evidence-withholding

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-1 James Skinner v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-07-01 Pending Amici (7)Relisted (5) brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding judicial-precedent post-conviction-relief Did Louisiana courts err in refusing to apply Wearry to Mr. Skinner's Brady claims?
24-6273 Darren R. Reiner v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding judicial-discretion probable-cause Whether a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge abused judicial discretion by preventing defense counsel from alleging potential evidence withholding and whet…
23-7723 Barbara Martin v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-06-14 Denied IFP change-of-venue civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity standing witness-tampering Should a change of venue be granted in a civil rights case against a county prosecutor and county employees?
23-5491 Saundra S. Brooke v. Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-law circuit-court civil-procedure court-procedure due-process evidence evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence judicial-discretion standing Whether the lower court abused her discretion
23-5330 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest discrimination due-process employment-discrimination evidence-withholding impartiality judicial-recusal retaliation sixth-amendment-rights Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1213 (DC. 3443-22-0386-I-1)
23-5329 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP access-to-records adverse-action civil-rights discrimination discrimination-complaint due-process equal-employment-opportunity evidence-withholding retaliation sixth-amendment wrongful-termination Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1213
23-5328 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest discrimination due-process evidence-withholding retaliation security-clearance sixth-amendment-rights standing Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1213
23-5325 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP agency-collusion civil-rights collusion-between-an-mda-ses-and-dia-is-wrong-and- constitutional-violations due-process employer-discrimination equal-justice-under-the-law evidence-withholding sixth-amendment standing Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1212
21-7551 In Re Mark Jendrzejewski 2022-04-05 Denied IFP brady-violation due-process evidence-withholding false-testimony fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-testimony Due-process-violation-by-prosecutor
21-7514 Sidney J. Clark, Jr. v. Kansas Kansas 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-withholding full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus sentencing Whether the sentencing of S.J.C.Jr. to the H.C.A. pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4504 without legal proof of a prior judicial court proceeding in Texas violate…
21-6966 Juan Sampel v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review drug-quantity due-process evidence evidence-withholding government-misconduct judicial-discretion sentencing Does an appellate court violate principles of Due Process when it disregards substantial evidence which questions a district court's drug quantity fin…
21-203 John A. Mandacina v. Frederick Entzel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response Waived brady-claim brady-rule due-process due-process-clause evidence-withholding federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief savings-clause statutory-interpretation Did the court of appeals correctly conclude that petitioner's Brady claim fell outside the scope of the 'savings clause' of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)
20-6741 Peter J. McDaniels v. Kathleen Preito, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights document-request due-process evidence evidence-withholding legal-discovery spoliation state-officials summary-judgment Does spoliation shift the burden of proof in a summary judgment motion?
19-8808 Randolph Ashford v. Michael Stephan, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering evidence-withholding ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct trial-counsel Was the State of South Carolina City of Columbia violate Ashford's 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights by withholding evidence
19-7244 David Anson Alandt v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-01-10 Denied IFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-claims constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-withholding executive-clemency habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-appeal Whether Arkansas' criminal court system provides a remedy for claims of actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence
19-7004 Mario Torres v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP blanket-policy brady-violations criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence federal-law ineffective-assistance plea-agreement policy right-to-counsel unreasonable-application Whether Contra.Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surro…
19-6905 John Alan Conroy v. Cliff Harris, Sheriff, Pecos County, Texas, et al. Texas 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-consideration-of-evidence appointment-of-counsel brady-v-maryland brady-violation continuing-duty-of-federal-government criminal-procedure discovery discovery-rules dismissal-with-prejudice due-process evidence-withholding federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure in-camera-review michael-morton-act plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-16-federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure state-law-enforcement state-law-enforcement-compliance Whether the withholding of recorded statements by the government violates due process and Brady v. Maryland
18-7867 Meria James Bradley v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-rights due-process evidence-withholding federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-findings state-court-proceedings state-court-review Whether defense counsel withheld evidence that could have shown the petitioner was actually innocent
18-6861 John Wilborn v. Kelly Ryan, Warden First Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-claim certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering evidence-withholding probable-cause probable-cause-transcript prosecutorial-misconduct Where John Wilborn made an actual innocence claim, did the Commonwealth violate John Wilborn's rights by withholding the probable cause transcript fro…
18-6260 Jaime Traverso v. Maryland Maryland 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit-clause judicial-discretion law-of-case perjury prosecutorial-misconduct standing withheld-evidence Did the Maryland court abuse its discretion by refusing to reopen the law of the case established by the testimony of a convicted perjurer, withheld f…
18-131 Troy Lyndon v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived agency-action agency-authority agency-enforcement civil-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence judicial-discretion settlement-agreement Did the District Court err in allowing an agency of the United States to contest and withhold exculpatory evidence when prosecuting a civil enforcemen…