hearing court-jurisdiction due-process evidence-fabrication fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-integrity jurisdictional-defects supervisory-power |
Whether Supervisory Power of this Court is necessary to investigate and correct an extrinsic fraud upon the lower courts |
| 18-7558 |
Brandon Lamar Hawkins v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-competency criminal-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure mental-competency mental-health resentencing sentencing trial-court trial-court-discretion |
Whether petitioner is entitled to discharge, new trial, and/or resentencing based on the trial court failing to conduct a competency hearing |
| 18-7464 |
Carlton E. Gary v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard expert-testimony expert-witness fundamental-error judicial-error prejudice violation witness-credibility witness-influence |
Whether the expert witness's report was improperly influenced by the witness's actions, resulting in a violation of due process |
| 18-7460 |
Clint Horvatt v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
adversarial-testing appeal change-of-venue civil-procedure competency-hearing criminal-acts criminal-procedure disciplinary-history due-process independent-act-doctrine ineffective-assistance involuntary-intoxication record standing trial-counsel trial-court |
Did the trial court fail to attach portions of the record? |
| 18-6917 |
Rodolfo Portela v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal competency-hearing conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking evidence-suppression firearm-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the district court erred in finding sufficient evidence of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance |
| 18-5857 |
Jeffrey Latimore v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel state-attorney-office state-court state-courts trial-court |
WHETHER TRIAL COURT ABUSED THEIR AUTHORITY BY DENYING PETITIONER LATIMORE A COMPETENCY HEARING BEFORE A PLEA AGREEMENT |
| 18-5616 |
Robert Earl Clayborne, Jr. v. Nebraska |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights competency competency-hearing criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel mental-disability mental-health prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and effective assistance of counsel when the state court refused to hold a competency hearing despite ev… |
| 18-5456 |
Gary Allen Kachina v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation competence competency-hearing criminal-procedure discovery discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process exculpatory-evidence mental-health mental-health-evaluation necessity-defense subpoena |
Did the Trial Court error in denying petitioner's motions for Discovery violations under BRADY v. MARYLAND and for refusal to enforce petitioner's cou… |