| 24-5640 |
Mark Watkins v. New York |
New York |
2024-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deficient-performance ineffective-assistance prejudice-analysis reasonable-probability strickland-standard trial-counsel |
Whether a single error by trial counsel must satisfy Strickland's deficient-performance and reasonable-probability-prejudice standards or a heightened… |
| 24-5303 |
Eric Krieg v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deficient-performance habeas-corpus judicial-review precedent-ambiguity sentencing-review strickland-standard |
Could 'jurors of reason' disagree with the district court's conclusion that precedent is ambiguous when a derivative case is remanded for reconsiderat… |
| 23-5539 |
Trezjuan Thompson v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-of-appeals circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deficient-performance ineffective-assistance new-rule-doctrine new-rule-of-law sentencing-counsel supreme-court-precedents |
How far afield from prior criminal sentencing cases does a doctrinal opinion from a regional circuit court of appeals have to go before it qualifies a… |
| 21-6727 |
Zane Dickinson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deficient-performance direct-appeal habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-preservation prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-probability trial-counsel |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner whose trial counsel performed deficiently by failing to preserve a meritorious issue for appeal satisfies the prej… |
| 20-7082 |
Edward Bishop v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment 924(c)-prosecution constitutional-violation constructive-amendment deficient-performance drug-trafficking-crime due-process habeas-corpus indictment-defect ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice vagueness-challenge |
Whether Trial Counsel's performance was deficient and whether any errors were prejudicial? |
| 20-6338 |
James H. Smith v. Brian Cook, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-charges deficient-performance federal-claim ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-misconstrue trial-court |
Can an attorney demonstrate deficient performance in representing a client while also facing serious criminal charges in the same court |
| 20-5574 |
Jose Luis Torres v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions deficient-performance due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance multiplicious-offenses plea-agreement plea-bargaining procedural-default |
Whether the lower courts erred in denying habeas corpus relief despite the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, multiplicious off… |
| 18-8952 |
Boris Murphy v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest deficient-performance direct-appeal due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sixth-amendment |
Did the Fourth Circuit review the District Court's error in denying petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2255 claim de novo that was based on conflict of interest a… |
| 18-8337 |
David Michael Decker v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence deficient-performance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief strickland-analysis strickland-v-washington |
Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable… |
| 18-6778 |
DeAngelo Horn v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability deficient-performance eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice reasonable-jurists standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Did the Eleventh Circuit reach beyond the threshold inquiry for a certificate of appealability and deny a COA based on the merits of the appeal? |
| 18-6174 |
Edward Lang v. David Bobby, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
deficient-performance due-process false-evidence false-theory ineffective-assistance juror-tampering presumption-of-prejudice reasonable-strategy reasonable-trial-strategy strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-strategy |
Can the presentation of false evidence, in support of a false theory, constitute a reasonable trial strategy under Strickland v. Washington? |