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25-6707 Elijah Dwayne Joubert v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending IFP capital-trial false-testimony federal-law habeas-corpus materiality-burden napue-standard Whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), a standard that places the burden on the petitioner to prove materiality from the State's knowing elicitation a…
25-884 Dontae Terrell Moore v. Texas Texas 2026-01-23 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived criminal-procedure false-testimony habeas-corpus materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct texas-criminal-appeals Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the TCCA's judgment, and remand to apply the correct "materiality" standard for false and misleading…
25-6526 Johnny Ray Walls-Bey v. Arizona Arizona 2026-01-08 Pending Response WaivedIFP brady-rule due-process false-testimony napue-violation plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct (1) Where State Prosecutors knowingly used and failed to correct false sworn testimony in connection with the plea such as at the plea colloquy, in …
25-6445 Charlie Bullock v. Virginia Virginia 2025-12-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process false-testimony witness-testimony (1) . In claim number two of petitioner's state "Motion to Vacate", was the petitioner's 14th Amendment Due Process Rights violated when Detective Cuf…
25-618 Craig Jonathan Warner v. Texas Texas 2025-12-01 Pending constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment witness-testimony 1. At least ten states' courts and four federal circuit courts recognize that a state's unknowing presentation of false testimony denies a defendant d…
25-5919 Kevin Griffin v. New York New York 2025-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment search-warrant 1. Did the State Courts error by denying Petitioner 's Fourteenth Amendment 's Due process rights by the State's knowing use of false testimony and th…
25-5756 In Re Jody M. Johnson 2025-09-29 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process eleventh-circuit false-testimony habeas-corpus Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should grant a writ of habeas corpus where the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's claims o…
25-5706 John Allen Rubio v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied IFP criminal-procedure false-testimony fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance napue-claim Did the Fifth Circuit err in refusing to certify the Napue claim and the ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim by misapplying procedural stand…
25-231 Jon Wynn Jarrard, Sr. v. Wilfredo Martell, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-08-28 Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Was the conviction obtained through false testimony in violation of the petitioner's 14th Amendment rights, and was the petitioner's right to confront…
25-5309 Tedor Davido v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-08 Pending IFP criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony probable-cause self-representation warrant-exception In light of this Court's recent grant of certiorari in Case v. Montana to resolve the question of whether the emergency aid exception to the warrant r…
25A101 John Allen Rubio v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-07-24 Presumed Complete capital-murder eighth-amendment false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether the Eighth Amendment and Sixth Amendment require reversal of a capital murder conviction where trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffec…
25A52 Willie Roy Jenkins v. Texas Texas 2025-07-11 Presumed Complete capital-murder dna-evidence due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance Whether the Fourteenth Amendment due process protections are violated when a state relies on false testimony and withholds exculpatory evidence to obt…
24-7070 In Re Shawn Michael Chalifoux 2025-04-24 Denied IFP conspiracy controlled-substance false-testimony grand-jury prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution Does an Assistant U.S. Attorney have the authority to present perjurious testimony and/or false declarations before a grand jury and/or district court…
24-6667 Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure false-testimony federal-question obstructing-justice sentencing-guidelines trial-testimony Does a criminal defendant's trial testimony constitute a willful intent to provide materially false testimony as required for a two-level increase for…
24-6449 Belinda Jones v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment legal-conflict napue-standard trial-fairness Whether the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when lower courts' legal standard for false testimony claims conflicts with the Supreme Court's standard …
24-5589 In Re Joseph G. Aulisio 2024-09-20 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice confrontation-clause due-process eighth-amendment false-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Whether prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony, and failure to correct known false evidence constitute a violation of due process and grounds for o…
24-5363 Anthony Wong v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals false-testimony federal-employee judicial-review perjury sanctions Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying Motions for Sanctions and Referral for Perjury by a federal employee, despite alleged false testimo…
24-5170 Eric Lee Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony government-misconduct napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct Where the Assistant United States Attorney's representing the Government violates a standard announced in Napue v. Illinois by gaining a criminal conv…
23-7590 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied IFP brady-violation capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus miller-el-standard plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion Where reasonable jurists could debate whether a petitioner is entitled to Rule 60 relief where the State has concealed evidence
23A1064 Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied capital-trial due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct Whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when the prosecution makes materially false statements about a key witness's plea agreement duri…
23-7448 Gabriel Paul Hall v. Texas Texas 2024-05-10 Denied IFP capital-murder due-process fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel When a state habeas applicant makes a prima facie case that the state knowingly presented false and material testimony in the punishment phase of his …
23-7136 Michael Dewayne Smith v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-04-04 Denied IFP confession confession-corroboration constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial false-testimony murder-conviction perjured-testimony Whether Mr. Smith's first degree murder convictions and sentence of death are unreliable and in violation of his constitutional rights to due process …
23A878 Michael Dewayne Smith v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-04-03 Denied capital-murder confession corroboration due-process false-testimony post-conviction Whether the defendant's due process rights were violated by the admission of false testimony that corroborated his confession in a capital murder tria…
23-6986 Raghvendra Singh v. California California 2024-03-14 Denied IFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights conviction-for-non-crime criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fabricated-charges false-testimony judicial-misconduct standing Whether the state court erred in not allowing the petitioner to prove that the alleged charges are not crimes
23-905 John William Hanson, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied Response Waived arrest-time civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force false-testimony jury-instructions search-and-seizure sentencing whether-the-petitioner-was-falsely-arrested
23-5594 Brim Bell v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure warrantless-search Whether trial-counsel erred by excluding the Defendant from the last two-days of trial?
23-100 Jeffrey L. Clemens v. Michael J. O'Hara First Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied appellate-review civil-rights disorderly-conduct due-process false-testimony heck-bar iqbal-plausibility malicious-prosecution Whether the appellate court erred in upholding the dismissal of a malicious-prosecution claim despite allegations of false testimony and improper dism…
23-54 Robert Mark Scott v. Forcht Bank, N.A. Kentucky 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-court civil-procedure detrimental-reliance false-testimony loan-officer material-facts material-issues-of-fact promissory-estoppel reliance summary-judgment Whether Summary Judgment is proper where material issues of fact exist?
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…
22-6885 Juan Martinez Pedraza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP which provides that the government has a duty to cross-examination due-process false-testimony fifth-amendment government-witness napue-v-illinois perjury prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Fifth Circuit's holding that false testimony presented by a government witness at trial that is elicited by the defense on cross-examinati…
22-6486 Atiq Weston v. Michael Capra, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claims constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process extraordinary-relief false-evidence false-testimony guilty-plea new-trial newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction Whether the post-conviction, due process violations exposed by false DNA testing on the petitioner's case warrant a new trial
22-6370 Adam Limbrick v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus ninth-circuit standing whether-the-court-of-appeals-for-the-ninth-circuit-rendered-a-decision-in-conflict-with-controlling-precedent-of-the-united-states-supreme-court
22-6227 Peter Corines v. New York New York 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection false-testimony indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain state-action Was Petitioner denied due process and equal protection
22-6017 Reginald Eugene Grimes, Sr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-08 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit false-testimony perjury plain-error prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-hearing Did the Eleventh Circuit commit error in denying a COA for government misconduct, perjured testimony, and sentencing violations?
21-7758 Donald W. Estell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process false-testimony guilty-plea napue-rule napue-v-illinois narcotics-influence plea-bargaining right-to-testify sentencing witness-testimony Should this court apply the Napue due process for a defendant who pleads guilty?
21-7730 Justin L. Martin v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment strickland-standard Was Defense Counsel ineffective for failing to object to the states known use of false testimony in Petitioners trial, violating his Constitutional Du…
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
21-7305 Steven Bryant v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Georgia 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-deal prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington witness-testimony Where the state's only eyewitness and linchpin of its case, the co-defendant, struck a deal whereby she would plead to a lesser offense and testify ag…
21-7224 Johnathan I. Alcegaire v. Florida Florida 2022-02-28 Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment due-process false-evidence false-testimony giglio giglio-claim jury-instructions jury-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Florida Supreme Court ignored fundamental principles of due process in rejecting the petitioner's Giglio claim and whether there is a reas…
21-6475 Mark Hollingsworth v. Maryland Maryland 2021-12-03 Denied IFP brady-violation closing-argument criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony jury-argument napue-v-illinois napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial Did the Maryland State Courts err in finding that the Prosecutor did not violate Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959) when the Prosecutor argued to …
21-6493 Jarrett Alvin Kinley v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-12-02 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence false-testimony napue-v-illinois napue-violation polygraph polygraph-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Did the Pennsylvania Superior Court's holding conflict with Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959)
21-6424 Elijah Dwayne Joubert v. Texas Texas 2021-11-24 Denied IFP due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-likelihood Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permit a prosecutor's knowing use of false testimony unless the defendant proves by a preponde…
21-6227 Misael Cordero v. Jonathan Gramp, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied IFP circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel false-testimony government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a due process violation occurs when the government knowingly uses false testimony even if the defense knows of the false testimony
21-5897 Shahram Shakouri v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony federal-habeas habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense state-law state-law-interpretation whether-unknowing-use-of-false-testimony-violates-due-process
21-440 Miguel Angel Santana v. Maryland Maryland 2021-09-22 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived constitutional-integrity constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony government-misconduct immunity-agreements prosecutorial-misconduct witness-immunity Whether a government witness's uncorrected false testimony about immunity agreements violates due-process when the government informs defense-counsel …
21-5756 Gettus Leroy Mintz v. Arizona Arizona 2021-09-22 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection false-testimony forensic-evidence grand-jury sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the State of Arizona violated the Petitioners' 5th and 14th Amendment rights to due process and equal protection when it used false testimony …
21-349 Kent Eric LeBere v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response Waived brady-claim brady-violation certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus perjury prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether the lower courts should fully decide whether the state knew or should have known that the testimony about Mr. LeBere's 'confession' was false
21-160 Justin M. Corliss v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability ex-post-facto false-testimony habeas jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct state-court time-barred-charges Whether the applications for certificates of appealability were improperly denied
21-151 Feanyichi Ezekwesi Uvukansi v. Texas Texas 2021-08-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (16) brady-violation burden-of-proof due-process eyewitness-identification false-testimony habeas-corpus materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the state courts disregarded Supreme Court precedent by requiring the petitioner to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the prosecut…
21-5048 Wesley Lynn Ruiz v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony expert-witness false-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Should the prosecution be held responsible for presenting false expert testimony at a capital sentencing trial?
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…
20-7985 Taji Jemal Lee v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied IFP appellate-review brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's 6th and 14th Amendment rights to due process were violated by the prosecution's knowing concealment of material exculpatory e…
20-7882 Taurean Potter v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial and due process was violated when the government failed to correct false testimony…
20-7819 Theresa A. Logan v. Town of Windsor, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-testimony perjury standing Whether the defendants, Robert Briggs, Gregg Story, and their attorneys, are allowed to perjure themselves in courts without being held responsible
20-7833 In Re Demarcus Wright 2021-04-22 Denied IFP dna-evidence dna-match due-process expert-testimony expert-witness false-evidence false-testimony habeas-corpus inconclusive-evidence judicial-review perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Has prejudice been shown where the prosecuting attorney allowed false evidence and inaccurate information to go uncorrected?
20-7796 Maurice Atkinson v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP body-armor criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony obstruction-of-justice public-trial sixth-amendment Whether Maurice Atkinson was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial
20-7751 Efrain Lopez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel speedy-trial Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying Lopez's COA on his speedy-trial-violation, due-process, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel, and false-testimony cl…
20-7636 Marcus Anthony Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice false-information false-testimony government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate procedural-default Whether and to the extent the criminal justice system tolerates false testimony and false information relied upon by the United States Court of Appeal…
20-6815 Robert Munoz v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process double-jeopardy due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct statute-of-limitations Is it written in the U.S. Constitution that a person may be indicted, reindicted 3-times with same cause number: broaden, abandon, and bring abandoned…
20-326 Mitchell J. Stein v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Amici (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence false-testimony government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the government's knowing use of false testimony in a criminal prosecution so long as the government divulged ev…
20-292 John Pinder v. Scott Crowther, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony federal-courts judicial-review prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct state-courts Whether Due Process is violated when a prosecutor relies on false testimony to secure a conviction but did not know that the testimony was false until…
20-5342 Rigoberto Avila, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2020-08-13 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-standard conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony innocence post-trial-developments post-trial-review scientific-evidence Does a conviction violate the Due Process Clause if a key part of the prosecution's case was scientific evidence that later developments have proven f…
20-5324 In Re Jeremiah Ybarra 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial false-evidence false-statements false-testimony law-enforcement warrant-validity Was the petitioner innocent of the alleged offense?
20-5253 Douglas Farrar, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony findings judicial-findings obstruction-of-justice perjury presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the generic adoption of a Presentence Report is sufficient to discharge the court's duties to make express and independent findings for an obs…
20-5148 Robert James Ossawa Wood v. California California 2020-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony no-contest-plea plea-withdrawal standing unlawful-evidence unlawfully-obtained-evidence Was petitioner held to answer for trial based on false testimony and unlawfully obtained evidence?
20-5116 Steven B. Anderson v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-trial demonstrative-evidence due-process fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the State of Michigan violated Petitioner's constitutional right to due process by presenting known false testimony and by using inconsistent …
19-8618 Kareem Daniels v. Georgia Georgia 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence false-testimony fourteenth-amendment misleading-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Constitution permits a prosecutor to knowingly use false or misleading testimony, as long as it does not constitute perjurious testimony
19-8601 William Cornell Walker v. Minnesota Minnesota 2020-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination civil-rights due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence false-testimony jury jury-composition peer-selection police-misconduct racial-bias Whether jurors twice your age can be considered your peers
19-8475 In Re Tarvares James Watson 2020-05-15 Dismissed IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief Whether petitioner's conviction resulted in the conviction of one who was actually innocent
19-7982 Alex Penland v. Ohio Ohio 2020-03-13 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-testimony habeas-corpus judicial-fraud legal-remedy post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion Does the trial court abuse its discretion when it failed to entertain Penland's claim that his conviction was tainted by fraud when the prosecutor kno…
19-7478 Daniel Pye v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights due-process false-testimony giglio-v-united-states government-disclosure-obligations napue-v-illinois Whether a federal agent's assurance to Haitian-citizen witnesses constituted a 'promise or offer' under Brady-Giglio-Napue
19-7150 Michael J. Walton v. Jack Kowalski, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review child-witness criminal-conviction direct-appeal due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct witness-coaching Whether counsel was ineffective for failing to reveal indisputably false testimony and coaching to the 4-year-old child who gave the false testimony
19-7005 Johnnie Lewis Wood v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment-due-process 6th-amendment-rights conviction fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-verdict material-misrepresentation sixth-amendment Was Petitioner's Sixth-Amendment-rights,Fourteenth-Amendment-rights,false-testimony,fair-trial,jury-verdict,conviction violated
19-6875 Travis Trevino Runnels v. Texas Texas 2019-12-06 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process expert-testimony expert-witness false-expert-testimony false-testimony prosecution-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct texas-death-penalty Whether the use of false expert testimony to obtain a death sentence violates due process, regardless of the prosecution's knowledge of the falsity
19-685 Edward George McGregor v. Texas Texas 2019-11-27 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) credibility cross-examination due-process false-testimony materiality prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Is the materiality of false testimony knowingly used by the prosecution determined by asking whether the jury would have convicted the defendant had t…
19-6646 Paul John Denham v. California California 2019-11-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-fabrication false-testimony material-evidence materiality napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct pyle-v-kansas Whether Paul John Denham's Constitutional right to due process was violated
19-6648 Ralph Loren Barenz II v. Alaska Alaska 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP community-condemnation criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct protective-order Has the petitioner been deprived of due process?
19-6023 Jeffrey Guy Ringle v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confrontation-clause due-process false-testimony giglio-standard giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miranda-rights prejudice withholding-evidence Did the majority below err in applying this court's decision in Giglio v. United States to hold that Petitioner could not show prejudice, solely becau…
19-5640 In Re Larry Swearingen 2019-08-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 death-penalty due-process false-testimony forensic-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition innocence innocence-standard schlup-v-delo scientific-evidence scientific-testimony successive-petition What is the scope of the evidence for a court's assessment of innocence under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B)(i)?
19-5344 Felix Adriano Chujoy, aka Felix Chujoy Alvarado v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP corrupt-intent criminal-procedure false-testimony grand-jury human-trafficking immigration-violations intent plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation witness-tampering witness-tampering-18-usc-1512(b)(1) Witness-tampering
19-5227 John Francis Lechner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power atf civil-rights criminal-investigation due-process explosives-permit false-testimony federal-agent-testimony government-misconduct perjury prosecutorial-abuse prosecutorial-misconduct Did ATF Special Agent Timothy DeClaire misrepresent himself when he testified that John Lechner forged the explosives permit?
18-9816 Kabil Anton Djenasevic, aka Anton Genase, aka Kabil Genase, aka Kabil Kraja v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-testimony fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-notice sixth-amendment standing Whether petitioner was denied his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights
18-9711 David Meyers v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fail-to-strike-testimony fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intrinsic-fraud perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Did attorney Paul Roskins violate due-process, fail-to-strike-testimony, false-testimony, compulsory-process, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-9571 Willie Carl Jones v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-testimony fourteenth-amendment juror-influence search-and-seizure Whether the denial of petitioner's motion to suppress bullets conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court in violation of petitioner's Fourteenth …
18-9400 Charlie Russell Martin v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-23 Denied IFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission false-testimony fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury legal-standard miranda-warnings procedural-due-process state-procedure trial Did the knowing use of false testimony at defendant's second trial rise to a denial of due process that likely affected the jury's judgment?
18-9289 In Re Michael Leon Haley, Sr. 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing third-strike Whether petitioner is actually innocent of being eligible for a third-strike sentence under 42 PA. C. S. §9714(g)
18-9227 Robert Sparks v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied IFP capital-punishment cross-examination due-process expert-testimony expert-witness false-testimony harmless-error jury-impartiality prosecutorial-misconduct Does cross-examination of a prosecution's expert cure all harm from that expert's repeated false testimony during a capital punishment proceeding, and…
18-8993 Frederick R. Cote v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability false-evidence false-testimony habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance life-without-parole third-party-culpability Is the low threshold for a certificate of appealability (COA) met on a freestanding claim of actual innocence"
18-8278 Timothy M. Schieve v. Indiana Indiana 2019-03-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-testimony free-speech judicial-instructions jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-reduction standing Why was the testimony of a 'mean person' who provided false testimonies to obtain a sentence reduction permissible?
18-8171 Omar Alarcon Fuentes, aka Omar Fuentes Alarcon, aka Omar Ramales Quintero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel false-testimony grand-jury grand-jury-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mistrial right-to-counsel uncorroborated-admission uncorroborated-extrajudicial-admission Whether petitioner's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel was violated
18-8154 Deondre D. Romero v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP and whether ineffective assistance of counsel dep due-process fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment victim-credibility witness-credibility Whether Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair and impartial trial was violated
18-8106 Benjamin Crump v. Delaware Delaware 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification false-testimony fourteenth-amendment wrongful-conviction Whether a conviction obtained through the use of false witness testimony that is unreliable to identify the defendant at trial must be vacated under t…
18-7873 Troy Sierra v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel right-to-counsel rights-advisement sixth-amendment Why were Petitioner's Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights violated?
18-1043 Adam Clayton Zilm v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-02-08 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof coerced-testimony criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony napue-standard napue-v-illinois recantation reliability-hearing witness-coercion Conviction of child sex abuse challenged on due process grounds for use of coerced testimony at trial
18-7298 Nicole M. Moore v. Florida Florida 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony incarceration prison-sentence prosecutorial-misconduct state-action wrongful-conviction Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the State of Florida's use of false testimony in the procurement of a conviction and 13-year prison sentence wh…
18-7267 Mashawn Greene v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-rights cooperating-witness criminal-trial criminal-trials due-process false-testimony government-witnesses prosecutor-duty prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the due process clause requires prosecutors to bear the burden of preventing and correcting false or misleading testimony by cooperating gover…
18-7081 Marlon Dantruce Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process false-testimony giglio giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review prosecutorial-misconduct slack-v-mcdaniel standing summary-judgment Whether Slack v. McDaniel requires a court of appeals to issue a certificate of appealability to a challenge a district court's holding that Giglio pe…
18-6558 Anthony James Merrick v. Arizona Arizona 2018-11-02 Denied IFP appellate-counsel attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel evidence-exclusion false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-testify trial-procedure Did the Arizona State Courts err in finding Mr. Merrick was not entitled under the constitution to testify at trial even though he attempted to make a…
18-492 David Souza v. California California 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived berger-standard berger-v-united-states constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment napue-v-illinois napue-violation preliminary-hearing pretrial-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct Does the state prosecutor's failure to acknowledge and correct false/misleading testimony at a preliminary hearing violate due process?
18-6316 Willie Gene Wilks, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2018-10-15 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process false-testimony grand-jury indictment jury-instructions plain-error-review prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error Is a defendant denied due process when a prosecutor presents and relies upon false testimony in order to secure an indictment in grand jury proceeding…
18-6155 Christian Lemus Cerna, aka Leopardo, aka Bago, aka Vago, aka Gatito, aka Christian Josue Lemus Alfaro v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-evidence-disclosure brady-violation brady-violations court-of-appeals criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-sentencing evidence-admission false-testimony jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses mandatory-life-sentence severance-of-defendants uncharged-conduct-evidence uncharged-murder-evidence Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's decisions
18-369 Fidencio Valdez v. Texas Texas 2018-09-20 Denied circumstantial-evidence constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence false-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct tacit-agreement timely-objection trier-of-fact void-for-vagueness witness-testimony Whether a defendant must timely object to a prosecutor's use of false or perjured evidence
18-6021 Patricia Burney v. Debbie Aldridge, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland due-process exculpatory-evidence false-testimony federal-due-process harmless-error jailhouse-informant state-court-denial state-law trial-prejudice Whether the state court's denial of petitioner's due process claim, wherein he alleged that the state's destruction of exculpatory evidence fatally pr…
18-5664 Chan Cheeseboro v. Little Richie Bus Service, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP accident-report civil-procedure deposition discovery district-court due-process evidence false-testimony judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-standing standing witness witness-testimony Why the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York would allow the law firm of Lewis Bris Bois Bisgaard and Smith LLP. allowed …
18-5627 Carl Anthony Webb v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-violation due-process false-arrest false-evidence false-report false-testimony fourth-amendment law-enforcement video-evidence Whether the trial court's finding of fact and conclusion of law were an abuse of discretion
18-5523 Chris Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-evidence false-testimony miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence new-reliable-evidence Claim of actual innocence given that the state presented false evidence at trial, namely fraudulent testimony from law enforcement officers
18-5403 Leroy Dean Dennis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-07-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment capital-case constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-testimony jurisdiction oklahoma-constitution-article-2-section-20 reasonable-doubt title-18-usc-section-3432 witness-endorsement Whether a defendant's constitutional rights are violated when the prosecution fails to endorse trial witnesses as required by state law