| 25-861 |
Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, et al. v. Keith M. Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights enforcement-authority federal-court-review first-amendment judicial-precedent state-law |
Minnesota enacted a law prohibiting employers from requiring employees to attend meetings in which the employer discusses its views on political or re… |
| 25-6276 |
Hisan Lee v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit-evidence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process federal-court-review judicial-discretion |
1. Due Process and False Evidence:
Whether due process is violated when a federal court relies ona demonstrably false affidavit from defense counsel, … |
| 22-5850 |
Justin Michael Fenney v. Tracy Beltz, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
2253-statute 28-usc-2253 appellate-relief certificate-of-appealability conviction factual-support federal-court-review habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 where there is no fact… |
| 21-5917 |
Darius Murphy v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-10-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-deference state-court-procedure statutory-deference |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit improperly applied 28-U.S.C-2254(d) |
| 21-463 |
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, District Court of Texas, 114th District, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Amici (9) |
abortion abortion-law civil-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-review sovereign-immunity standing state-legislation |
Whether a State can insulate from federal-court review a law that prohibits the exercise of a constitutional right by delegating to the general public… |
| 20-1009 |
David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry v. David Martinez Ramirez |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-27 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (13)Relisted (3) |
aedpa evidentiary-development federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel procedural-default |
Whether AEDPA's bar on evidentiary development under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2) applies to a federal court's merits review of a claim when a court excuses… |
| 20-6863 |
Tommy Findley v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-court-review first-amendment fourth-amendment internet-access probable-cause state-law-application supervised-release warrant-application warrant-probable-cause |
Whether a federal court is required to apply controlling state law in determining whether facts omitted from a warrant application vitiate probable ca… |
| 20-6287 |
In Re Antonio Akel |
|
2020-11-12 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-court-review habeas-corpus mandamus procedural-default |
Whether the United States and a pattern of utilizing an erroneous certificate of appealability is the only appropriate remedy, where petitioners have … |
| 20-5501 |
Andrew Darvin Hersh v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
ativan-influence confession-admissibility credibility-determination credibility-determinations due-process federal-court-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession non-custodial-confession state-court-findings state-court-review |
Does a 'non-custodial' confession uttered under the influence of the prescription drug, 'Ativan,' render a confession involuntary and inadmissible? |
| 20-5384 |
Jerome Nathan Grant v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-court-review pro-se-petition right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement standing |
Whether the petitioner's equal protection and right to counsel rights were violated |
| 19-8285 |
In Re David L. Williams |
|
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing |
Was dismissal of Petitioner Appeal error by the Fifth Circuit? |
| 19-1023 |
Donnie Morgan, Warden v. Vincent D. White, Jr. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
actual-prejudice cause-and-prejudice circuit-split federal-court-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default state-postconviction-counsel |
Whether a federal court may excuse a procedural default of an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with 'some merit' under Martinez v. Ryan w… |
| 19-6558 |
Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-findings state-court state-court-deference strickland-v-washington trial-strategy wilson-v-sellers witness-investigation |
Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision by… |
| 19-6298 |
John Steven Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability federal-court-review federal-habeas-proceedings fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard state-court-deference state-habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers |
Whether in denying a COA, the Fifth Circuit's methodology in the Gardner opinion is in conflict with Wilson v. Sellers and Miller-El |
| 19-150 |
Lynn Lumbard, et al. v. City of Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 5th-amendment federal-court-review fifth-amendment just-compensation loretto-v-teleprompter permanent-physical-occupation physical-occupation san-remo-hotel state-court-exhaustion takings takings-claim takings-clause |
Whether Petitioners' Takings Clause claim should be reinstated |
| 19-5332 |
Todd J. Tibbs v. Randy Grounds, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa appellate-review factual-determination factual-determinations federal-court-review federal-habeas habeas-corpus prejudice-standard some-evidence standard state-court-deference |
Does federal habeas law allow the application of a 'some evidence' standard in upholding state court factual determinations? |
| 18-9116 |
Jesus Cotto v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-petition compliance-exception due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-court-discretion federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction procedural-default procedural-rules state-court-determination state-court-rules state-courts |
Whether Federal Courts May Excuse A Petitioner's Failure To Comply With The State Court's Procedural Rules, Notwithstanding The State Court's Determin… |
| 18-1357 |
Randy Cummings, et al. v. Celina Bussey, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 clearly-established-law discretionary-function federal-court-interpretation federal-court-review ministerial-exception property-rights qualified-immunity state-law state-law-interpretation state-supreme-court-precedent statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court interpreting a state statute can conclude that it grants the state agency discretion such that the 'ministerial exception' to … |
| 18-1181 |
Tim Shoop, Warden v. Ahmad Fawzi Issa |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
aedpa aedpa-standard confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington due-process federal-court-review habeas-corpus retroactivity sixth-amendment state-prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a state prisoner's conviction is constitutional under current Supreme Court precedent, even if it violated now-overruled precedent at the time… |
| 18-7867 |
Meria James Bradley v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa constitutional-rights due-process evidence-withholding federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-findings state-court-proceedings state-court-review |
Whether defense counsel withheld evidence that could have shown the petitioner was actually innocent |
| 18-7847 |
Ronell Howlett v. Reed Richardson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 procedural-bar rape-shield-law right-to-present-defense state-court state-court-review |
Is a federal court permitted/required to review a state court's reliance on a procedural bar, when a petitioner claims the application of the facts do… |
| 18-7149 |
Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers |
Did the Sixth Circuit err by applying the pre-Wilson 'could-have-reasoned' approach—which blatantly disregarded Wilson and created a split with other … |
| 18-7044 |
Andrew John Yellowbear, Jr. v. Robert O. Lampert, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections |
Wyoming |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-court-jurisdiction federal-court-review federal-jurisdiction federal-laws-and-statutes habeas-corpus indian-treaties indian-tribes-and-reservations state-habeas-corpus |
Whether the Wyoming Supreme Court's reliance on precedent derived from the state-friendly deferential standard of the Antiterrorism and Effective Deat… |
| 18-6244 |
Dennis Martin v. Oklahoma, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus standing civil-rights due-process federal-court-review habeas-corpus state-court-procedure statute-of-limitations |
Whether the state court erred in dismissing the petitioner's habeas corpus petition as untimely under the state's statute of limitations |
| 18-5479 |
Tadareous Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-performance due-process evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-standard federal-court-review findings-of-fact habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-deference legal-findings procedural-fairness state-court-findings state-court-proceedings trial-court-duty |
Whether a state court's failure to make findings on controverted and unresolved issues requires a federal court to find counsel ineffective without fi… |