| 24-6420 |
Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel traumatic-brain-injury waiver-of-counsel |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) require a certificate of appealability for review of an order prematurely granting summary judgment against a habeas pe… |
| 24A491 |
Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-11-18 |
Presumed Complete |
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conflict-of-interest expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance trial-counsel waiver |
Whether an actual conflict of trial counsel that adversely affects representation can be validly waived without fully advising the client of the conse… |
| 20-6496 |
Michael Alford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-services expert-witness forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-assistance motion-of-innocence pro-se-litigant right-to-counsel |
Whether the court erred in refusing to order legal assistance and forensic software expert assistance to obtain and submit factual evidence |
| 20-5530 |
Tony Gordon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-act due-process expert-services independent-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment |
Whether a trial court violates the Sixth Amendment right to independent counsel in denying a defense application for necessary expert services pursuan… |
| 19-8792 |
John Hummel v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-U.S.C.-3599 clemency clemency-proceedings death-penalty discretionary-review expert-assistance expert-services legal-representation reasonably-necessary statutory-funding unusual-character-or-duration |
When a death-sentenced inmate's appointed attorney shows that expert services have likely utility and are of unusual character or duration, but cost m… |
| 19-6477 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3599 ayestas-v-davis clemency-request death-penalty exhaustion-requirement expert-services federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indigent-defendant state-remedies |
Must indigent death-sentenced state prisoners exhaust state remedies before a federal court may authorize access to expert services under 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 18-8316 |
Ricardo Guerrero v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-materials criminal-justice-act evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-hearings expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rights rule-5(b) section-3500(b) trial-counsel |
Whether the habeas corpus statute at Rule 5(b) mandates the government to address the petitioner's allegations, allowing the district court to circumv… |
| 18-7201 |
Mark Isaac Snarr v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3599 ake-v-oklahoma appellate-review ayestas-v-davis capital-case capital-defendant circuit-split due-process expert-services federal-funding fifth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Fifth Circuit disregarded this Court's precedent when it required petitioner to show that an expert was 'critical' to his case before fund… |
| 18-6287 |
Billy Jack Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3599 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-claim criminal-procedure-18-usc-3599 dna-evidence expert-services habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-necessity |
Whether establishing that requested expert services are reasonably necessary to the representation under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 requires articulation of a c… |