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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25A902 | Raymond Ghaloustian, aka Valnyk Matthewsi v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2026-02-09 | Application | appellate-review certificate-of-appealability federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 | Question not identified. | |
| 25A635 | Robert Keaton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-02 | Application | equitable-tolling extraordinary-relief federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mental-health suicide-attempt | Whether a federal prisoner's suicide attempt and subsequent mental health challenges constitute grounds for equitable tolling or extraordinary relief … | |
| 25A361 | Michael Rene Garrett v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-29 | Presumed Complete | 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-prisoner post-judgment-motion pro-se | Whether a federal prisoner's pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging a conviction can be procedurally dismissed without a certificate of appealabil… | |
| 25A358 | Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-29 | Presumed Complete | certiorari-extension federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance law-library prison-conditions section-2255 | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 based on ineffective assistance of counsel when facing procedural barriers in acce… | |
| 25A281 | Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-09-11 | Presumed Complete | collateral-review due-diligence federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2255 successive-petition | Whether a federal prisoner may file a successive habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 without demonstrating new evidence or a retroactive constituti… | |
| 25A222 | Anthony Wayne March v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-26 | Presumed Complete | extension-of-time federal-prisoner judicial-review motion-filing pro-se supreme-court | Whether a federal prisoner's pro se motion for an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition constitutes a cognizable legal claim warranting j… | |
| 25A122 | Muhamed Pathe Bah v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Presumed Complete | 28-usc-2255 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability after the district court denies habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 | |
| 24-5978 | In Re Marquis Deron Heard | 2024-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2255-motion federal-prisoner mandamus-relief pro-se-petition search-warrant sixth-circuit | Whether a federal prisoner's multiple appeals of a 2255 motion and unresolved search warrant issues constitute grounds for mandamus relief | |
| 24A429 | Earl Francis Hart v. Charles Daniels, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2024-10-31 | Presumed Complete | actual-innocence criminal-conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus savings-clause section-2241 | Whether a federal prisoner can collaterally challenge his criminal convictions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 by invoking the savings clause of § 2255(e) base… | |
| 24-5817 | Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix | Third Circuit | 2024-10-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-court-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation successive-petition | Whether § 2244(b)(1) and (b)(2)'s bar, which explicitly references only § 2254, also applies to a claim by a federal prisoner who brings a successive … |
| 24A134 | Dimas Deleon Rios v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-08-06 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge a district court's denial of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S… | |
| 24A70 | Ricky Donnell Abner v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-07-22 | Presumed Complete | certiorari federal-prisoner legal-access lockdown pro-se time-extension | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a certiorari petition when experiencing lockdown conditions that impede legal resea… | |
| 23-7772 | Christopher L. Parker v. Darren Galloway, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2024-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-court-remedies | Whether the petitioner was denied due process by not being allowed to submit supplemental evidentiary arguments or be allowed to submit an amended mem… |
| 23A1079 | John Thomas v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2024-06-03 | Presumed Complete | appeal-standard constitutional-right district-court federal-prisoner post-conviction section-2255 | Whether a federal prisoner can successfully challenge a district court's denial of a post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 through a certifica… | |
| 23A976 | Michael Edwin Harding v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-05-02 | Presumed Complete | collateral-review federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance post-conviction pro-se section-2255 | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain collateral review under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 when procedural barriers prevent timely preparation of a post-convictio… | |
| 23A926 | Keith Hager v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-04-17 | Presumed Complete | certiorari-deadline federal-prisoner judicial-extension post-conviction pro-se section-2255 | Whether a pro se federal prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a certiorari petition after the standard deadline when challenging a distric… | |
| 23-6994 | Donald M. Reynolds v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-03-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review direct-appeal federal-prisoner guidelines-range resentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification | Whether a federal prisoner's direct appeal for sentencing issues must be remanded to the district court for resentencing when a retroactive amendment … |
| 23A826 | Adam Carson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-03-08 | Presumed Complete | administrative-exhaustion federal-prisoner first-step-act judicial-review sentence-calculation sentencing-relief | Whether a federal prisoner's challenge to his sentence calculation under the First Step Act constitutes a cognizable claim for judicial relief after a… | |
| 23-6644 | Matthew Lane Durham v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief trial-review | Whether a federal prisoner can bring a free-standing claim of actual innocence to seek a new trial |
| 23-723 | Joseph Randolph Mays v. T. B. Smith, Warden, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2024-01-04 | Rehearing | Response WaivedRelisted (3) | bivens bivens-claim civil-rights damages-suit due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-prisoner race-discrimination racial-discrimination supreme-court-precedent | Whether a federal inmate prisoner may bring a Bivens claim for racial discrimination against prison officials |
| 23A549 | Omero Nino-Guerrero v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-12-14 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-access-to-courts court-appointed-counsel federal-prisoner language-barrier petition-for-certiorari pro-se-litigant | Whether a federal prisoner who does not speak English is entitled to court-appointed counsel to assist in preparing a petition for certiorari | |
| 23-6237 | Gregory I. Ezeani v. William Anderson, Warden, et al. | Third Circuit | 2023-12-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-prisoner healthcare-denial immigration immigration-detention medical-negligence medical-treatment retaliation | Whether the plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when DHS/ICE unlawfully arrested him, denied him proper medical treatment, and failed to f… |
| 23-6236 | Joseph R. Dickey v. Warden, FCI Marianna | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-12-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-restrictions constitutional-challenge federal-prisoner felker-v-turpin habeas-corpus successive-petition | Whether 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(1) applies to claims in 28 U.S.C. 2255 motions |
| 23A499 | Stephen Aguiar v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-12-01 | Presumed Complete | appeal-dismissal certificate-of-appealability federal-prisoner mootness section-2255 supervised-release | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability and hold an appeal in abeyance after fully serving his sentence for a supervised … | |
| 23-5950 | Kent Leroy Clark v. United States | Third Circuit | 2023-11-03 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-remedy federal-prisoner postconviction-relief | Whether a federal prisoner is required to obtain a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) to appeal a district court's choice of remed… |
| 23A389 | Guillermo Borboa aka Omar Gabriel Borboa v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-10-30 | Presumed Complete | appellate-review certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability after being denied relief on federal habeas corpus claims | |
| 23-5669 | Steven Grimm v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-09-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582 2255-petition compassionate-release compassionate-relief district-court federal-prisoner first-amendment habeas-corpus religious-beliefs religious-exemption rluipa section-3582 | Where a federal prisoner's religious beliefs prevented him from getting vaccinated, was it error for the district court to deny his motion for compass… |
| 22-7669 | Larenzo Gabourel v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-06-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 collateral-relief factual-innocence federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 | May the collateral relief mechanism for Federal prisoners pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 be used to promote a claim of factual innocence? |
| 22-1153 | Hector Mendez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-05-30 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus procedural-grounds right-to-hearing statutory-rights | Does a district court deny a federal prisoner the constitutional or statutory right to be heard by misreading or ignoring the case files and records a… |
| 22-7582 | Rodolfo A. Cuellar, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-05-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal criminal-law drug-convictions federal-prisoner first-step-act resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | Whether the defendant is entitled to a reduced sentence under the First Step Act, and the proper interpretation of the statutory maximum authorized by… |
| 22-5782 | Matthew Tassin v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-10-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 circuit-court circuit-court-authority criminal-procedure district-court federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel resentencing section-2255 sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation | Whether a Circuit Court can limit the authority of a district court to resentence a federal criminal defendant or correct a criminal sentence 'as may … |
| 22-5515 | Jose Agapito Salas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-09-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-prisoner findings-of-fact habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation | Whether the district court violated the congressional mandate under 28 U.S.C. §2255(b) by denying a federal prisoner's first-time habeas motion withou… |
| 21-7389 | John Peyton Alexander, II v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2022-03-16 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis parole post-conviction-relief sentence-computation sentence-modification standing supreme-court-precedent unconstitutional-statute | Whether a financially solvent prisoner has a constitutional right to receive in forma pauperis status to file a meritorious petition for writ of certi… |
| 21-7284 | Jesus Ruiz v. Louis Williams, II, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2022-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2241 section-2255 sentence statutory-interpretation | Whether a new statutory interpretation from this Court allows a federal prisoner to redress the legality of his conviction or sentence pursuant to 28 … |
| 21-6988 | Paul E. Pavulak v. Warden, FMC Butner | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-U.S.C-§-2241 28-U.S.C-§-2255(e) federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan postconviction-review section-2241 section-2255 | May a federal prisoner seeking review of a defaulted claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel seek postconviction review under 28-U.S.C-§-2241… |
| 21-6554 | Frank L. Amodeo v. FCC Coleman - Low, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-conflict constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-remedy procedural-review | Whether §2255 is inadequate or ineffective when binding precedent forecloses relief even when a meritorious claim of actual innocence is proven |
| 21-763 | John Forrest Ham, Jr. v. M. Breckon, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2021-11-23 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (4) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity section-2241 section-2255 sentence-review sentencing | Whether a district court has jurisdiction under section 2241 to review a claim that a federal prisoner's sentence is invalid in light of an intervenin… |
| 21-655 | Max Ray Butler v. S. Porter, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2021-11-03 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | adequate-medical-care bivens bivens-remedy civil-rights constitutional-rights eighth-amendment federal-courts federal-prisoner federal-prisoners medical-care | Whether Bivens remedies are categorically unavailable to federal prisoners in any other context |
| 21-5873 | Justin Douglas Jones v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence federal-prisoner hobbs-act ninth-circuit physical-force sentencing-enhancement | Should the Ninth Circuit have issued a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualified as a 'crime of … |
| 21-347 | Michael Jackson v. Donald Hudson, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2021-09-03 | Dismissed | circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum saving-clause section-2255 statutory-maximum | Whether a federal prisoner is entitled to bring a habeas claim under the saving clause of Section 2255(e) to challenge the unlawful application of a m… | |
| 21-5435 | In Re Antonio Crawford | 2021-08-20 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-rights conviction-challenge federal-prisoner habeas-corpus | Can a federal prisoner seek 28 USC 2254 habeas corpus relief to challenge the conviction based on a claim of actual innocence? | |
| 20-8448 | Henry Paul Richardson v. Christopher Gomez, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-court-interpretation circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus procedural-opportunity saving-clause statutory-interpretation | Does the saving clause under 28 U.S.C. 2255(e) permit a federal prisoner to proceed in a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. 2241 when the remedy under 28… |
| 20-7779 | Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-04-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-U.S.C. civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-authority prisoner-petition second-or-successive statutory-construction | Did the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals err when it affirmed the District Court's construing of Petitioner's Motion as an unauthorized second or successi… |
| 20-7127 | Clyde Pontefract v. United States, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2021-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bivens bivens-action civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-prisoner federal-prisons injunctive-relief municipal-liability standing | Does Ziglar V Abbasi apply to Eighth Amendment claims by federal prisoners? |
| 20-6666 | Sebastian L. Eccleston v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2020-12-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-justice due-process federal-prisoner federal-sentencing sentencing-statutes state-judiciary | Whether federal sentencing statutes and the Constitution require the Bureau of Prisons to execute the sentence of a federal prisoner to effectuate the… |
| 20-5377 | Brandon Ray Buckles v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-08-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | §-2255-motion 28-usc-2255 due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-prisoner fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel | Is a district court's summary denial of a federal prisoner's § 2255 motion without an evidentiary hearing improper when the prisoner alleges ineffecti… |
| 20-5194 | In Re Kevin D. Moore | 2020-07-31 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | compassionate-release covid-19 due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus non-successive-claim post-conviction-relief sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) based on the COVID-19 pandem… | |
| 19-1365 | Ramon Hueso v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2020-06-12 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 28-usc-2255 circuit-law circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief retroactivity savings-clause sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether an individual serving a wrongfully enhanced sentence is barred from obtaining relief solely because the wrongfulness of the sentence was estab… |
| 19-8585 | Van Jackson v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-06-02 | Dismissed | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure due-process federal-prisoner post-conviction-relief procedural-law rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation | Whether a federal prisoner has a right to present an argument based on a change in procedural law on his first motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 |
| 19-1226 | In Re Masoud Bamdad | 2020-04-17 | Denied | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 constitutional-rights constitutional-violation detention-review due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus inadequate-and-ineffective ineffective-assistance jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge procedural-remedy | Whether a federal prisoner can obtain relief via the original writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §2241 when the initial §2255 motion and its subseq… | ||
| 19-8008 | Jeremy Fontanez v. J. Coakley, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-materials prison-policy prisoner-rights | Does the policy in 6.0.8 violate a federal prisoner's First Amendment right to reasonable access to the courts, where the policy allows only one hour … |
| 19-7247 | Mark Linnear Hays v. Randy L. Tews, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause second-or-successive second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation | Whether a federal prisoner's challenge to his conviction or sentence under 28 U.S.C. §2255 is 'inadequate or ineffective' - and thus the prisoner may … |
| 19-7144 | James Brandon Strouse v. Warden, USP Coleman II | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 conviction-challenge federal-prisoner habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective post-conviction-relief section-2241 section-2255 sentence-challenge sentencing | Can a federal prisoner challenge their sentence or conviction under 28 U.S.C. Sect. 2241 motion when their post Section 2255 motion is inadequate or i… |
| 19-683 | Jermaine Lenard Moss v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2019-11-27 | Denied | retroactive change in the statutory rule that ori 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review conviction-challenge federal-prisoner federal-prisoners federal-prisoners-collateral-review inadequate-or-ineffective-remedy retroactive-effect retroactive-statutory-changes saving-clause statutory-rule | Whether a federal prisoner may proceed through § 2255(e)'s saving clause to seek collateral review under § 2241 when that prisoner has demonstrated a … | |
| 19-6109 | James Abraham Mata v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 district-court-judgment federal-prisoner federal-statutory-provisions habeas-corpus record-silence retroactive-decision second-or-successive-motion statutory-provision successive-motion unconstitutional unconstitutional-provision unconstitutional-statute | When seeking relief under a retroactive decision invalidating a federal statutory provision as unconstitutional, what must a federal prisoner show in … |
| 19-6056 | Michael Renee Hernandez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-09-25 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | §-2255 28-U.S.C-2244(b)(4) 28-U.S.C-2255(h) 28-usc-2244b4 28-usc-2255h armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner gatekeeping-standard johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-hurdle sentencing successive-motion | Whether a federal prisoner must satisfy a second jurisdictional hurdle under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(4) after securing appellate-court authorization to fi… |
| 19-5960 | Ben W. Bane v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affidavits breach-of-duty civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner federal-tort-claims-act judicial-enforcement medical-negligence prisoner-rights procedural-requirements standing state-law state-law-preemption | Whether a Federal District Court and the Appellant Court can enforce a Local State Law requiring affidavits for a federal prisoner's Federal Tort Clai… |
| 19-5911 | Paul R. Butts v. Eric D. Wilson, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2019-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence congressional-intent congressional-interpretation federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause statutory-interpretation | Does the 'saving clause' of 28 U.S.C. §2255 provide an avenue of judicial review for a federal prisoner to claim his actual innocence due to a congres… |
| 19-5608 | Christopher Joe Cantu v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca-elements-clause certificate-of-appealability disagreement federal-prisoner judicial-disagreement post-conviction-claim postconviction-claim reasonable-judges statutory-interpretation texas-aggravated-robbery texas-burglary | Whether a federal prisoner is entitled to a certificate of appealability when reasonable judges have disagreed about the legal issues governing his po… |
| 19-5579 | Sebastian Eccleston v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-08-13 | Dismissed | Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-delay post-conviction-relief post-conviction-statute statutory-interpretation supervisory-power | Whether § 2244(b)(3)(D)'s 30-day deadline for deciding motions for authorization is binding or merely advisory |
| 19-5580 | In Re Sebastian Eccleston | 2019-08-13 | Dismissed | Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP | 28-usc-1651 appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-writ federal-prisoner judicial-discretion mandamus post-conviction statutory-interpretation writ-of-mandamus | Whether the exceptional circumstances of this case warrant the exercise of this Court's discretionary powers to issue a writ of mandamus pursuant to 2… | |
| 19-5526 | Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Federal Circuit | 2019-08-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction | Whether the VA pension was properly denied after medical expenses were incurred, despite the widow's disability and financial hardship |
| 19-5127 | William D. Dunne v. G. J. Bissett, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggregated-sentences consecutive-sentences federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus mandatory-parole mandatory-release parole parole-eligibility pre-SRA sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation | Does pre-Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA)-2 old law parole statute apply to petitioner's 1980 95 year aggregate federal sentence |
| 19-52 | Alfred J. Walker v. N. C. English, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2019-07-08 | Denied | Relisted (2) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-procedure federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation | May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to challenge an unlawful conviction or sentence foreclosed by binding … |
| 18-9719 | Jason M. Lund v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act burrage-v-united-states federal-habeas federal-prisoner habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations summary-relief summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent | Does the Seventh Circuit's decision directly conflict with the holding of McQuiggin v. Perkins? And does the error warrant summary relief? |
| 18-9653 | Todd Ricks v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion | When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th… |
| 18-9403 | In Re Christopher Johnson | 2019-05-23 | Denied | IFP | 2255-motion 28-usc-2241 922g-offense binding-precedent circuit-precedent commerce-clause criminal-procedure erroneous-precedent federal-prisoner foreclosed-arguments habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | Whether a federal prisoner may file a habeas-corpus petition under 28-usc-2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by binding-but-erroneous circuit-preceden… | |
| 18-8703 | Alan Wade Johnson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-04-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner legal-background procedural-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement silent-record successive-habeas-motion successive-motion | When a federal prisoner demonstrates that, due to a silent record and the relevant legal background, the sentencing court may have relied on the Armed… |
| 18-8357 | Richard A. Wilford v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden, et al. | Third Circuit | 2019-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-privilege criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner governmental-custodian habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se pro-se-petition standing unlawful-detention | Whether the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a federal prisoner's pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the governmental custodia… |
| 18-8155 | Benjamin E. Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence constitutional-right constitutional-rights courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-scholars standing state-prisoner | Does a state and/or federal prisoner have a constitutional right to raise a freestanding claim of actual innocence, in a federal habeas corpus proceed… |
| 18-7989 | Manuel Guerrero v. N. C. English, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2019-02-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation | May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by erroneous circuit precedent |
| 18-7723 | Randy Dempsey v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-prisoner residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-motion | When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th… |
| 18-7681 | In Re Erasmo Aguinaga | 2019-01-30 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ manifest-miscarriage-of-justice procedural-framework saving-clause | Has the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals effectively suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus, without authorization | |
| 18-7674 | Michael S. Gorbey v. Michael McCall, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2019-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process extradition federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation | Can a state habeas corpus be removed from state court to federal court? |
| 18-7570 | Anthony Eugene Hardeman v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion | When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful basis to enhance his sentence, but fails… |
| 18-7495 | Willie E. Boyd v. Francisco J. Quintana, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2019-01-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | even though the federal prisoner has demonstrated under Brady and shows new evidence that undermine 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence brady-claim brady-rule constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner fifth-amendment habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation | Whether the decision of the Sixth Circuit is in conflict with United States v. Hayman, 342 U.S. 205 (1952) |
| 18-7260 | In Re Vernon Shawn Daniels, Jr. | 2019-01-07 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 11th-circuit 4th-circuit actual-innocence due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Eleventh Circuit has effectively suspended the writ of habeas corpus without authorization | |
| 18-7252 | Eddie Ray Wiese, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-07 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner fifth-circuit johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion | When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful substantive basis to enhance his sentenc… |
| 18-6952 | Ortino Garcia Licon v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-12-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255h2 acca-residual-clause federal-prisoner generic-burglary habeas-corpus historical-fact sentencing-enhancement successive-motion | Where a federal prisoner demonstrates that ACCA's residual clause was the only lawful substantive basis to enhance his sentence, but fails to show as … |
| 18-420 | United States v. Gerald Adrian Wheeler | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-04 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum | Whether a prisoner whose Section 2255 motion challenging the applicability of a statutory minimum was denied based on circuit precedent may later seek… |
| 18-5968 | In Re Jose Prisciliano Gracia-Cantu | 2018-09-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing federal-appeals-court federal-courts federal-prisoner judicial-discretion mandamus mandate mandate-stay resentencing sentencing-guidelines unreasonable-sentence vacated-sentence writ-of-mandamus | Whether a federal court of appeals can stay its mandate for more than five months, thereby keeping a federal prisoner in jail under an unreasonable se… | |
| 18-292 | Detric Lewis v. Nicole English, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2018-09-07 | Denied | Relisted (5) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation unlawful-detention | May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by binding but erroneous circuit precede… |
| 18-5785 | In Re Clifford Winkles | 2018-08-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition saving-clause standing | Whether Petitioner Clifford Winkles was improperly denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to procedural barriers, despite demonstrating actual innoc… | |
| 18-5781 | Larry Dean Dusenbery v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden | Third Circuit | 2018-08-27 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech due-process federal-prisoner free-speech habeas-corpus religious-freedom section-2241 sentencing-issue standing | Does the First Amendment prohibit the government from requiring individuals to engage in speech that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs? |
| 18-5500 | Brian Edward Reynolds v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-08-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2255-motion certificate-of-appealability direct-appeal federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-framework statute-of-limitations | Whether a certificate of appealability (COA) should have been granted to consider whether a federal prisoner's failure to file a timely amended 2255 m… |
| 18-5483 | Martin R. Vandemerwe v. Steve Langford, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2018-08-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice retroactive-decision savings-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Is the Circuit Split between the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and other listed Circuits sufficient given it denies defendant's in all the other Ci… |