| 24-7426 |
Stephen Lynn Buggs v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claims federal-constitutional-rights fundamental-issues judicial-review subsequent-writs texas-court-of-criminal-appeals |
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in refusing to consider petitioner's claims where he alleged fundamental and federal constitutional issues… |
| 23-6276 |
Danny Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa bitemark-evidence constitutional-challenge federal-constitutional-rights forensic-science habeas-corpus judicial-resources newly-ripened-claims second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition |
Is a habeas petition 'second or successive' when the factual predicate giving rise to the petitioner's claim occurs long after the petitioner filed hi… |
| 23-5299 |
Keith Mas Sims, Jr. v. David W. Gray, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
exhaustion-of-state-remedies fair-presentation federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus procedural-default speedy-trial |
Whether a state prisoner has exhausted his federal-law-based claims for purposes of federal habeas review under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 when he has presented… |
| 22-5675 |
Larry Gapen v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2022-09-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-evidence federal-constitutional-rights federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus juror-misconduct lex-talionis state-procedural-rules |
Whether state courts violate the federal constitution's right to due process by applying state procedural rules to prevent substantial claims of feder… |
| 22-5519 |
Kareem J. Stansbury v. Michael Courley, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-system fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus pro-se-defendant procedural-default sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates criminal convictions based off cumulative violations of a pro se defendant's federal … |
| 22-5464 |
Barney Adrian Dunlap v. David Mitchell, Superintendent, Lanesboro Correctional Institution |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses state-constitutional-rights |
Has the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses supported by the evidence, in violation of Dunlap's state and f… |
| 21-6651 |
Laqunn Gary v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights federal-issues federal-treaties ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief state-procedural-bar state-procedural-bars |
Whether Miss. Code Ann. 99-39-21 was unreasonably used to bar the petitioner's fundamental issues of severe importance that revolve around federal tre… |
| 20-8408 |
Scott R. Deichsel v. Lizzie Tegels, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability denial-of-constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitutional-right federal-constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-colloquy state-law |
Whether a Certificate of Appealability can be vacated |
| 20-1613 |
John Wayne Collins v. James David Green, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
aedpa aedpa-deference clearly-established-law criminal-joinder federal-constitutional-claim federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-proceedings state-supreme-court unreasonable-application |
Whether de novo review instead of deferential review under AEDPA applies where a state supreme court's analysis was not conducted deliberately as a fe… |
| 20-7724 |
John K. Wilson v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-standard de-novo-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea no-contest-plea plea-bargaining standard-of-review state-court-proceedings |
Whether a defendant is entitled to de novo review of a claim that his guilty plea was involuntary under the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 20-5109 |
Ganaa Otgoo v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-between-state-court-decisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights legal-review reasonable-doubt state-court state-court-actions wrongful-conviction |
Whether State Court actions denied Petitioner's Federal Constitutional Rights, denied Petitioner Fair and Impartial Trial |
| 19-5041 |
Matthew Jamison v. Levern Cohen, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-review conflict-with-other-states constitutional-law due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto federal-constitutional-rights federal-question retroactive-application vested-rights |
Did S.C. Supreme Court decide on an important federal question in ways conflicting with decision of other state? |
| 18-9363 |
Michael Lee Robinson v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-sentencing constitutional-waiver due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federal-constitutional-rights hurst-rule penalty-jury retroactivity waiver |
Can a defendant waive a federal constitutional right that was unknown and unrecognized at the time? |
| 18-9293 |
Eugene Cooper v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights newly-discovered-evidence postconviction-relief right-to-counsel trial-court-discretion |
Whether the trial court erred and abused its discretion in denying Mr. Cooper's 3.850 (b) (1) Motion for Postconviction relief based on Newly Discover… |
| 18-8982 |
Daniel Warren v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge custody due-process federal-constitutional-rights federal-habeas federal-rights habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-due-process state-court state-court-review state-statute |
Whether a state court of last resort which dismisses without argument or opinion a challenge to the constitutionality of a statute from a judgment dis… |
| 18-8937 |
Michael P. Johnson v. Mark Hooks, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-constitutional-right federal-constitutional-rights federal-court-rulings habeas-corpus similar-facts sixth-circuit state-court-proceeding |
Whether a state habeas petitioner may satisfy his burden under 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(2) of making a substantial showing of a denial of a federal constitu… |
| 18-8453 |
Dusty Ray Spencer v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
binding-precedent capital-sentencing constitutional-rights death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process federal-constitutional-rights jury-instructions jury-responsibility jury-verdict sentencing-process structural-error unanimous-verdict |
Whether structural error occurs when the jury fails to return a verdict as to multiple critical elements necessary to impose the death penalty |
| 18-6849 |
Steven James v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitutional-rights jdb-v-north-carolina jury-instructions juvenile-brain-science juvenile-homicide juvenile-justice juvenile-rights miller-retroactivity miller-v-alabama retroactivity sentencing-standards |
Whether the Massachusetts statute M.G.L. c.278 sec.33E and the state court judge's decision denying discretionary appellate review for juvenile homici… |
| 18-5377 |
Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-sentencing capital-sentencing,federal-constitutional-rights,w constitutional-waiver federal-constitutional-rights federal-rights hurst-v-florida jury-fact-finding penalty-jury prospective-waiver voluntary-waiver |
Can a defendant waive a federal constitutional right that was unknown and unrecognized at the time of the purported waiver? |
| 18-5081 |
Alvin Leroy Morton v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
binding-precedent capital-sentencing criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing federal-constitutional-rights judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-responsibility jury-role sentencing-procedure structural-error unanimous-verdict |
Whether structural error occurs when the jury fails to return a verdict as to multiple critical elements necessary to impose the death penalty |