| 25-814 |
Assata Acey Hackman v. Inductev |
Third Circuit |
2026-01-09 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review evidence-review judicial-procedure pro-se supreme-court-oversight |
Does the oversight of the US Supreme Court permit its lower courts to ignore submitted evidence in order to refuse pro se petitions? |
| 24-5863 |
Andres C. v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
2024-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-material constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-review prosecutorial-discretion |
Whether prosecutors may delegate Brady material review to a nonlawyer staff member or must personally review potential exculpatory evidence |
| 24-5673 |
Jonathan Eugene Brunson v. John Herring, Superintendent, Maury Correctional Institution |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-claim due-process evidence-review fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus |
Whether the lower courts violated the Fourteenth Amendment by denying Petitioner's claim of actual innocence and right to review evidence supporting h… |
| 23-7552 |
Jermeal White v. Ronald Erdos, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-rights court-of-appeals district-court due-process evidence-review legal-procedure scotus-review summary-judgment use-of-force |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit err in reviewing the full facts of the videotape and the use of force report by the commi… |
| 23-6342 |
Ya-Sin El-Amin Shakir v. Tina Walker, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-review jury-finding mental-health sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a court may uphold a conviction where the record demonstrates insufficient evidence to support the finding of guilt |
| 23-6203 |
Justin Glover, Jr. v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence circuit-split evidence-review gateway-claim habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins newly-discovered-evidence schlup-standard schlup-v-delo |
Whether newly discovered, newly presented or previously presented evidence establishes the gateway claim of actual innocence under Schlup v Delo and M… |
| 22-7364 |
Matthew Caleb Ross v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights community-supervision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance texas-court |
Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas erred in dismissing the petitioner's writ of habeas corpus due to community supervision not being revok… |
| 22-5999 |
Enrique M. Flores-Vazquez v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law appeals-process due-process evidence evidence-review judicial-mandate judicial-review veterans-affairs |
Authority-to-disregard-mandates |
| 22-190 |
Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
civil-rights dismissal due-process evidence-review ex-parte-review general-dynamics judicial-dismissal legal-procedure national-security reynolds state-secrets state-secrets-privilege |
Does the state secrets privilege authorize courts to dismiss actions where plaintiffs can prove their case without privileged evidence? |
| 21-1586 |
Cheryl Romano, et vir v. Jazz Casino Company, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-review findings-of-fact inferences judicial-procedure jury-trial seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Whether the lower courts violated the standards set in Tolan v. Cotton, Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, and Eastman Kodak v. Image Technical Services when … |
| 21-7687 |
Earl Jones v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2022-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-review fact-inference jackson-standard reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-ohio |
Whether a reviewing court must consider all the evidence in determining whether inferences from basic facts to ultimate facts are reasonable to prove … |
| 21-6879 |
In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton |
|
2022-01-18 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim life-sentence original-jurisdiction state-court-review |
Whether transfer to the Supreme Court for hearing pursuant to the court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional life sentence … |
| 21-6412 |
Rebecca Stampe v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
GVR |
IFP |
brady-disclosure criminal-procedure due-process evidence-review government-disclosure in-camera-review materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-discretion |
Can the district court, consistent with Brady and its progeny, refuse in camera review of evidence that is plausibly subject to disclosure under Brady… |
| 21-5722 |
Gregory Dew v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process evidence-review gateway-claim house-v-bell newly-supplemented-record procedural-bar |
Is a petitioner denied due process when the courts fail to review all relevant evidence in the overall, newly supplemented record for an actual innoce… |
| 21-5148 |
Gregory Dew v. Lashann Eppinger, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process evidence evidence-review gateway-claim house-v-bell newly-supplemented-record procedural-bar |
Is a petitioner denied due process when the courts fail to review all relevant evidence in the overall, newly supplemented record for an actual innoce… |
| 20-8379 |
Anthony Donell Johnson v. Rowan Helping Ministries |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights district-court due-process employment evidence-review job-performance performance-evaluation pretext summary-judgment termination workplace-dispute |
Did the district Court err in not acknowledging evidence presented by petitioner to demonstrate satisfactory job performance, through outstanding job … |
| 20-6053 |
Dieter Riechmann v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-standard circuit-split evidence evidence-review federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-determination statutory-interpretation |
Is a state court's conclusion that evidence not presented at trial was cumulative of other evidence before the jury a 'determination of the facts' tha… |
| 20-5909 |
David Conerly v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court evidence evidence-review judicial-review ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Did the Ninth Circuit err by mining the district record to uphold an upward adjustment to petitioner's offense level under the Sentencing Guidelines? |
| 20-5706 |
Mark Berg v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-review legal-determination standard-of-review suppression-hearing suppression-ruling |
When reviewing a suppression ruling on appeal, should the appellate court view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party or rev… |
| 20-5418 |
Danny Veloz, aka Maestro, aka Joil Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-review franks-hearing franks-v-delaware judicial-discretion probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant |
Whose evidence can a trial judge consider in making a Franks showing? |
| 20-89 |
Thomas Daniel Rhodes v. Michelle Smith, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2244(b)(2)(B)(i) circuit-split constitutional-error evidence-as-a-whole evidence-review factfinder-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-factfinder statutory-interpretation |
Whether the statute requires the district court to consider all evidence relevant to the applicant's guilt or innocence, even evidence unrelated to th… |
| 19-8724 |
Michael Garry v. Trane Company |
Wisconsin |
2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure court-procedure evidence-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-procedures mandate-rules mootness newly-discovered-evidence procedural-error structural-error |
whether-the-wisconsin-supreme-court-contravened-appellate-procedure |
| 19-8584 |
Christopher Raynard Kidd v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defense due-process evidence-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation legal-standards prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to review all the evidence with Mr. Kidd prior to trial? |
| 19-8009 |
Hooman Ashkan Panah v. Ron Broomfield, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process evidence-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure juror-contact juror-misconduct remmer sixth-amendment third-party-influence |
Does the Ninth Circuit's conclusion—that the state court's dismissal of this claim without a hearing was reasonable—conflict with this Court's decisio… |
| 19-7938 |
In Re Aretha Townsend |
|
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
all-writs-act bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-review government-officials judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge procedural-dismissal standing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether District Judge May erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint as frivolous |
| 19-5034 |
Leland Dudley v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
' 'civil-rights" ' 'criminal-procedure" ' 'due-process" ' 'police-misconduct" ' 'post-conviction' ' 'sentencing" civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-review grand-jury judicial-review police-misconduct post-conviction-relief sentencing wrongful-conviction |
Was the petition (by) the state's attorney's office denied by the lower court, and did the lower court err in denying the petition to vacate the convi… |
| 18-961 |
Mitchell R. Swartz v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-145 35-usc-section-145 administrative-law civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-review judicial-procedure patent patent-application patent-law-35-usc-145 patent-office standing takings |
Whether the court erred in not being consistent with prior Supreme Court decisions regarding the requirement of 35 U.S.C. §145 claims to address new e… |
| 18-6267 |
Denise Robertson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure document-disclosure evidence-review in-camera-review jencks-act palermo-v-united-states reasonable-particularity threshold-showing united-states-v-palermo |
Whether a defendant must make a threshold showing with reasonable particularity that identified documents constitute 'statements' under the Jencks Act… |
| 18-5751 |
William Burke v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-process constitutional-fairness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-review fair-trial judicial-review jury-instructions post-conviction-review prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy |
At what point does it become fundamentally unfair to 'adjust the charges to the evidence'? |