| 24-545 |
Richard Wershe, Jr. v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split diligence equitable-tolling habeas-corpus prisoner-doctrine retaliation |
Whether the two-factor Holland v. Florida equitable tolling test applies universally across federal cases and how circuits should interpret diligence … |
| 24-5651 |
Michael T. McLaughlin v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
diligence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-rule ninth-circuit procedural-default |
Does the Court's decision in Ramirez change the diligence standard for developing factual bases in state court procedurally barred petitions? |
| 23-6273 |
Eugene Lucas v. J. N. Ottinger, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Rehearing |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure diligence due-process judicial-discretion legal-filing mailbox-rule prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing prisoner-rights procedural-diligence |
Can a district Court negate the Prison mailbox rule by finding A prisoner did not show diligence |
| 22-5984 |
Kenneth Wilbert Brown v. Brad Adams, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-communication civil-procedure court-delays diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances legal-diligence pandemic-impact related-cases |
How can a defendant be deemed not to have 'Been pursuing his rights dilligently,' when he is actively litigating 3 cases simultaneously that are all i… |
| 22-5485 |
Juan Daniel Cano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas, Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure diligence district-court due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit habeas-corpus standard-of-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the district court's finding that the petitioner failed to show both that he pursued habeas relief diligently a… |
| 22-5049 |
Percy Love, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
artuz-v-bennett covid-19 covid-19-exception diligence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-tolling-doctrine habeas-corpus procedural-timeliness statutory-interpretation |
When is a 2255 petition 'properly filed' under Artuz v. Bennett? |
| 20-8140 |
Jamaal Diggs v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure diligence due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas federal-petition habeas-corpus judicial-notice state-court state-habeas |
Whether Diggs exhibited sufficient diligence to entitle him to equitable tolling |
| 19-1211 |
James Christopher North v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa circuit-split diligence equitable-tolling federal-habeas federal-limitations-period habeas-corpus state-court-proceedings state-habeas statute-of-limitations |
Does a state court's act lulling a petitioner into believing he has tolled limitations—and resulting in running out his federal limitations period—war… |
| 19-6604 |
Ray Jefferson Cromartie v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case-appeal capital-punishment circuit-split diligence evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel malice-murder new-evidence new-evidence-of-innocence |
Whether new evidence of innocence obtained by subsequent diligent counsel should be deemed new evidence, even if prior counsel provided deficient repr… |
| 19-6001 |
Gregory Leroy Packer v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-duty counsel-representation court-docket court-procedure diligence diligence-appeal due-process legal-diligence pennsylvania-statute prejudicial-delay related-case-law standing statutory-interpretation unprecedent-case |
Were the appellate courts' rulings unprecedented for this case? |
| 19-5492 |
Brian Jermaine Washington v. Jennifer Saad, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa civil-procedure counsel-error diligence extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance limitations-period pro-se procedural-default statute-of-limitations |
Is it an extraordinary circumstance if counsel filed a motion three months after the AEDPA's limitations period expired? |
| 18-8000 |
Allister Freeman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts aedpa-limitations aedpa-time-limitations circuit-court-precedent civil-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-test indigent-prisoner law-library law-library-access prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals precedent in Dodds v. United States and Atkins v. United States, denying equitable tolling to a pro-se i… |
| 18-7661 |
Philip Walter Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-courts circuit-split diligence diligence-standard judicial-procedure new-evidence pace-v-diguglielmo postconviction-motion proper-filing properly-filed relief-standard time-bar untimely |
Is diligence in discovering new evidence a condition to filing a postconviction motion or a condition to obtaining relief on that motion? |
| 18-6450 |
Justen Russell v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
28-usc-2244 aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal appellate-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mental-health-confinement mental-illness right-to-appeal state-created-impediment |
Does the complete failure by court and counsel to advise a defendant of his right to appeal and the time period in which to do so constitute a 'state-… |
| 18-5980 |
Shelton Denoria Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) 28-usc-2254 diligence evidentiary-hearing factual-basis fair-trial federal-court federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review |
Whether a habeas applicant has 'failed to develop the factual basis' of a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2) when the state court did not hold an evid… |
| 18-5721 |
Carlos Levy v. Mike Parris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access diligence due-process habeas-corpus language-barrier language-barriers prisoner-rights spanish-speaking tolling |
Whether a Spanish-speaking U.S. citizen prisoner must prove he sought legal advice from fellow inmates lacking legal training to establish diligence f… |