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25-6666 Daniel Carlos Garcia v. Chad Bianco, Sheriff, Riverside County, California Ninth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending IFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-claim double-jeopardy habeas-petition penal-code younger-abstention Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's habeas petition on Younger abstention grounds without addressing the threshold question of…
25-6495 Jason Elysse v. Florida Florida 2026-01-06 Pending IFP appellate-review constitutional-claim discretionary-jurisdiction fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether a State Appellate Court violates a Defendant's Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights when affirming a trial Court's denial of a reques…
25A712 Donald Wayne Read v. Texas Texas 2025-12-17 Application constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's application for emergency relief challenging medical treatment and record-keeping practices constitutes a viable constitut…
25-6315 Jasper Phillip Rushing v. Arizona Arizona 2025-12-08 Pending IFP capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process fundamental-error preservation-doctrine shackling Did the Arizona Supreme Court err in concluding that Mr. Rushing failed to preserve his constitutional challenge to visible shackling, and if unpreser…
25-6302 Jerome Mack v. John Wood, Superintendent, Shawangunk Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2025-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus identification-evidence ineffective-assistance procedural-default Whether the lower courts erred in procedurally barring petitioner's constitutional claims and denying relief under various legal standards
25-6283 Samuel Patrick Cain, Jr. v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-12-04 Pending IFP constitutional-claim district-court federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-review state-law Whether the District Court erred in denying habeas relief based on its determination that the petitioner's claim involves state law and did not presen…
25-6234 Edwin Riascos Romero v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-11-25 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim ineffective-assistance search-and-seizure sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) was proper on challenges to sufficiency of evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel i…
25-550 Michael Fernandez, D.D.S., LTD., a Division of Atlantic Dental Care, PLC, et al. v. Stephen C. Brich, P.E., Commissioner of Highways, in His Individual and Official Capacity, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response Waived class-of-one comparator-analysis constitutional-claim equal-protection pleading-standard zoning-law Is Appellants' non-zoning related equal protection claim based upon a 'class-of-one theory' subject to the heightened pleading standard for similarly …
25A497 Arthur Torlucci v. California Ninth Circuit 2025-10-30 Application certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-petition habeas-corpus procedural-grounds section-2254 Whether a state court's denial of a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 can be appealed when the underlying petition fails to state a debatable fed…
25A450 Melvin Clark v. James Hill, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-10-21 Application appealability-threshold certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim habeas-corpus procedural-ruling slack-standard Whether the district court's denial of a certificate of appealability was an abuse of discretion that improperly foreclosed review of a potentially me…
25-5893 Frederick M. Hill v. Angela Stuff, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim fourth-amendment knock-and-talk procedural-due-process sixth-amendment Whether the 'one fair shot' and procedural due process require court of appeals to notify petitioner of appeal and briefing schedule conversion, and w…
25A397 Obe E. Johnson v. Harry Feliciano-Maldonado, et al. First Circuit 2025-10-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment state-court-proceedings Whether a state court's failure to provide an evidentiary hearing on a potentially meritorious constitutional claim constitutes a violation of due pro…
25-5809 Anthony Lee Van Durmen v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-10-06 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-of-right constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus state-impediment Whether a petitioner's appeal of right delayed for over 20 years due to state-created impediment entitles him to a new trial under the Due Process Cla…
25-299 Sam Silverberg v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-15 Denied Response Waived appellate-court collateral-estoppel constitutional-claim federal-jurisdiction judicial-review revenue-impact Whether the appellate court committed error by overturning Hibbs v. Winn and holding that constitutional claims arising from assessment bar federal ju…
25A274 John Benton Ragland v. Karin Arnold, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2025-09-09 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether a state prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was procedurally defaulted when the district court denied a certificate of appealabili…
25-5486 Bruce Anderson v. Kenneth Lizotte, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance second-petition Whether a federal habeas petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel constitutes a 'second or successive petition' under AEDPA's gatekeeping p…
25-5400 Andrew Charles Beard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-19 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-claim criminal-procedure federal-prosecution plea-waiver sentencing-enhancement statutory-construction Whether challenging an 18 U.S.C. §924(c) conviction is a constitutional or statutory construction claim that impacts plea enforcement
24-7496 Allen Odell Woods v. Keithe Turner, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-claim criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct witness-impeachment Whether counsel's performance was constitutionally deficient in failing to raise Brady claims, locate key witnesses, impeach state witnesses, and chal…
24-7474 Richard Gerald Jordan v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-06-20 Denied IFP arbitrary-denial constitutional-claim death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto state-court Whether the State of Mississippi has run afoul of due process by arbitrarily denying an available state court forum to adjudicate a federal constituti…
24A1223 Lathfield Investments, LLC, et al. v. City of Lathrup Village, Michigan Sixth Circuit 2025-06-12 Presumed Complete constitutional-claim contracts-clause federal-court-jurisdiction section-1983 sixth-circuit statutory-remedy Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides a viable federal court mechanism for bringing a Contracts Clause claim when no other clear statutory remedy exists
24-7314 Missouri, ex rel. Jeffrey Weinhaus v. Richard Adams, Warden Missouri 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus state-law summary-denial Where State law entitles a prisoner to habeas corpus review of a Constitutional claim upon a showing of cause and prejudice, does the summary denial o…
24A1144 Robert S. Pierce v. Demetric Godfrey, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-27 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim district-court-discretion habeas-corpus rule-60(b) section-2254 Whether a federal habeas petitioner can obtain relief under Rule 60(b) for alleged errors in a prior section 2254 proceeding
24-7163 Jose Nieves Briones v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-diligence habeas-corpus supreme-court-jurisdiction time-bar Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the denial of a certificate of appealability and whether the Court of Appeals should have issued …
24-7037 Marlon Edgardo Siguenza v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review post-traumatic-stress-disorder Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial of even a COA here so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal?
24-6946 Logan Dyjak v. Stacey Horstman, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-04-08 Denied IFP bodily-movement constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment procedural-rights summary-judgment Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires individualized determinations for bodily movement restrictions and whether procedural due process requires a…
24-6917 Edmond Stanley Adams, III v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the S.C. Supreme Court erred by barring Petitioners' Federal Factual predicate that he was denied effective assistance of counsel
24-6876 Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance strickland-standard Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his ineffective assistance o…
24-6741 Sasha Nicole Pringle v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-claim exhaustion-doctrine federal-claim habeas-corpus state-court Whether a state habeas petitioner 'fairly presents' her federal claim when the petitioner raises the substance of a federal constitutional claim in st…
24-6714 David C. Lettieri v. Joel L. Daniels, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-06 Dismissed IFP class-of-one constitutional-claim disability-discrimination ineffective-counsel section-1985 title-42 Whether a 'class of one' claim applies under Title 42 United States Code 1985(3) and what constitutes a valid conspiracy or class animus for such a cl…
24-946 Olympic Collection, Inc., et al. v. Aklilu Yohannes Ninth Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Response Waived certiorari-review constitutional-claim due-process garnishment-writ interlocutory-order state-action Whether an interlocutory order and failure to meet Rule 10 considerations warrant certiorari review
24A768 Reginald Lee Clark v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-02-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-claim due-process equitable-tolling federal-petition habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations for federal habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 can be equitably tolled when a prisoner discovers new fa…
24-6308 LaDon Maurice Green v. Florida Florida 2025-01-15 Denied IFP constitutional-claim counsel-performance direct-appeal ineffective-assistance judicial-review post-conviction-relief Whether the Florida Supreme Court has the authority to review a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel after a direct appeal when the claim was no…
24-748 John Xavier Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-counsel constitutional-claim ineffective-assistance legal-error procedural-review strickland-standard Whether a court must review the merits of an omitted appellate issue before determining ineffective assistance of appellate counsel under Strickland
24A618 Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-20 Presumed Complete aedpa-standard constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-prisoner Whether a federal habeas court correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) standard for granting relief on a state p…
24-6169 Deandre Johnson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim first-amendment free-exercise prisoner-rights religious-accommodation Whether a Virginia prisoner's First Amendment free exercise claim was improperly dismissed by lower courts when he was denied religious accommodations
24-6014 Ronald Cox v. Ronald S. Weber, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-11-21 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying relief for ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment by failing to recognize counsel's f…
24A502 Robert R. Turner v. Sharon W. Jordan, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-20 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-claim eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction pro-bono-representation section-1983 Whether the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments permit a constitutional claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the underlying case involving Turner v. Jo…
24-5974 James Cobb Hutto, III v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-11-14 Denied IFP capital-post-conviction competency-right constitutional-claim habeas-corpus mississippi-supreme-court psychological-assessment Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to competency during state post-conviction capital proceedings
24-5803 Sharif A. Eltawil v. Tammy L. Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-claim due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5800 Sherman Brown v. Kevin McCoy, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim dna-evidence gateway-innocence habeas-corpus reasonable-doubt scientific-testimony Whether a reasonable jurist could debate the district court's dismissal of a 'gateway innocence' claim based on new exculpatory evidence and scientifi…
24-5775 Timothy Robert Ronk v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-10-17 Denied IFP constitutional-claim death-penalty expert-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rule sixth-amendment Does the failure of death penalty defense counsel to seek funding for an independent expert and not challenge the State's expert testimony constitute …
24A327 James Franklin Snyder v. Al Ramirez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-03 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim district-court habeas-corpus procedural-ruling slack-standard Whether a state prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability when challenging a district court's procedural ruling on a constitutional claim
24-5673 Jonathan Eugene Brunson v. John Herring, Superintendent, Maury Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit 2024-10-01 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim due-process evidence-review fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus Whether the lower courts violated the Fourteenth Amendment by denying Petitioner's claim of actual innocence and right to review evidence supporting h…
24-5476 In Re William Harold Wright, Jr. 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-claim criminal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-to-vacate procedural-bar sentence-correction Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's amended motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence based on a procedural bar
24-5407 Darnell Anderson v. Aaron Fuson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-doctrine constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-corrections summary-judgment Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied the Bivens doctrine in evaluating an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim against a federal c…
24-5083 Stephen B. Wlodarz v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations trial-by-jury Whether prosecutors and Petitioner's pretrial sheriff's department Custodians violation of a Scheduled trial by jury, which in all likelihood may have…
24A42 Thanquarious R. Calhoun v. Warden, Baldwin State Prison, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete clearly-established-law constitutional-claim federal-statute habeas-corpus state-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the federal habeas corpus statute under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 permits relief when a state court's adjudication of a constitutional claim was contra…
24-5067 Stephen Mark Picart v. Marcus Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-claim due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hypothetical-analysis ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-record state-court-review tactical-choices Whether the federal court can 'hypothesize' about possible 'tactical choices' trial counsel might have made on the basis of facts that were unreasonab…
24-14 James R. Zuegel v. Marco Garcia, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim conviction conviction-challenge probation section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing Does this Court's opinion in Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998), permit an individual, who has completed his probation, to pursue a 42 U.S.C. section…
24-5001 Tito Lemont Knox v. Jeffrey Krueger, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance privacy probable-cause search-and-seizure state-court-review Question not identified
23-7825 Eduardo Margarito Soto, aka Edwardo Margarito Soto v. Texas Texas 2024-06-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim counsel-performance due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review prejudice record-development Whether the applicant was denied effective assistance of counsel in the appeal proceedings, due to the silent and undeveloped record that resulted the…
23A1162 Donte Parrish v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-26 Presumed Complete appellate-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Fourth Circuit correctly applied the standard for reviewing a criminal defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim challenging a c…
23A1054 Rory Cook v. Mark Williams, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 Whether a federal habeas petitioner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) after the district court denied relief on a constitutional claim u…
23-1227 Rachael Eubanks, et al. v. Dennis O'Connor Sixth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abandoned-property civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process property-rights qualified-immunity state-action takings Does the former owner retain a constitutional right to accrued interest on abandoned property returned by the State?
23-7510 Tidiane Kone v. Justin Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus indian-law judicial-procedure procedural-default standing state-court Whether a court applied the correct standard in dismissing a complaint alleging a violation of the Indian Civil Rights Act
23A1024 Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield Seventh Circuit 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete bivens-remedy constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-prison inmate-violence Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a Bivens damages remedy for deliberate indifference to the risk of inmate-on-inmate violence in federal prisons
23-1196 Christopher Ryan Martin v. Tom Lawson, Chief, Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied apprendi certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim habeas-corpus jones judicial-enhancement jury-trial ninth-circuit prior-conviction prior-convictions Whether Petitioner is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability (COA)
23-7351 Rolandas Milinavicuus v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying Petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability (COA)…
23-7268 Pikerson Mentor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process johnson-v-united-states procedural-default statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-challenge Whether Mr. Mentor established cause to overcome procedural default of his 'ordinary-case' vagueness challenge
23-1046 Peter George Noe v. Berkley, Dr., et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bivens bivens-action civil-rights civil-rights-remedy constitutional-claim due-process federal-agents federal-tort-claims-act judicial-precedent medical-care medical-indifference standing Whether a Bivens claim can be maintained for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
23-6912 Samuel Fields v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-03-06 Rehearing Relisted (10)IFP aedpa clearly-established-law constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence habeas-corpus jury-experiment jury-trial verdict-standards Whether a jury's consideration and reliance on extrinsic evidence as part of a jury experiment violates the clearly established federal law requiring …
23-6724 Terrence Michael Taylor, aka Terrance Michael Taylor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-claim double-jeopardy firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-colloquy statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution Does a defendant's guilty plea to an indictment charging multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), unlawful firearm possession, waive his Double Jeop…
23-6644 Matthew Lane Durham v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief trial-review Whether a federal prisoner can bring a free-standing claim of actual innocence to seek a new trial
23-6598 Shuaib A. Haji Mohamed v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied IFP constitutional-claim constitutional-rights discretionary-review federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-review Has a state prisoner seeking federal habeas corpus made a substantial showing that his petition should have proceeded further where the procedural def…
23-6423 Jasper Frazier v. Christina Reagle, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction Seventh Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure ninth-circuit procedural-default standing Did the United States District Court err in law by failing to consider exculpatory evidence in the record
23A595 Clifford D. Jackson v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-12-28 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-claim habeas-corpus rule-60b section-2254 Whether a federal court properly denied a Rule 60(b)(6) motion challenging a section 2254 habeas corpus petition without granting a certificate of app…
23-6302 Robert Lee Crawford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-procedure preliminary-review prisoner-rights Is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated when a prisoner's 28 USC §2255 habeas corpus raising Second and Sixth Amendment claims …
23-6183 Steven Justin Villalona v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-court attorney-abandonment civil-procedure constitutional-claim evidentiary-standard federal-review habeas-corpus mandate-recall material-omissions procedural-default standing Whether a claim of attorney abandonment of material omissions in the record may justify the granting of a motion to recall the mandate of an appellate…
23-6071 Christopher L. Takhvar v. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief standing state-court-procedure Whether the State violated Petitioner's substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
23-517 Jeffrey Pratt v. Tony Helms, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-claim federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct johnson-v-city-of-shelby meritorious-claims pleadings-doctrine Whether the Eighth Circuit impermissibly reestablished the long-abolished pleadings doctrine
23-6022 Kevin Liu v. Marcus Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP choice-of-counsel constitutional-claim federal-constitutional-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default right-to-counsel state-law state-procedural-bar Is the Ninth Circuit's decision contrary to this Court's decision in Martin v. Walker?
23A410 Brent Ray Brewer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim death-penalty expert-testimony future-dangerousness habeas-corpus Whether a state court dissent on a constitutional claim requires granting a certificate of appealability in a death penalty habeas proceeding
23-462 Glen Wilkofsky v. American Federation of Musicians, Local 45, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claim fourteenth-amendment governmental-purpose judicial-deference legislative-determination public-employer public-entity state-action statutory-designation When applying the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement of 'state action' as a predicate for constitutional claims, should federal courts defer to a stat…
23-5895 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas Texas 2023-10-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default speedy-trial standing state-court Speedy and effective adjudication of habeas corpus rights
23-5836 Siddhanth Sharma v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights factual-innocence legal-innocence mcquiggin-v-perkins procedural-bar procedural-default sandstrom-claim slack-v-mcdaniel Does the claim of Factual Innocence qualify as a debatable claim for the denial of a Constitutional Right
23-5810 Christopher L. Laureano-Perez v. United States First Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-verdict procedural-error section-2255-motion Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if the First Circuit of Appeals erred in not granting a certificate of appealability?
23-5823 Ramiro Felix Gonzales v. Texas Texas 2023-10-17 Denied IFP constitutional-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness recantation texas-code-criminal-procedure Whether a state court errs in refusing to entertain a cognizable Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment claim based on a state expert's recantation of trial t…
23-210 Christina Jordan v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell Sixth Circuit 2023-09-06 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-care objective-standard pretrial-detainee Whether the courts should employ the historically accepted two-prong deliberate indifference framework or the 'objective unreasonableness' analysis fo…
23-5444 Adam P. Strege v. Eric A. Vos, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Chief Defender for the Office of the Federal Public Defender District of Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2023-08-25 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-civil-procedure free-speech government-officials malicious-prosecution standing Question not identified
23-5447 Antonio Chimney v. Texas Texas 2023-08-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence common-law constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence great-writ habeas-corpus laches writ-of-right May Laches be used to deny an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus that is based on Actual and Factual Innocence?
23-5421 Brent Ray Brewer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied IFP capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim future-dangerousness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-review strickland-v-washington whether-contradictory-state-federal-court-rulings-demonstrate-debatability-of-constitutional-claim
23-5279 Robert Annabel, II v. Joseph Novak, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process free-speech in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure lawsuit-dismissal prisoner-rights retaliation standing Should truthful prisoner complaints be protected conduct?
22-7844 Frank James v. Shevaun Harris, Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus procedural-delay state-created-right state-created-rights Whether a state prisoner's claim of delay in the commencement of a civil commitment proceedings implicates the constitutional right to due process
22-7801 Immanuel Christian Price v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-claim counsel-performance due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mixed-representation plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing Whether the defendant was entitled to effective assistance of counsel during the plea bargaining stage in a mixed form of representation
22-1113 Merril Leroy Jessop v. Texas Texas 2023-05-15 Denied constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-review standing Whether the Texas courts' refusal to conduct an evidentiary hearing on petitioner's substantial constitutional claim of ineffective assistance of coun…
22-7455 Vernon Lee Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim divisibility federal-appeals-court federal-court-of-appeals juror-unanimity means-versus-elements state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court of appeals may declare a crime 'divisible' based on its own interpretation of statutory language if the state's own appellate …
22-7274 Jorge Galeas, Jr. v. Adam Gibson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied IFP 10th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus independent-state-ground procedural-default state-court-decision strickler-v-greene Whether the United States District Court violated the claimant's inalienable rights to due process and equal protection under the law within the meani…
22-7175 Marvin Eduardo Luna Gomez v. Internal Revenue Service Fourth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim data-breach due-process federal-statute identity-theft iRS-liability standing tax-refund Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim
22-6923 In Re Jesse Brown 2023-03-03 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim defense-theory evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel legal-default post-conviction-relief standard-of-review trial-counsel Whether the Petitioner is entitled to a 'actual innocence' defense theory
22-6883 Fairly W. Earls v. Kari Buske, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-claim constitutional-claim due-process jurisdiction screening section-1367 section-1983 standing supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals abused their discretion on jurisdiction and erroneous application of 28-usc-1367(c)(3) on constitution…
22-6787 Mike Webb v. City of Falls Church, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing standing-doctrine substantive-due-process Whether denial of in forma pauperis application violates due-process, equal-protection, or privileges-of-citizens
22-6746 Carl Hunter v. District of Asia, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP banking banking-dispute civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-jurisdiction government-overreach legal-procedure property-rights sovereign-citizen takings Whether the petitioner has a constitutional or statutory right to access their bank account and sign for their money after 5 years of banking, and whe…
22-545 Sage Lewis, et al. v. Akron Board of Zoning Appeals Ohio 2022-12-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process emergency-shelter liberty-interest property-rights rational-basis rational-basis-test zoning zoning-code When a person wants to exercise the deeply and objectively rooted right to use liberty and property for the non-economic purpose of saving lives, does…
22-6196 Morris Rucker v. Jim Purviance, Executive Director, Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto filing-fee standing Whether the TN U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's ex-post-facto-claim
22-6140 Taylor Winston Wright v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process judicial-review merits-review ninth-circuit procedural-violation Can the Ninth Circuit fail to address the merits of a constitutional claim based on a procedural violation the district court adjudicated wrong?
22-6082 In Re George W. Buford, III 2022-11-16 Denied IFP adjudication civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-crisis due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions voting-rights Question not identified
22-457 Peter Whyte v. Dan Winkleski, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-claim federal-constitution federal-law habeas-corpus material-facts plain-statement state-pleading-standard state-procedural-rule Whether a state court's dismissal of a habeas petitioner's claim under the U.S. Constitution for failure to plead sufficient 'material facts' under a …
22-5866 Gregory A. Milton, aka G v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 924(c) categorical-approach certiorari-petition constitutional-claim hobbs-act section-924c supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor Whether a Hobbs Act conviction can support a violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c) under the categorical approach
22-249 Chambers Self-Storage Oakdale, LLC v. Washington County, Minnesota Minnesota 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) assessment assessment-methodology constitutional-claim discovery due-process equal-protection judicial-review property-tax unequal-assessment Does the right to Due Process prohibit a State from depriving real property taxpayers the right to conduct discovery of assessment data and methods, t…
22-5081 Palani Karupaiyan, et al. v. Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-challenge racial-discrimination sovereign-immunity standing When USCA does not have jurisdiction to Constitutional challenges, US Supreme Court has (Original) Jurisdiction for the [following] reliefs petitioner…
22-5100 Joshua Eric Townley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied IFP burks-v-united-states constitutional-claim criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-prosecution insufficient-evidence reinstatement-of-convictions state-prosecution supreme-court-precedent trial-court-reversal Whether there is a constitutional claim of double jeopardy, reinstatement of convictions after acquittal, when a federal or state trial court rescinds…
22-5066 John Cody, aka Bobby Thompson v. Tim McConahay, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied IFP 6th-amendment actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim debatability-review equal-protection-clause habeas-corpus procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether a certificate of appealability (COA) debatability review under 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(2) allows a circuit court to deny debatability of a constitu…
21-8226 Eric C. Sutherland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-claim habeas-corpus indictment indictment-sufficiency jurisdictional-challenge new-evidence procedural-default schlup-standard schlup-v-delo subject-matter-jurisdiction If an indictment omits an essential element and a prisoner files a §2255 after AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations has passed, in asserting his in…
21-8090 Angelo C. Pearson, II v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-claims equitable-remedies equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-review plain-error procedural-default state-prisoner Whether 'extraordinary circumstances' are present when a state prisoner's record shows a constitutional error that meets the federal 'plain error' sta…
21-8024 Demarcus Antonio Taylor v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-claim due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-bar standing Did the panel of the Fifth Circuit err by deciding the merit of an appeal not properly before the Court to justify the denial of a Certificate of Appe…
21-7853 Gregory Spiros Demetrulius v. Ron Broomfield, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied IFP constitutional-claim cumulative-error due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus harmless-error ninth-circuit state-concessions state-court-error state-court-findings Did the Ninth Circuit's refusal to accept the State's concessions of error conflict with this Court's decisions?
21-7717 Kacy Fonteze Williams v. Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim discretion discretionary-review district-court federal-review firearm-charge habeas habeas-corpus right-to-be-heard standard-of-review state-court Whether the District Court failed to properly utilize its discretion on the petitioner's habeas where the court dismissed the firearm charge issue ren…
21-7666 Izell Delorean Grissett, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-ruling collateral-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure guidelines mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the fact of a first-degree murder cross reference under § 2A1.1 to be treated as an element when that finding is …
21-7336 Karsten O. Allen v. J. Mayo, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prison-conditions prisoner-litigation pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-defect state-created-rights virginia-department-of-corrections Does the language of Virginia's statutes and Department of Corrections' Operating Procedures establish a state-created liberty interest in good time e…
21-7066 Kevin Brewer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arkansas-sex-offender-registration-act certificate-of-innocence constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment lambert-v-california notice scienter sex-offender-registration Can petitioner be liable for constituting any offense, in which the scienter requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has no…
21-6843 In Re Kevin Brewer 2022-01-13 Denied IFP certificate-of-innocence constitutional-claim due-process federal-circuit fourteenth-amendment lambert-v-california scienter Whether the petitioner is liable for constituting any offense in which the scienter requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment…
21-988 Marla Crawford v. Henrico County Public School Board, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process en-banc-review governmental-immunity procedural-severance rehearing-en-banc section-1983 severance standing supplemental-jurisdiction Did the Appeals Court of the Fourth Circuit error by refusal to pole the rehearing en bac and affirming the US District Court not to sever to Dr. Marl…
21-6472 Anthony Mungin v. Florida Florida 2021-12-01 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-claim due-process exculpatory-evidence postconviction-motion postconviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Can Florida, consistent with Due Process and Brady v. Maryland, condone the prosecution's withholding of material exculpatory evidence beyond the time…
21-6407 Roy Thomas Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constructive-denial-of-counsel due-process ineffective-counsel liberal-reading merits plea-proceedings plea-stage pro-se pro-se-petitioners Whether the factual determination for denying the certificate of appealability was wrong and reversal is warranted
21-6292 Jason R. Bohlinger v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-claim due-process federal-district-court habeas-corpus section-2254 standing Whether the Northern District of Indiana erred by denying Bohlinger habeas relief as untimely under section 2254 habeas corpus Rule 4, and by redactin…
21-6101 Paul D. Timms v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-standard civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent When a federal district court denies a state prisoner's 28-U.S.C.-2254-petition based upon an improper standard-of-review
21-5741 Jonathan Godwin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 abandonment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-claims district-court habeas-corpus procedural-ruling procedural-rulings slack-v-mcdaniel Whether an applicant must demonstrate both the debatability of constitutional claims and the debatability of procedural rulings to obtain a certificat…
21-5519 Steven P. BuBenchik, Jr. v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance search-warrant standing warrantless-search Whether the Constitution or laws require a trial court to fabricate facts outside sworn testimony to justify a warrantless entry
21-5533 Marsha A. Springer v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists sixth-circuit Is the Sixth Circuit's denial of certificate of appealability contrary to this Court's precedent?
21-5465 Kent Glen Williams v. Alan Stewart, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection free-speech petition pro-se-litigant procedural-requirements section-1983 standing Whether Rule 3.2 of the Idaho Department of Correction violates the First, Fourteenth, and Petition Clauses of the U.S. Constitution
21-249 Probir Kumar Bondyopadhyay v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-claims government-taking invention-compensation national-defense patent patent-rights standing takings Whether the Jeffersonian claim of an original creature of the U.S. Constitution against the United States under Article 1 Section 8 Clause 8 arising o…
21-5426 Stephen C. Shockley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP cone-v-bell constitutional-claim constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-habeas state-relitigation state-relitigation-bar When a federal district court refuses to hear the due-process component of a state habeas claim because that claim was twice presented to the State an…
21-5285 In Re Ivar Voits 2021-08-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence brady-violations constitutional-claim due-process exceptional-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct Does it appear that Petitioner Mr. Voits lacked an 'adequate and effective' opportunity to test the validity of his constitutionally substantial actua…
21-94 Lt. Colonel Patrick Schreiber v. Tracy Renaud, Acting Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-issue-exhaustion administrative-law carr-v-davis child-definition constitutional-claim federal-common-law immigration-law immigration-nationality-act legitimation state-law statutory-interpretation Definition of 'child' in Immigration and Nationality Act
21-5145 Richard Demon Donaldson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment state-court-deference statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred and abused its discretion in refusing and/or declining to issue a certificate of appealability
20-8476 Scott Charles Bauer v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-review de-novo-review district-court habeas habeas-corpus judicial-procedure klamath-siskiyou-wildlands-center-v-bureau-of-land miller-el-v-cockrell report-and-recommendations Whether a Certificate of Appealability should issue where the district court failed to conduct de novo review of the portions of the Report and Recomm…
20-8380 David Simmons v. Earl Houser, Superintendent, Goose Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-procedure constitutional-claim dna-registration due-process ex-post-facto retroactive-application state-supreme-court Whether the district court erred in failing to give deference to the state supreme court's determination that petitioner's administrative remedies had…
20-8217 Donald R. Turner, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance just-compensation mandatory-minimum private-property procedural-error sentencing-enhancement takings Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
20-8009 David Calhoun v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim discovery due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review public-record public-records state-supreme-court Whether the district court was correct in denying petitioner's motion to compel production of documents and whether the court of appeals denied petiti…
20-7952 Pablo Bastidas v. Matthew Atchley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254(d) alibi-defense certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit prejudice Whether the Ninth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability on the petitioner's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim is contrary to this C…
20-7904 Bruce Simmons v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence bousley-v-united-states constitutional-claim due-process federal-law mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice murray-v-carrier schlup-v-delo writ-of-error-coram-nobis Whether the principles of due process are offended
20-7809 Julian J. Miller v. Dylon Radtke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-of-court access-to-court actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus heck-bar ineffective-assistance statute-of-limitations Does §2244(d)(1)(A) apply to a habeas petitioner's access-of-court claim that is barred by Heck & can't accrue until the state habeas corpus remedy is…
20-7688 Roderick B. Lewis v. Florida Florida 2021-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus independent-state-ground procedural-default standing state-court Can a state's procedural default rule preclude a federal court from reviewing a defendant's federal constitutional claims?
20-7689 Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misconstruction Does the court's misconstruction of the habeas corpus claim violate due process of law?
20-7685 Terrance Heard v. Grady Perry, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ATC-claim constitutional-claim district-court-review district-courts factual-development ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard Martinez-v-Ryan Miller-El-Cockrell-standard procedural-default Whether the Tennessee District Courts are correctly considering whether a procedurally defaulted ATC claim is substantial, having merit, presented und…
20-1316 Daniel Fling v. United States Postal Service, et al. District of Columbia 2021-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights claim-preclusion constitutional-claim district-court due-process federal-common-law standing statute-of-limitations Does the federal common law of claim preclusion bar a party's due-process claim against the United States Government in a United States district court…
20-7378 Israel Ernesto Palacios v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP case-law-interpretation circuit-split constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-foreshadowing strickland-standard strickland-v-washington To what extent must a claim be 'sufficiently foreshadowed in existing case law' for counsel's failure to raise that claim to constitute deficient perf…
20-7392 James Jermaine Woodfork v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 6th-amendment actual-innocence appeals constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-claim oklahoma Did the Oklahoma Appeals Court violate the petitioner's 6th Amendment right to due process by refusing to acknowledge the petitioner's claim of actual…
20-7331 Kevin L. Martin v. Frank Vanihel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-care prison-conditions procedural-default Whether the state failed to provide the inmate with the necessary medical care and treatment as required, violating his constitutional rights
20-7239 Hung Linh Hoang v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit reasonable-probability standard-of-review Is the Ninth Circuit's denial of a COA on Hoang's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim contrary to this Court's jurisprudence?
20-7141 Curtis Jerome Brown, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-ruling federal-review fraud habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing state-court Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated under the 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment, and 6th Amendment
20-7000 Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-01-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 Does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence to pursue an independent action in equity under Fed. Civ. Proc. R. 60(d)(J)…
20-975 Freddie Owens v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-22 Denied certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default Whether the standard for determining if an underlying constitutional claim is 'substantial' under Martinez v. Ryan is the same as the standard for obt…
20-6625 Shane Q. Whipple v. Michael Johnson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing state-court statute-of-limitations Whether Marcth Morales Howard should be allowed to stop the prosecution of all defendants in claims?
20-6567 Kedrio Lekeis Summerville v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief Was the post-conviction counsel ineffective?
20-6535 Levi Ruffin v. United States District of Columbia 2020-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-representation judicial-interpretation procedural-default standing state-court Whether the petitioner has a due process right to have counsel appointed to represent them in a civil matter due to their inability to afford an attor…
20-6309 Emilio Urena-Villa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-law counsel-performance criminal-procedure fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kimmelman-v-morrison motion-to-suppress strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether appointed counsel was ineffective for failure to file viable motion to suppress pursuant to Fourth Amendment claim
20-6287 In Re Antonio Akel 2020-11-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-court-review habeas-corpus mandamus procedural-default Whether the United States and a pattern of utilizing an erroneous certificate of appealability is the only appropriate remedy, where petitioners have …
20-6199 Jacob Townley Hernandez v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (11)IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim counsel-communication gag-order habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-order trial-procedure Whether a trial court's unjustified gag order prohibiting defense counsel from discussing a critical witness's declaration with the defendant violates…
20-6176 Brandon J. Weathers v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standard-of-justice standard-of-review Did the Court of Appeals correctly apply the 'interests of justice' standard to the Petitioner's substitution of counsel claim where the trial court m…
20-5941 Charles Victor Thompson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Relisted (5)IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) aedpa-deference capital-punishment constitutional-claim federal-habeas habeas-corpus Massiah-claims punishment Sixth-Amendment state-court-review Williams-v-Taylor Did the circuit court err in holding that a federal habeas court may never hold a hearing on a punishment issue without first considering 28-U.S.C-225…
20-424 IYM Technologies LLC v. RPX Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response Waived appointments-clause arthrex constitutional-claim federal-circuit forfeiture inter-partes-review patent patent-law standing Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address a constitutional claim in a pending appeal despite an intervening change in law
20-5660 Percy St. George v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim court-of-appeals district-court due-process habeas-corpus legal-standard petition-review reasonable-jurist standard-of-review standing Whether reasonable jurist could debate the third circuit court of appeals adoption that the district court's ruling that appellant's petition does not…
20-287 Ernest Johnson v. Anne L. Precythe, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Relisted (12) alternative-method bucklew-v-precythe constitutional-claim eighth-amendment legitimate-penological-justification method-of-execution penological-justification summary-judgment Whether Bucklew established a categorical rule for dismissing Eighth Amendment method-of-execution claims
20-5592 Christopher Lipsey, Jr. v. D. Goree, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review frivolous habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance malicious procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the district court's dismissal of a complaint as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim constitutes a strike under 28 U.S.C. § …
20-5496 Santosh Ram v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-violations evidentiary-standard judicial-review lower-court-analysis mcquiggin-v-perkins post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process schup-v-delo Whether evidence of actual innocence provides a legal reason to reopen 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion proceedings to establish constitutional violations
20-5466 John Eldridge Cone, Jr. v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-discretion circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-petition harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel When a petitioner supplements his constitutional claim on appeal with a colorable showing of factual innocence, should a Court of Appeals exercise its…
20-189 Robert Barnes v. Bill Stange, Warden Missouri 2020-08-19 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence constitutional-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel gateway-claim habeas Did the Missouri courts err in failing to find that Petitioner had established a gateway-claim of actual-innocence so that his defaulted constitutiona…
20-5384 Jerome Nathan Grant v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-court-review pro-se-petition right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement standing Whether the petitioner's equal protection and right to counsel rights were violated
20-5316 Tyrone Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim discretionary-review due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus standing Whether the Federal District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims contrary to Supreme Court precedent
20-5150 Ernest R. Jenkins v. Daniel Clarke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review jurisdiction standing state-prosecution Was the Circuit Court's denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of apealability (COA) erroneous?
19-8903 William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana Indiana 2020-07-06 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-claim criminal-appeal culyer-v-sullivan due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel post-conviction-proceedings public-defender strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in determining Gibson's conflict of interest claim should be analyzed under Strickland v. Washington rather th…
19-8870 Daniel Vallejo Recio v. Rudy Vasquez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process evidence legal-relief procedural-dismissal standing witness witness-evidence Why was the claim dismissed?
19-8375 Lamarr Robinson v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-claim exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine fair-presentation federal-review habeas-corpus incorporation-by-reference procedural-default state-court-remedies Does a prisoner 'fairly present' the substance of his federal habeas corpus claim to the state's highest court when he utilizes a commonly used, unoff…
19-8313 Thomas M. Tully v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default statutory-provisions successive-writ supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari Did the lower courts err in determining Petitioner's reliance on McQuiggin v. Perkins
19-8319 Tarvares James Watson v. Florida Florida 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-challenge wrongful-conviction Whether petitioner's conviction resulted in the conviction of one who is actually innocent?
19-8176 Homer Lawrence Lane v. Alabama Alabama 2020-04-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas legal-preclusion procedural-bar state-law state-rule structural-error Whether the State of Alabama may impose a state procedural bar rule to preclude a structural error claim
19-8042 Lewis Taylor Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review merits-decision state-court-decision state-court-decisions state-court-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017) (per curiam), a case arising under federal habeas revi…
19-8023 Tom Eli Orr v. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied IFP 42-U.S.C.-section 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process pro-se pro-se-pleading procedural-due-process sixth-circuit standing Has Mr. Orr been afforded procedural due process under the Constitution?
19-1086 Robert E. Garcia v. Michael Falk, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights compensable-injury constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process legal-injury nominal-damages procedural-due-process section-1983 standing Whether it is an error of law to dismiss a constitutional claim brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983 on the grounds that the plaintiff has failed to establish…
19-7886 Dennis Mahon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-review custodial-interrogation district-court effective-assistance-of-counsel functional-equivalent-of-interrogation judicial-disagreement legal-standard magistrate-judge miranda-v-arizona right-to-silence substantial-showing Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find that a defendant made a substantial showing that jurists of reason could disagree on a constitutiona…
19-7807 Christopher Young v. Jose Boggio, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied IFP constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment ineffective-treatment intentional-mistreatment medical-care medical-need prisoner-rights serious-medical-need treatment Whether the contention that an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical need claim fails simply because the Plaintiff received some…
19-7772 John Lee Barron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review life-sentence Whether a Petitioner who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole is denied due process
19-7788 Ulises Corrales Vega v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process frivolous-claim habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-review legal-standard reasonable-jurists split standing summary-dismissal writ-of-certiorari Did the petitioner raise a substantial constitutional claim that was not so patently false or frivolous as to warrant summary dismissal?
19-7501 Steven Livaditis v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 abusive-conduct constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mental-impairments mitigating-evidence penalty-phase reasonable-probability Was the state court's summary denial of Petitioner's claims, alleging defense counsel's failure to present any penalty phase evidence of (i) Petitione…
19-7356 James H. Griffin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim criminal-procedure downward-departure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review law-enforcement procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-manipulation Did the lower federal courts err in denying Appellants Faasy Petrtita without affording a full and fair hearing concerning the claim that his counsel …
19-7360 Terry Simonton, Jr. v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied IFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-substance federal-constitutional-substance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Did a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in denying Mr. Simonton a Certificate of Appealability
19-882 Shannon Dale Dukes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses punishment-exposure sixth-amendment Whether petitioner's trial counsel was ineffective
19-7049 In Re Antwoyn Spencer 2019-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance personal-liberty pro-se-petition punishment standing strickland-standard undue-delay Whether petitioner is being deprived of his civil rights due to undue delay in appellate ruling
19-7060 Kent Glen Williams v. Brooks, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied IFP due-process first-amendment free-speech rlulpa standing 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim court-order due-process health-screening judicial-relief prisoner-rights religious-freedom standing Was prisoners constitutional and statutory right to petition and religious freedoms violated when the district court dismissed his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ci…
19-804 Xiu Jian Sun v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2019-12-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law biblical-allegation civil-rights constitutional-claim divine-communication due-process first-amendment legal-standing presidential-liability religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-interpretation separation-of-church-and-state standing Whether the plaintiff's claims against the President of the United States and other government officials for alleged divine revelations and religious …
19-762 Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response Waived actual-deterrence congressional-authorization congressional-silence constitutional-claim dormant-commerce-clause evansville-vanderburgh-airport interstate-commerce right-to-travel toll-fees user-fees Can courts find that Congress authorized states to impose burdens on interstate commerce that would otherwise violate the dormant Commerce Clause on t…
19-6527 Ruben Patrick Valdes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim criminal-history evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error sentencing-guidelines was-trial-counsel-constitutionally-ineffective
19-6388 Cary VanDerMeulen v. Charles L. Ryan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection judicial-access judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process remedies rights-enforcement standing Why is a citizen not allowed to bring a valid claim (claims) for civil rights violations before the court and have them heard?
19-6156 Randy Ethan Halprin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Relisted (6)IFP abuse-of-the-writ aedpa anti-semitism capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-bias racial-discrimination recusal second-or-successive-petition Whether Halprin's second federal petition raising a judicial bias claim is 'second or successive' under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) if the judge concealed …
19-6030 Craig Elias v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim due-process evidence evidence-promise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-remedy sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Does Strickland apply to ineffectiveness claims vis-a-vis trial counsel's broken promise to produce evidence?
19-5934 Bruce Randol Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence AEDPA-statute-of-limitation constitutional-claim equitable-tolling evidence-insufficiency evidence-sufficiency federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence right-to-be-present statute-of-limitations Whether petitioner can establish a gateway claim of actual innocence based on a constitutional claim of insufficiency of evidence
19-5874 David Kirkland v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-claim evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit strickland-standard third-circuit trial Whether the petitioner's attorney was ineffective for withholding information
19-5851 Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied IFP 2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default Is there a federal procedural rule that permits a court to refuse to acknowledge and determine a presentation of cause & prejudice in a habeas petitio…
19-5658 Eric C. Burgie v. Arkansas Arkansas 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel standing state-collateral-review state-post-conviction-proceedings state-proceeding Whether the due process clause requires appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners where state collateral review is the first opportunity a prisone…
19-5547 Ronny Lee Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied IFP abandonment-of-claim abandonment-of-defense certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim counsel-statement-of-guilt counsel-statements criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel right-to-autonomy right-to-counsel Whether COA should have been granted based on petitioner's right to autonomy when his counsel abandoned petitioner's claim of not guilty when counsel …
19-5512 Gregory Green v. Donald Beckwith, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim court-of-appeals due-process jurisdiction standing Whether the Fourte Curcoct erred by denying 4 Coch fegte of oppealadibly ast the apileshle Sond of revrews
19-5470 Spencer Tracy Holloway v. Michigan Michigan 2019-08-06 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-claim due-process federal-question liberty-interest michigan-state-law post-conviction prosecutorial-disclosure sixth-judicial-circuit state-law supreme-court-rule-10 Whether the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court for Oakland County decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the decision of Brady v…
19-5297 Esterlin Appolon v. Arizona Arizona 2019-07-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction post-conviction second-amendment sentencing standard-of-review state-court sufficiency-of-evidence unreasonable-application Whether the Arizona Supreme Court abused its discretion by dismissing the Petition for Special Action and Motion for Stay?
19-5221 Richard Potts v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-claim constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Whether collateral review is available to obtain relief under 28 USC § 2255 in the circumstances presented
19-5170 Phillip J. Rosenblum v. Martin Biter, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default reopening-deadline state-court-exhaustion successive-petitions Whether a petitioner with an 'actual innocence' claim can be barred from review and treated as if successive petitions that have not been adjudicated …
19-5171 Victor Hugo Saldano v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Amici (3)IFP biased-jury buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim death-penalty due-process future-dangerousness mental-competency racial-bias vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the Texas future-dangerousness special issue fails on vagueness grounds as applied to Mr. Saldajfio, as a statute incapable of reasoned applic…
18A1331 Melvin Bernard Thompson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete administrative-action civil-rights clerk-error constitutional-claim pro-se procedural-challenge Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to a circuit court clerk's administrative actions constitute a cognizable constitutional claim under…
18-9538 Mark Anthony Head v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60(b) constitutional-claim constitutional-claims due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legislative-process merits procedural-error procedural-errors rule-60b standing Whether the court of appeals erred in failing to construe the appellant's motion under Rule 60(b)
18-9475 Darrell Kennedy v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins pro-se schlup-v-delo statute-of-limitations Whether Mr. Kennedy was denied due process by the Court of Appeals' improper evaluation of Mr. Kennedy's actual-innocence claim to establish cause to …
18-1452 Jose A. Perez v. Physician Assistant Board, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 amendment civil-procedure constitutional-amendment constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant statute-of-limitations takings williamson-county Whether Mr. Perez can amend his complaint to allege that a State cannot exclude a person from the practice of medicine in a manner that contravenes th…
18-9159 Freddy Brown v. Florida Florida 2019-05-06 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims constitutional-question eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-review legal-interpretation merits-decision merits-determination state-court state-court-decisions supreme-court-precedent Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a deci…
18-9013 Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois Illinois 2019-04-26 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment coerced-confession constitutional-claim due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review miranda-rights procedural-bar statute-of-limitations substantive-evidence Whether the use of a coerced confession as substantive evidence at trial violates due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
18-8788 Robert L. Moore v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2254-d-2 28-usc-2254-e-1 adjudication-on-merits adjudication-on-the-merits constitutional-claim de-novo-review federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-review Where a state court denies a person the opportunity to establish the necessary factual record to support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel,…
18-8701 Arthur O'Derrell Franklin v. Florida Florida 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-claim eighth-amendment graham-v-florida habeas habeas-corpus juvenile-offender parole parole-process rehabilitation Whether a state court may resolve a federal constitutional claim by treating an AEDPA habeas decision of the Supreme Court as a ruling on the merits w…
18-1251 Sandy Annabi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-deprivation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-standard sentencing standing Whether petitioner has established a colorable claim of constitutional deprivation such that the Court of Appeals should have issued a certificate of …
18-8430 Juan Bosco Alvarez v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-rules supreme-court-precedent Whether a federal habeas court contravenes this Court's precedent when it evaluates the merits of a petitioner's claim without regard for the state co…
18-1186 Anthony Johnson v. Edward Winstead, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Relisted (2) 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process fifth-amendment heck-v-humphrey inculpatory-statement section-1983 statute-of-limitations unconstitutional-evidence unconstitutional-statement Whether the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim based on the use of an unconstitutional inculpatory statement begins to run when criminal …
18-8260 Kenton Deon Harrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles
18-6470 In Re Gary Malone 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2244(b) actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice panetti-v-quarterman standing successive-petition successive-petitions Whether a single district court and circuit court judge can entertain a second successive 2254(b) petition when the second application is a continuati…
18-6427 Jesus Valle v. Rusty Rogers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied IFP administrative-segregation circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process prisoner-assault prisoner-rights standing state-created-danger Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision denying relief represents a split in the Circuit Courts
18-6287 Billy Jack Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-claim criminal-procedure-18-usc-3599 dna-evidence expert-services habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-necessity Whether establishing that requested expert services are reasonably necessary to the representation under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 requires articulation of a c…
18-6108 Sontay T. Smotherman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim discovery due-process election-integrity jury-selection records-inspection standing voting-rights Whether a defendant has an unqualified right to inspect voter selection records in order to aid in the preparation of a constitutional claim
18-6082 Jeffrey Eugene Lee v. R. C. Cheatham, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP betterman-v-montana braden-v-kentucky civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-circuit sentencing sentencing-obligation speedy-trial state-constitutional-obligations state-obligations state-procedure Whether the court of appeals erred in rejecting the petitioner's claim under Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit of Kentucky and Betterman v. Montana
18-5887 Cecil L. Morton v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-component procedural-standard supreme-court-precedent Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability
18-5871 Samuel Posa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process eleventh-circuit self-representation tharpe-v-sellers Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability
18-5689 George Bridgette v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-requirements right-to-counsel substitute-counsel Whether the district court violated petitioner's constitutional rights by failing to appoint substitute counsel to continue representing him in the ha…
18-5507 Mark Schwarzman v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure critical-physical-evidence due-process genital-herpes habeas-corpus herpes-simplex-virus medical-evidence procedural-bar schlup schlup-standard standing Whether the highly infectious, extremely contagious, incurable sexually transmitted disease Herpes Simplex Virus HSV-2 (genital herpes) is sufficient …
18-116 John E. Reardon v. Daniel B. Zonies, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process fraud fraud-allegation heck-v-humphrey jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure ongoing-tort standing statute-of-limitations takings Does Heck v Humphrey apply to a case with ongoing constitutional violations, lack of jurisdiction, and fraud over 115 years?
18-5228 Quawn M. Franklin v. Florida Florida 2018-07-13 Denied Relisted (5)IFP caldwell-error constitutional-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation individualized-review jury-recommendation sullivan sullivan-v-louisiana Whether the per se harmless-error rule adopted by the Florida Supreme Court violates precedents and the Eighth Amendment
18-5159 Allen Golden v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 aedpa suspension-clause aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus non-violent-crime non-violent-crimes suspension-clause Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its order and the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation regarding the suspension of habe…