| 25-6079 |
James Anthony Brian Morelock v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-10 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment sentencing-guidelines |
1. Is the lifetime ban on firearms possession by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent … |
| 23-7777 |
Robert King Via, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment accomplice-testimony constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence witness-testimony |
Does the uncorroborated testimony of alleged accomplices outweigh a defendant's 6th Amendment right to present evidence in his favor? |
| 23-7581 |
Glenn D. Odom, II v. Scott Jordan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-counsel conflict-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process jury jury-questioning pro-se-defense waiver witness witness-testimony |
Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to fully present himself / herself as a witness |
| 23-5140 |
Ralph Castillo v. Richard Martinez, Warden, et al. |
New Mexico |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-circumstances criminal-rights due-process jury-determination jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment |
Was it proper for the state to intentionally mislead the court |
| 22-7509 |
Gary R. Thompson, Jr. v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-05-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
blockburger-v-united-states constitutional-violation criminal-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-dixon |
Does the double jeopardy protection still hold the promise and guarantee of the prohibition and protection from being twice placed in jeopardy for the… |
| 19-8859 |
Brian A. Maus v. Scott Eckstein, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure attorney-withdrawal client-rights counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance no-merit-brief |
Can appellant counsel withdraw off of the petitioners case, because the petitioner wouldn't agree to allow appellate counsel to file a no-merit brief? |