| 25-5214 |
Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2025-07-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
atkins-claim death-penalty federal-precedent intellectual-disability liberty-interest state-procedure |
Next Term, this Court will resolve a significant dispute among the federal Circuit Courts of Appeal : "Whether and how courts may consider the cumulat… |
| 23-519 |
Stephanie Lynn Soondar v. Supreme Court of Colorado |
Colorado |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-admission attorney-regulation colorado-supreme-court constitutional-jurisdiction due-process exclusive-jurisdiction federal-constitution federal-precedent state-court-authority supreme-court-rules |
Is the Colorado Supreme Court's attorney admission rules constitutional? |
| 22-1075 |
James E. Hinkle v. Ron Neal, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-precedent impeachment impeachment-evidence witness-testimony |
Whether the right to confrontation was denied |
| 22-5372 |
Tony Lee Foster v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Federal and U.S. Supreme Court precedent demands Kansas Supreme Court precedent civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-precedent judicial-review kansas-supreme-court procedural-due-process state-court state-court-review state-precedent state-statute statutory-review supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a state high court can deny review of a constitutional challenge to its own statute when procedural due process, state precedent, and federal … |
| 21-7563 |
Alexander Kates v. New York |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure custody-determination district-court-discretion due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing state-law state-law-precedent |
Are district courts allowed to disregard State law and controlling federal precedent when handling state habeas corpus petitions? |
| 21-6533 |
Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-review |
Whether the district court erred in its decision regarding the issue at hand? |
| 20-1408 |
Keith Fernandez v. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
12(b)(6)-dismissal academic-fellowship breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights contract discrimination due-process education ethnicity-discrimination federal-precedent standing |
Breach-of-contract-and-ethnicity-discrimination |
| 18-1486 |
Zachariah J. Marshall v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment federal-precedent fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion speeding traffic-stop vehicle-movement vehicle-speed warrantless-stop |
Whether the Fourth Amendment requires reasonable suspicion of speeding based on an officer's ability to provide actual or estimated vehicle speed or o… |
| 18-8428 |
Samuel V. Martinez v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus legal-ethics professional-conduct right-to-counsel standing state-court-review |
Should the United States District Court of Colorado have granted the Petitioner Counsel after he informed them that he had an ongoing Complaint agains… |
| 18-8228 |
Daryl Bocook v. Gary Mohr, Warden |
Ohio |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-precedent forensic-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-principles precedent-conflict standing state-court-dismissal supreme-court-review |
Whether the state courts' sua sponte dismissal of the petition is in direct conflict with other precedents on standing legal issues as well as federal… |
| 18-8189 |
Martin Tovar v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction |
Whether the Indiana Southern District Court erred in ruling Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was time barred and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal… |
| 18-7042 |
Robert Tracy Warterfield v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation contracts-clause due-process federal-precedent plea-agreement retroactive-application retroactive-legislation state-plea-agreements supreme-court-precedent |
What is the proper application of the Contracts Clause to a plea agreement contract, and did Texas misapply the Federal Contracts Clause to Petitioner… |