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25-6716 Ramon Manuel Ortega-Borunda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-6719 Rolando Heriberto Sanches-Raudales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending IFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-6463 Luis Antonio Talamantes-Romero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-6152 Melvin Alberto-Velasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25A521 Thelonious Wayne Kirby v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-05 Application criminal-appeal criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly applied federal sentencing guidelines or constitutional standards in affirming Mr. Kirby's criminal conviction
25-6009 Jorge Armando Varela-Angel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25A462 Nestor Daniel Carrera v. California California 2025-10-22 Application court-review criminal-appeal litigant-status petition-denial pro-se procedural-deficiency Whether a pro se litigant's procedural deficiencies in a criminal appeal can constitute grounds for dismissal or denial of review
25-5905 Antonio Valle-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-5842 Jorge Alberto Rodriguez v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-10-09 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25A404 Ángel Forteza-García v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-08 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal federal-public-defender first-circuit legal-standard time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the First Circuit correctly interpreted the applicable legal standard in a federal criminal case involving Forteza-Garcia
25-5805 Will Earnest Young, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2025-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment supremacy-clause Whether Iowa Code § 814.7 violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
25-5647 Kolby Reshaad Moore v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-09-16 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-appeal insufficient-evidence legal-sufficiency murder-conviction reasonable-doubt WHETHER THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED PETITIONER'S CLAIM RAISED …
25-5631 Brian Goorahoo v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-appeal federal-sentencing preservation-of-error procedural-error sentencing-procedure Whether, to preserve for appeal a claim that the sentencing court committed procedural error by failing to explain its sentence adequately or relying …
25-5391 Jose Guadalupe Marquez-Floriano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-5363 Edras Reyes-Salinas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-5119 Steven Dwayne Rigmaiden v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure louisiana-courts murder-evidence reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER THE LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEALS AND THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED PETITIONER'S CLAIM RAISED ON DIRECT APPEAL, THAT THE EVIDE…
24A1292 Terry Duane Qualls v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-06-27 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal district-court eighth-circuit motion-to-dismiss procedural-dismissal rehearing Whether a criminal defendant's appeal can be dismissed for procedural reasons without addressing the underlying merits of the case
24A1254 Julian Omidi and Surgery Center Management, LLC v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-20 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal direct-appeal federal-conviction ninth-circuit supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly affirmed federal criminal convictions and sentencing in a case involving potential procedural or substantive lega…
24-7294 Rustin Randall Middleton v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-05-28 Denied IFP criminal-appeal evidence-challenge legal-sufficiency louisiana-supreme-court sentence-review writ-application Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in denying petitioner's writ application challenging the sufficiency of evidence and excessiveness of senten…
24-7303 Donterrian M. Lavender v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-appeal defendant-rights federal-sentencing sentencing substantive-reasonableness Whether Lavender's sentence is substantively unreasonable.
24-7307 Eblin Omar Ardon-Amaya v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-6567 Longino Lopez Flores, IV v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal drug-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation QP: Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a four-level sentencing enhancement for simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 92…
24A736 Preston Alton Strong v. Arizona Arizona 2025-01-27 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights criminal-appeal due-process effective-assistance postconviction-relief supreme-court-review Whether the Arizona Supreme Court's direct appeal decision in a criminal case violated the defendant's constitutional rights to effective assistance o…
24A643 Erick Alfredo Peralta v. Texas Texas 2024-12-30 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal incarceration legal-resources pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner is entitled to an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari due to constraints of incarceration and lack of legal resou…
24-6156 Cenious Brewster v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal judicial-discretion ninth-circuit presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in creating a 'presumption of reasonableness' for Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) data from the United States …
24-6144 Michael Roy Fuller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-12-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-appeal habeas-corpus malice self-defense vehicle-shooting Whether self-defense justifies shooting into a vehicle's dashboard when fearing for one's life and pleading to be released
24A534 Isaac Garcia Bracamontes v. California California 2024-12-03 Presumed Complete appellate-review constitutional-rights court-of-appeal criminal-appeal direct-appeal penal-code Whether a state court's partial denial of a criminal defendant's direct appeal under California Penal Code § 1237(a) violates the defendant's constitu…
24-5872 Lauren Irene Gannon v. Texas Texas 2024-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-v-wingo constitutional-right criminal-appeal sixth-court-of-appeals speedy-trial texas-criminal-procedure Did the Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas misapply the Barker v. Wingo factors for determining whether a violation of a defendant's right to speedy tria…
24A425 Brandon Green v. United States Second Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-appeal extension-of-time pro-se second-circuit writ-of-certiorari Whether the district court's decision in Mr. Green's criminal case was legally sound and properly affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
24-5855 Andrew Fields v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Second Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-appeal ineffective-counsel legal-procedure trial-court Question not identified.
24A396 Eric Dean Sheppard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-23 Presumed Complete bail-pending-appeal constitutional-challenge criminal-appeal irreparable-harm prison-sentence substantial-question Whether a criminal defendant's appeal raising a substantial constitutional question warrants bail pending appeal to prevent irreparable harm from serv…
24A383 James Garrett and Levi Garrett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal eighth-circuit medical-hardship pro-se supervised-release writ-of-certiorari Whether pro se litigants who have completed their criminal sentences can seek an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari based on medical hards…
24A384 Ryan A. Fleming, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal double-counting eighth-circuit firearm-possession high-speed-chase sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit improperly applied the Sentencing Guidelines by double-counting a high-speed chase for both a firearm enhancement and a rec…
24A301 Brandon Green v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-27 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal due-process institutional-lockdown legal-research-access pro-se-petition supreme-court-rules Whether the district court's criminal conviction and the Second Circuit's affirmance violated Mr. Green's constitutional due process rights in light o…
24A248 Ryan T. Thornton v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Racine County Wisconsin 2024-09-09 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari criminal-appeal ineffective-assistance judicial-review state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Wisconsin state courts improperly denied the petitioner's criminal appeal and effectively foreclosed meaningful judicial review of his und…
24A230 Aaron Christopher Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-03 Presumed Complete anders-procedure criminal-appeal direct-appeal fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance pro-se-litigation Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly applied Anders v. California procedural standards in dismissing a criminal defendant's direct ap…
24A183 Paul Curtis Pemberton v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-19 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal federal-public-defender pro-se-pleadings sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the United States Sentencing Guidelines in affirming the criminal defendant's sentence
24A33 Michael Dale Iervolino v. Alabama Alabama 2024-07-11 Presumed Complete appellate-review capital-conviction constitutional-rights criminal-appeal death-penalty due-process Whether the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals violated the defendant's constitutional rights by improperly denying his direct appeal in a capital case
23A1116 John Phillip Bender v. Texas Texas 2024-06-18 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal discretionary-review due-process judicial-procedure state-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court of Texas violated the petitioner's due process rights by refusing discretionary review o…
23A1076 Jason Wade Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Presumed Complete anders-review appellate-procedure criminal-appeal fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance pro-se-defendant Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly dismissed a criminal appeal without fully evaluating the defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel
23-7595 Daniel Levi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver criminal-appeal due-process liberty-interest ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines voluntary-consent Is an appellate waiver knowing and voluntary when the waiver's scope includes a sentence contrary to law and unauthorized by the United States Sentenc…
23-7477 Joseph Ira Patterson, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process plea-agreement plea-bargain sentencing sentencing-enhancement waiver waiver-of-rights Whether a provision in a plea agreement which bars a defendant from appealing 'any sentence of imprisonment' can be knowingly entered into well before…
23-7471 Shauntavus Berklin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure district-court due-process eleventh-circuit evidence federal-sentencing-guidelines gun-accountability sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of Berklin's objection to the nu…
23-7262 Eric D. Sweet v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal conviction-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process florida-supreme-court fundamental-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-timeliness post-conviction-relief standard-of-review statutory-time-limit whether-the-tolling-statute-for-filing-a-timely-post-conviction-review-was-properly-applied
23A898 Russell Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-09 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-appeal petition-filing pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a criminal defendant's pro se application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted when the underlying app…
23-7133 Garry Hines v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility appellate-review criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum Whether the Fourth Circuit erred when determining that Petitioner's Sentence which exceeded the statutory maximum was proper and reasonable
23A874 Rodrigo Alvarez-Quinonez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Presumed Complete 18-u-s-c-3231 certiorari criminal-appeal direct-appeal district-court ninth-circuit Whether a federal district court's denial of a direct criminal appeal under 18 U.S.C. § 3231 can be challenged through a subsequent petition for certi…
23A865 James Joseph Bryant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-27 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal district-court eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines statutory-review Whether the federal appellate court correctly applied sentencing guidelines in reviewing a criminal conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742
23-6977 Dasmore T. Coleman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing defendant-rights due-process federal-sentencing procedural-history sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether Coleman's sentence is substantively unreasonable
23A827 Dalvon Curry, aka Dale, aka Dalo v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-07 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-appeal en-banc pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se criminal appellant is entitled to an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari when denied en banc review and experiencing limit…
23-925 Michael Shane McCormick, Sr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied circuit-split consultation-duty criminal-appeal criminal-conviction defendant-consultation defense-counsel flores-ortega lower-court-confusion reasonable-effort sixth-amendment Whether, to adequately 'consult' regarding an appeal when the defendant says he will decide after sentencing or is obviously dissatisfied with his sen…
23-6774 Tremayne Silas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity appeal-waiver circuit-court criminal-appeal guilty-plea involuntary involuntary-plea legal-ambiguity summary-reversal Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's dismissal of Silas's appeal when the appeal waiver is ambiguous as to whether it appl…
23A687 Danilo Arturo Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal federal-sentencing ninth-circuit rico-conspiracy sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court's sentencing decision that creates an alleged sentencing disparity violates the proportionality requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 35…
23-6464 Michael Edward Aguilar v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation criminal-appeal criminal-code due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment state-law statutory-ambiguity timeliness Whether the dismissal of a criminal appeal as untimely violates the Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counse…
23-6366 Jose Martin Islas v. DHS/ICE Office of Chief Counsel-ATD Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-appeal due-process equal-protection immigration visa-petition Whether a person physically present in the United States, with a pending criminal appeal and visa petition, can be deported without first allowing the…
23-6137 In Re Ronald Boyajian 2023-11-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-of-right constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process judicial-assignment judicial-recusal prejudice recusal three-judge-panel Did Respondents deny defendant-appellant's due-process rights by failing to provide a three-judge panel on appeal?
23-5999 Anson Chi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process extension-of-time petition-for-rehearing petition-for-rehearing-en-banc restitution Did the 5th Circuit Court violate Chi's due-process-right
23A398 Jeriah Scott Budder v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-01 Presumed Complete bureau-of-prisons criminal-appeal sentencing standard-of-review tenth-circuit voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals applied the correct standard of review in affirming a criminal conviction and sentence for voluntary mansla…
23-5577 Brent Allen Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-09-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-appeal due-process fair-trial federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-misconduct post-conviction standing Whether the petitioner was denied due process and a fair trial due to judicial bias and misconduct
23-5584 Raymond L. Rogers v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-appeal criminal-appeals due-process grand-jury-indictment jurisdiction jurisdictional-review merits-determination standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-circuit threshold-question Did the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals commit a reversible error when it resolved the merits of the petitioner's criminal direct appeals review withou…
22-7869 Kendall Demarko Wysinger, aka Demarko, aka D v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals conspiracy court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-law drug-statute human-trafficking life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in refusing to reverse Wysinger's conviction on count one for conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1)
22-1139 Victor Santana v. Texas Texas 2023-05-23 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) bolstering-evidence criminal-appeal criminal-procedure hearsay hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-bad-act-evidence prior-bad-acts trial-counsel Did the Court of Criminal Appeals err in finding that trial counsel's errors did not amount to ineffective-assistance-of-counsel?
22-7497 Carlos Cantizano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-appeal due-process newly-discovered-evidence right-to-counsel rule-33 rule-33-motion rule-37 Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in refusing to provide counsel to a criminal appellant for the purpose of responding to the prosecuti…
22-7319 Jose Manuel Salazar-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied IFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-797 Marquay Quamaine Sheppard v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response Waived appeal circuit-court-precedent criminal-appeal criminal-procedure district-court due-process fourth-circuit precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-decisions Did the Fourth Circuit err by dismissing the Petitioner's appeal and affirming the 188 month sentence imposed by the trial court, inasmuch as this dec…
22-636 S. S. v. United States, et al. Armed Forces 2023-01-09 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) court-martial criminal-appeal evidentiary-review in-camera-review intervention-rights jaffee-v-redmond m.r.e.-513 military-evidence military-rule-of-evidence psychotherapist-patient-privilege psychotherapist-privilege upjohn-co-v-united-states Whether diagnoses and treatments are privileged under the military's privilege
22-6125 Carlos Bladimir Rodriguez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6035 Michael Andra Reed, aka Mychal Andra Reed v. California California 2022-11-10 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-litigants indigent-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant time-bar time-limits Does the state of California criminal appeal time limit (time bar) violate the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment equal protection clause pertaining t…
22-5983 Cordavia Daniels v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) age-consideration criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing fifth-circuit mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming the district court's consideration of Cordavia's age and mitigating factors
22-5949 Oswaldo Omar Ramirez-Ortiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5951 Cavon C. Clark v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal concurrent-sentence consecutive-sentence criminal-appeal due-process recidivism recidivist-enhancement resentencing sentencing vindictiveness Whether a more severe sentence of incarceration must be numerically longer than previous sentences, and whether a consecutive sentence is considered m…
22-5775 William Robert Bramscher v. California California 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights conviction criminal-appeal first-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel Whether the First Amendment protects the right to advocate that one is innocent of any charged or convicted crime?
22-5477 Tracey L. Brown v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender case-law circuit-split criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act jurisdiction ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines Should the Ninth Circuit's decision be vacated due to vacated case law?
22-5140 Nolberto Lemus v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights criminal-appeal due-process eleventh-circuit federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing strickland-standard Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals properly applied the Correct Standard when it denied the petitioner's Certificate of Appealability and D…
21-8248 Lorenzo Newborn, Karl Darnell Holmes, and Herbert McClain v. California California 2022-06-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appointed-counsel court-appointment criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendant indigent-status right-to-counsel supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Whether petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
21-8212 Anthony N. Ott v. New York New York 2022-06-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure door-opening double-jeopardy due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-york-law vindictive-sentencing vindictiveness Whether the New York courts erred in applying the 'opening the door' standard
21-8096 Barbara Frantz v. Patrick C. Frantz Tenth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP beneficiary-dispute civil-procedure contingent-beneficiary criminal-appeal evidence evidence-standard life-insurance murder-allegation summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the contingent beneficiary where there is a genuine dispute of material fact…
21-7974 Omero Rojas-Leal, aka Belarmino Lopez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7895 Antoine Mayes v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Whether it was error for the Second Circuit to deny Mayes the right to file an appeal or collaterally attack his conviction in light of the Supreme Co…
21-7725 Jeffrey Ndungi Sila v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-proceedings plain-error plain-error-standard pro-se-motion summary-affirmance waiver Whether the Fifth Circuit proceedings in petitioner's case so departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for this …
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
21-7482 Gregory Jean-Louis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure circuit-split criminal-appeal criminal-defendant criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-review sentencing waiver-exception Whether the United States Supreme Court should grant certiorari to resolve the circuit split regarding the exception to a criminal defendant's valid w…
21-7486 Eric Jamar Goodall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal illegal-sentence jurisdictional-defect ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing-error waiver waiver-doctrine Did the Ninth Circuit err in dismissing the appeal when Mr. Goodall's plea agreement contains a count of conviction and resulting sentence that is no …
21-1275 Abetubokun Adesioye v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-waiver court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining right-to-appeal rule-11-colloquy sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver Did the Court of Appeals err in finding that the petitioner knowingly and intelligently waived his right of appeal
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
21-7080 Galvin Gibson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-v-maryland collateral-review criminal-appeal due-process hung-jury napue-claim napue-v-illinois section-2255 strickler-v-greene united-states-v-gibson united-states-v-houston WHETHER BRADY AND NAPUE CLAIMS WHICH RELATE TO A FIRST TRIAL WHICH RESULTED IN A HUNG JURY ARE COGNIZABLE IN A § 2255 MOTION OR WHETHER THE APPEAL OF …
21-6940 Ferney Salas Torres v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-appeal criminal-procedure district-court-discretion minor-role-adjustment pilot-enhancement plea-agreement procedural-reasonableness second-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming Ferney Salas Torres' judgment of conviction and sentence which was procedurally unreaso…
21-6670 Eric Beverly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice bank-robbery beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit jury-conviction standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the appeals court conducted an adequate review of facts and evidence upon which the jury reached its decision to convict
21-6384 Kimani I. Sterling v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review criminal-appeal eighth-circuit judicial-procedure preservation-of-error procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-objections standard-of-review waiver waiver-doctrine Has the Eighth Circuit imposed upon Mr. Sterling an unlawful burden by finding Sterling waived his argument that the District Court violated procedura…
21-6124 Saul Contreras-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-416 Darell Anthony Anderson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) breach civil-procedure contract contract-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process legal-procedure plea-agreement Due process of law, plea-agreement, contract, breach
21-5639 Siliaivaoese Fuimaona v. D. Hudson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences criminal-appeal custody federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit parole sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas erred in holding that the petitioner wa…
21-5468 Fredrick Mackie v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeal due-process in-forma-pauperis knowing-and-intelligent-waiver pro-se-appeal right-to-appeal right-to-counsel Whether a court must ascertain that a defendant-appellant's decision to abandon a criminal appeal is knowing and intelligent
21-251 Oklahoma v. William Clayton Brown Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) court-precedent criminal-appeal criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law judicial-review mcgirt-precedent oklahoma-jurisdiction stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-5196 Shalen Stoltz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver criminal-appeal due-process liberty-interest plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines Is an appellate waiver knowing and voluntary when the waiver's scope includes a sentence contrary to law and unauthorized by the United States Sentenc…
21-5158 Miguel Angel Berdeja-Medina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5096 Jaime Martinez-Rojas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-8325 Francisco Javier Bermudez-Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-8251 Jayrionte Thomas v. West Virginia West Virginia 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-procedure right-to-counsel sixth-amendment west-virginia-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
20-1515 Jason Assad v. Todd Wasmer, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process prejudice-presumption sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic Did the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit apply an incorrect standard by denying a Certificate of Appealability
20-7476 Jose Armondo Ramos Cabrera v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review two-level-enhancement Whether the court erred when it denied defendant's objection to the two level enhancement for possession of a firearm
20-7308 Michael N. Kelsey v. New York New York 2021-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance post-conviction-motion right-to-appeal sentencing-judge-advisement Are New York's criminal appellate procedures deficient or prejudicial to due process?
20-7249 Derrick Miles v. Illinois Illinois 2021-02-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-appeal due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure witness-identification Whether the State of Illinois Appellate Court ruling denying petitioner's claim
20-7112 Hector Miguel Martinez-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7079 Lorenzo Liwayne Barnes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel narcotics-distribution perjury sentencing sentencing-factors Whether the United States Court of Appeal 4th Circuit violated the Appellant appeal rights
20-6989 Rodney Louis Sims v. Kimberly A. Seibel, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data criminal-appeal due-process evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence ninth-circuit privacy prosecutorial-conduct reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure witness-testimony Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable sear…
20-6894 Macho Joe Williams v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied Appellant's motion to review a 2019 order
20-6864 Brian David Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment supervised-release trial-by-jury Whether the district court erred in sentencing the petitioner without a jury trial and by a preponderance of the evidence
20-6676 Hernandez Daniels v. Florida Florida 2020-12-21 Denied IFP alibi alibi-defense brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-procedure criminal-appeal due-process effective-assistance evidence-suppression strickland-v-washington Whether suppression of (some) evidence is sufficient according to the procedures mandated by Brady v. Maryland
20-6402 Eric Treantos v. United States First Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review booker-standard booker-v-united-states criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing first-circuit-court-of-appeals gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-eric-treantos Does the First Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in petitioner's case conflict with this Court's decisions in Booker v. United States and Gall v. Uni…
20-6401 In Re Gregory Richardson 2020-11-20 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-procedure lower-court-decision standing supreme-court-review Whether the Virginia Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's request for a delayed appeal
20-5356 Jabarr Ryeheine Rudolph v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility appeal cocaine-base criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-weight due-process obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the circuit court of appeals erred in the assessment of a two point enhancement against the appellant for obstruction of justice
20-133 Joseph Michael Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-appeal eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sexual-contact Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that counsel was not ineffective assistance
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…
19-8833 Christopher Mann v. Maryland Maryland 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel maryland-court-of-appeals prejudice strickland-prejudice strickland-test weaver-precedent weaver-v-massachusetts Has the Maryland Court of Appeals abused its discretion by applying Weaver v. Massachusetts to mandate looking at the strength of the prosecution's ca…
19-8476 Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-05-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction oklahoma-court post-conviction-relief Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals erred in their original 3-3-2020, and subsequent 3-4-2020 request for rehearing, decision to refuse jur…
19-8300 Clark Milton Hyden v. Georgia Georgia 2020-04-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP barker-framework barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-appeals due-process fairness-and-prejudice indigent-counsel indigent-defendant speedy-trial Did the delay in Petitioner's first appeal as of right from his criminal conviction violate the Due Process Clause?
19-8129 Charles Ben Bounds v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bounds-case court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jurisdiction legal-review sentence-enhancement sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the application of Sentence Enhancement
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…
19-8015 Gabriel Cruz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-rule co-defendant-statement codefendant-statement confrontation-clause criminal-appeal criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit non-testimonial non-testimonial-statement severance Whether the United States Court of Appeal Eleventh Circuit erred in finding that the Bruton rule does not mandate a severance when a non-testifying co…
19-7931 Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the defendant's sentence by concluding there was no unconstitutional motive for the government's failure …
19-7940 Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
19-7785 Jacob Daniel Wolf v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-appeal due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-petition post-conviction-relief statutory-tolling time-barred timeliness Did the district court properly grant Respondent's motion to dismiss Wolfs habeas petition as time-barred?
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…
19-7016 Matthew Terrell v. C. Armant, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied IFP 14th-amendment assault certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process jackson-v-virginia oral-copulation substantial-evidence Should a certificate of appealability be granted to review whether there was a violation of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 317 and the Due Process…
19-6946 In Re Michael Curtis Reynolds 2019-12-17 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence appeal civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,criminal-procedure,senten constitutional-void criminal-appeal due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus remand statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Does Dimaya require all counts to be reviewed?
19-605 Arizona v. Philip John Martin Arizona 2019-11-12 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal criminal-appeal double-jeopardy first-degree-murder greater-offense hung-jury hung-jury-rule jury-instructions jury-verdict lesser-offense richardson-v-united-states second-degree-murder When a jury expressly states it is 'unable to agree' on a defendant's guilt for a greater offense and convicts the defendant of a lesser offense, and …
19-6549 Jose Laureano Salgado v. United States First Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process exculpatory-evidence impeachment ongoing-disclosure pending-appeal prosecutorial-misconduct Does this Court's holding in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) require the Government to disclose, while an appeal is pending, exculpatory or impe…
19-6271 Gary Patrick Lewis v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-16 Denied IFP affidavit-of-indigency appointed-counsel arson-conviction criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigency indigent-defendant michigan-court right-to-counsel state-appellate-defender state-court-appeal Gary Patrick Lewis
19-6113 Jose Armando Bazan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-01 GVR Relisted (4)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a defendant's claim for a minor or mitigating role downward adjustment under the Sentencing Guidelines…
19-5918 Brandon Kyle Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP §-2255-motion appellate-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal idaho-v-garza ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-rule prejudice-standard presumption-of-prejudice roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Was counsel's single statement that 'if you appeal you will get more time' adequate advice or deficient performance?
19-5501 Mandrail Jamar Woodberry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-07 GVR IFP appellate-procedure counsel-withdrawal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review withdrawal-of-counsel Whether the court should vacate the opinion of the 4th Circuit and remand for further proceedings in light of Rehaif v. United States
19-87 Jerome Burgess v. Phil Hall, Warden Georgia 2019-07-17 Denied Response Waived appellate-counsel brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-appeal exculpatory-evidence georgia-supreme-court ineffective-assistance mental-competency plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did the Georgia Supreme Court err in failing to find that Petitioner's appellate counsel provided ineffective assistance?
18A1314 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-17 Presumed Complete conviction-reversal criminal-appeal district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure motion-denial release-pending-appeal Whether a federal district court can deny a defendant's motion for release pending appeal when there is a likelihood of reversal of the underlying con…
18-9085 Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) Whether the district court abused its discretion by deducting the three points awarded the petitioner for his acceptance of responsibility when those …
18-8533 Lance Williams v. California California 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility habeas-corpus ineffective-appellate-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficiency-of-evidence intent invalid-illegal-strike perjury police-report prejudicial-1101(b)-evidence pro-se prosecutor-coercion prosecutorial-misconduct uncharged-act witness-credibility witness-description Whether the state courts erred in denying appeal on prejudicial 1101(B) evidence on uncharged act used to prove intent where the police report differs…
18-8363 Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a…
18-8370 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-procedure ninth-circuit self-representation What procedural safeguards are afforded to federal criminal defendants when an Appellate Court panel exercises its discretion in deciding whether or n…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals violate 28 U.S.C. § 1654 by refusing to allow Mr. Bryant to represent himself in the appeal of the collateral proceeding?
18-7773 Jose Jorge Espinoza-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling appellate-review criminal-appeal criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-review guidelines-interpretation immigration risk-assessment sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation whether-the-sentencing-enhancement-under-u.s.s.g.-§-2l1.1(b)(6)-was-properly-applied
18-7736 Robert Davis v. New York New York 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-counsel criminal-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance legal-review procedural-due-process questions-of-fact questions-of-law standing state-court state-court-review Did the State's highest court fail to lawfully review the questions of law in Petitioner's application prior to denying him permission to appeal his c…
18-7616 Rodrigo Tovar Pupo v. United States District of Columbia 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-issue constitutional-issues criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal district-court due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel offense-enhancement plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines If Appeals Court erred by not considering the grounds raised by Appellant and denying his appeal disregarding the Constitutional issues raised by Appe…
18-7675 Eric Hayes v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-approach circuit-court collateral-appeal constitutional-law crawford-v-washington criminal-appeal daubert-v-merrell-dow double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-evidence illinois-v-vitale sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent whalen-v-united-states Whether the circuit court departed from the established rules of Whalen v. United States and Illinois v. Vitale regarding the double jeopardy clause
18-994 Dirk Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel physical-helplessness physically-helpless toxicologist toxicology toxicology-testimony Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counsel r…
18-962 In Re Joseph M. Arpaio 2019-01-25 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appeal department-of-justice due-process federal-courts prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers special-prosecutor young-v-united-states Where the Department of Justice has appeared in a criminal appeal on behalf of the United States, and indicated that it intends to represent the Unite…
18-7322 Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Jason Bryant, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal confrontation-clause criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness federal-appeal indigent-defense sixth-amendment tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit Court erred in holding that the District Court of Tulsa County's refusal to permit a unique expert defense witness to presen…
18-675 Lisa M. West v. Missouri Missouri 2018-11-23 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion admissibility conviction-and-sentence criminal-appeal daubert-review daubert-standard evidence-admissibility expert-witness judicial-review missouri-law scientific-testimony standard-of-review trial-court-discretion Whether this court should require a de novo review of the trial court's handling of scientific testimony to determine whether Daubert v. Merrell Dow P…
18-6229 Josh A. Wairi v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review booker-standard booker-v-united-states criminal-appeal criminal-sentencing first-circuit-court-of-appeals gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-josh-wairi Does the First Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in petitioner's case conflict with this Court's decisions in Booker v. United States and Gall v. Uni…
18-6061 Rogelio Ortiz-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP change-in-law criminal-appeal divisible-statute fifth-circuit intervening-change-in-law judicial-proceedings mandate mandate-rule recall-of-mandate rehearing-petition sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines texas-burglary-statute Whether it is a serious departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings when a federal court of appeals refuses to consider an in…
18-5934 Deborah M. Wagner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process mandatory-victim-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's restitution order was outside the statutory authority of the MVRA
18-288 Philip A. Mearing v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Amici (3) appellate-review appellate-waiver criminal-appeal criminal-defendant-waiver criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant's waiver of the right to appeal his 'sentence' covers an order of restitution
18-5826 John C. Carter v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage-of-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel state-criminal-trial-court state-law-limitations Whether the right to have assistance of counsel extends to the appeal stage of the trial proceedings, where the petitioner was allegedly denied such a…
18-5640 Fredrick A. Laux v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process dysfunctional-childhood ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington Did the Indiana Court of Appeals, the United States Southern District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unreasonably apply, or reach a decisi…
18-5649 Charles Richardson v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct recusal trial-counsel venue Whether the prosecutor's improper arguments resulted in an unfair trial and a guilty verdict of murder instead of a lesser charge thereto?
18-5374 Adrian Demond Hyman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-system appellate-procedure claim-processing-rule claim-processing-rules criminal-appeal equitable-exception equitable-exceptions federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline jurisdictional-deadlines non-jurisdictional-deadline non-jurisdictional-rule sentencing sixth-amendment Whether an appellate court acts without authority when it enforces the non-jurisdictional deadline for a direct criminal appeal under Fed. R. App. P. …
18-5216 Johnny Allen Martin v. Gregory McLaughlin, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-violation counsel-right criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance statutory-provisions threshold-determination Does the petitioner have a nonwaivable constitutional right to (a) effective/conflict-free assistance of counsel on direct appeal from his or her conv…