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25-6781 Stacy Gene Hall v. Buddy Myotte, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP due-process evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction rule-60b section-1983 1. Procedural Due Process I Rule 60(b) Jurisdiction Whether the Due Process Clause pennits a lower court to refuse to consider a Rule 60(b) motion be…
25-6600 Naveed Rasheed Shike v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure evidence-suppression judicial-review legal-dismissal suppression-motion I. Whether Shike's suppression motion should have been granted? II. Whether Shike's indictment should have been dismissed?
25-838 Joseph Heid v. Mark Rutkoski, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending brady-violation civil-rights evidence-suppression excessive-force franks-challenge qualified-immunity 1. Whether Petitioner Heid's two grounds for challenging the arresting officers' defense of qualified immunity defense constitute a valid "Franks chal…
25-6567 Rajeri Curry v. United States Third Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending Response WaivedIFP edwards-rule evidence-suppression fourth-amendment interrogation-violation poisonous-tree-doctrine right-to-counsel Where the police violated the rule announced in Edwards v. Arizona by continuing to question petitioner after she twice invoked her right to counsel, …
25-816 Kenneth R. Spirito v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response Waived brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and its progeny, prosecutors have an obligation to disclose evidence favorable to the accused, either bec…
25-6524 Aderito Patrick Amado v. United States First Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending Response WaivedIFP collective-knowledge-doctrine criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence-suppression police-investigation traffic-stop 1. Following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking and while preparing to search an apartment within a large apartment complex, police obs…
25-6312 Fred Baskin v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest evidence-suppression fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search I. Whether the Fourt h Amendment is violated and requires suppression of evidence, when the police conduct a warrantless search of the arrestee's ba…
25-6155 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Bruce Bartlett, Individually and in His Official Capacity as State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct stare-decisis 1. Should the unsettled issue in Heck v. Humphrey and Spencer v. Kenma^where this court has not definitively ruled that criminal defendants may use a …
25-525 Damion Anthony Delapena v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining 1. Does federal habeas petitioner make a "substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right" under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) where his trial at…
25-5777 In Re Tyrone Moore 2025-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct preliminary-hearing 1. Why did the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), Clark County District Court, District Attorney's office and Prosecutors office violat…
25-241 Jason Arthur Aho v. Florida Florida 2025-08-29 Denied Response Waived evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard I. Whether the trial court's summary denial of Petitioner's facially sufficient ineffective assistance of counsel claim without an evidentiary hear…
25-5406 Malgum Whiteside, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-warrant I. Mr. Whiteside moved to suppress the evidence related to the firearms because the affidavit did not establish a nexus. Did the district court improp…
25-5300 In Re Onofre Serrano 2025-08-07 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression ninth-circuit probable-cause 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit arbitrarily concluded that Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a Constitutional right? 2. Whe…
25A105 Ismael Bimbow v. United States Second Circuit 2025-07-25 Presumed Complete due-process evidence-suppression exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment search-warrant warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the admission of evidence obtained through a warrantless search lacking exigent circumstances and potentially b…
25-5191 Steven Edward Stein v. Florida Florida 2025-07-24 Denied IFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's determination that "equally accessible" evidence has not been suppressed by the State is contrary to Brady and …
25-5005 Tawsif Tajwar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP cumulative-error evidence-suppression jury-instructions mental-state sixth-amendment trial-court Whether a determinative response by the trial court to a jury question posed during deliberation regarding a question of fact results in prejudice to …
24-7512 In Re Walter Drummond 2025-06-26 Dismissed Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression miranda-rights unlawful-arrest Did the Florida Supreme Court err in denying the respondent's motion to suppress evidence due to an unlawful arrest and Miranda rights violation?
24-7397 John Fitzgerald Hanson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-06-11 Denied IFP brady-violation capital-murder diligence-standard evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether a court may impose a diligence standard rendering evidence inadmissible despite prosecutorial suppression under Brady v. Maryland, and whether…
24-7277 Derek Michael Mims v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence-suppression judicial-review motion-to-suppress probable-cause warrant-validity wiretap-application Whether a district court judge who makes probable cause and necessity findings in connection with a wiretap application may later review its own findi…
24-6957 Henry Pratt v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2025-04-11 Denied IFP civil-suit evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularity trial-court-error witness-testimony Whether the trial court erred by precluding Addie Brice's civil suit statement from evidence and improperly withholding crucial testimony
24-6930 Demetris Sean Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court effective-assistance-counsel evidence-suppression fourth-circuit Whether the District Court erred by allowing evidence obtained in violation of petitioner's constitutional rights and whether the Fourth Circuit Court…
24-6704 Brian Jury v. Ohio Ohio 2025-03-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct Did the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals impose an improper standard for Brady claims by requiring proof of state possession of evidence and mater…
24-821 Richard L. Lewis v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied appellate-counsel constitutional-challenge direct-appeal evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance Whether Mr. Lewis's state court appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to present obvious and significant constitutional challenges to the admi…
24-6455 Ernest Murphy v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-precedent evidence-suppression favorable-evidence judicial-interpretation second-circuit Whether the Second Circuit Court invented an entirely new definition of Brady's 'favorable' definition that is incongruent with well-established Const…
24-798 Kay E. Anderson v. Nebraska Nebraska 2025-01-27 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-conviction evidence-suppression fraudulent-misrepresentation search-warrant state-statute Whether a party can be convicted of a crime based upon evidence obtained under a search warrant that was declared invalid because it was procured by f…
24-6365 Timothy M. Gemelli v. Perry Nicosia, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District Court, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-01-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation constitutional-tort court-order-disobedience due-process evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the 5th Circuit and District Court committed reversible error by not considering the prejudice suffered from the causal link of disobedience b…
24-6171 Demajio J. Ellis v. Linda Carper, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-review district-court-decision evidence-suppression motion-to-suppress summary-judgment Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's decision to deny defendant's motion to suppress evidence and gran…
24A585 Trinidad Alvarado v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-12-16 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourth-amendment methamphetamine-possession search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the admission of evidence obtained through an allegedly illegal search and seizure in a state criminal prosecut…
24-5990 Darius Rush v. James Corrigan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression trial-counsel Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional rights were violated when trial counsel failed to challenge potentially coerced evidence and suppressed …
24-484 Michigan v. David Allan Lucynski Michigan 2024-10-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) evidence-suppression fourth-amendment legal-mistake police-conduct probable-cause reasonable-standard Whether all unreasonable mistakes of law by police constitute deliberate or reckless conduct requiring evidence suppression
24-5424 Bryan C. O'Rourke v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Oklahoma 2024-08-30 Denied IFP brady-violation criminal-statute due-process evidence-suppression judicial-interpretation prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the State of Oklahoma violated due process by suppressing material exculpatory evidence and retroactively applying an expanded judicial interp…
24-198 Michigan v. Floyd Russell Galloway, Jr. Michigan 2024-08-22 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) deterrence-doctrine evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception police-misconduct prosecutorial-responsibility Is exclusion of reliable, probative evidence of guilt warranted to deter an outside officer's misconduct where there are other deterrents that do not …
24-5217 Sheldon Hannibal v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether the Third Circuit's Brady materiality test—under which suppressed evidence is immaterial if it contradicts the prosecution's trial evidence—co…
23A975 Kwuan Montrell Baker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourth-amendment reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether the Fourth Amendment permits the warrantless search of a vehicle during a traffic stop based on an officer's alleged reasonable suspicion of c…
23-7334 William Charles Froemming v. City of West Allis, Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP checks-and-balances civil-procedure court-access court-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct judicial-transparency legal-transparency perjury transcripts Whether a court can deny access to recordings of proceedings, thereby eliminating any checks and balances for accuracy of the transcripts produced
23-6982 Paulius Telamy v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression favorable-evidence postconviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Whether, under Brady v. Maryland, the prosecution suppressed favorable evidence
23-6825 Jmarreon Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial judicial-integrity prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness Question not identified
23-6773 Rita R. Smith v. Mount Sinai Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination evidence-suppression labor-relations termination termination-dispute workplace-policies workplace-retaliation Why was I not allowed to submit proof of where & when job assignment
23-6436 Luis Manso v. Patricia McGill, Administrator, Northern State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied IFP brady-violation court-of-appeals evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington strong-evidence Does Strickland-v-Washington allow the Court-of-Appeals to dismiss the defendant's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim based on strong-evidence of…
23-6371 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-12-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights clearance-system constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employer-discrimination employment-discrimination evidence-suppression obstruction-of-justice sixth-amendment Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1695
23-6319 Lacarl Dow v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment franks-hearing probable-cause suppression-of-evidence warrant-application Did the affiant officer intentionally or recklessly make false or misleading statements or omissions in support of the warrant
23-6193 Steven Vincent Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-material criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity warrantless-search Does the determination that a warrant is void ab initio, rendering the resultant search of the Petitioner's residence warrantless (and thus unreasonab…
23-610 Frander Salguero v. California California 2023-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedures material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the effect on due process remains unchanged as to Brady's holding
23-6066 Kirk Lamar Williams v. Washington Washington 2023-11-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violations due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure speedy-trial Whether the State of Washington violated the petitioner's constitutional rights, including due process and effective assistance of counsel
23-5952 Semaj Lemar Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment detention evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Did the district court improperly deny suppression and did the appellate court improperly affirm the district court?
23-5247 In Re David Jackson 2023-07-31 Dismissed IFP and post-conviction proceedings trial 14th-amendment 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-relief probable-cause retaliation search-and-seizure self-incrimination trial-procedure Whether the warrantless search and seizure of February 14, 1991 violated the 4th and 14th Amendment rights
23-5227 Luis Roman v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-27 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-counsel Why were the defendant indicted and tried at a bench trial in violation of 725 ILCS 5/109-3?
23-36 Liam C. Lattin v. United States Armed Forces 2023-07-12 Denied Response Waived case-by-case case-by-case-analysis categorical deterrence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment social-cost suppression Whether the social cost of suppression is determined on a case-by-case basis or has been resolved categorically by this Court's Fourth Amendment juris…
23-5043 Coby Quinton Ceaser v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance jackson-standard jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense right-to-testify trial-fairness Can the Jackson standard be satisfied when relevant, material, and appreciable evidence is impermissibly kept from the jury?
23-5013 Brian Jury v. Ohio Ohio 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP brady brady-violation civil-rule-60b due-process evidence evidence-suppression indigent-defendant new-trial new-trial-motion possession suppression Whether a Brady violation requires suppression to be dependent upon possession
22-7466 Richard Eugene Glossip v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-05-04 Judgment Issued Amici (18)Relisted (12)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation capital-punishment due-process evidence-suppression false-testimony kyles-v-whitley materiality napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony whether-the-state's-suppression-of-the-key-prosecution-witness's-admission-he-was-under-the-care-of-a-psychiatrist-and-failure-to-correct-that-witness…
22-7372 Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey, III v. United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2023-04-26 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review liberty-remedy removal-proceedings state-court-proceedings When Article I, Section 9 of the North Carolina Constitution states that 'every person restrained of his liberty is entitled to a remedy to inquire in…
22-7318 Shannon Miles Lancaster v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability evidence-suppression fourth-circuit-review ineffective-assistance involuntary-plea plea-involuntariness south-carolina-homeland-security-act strickland strickland-standard suppression-motion Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in declining to grant Petitioner a certificate of appealability, where the St…
22-7264 Corey Shamon McKinney v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-possession evidence-suppression fourth-amendment franks-v-delaware probable-cause search-warrant standing Whether an illegal search and seizure took place
22-7217 Antoine Bryant, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP deterrence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment no-knock-warrant search-and-seizure suppression warrant-requirements Whether a no-knock search warrant issued, without any evidence of an exigent circumstance, should result in the evidence being suppressed under the Fo…
22-7111 Tony Khong v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-vs-maryland de-novo-review evidence-suppression giglio-vs-united-states habeas-corpus kyles-vs-whitley materiality ninth-circuit united-states-vs-bagley Did the Ninth Circuit's de novo disposition of Petitioner's Brady claim in the habeas corpus context, which focused exclusively on Bagley's earlier tu…
22-6798 Ronald Jeffrey Prible v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Amici (1)IFP brady-claim brady-v-maryland cause circuit-split due-diligence evidence-suppression federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default suppression Whether a defendant must show inability to discover favorable evidence through due diligence to establish 'suppression' under Brady v. Maryland
22-6747 Jimmy Wayne Guinard v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing vouching Did the Trial Judge's labeling petitioner as a sex offender to the jury when he had never been charged with such offenses and was charged with drug of…
22-6623 Jarmell Raymond Mayweather v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment franks-violation informant-falsification prosecutorial-misconduct search-warrant Whether the government omission of evidence that was contrast affiant's Search Warrant Application (SWA) statements constituted a Brady and Franks vio…
22-6525 Keith D. Arline, Jr. v. California California 2023-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence williams-v-traylor Whether the California Supreme Court rendered a decision in conflict with the law of the United States Supreme Court announced in Brady-v-Maryland,Kyl…
22-6500 Richard Eugene Glossip v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-01-09 Dismissed Amici (2)Relisted (21)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Whether a court may require a defendant to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable fact finder would have returned a guilty ve…
22-6430 Alex Bugno v. Ohio Ohio 2022-12-30 Denied IFP evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment good-faith-exception particularity search-warrant seizure Are search warrants that fail to include command sections authorizing the seizure of particular items facially and fatally defective, requiring suppre…
22-6183 James Bauhaus v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP brady-v-md brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial false-conviction habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review Does congress illegally nullify the Due Process amendment and the Fair Trial Guarantee of the Supreme Law of this Land
22-6187 Demetrio Lifrieri v. James Stinson Second Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fair-trial fourth-amendment murder-prosecution police-search unlawful-evidence unlawful-search Was petitioner's right to a fair trial compromised by the admission of the unlawfully obtained evidence?
22-6171 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2022-11-30 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression government-misconduct grand-jury grand-jury-subpoena prosecutorial-misconduct subpoenas Whether the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii sanctioned the abuse of process and violation of the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment …
22-6012 Paige Davis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP attenuation-doctrine brown-v-illinois evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search search-and-seizure utah-v-strieff Is it error to apply the attenuation test articulated in Brown v. Illinois to determine whether evidence discovered during an illegal search should be…
22-5974 Draco Aurum Rat v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-issues fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether a prosecutor who misrepresents witness testimony, asks false leading questions, and solicits false testimony has committed a fundamental error…
22-5813 Katherine Elizabeth Langhorst v. Texas Texas 2022-10-12 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining search-and-seizure trial-procedure Was the evidence seized in this cause/case 'Fruits of The Poisonous Tree'?
22-5745 Deron Devaughn Mahone v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment material-omission probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-application Whether a reasonable officer would have known that Officer Stewart's warrant affidavit failed to establish probable cause and that he should not have …
22-5684 Victor Gavillan Martinez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment warrantless-search Whether Petitioner's Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment Rights to the United States Constitution Require this Court to vacate Petitioner's convic…
22-5450 Jermaine Crump v. Joe Errington, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review Whether the district court erred in finding that Crump received effective assistance of trial counsel
22-5273 Bradley Beauchamp v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule illegal-traffic-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure sentencing-enhancement suppression-of-evidence traffic-stop venue-violation Whether the District Court caused reversible error by not suppressing evidence obtained by an illegal traffic stop where the officer lacked articulabl…
22-85 Oregon v. Langston Amani Harris Oregon 2022-07-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) delegation delegation-authority evidence-suppression good-faith good-faith-exception law-enforcement prosecuting-attorney statutory-interpretation suppression wiretap-order wiretapping Does 18 U.S.C. § 2516(2) prohibit the principal prosecuting attorney from delegating that authority to a deputy when state law allows the delegation?
22-5164 Oscar Lenton, Sr. v. Warden, FCI Edgefield Fourth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confrontation-clause due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-misconduct habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the Appeals Court ruling deprived petitioner of his right under Brady v. Maryland, where the Government had violated its obligation to turn ov…
22-5058 Davel Chinn v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Relisted (5)IFP aedpa brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process evidence-suppression materiality materiality-standard prejudice sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent Whether a petitioner who raises a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by …
22-5050 Johnny M. Ruffin v. David Mitchell Seventh Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility brady-materiality brady-v-maryland circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression impeachment-evidence materiality suppressed-evidence Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision creates conflict with other Circuits regarding the admissibility and materiality requirements under Brady v. Ma…
21-7964 Estevan Saucedo v. California California 2022-05-24 Denied IFP coerced-confession confession-admissibility constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct police-tactics Was Appellant's Confession Admissible Since He Was Coerced by Illegal Police Tactics?
21-7747 Michael G. Peters v. Kenneth M. Hoyt, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Dismissed IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation corporate-cover-up due-process evidence-suppression free-speech government-action legal-dispute petition-clause standing takings Whether the First Amendment protects the right of citizens to petition the government for a redress of grievances, including the right to file lawsuit…
21-7724 Anthony Fields v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment court-of-appeals evidence-suppression Faretta-v-California fourth-amendment Koon-v-United-States legal-error precedent-interpretation self-representation traffic-stop Whether the court of appeals' decision affirming the denial of Petitioner's request to exercise his right to self-representation while ignoring comple…
21-7667 Daniel Irving v. California California 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflicting-rulings constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial innocence-evidence judicial-discretion presumption-of-innocence publication-of-decisions unpublished-decisions Shouldn't it be illegal to suppress evidence?
21-7508 Draven Greene v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment caretaker-exception constitutional-rights criminal-evidence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment police-misconduct search-and-seizure vehicle-search warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution extends to occupied vehicles
21-1035 Joshua Harris v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2022-01-24 Denied Response Waived brady-doctrine civil-procedure constitutional-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial in-limine tax-court Whether the U.S Tax Court and the Second Circuit conflicts with the United States Constitution, Amendment 6 and the Fourteenth Amendment to a fair and…
21-6885 Miguel Gonzalez Segovia v. United States Third Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment pretrial-motion probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-stop Whether the Court erred when it denied Mr. Gonzalez Segovia's pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to the vehicle stop
21-6688 Freddie McNeill, Jr. v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied IFP brady-claim brady-doctrine brady-v-maryland due-process evidence-suppression judicial-review materiality-standard prejudice prosecutorial-disclosure witness-credibility witness-reliability Whether a reviewing court considering a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), must assess the reliability and credibility of the witnesse…
21-6593 Murray Hooper v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 clearly-established clearly-established-law evidence-suppression federal-law greene-v-fisher habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct state-court supreme-court-review united-states-v-bagley witness-testimony Whether the state court decision by which 'clearly established federal law' is measured is rendered when the state court issues its mandate
21-6546 Jorge Delgado-Rivera v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-privacy constitutional-rights digital-privacy evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure text-messages Does the Fourth Amendment prevent the government from using a person's sent text messages against them when those messages are obtained through an unc…
21-6324 Jesus Alfredo Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure communication-interception criminal-procedure district-court evidence-suppression probable-cause title-iii wiretap Whether the district court erred in authorizing a wiretap of Petitioner's communications under Title III and in failing to suppress the evidence inter…
21-6209 Angelo Cobbins v. Illinois Illinois 2021-11-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance evidence-suppression intellectual-capacity motion-to-suppress right-to-counsel trial-court waiver Whether the ruling on the Motion to Suppress was error as it was demonstrated the Petitioner did not possess the intellectual capacity to waive his Cu…
21-6041 Eric Benson Skeens v. Indiana Indiana 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-procedure witness-testimony Whether the state courts erred when they allowed the state and its agents to tamper with, suppress, and withhold evidence favorable to the petitioner,…
21-5660 Kevin McBride v. Florida Florida 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-conviction police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence wrongful-conviction When fraudulent police reports deceive the lower court into a false conviction, shouldn't the fraud precede the false conviction and be overturned imm…
21-5661 Raymond Moya v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation causation-of-death criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidence evidence-suppression expert-testimony motion-in-limine motion-to-dismiss Whether the District Court erred in denying Moya's Motion to Dismiss Count 2
21-282 Brian Russell Turner v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-08-25 Denied Response Waived arizona-v-youngblood body-camera-footage brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence law-enforcement prosecutorial-misconduct youngblood-standard Whether the Supreme Court of Mississippi Erred in Denying Petitioner's Claim that the Prosecution Withheld Exculpatory Evidence Pursuant to Brady v. M…
21-5456 Yarlin Garcia v. United States First Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment legal-standard motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the District Court erred by denying Mr. Garcia's Motion to Suppress?
21-5467 Michael Denton v. Ron Haynes, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment habeas-corpus search-and-seizure sentencing Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability
21-5394 Michael Nathaniel Boyd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether the court should grant certiorari, vacate the circuit's ruling, and demand further consideration in light of Strickland v. Washington and Napu…
21-5262 In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi 2021-07-29 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression extraordinary-motion habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel racial-bias racial-discrimination Deprivation of federal habeas review
21-5183 Robert McMillian v. United States District of Columbia 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-evidence california criminal-procedure district-of-columbia due-process evidence-suppression judicial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court Whether the opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals concerning the withholding of material Brady evidence is inconsistent with opinions f…
20-8472 Rocky Leandro Orosco v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied IFP criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress warrantless-search Is Mr. Orosco entitled to a hearing to challenge the 'obtainment' of his cell phone?
20-8228 John Campbell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery count-severance criminal-procedure evidence evidence-suppression firearm-possession jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-enhancement Did the district court incorrectly decline to charge the jury on a key element of armed bank robbery?
20-1677 Angel Lee Rankin v. Texas Texas 2021-06-02 Denied 5th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure custody custody-determination due-process evidence-suppression miranda-warnings motion-to-suppress sudden-passion Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming the Trial Court's Denial of Ms. Rankin's Motion to Suppress Because She was in Law Enforcement's Custo…
20-8127 Guillermo Martinez-Torres v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment admissibility-of-evidence burden-of-proof circuit-split evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search suppression-of-evidence Does the defendant have the burden to prove the violation was the 'but for' cause of the subsequent discovery of contraband or is it the prosecution's…
20-8001 In Re Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. 2021-05-12 Denied IFP and the presentation of false testimony denying s constitutes a violation of Brady and Napue warran brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression extraordinary-writ false-testimony habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct napue-v-illinois napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct witness-tampering Whether Mr. Pizzuto is entitled to habeas relief or an extraordinary writ due to the State's suppression of evidence and presentation of false testimo…
20-7897 Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement
20-1314 Joshua Gregory Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-22 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation legal-procedure paid-citation sixth-amendment traffic-stop unlawful-search Whether Counsel's decision not to suppress evidence unlawfully seized from a traffic stop because a traffic citation was paid, then relying on that pa…
20-7397 William Randolph King v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 8th-amendment brady-violation criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process eighth-amendment evidence-suppression prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct Could reasonable jurists debate whether the prosecution committed a Brady violation when it failed to disclose the prior victim's pubic hair found dur…
20-7329 Justin L. Knight v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment investigative-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether the police had reasonable suspicion for an investigative stop
20-7078 Brandon Cordell Bennett v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-review material-omission materiality probable-cause search-warrant WHETHER OMITTED INFORMATION FROM A SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATION MUST NEGATE OR CONTRADICT ALLEGED FACTS SUPPORTING PROBABLE CAUSE IN ORDER TO BE MATERIA…
20-1053 Ronald Dewayne Pitts v. Ohio Ohio 2021-02-03 Denied Response Waived affidavit credibility-reliability due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-scrutiny probable-cause search-warrant undisclosed-sources Whether a Search Warrant Affidavit that failed to set forth probable cause can survive meaningful scrutiny
20-6984 Ralph Frank Esposito, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression structural-error witness-testimony Whether the State of Arizona violated the Defendant's rights to due process under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution and under specif…
20-6771 Oristel Soto-Peguero v. United States First Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree good-faith-exception illegal-search independent-source-doctrine search-and-seizure warrant-application Whether the court erred when it denied Petitioner's motion to suppress evidence discovered during an illegal search
20-6676 Hernandez Daniels v. Florida Florida 2020-12-21 Denied IFP alibi alibi-defense brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-procedure criminal-appeal due-process effective-assistance evidence-suppression strickland-v-washington Whether suppression of (some) evidence is sufficient according to the procedures mandated by Brady v. Maryland
20-6683 Reynaldo Diaz-Guzman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-discretion jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court of appeals erred and abused its discretion in rejecting the challenge to the indictment and argument for dismissal for lack of subje…
20-6621 Shauna Smith v. Brooks Benton, Warden Georgia 2020-12-14 Denied IFP appellate-review cell-phone-records criminal-procedure evidence-suppression habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel phone-records trial-procedure Did the Eleventh Circuit err in deferring to the Superior Court's finding that Ms. Smith was not prejudiced by her appellate counsel's failure to rais…
20-6558 Sonya Bamberg v. Georgia Georgia 2020-12-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-proceedings right-to-appeal right-to-counsel Whether a judge who did not preside over the trial may certify a supplemental record of testimony from witnesses eight years after a conviction when t…
20-6440 Benjamin K. Toscano v. Nancy Adam, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct legal-fabrication medical-negligence medical-treatment pain-and-suffering procedural-due-process spinal-injury Does respondent have the right to submit fabricated documents?
20-6321 Alexander Cameron v. John F. Walrath, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-11-13 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence false-forensic-evidence habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct witness-fabrication witness-tampering Can the State convict an innocent defendant for crimes committed by a person that does not exist?
20-6161 Joey Lamont Brunson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment legal-insufficiency statutory-interpretation suppression-of-evidence surveillance-law wiretap-order wiretapping Whether a wiretap order that fails to specify the name of the person who authorized the application for such order is insufficient on its face, thereb…
20-6127 Jermaine Antwan Tart v. Jamese Vigus, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression housing judicial-procedure pleadings summary-judgment video-evidence How can the case be closed without any decision on one of the due process claims?
20-5814 Anthony Kinta Webb v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment jury-selection probable-cause public-trial search-and-seizure Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to jury selection proceedings
20-5727 Martez LaJuan Edwards v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment jury probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Question not identified
20-5606 Keith A. Brown v. Alberto Ramirez Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment incompetent-defendant motion-to-suppress suppression-of-evidence When the state fails to carry its burden of proof in a motion to suppress hearing, is the remedy suppression of the evidence or can the state have a s…
20-5494 Ernest Ray Snow v. Indiana Indiana 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-warrant standard-of-review Does United State v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), permit an appellate standard of review that requires an appellant to raise and rebut the applicability…
20-5360 Reinaldo Dennes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-violation cause-and-prejudice circuit-split cullen-v-pinholster due-diligence due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus napue-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Should newly discovered Brady/Napue evidence be considered by federal courts or returned to state court?
20-5273 Andrew Hargett, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest civil-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule required suppression of evidence
20-5023 Carter Vincent Anderson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review batson-challenge batson-violation constitutional-rights due-process evidence-preservation evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the District Court and Court of Appeal erred in review of claim presented which clearly show ineffective assistance of counsel on both trial a…
19-8919 Scott Clevenger v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation evidence-suppression miranda-rights right-to-counsel self-incrimination suppression-of-evidence Whether Petitioner's self-incriminating statements that was given while he was in custodial interigation without him first being notified of his Miran…
19-8859 Brian A. Maus v. Scott Eckstein, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure attorney-withdrawal client-rights counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance no-merit-brief Can appellant counsel withdraw off of the petitioners case, because the petitioner wouldn't agree to allow appellate counsel to file a no-merit brief?
19-8747 Robert Neil Coronado v. Amanda Stinson, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-integrity search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions Was a procedural due process violation committed by the Court of Appeals in failing to grant a rehearing on the probability of admission of evidence o…
19-8494 Michael Lustig v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search search-and-seizure standing Whether failure to suppress evidence resulting from an illegal search amounted to a violation of Petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights
19-8344 Brett Combs v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel perjured-testimony perjury Whether the state court's fact-finding process was undermined by ignoring evidence supporting the petitioner's claim
19-8025 Kwasi McKinney v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression harmless-error involuntary-statement miranda-rights search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether the Arkansas Court of Appeals erred in finding that the admission of an allegedly involuntary statement was harmless error
19-8014 Michael Artis v. United States First Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest criminal-activity criminal-conspiracy evidence-suppression fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment requires suppression of evidence where agents lacked probable cause to arrest two persons absent probable cause of crimin…
19-7925 Ronald O'Rourke v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-conduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment suppressed-evidence trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court abused discretion in denying petitioner's request for counsel
19-7893 Nicholas Roos v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-case evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining psychological-evaluation red-flags strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel-performance Did Arkansas Supreme Court misapply Strickland-v-Washington
19-1055 Dustin Moss v. United States First Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure evidence-suppression fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation illegal-search package package-description particularity-requirement probable-cause search-warrant tracking-number Whether the search of a package that was solely referenced by its tracking number in the warrant's caption, but was not otherwise described in the war…
19-1030 Karen Bishop v. Palm Beach County, Florida Florida 2020-02-19 Denied Response Waived -animal-seizure -due-process -judicial-discretion -property-rights -statutory-interpretation #NAME? animal-welfare due-process evidence-suppression judicial-discretion property-rights suppressed-evidence vague-definition-of-fitness vagueness How can a definition or determination of fitness be assessed when the Florida Statute 828.073(4)(a) provides a vague description of fitness, puts the …
19-7682 Eric Beverly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-site-location-information criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant warrant-application Whether Petitioner's rights under the Fourth Amendment were violated when the government used misleading information to seek a warrant for evidence it…
19-7578 Ray Edward Barry v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion binding-over brady-violation circuit-court criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel lost-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct quash-information Did The District Court Abused Its Discretion In Binding Over To Circuit Court And The Circuit Court Erred In Refusing To Quash The Information?
19-7534 Ricky Lee Scott v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights coram-nobis disclosure-violations due-process evidence-disclosure evidence-suppression judicial-jurisdiction kyles-v-whitley police-misconduct Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court's refusal to re-invest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider petitioner Scott's petition for writ of error co…
19-7513 Omar Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2020-02-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure trial-severance virginia-supreme-court witness-testimony Whether the Virginia Supreme Court erred in its rulings on ineffective assistance of counsel claims
19-7419 Timothy Shayne Hardin, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied IFP appeals arrest charge civil-rights community-supervision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process dismissal due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment probable-cause probation revocation search-and-seizure sentencing Whether the trial court abused its authority by revoking a community supervision because of a new honest mistake charge which was ultimately dismissed…
19-7282 John Anthony Arnold v. Virginia Virginia 2020-01-14 Denied IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment law-enforcement motion-to-suppress ninth-circuit search-warrant standing warrantless-arrest Did the Virginia Supreme Court err in upholding petitioner's warrantless arrest?
19-7035 Michael B. Lowry v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment attenuation-doctrine burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence Does the government bear the burden of proving that the attenuation doctrine applies to preclude suppression of evidence after an illegal search or se…
19-7037 Shannon Bradley v. Thomas A. Cox, Jr. Georgia 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure trial-court-jurisdiction unlawful-search unlawful-seizure Whether the trial court lawfully obtained its jurisdiction to be heard?
19-6963 Roland A. Prenatt v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment attorney-accountability civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment mental-health probable-cause search-and-seizure sixth-amendment-speedy-trial,due-process,right-to- speedy-trial Whether the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the accused the right to a speedy trial, and why the judge and attorney can waive this…
19-6909 Efrain J. Rosa v. R. L. Rhodes, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation conviction-reversal criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Has the government's suppression of exculpatory evidence violated due process under the Fifth Amendment?
19-6841 Adam Scott v. United States Third Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure delayed-sealing evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment sealing statutory-compliance suppression surveillance-law title-iii title-iii-intercept unforeseen-emergency wiretap wiretap-procedure wiretap-suppression Should a wiretap that was not sealed until 30 days after interception ended, and 21 days after the order expired, be suppressed where that delay was n…
19-6729 Cedric Gray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion legal-standard mental-competency miranda-rights procedural-error sentencing suppression-hearing trial-rights Can my motion to suppress be denied even after I invoked my right to remain silent?
19-6491 Matthew Shaffer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-4th-amendment-search-and-seizur drug-conspiracy due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing exclusionary-rule firearms-expert-testimony-drug-activity law-enforcement-testimony multiple-conspiracies-sentencing-enhancements rule-29-motion-sufficiency-of-evidence search-warrant sentencing-enhancement standing Whether the trial court erred in failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing and suppress evidence obtained under a search warrant
19-6381 Anthony Tyrone Brown v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-activity-evidence witness-testimony Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to a fair trial and effective assistance of counsel were violated
19-6095 Charles Devan Fulton, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied IFP 4th-amendment cellphone-privacy evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-good-faith-exception predicate-illegality probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant united-states-v-leon warrant-requirement Whether the Government can whitewash, via United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), its predicate illegal seizure of a citizen's cellphone and salva…
19-5902 Sharvelt Mister v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-hearing judicial-process jurisdiction procedural-fairness standing supremacy-clause Whether the actions taken by law enforcement, including arrest and detention without a judicial determination of probable cause, violate the petitione…
19-5855 Flenoid Greer v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-suppression government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct public-officials standing state-officials Whether Michigan public officials failed to perform their duties and deprived petitioner of due process of law?
19-5801 Emory Chiles v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fourth-circuit motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it affirmed the district court's denial of Chiles' motion to suppress evidence?
19-5474 Terry Lee Carlson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-search district-court due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment jurisdiction search-limitation search-warrant territorial-jurisdiction venue warrant-scope Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals disregard plain and unambiguous language in the search warrant limiting searches to the computers located in t…
19-5152 Daryll Keith Shumake v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights court-filing due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence hearsay ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-access legal-materials prison-litigation prisoner-rights prosecutorial-misconduct How did the law waive the petitioner's right to confrontation?
18-9771 Dennis William Robinson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression fair-trial iada-violation jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial suppression-of-evidence Did State Court violate Petitioner's constitutional rights?
18-9702 Cathrin Funk-Vaughn v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-overreach child-custody child-jurisdiction child-removal diversion-plea document-fraud due-process evidence-suppression federal-funding first-amendment food-recall free-speech interstate-custody jurisdiction kidnapping law-enforcement parental-rights rescission unreasonable-search Does the Department of Children Services have the legal right to remove a child from a parent/legal guardian while the parent/legal guardian was on va…
18-9397 Miguel Angel Barron v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial fourth-amendment jury-instructions probable-cause relevance search-and-seizure self-defense warrantless-search Whether a state trial court's jury instruction that reduces the burden of proof or violates a principle of fairness contained in the due process claus…
18-9051 Quintonius B. Golston v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-conflict conflict criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression federal-question fifth-circuit important-question prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit has decided an important federal question that conflicts with this Court in Brady v. Maryland…
18-8971 William T. Liepe v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment blood-alcohol blood-alcohol-test case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-interpretation legal-standard search-and-seizure statutory-provisions suppression warrantless-search Did the warrantless search of defendant's blood for the purpose of determining his blood alcohol level violate the established constitutional principl…
18-8909 David Lee Gentles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1385 constitutional-violation evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule illegal-search law-enforcement-limits posse-comitatus-act search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation suppression-of-evidence Should a clear violation of the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 1385) serve as a foundation for suppression of fruits of the resulting illegal sear…
18-8927 Lisa J. Gillard v. Illinois Illinois 2019-04-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bench-court-relationship brady-v-maryland brady-violation complaining-witnesses constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct state-government Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) standard, is suppressing evidence by the state government on bench court's relationship with two complaini…
18-8928 Alberto Julio Guillen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression exigent-circumstances search-and-seizure standing Whether a warrantless entry and search, where the totality of the circumstances indicates that exigent circumstances had occurred, or was recovering e…
18-8942 Jeffrey Akard v. Robert E. Carter Jr., Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction Seventh Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 412-Rape-Shield-law-conflict Brady-materials brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence Fifth-Amendment-Due-Process habeas-corpus habeas-relief impeaching-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rape-shield-law sentencing-claims strickland-standards Was Petitioner's 94 year sentence for rape related charges based only on accuser's testimony, in violation of Fifth-Amendment-Due-Process, warrant hab…
18-8815 Scott Randall Reich v. Mike Slagle, Correctional Administrator, Mountain View Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial standing witness-testimony Has rules of evidence precluded by Speedy Trial Act from being used to impeach witness testimony?
18-1238 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Progressive Credit Union, et al. New York 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consolidation contempt court-compel-discovery court-procedure discovery discovery-rights discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression judicial-bias judicial-misconduct res-judicata share-certificate-dispute standing stock-share-dispute Denial of due process in dismissal of case without considering evidence, denial of discovery, improper consolidation of cases, judicial bias and misco…
18-8508 Charles Edward Cooper, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP curtilage evidence-suppression fourth-amendment gated-community home police-procedure privacy privacy-rights privacy-wall search-and-seizure warrant warrantless-entry Whether the Fourth Amendment's protection of the home and its curtilage extends to the entrance of a privately gated community, surrounded by an eight…
18-8425 Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals brady-violation civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal-timeliness-dismissal-rules- constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression new-trial-motion procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct rules-of-court standing timeliness Did the Virginia Supreme Court rule erroneously in dismissing petitioner's appeal as being untimely under Rule 5:9(a) of the Supreme Court of Virginia…
18-8402 Jesse Allen Dauenhauer, aka Jesse A. Dauenhauer v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-amendment,search-and-seizure,exclusionary-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence washington-state-law Should the District Court have suppressed the evidence of firearms in the Defendant's car because the search and seizure was inadmissible under Washin…
18-8218 Nathaniel Hoskins v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confidential-informant criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression materiality prosecutorial-misconduct rico-conspiracy suppression Whether the prosecution's pretrial evidentiary suppression of various law enforcement reports, interviews and statements favorable to the Petitioner v…
18-8127 Nguyen Vu v. Sandy L.V. Byrd, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, First Judicial District, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights cross-examination due-process evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct perjury prosecutorial-misconduct recusal Whether Petitioner's constitutional rights to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated
18-7525 Delexsia Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence evidence-suppression federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion old-chief-v-united-states prejudicial-evidence prejudicial-information prior-bad-acts rule-403 Should the analysis utilized in Old Chief v. United States control in determining whether prejudicial information should have been excluded in the def…
18-7527 David Phillip Wilson v. Alabama Alabama 2019-01-23 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation co-defendant-statement criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kaupp-v-texas probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct wong-sun-v-united-states Whether the prosecution's failure to provide Brady evidence is excused by trial counsel's lack of diligence in pursuing that evidence, and whether Mr.…
18-915 Gregory T. Christian v. K. A. Payne, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment audio-evidence coercion consent evidence-suppression fourth-amendment procedural-irregularities qualified-immunity search-and-seizure section-1983 suppression-of-evidence warrantless-search Whether producing identification without being requested justifies search for weapons several minutes later
18-7395 Wilfred H. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), does the materiality standard require that the suppressed evidence directly go to proving any count again…
18-7248 Vertis Anthony v. Louis Boyd, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-bias jurisdiction probable-cause rules-of-civil-procedure standing subject-matter-jurisdiction warrantless-search Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in its rulings on the jurisdictional issues raised in the petition
18-6917 Rodolfo Portela v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal competency-hearing conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking evidence-suppression firearm-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the district court erred in finding sufficient evidence of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance
18-6844 Christopher John Kerr v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight search-and-seizure standing void-warrant warrant-validity Should a void ab initio warrant issued by a judge be treated as if it never existed and, consequently, should evidence obtained pursuant thereto not b…
18-6696 Octavio Torres Ortega v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal motion-to-suppress public-defender speedy-trial trial-counsel witness-credibility did-the-trial-court-err-in-denying-a-judgment-of-acquittal
18-6686 Grady Pederson v. Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process evidence-suppression sex-offender-registry standing statute-of-limitations Why was the State of Minnesota allowed to suppress evidence since 11/01/1995?
18-6531 Tyler G. Eppes v. United States Armed Forces 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidence evidence-suppression inevitable-discovery military-magistrate personal-bags scope-of-search scrivener's-error search-authorization search-warrant serivener's-error Was this an error?
18-6486 In Re Steve G. Hernandez 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-material brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure cumulative-error due-process evidence-suppression impeachment ineffective-assistance perjury witness-impeachment What is the constitutional violation of ineffective assistance of counsel
18-6431 Justin Jenkins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment evidence-suppression Exclusionary-Rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception Illegal-Search Illegal-Seizure probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant standing vehicle-search Whether the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence from illegal searches
18-6396 Guillermo Solorio, Jr. v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b)(2) brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-defendant criminal-procedure evidence-suppression federal-statute habeas-corpus hidden-evidence second-or-successive-petition Whether a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus based on Brady v. Maryland Evidence That Was Hidden from a Criminal Defendant — Until After Appeal and …
18-410 Corey D. Yates v. United States District of Columbia 2018-10-02 Denied brady-doctrine brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure disclosure due-process evidence-suppression federal-state-courts-split materiality preserving-brady-doctrine prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-diligence suppressed-evidence Whether a defendant must show he did not know of and could not have reasonably obtained the suppressed evidence to establish a Brady violation
18-5901 Willis Maxi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment attenuation-doctrine civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment illegal-search knock-and-talk law-enforcement-entry motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion to suppress evidence and statement?
18-5690 Darren Taylor v. Thomas Schweitzer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment cell-phone-privacy constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment gps-data search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether Petitioner was denied his constitutional right to a full and fair opportunity to litigate his claim of being denied his constitutional right t…
18-5535 Paul Lynn Schlieve v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland case-dispositive-motion due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment fourth-amendment materiality prosecutorial-duty suppression-motion suppression-of-evidence Does the prosecutor's duty to disclose exculpatory evidence under the Fifth Amendment include evidence that is favorable and material to a Fourth Amen…
18-5570 Ilich Vargas v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County California 2018-08-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-informants due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether district attorneys/prosecutors have a free-standing obligation to investigate and inquire into the backgrounds of criminal jailhouse informant…
18-5526 Michael P. Lough v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure standard-of-review warrant-requirement Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it affirmed the district court's denial of Lough's motion to suppress evidence?
18-5327 Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi v. Lieutenant Fields, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference deliberate-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression excessive-force federal-courts fourth-circuit judicial-conflict retaliation standing takings witness-tampering Whether the Fourth Circuit's conflicting rulings overlooked key evidence and were in conflict with Supreme Court precedent in Farmer v. Brennan
18-5255 Jerome Gibson v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-v-maryland credibility de-novo-review due-process evidence-suppression investigation kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-test police-investigation reliability suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Whether the suppression of evidence of inducements provided to Commonwealth witnesses violates Brady v. Maryland, where the defense could have used th…
18-5201 Henry Bryan Lowe v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression expert-witness fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-58 Edward Jaimaal Price v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment constitutional-rights evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-seizure motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the evidence seized during the illegal search and seizure should be suppressed
18-5004 Tremayne Antwane Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment curtilage evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment franks-hearing franks-v-delaware good-faith-exception police-search probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search Whether the police officers unlawfully searched the petitioner's apartment by trespassing on the curtilage and sniffing the window and doorframe
18-5010 Christine Chang v. Robin Andrews California 2018-06-28 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collusion due-process equal-protection evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct legal-ethics subpoenaed-evidence Does collusion between the superior court judge and lawyer, covering up petitioner's evidence of: (1) subpoenaed surveillance photos and, (2) petition…