| 21-7778 |
Lester Ochoa v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment cruel-and-unusual-punishment cullen-v-pinholster eighth-amendment family-sympathy jury-instructions mitigation mitigation-evidence |
Whether a State court may prohibit jurors from considering sympathy for a defendant's family in the penalty phase of a capital case as mitigation |
| 21-7499 |
David Lopez Gonzales v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-v-maryland cullen-v-pinholster due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-habeas fifth-amendment habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct |
Does Cullen v Pinholster bar consideration of new evidence in federal habeas proceedings when the prosecutor presented false testimony to rebut the de… |
| 21-267 |
James Garfield Broadnax v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge cullen-v-pinholster evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner may present evidence of a prosecutor's racially discriminatory intent in support of a Batson claim where the evide… |
| 20-988 |
Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. v. Aaron Edmunds Tyson |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
|
accomplice-liability aedpa aedpa-review benefit-of-the-doubt cullen-v-pinholster due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions standard-of-review |
Whether the review required under AEDPA § 2254 and Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 170 (2011) is violated by reliance upon a 'some ambiguity' standard … |
| 20-5618 |
Adrian D. Riley v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review cullen-v-pinholster federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2254 sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether the court of appeals failed to follow this Court's federal habeas jurisprudence |
| 20-5360 |
Reinaldo Dennes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-evidence brady-violation cause-and-prejudice circuit-split cullen-v-pinholster due-diligence due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus napue-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility |
Should newly discovered Brady/Napue evidence be considered by federal courts or returned to state court? |
| 19-8213 |
Jesus Rodriguez v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review cullen-v-pinholster due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan pinholster-ruling sixth-amendment |
Whether receiving inadequate representation at a first collateral review proceeding triggers the exception of Martinez v. Ryan |
| 19-7810 |
Dale W. Eaton v. Mike Pacheco, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency new-evidence state-court-adjudication strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a state court has adjudicated the performance prong of a Strickland v. Washington claim on the merits within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d… |
| 18-8682 |
Sean Carter v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
ake-v-oklahoma cullen-v-pinholster due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-proceedings fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage organic-brain-impairment state-court-proceedings state-court-review |
When the state court denies a petitioner's claim that his counsel were ineffective for failing to present his organic brain impairment, without afford… |
| 18-1132 |
Oscar Franklin Smith v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
|
cullen-v-pinholster federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan pinholster-limitation pinholster-v-cullen procedural-default state-habeas state-habeas-proceedings state-post-conviction trevino-v-thaler |
Whether Martinez and Trevino apply to ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claims that were technically raised in state habeas proceedings but went… |
| 18-8030 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan pinholster-standard procedural-default state-court-adjudication |
Where is the boundary between 'new claims,' whose default federal habeas courts may excuse, and 'new facts,' which federal habeas courts may not consi… |
| 18-6214 |
Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
brady-violation brady-violations california-habeas cullen-v-pinholster death-row eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus materiality materiality-test ninth-circuit prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the federal habeas courts should evaluate the summary denial of a California habeas petition based on whether the petitioner failed to allege … |