discovery-violation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-565 Yogesh K. Pancholi v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bad-faith compulsory-process criminal-procedure discovery-violation sixth-amendment witness-preclusion Whether the Constitution permits a trial court to impose witness preclusion as a sanction for a discovery violation in a criminal case, absent a findi…
25-5887 Dorice Moore v. Florida Florida 2025-10-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violation dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence 1. Why was the DNA allowed to be down played by the state without defense providing proof of its importance at the crime scene? 2. If the state did n…
25-5399 Neda Mehrabani v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights discovery-violation fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance medicare-billing sentencing Whether a Certificate of Appealability (COA) should have been issued due to ineffective assistance of counsel and denial of constitutional rights rela…
25-5058 Jose Manuel Ayala-Alas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process fair-trial interpreter-rights sentencing-enhancement Whether the district court violated Mr. Ayala-Alas's due process rights by requiring him to proceed to trial with only a Spanish interpreter despite h…
25-5048 Jeremy Wayne Holt v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-07-08 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process hearsay-evidence sixth-amendment speedy-trial Does a seven-year delay in bringing a sexual assault case to trial trigger a presumption of prejudice under Doggett v. United States, and does the pre…
24-6947 Harry Lee Goldsboro, II v. Florida Florida 2025-04-08 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether a trial court's failure to provide counsel with adequate time to review discovery materials and prepare a defense constitutes a substantial vi…
23-5284 John Wesley Lee, Jr. v. Maryland Maryland 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery discovery-violation dna-evidence dna-testing due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant video-recording Whether an Indigent Pro Se Petitioner is Entitled to counsel
22-7787 Noel K. Bango v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights discovery-violation dna-evidence due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rights police-misconduct police-reports sexual-battery speedy-trial tainted-evidence trial-procedure DNA-collection-timeline
21-7870 Greg Cantoni v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-court-standards daubert discovery-violation expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence harmless-error jencks-act prosecutorial-discretion Which standard must be applied to determine whether a Jencks Act violation is prejudicial or harmless?
21-7836 Bruce Edward Bingham, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied IFP burden-of-proof closing-arguments constitutional-ineffective-assistance criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process due-process-violation prosecutorial-misconduct remorse right-to-counsel Was the prosecution's remarks regarding the 'conscience of the community' and 'remorse' prosecutorial misconduct, or allowable argument?
21-7605 Lwane A. Mansell v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 28-usc-2254 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights discovery-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-bar sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the district court erred in denying claim one of the petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as procedurally barred
21-1035 Joshua Harris v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2022-01-24 Denied Response Waived brady-doctrine civil-procedure constitutional-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial in-limine tax-court Whether the U.S Tax Court and the Second Circuit conflicts with the United States Constitution, Amendment 6 and the Fourteenth Amendment to a fair and…
21-6895 Marshaun Boykin v. Illinois Illinois 2022-01-18 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-interpretation discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel individual-rights judicial-review legal-standing lineup-identification statutory-construction Whether the lineup identification procedure employed violated the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and the right to effective assistance of co…
21-5539 James Takchuan Woo v. Colorado Colorado 2021-08-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rights continuance-request discovery-violation discovery-violations effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial harmless-error right-against-unlawful-search unlawful-search video-surveillance Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals erred in concluding that Woo's constitutional rights to effective-assistance-of-counsel, fair-trial, right-again…
21-5208 Samuel W. Wani v. George Fox University, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion causation discovery discovery-violation expert-testimony fair-trial insurance-policy medical-malpractice medical-records standard-of-care Wani's failure to provide expert testimony regarding the standard of care and causation
20-6984 Ralph Frank Esposito, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression structural-error witness-testimony Whether the State of Arizona violated the Defendant's rights to due process under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution and under specif…
20-686 Michael Shock v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-law discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection mistrial oregon-v-kennedy prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
20-6127 Jermaine Antwan Tart v. Jamese Vigus, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression housing judicial-procedure pleadings summary-judgment video-evidence How can the case be closed without any decision on one of the due process claims?
20-6078 Delmart E. J. M. Vreeland, II v. David Zupan, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure discovery discovery-violation due-process exhaustion fraud habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miscarriage-of-justice rule-60 Should the judgment on habeas corpus be void for failure to adhere to due process requirements before entering judgment
19-7795 Robert Alan Foster v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery-violation due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination school-desegregation sixth-amendment standing voting-rights Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-7026 James W. Guy v. Ohio Ohio 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material civil-procedure civil-rights continuance discovery-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial first-amendment free-speech self-representation self-representing-defendant standing untimely-discovery Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights
19-6141 Donnie Ray Jose v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process judicial-discretion plea-negotiations prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions trial-strategy When a federal prosecutor concedes a serious discovery violation shortly before trial, should the district court's response take into account, among o…
19-6140 Edwin P. Gant v. U. S. Bank Trust, et al. New Jersey 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-violation due-process foreclosure fraud fraud-in-lending legal-standing mortgage-assignment mortgage-foreclosure predatory-loan standing unclean-hands Whether the New Jersey Supreme Court violated the due process clause by failing to reconsider its original decision refusing to vacate summary judgmen…
19-6004 Lynn Taylor v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion affidavit civil-procedure court-procedure discovery discovery-violation due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion standing Did the Northern District Court abuse its discretion in not forwarding the full discovery to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals?
19-5146 Isiah Edward Gilliam v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-11 Denied IFP discovery discovery-violation due-process fair-trial habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions mistrial prior-convictions prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Was Mr. Gilliam denied due process and a fair trial
18-1238 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Progressive Credit Union, et al. New York 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consolidation contempt court-compel-discovery court-procedure discovery discovery-rights discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression judicial-bias judicial-misconduct res-judicata share-certificate-dispute standing stock-share-dispute Denial of due process in dismissal of case without considering evidence, denial of discovery, improper consolidation of cases, judicial bias and misco…
18-1091 Afoluso Adesanya, et vir v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Third Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-review civil-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-conduct judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation sanctions Dismissal of petitioner's employment discrimination lawsuit as a sanction without prior court finding or warning of discovery violation
18-7972 Victor D. Vickers, Jr. v. Missouri Missouri 2019-02-14 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP alibi alibi-evidence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-discovery-sanctions discovery discovery-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment taylor-v-illinois willful-violation Whether the exclusion of alibi evidence that could prove a defendant's innocence, as a sanction for an uncalculated discovery violation, is permitted …
18-6752 David McGuire v. Ohio Ohio 2018-11-20 Denied IFP brady-violation brady-violations criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process evidence-disclosure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment police-misconduct remedies When a discovery violation is discovered mid-trial, does a remedy that fails to order the disclosure of the withheld evidence violate the Due Process …
18-5456 Gary Allen Kachina v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation competence competency-hearing criminal-procedure discovery discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process exculpatory-evidence mental-health mental-health-evaluation necessity-defense subpoena Did the Trial Court error in denying petitioner's motions for Discovery violations under BRADY v. MARYLAND and for refusal to enforce petitioner's cou…