federal-appeal
27 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A812 | Jesus Herrera-Salazar v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2026-01-13 | Application | court-appointed-counsel criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-appeal tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari | Question not identified. | |
| 25A697 | Tra'ven Boyer-Letlow v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-12-15 | Application | counsel-of-record criminal-conviction federal-appeal indigent-defendant petition-for-certiorari sixth-circuit | Question not identified. | |
| 25A413 | Jose M. Rojas-Tapia v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-10-09 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-review extension-of-time federal-appeal first-circuit procedural-standards writ-of-certiorari | Whether the First Circuit correctly applied constitutional or procedural standards in reviewing the underlying case involving Jose M. Rojas-Tapia | |
| 25A328 | Palma Jefferson, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-22 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability federal-appeal legal-resources pro-se supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari when denied a Certificate of Appealability and fac… | |
| 25A74 | Harriet Nicholson v. Bank of New York Mellon | Second Circuit | 2025-07-18 | Application | appellate-jurisdiction due-process federal-appeal non-judicial-foreclosure res-judicata substitute-trustee-deed | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5006 | Fredrick Johnson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | as-applied-challenge circuit-precedent federal-appeal firearm-possession rahimi-decision second-amendment | When a criminal defendant in the middle of a direct appeal seeks relief that first becomes available as a result of an intervening decision from this … |
| 24A974 | Greg Gogin v. Michael Meisner, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2025-04-11 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights federal-appeal prisoner-litigation pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari | Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an enlargement of time to file a writ of certiorari should be granted when the petitioner claims limited legal … | |
| 24A572 | Robert Lewis Dear, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-12-11 | Presumed Complete | criminal-conviction federal-appeal procedural-due-process supreme-court-review tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly applied legal standards in affirming the criminal convictions of a defendant who sought to challenge the procedura… | |
| 24A559 | Alexander Nicholaus Sweet v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-12-09 | Presumed Complete | criminal-conviction federal-appeal petition-for-rehearing supreme-court-procedure tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied legal standards in affirming the criminal convictions of the petitioner | |
| 24A451 | Emilio Santiago v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-11-05 | Presumed Complete | federal-appeal habeas-corpus prisoner-rights section-2255 supreme-court-procedure time-extension | Whether a federal prisoner may obtain an extension of time to file a certiorari petition challenging a district court's denial of a Section 2255 motio… | |
| 24A371 | Benjamin Tyree Townsel v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-18 | Presumed Complete | criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-appeal jurisdiction sentencing standard-of-review | Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly applied the standard of review in affirming a criminal conviction and sentence | |
| 24A217 | Tyron Felder v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-08-28 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-appeal habeas-corpus post-conviction pro-se | Whether a pro se criminal defendant can obtain a certificate of appealability after the district court and appellate court have denied relief on post-… | |
| 24-5164 | Joel Miles v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice sentencing waiver | Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for judgments that represent a miscarriage of justice? |
| 23A957 | Benjamin Galecki and Burton Ritchie v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-04-25 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-violation criminal-conviction federal-appeal ninth-circuit panel-decision writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly applied the standard for reviewing a federal criminal conviction in light of alleged constitutional violations | |
| 23A692 | Montel Westley v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-01-26 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-appeal in-forma-pauperis sixth-circuit writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming a criminal conviction where the defendant claims a violation of his constitutional right… | |
| 23A680 | Robert J. Rice v. United States | Third Circuit | 2024-01-23 | Presumed Complete | criminal-procedure federal-appeal incarceration legal-review third-circuit writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Third Circuit's decision in United States v. Rice warrants Supreme Court review based on potential legal errors in the underlying criminal… | |
| 23-6346 | Walter Freeman Jordan, III v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-12-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | case-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-petition sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's denial of Petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C… |
| 23A571 | Craig Alan Morrison v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-12-21 | Presumed Complete | criminal-sentencing federal-appeal federal-public-defender supreme-court-review tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Tenth Circuit's affirmance of the criminal sentence warrants Supreme Court review under standards for certiorari | |
| 23A359 | Amanda Lyn Walker v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-10-20 | Presumed Complete | appellate-review certiorari criminal-law federal-appeal tenth-circuit united-states-v-walker | Whether the Tenth Circuit's ruling in United States v. Walker improperly interpreted or applied a federal criminal law or constitutional standard | |
| 23-5500 | Le'Troy D. Merritt v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2023-09-01 | Denied | IFP | confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-rules fair-trial federal-appeal habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process state-action | Can a state's evidentiary rules violate the Constitution's due process clause by depriving a defendant of a fair trial? |
| 22-6537 | Miguel Murillo-Ramos v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-rights civil-procedure corollary-right decision due-process federal-appeal judicial-review legal-remedy procedural-fairness standing | Whether, as a matter of due process, the federal right to appeal encompasses a corollary right to a decision |
| 20-328 | Charlie Wilson, as Executor of the Estate of Debra Wilson v. Dallas County Hospital District, dba Parkland Health and Hospital System | Texas | 2020-09-11 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure conflict-preemption federal-appeal federal-removal jurisdictional-ping-pong preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-deadlines statutory-deadline tolling | Are state statutory pre-discovery deadlines tolled during a federal appeal after removal to federal court? |
| 20-5611 | Andy Buxton v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-09-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-representation post-conviction-relief procedural-default | Whether claims of ineffective assistance of post-conviction counsel could serve as cause to excuse the procedural default of a claim of trial counsel'… |
| 19-1420 | Jared D. Herrmann v. Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of the Army | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-25 | Denied | Response Waived | certificate-of-appealability collateral-consequences constitutional-challenge custody custody-interpretation federal-appeal federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus military-tribunals subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the district court misinterpreted its subject matter jurisdiction |
| 19-5142 | Charles Anthony Ball v. Mike Slagle | Fourth Circuit | 2019-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-appeal federal-rule free-speech judicial-conflict meloy standing statutory-interpretation | Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err on an important federal question by entering its decision/judgment, which is in conf… |
| 18-9020 | Michael Marshall v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit guilty-plea jurisdictional-grounds plea-bargaining sentencing | Whether the writ should issue so that this Court may decide whether Petitioner's guilty plea was valid |
| 18-7322 | Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Jason Bryant, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2019-01-09 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appeal confrontation-clause criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness federal-appeal indigent-defense sixth-amendment tenth-circuit | Whether the Tenth Circuit Court erred in holding that the District Court of Tulsa County's refusal to permit a unique expert defense witness to presen… |