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25-6616 Okechukwu Desmond Amadi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-20 Pending Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process equitable-tolling governmental-intervention statute-of-limitations Whether the dismissal of an out-of-time appeal upon the government raising a statute of limitations defense, without providing defendant a full and fa…
25-6601 Melvon Adams v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeals equitable-tolling government-motion jurisdictional-limits time-limitations Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)'s time limitations for criminal appeals are subject to equitable tolling after government objection t…
25-6559 Charles Kafeiti v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus judicial-delay procedural-rules Whether a district court's 13-month unexplained silence on liberty-related motions constitutes court-induced prejudice warranting equitable tolling un…
25-6296 Emmanuel Folly v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-05 Pending IFP arbitration-findings civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-litigant Whether systemic barriers preventing a pro se litigant from securing counsel constitute 'extraordinary circumstances' justifying equitable tolling of …
25A649 Denzel Chandler v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2025-12-03 Application constitutional-right equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance habeas-corpus mental-health statute-of-limitations Whether a federal habeas petitioner's mental health conditions can constitute an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling of the statut…
25A635 Robert Keaton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-02 Application equitable-tolling extraordinary-relief federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mental-health suicide-attempt Whether a federal prisoner's suicide attempt and subsequent mental health challenges constitute grounds for equitable tolling or extraordinary relief …
25-6229 Douglas A. Krusley v. Abigail Caudill, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence brady-violation court-access equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se-prisoner Whether Douglas Krusley qualifies for equitable tolling due to prison lockdowns and inability to access legal resources when filing a federal habeas c…
25A597 Christopher Fonte v. Memorial Hospital of Laramie County, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-11-20 Application access-to-justice disability-barriers due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review notice-requirements Whether federal courts must apply equitable tolling principles when state notice statutes create procedural barriers for litigants with documented dis…
25A558 Chantel Mitchell v. Office Depot, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-13 Application equitable-tolling medical-emergency petition-for-certiorari pro-se statutory-deadline supreme-court-procedure Whether equitable tolling principles apply to statutory filing deadlines when a litigant experiences an extraordinary and unforeseeable family medical…
25-5845 Ohio, ex rel. Christopher Michael Williams v. Marilyn Zayas, Judge, First District Court of Appeals, Hamilton County, Ohio, et al. Ohio 2025-10-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling judicial-immunity state-court-procedure Does a state Court Judge commit a violation of a Defendant's 14th Amendment rights to the United States Constitution for Due process and equal protect…
25-5690 Adam Jay Stone v. Patwin Horn, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus legal-diligence statute-of-limitations Whether a federal habeas corpus petitioner can invoke equitable tolling when extraordinary circumstances prevent timely filing of a habeas petition
25-244 Demetric Simon v. Officer Keith Gladstone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights equitable-tolling fraudulent-concealment judicial-notice law-enforcement-conspiracy statute-of-limitations Whether equitable tolling, fraudulent concealment, and civil rights claims should apply when law enforcement officers conspired to frame a defendant a…
25A248 Judy Christian Percival v. Kelley Zimmerman, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-29 Presumed Complete court-jurisdiction digital-filing due-process equitable-tolling procedural-fairness technical-error Whether procedural technicalities and digital filing complications can constitute a due process violation warranting equitable tolling in federal cour…
25-229 Emigrant Mortgage Company, et al. v. Jean Robert Saint-Jean, et al. Second Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) causation-standard circuit-split discrimination-claims disparate-impact equitable-tolling fair-housing-act Whether the Second Circuit applied the wrong legal standards for equitable tolling, disparate impact claims, and robust causality in Fair Housing Act …
25-5321 Jeffrey Ricardo Wimberly v. Michigan Michigan 2025-08-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-violation equitable-tolling jurisdictional-challenge michigan-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a lower court lose subject-matter jurisdiction when an equitably tolled appeal is pending in a higher court, and did the Michigan Supreme Court's…
25-5206 Ngozika J. Nwaneri v. George Washington University Hospital District of Columbia 2025-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-contract due-process eeoc-rights equitable-tolling pro-se-litigant statute-of-limitations Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims as untimely and denying equitable tolling despite ongoing internal adjudication a…
25A66 Gregory Montgomery v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-07-17 Presumed Complete constitutional-claims equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations Whether a state prisoner may obtain equitable tolling of the one-year statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.…
25-5019 Chat Lowe v. Palm Tran, et al. Florida 2025-07-02 Denied IFP case-dismissal counsel-dereliction equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances procedural-rights statute-of-limitations Whether litigants' cases should be dismissed with prejudice due to counsel's dereliction, and whether equitable tolling requirements were met when ext…
24A1283 Demetric Simon v. Officer Keith Gladstone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-06-25 Presumed Complete civil-rights equitable-tolling fraudulent-concealment inquiry-notice police-misconduct statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations for a civil rights claim should be equitably tolled when key evidence of police misconduct was fraudulently conceal…
24-7424 Wilberto Arellano v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims equitable-tolling habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-tolling Whether Petitioner is Entitled to Equitable Tolling Based on His Claim of Actual Innocence
24-1164 Jacqueline R. Everson v. The Coca-Cola Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split disability-rights due-process equitable-tolling erisa-plan statutory-violation Whether the courts are precluded from violating statutory laws affecting the rights of ERISA plan participants nationwide and whether such violations …
24-1131 Fei Fei Fan v. Yan Yao Jiang, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-05 Denied circuit-split equitable-tolling fourteenth-amendment thirteenth-amendment trafficking-victims visa-dependency Whether the Ninth Circuit's interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 1595(c) forecloses equitable tolling and continuing violation principles for trafficking vic…
24-7092 Michael Dwayne Tryals v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP claims-processing direct-appeal equitable-tolling federal-rule-criminal-procedure mandatory-rules trial-court-violation Whether a trial court's violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(j)(1) can be remedied on direct appeal, through equitable tolling, or as an…
24-7055 Willie Lee HavMmeri v. Methodist Health Systems, Dallas Fifth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP covid-19-tolling employment-discrimination equitable-tolling judicial-procedure pro-se-filing right-to-sue Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and federal lockdowns constitute a valid basis for equitable tolling of filing deadlines in a pro se employment discrimi…
24-6949 Kendrick Christmas v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-04-09 Denied IFP district-attorney equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se supervisory-writ warden Whether Kendrick Christmas's federal writ of habeas corpus is entitled to equitable tolling during the time he filed for supervisory writs in the Loui…
24-6838 Cortez Bennett v. Johnny Fitz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling judicial-discretion legal-remedy statute-of-limitations time-bar Whether the petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling of one year statute of limitations?
24-6699 Reginald Lee Clark v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel state-action Does Equitable Tolling or the Accrual Rule apply to 28 USC §2244(d) when previously concealed material information about trial counsel's deficient per…
24-6679 Chance Blackman v. Theresa Cisneros, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-principles circuit-split equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-assistance mental-disability Whether agency principles apply when a severely mentally and physically disabled inmate relies on an incarcerated, non-lawyer advocate for legal assis…
24A768 Reginald Lee Clark v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-02-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-claim due-process equitable-tolling federal-petition habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations for federal habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 can be equitably tolled when a prisoner discovers new fa…
24-6152 Josh Pompey v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-testing equitable-tolling false-confession habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief scientific-evidence Whether a petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling on a first federal habeas petition based on new favorable DNA results and whether new DNA eviden…
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 …
24A350 Eric Shawn Ray v. Christe Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-10-15 Presumed Complete constitutional-claims equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se statute-of-limitations Whether a state prisoner can obtain equitable tolling of the one-year federal habeas corpus statute of limitations based on prison lockdowns and delay…
24-369 Hassell Construction Company, Inc., et al. v. Harris County Improvement District No. 18, et al. Texas 2024-10-02 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay equitable-tolling state-court-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether state courts may retroactively refuse to apply 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(3) as plainly worded, with attendant equitable tolling principles, after a ba…
24-165 Trina Wilkins, et al. v. Genzyme Corporation First Circuit 2024-08-15 Denied Response Waived class-action equitable-tolling fairness-act federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity relation-back-doctrine Whether the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) establishes a unique jurisdictional framework combining federal question and diversity jurisdiction for i…
24-5130 Devon Nunes v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law equitable-tolling immigration-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review numerical-limits statutory-motion statutory-motions-to-reopen immigration-law
24A21 H.C. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete equitable-tolling filing-deadline medical-disability pro-se procedural-rules supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's physical disability and medical challenges can constitute good cause for equitable tolling of procedural filing deadlines …
24A20 H.C. v. A.N. California 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction equitable-tolling filing-extension medical-disability pro-se-litigant procedural-deadline Whether a pro se litigant's medical disability and physical limitations can constitute good cause for equitable tolling of procedural filing deadlines…
23-7781 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp, fka Dasler Vermont 2024-06-21 Denied IFP best-interest-of-the-child constitutional-fairness domestic-relations due-process equitable-tolling judicial-discretion jurisdictional-limits Palmore-v-Sidoti parental-rights Troxel-v-Granville Equitable-tolling-of-jurisdictional-limits
23-7557 Paul Henry Gibson v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus hospital-records incapacitation judicial-bias procedural-error structural-error Does the lower court's decision to bar petitioner, and deny equitable tolling for the period of time petitioner was incapacitated, violate due-process…
23-7400 Leslie J. Reynard v. Washburn University of Topeka Tenth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation ada-title-i eeoc-filing eeoc-filing-requirements equitable-tolling light-sensitivity qualified-disabled-employees reasonable-accommodation seizure-disorder summary-judgment Did Washburn's delay in providing Dr. Reynard's reasonable accommodation violate its ADA Title I obligation?
23-7392 Elaine Mickman v. Philadelphia Professional Collections, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-summary-action circuit-courts civil-procedure continuing-tolling discretionary-appeal due-process equitable-tolling federal-appeal-process summary-action Does Circuit Court Summary Action undermine and effectively convert the right to appeal a US District Court Order into a discretionary appeal, thereby…
23-1182 Kenneth Jones v. County of San Diego, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equitable-tolling excessive-force law-enforcement race-discrimination standing Whether equitable tolling should apply in this case?
23A923 Bryant Christopher Watts v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-16 Presumed Complete civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction notice-of-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's untimely notice of appeal can be excused under equitable tolling principles when the delay results from alleged procedural…
23-1103 Sawtooth Mountain Ranch, LLC, et al. v. United States Forest Service, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived constitutional-rights declaratory-relief equitable-tolling fifth-amendment just-compensation regulatory-taking statute-of-limitations Question not identified
23-7151 Carolyn Sioux Green v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services, et al. Washington 2024-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chemical-lobotomy civil-commitment constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-representation statute-of-limitations Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be applied to a violation of the constitutional right to due process?
23-7062 Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability discovery-and-counsel-denial double-jeopardy due-process equitable-tolling fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability
23-7058 James E. Palmer v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-remedies Whether the denial of a state prisoner's constitutional right to the writ of habeas corpus permits equitable tolling of the AEDPA statute of limitatio…
23-6784 Khaled Elbeblawy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa circuit-split constitutional-rights equitable-tolling habeas-corpus rigid-approach statute-of-limitations totality-of-circumstances Equitable Tolling under AEDPA
23-6764 Kevin Ray Morris, Sr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-20 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mailroom-misconduct prison-mailroom prisoner-mail procedural-default Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's claim to equitable tolling based on the prison mailroom's mishandling of prisoner mail, includin…
23-6765 Ethan Andrew Hannold v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied IFP his father and the egregious breach of duty from criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mental-health-diagnosis procedural-default Did the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit fail to consider the effect the combination of the relevant attributes of Mr. Hannold's diagnoses o…
23-870 Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-action appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure hazardous-materials-transportation-act judicial-review statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26(b) precludes equitable tolling of 49 U.S.C. § 5127(a)'s ordinary and nonjurisdictional deadline to peti…
23-6733 Lunick Janvier v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling judicial-interpretation legal-standard standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' decision on equitable tolling is in direct conflict with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based on si…
23-6737 Anthony F. Wainwright v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied IFP attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60b Whether habeas counsel's unsworn representations can rebut a petitioner's allegation of dishonesty
23-707 Yossi Govrin, et al. v. City of Santa Monica, California, et al. California 2023-12-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling estoppel government-taking property-rights standing substantive-due-process takings Whether a party with close ties to the government should be allowed to proceed with litigating its claims based on equitable tolling and/or estoppel g…
23A581 Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-22 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure agency-adjudication appointments-clause equitable-tolling judicial-review time-limit Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26(b) categorically precludes equitable tolling of non-jurisdictional time limits for seeking judicial rev…
23-652 Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections v. Berman Justus, Jr. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-60(b)(6) habeas habeas-corpus mental-illness statute-of-limitations Whether a habeas petitioner can show that a mental illness constitutes an 'extraordinary circumstance' that warrants reopening a final judgment under …
23-6188 Otis Blaxton v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-relief sovereign-immunity Has the State of Florida waived immunity from suits under its own statute, Florida Statute § 768.28 and the Florida Constitution Art. X, § 13?
23-5994 James Jordan McClain v. Tammy Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation equitable-tolling first-degree-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct second-degree-murder self-defense voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that extraordinary circumstances for equitable tolling must make earlier filing 'impossible'
23-5864 Alfred Starling v. Charles Mims, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-statute constitutional-violations equitable-tolling gateway-claim habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether the lower courts erred in holding that reasonable jurists would not debate whether Petitioner's First Federal Habeas Corpus petition was untim…
23-5787 Richard Frasca v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al. First Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination constitutional-rights depression equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing mental-illness procedural-flaws retaliation Whether equitable tolling applies to the statute of limitations based on depression and mental illness resulting from age discrimination and retaliati…
23-5420 Bruce Wanzo, Jr. v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit Whether appointment of counsel on appeal for briefing, and the actions of counsel in detracting from the intended issues raised in the Certificate of …
23A160 Brian Williams, Warden, et al. v. Reynaldo Agavo Ninth Circuit 2023-08-22 Presumed Complete attorney-misconduct clearly-established-law confrontation-clause equitable-tolling habeas-corpus section-2254 Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) in holding that Nevada courts unreasonably applied clearly established Confrontation…
23-166 Hilton Hotels Retirement Plan, et al. v. Valerie White, et al. District of Columbia 2023-08-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal-period civil-procedure class-certification equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-civil-procedure nutraceutical-corp-v-lambert rule-23(f) rule-23f time-limitation time-period Do successive motions for class certification restart the fourteen-day period under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) for seeking permission to ap…
23-147 Leander Mann v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied aedpa-statute circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus habeas-petition statute-of-limitations Whether equitable tolling stops the clock on the AEDPA statute of limitations during periods of extraordinary circumstances
23-5313 Leonardo Roque v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-merit due-process equitable-tolling fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-ruling standing statute-of-limitations Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals commit Error when that court Denied Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability
23-5280 Robert A. Griffin v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60-motion Whether Mr. Griffin is entitled to a COA
23-5223 Fidel Rios, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review legal-remedy limitations-period procedural-doctrine standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in concluding that Mr. Rios was not entitled to equitable tolling
23-5155 Jeremiah Lyle VanTassel v. Patricia Thompson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-20 Denied IFP aedpa civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling fraud fraud-upon-court procedural-default prosecutorial-vouching standing time-limits Does fraud upon the court trigger equitable tolling?
23-5133 Gary Watkins v. Willis Chapman, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mental-illness relation-back statute-of-limitations Whether the district court erroneously held that petitioner's supplemental habeas petition was untimely filed because it did not relate back to the in…
23-5068 Lavount Peterson v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied IFP equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-statute new-jersey-directive non-final-order post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief state-court-rulings statute-of-limitations Whether the habeas statute of limitations remains tolled after a state postconviction relief petition is dismissed without prejudice
23-5 Breon Powell v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability court-closure covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus Did the Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying due process to Appellant Powell by denying a Certificate of Appealability from the District Court's de…
22-7649 Roderick Lamar Williams, aka Rox v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights claim-processing-rule due-process equitable-tolling fraud misconduct Whether the lower courts wrongfully and unjustly protected parties that engaged in fraud on the court, misrepresentation and misconduct by refusing to…
22-7410 Reynaldo Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2253 antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus What constitutes an expeditious remedy and/or a prompt hearing under 28 U.S.C. §2254
22-7363 David Vahlkamp v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling gross-negligence habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance postconviction-attorney postconviction-relief reasonable-diligence sixth-amendment Whether the Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling in light of his postconviction attorney's gross negligence
22-988 Credit Consulting Services, Inc. v. Maritza Paredes California 2023-04-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-law rotkiske-v-klemm statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent Whether the California Court of Appeal erred in holding that the California doctrine of 'equitable tolling' applied so as to toll the one-year statute…
22-7234 Gerald Wayne LeBeau v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus procedural-ruling standing Was the court's procedure ruling proper in denying LeBeau's equitable-tolling,due-process,civil-rights,habeas-corpus,standing,civil-procedure
22-7221 Carlotta Susann Kutschenreuter v. Lagreta McClain, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default sixth-amendment state-post-conviction-procedures Whether Alabama's procedural rules and courts' rulings have denied review of petitioner's Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claims, wa…
22-7105 Jimmy Allen Roberts v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-access prison-library statute-of-limitations Whether the Fourth Circuit's bright-line rule denying equitable tolling to North Carolina prisoners who lack access to legal resources violates the co…
22-928 Roger Swartz v. Board of Trustees of University of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied academic-freedom civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances scienter state-action state-actor university-funding When can unrestricted state funding to a university professor make them a state actor?
22-808 Joe Alfred Izen, Jr. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2023-02-27 Denied Response Waived charitable-deduction deadlines equitable-tolling hardship-exemption I.R.C.-170(f)(12) internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantiation-deadline substantiation-evidence summary-judgment tax-law Whether equitable tolling may extend substantiation evidence gathering deadlines under I.R.C. § 170(f)(12)
22-694 Jermaine Andra Whitaker v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prison-access prison-law-library statute-of-limitations Whether the 11th circuit Court erred in determining that the covid-19 pandemic, which led to the quarantine of the Wheeler Correctional Facility for m…
22-6542 Warren Douglas Vann v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-claim procedural-deadline statute-of-limitations Whether equitable tolling applies to § 2255 motion
22-6298 Antoinne Lee Washington v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-of-action equitable-tolling failure-to-state-a-claim habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings heck-doctrine legal-malpractice statute-of-limitations May a legal malpractice cause of action be dismissed for a failure to state a claim, in pursuant to the 'Heck Doctrine' (Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 47…
22-6291 Jimmy R. Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas statute-of-limitations Whether courts erred in declining to issue a certificate of appealability on a favorable claim of first impression concerning whether a district court…
22-6283 James R. Turner v. Federal Aviation Administration, et al. Second Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-procedure due-process equitable-tolling jurisdiction-dismissal psychiatric-disability standing statute-of-limitations Whether the United States Court of Appeals was justified by DISMISSING Petitioner's appeal for lack of jurisdiction
22-6268 David Miller, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mental-illness statute-of-limitations Whether the Eleventh Circuit denied the petitioner due process by denying a certificate of appealability on alternative procedural grounds not conside…
22-6086 Dale McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-quarantine due-process equitable-tolling federal-bureau-of-prisons fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment section-2255 Whether the unforeseen and unexpected quarantining of the Petitioner, by the Federal Bureau of Prisons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, justifies 'Equita…
22-6089 Heeralall Puran v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus math-mistake time-limitation untimely-petition Whether Petitioner Puran Is Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability on the Question Whether Equitable Tolling Should Apply to Permit an Untimely Ha…
22-6041 David Williams, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 congressional-intent conviction-review eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fifth-amendment government-misconduct section-2255 whether-defendant's-conviction-and-sentence-for-nonexistent-crimes-violates-constitution
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…
22-5793 Thomas A. Forrest, et ux. v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling internal-revenue-code judicial-precedent military-benefits military-retirees statutory-interpretation tax tax-recovery Whether the Supreme Court erred in their interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code
22-5581 Alfonso Ponton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 castro-v-united-states castro-warning district-court equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se statute-of-limitations Whether a district court's recharacterization of a prior pro se pleading as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition without the warnings required by…
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…
22-5240 Robert C. Del Cid v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-taint counsel-of-choice due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mailbox-rule standing voir-dire Whether the mailbox rule entitles petitioner for equitable tolling
22-48 AC Interests, L.P. v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Texas 2022-07-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights clean-air-act due-process emission-reduction-credits equitable-tolling mootness takings takings-clause Should the 60-month deadline for using emission reduction credits be equitably tolled?
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?
21-8264 Ashley Georges v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-statute brady-v-maryland brady-violation court-of-appeals due-process equitable-tolling exculpatory-evidence fundamental-rights state-disclosure Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit improperly applied the AEDPA statute of limitations is subject to equitable tolling
21-8267 Dave Lawrence v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP equitable-tolling habeas-corpus immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief retroactive-constitutional-right retroactivity time-limitation Whether the Padilla decision has retroactive effect
21-8090 Angelo C. Pearson, II v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-claims equitable-remedies equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-review plain-error procedural-default state-prisoner Whether 'extraordinary circumstances' are present when a state prisoner's record shows a constitutional error that meets the federal 'plain error' sta…
21-7799 Sam Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied IFP equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus irwin-v-dept-of-veterans-affairs martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan statutory-limitations statutory-tolling trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler Did the district court and Fifth Circuit err in refusing to equitably toll petitioner's untimely refiled §2254 habeas petition
21-1419 Hong Tang v. Kurt L. Schmoke, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure jurisdictional-dismissal maryland-law saving-statute section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether federal equitable tolling rather than borrowed Maryland state limitations and tolling rules should apply to the subsequently re-filed 42 U.S.C…
21-7746 David Piper, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion aedpa aedpa-deadline certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition Whether the Court of Appeals denying Piper's 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence for a Certificate of Appealability reasons were…
21-7671 Alan E. Strickland v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-pleading procedural-default statutory-interpretation timeliness how-does-the-u.s.-court-of-appeals-for-the-10th-circuit-justify-affirming-the-decision-of-the-district-court
21-7343 Harry Hueston v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion legal-remedy procedural-default timeliness Whether it was error for the Second Circuit to deny Huestion the right to file an appeal or COA when timeliness was the result of facts beyond his con…
21-7347 Anthony Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Does the legal standard for equitable tolling apply to the one-year deadline for filing a notice of appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c)
21-7254 Stephen C. Hanf v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied IFP civil-rights COVID-19-pandemic criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus molestation-charges standing trial-procedure Whether the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies as an extraordinary circumstance for equitable tolling
21-6977 Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1591 constitutional-challenge constitutional-claims equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-petition postal-service-interference pro-se-litigant sex-trafficking sua-sponte-dismissal Question not identified
21-6907 Linda Baldwin v. Zurich American Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal citizenship civil-procedure class-action class-decertification constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling privileges-and-immunities Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in applying equitable tolling to allow an untimely petition for permission to appeal a class decertification order
21-6813 Ronald Charles Washington v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equitable-tolling habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Did U.S. District Court and/or Fifth Circuit err by misconstruing Rule 60(b) as a federal habeas and time-barring petition without allowing equitable …
21-6797 In Re Lawrence Earl Wilson 2022-01-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equitable-tolling exceptional-case habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel Whether a person denied counsel at a critical stage and received ineffective assistance on first appeal has been unconstitutionally deprived of libert…
21-6765 Hitoshi Ombe v. George Cook, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-liberty due-process equitable-tolling fifth-amendment mental-disability pro-se pro-se-litigant How the Court should respond to pro se litigant with mild mental disability, e.g., highly functional autism disability (i.e., least severe autism spec…
21-967 Pius Barikpoa Nwinee v. St. Louis Developmental Disability Treatment Centers, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied administrative-process civil-rights discrimination-claim due-process eeoc equitable-tolling pro-se pro-se-litigant right-to-sue-letter title-vii Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be expanded to include a pro se litigant's mistaken belief about EEOC filing requirements?
21-6698 In Re Carlton West II 2021-12-22 Denied IFP due-process equitable-rule equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule prisoner-rights procedural-default standing trevino-precedent When and where can prisoners use the equitable rule announced in Martinez v. Ryan and Trevino v. Thaler?
21-6655 Henry Trevillion v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure covid-19 covid-19-pandemic equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure judicial-review lockdown statute-of-limitations Is petitioner Henry Trevillion entitled to an evidentiary hearing regarding his claim that the statute of limitations should be equitably tolled becau…
21-6562 Francis Timothy Plaza v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. Third Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied IFP case-progress civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing judicial-precedent precedent prisoner-rights procedural-fairness state-court Was it an unreasonable application of this court's precedent to rule that equitable tolling should not apply to the petitioner's case where the state …
21-6031 William Greg Thomas v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance When a court-appointed CJA counsel sacrificed a petitioner's federal habeas review by intentionally filing an untimely petition, does due-process allo…
21-6015 Robert Lee Walden v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied IFP circuit-split due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-v-florida legal-precedent reasonable-diligence unsettled-circuit-law Whether equitable tolling is available when a habeas petitioner relies on unsettled circuit law that is later upended by legal developments
21-5964 Robert L. Kelly v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-access due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-procedural-requirements Whether the Court should issue a grant of certiorari, vacatur, and remand
21-5852 Jay Warren Arnold v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims constitutional-rights de-novo-review due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas pro-se-litigation procedural-inquiry state-collateral-review Whether an indigent prisoner's incorporation by reference of constitutional pleadings in the district court is adequate to state a valid claim on appe…
21-432 Adolfo R. Arellano v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) 38-usc-5110 disability-benefits disability-compensation equitable-tolling federal-circuit irwin-v-department-of-veterans-affairs judicial-review statutory-deadline veterans veterans-benefits Does Irwin's rebuttable presumption of equitable tolling apply to the one-year statutory deadline in 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1) for seeking retroactive di…
21-5593 Dennis Akaazua v. Walker Novack Legal Group, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court equitable-relief equitable-tolling filing-deadline postal-delivery postal-service pro-se timeliness weather-conditions winter-conditions Whether the U.S. District Court could equitably rule that the Petitioner's reply brief was untimely despite postal delivery suspension due to extreme …
21-315 Jacquelyn Bouazizi v. Hillsborough County Civil Service Board, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Relisted (2) age attorney-negligence civil-service eeoc-claim employment-discrimination equal-pay equitable-tolling fmla gender pro-se-litigation race retaliation Should the Doctrine of Equitable Tolling be expanded?
21-5536 Eddie Dewayne Lee v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-library prison-access procedural-barriers Should a criminal defendant be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One Year Filing Deadline for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC 2254 when the priso…
21-5466 Roxman C. Castro v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP aedpa civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process state-procedure statute-of-limitations whether extraordinary Circumstances exist te warrant equitable tolling when, through no fault of his oun, Petikoner mceived notica of his State habeas…
21-5411 Jerome Skee Smith v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa due-process equitable-tolling fifth-circuit habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations successive-petition Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it dismissed Jerome Smith's successive §2254 petition as untimely without considering his McQuiggin ac…
21-79 Jonathon Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly decided a motion for a certificate of appealability on the merits of a § 2255 petition rather than engaging in th…
21-5103 Duane Yates v. Patty Wachtendorf, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence attorney-misconduct equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-deadline post-conviction-relief post-conviction-remedy procedural-default Whether, in light of Petitioner's compelling case of actual innocence, and the state post-conviction attorney's express lies about two missed deadline…
21-38 Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure claim-processing-rule due-process equitable-tolling foia-request jurisdiction jurisdictional-deadline misconduct opm-investigation subject-matter-jurisdiction want-of-service Whether the 60-day filing deadline is subject to equitable tolling
21-5003 Don Edward Carter v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied IFP due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas-corpus federal-question habeas-corpus mental-incompetence post-conviction sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals statute-of-limitations Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision was an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, …
20-8304 Lee Goston v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appealability appellate-review due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-incompetency statutory-interpretation time-bar Question not identified
20-8173 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation certificate-of-appealability circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling government-misconduct judicial-discretion judicial-integrity standing Whether the Government sought to diminish the likelihood of Petitioner's finding of a Brady violation, by interjected a manufactured declaration to mi…
20-8171 Terry L. Ogle v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-warrant civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus plea-bargaining statute-of-limitations Whether fraud, false and misleading statements in arrest & extradition warrant affidavit irrespective of the subsequent indictment in this case entitl…
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
20-8128 Teddy Ogle v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-warrant civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus plea-bargaining statute-of-limitations Whether fraud, false and misleading statements in arrest & extradition warrant affidavit irrespective of the subsequent indictment in this case entitl…
20-1624 Robert Butts v. William Sperfslage, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act attorney-deception effective-death-penalty-act equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus holland-v-florida section-2254 Whether the court should grant a writ to clarify the standard for granting an evidentiary hearing on equitable tolling in Section 2254 cases under the…
20-7957 Kelley Keller v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied IFP aedpa circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-courts habeas habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether courts should employ the 'stop clock' method or require a showing of diligence throughout the entire tolling period for equitable tolling of A…
20-7962 Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims covid-19 dna-evidence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-grounds Should courts procedurally time-bar a pro-se-inmate's habeas-corpus petition when a prison-official with a serious-health-illness is responsible for t…
20-1525 Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied equal-protection equitable-tolling non-judicial-foreclosure respa statute-of-limitations supremacy-clause Whether the lack of a defense for federal mitigation wrongdoing by lenders in non-judicial state courts violates the Equal Protection Clause and Supre…
20-1528 Lawrence Doby Wilson, aka Amin A. Rashid v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence appeals coram-nobis criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling fifth-amendment Whether the court of appeals denies due process by refusing to use equitable tolling for a coram nobis petition based on actual innocence
20-7828 Kevin Norris Mitchell v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 attorney-death attorney-performance civil-procedure constitutional-rights equitable-tolling federal-tolling ineffective-assistance judicial-opinions legal-procedure post-conviction post-conviction-relief Whether the death of a petitioner's retained attorney during post-conviction relief proceedings establishes equitable tolling for not securing federal…
20-1472 Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2021-04-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6) claim-processing-rule equitable-tolling internal-revenue-code jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement tax-court tax-law time-limit Whether the time limit in Section 6330(d)(1) is a jurisdictional requirement or a claim-processing rule subject to equitable tolling
20-7406 Lionel Robinson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-petition gross-negligence habeas-corpus postconviction-counsel Does gross negligence of postconviction counsel warrant equitable tolling for federal habeas filing?
20-7328 Alberto Matias-Martinez v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied IFP actual-innocence equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan state-impediment statutory-limitations Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find that Mr. Matias-Martinez's § 2254 habeas application was timely filed, or in the alternate, that he …
20-1197 Eugene Milton Clemons, II v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Amici (4) atkins-v-virginia circuit-split civil-rights court-clerk-error due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus intellectual-disability post-conviction-review procedural-default standing Whether the availability of equitable tolling requires consideration of the totality of the circumstances
20-7201 Jerry Neil Alfred v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-22 Dismissed IFP 2254-petition civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel successive-petition trial-counsel Whether doctrine of equitable tolling could be properly invoked and ultimately applied by district court to render an otherwise untimely claim that ex…
20-7135 Lamont R. Reed v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery discovery-hearing equitable-tolling habeas-corpus postconviction-petition postconviction-relief state-court-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-tolling Is the AEDPA one-year statute of limitations for filing a Federal Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus statutorily or equitably tolled when a State Co…
20-1090 Thasha A. Boyd v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-courts federal-employment judicial-review retroactive-legislation statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Whether the 60-day deadline for seeking judicial review pursuant 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(B) and the FRAP sets a bar to an appeal, as the Eleventh Circui…
20-7093 Noel Christopher Turner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins statutory-provisions Are the lower Courts misinterpreting and applying the United States Supreme Courts decision in McQuiggin v. Perkins?
20-1067 Maria M. Rosas v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, dba Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights damages disability equitable-tolling fourth-amendment section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations on a § 1983 claim seeking damages under the Fourth Amendment for deprivation of liberty can be equitably tolled whe…
20-1014 Organic Cannabis Foundation, LLC, dba Organicann Health Center v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied administrative-law due-process equitable-tolling fifth-amendment judicial-notice jurisdictional-deadline tax-law tax-procedure Is 26 U.S.C. § 6213(a)'s deficiency petition (90-day) filing deadline jurisdictional under current Supreme Court case law?
20-1031 Northern California Small Business Assistants, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Amici (1) administrative-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction jurisdictional-deadline statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent tax-law Is 26 U.S.C. § 6213(a)'s deficiency petition (90-day) filing deadline jurisdictional
20-6598 Stephen Frederick Baker, Jr. v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling
20-6286 Ruben Aragon v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus plea-agreement state-impediment state-imposed-impediment statutory-limitations Is Mr. Aragon entitled to equitable tolling of the statutory limitations set by 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A), due to a state-imposed impediment which pre…
20-6089 Jermaine D. Hill v. Catherine S. Bauman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-hearing retroactivity statute-of-limitations Whether a juvenile filing for relief on January 23, 2016 is entitled to the 1 year statute of limitation and equitable tolling under Montgomery v. Lou…
20-6039 Earl McBride v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process due-process-clause equitable-tolling evidentiary-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition parole parole-board postal-service-form procedural-grounds Does USPS Form 3811 meet 28 USC 2244 evidentiary standard for equitable tolling?
20-484 Patricia L. Woods v. Robert Storms, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights de-novo-review due-process equitable-estoppel equitable-tolling fraudulent-concealment ninth-circuit-review pro-se-complaint statutes-of-limitation Whether the Ninth Circuit decision should be reversed and remanded
20-367 Anna Baran v. ASRC Federal Mission Solutions, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals defamation discovery-rule dismissal due-process equitable-tolling prejudicial-evidence statute-of-limitations Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming the District Court's Order Dismissing Ms. Baran's Defamation Claim on the Grounds that it was Time-Bar…
20-5668 Kelly Frithiof Sundberg v. Harold Oreol, Executive Director of Patton State Hospital Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure diligence-standard due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus section-2254 standing Should this Court resolve the conflicting approaches to equitable-tolling?
20-258 Alvin E. Medina v. Federal Aviation Administration Federal Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-rights arbitration arbitration-decision civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review notice notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant whether-the-failure-to-provide-notice-of-appeal-rights-with-arbitrator's-decision-and-certificate-of-service-to-pro-se-litigants-warranted-a-favorable…
20-5556 Genaro Edgar Espinosa Dorantes v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied IFP §2254-case civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extradition extradition-treaty habeas-corpus language-barrier mexican-national Did the District Court Err Or Abuse Its Discretion in a § 2254 case When It Denied Equitable Tolling To A Mexican National, Unable To Speak Or Underst…
20-5510 Robert L. Pernell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 direct-appeal equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default supreme-court-precedent Whether the governing provisions in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals precedent case law, In re Goddard, has unlawfully created an arbitrary or ambi…
20-5527 Mark Benton v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa attorney-abandonment capital-cases circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus When this Court issued Holland v. Florida, 130 S.ct. 2549 (2010), decision, was the intent to apply it to Capital cases only for purposes of Attorney …
20-201 Debe Olson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure class-action due-process equitable-tolling motion-to-dismiss notice rule-23 rule-23(e)-frcp Whether the trial court improperly granted a Motion to Dismiss the putative class because there was no notice to the putative class and therefore no r…
20-5366 Anthony Bernard Smith, Jr. v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance judicial-precedent ninth-circuit reasonable-diligence statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent Whether reasonable diligence to remedy an extraordinary circumstance is sufficient for equitable tolling to stop the clock on a statute of limitations
20-5391 Inez Lambert v. Rob Paersson Ninth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-ineffectiveness due-process equitable-tolling habeas habeas-petition Whether a Certificate of Appealability should have been granted
20-5370 Luis Guillen v. Russell Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus standing statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent whether-the-petitioner's-petition-is-timely-and/or-the-one-year-statute-of-limitations-in-petitioner's-case-are-equatably-tolled-under-holland-v.-flor…
20-5274 James S. Harris v. Sherie Korneman, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability district-court equitable-tolling habeas-corpus limitations-period reasonable-jurists Did Mr. Harris present reasons for why the one-year limitations period should be equitably tolled in his case to which reasonable jurists could differ…
20-5210 Ashley L. Dunn v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-timeliness substantial-showing timeliness Did petitioner make a substantial showing that her 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition was timely?
20-5141 Daniel Harold Williford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP equitable-tolling family-resemblance-test federal-securities fraud iou-agreement private-transaction private-transactions securities-law state-statutes Whether a private IOU or other private document between individuals constitutes a 'security' under federal securities laws
20-16 Edward Wayne Binns v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process eeoc-complaint equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances res-judicata standing title-vii Whether an EEOC complaint filing would be timely for a Title 7 action under Holland-v-Florida equitable tolling principles
20-5009 Curtis Wiggins v. Golden Corral Corporation Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights court-partiality defamation-claim due-process equitable-tolling fraud fraud-on-court judicial-misconduct standing Whether those lower courts' decisions are reversed if Defense Attorney for Respondent's misconduct to defeat Petitioner; supported, only by evidence o…
19-8762 Percy St. George v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied IFP circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-timeliness statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation whether-reasonable-jurist-could-debate-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-adoption
19-8575 In Re Andrew Robinson 2020-06-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling habeas-corpus jurisdiction-claims Does State and Federal law allow jurisdiction claims to be made at anytime?
19-8343 Kenan Allen v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-notification statutory-limitation Whether a Certificate of Appealability should have been issued regarding the matter of equitable tolling of Mr. Allen's filing of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254…
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…
19-8228 Kirk Russell Marsh v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP claims-processing criminal-procedure direct-appeal equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-procedure mandatory-claims-processing-rule procedural-error unique-circumstances Whether a trial court's violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(j)(1) is subject to redress on direct appeal
19-8219 Juan Gilberto Medrano v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas federal-petition habeas-corpus legal-question ninth-circuit timeliness Was Petitioner's 2016 Petition filed in a timely manner?
19-7993 Thomas Victor Sway v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review certificate-of-appealability conclusory-order conflict-of-interest discretionary-review due-process equitable-tolling precedent procedural-due-process standard-of-review strickland-standard When denial of COA was made in conclusory order without any precedent to rely on and there exists no sufficient basis for appellate court to review, w…
19-7970 Shawnte L. Shade v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-unconstitutionality statute-of-limitations Whether the Petitioner's statute of limitation was equitably tolled under Holland v. Florida
19-7913 Pooroushasb Parineh v. Michael Martel, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence aedpa civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-remedies statutory-tolling Whether the petitioner filed a timely habeas corpus petition after exhausting state remedies
19-7928 Al Prince v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief Whether a state-created delay of uninformed notification that a second amended (corrected sentencing) judgment of conviction had become final and ripe…
19-7606 Robert McKinnon, III v. Florida Florida 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extrinsic-fraud federal-court federal-courts federal-petition habeas-corpus jurisdictional-default standing statutory-tolling subject-matter-jurisdiction Does statutory tolling as described in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(B) and (D) permit a petitioner's direct filing of second 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus …
19-7540 Random Jackson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 attorney-abandonment attorney-neglect confrontation-clause due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance postconviction-proceedings reasonable-diligence state-postconviction Whether the Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling
19-7315 Andrew Wright v. United States Second Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255(f)(4) civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal retained-counsel standing statutory-interpretation Does equitable tolling automatically apply under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(4) where a defendant relies, to his detriment, on an oral order of a United State…
19-7280 David Everett Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP despite Petitioner's diligent efforts to timely f -civil-procedure aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-post-conviction statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether Jones' successful Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850 motion created a new judgment, sufficient to restart the one-year AEDPA filing deadline, so as to mak…
19-7087 Anthony May v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances ineffective-assistance low-iq manifest-injustice mental-retardation Whether petitioner's 'mental retardation' and 'low IQ' constitute 'extraordinary circumstances' in which 'equitable tolling' should be applied to avoi…
19-6954 Jerry Scott Camp, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied IFP coa department-of-corrections disability due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus medical-condition medical-disability procedural-barriers sec-2254 section-2254 statute-of-limitations Should an inmate be entitled to equitable tolling due to extraordinary circumstances?
19-707 Irma Rosas v. San Antonio Housing Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling erickson-precedent magistrate-transfer mental-illness pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing tolling twombly-standard Whether the lower court erred in applying Twombly to pro-se plaintiff's complaint when Erickson controlled
19-6410 Donald W. Rager v. Paige Augustine, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied IFP administrative-remedies circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies plra prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations tolling Whether the statute of limitations should be tolled for the time spent exhausting administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA…
19-501 Shawn C. Rutland v. Warden, Smith State Prison Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response Waived aedpa aedpa-tolling assistance-of-counsel discretion-of-district-courts district-court-discretion equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether the Eleventh Circuit improperly created a new bright-line rule that equitable tolling of AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations automatically…
19-6231 William Dean Chapman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations circuit-split due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing fraud-upon-the-court habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart holland-v-florida kyles-v-whitley lemaster materiality miller-v-united-states plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct raines-v-united-states rule-11 standing strickland supreme-court-precedent Is equitable tolling warranted when access to legal files and resources is severely hampered?
19-6081 Robert Wayne Gillman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-proceedings due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance initial-review standing statute-of-limitations Does a prisoner have a right to effective counsel in initial-review collateral proceedings?
19-397 Susan Levy v. BASF Metals Limited, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response Waived american-pipe-tolling civil-procedure class-action commodity-exchange-act discovery-accrual-rule discovery-rule due-process equitable-tolling opt-out rico statute-of-limitations Whether the lower courts erred in failing to apply American Pipe tolling to petitioner's opt-out case?
19-6012 Kevin Carroll Anderson v. Arthur B. Greene, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-procedure-standards equitable-tolling judicial-procedure motion-to-dismiss pro-se pro-se-litigant second-circuit statute-of-limitations summary-judgment supervisory-power Were the Second Circuit's decisions, approving the District Court's application of the summary judgment standard to all of the pro se and uneducated P…
19-5934 Bruce Randol Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence AEDPA-statute-of-limitation constitutional-claim equitable-tolling evidence-insufficiency evidence-sufficiency federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence right-to-be-present statute-of-limitations Whether petitioner can establish a gateway claim of actual innocence based on a constitutional claim of insufficiency of evidence
19-5717 Ronnie C. Brown v. Jeff Macomber, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mental-capacity mental-illness pro-se pro-se-petition Is equitable tolling available for a late-filed pro se habeas petition due to mental illness?
19-5683 Isaiah Jermale Legall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-deadline appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion standing time-limit Whether equitable tolling applies to the time limit to appeal set forth in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)(1)(A)
19-5101 Darryl Puderer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard forcible-rape jurisdiction second-degree-kidnapping standing statute-of-limitations tolling Did the Federal District Court err in denying the petitioner's statutory or equitable tolling request when adequate record evidence was presented in s…
18-9724 Clifford Marcus Winkles v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sentencing statute-of-limitations successive-habeas Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's request for additional time to file a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion
18-9533 Shua Tilahun v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon 2019-06-04 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment equitable-tolling fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment successive-post-conviction Whether Martinez v. Ryan allows a case to be overturned if the plaintiff can show a high probability of a substantially different outcome at the trial…
18-9450 Angela Pizzarelli v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-relief jurisdiction notice notice-requirement procedural-default standing state-court time-limitation Does the failure of the state court clerk's office to notify petitioner of the court's decision on appeal constitute grounds for equitable tolling of …
18-9503 Donald M. Boswell v. Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP §2254-petition certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-created-impediments statute-of-limitations Did the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err when they …
18-9457 Edwin D. McMillan v. Ron Rackley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied IFP 28-u.s.c.-2244(d)(1) 28-usc-2244 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure habeas-corpus state-impediment statutory-interpretation Does strict calculation of timeliness after finding of extraordinary circumstances created by a state impediment to filing 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(1…
18-9475 Darrell Kennedy v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins pro-se schlup-v-delo statute-of-limitations Whether Mr. Kennedy was denied due process by the Court of Appeals' improper evaluation of Mr. Kennedy's actual-innocence claim to establish cause to …
18-9240 Carlos Cordoba v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct criminal-procedure discovery-of-new-facts due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel limitations-period rule-35 section-2255 statute-of-limitations Should the district court have conducted an evidentiary hearing in order that Mr. Cordoba could have presented proof of his reliance on his attorney's…
18-9251 Willie James Atkins v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-legislation civil-procedure constitutional-provisions discovery-rule equitable-tolling fraudulent-concealment materially-indistinguishable standing Does the Doctrine of 'Equitable Tolling' due to claims of 'Fraudulent Concealment' of obviously important facts, extend to AEDPA legislative cases?
18-1414 Giuliano Stefano Giovanni Wildhaber v. EFV, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied aliens-tort-claim-act aliens-tort-claims-act constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling jurisdiction property-rights sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitation Whether the ATS/ATCA allows liability under a 100% valid kept foreign (Switzerland) statute of limitation
18-9207 Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One…
18-1407 Anita M. Barrow v. B. Grant Willis, et al. First Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights civil-rights-act congressional-intent constitutional-violation discrimination due-process equitable-tolling fair-housing-act federal-jurisdiction pro-se-litigant Should the First Circuit Court have applied the doctrine of equitable tolling regarding Appellant's tardy brief and heard the merits of the case with …
18-9176 Gregory T. Pierce v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus limitations-period mandamus mandamus-application post-conviction post-conviction-relief state-court-review state-post-conviction Should Petitioner's state collateral review requests be considered as pending to toll the AEDPA 1-year limitations period?
18-9027 Marc Nielsen v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief professional-conduct sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether petitioner's request for equitable tolling of the statute of limitations meets the statutory requirement for the issuance of a certificate of …
18-8958 Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication AEDPA equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-claims state-created-impediment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations Does the uncommon circumstances of this case rise to the level of an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling of the AEDPA statute of l…
18-8917 Gilbert Demetrius Aguilar v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-ineffectiveness due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Aguilar's certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. Sections 2107, 2253(c)(2) despite cou…
18-1319 Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims Whether the 120-day deadline for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims should be equitably tolled for a 100% disabled veteran una…
18-8875 George E. Brown v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied IFP aedpa-time civil-rights civil-rights-law due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pipeline-analysis postconviction-relief retroactivity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the 'pipeline' analysis should be expanded to new law that applies to postconviction claims where the resolution of the postconviction claim w…
18-8772 Ellery Bennett v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-law-library pro-se pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations Whether the pro se petitioner's lack of knowledge about the habeas corpus statute of limitations due to the prison law library clerk's misleading stat…
18-8765 Michael A. Young v. Thomas Duncan, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling recusal rico standing statute-of-limitations Question not identified
18-1187 Mitchell Miorelli, et al. v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Ltd. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied admiralty-jurisdiction civil-procedure discovery discovery-limitations discovery-rules disputed-facts due-process equitable-tolling maritime-law material-fact material-facts motion-to-dismiss pre-answer-dismissal summary-judgment Whether summary judgment was proper where the respondent Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, LTD. moved to dismiss before filing an answer, no discovery had …
18-1196 In Re William Kinney, et ux. 2019-03-14 Denied 14th-amendment all-writs-act civil-rights district-court-discretion district-court-jurisdiction due-process equitable-tolling fair-debt-collection fdcpa fdcpa-claim federal-jurisdiction mandamus state-court-jurisdiction state-court-proceedings stay-of-proceedings title-42-claims Challenging dismissal of FDCPA and civil rights claims, seeking reinstatement and stay of state court proceedings
18-1087 Javier Chavez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied access-to-courts attorney-abandonment attorney-death certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-access due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline legal-malpractice pro-se Should the Fifth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability on equitable tolling when Petitioner's retained lawyer died and no one could find…
18-8056 Ronald Glick v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief professional-conduct remand sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether petitioner's request for equitable tolling of the statute of limitations period meets the statutory requirement for the issuance of a certific…
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…
18-7747 Jae Yung Kim v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas-proceedings habeas-corpus ninth-circuit substantial-showing Did the Ninth Circuit misapply the standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability (COA)"
18-7687 Dre'Shawn Markuise Lee v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus institutional-confinement pro-se state-court-appeals statute-of-limitations timeliness When does the federal habeas petition clock begin to run for an inmate confined in an institution after the state supreme court has denied their state…
18-971 Faye R. Hobson v. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense Sixth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response Waived ada administrative-exhaustion chevron-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling fmla pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation rehabilitation-act standing title-vii Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be expanded to include a pro se party's mistaken belief about filing deadlines
18-818 Hubert Thompson v. James C. Rovella, Chief of Police, City of Hartford, Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights compensation due-process equitable-tolling prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation wrongful-incarceration Whether the statutory requirement for compensation for wrongful incarceration equitably tolled the petitioner's civil rights claims
18-7117 Charles J. Mayberry v. Michael A. Dittman, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-v-florida mental-incompetency statute-of-limitations Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals contravenes this Court's precedent in Holland v. Florida
18-776 Pedro Pablo Guerrero-Lasprilla v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) agency-decision criminal-alien-bar diligence-standard due-process equitable-tolling immigration-law judicial-review removability statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation Whether the application of a legal standard to an undisputed set of facts is a question of law, or a pure question of fact that may be barred from jud…
18-7021 Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the 'Equitable Tolling' in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public …
18-6850 Steven Madina Esparza v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 court-appointed-counsel discretionary-review equitable-tolling federal-courts finality-of-conviction gonzales-v-thaler gross-negligence habeas-corpus look-through-presumption ylst-v-nunnemaker Under GONZALES V. THALER, when does a petitioner's conviction become final for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A)
18-6838 Alvin Leon Roundtree v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se section-2255 sixth-amendment standing Whether the district court's failure to construe Mr. Roundtree's pro se motion for specific performance as a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §2255 co…
18-6539 Allan Wayne Rencountre v. Colby Braun, Warden Eighth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights counsel-ineffectiveness due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion merits-review procedural-default statutory-deadline statutory-filing-deadline Should the Court have granted equitable tolling with regards to the statutory filing deadline due to the ineptitude of Petitioner's retained counsel s…
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-…
18-6465 Jose Ricardo Yanez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied IFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review ongoing-investigations pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations Whether an alternate triggering date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996's 1-year statute of limitations, and equitable tolli…
18-6326 Terry Alfred Coxe v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington State Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights counsel-abandonment due-process equitable-tolling fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether the lower courts' rulings directly conflict with the holdings in (1) McQuiggin v. Perkins; (2) Cronic v. United States, and (3) Cuyler v. Sull…
18-6312 Tyrone Mason v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-1 article-1-section-9 constitutional-law due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ninth-amendment standing writ-suspension Does Article 1 § 9 cl. 2 of the United States Constitution prohibit suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and implicitly grant the petitioner an ina…
18-5926 Darnell Wilkins v. Jay Lane, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling guilty-plea habeas-corpus mental-health mental-incapacity pcra psychotropic-medications standing Did petitioner's mental incapacity not entitle him to equitable tolling?
18-5842 Ricky B. Chhea v. Theresa DelBalso, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP but no substantive text was provided in your mess I cannot generate a meaningful question presented please provide the full text of the petition. aedpa civil-rights discovery due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus notes-of-testimony right-to-appeal standing statute-of-limitations Is equitable tolling warranted, where a petitioner is denied access to the notes of testimony and discovery, even after properly and timely invoking h…
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?
18-5782 Michael Lynn Cook v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus judicial-remedies procedural-timeliness state-misconduct state-waiver statute-of-limitations Does the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision conflict with a decision of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals?
18-5752 Randall B. Causey v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4(a)(5) appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure incapacitation judicial-discretion legal-tolling medical-condition medical-incapacity procedural-rules standing Whether Equitable Tolling applies to Federal Rules Of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5) when the Petitioner was incapacitated due to a medical condition?
18-5727 Andre K. Clarke v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-principles attorney-error buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus limitations-period miller-el-v-cockrell Whether Maples v. Thomas requires importation of agency principles into the equitable tolling context
18-5731 Heather Jo Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-justice-reform-act criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states second-successive-filing successive-filing successive-petitions vagueness vagueness-doctrine vagueness-standard Did the lower court err in denying relief where this court has recognized robbery/burglary as vague under Johnson?
18-5519 Mark Templeton v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus parole procedural-default section-2254 standing Whether extraordinary circumstances exist that should afford Mr. Templeton equitable tolling of any time limit within which he had to file the underly…
18-5312 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP aedpa-limitations aedpa-tolling circuit-court-split circuit-split dna-testing due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling federal-habeas-review finality habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-review statutory-tolling Does a properly filed application for post-conviction DNA testing toll AEDPA's limitation period under 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(2)?
18-5334 Marlon Crawford v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus illiteracy judicial-procedure non-english-prisoners prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation Whether equitable tolling may be extended to non-English or illiterate prisoners that lose access to courts as a result
18-5224 Frank Costelon v. New Mexico Tenth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel cronic-violation custody due-process equitable-tolling federal-custody gideon-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction standing state-court-conviction Whether the District Court erred in concluding that it did not have jurisdiction because the petitioner was no longer in custody of the state court ju…
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…
18-5057 James T. Bagby v. William Hyatte, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 7th-circuit-court 7th-circuit-court-of-appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct timeliness Did the United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability without specifically addressing any of Bagby's claims…
24A308 Garcia Glenn White v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied atkins-claim eighth-amendment equitable-tolling ineffective-assistance intellectual-disability successive-habeas Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of an intellectually disabled defendant when his court-appointed counsel failed to timely investi…