| 25-6185 |
John Pearl Smith, II v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
distinctive-groups duren-test fair-cross-section jury-selection sixth-amendment systematic-exclusion |
Is the Sixth Amendment right to a jury that represents a fair cross-section of the community violated where a defendant identifies a specific systemat… |
| 24-6578 |
Donald Lee Billings v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2025-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights equal-protection fair-cross-section fourteenth-amendment jury-selection systematic-exclusion |
Whether courts can establish a clear methodology for assessing fair representation of distinctive groups in jury selection and what constitutes system… |
| 22-7185 |
Brandon Scott Donaldson v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky but-for-cause civil-rights fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike pretext race-neutral race-neutral-explanation systematic-underrepresentation |
Whether a peremptory challenge complies with Batson if a prosecutor voiced a race-neutral explanation for his strike in addition to pretextual, improp… |
| 21-6468 |
Joshua Fernandes v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
age-discrimination constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenge race-neutral-reasons |
Whether age is a protected class and whether excluding young potential jurors violates Equal Protection |
| 20-1777 |
Willard Hall v. Edward Bickham, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
|
6th-amendment community-representation due-process effective-assistance fair-cross-section fair-trial fifth-circuit impartial-jury jury-composition probable-cause |
Whether the petitioner was deprived of his right to a fair and impartial trial due to his jury not representing a fair cross-section of his community |
| 19-8378 |
Joseph Howell v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
absolute-disparity duren-v-missouri fair-cross-section jury-pool jury-selection minority-representation presumption-of-legitimacy sixth-amendment systematic-exclusion venire-study |
May a court deny a fair cross-section challenge to the jury pool simply because the 'absolute disparity' is less than 10%, thereby sanctioning the com… |
| 19-7496 |
Garry Dean Stroner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights discrimination due-process effective-counsel fair-cross-section fair-trial impartial-jury intentional-exclusion jury-composition jury-selection presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct systematic-exclusion |
Whether the right to an impartial jury was violated by the systematic exclusion of male venirepersons |
| 18-7497 |
Carl Burnie Wellborn v. Shane Jackson, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
fair-cross-section fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-default sixth-amendment structural-error |
Can reasonable jurists debate whether habeas petitioners asserting procedurally defaulted fair cross-section claims must show actual prejudice or that… |
| 18-5517 |
Mike Peter Gallardo v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-jury capital-punishment citizen-jurors due-process eighth-amendment fair-cross-section fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-composition sixth-amendment |
Whether seating an alien capital juror violated the petitioner's Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights |