federal-habeas-review

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25-6692 Ana Rosenda Mancio v. Lavelle Parker, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus strickland-standard 1. In applying Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78 (1935) to a Habeas Corpus Claim based on the State's unreasonable application of "characterized mi…
23-6587 Pedro Andres Bravo v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-review federal-habeas-review final-judgment gonzalez-v-thaler habeas-corpus state-court-finality state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Court's holding in Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134 (2012), that a judgment becomes final (pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A)) when the…
22-6613 Robert Nathaniel Brown v. Florida Florida 2023-01-24 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment standard-of-review state-court-decisions Strickland-v-Washington Whether the state appellate court misapplied Harrington v. Richter
21-7546 Ronald Scott Eddington v. Josh Tewalt, Director, Idaho Department of Correction Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-decoster wilson-v-sellers Should the Ninth Circuit or the Federal District Court of Idaho have issued a COA on Petitioner's claims
21-5237 Taurice Leonard Brown v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-review jury-selection merits-decision sixth-amendment supremacy-clause Whether the Florida courts are refusing to consider Sixth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by not treating such claims as decisio…
20-6876 Leon Tollette v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254(d) eleventh-circuit federal-habeas-review harrington-v-richter ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether, on federal habeas review under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), a federal court may refuse to 'look through' to the last reasoned state court decision, a…
20-6005 Victor Brancaccio v. Florida Florida 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-claims federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. C…
20-5802 Timothy W. Saunders v. Terry Raybon, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied IFP due-process exhausted-claim exhaustion federal-habeas federal-habeas-review martinez-v-ryan merits-adjudication post-conviction post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-deference state-court-proceedings What deference, if any, is due to a state court decision on an exhausted post-conviction claim when the decision arises from a system that does not gi…
20-5801 James Rogers v. Florida Florida 2020-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-claims federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus legal-precedent state-court-decisions supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. C…
20-5486 Spencer E. Miles v. Florida Florida 2020-08-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause
20-5485 Maurice Moss v. Florida Florida 2020-08-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause
20-5416 Roosevelt Cure, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-08-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause
19-1307 Edward Thomas, Warden v. William Leroy Barnes Fourth Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied actual-prejudice brecht-v-abrahamson criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-review fourth-circuit habeas-corpus juror-misconduct jury jury-contact precedent-interpretation substantial-effect Did the Fourth Circuit misapply this Court's precedents by granting habeas relief where there was no evidence that a juror's contact with a third part…
19-8042 Lewis Taylor Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review merits-decision state-court-decision state-court-decisions state-court-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017) (per curiam), a case arising under federal habeas revi…
19-7861 Sean P. Reilly v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-claims federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus in-custody in-custody-requirement lackawanna-county-v-cross schlup-v-delo witness-tampering Whether the 'actual innocence' gateway to federal habeas review allows a federal habeas petitioner to overcome the 'in custody' requirement
19-5728 Kristin L. Hardy v. Kelly Santoro, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review district-court evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel performance-prong plea-negotiations sentencing-exposure state-court Whether a federal appellate court fails to provide legitimate federal habeas review
19-5524 Tong Lor v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa evidence-presented-in-state-court federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review judicial-procedure presumption-of-correctness state-court-finding-of-fact state-court-findings unreasonable-determination-of-facts Does the AEDPA require the presumption of correctness to be applied to the state court's finding of fact when the petitioner is challenging that fact,…
18-9159 Freddy Brown v. Florida Florida 2019-05-06 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims constitutional-question eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-review legal-interpretation merits-decision merits-determination state-court state-court-decisions supreme-court-precedent Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a deci…
18-9152 Gary Reid v. Florida Florida 2019-05-06 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-claims constitutional-question eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation legal-precedent merits-decision state-court state-court-decisions supreme-court-review Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), as a decision on the merits of the underlying constit…
18-9080 Joseph Carter v. Florida Florida 2019-05-01 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-claims constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment federal-habeas-review federal-review graham-v-florida habeas-corpus habeas-review judicial-interpretation legal-precedent merits-decision miller-v-alabama parole state-court-decisions supreme-court-review Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), as a decision on the merits of the underlying constit…
18-1197 Deanna Brookhart, Acting Warden v. Anthony D. Lee, Sr. Seventh Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2254-standard 28-usc-2254 affidavit-evidence evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-probability state-court-determination state-postconviction-review Whether a state court makes an unreasonable determination of fact under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2) by assuming the truth of affidavits provided in support…
18-8201 Robert Edward Butler v. Howard W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-02-28 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-appeal due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review procedural-default retroactivity state-post-conviction-proceedings statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether Supreme Court decisions in Buck v. Davis, Martinez v. Ryan, and Trevino v. Thaler permit federal habeas review of ineffective assistance of ap…
18-7650 Robert Mitchell Jennings v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP appellate-review claim-exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine federal-habeas federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel johnson-v-williams judicial-legitimacy judicial-procedure merits-review procedural-default trevino-v-thaler Does a court contravene Johnson v. Williams, 569 U.S. 289 (2013), evade application of Trevino v. Thaler, 569 U.S. 413 (2013), and depart from the acc…
18-7326 Mark Anthony Soliz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied IFP certiorari-standard due-process federal-habeas-review federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation plain-statement-rule procedural-default state-court-decision state-court-determination state-court-proceedings Whether this Court should grant certiorari to remand this case to the Fifth Circuit because the Fifth Circuit misapplied this Court's 'plain statement…
18-656 Johnathan Hall, Director, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole v. William O. Ayers Sixth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied 28-usc-2254 experienced-criminal-defense-attorney experienced-criminal-trial-attorney federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-court-decision uncounseled-defendant waiver Was federal habeas relief improperly granted when, without basis in this Court's clearly established precedent, the federal court disregarded the dete…
18-6400 Tarvares James Watson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law state-law-procedural-principles state-procedural-law Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in overlooking the relevant state law procedural principles underlying petitioner's constitutional …
18-5964 Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-reasoning state-court-review wilson-v-sellers Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision failing to grant a certificate of appealability for the ineffective assistance of counsel claim conflicts with Wi…
18-5312 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP aedpa-limitations aedpa-tolling circuit-court-split circuit-split dna-testing due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling federal-habeas-review finality habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-review statutory-tolling Does a properly filed application for post-conviction DNA testing toll AEDPA's limitation period under 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(2)?