| 25A812 |
Jesus Herrera-Salazar v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-13 |
Application |
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court-appointed-counsel criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-appeal tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly applied federal criminal procedural standards in affirming the underlying criminal judgment against the defendant |
| 25A613 |
Ammon Ra Sumrall v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-24 |
Application |
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appellate-litigation-clinic certiorari-petition court-appointed-counsel jurisdictional-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension |
Whether a court-appointed counsel from an appellate litigation clinic may be granted an extension of time to file a certiorari petition due to personn… |
| 25-6073 |
Brett Alan James Talmadge v. Superintendent, Goose Creek Correctional Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention-doctrine court-appointed-counsel habeas-corpus incarceration pro-se-pleading speedy-trial |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's dismissal of a habeas petition on abstention grounds where the petitioner was incarc… |
| 25-5023 |
Mychal Andra Reed v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. |
California |
2025-07-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
court-appointed-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation procedural-rights racial-justice-act sixth-amendment |
Can the Superior court force petitioner to accept court-appointed counsel for a P.C. Section 745(a) proceeding and deny his 6th Amendment right to sel… |
| 24-6985 |
R. V., Jr. v. S. V. |
Texas |
2025-04-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-appointed-counsel due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness indigent-parent parental-rights |
Whether an incarcerated and indigent parent in a parental rights termination suit is entitled to court-appointed counsel under the Fourteenth Amendmen… |
| 24-6882 |
Michael C. Romig v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial procedural-default |
Was it constitutional for a court to procedurally default due to court-appointed counsel's action/inaction where constitutional rights were potentiall… |
| 24-6294 |
Christopher Lloyd Burnell v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split counsel-substitution court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights sixth-amendment |
What standard governs a criminal defendant's motion to substitute retained with court-appointed counsel? |
| 24-5746 |
In Re Trey Tarell Bradley |
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2024-10-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus self-representation state-court-procedure |
Can a State summarily deny a defendant's right to self-representation and subsequently bar a constitutional challenge to such because of the defendant… |
| 24-5601 |
In Re David Wayne Nelson |
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2024-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal-waiver constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel indigent-defendant procedural-due-process right-to-counsel |
Whether prejudice is presumed when a court-appointed attorney fails to follow state 'adoption' procedures for an indigent defendant's appeal rights an… |
| 23-7403 |
Alex A. Campbell v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals conflict-of-interest court-appointed-counsel due-process fraud-on-court government-interference habeas-petition habeas-petitions judicial-conflict-of-interest procedural-due-process sitting-judges |
Whether procedural due process, due process rights, or the provision due process clause is violated/and or an conflict of interest, when an court appo… |
| 23-6970 |
Kathy R. Allen, et al. v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion abuse-of-power civil-procedure court-appointed-attorney court-appointed-counsel due-process erisa-claim federal-procedure mediation mediation-rights rule-52-findings statute-of-limitations |
Whether the USDC D.E. #51-52, #55 and USDC-COA4th's Doc. #23 Orders Have Reversible Err and/or Was an Abuse of Power and an Abuse of Discretion |
| 23-6698 |
Reginald Harris v. FNU Watson, Hillsboro Police Officer, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process indigent-status mental-health mental-health-commitment prisoner-litigation section-1983-claim standing |
Whether I.F.P., on-duty Department of unlawful unwarranted mental health committment civil claim, should be afforded appointment of counsel, to avoid … |
| 23-6554 |
Darlene Feiste v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights competent-counsel constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process employment-discrimination freedom law-enforcement-misconduct liberty privacy |
Question not identified |
| 23-6321 |
Barbara Johnson-Luster v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel disability-rights due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances title-vii |
Whether an appellant in the Circuit Courts, with an invisible disability and previous court appointed attorneys in the Lower District Courts should re… |
| 23A549 |
Omero Nino-Guerrero v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-access-to-courts court-appointed-counsel federal-prisoner language-barrier petition-for-certiorari pro-se-litigant |
Whether a federal prisoner who does not speak English is entitled to court-appointed counsel to assist in preparing a petition for certiorari |
| 23-6162 |
James Williams v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure irreconcilable-differences judicial-discretion mckaskle-v-wiggins pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver |
When a defendant takes reasonable steps to remedy perceived irreconcilable differences with court-appointed attorney, does the 6th Amendment afford th… |
| 23A482 |
Mark Anthony Crudup, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Presumed Complete |
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certiorari-petition court-appointed-counsel fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-deadline withdrawal-of-counsel |
Whether a criminal defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when his court-appointed attorney seeks to withdraw without ensuri… |
| 23A460 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2023-11-21 |
Presumed Complete |
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appellate-review constitutional-right court-appointed-counsel ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief unitary-review |
Whether a court-appointed criminal defense counsel violates a defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel by forcing the defen… |
| 23A461 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2023-11-21 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-right court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief unitary-review |
Whether a court-appointed criminal defense counsel can constitutionally deny an indigent defendant representation by forcing a choice between direct a… |
| 23-5928 |
Michael David Beiter, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process initial-appearance judicial-procedure legal-representation magistrate-judge right-to-counsel |
Can a magistrate judge force counsel upon a defendant without consent? |
| 23-5324 |
Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3006a court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process forced-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation waiver |
Whether a district court can force counsel upon a defendant |
| 22-6812 |
Ernest Luther Taylor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure indigent-defendant mental-health mental-illness restitution social-security social-security-disability |
Did the District Court err in ordering restitution interest for a defendant with mental illness and lack of income? |
| 22-6610 |
Nicodemo S. Scarfo v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure attorney-withdrawal civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel court-appointment due-process en-banc-petition legal-remedy petition-for-certiorari standing withdrawal-of-counsel |
What remedy is available for petitioner, where court appointed attorney is granted withdrawal from filing a petition for certiorari, when the attorney… |
| 22-6506 |
Andrew Simpson v. Carl Davis, dba Davis Construction Co., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1915 civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process exceptional-circumstances informa-pauperis legal-representation mental-illness pro-se-litigant |
When acting under 28 USC 1915 Informa paupers, do a mental illness qualify as a 'exceptional circumstance' for appointment of council? Do a mentally i… |
| 22-6438 |
Tommiel Q. Claiborne, aka Tommie Lee Claiborne, Jr., aka Tommie L. Claiborne v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2023-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection legal-assistance peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment |
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel for Failing to Exercise the Right to Challenge Jurors for Cause or Peremptory Challenge Purposes |
| 22-462 |
Ruby J. Watts v. John Stewart, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
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civil-rights court-appointed-counsel directed-verdict discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-pay-act jury-trial prima-facie-case |
Did the lower court err in issuing a directed verdict when a prima facie case of discrimination was established? |
| 21-8018 |
Ramon Ortiz Perez v. Giselle Matteson, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit search-and-seizure standing supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Four… |
| 21-7644 |
Mario Reynoso, aka Mario Hernandez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointment-of-counsel court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-appeals federal-circuit-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-remedy mandate-recall recall-of-mandate writ-of-certiorari |
Remedy-for-CJA-attorney-failure-to-file-timely-cert-petition |
| 21-7366 |
Raymond L. Rogers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-court-of-appeals ineffective-assistance mandate-recall tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Remedy-for-CJA-attorney-failure-to-file-cert-petition |
| 21-1152 |
Michael A. Deem v. Lorna M. DiMella-Deem |
New York |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
attorney-for-children constitutional-violation court-appointed-attorney court-appointed-counsel custody-dispute due-process free-speech parental-rights takings-clause |
Does appointment of an attorney for the children over a fit father's objection violate his right to parental-relations? |
| 21-6623 |
Gustav Kloszewski v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether Kloszewski's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights were violated when court-appointed counsel divulged conversations about other uncharged/unrelate… |
| 21-6556 |
Richard Bernard Grundy, III v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california fifth-amendment judicial-discretion self-representation sixth-amendment |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the District Court deprived Richard Grundy of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rig… |
| 21-6031 |
William Greg Thomas v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance |
When a court-appointed CJA counsel sacrificed a petitioner's federal habeas review by intentionally filing an untimely petition, does due-process allo… |
| 21-5614 |
In Re James Williams |
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2021-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error |
Whether a pro se petitioner who is unable to afford professional legal representation can be denied the right to self-representation and have unwanted… |
| 20-8263 |
Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Republic of Peru, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-06-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
antiterrorism-act civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal court-appointed-counsel due-process res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations |
Whether the court erroneously denied court-appointed counsel, failed to consider the merits of the complaint, and incorrectly dismissed the case on pr… |
| 20-8125 |
Raymundo Eusebio-Noriega v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus language-barrier miranda-rights motion-to-suppress self-incrimination voluntariness-of-statements |
Where petitioner was denied Court appointed counsel |
| 20-6875 |
Jason Pierce v. Nathan Brooks, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure death-penalty faretta-protocol habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-defect structural-defect |
Did the United States Court of Appeals err in failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability from the denial of the Petition for writ of habeas corpu… |
| 20-6687 |
William James Jonas, III v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel due-process fifth-circuit pro-se right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-hearing sixth-amendment substitute-counsel |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the district court did not violate Petitioner William James Jonas, III's right to cou… |
| 20-5420 |
Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Republic of Peru |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel due-process pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-8a short-and-plain-statement standing venue venue-transfer |
Whether the court erroneously denied the motion for court-appointed counsel and erroneously held that the complaint failed to set forth a short and pl… |
| 20-5173 |
Juan Domingo Velazquez v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ineffective-assistance jury-trial plea-of-not-guilty right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error |
Was it structural error that violated Petitioner's Sixth Amendment autonomy rights when Petitioner's court-appointed counsel conceded his client's gui… |
| 19-8052 |
Mohamed A. Almahmmody v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2020-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
the legal issue being raised appears to be: appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigency indigent-defendant pro-bono-representation right-to-counsel transcript trial-transcript |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state court failed to appoint counsel for his appeal despite finding him indigen… |
| 19-7758 |
Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. |
California |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-rights misdemeanor-conviction right-to-counsel |
Whether the state court's dismissal of the appeal from misdemeanor conviction, despite the lack of assistance of counsel on appeal, violates the Equal… |
| 19-7650 |
D. W. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families |
Washington |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review court-appointed-counsel due-process ex-parte-investigation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct parental-rights record-on-appeal recusal termination-of-parental-rights |
Whether the State violated the Due Process Clause by failing to provide a court-ordered domestic violence/anger management evaluation and treatment to… |
| 19-6959 |
Jasmine F. v. Department of Child Safety, et al. |
Arizona |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-deficiency court-appointed-counsel due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights |
Whether the State of Arizona failed to terminate mother's parental rights by at least clear & convincing evidence as required by the due process claus… |
| 19-6259 |
Keino S. Chrichlow v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
abandonment-of-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing |
whether-an-indigent-defendant-is-entitled-to-equitable-toll-where-he-was-denied-the-right-to-challenge-his-sentence-and-convictions-by-way-of-direct-a… |
| 19-6165 |
Ricky G. Davis v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2019-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process pro-se pro-se-representation probation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standing |
Can Virginia constitutionally hale a person into its criminal courts and there force a lawyer upon him, even when he insist that he wants to conduct h… |
| 19-5775 |
Richard James Soldan v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
anders-brief anders-procedure appellate-counsel appellate-review court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process first-tier-review indigent-defendant michigan-court-of-appeals michigan-procedure plea-bargaining right-to-counsel |
Whether the trial court may refuse to appoint substitute appellate counsel to an indigent defendant convicted on his plea who seeks access to first-ti… |
| 19-5513 |
Charles Head v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-attorney court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defiance-of-request due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-remedy petition-filing petition-for-certiorari right-to-counsel statutory-right statutory-rights timely-filing writ-of-certiorari |
What remedy is available for petitioner when court-appointed attorney failed to file timely petition for writ of certiorari in defiance of the petitio… |
| 18-9190 |
Parnell Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Florida |
2019-05-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-counsel appellate-procedure court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel summary-denial unlawful-imprisonment |
Whether review should be granted because state court's summary denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking belated direct appeal or reinstat… |
| 18-8589 |
Demetrius S. Rankin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-law court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance legal-ethics legal-standards procedural-review right-to-counsel |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied and ignored the procedural pronouncements made in Anders v. California |
| 18-6850 |
Steven Madina Esparza v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 court-appointed-counsel discretionary-review equitable-tolling federal-courts finality-of-conviction gonzales-v-thaler gross-negligence habeas-corpus look-through-presumption ylst-v-nunnemaker |
Under GONZALES V. THALER, when does a petitioner's conviction become final for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) |
| 18-5846 |
Dustin Xavier Wilkins, aka Dxavier Wilkins, aka Xavier Wilkins, aka Chosen Wilkins v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2018-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-hearing |
Whether the petitioner should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea based on ineffective assistance of counsel |