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25-565 Yogesh K. Pancholi v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bad-faith compulsory-process criminal-procedure discovery-violation sixth-amendment witness-preclusion Whether the Constitution permits a trial court to impose witness preclusion as a sanction for a discovery violation in a criminal case, absent a findi…
25-5356 Oscar Oropeza v. Hector Rios, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process witness-testimony Whether the state's compulsory process and due process rights were violated by denying petitioner's counsel the ability to effectively cross-examine w…
25-5278 Reynaldo Alberto Peña v. Texas Texas 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process fourteenth-amendment polygraph-evidence sixth-amendment Whether admission of inculpatory statements from a polygraph examination without context violates a defendant's constitutional rights to a fair trial
25-5254 Xena Ames v. Federal Express Corporation Seventh Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellant-court compulsory-process constitutional-rights district-court due-process sixth-amendment Whether the denial by the District Court and Appellant Court of compulsory process violated petitioners rights under the Sixth Amendment to the United…
25-5253 Steven Tuopeh v. South Dakota South Dakota 2025-08-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8)IFP compulsory-process court-transport criminal-defense due-process trial-procedure witness-testimony Whether a defendant's compulsory process rights remain unexhausted when a primary defense witness refuses to be transported to court from his prison c…
24-6390 William Logsdon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-defendant fifth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether a district court must conduct a particularized inquiry into a witness's Fifth Amendment privilege before accepting a blanket assertion of self…
24-6358 James David Watwood v. David Newcomer, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confidential-records due-process government-witness impeachment-evidence sixth-amendment Is a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to Compulsory Process or Fourteenth Amendment right to due process violated when access to impeaching …
24-6055 Sandra Lee Bart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP asset-seizure compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court government-motion Whether fraud on the court occurred through improper government motions depriving petitioner of due process and compulsory process rights in asset sei…
23-7717 Ledra A. Craig v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights cross-examination due-process right-to-counsel right-to-cross-examine Can a defendant's conviction be sustained based on uncorroborated statements made during interrogation?
23-7615 Randall Crater v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure fair-trial sixth-amendment structural-error touhy-regulations trial-subpoenas witness-testimony Whether the district court's decision to quash three trial subpoenas because defendant did not comply with Touhy regulations violated defendant's Sixt…
23-7425 Orlando Bell v. United States District of Columbia 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was counsel ineffective in not using compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in the movant's favor?
23-1082 Atticus Sliter-Matias v. United States Third Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response Waived compulsory-process due-process entrapment evidence-tampering fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure witness-disclosure Whether the admission in evidence of 161 eBay & e to PayPal accounts seized and modified by them with + . so, information obtained from Postal Inspect…
23-1043 Amir Anariba v. California California 2024-03-21 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-rules compulsory-process criminal-defense due-process evidence-rules holmes-v-south-carolina right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment subpoena-duces-tecum united-states-v-nixon May a state court assume the truth of the prosecution's evidence in deciding whether the accused has established a 'plausible justification' in suppor…
23-6623 Johnl Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-evidence notice-requirement sex-trafficking Whether the criminal defendant's constitutional trial rights require the admission of the complainant's other prostitution activities to rebut the gov…
23-6108 Bryan Scott Cavett v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-11-27 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-procedure Whether or not State violates an accused person's Due Process Rights when Texas High Court denies his State 11.07 Habeas Corpus, without written order…
23-485 Jesus Arley Munera-Gomez v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process entrapment entrapment-defense government-misconduct prosecutorial-discretion self-incrimination use-immunity witness-immunity witness-testimony Whether a defendant is constitutionally entitled to obtain use immunity for a witness
23-5969 Semaan Makdissi v. Florida Florida 2023-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-accusation fourteenth-amendment motive sixth-amendment Whether the Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated
23A164 Jesus Arley Munera-Gomez v. United States First Circuit 2023-08-23 Presumed Complete compulsory-process entrapment-defense fifth-amendment prosecutorial-discretion sixth-amendment use-immunity Whether the Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment right to compulsory process require the government to grant use immunity to a defense witness whose ex…
23-5400 Nathan Leon Branham v. Michigan Michigan 2023-08-18 Denied IFP compulsory-process curriculum-vitae defense-expert due-process expert-witness fourteenth-amendment right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment When can a defense expert be excluded for failure to timely file curriculum vitae?
23-5315 Jesse Dean Redfearn v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-09 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process sixth-amendment witness-obstruction Did the trial court and/or the prosecution violate the Sixth Amendment confrontation-clause and clearly-established-law by concealing the location of …
23-91 Nolan Marcus Forness, II v. Virginia Virginia 2023-08-01 Denied Response Waived body-cameras compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process evidence-preservation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Defendant's right to access law enforcement recordings
23-5199 Duron B. Peoples v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts hearsay-exception ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel murder-conspiracy witness-testimony witness-unavailability Is federal due process violated where a federal court concludes that a petitioner's counsel ineffective claim lacks merit because petitioner did not s…
23-5063 Bradley M. Cox v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure interstate-commerce interstate-nexus judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal sufficiency-of-evidence threat-of-damage Question not identified
22-6136 Juan Martin Figueroa v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation compulsory-process due-process ethical-standards fair-trial habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony whether-the-prosecutor-deprived-figueroa-of-due-process-compulsory-process-and-a-fair-trial
22-6124 Jason Baxter v. Harold D. Graham, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel right-to-public-trial Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated in the criminal proceedings against him
22-5849 David Keith Wills v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process conflict-of-interest defense-witness dual-sovereignty due-process fair-trial federal-prosecutors perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-intimidation whether-federal-prosecutors-can-threaten-defense-witnesses
22-5738 Vernon J. Mills v. Virginia Virginia 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-innocence civil-rights compulsory-process due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment Whether the appellate court erred in possessing the legal significance of the exculpatory material of the three sworn affidavits tending to exonerate …
22-5541 Edwin Pawlowski v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review compulsory-process due-process harmless-error judicial-process re-cross-examination sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-error Did the Trial Court error by improperly restricting the Defendant's right to re-cross examination in light of new matter and evidence presented by the…
22-5438 Winfred Scott Simpson v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP and ineffective assistance of counsel unlawful detention compulsory-process due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jencks-act miranda-rights right-to-present-defense self-defense sixth-amendment Violation of Petitioner's 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights regarding suppressed evidence
21-7872 Steven Guardado v. Billy K. Sipe, Jr., et al. Arizona 2022-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution federal-question judicial-remedy pandemic-court state-courts Whether the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court prevents application of the Confrontation, Due Process and Compulsory Process Clauses of the US Cons…
21-1378 Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-25 Denied Response Waived compulsory-process due-process extradition-treaty pretrial-restraints right-to-counsel sovereign-immunity standing standing-doctrine Whether individuals have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty
21-7572 Rebekah Rachell Shropshire v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial right-to-present-a-defense Whether the trial court's failure to allow the defendant to present evidence and argument that was crucial to her defense violated her constitutional …
21-7213 Kwasi McKinney v. Arkansas Arkansas 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection postconviction-relief speedy-trial When does the direct appeal of a jury trial conviction of six (6) different criminal offenses and sentence become final?
21-6800 Abdulkhaliq Mohammed Murshid, aka Andy v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment business-records civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-action law-enforcement prosecutorial-discretion search-and-seizure Whether officers can search a business without a search warrant
21-5911 Michael Herman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied IFP complete-defense compulsory-process due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-standards mens-rea right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment Can a defendant's right to present a complete defense be violated by the arbitrary and disproportionate application of a general evidentiary standard …
21-5825 Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. South Carolina South Carolina 2021-09-29 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidence expert-witness mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court erred in concluding that the trial court's decision to exclude the testimony of the defendant's expert witnes…
21-5576 Victor Shawn Brown v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Whether prosecutors can attack the credibility of the petitioner's witnesses by calling them 'liars' when the state's own witnesses lack credibility
21-5535 Timothy Marcus Mayberry v. Indiana Indiana 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process cronic due-process expert-testimony fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Is the Indiana state appellate court's opinion that its trial court did not abuse its discretion when, over multiple objections, it permitted surprise…
21-5447 Nicholas Edwards v. Derek Oberlander, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process identification-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the U.S. Court of Appeal erred in not finding petitioner was not prejudiced by trial counsel's failure
20-7806 Zacharias Christopher Lee v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights discovery-manipulation due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fourth Circuit's decision finding reasonableness in the sentence imposed by the district court is contrary to the Fifth Amendment due proc…
20-7647 Gerti Muho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-justice-system evidentiary-admissibility fair-trial fifth-amendment financial-disability pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment witness-subpoena Whether the deprivation of essential, singular witness testimony supporting an indigent defendant's theory of defense violates the right to compulsory…
20-7607 Perry Burris v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance Did attorney Douglas P. Earl violate Perry Burris' constitutional right of his 5th amendment right to due process of law subsequently violating his 6t…
20-7259 Juan Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 sixth-amendment Was petitioner denied his Constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel during his trial, that is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the U…
20-1191 Robert Singletary v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection jurisdiction rule-of-law Do the accused have a right to reside?
20-1147 Thomas Jefferson Smallwood v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied certificate-of-appealability compulsory-process confrontation confrontation-clause fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review Should a certificate of appealability issue
20-6705 Ian LaMonte Cormier v. James Comey, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the court's placement of the defendant's boss on the stand to testify about the defendant's phone call to his boss constitutes a violation of …
20-5605 In Re Eric Wallace Koehl 2020-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-trial racial-bias sixth-amendment Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to a public trial under the 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution?
20-5591 Joseph G. Edwards v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection material-facts nebraska-supreme-court precedential-authority sexual-assault vulnerable-adult Did the Nebraska Supreme Court omit material facts and circumvent the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights?
20-5357 Anthony Collymore v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process due-process fair-trial immunity prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination statutory-immunity witness-immunity Whether the petitioner's rights to due process of law, compulsory process and fair trial were violated
20-5322 Patrick H. Torrence v. Alaska Alaska 2020-08-11 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection search-and-seizure self-incrimination unreasonable-searches-and-seizures Whether the decision of the State of Alaska and the Alaska Court of Appeals is consistent with the Fourteenth-Amendment, Sixth-Amendment, Fourth-Amend…
20-5151 Antoine Reed v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointed-counsel clear-error compulsory-process credibility federal-district-court material-witness police-manipulation procedural-bar standard-of-review state-law state-law-error Did the federal district court commit clear error when it deemed the Reed's properly presented 28 USC section 2254 compulsory process violation claim …
19-1391 Larry Alan Whitely v. Sharon McCoy, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied compulsory-process due-process fourteenth-amendment right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment trial-by-jury webb-v-texas witness-coercion Whether the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment were violated
19-8518 Dexter C. Newson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-law due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-present-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment by the state court's refusal to compel the productio…
19-8499 Ryan James Hoyt v. California California 2020-05-19 Denied Amici (1)IFP capital-defendant compulsory-process conflict-of-interest due-process materiality-review state-bar Whether California's denial of materiality review violates a capital defendant's due process right of inquiry or his right to compulsory process
19-7942 Daniel Dale Parsons v. R. Blades, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-witness co-defendant-guilty-plea co-defendant-statement compulsory-process compulsory-process-clause confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination harmless-error plain-error waiver Has the accused's right of confrontation been converted from the prosecutor's duty under Confrontation Clause into the accused's privilege under the C…
19-7643 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard 2020-02-12 Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-hearing administrative-procedure article-iv compulsory-process constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings liberty liberty-interest privileges-and-immunities witness-testimony Did the State of Florida violate Petitioner's protected rights
19-7448 Dennis Rydbom v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia 2020-01-28 Denied IFP Compulsory-Process Confrontation-Clause due-process Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourteenth-amendment-equal-protection fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-probable-cause fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement sixth-amendment-compulsory-process sixth-amendment-confrontation state-sovereignty Questions Presented
19-7272 Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment trial-fairness Whether the petitioner received constitutionally effective assistance of counsel at trial
19-6381 Anthony Tyrone Brown v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-activity-evidence witness-testimony Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to a fair trial and effective assistance of counsel were violated
19-6375 Giam Nguyen, Anna Bagoumian, and Donovan Simmons v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process deliberate-ignorance due-process harmless-error jury-instructions medicare-fraud reverse-404(b) reverse-404b-evidence Whether the petitioners were deprived of their Fifth Amendment right of due process to present a defense
19-6077 Ruben Moreno Herrera v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied IFP civil-rights compulsory-process conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-exclusion fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the exclusion of all reliable and relevant material evidence, including the testimony of the defendant's first-hand witness, violated the defe…
19-6000 Kevin Kelley v. Illinois Illinois 2019-09-20 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rules propensity-evidence sixth-amendment trial-court-error witness-testimony Whether the state trial court erred in admitting the testimony of two witnesses for the purpose of showing the defendant's propensity to commit the ch…
19-5975 Juan Jose Tull-Abreu v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft compulsory-process confrontation-clause conspiracy controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment health-care-fraud identity-theft sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner participated in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud
19-5614 Robert Ricks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure defense-witness due-process fifth-amendment immunity perjury perjury-threat prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-immunity witness-intimidation Whether the grant of use and derivative use immunity to a defense witness cured the government's misconduct when the case agent threatened the defense…
19-5352 Hal Bernard Black v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-liability notice-requirement procedural-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the lower courts erred in holding that there is no 'fair trial' at all when a defendant is denied the right to present a complete defense by t…
19-5293 Frank Le'Dell Owens v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lesser-included-offense pardon-power plea-bargaining right-to-counsel Does pretrial counsel's failure to advise accused of favorable plea offer constitute denial of effective assistance of counsel?
19-5167 Christian Don'tae Hood v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP cellular-phone co-defendant compelled-testimony compulsory-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-rights jury-instruction post-arrest-interview search-and-seizure self-incrimination sixth-amendment Whether the trial court erred in admitting the appellant's post-arrest interview when the government violated his Fifth Amendment rights by forcibly u…
18-9711 David Meyers v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fail-to-strike-testimony fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intrinsic-fraud perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Did attorney Paul Roskins violate due-process, fail-to-strike-testimony, false-testimony, compulsory-process, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-9716 Andrew J. Hunter, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure defense-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel subpoena-power Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state court's favoritism toward the victim, denial of the defense's right to subpo…
18-1548 Miguel Alcantar v. Illinois Illinois 2019-06-18 Denied Response Waived third parties for the pretrial production of rele compulsory-process criminal-defendant documentary-evidence documentary-production pretrial-evidence sixth-amendment subpoena-duces-tecum subpoenas-duces-tecum third-parties Whether the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment guarantees to a criminal defendant the right to issue subpoenas duces tecum to private, t…
18-8998 Juan Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process governmental-bad-faith governmental-misconduct harmless-error material-witness sixth-amendment witness-deportation Whether a defendant must prove governmental bad faith to establish a compulsory process clause violation?
18-8564 Kelvin Wayne Heath v. Melinda K. Braman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP automatic-reversal compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct uniform-act-on-production-of-out-of-state-witnesse witness-tampering Whether the trial court erred in convicting the petitioner despite the lack of testimony from a key witness and the prosecutor's misconduct in handlin…
18-8568 David Piper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process criminal-procedure defense-witnesses due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus sixth-amendment standard-of-review trial-rights witness-production Whether Petitioner was deprived of compulsory process under the Due Process Clause and Compulsory Process Clause
18-7957 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Mikel Steinfeld Ninth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process constitutional-question due-process jurisdiction sixth-amendment-compulsory-process standing Whether the judge's denial of leave to amend complaint is a reversible error
18-7881 Zonta Tavarus Ellison v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alford-plea compulsory-process due-process fair-notice fifth-amendment motion-to-reopen-time rehearing-en-banc right-to-counsel rule-4(a)(6) sixth-amendment writ-of-certiorari Did the appeals court infringe upon petitioner's Fifth Amendment due-process rights
18-7826 Curtis R. Leachman v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-determination jury-instruction jury-instructions michigan-self-defense-act psychological-expert self-defense self-defense-statute Was petitioner denied the right to compulsory process when the trial court failed to grant funds for a psychological expert to aide the jury in determ…
18-7599 Jesus E. Moreno Ornelas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-right criminal-procedure defense-witness discovery discovery-order due-process exclusion non-disclosure sixth-amendment tactical-advantage willful-nondisclosure Whether the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment precludes exclusion of an undisclosed defense witness to enforce a discovery order if the…
18-7582 Ralph Nicholas Canete v. Chuck Keeton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment material-evidence sixth-amendment Whether the destruction of material evidence by the government violates the right to due process
18-7512 Ronald Jackson v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-ruling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment state-court subjective-intent Whether counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to adequately investigate and present exculpatory evidence
18-7480 Karreem Tislam Jabar Wiley v. Larry Cartledge, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel Did Trial Defense Counsel violate the Petitioner's 6th Amendment rights?
18-7402 Robert Shapiro v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial public-trial right-to-counsel speedy-trial What is the meaning of the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of the right to a criminal prosecution, including the right to a speedy and public trial, by an…
18-772 Erasmo Aviles, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-testimony government-interests immunity prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination witness-immunity Does due process require a court to compel the government, on pain of dismissal, to seek immunity for an essential defense witness if government's int…
18-6290 Damon John White Bird Solgado v. Colby Braun, Warden Eighth Circuit 2018-10-12 Rehearing IFP 4th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment insufficient-evidence privacy search-and-seizure Whether violation of Petitioner's 4th Amendment Constitutional rights occurred when Police illegally searched and seized Petitioner's files and record…
18-221 Carl Mouton v. Arkansas Arkansas 2018-08-21 Denied Response Waived compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-right-to-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence rape-shield rape-shield-law rape-shield-rule right-to-present-defense sexual-conduct-evidence Whether application of the Arkansas rape shield rule and statute to prevent Mouton from presenting evidence of a sexual relationship between the accus…
18-5628 John Richard Tacquard v. Arizona Arizona 2018-08-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection evidentiary-standards post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent Whether the Arizona state courts violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying his post-conviction claims despite a lack of physical evidenc…
18-5581 George Jenewicz v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-08-14 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process hearsay Was the petitioner denied the right of cross-examination and due process under the 6th and 14th amendments?
18-5545 Carlos David Lopez v. California California 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health-records plea-bargaining right-to-compulsory-process right-to-confrontation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does a trial court's refusal to review privileged mental health records of the complaining witness violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights?
18-5502 Susan Joy Jacobson v. Arizona Arizona 2018-08-09 Denied IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony ptsd ptsd-diagnosis self-defense sixth-amendment Whether preclusion of an accused citizen's PTSD diagnosis, proffered to support her self-defense claim, unconstitutionally impinges on her Due Process…
18-5470 Jeremy J. Bohlman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process compulsory-process-clause confrontation-clause criminal-evidence due-process due-process-clause evidence fed-rule-evidence-412 federal-rules-of-evidence-412 rape-allegations rape-shield-law sexual-assault sexual-behavior subsequent-behavior-evidence Whether Fed.R.Evid 412 bars a defendant from introducing evidence showing that the alleged victim engaged in subsequent sexual acts inconsistent with …
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
18-5301 Cahlan Clay v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination defendant-rights defense-strategy due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-trial trial-procedure witness-examination Whether a court may dictate the manner by which a defendant presents his case to the jury by forcing defense counsel to rely exclusively on the cross-…
18-5281 Vincent Craig Mosley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-trial drug-conspiracy due-process evidence evidence-admission plea-agreement plea-bargaining witness-testimony Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to see the plea agreements of non-testifying co-defendants and admit them into evidence
18-5259 Olin Ray Nowlin v. Joe Shannon, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-deprivation liberty-interest procedural-law state-jurisdiction Does the 6th Amendment guarantee the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, …
18-5068 Taliyah Taylor v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 compulsory-process criminal-defense criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns depraved-indifference due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-counsel mental-disease-defect mental-disease-or-defect mental-health post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith Does defense counsel's failure to investigate and present available affirmative evidence of mental disease or defect constitute ineffective assistance…
18-5053 Andres A. Lopez-Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-right criminal-procedure defense-presentation due-process harmless-error judicial-review police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense structural-error Whether the denial of a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense should be considered structural error that is not subject to harmless er…