district-court-review

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A1038 Dominique Ashley Childs v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2025-04-28 Presumed Complete 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right district-court-review habeas-corpus procedural-grounds Whether a state prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability for a federal habeas petition when the district court denies relief on procedural g…
24-791 Barry J. Byrnes v. Sylvia Marie Byrnes Tenth Circuit 2025-01-24 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-rights district-court-review eighth-amendment judicial-sanctions jury-trial-right Did the bankruptcy judge enter an illegal judgment and violate Petitioner's right to a jury trial in district court on the tort claims?
24-5689 Joshua Paul Cox v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court-review judicial-review jurist-standard lawyer-effectiveness legal-sufficiency sentencing-performance Whether a reasonable jurist might disagree with the district court or Judge Graves about the sufficiency and effect of the lawyer's performance at sen…
23-5398 Charles Michael Ledford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment amendment constitutional-rights district-court-review due-process federal-procedure federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-15 habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief Whether district courts violate fundamental principles of due process under the Fifth Amendment by denying a § 2255 movant's request to amend their pl…
21-7859 Brandis Nicole Fish v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-review first-time-offender medical-records non-violent-offender sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation ussg-guidelines Did the district court thoroughly review petitioner's request for compassionate release?
21-6850 Jacques Paul Villafana v. Henry Thomas Padrick, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge district-court-review due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandatory-hearing post-conviction-motion post-conviction-relief standing state-court-hearing state-court-review Whether a state court's denial of a mandatory hearing on a post-conviction motion was unconstitutional
21-6135 Jesus Ramirez-Barrera v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail community-danger criminal-procedure detention district-court-review due-process extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion public-safety relief-standard sentencing sentencing-review Whether the district court erred in deciding that petitioner has not shown extraordinary and compelling reasons and that he was a danger to the commun…
21-6101 Paul D. Timms v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-standard civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent When a federal district court denies a state prisoner's 28-U.S.C.-2254-petition based upon an improper standard-of-review
21-545 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-review due-process judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification recusal standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-5526 Duane Kelly v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court-review double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-hearing inconsistent-verdict inconsistent-verdicts post-conviction-relief reasonable-jurist state-court-decision Was the district court's findings that the state court reasonably applied the inconsistent verdict law in this case correct?
21-5314 Thomas Brantley Jenkins, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing district-court-review judicial-discretion motion-analysis primary-contentions sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation written-findings Whether a district court fully considers the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors when ruling on a compassionate release motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)…
20-8439 Francisco Coto-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-review guideline-range judicial-discretion objection plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range,…
20-7685 Terrance Heard v. Grady Perry, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ATC-claim constitutional-claim district-court-review district-courts factual-development ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard Martinez-v-Ryan Miller-El-Cockrell-standard procedural-default Whether the Tennessee District Courts are correctly considering whether a procedurally defaulted ATC claim is substantial, having merit, presented und…
20-5502 Kareem K. Kirk, Sr. v. Janet Richardson, et al. Florida 2020-08-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation district-court-review due-process judicial-bias judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-duties motion-for-rehearing unelaborated-decision MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN IT, AND PERFORM JUDICIAL DUTIES WITHOUT BIAS, OR PREJUDICE
19-8851 Peter Szanto v. Alyce Ann Jurgens Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-157 bankruptcy-procedure district-court-review due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigation res-judicata Whether the lower courts erred in disregarding the mandatory requirements of 28 USC § 157(c) and in exhibiting irrational bias against the pro se peti…
19-8424 José Yeyille v. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure coppedge-v-united-states disputed-facts district-court-review due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-conclusions standing summary-disposition Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex…
19-8289 Jose Yeyille v. Cecilia M. Altonaga, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-review due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis jury-trial seventh-amendment standing Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex…
19-7185 Stanley Brewer v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights district-court-review due-process facts-and-evidence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standard precedent standing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court violated long-standing precedent and misapplied 28-USC-2254-d-2, 28-USC-2254-e-1, and the facts and evidence presented by t…
19-6884 Glen B. Clay, aka Glenn B. Clay v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act district-court-review due-process johnson-v-united-states procedural-default residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof successive-motion Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's decision that it could not consider on the merits Mr. Clay's successive motion ba…
19-216 Harold Persaud v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure daubert-standard district-court-opinion district-court-review due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-conviction merits-review motion-to-vacate standard-of-review Whether Reasonable Jurists Could Debate the Denial of Petitioner's Motion to Vacate and Set Aside his Judgment of Conviction
18-7059 John H. Rosky v. Quentin Byrne, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-review due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing Whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in denying petitioner's due process rights and access to the courts
18-6455 Ronnie McGee v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 district-court-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-courts federal-habeas gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus section-2254 statutory-interpretation Whether a district court's misconstrual of a § 2254 claim and/or failure to consider or properly consider material evidence submitted to support a cla…
18-6349 Daniel Israel Palomino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-review due-process guideline-commentary judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a district court abuses its discretion in misapplying a sentencing guideline when it refuses to consider a factor expressly provided for in th…
18-5802 John Doe v. Kaweah Delta Hospital, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-statute-of-limitations civil-rights confidentiality district-court-review due-process employment employment-conditions equitable-tolling medical-information-act statute-of-limitations summary-judgment Why did the District Court ignore material facts on equitable tolling and statute of limitations?
18-5449 In Re Michael D. Smith 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals civil-procedure confrontation criminal-procedure district-court-review double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus indictment motion-to-vacate post-conviction-relief self-incrimination sentencing speedy-trial standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the district court and court of appeals denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and § 2244 motio…
18-5098 Thaddeus Williams v. Cindi S. Curtin, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability district-court-review due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus procedural-timeliness statutory-tolling Whether the district court correctly determined that petitioner's habeas corpus petition was untimely; whether the blanket denial of his motion for ce…