| 24-5251 |
Keith Vernon Davis v. David Close, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
counsel-conflict due-process judicial-determination probable-cause property-seizure sixth-amendment |
Whether an independent judicial determination of probable cause was made prior to entry and seizure of property, and whether the trial court erred in … |
| 22-176 |
James Burkhart v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 adverse-effect conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment |
Whether the Seventh Circuit's formulation of the adverse effect standard under Cuyler v. Sullivan is too demanding, particularly in the guilty plea co… |
| 21-8027 |
Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency conflict-of-counsel counsel-conflict faretta-colloquy faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court-discretion |
Does the Sixth Amendment require a trial court to conduct a competency colloquy where a defendant makes a mid-trial demand to represent himself? |
| 21-6156 |
Vilasini Ganesh v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
calendar-management conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict counsel-substitution criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process sixth-amendment substitution trial-court-discretion |
Do Sixth Amendment safeguards require trial courts to inquire into existing conflicts between counsel and the defendant before a trial court may deny … |
| 19-8039 |
Jeffrey Clark v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
counsel-conflict criminal-trial death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment faretta-waiver jury-trial right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment |
Whether a defendant's waiver of counsel is not knowing, intelligent and voluntary when the defendant's only other option was to proceed to trial with … |
| 18-7083 |
Sylvia Ogbenyeanu Walter-Eze, aka Sylvia O. Okam v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-standards constructive-denial-of-counsel counsel-conflict critical-stage fundamental-fairness ninth-circuit presumed-prejudice structural-error waiver |
Whether the Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit erred in not applying the per se presumed prejudice rule |
| 18-6680 |
Roberto Moreno Ramos v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
calderon-v-thompson circuit-court conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice standard-of-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in applying the 'miscarriage of justice' standard and demanding clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable juror would… |
| 18-360 |
Ronald Bergrin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
competency-test conflicts-of-interest counsel-conflict criminal-investigation due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,competency,conflict dusky-standard dusky-v-united-states right-to-counsel stand-trial standard-of-review structural-error |
Does the competency test established in Dusky v. United States permit a finding of incompetency based on the accused's unwillingness to assist counsel… |