factual-innocence

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25A172 Jonathan Seay v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-08 Presumed Complete amendment-timing circuit-split factual-innocence habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limits section-2255 Whether a federal habeas petitioner may file an amended 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition during the pendency of the original petition when circuits are divid…
25-5008 Stephen T. Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review coram-nobis due-process factual-innocence medical-evidence sentencing-guidelines 1. DESPITE THE RECORD SHOWING THAT PETITIONER IS FACTUALLY INNOCENT OF DISTRIBUTING MORPHINE, DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT C…
24-5083 Stephen B. Wlodarz v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations trial-by-jury Whether prosecutors and Petitioner's pretrial sheriff's department Custodians violation of a Scheduled trial by jury, which in all likelihood may have…
23-1171 Terrance Guinn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response Waived collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner is entitled to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) based on his claim that his conviction for possessing a f…
23-7259 In Re Quelyory A. Rigal 2024-04-19 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process factual-innocence materiality-threshold newly-discovered-evidence reasonable-juror totality-of-the-evidence Whether newly discovered evidence, which directly undermines the reliability of the petitioner's conviction and establishes a plausible claim of factu…
23-6642 David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Did La. Code Criminal Procedure, Article 142.3(B), Allow the Court's in Louisiana to deny destitute inmates the right to prove they are Factually Inno…
23-5836 Siddhanth Sharma v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights factual-innocence legal-innocence mcquiggin-v-perkins procedural-bar procedural-default sandstrom-claim slack-v-mcdaniel Does the claim of Factual Innocence qualify as a debatable claim for the denial of a Constitutional Right
23-5447 Antonio Chimney v. Texas Texas 2023-08-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence common-law constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence great-writ habeas-corpus laches writ-of-right May Laches be used to deny an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus that is based on Actual and Factual Innocence?
22-7669 Larenzo Gabourel v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 collateral-relief factual-innocence federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 May the collateral relief mechanism for Federal prisoners pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 be used to promote a claim of factual innocence?
22-993 In Re Krishna Maharaj 2023-04-12 Denied Amici (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review Whether the federal constitutional right not to be imprisoned when factually innocent exists and should be defined by the Court
22-6527 William Langley, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) constitutional-challenge conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence firearm-statute guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation Should the court find petitioner's conviction for '924(c) et al. unconstitutional
21-8207 Jamal A. Azeez v. Cedrick Robertson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-23 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act brady-evidence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence judicial-conspiracy standing statute-of-limitations Whether the lower court condoned systemic injustice knowing that the petitioner is 'factually innocent'
21-6734 Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-12-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process factual-innocence right-to-counsel trial-strategy Does McCoy apply where the defendant made clear to counsel the objective of the defense is to maintain innocence, only for counsel to then concede gui…
21-6242 Shelly Margaret Arndt v. Washington Washington 2021-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling factual-innocence fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus state-court unlawful-incarceration When a state court evidentiary ruling impinges on the constitutional rights of a factually innocent person, does the fundamental miscarriage of justic…
21-5638 Davin Griffin v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence first-step-act habeas-corpus sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's denial of relief in a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 on the question of factual and actual innocence depa…
20-7295 Isidro Sauceda v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appealability-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights exculpatory-evidence factual-innocence ineffective-counsel lesser-included-offense ninth-circuit reasonable-jurists willits-instruction Whether the Ninth Circuit utilized an unduly burdensome certificate-of-appealability standard that contravenes Supreme-Court-precedent
20-5466 John Eldridge Cone, Jr. v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-discretion circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-petition harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel When a petitioner supplements his constitutional claim on appeal with a colorable showing of factual innocence, should a Court of Appeals exercise its…
20-5132 Antwan R. Cray v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Medium Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP criminal-innocence criminal-law due-process factual-innocence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-innocence rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner is actually, factually, legally, and lawfully innocent of his Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) conviction
19-8409 Thanksnieky Phuong v. Rick Hill, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied IFP asportation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence factual-innocence insufficient-evidence kidnapping robbery Whether the evidence was insufficient to establish that the petitioner committed a kidnapping for robbery, and whether the conviction violates the pet…
19-8323 William George Coodey v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-21 Denied IFP consent criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process factual-innocence jackson-v-virginia rape sixth-amendment Whether DNA testing that would undermine an alleged rape victim's testimony denying consent to sexual intercourse would create sufficient uncertainty …
19-7749 Andrey L. Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-review res-judicata strickland-v-washington Does the State affirmative defense of Res Judicata defeats Amendment Fifth; Sixth; Eighth, and Fourteenth of the United States Constitution?
19-6842 Vivek Shah v. Marcus Holmes Seventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-of-conviction collateral-review extortion factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition plea-agreement retroactive-statutory-interpretation section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether a federal prisoner claiming factual innocence as a result of a new, retroactively applicable statutory interpretation by the circuit court of …
19-5321 John R. Collins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process factual-innocence mcquiggin-exception mcquiggin-v-perkins miller-el-v-cockrell no-trial-no-guilty-plea presumption-of-innocence procedural-rules Does the 'actual innocence' exception/gateway in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013) require new evidence of innocence when there has never been…
18A1262 Alexander Christian Miles v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-06-04 Presumed Complete aedpa circuit-split factual-innocence habeas-corpus plea-agreement writ-of-certiorari Whether federal courts can restrict second or successive habeas petitions under the AEDPA's savings clause when a prisoner claims factual innocence or…
18-6534 John Taylor Tyler v. Eric Wilson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act factual-innocence federal-habeas habeas-corpus savings-clause statute-of-limitations When a prisoner has made a substantial showing of factual innocence, does a district court err when it holds that the broad jurisdiction of 28 U.S.C. …
18-6301 Darrell Lynn Dancy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-procedure district-court factual-innocence predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement unlawful-distribution Whether the Appeals Court and District Court erred by failing to address Petitioner's factual innocence claim
18-5559 Travis Michael Easter v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-innocence miscarriage-of-justice recidivism recidivist-enhancement recidivist-statute sentencing-error three-strikes three-strikes-law Whether the state of Oregon's imposition of a true life sentence under a three strikes sentencing recidivist enhancement statute is a miscarriage of j…