| 25-5128 |
Albert Garza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release covid-19-relief due-process federal-prisoners sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Does 18 U.S.C. §4205(g) , the law on compassionate release, allowing only
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to file a Motion for relea… |
| 24-7234 |
In Re David Diehl |
|
2025-05-16 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
district-court-jurisdiction federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-successive-claims statutory-interpretation |
Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … |
| 24-6716 |
Deepak Deshpande v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2244 section-2255 |
Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by Federal Prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §… |
| 24-860 |
Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Granted |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission |
Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider a nonretroactive change in … |
| 24-6163 |
Lonnie Eugene Lillard, et al. v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
detention-conditions federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review section-2241 statutory-interpretation |
Under Jones v. Hendrix, may federal prisoners challenge the manner, location, or conditions of detention through a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S… |
| 24-5570 |
In Re Joseph R. Dickey |
|
2024-09-18 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2254 section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … |
| 23-7199 |
In Re Joseph R. Dickey |
|
2024-04-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence federal-prisoners habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. 2241(b)(1) apply to federal prisoners filing habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. 2255? |
| 23-5258 |
Octavius McLendon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-violations district-court-jurisdiction federal-inmates federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court of appeals may deny a § 2255 motion on the merits rather than remanding to the district court |
| 22-7871 |
In Re Michael Bowe |
|
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (6)IFP |
28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court-procedure federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-or-successive-application statutory-interpretation |
Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … |
| 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? |
| 22-512 |
Mohamad Youssef Hammoud v. Serkou Ma’at, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-precedent circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal inmates who did not receive a meaningful opportunity to be heard on a substantial actual-innocence claim can show that the remedy by §… |
| 21-8147 |
John P. Tomkins v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-fees due-process federal-prisoners judicial-review section-2255-motion |
Have the lower courts imposed too high of a standard on federal prisoners who seek a certificate of appealability following the denial of a 28 U.S.C. … |
| 21-6538 |
In Re Kenny Blanc |
|
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 collateral-review constitutional-law federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing |
To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … |
| 21-6539 |
In Re Kenny Blanc |
|
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing |
To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … |
| 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 |
| 21-5940 |
Jovani Jacobo v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 3582(c)(1)(A) permits sentencing courts to consider personal observation and anecdotal data in deciding motions for compassionate release |
| 21-5863 |
Jack Anthony Chatman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief texas texas-law |
Whether the District Court erred in denying petitioners effective assistance of trial counsel claims in cases like Texas, in light of the Supreme Cour… |
| 21-5769 |
Joseph R. Dickey v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2244(b) 2255 60(b) actual-innocence circuit-court-interpretation federal-prisoners habeas-corpus innocence newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation |
Has the 11th Circuit constructed a legal framework that acts as a de facto suspension of habeas corpus? |
| 20-8095 |
Pasqual Lozano v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit petition-for-review prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing |
Whether petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and a fundamentally fair trial were denied |
| 20-865 |
In Re Todd Britton-Harr |
|
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split false-statement federal-prisoners habeas-corpus section-2244 section-2255 successive-petitions supervised-release |
Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 |
| 20-5202 |
Jerome Collins v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attempted-assault categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-prisoners mental-state plea-bargaining plea-of-guilty reckless-endangerment sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the New York crime of attempt to commit a crime qualifies as a 'crime of violence |
| 20-26 |
Wesley Ira Purkey v. United States, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-07-15 |
Denied |
|
capital-punishment collateral-review federal-capital-prisoners federal-prisoners ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-default trevino-v-thaler trial-counsel |
Whether federal capital prisoners whose substantial claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel were defaulted by ineffective § 2255 counsel may… |
| 19-934 |
In Re Todd Britton-Harr |
|
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-review second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation successive-petitions supervised-release |
Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 |
| 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 … |
| 19-633 |
Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 |
| 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 |
| 18-9453 |
Vincent Pisciotta v. D. J. Harmon, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review buck-v-davis due-process due-process,equal-protection,habeas-corpus,buck-v- equal-protection federal-prisoners fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoners |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of appeals err when it denied Mr. Pisciotta's appeal in violation of The Supreme Court decision in Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct… |
| 18-7555 |
Doiakah Gray v. Stephanie Dorethy, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent state-prisoners statute-of-limitations statutory-construction |
What is the limitations period for newly recognized rights for state prisoners? |
| 18-6201 |
Nicholas DeAngelis v. Bruce Plumley, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-bars time-limits |
whether-federal-prisoners-have-the-same-gateway-for-actual-innocence-as-state-prisoners |