federal-claim

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5648 Ikeie Ranordo Smith v. Dale Bonn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied IFP federal-claim leave-to-file michigan-court-of-appeals procedural-default state-procedural-rules supplemental-brief 1. IS MICHIGAN COURT RULE (MCR) 7.405(E)(H) AND ALL QUATE STATE PROCEDURAL RULES PRECLUDE REVIEW OF A FEDERAL CLAIM, WHERE THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEA…
24-6798 Karl Douglas Roberts v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied Amici (2)IFP aedpa-standard atkins-claim death-penalty federal-claim habeas-corpus state-court-adjudication Whether a claim has been adjudicated on the merits by a state court under § 2254(d), where the defendant did not present a federal claim for relief an…
24-6741 Sasha Nicole Pringle v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-claim exhaustion-doctrine federal-claim habeas-corpus state-court Whether a state habeas petitioner 'fairly presents' her federal claim when the petitioner raises the substance of a federal constitutional claim in st…
24-6433 Jesus C. Gonzalez v. Dan Cromwell, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-claim ineffective-assistance merits-adjudication procedural-default state-court Whether a defendant who raises only a federal due process claim in state court proceedings has given state courts an opportunity to act on his claim p…
22-6387 Kenakil Gibson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fair-presentation federal-claim federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jackson-standard procedural-default standing state-court state-court-proceedings Does state prisoner fairly present federal nature of his claim on direct appeal
22-6229 In Re Steven B. Turner 2022-12-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus remedy remedy-unavailable state-prisoner supreme-court-holding Whether application of 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(1) and (2) violates U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, cl. 2
21-7556 Jeffrey L. G. Johnson, et al. v. Stephen R. Clark, Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process federal-claim federal-damages fourth-amendment governmental-privilege search-and-seizure Does violation of an individual's Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure give rise to a federal claim for damages
20-6338 James H. Smith v. Brian Cook, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-deference confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-charges deficient-performance federal-claim ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-misconstrue trial-court Can an attorney demonstrate deficient performance in representing a client while also facing serious criminal charges in the same court
19-6161 John Connolly v. Florida Florida 2019-10-04 Denied IFP adjudication civil-procedure due-process federal-claim judicial-reasoning procedural-requirements reasons state-court Whether the due process clause requires a state court adjudicating a federal claim to set forth the reasons for its adjudication?
19-6110 Abimael Ayala-Gonzalez v. New York New York 2019-10-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review brady-violation constitutional-duty criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-claim ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-representation-standard performance-prejudice-test prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment state-appellate-court strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does a state appellate court have a duty to resolve a federal claim of ineffective assistance of counsel claim under the Federal performance/prejudice…
19-6074 Gerald Nelson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, AFL-CIO, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complete-preemption due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute fourteenth-amendment labor-management-relations preemption removal removal-procedure state-common-law subject-matter-jurisdiction well-pleaded-complaint-rule Whether the United States Court of Appeal and District Federal Court can sua sponte a case when plaintiff has not had a chance to file a complaint and…
18-7157 Cody Wayne Mayfield v. Jimmy Martin, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied IFP clearly-established-law deferential-review due-process estelle-v-mcguire federal-claim federal-law habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court state-court-adjudication supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-application Whether deferential treatment is given when a state court's adjudication of a federal claim is not merely unreasonable, but too involved an incorrect …
18-6134 Scott Peters v. John Baldwin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion dismissal due-process federal-claim legal-action procedural-issue standing summary-judgment Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims due to lack of standing and failure to prosecute
18-299 Ross Harry Briggs v. Charles E. Rendlen, III, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response Waived article-iii bankruptcy bankruptcy-court civil-procedure claims-allowance creditor-debtor creditor-debtor-relations due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction separation-of-powers Whether a federal claim pending before an Article I bankruptcy judge and intertwined with the bankruptcy but resolvable outside the claims allowance p…
18-5110 Abron Spraggins v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review cause-and-prejudice civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-decisions procedural-default state-appellate-court Is the decision of the court of appeals regarding the procedural default of petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims in conflict with or …