| 25-6676 |
Vincent Terry v. Teresa Bailey, et al. |
Georgia |
2026-01-29 |
Pending |
IFP |
attorney-immunity constitutional-claims due-process federal-review fourteenth-amendment summary-affirmance |
1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state appellate court resolves federal constitutional claims through … |
| 25-6647 |
Emanuel Johnson, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus postconviction-review |
1. Under the threshold certificate of appealability standard, could reasonable jurists debate a district court's refusal to consolidate inextricably i… |
| 25-6602 |
In Re Derrick L. Johnson |
|
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6581 |
Michael David Dunn v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-14 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
AEDPA criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence |
1. What is the standard of review for a federal habeas court for analyzing a sufficiency-of-the evidence claim under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective … |
| 25-6382 |
Frank A. Walls v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment federal-review lethal-injection method-of-execution undue-delay |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying Mr. Walls review, based solely on undue delay, despite the primary basis for his challenge —records r… |
| 25-6213 |
Samuel Galbraith v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-24 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
federal-review habeas-corpus parole-board procedural-adequacy state-remedy statutory-interpretation |
When a person has no cause of action and no right of action to appeal the affirmative decision of a parole board, does the simple ability to mail and … |
| 25A576 |
John Bejarano v. William Reubart, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Application |
|
capital-punishment federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-procedure successive-petition |
Whether a state's procedural default bar for successive state petitions in capital habeas cases constitutes an inadequate state procedural mechanism t… |
| 25-558 |
John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Michael Sockwell |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Pending |
|
batson-challenge equitable-remedy federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-deference state-prisoner |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. §2254.
2. Whether a federal court may grant habeas relief to a guilty state prisoner upon identify… |
| 25-529 |
Mike Brown, Warden v. Louis Chandler |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
constitutional-violation due-process evidence-exclusion federal-review habeas-corpus state-court |
1. Do th is Court's precedents prohibiting the application of arbitrary rules to exclude evidence "clearly establish," under § 2254(d)(1) , that a sta… |
| 25A458 |
Martin Robinson v. George A. Fredrick, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-22 |
Application |
|
exhaustion-doctrine federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-default statute-of-limitations |
Whether a federal habeas petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is timely when the petitioner has pursued multiple state post-conviction remedies and f… |
| 25-5849 |
Darvin W. Gray v. Carrie Bridges, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation |
The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. The handwritten or heavily corrupted te… |
| 25A408 |
In Re Gregory Alvin James Van Etten |
First Circuit |
2025-10-08 |
Application |
|
constitutional-injury due-process federal-review jurisdictional-defect service-of-process void-judgment |
Whether a federal court may refuse enforcement of state court orders entered without valid service of process and in violation of due process protecti… |
| 25-386 |
Vonn Capel, et al. v. Pasco County, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ad-valorem-taxation comity constitutional-injury federal-review property-rights tax-injunction-act |
Whether the Tax Injunction Act and comity foreclose federal review of the regulatory scheme, when no "plain, speedy, efficient remedy exists" to prote… |
| 25-5719 |
In Re Flenoid Greer |
|
2025-09-24 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
constitutional-violation exceptional-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief state-prisoner |
Where a State Prisoner is unconstitutionally detained and the State's post-conviction rules foreclose relief, and no other adequate relief is availabl… |
| 25A333 |
Ledale Nathan v. Heather Cofer, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-09-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus pro-bono supreme-court-rule |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability in a federal habeas corpus petition improperly restricted the petitioner's right… |
| 25-5623 |
Devon Joseph Anderson v. Alicia Carver, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-conviction |
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Ji) iy d lk< lUd-cJ SUk-s DisUcd too*-/ for DiUricJ ' of ^… |
| 25A274 |
John Benton Ragland v. Karin Arnold, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default |
Whether a state prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was procedurally defaulted when the district court denied a certificate of appealabili… |
| 25-5548 |
Louie M. Schexnayder, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
AEDPA due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdictional-defect state-prisoner |
Whether the Federal Courts have misapplied habeas restrictions introduced by the AEDPA to State prisoners under FRCP rule 60(b)(4) Motion Based on Fun… |
| 25A261 |
William Housman v. David W. Sunday, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2025-09-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus state-conviction third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit improperly denied a certificate of appealability for a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a state criminal convictio… |
| 25A254 |
Michael Broomer v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-09-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
antiterrorism-act federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statute-of-limitations timeliness |
Whether a federal habeas petition filed by a state prisoner is timely under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations |
| 25-5486 |
Bruce Anderson v. Kenneth Lizotte, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk |
First Circuit |
2025-08-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aedpa constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance second-petition |
Whether Petitioner Bruce Anderson's new federal habeas petition, in which he claims to have received ineffective assistance from the court-appointed d… |
| 25-5235 |
Carlton Vose v. Peter F. Neronha, Attorney General of Rhode Island |
First Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights federal-review habeas-corpus state-law |
1. Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals erred when they concluded that the State of Rhode Island supreme court's retroactive application of a ne… |
| 25A117 |
Matthew Jones v. Dave Yost, Attorney General of Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure sixth-circuit |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a Certificate of Appealability that would have allowed further review of a potentially me… |
| 25-5174 |
James Bradley Hammond v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-review habeas-corpus time-limitation |
WHTHER THE COURT OF APPEALS SHOULD HAVE ISSUED AND/OR GRANTED
A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (C0A) FROM THE DISTRICT COURT'S
DETERMINATION THAT THE … |
| 25-5153 |
Steven Catlin v. Edward J. Silva, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mitigation-evidence voir-dire |
1. Was the state court's summary denial of Petitioner's habeas claims alleging defense counsel's failure to investigate, develop and present available… |
| 25A78 |
Benny Lee Hodge v. Laura Plappert, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-review criminal-procedure en-banc federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit |
Question not identified. |
| 25A66 |
Gregory Montgomery v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-claims equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations |
Question not identified. |
| 25A4 |
Karu Gene White v. Laura Plappert, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari-standard federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-deference supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a federal habeas court may deny relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) based on hypothetical reasoning not actually used by the state court, and whe… |
| 24-7513 |
Tracy A. Roberson v. Brian Eller, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa federal-review fourth-amendment habeas-corpus statutory-construction stone-v-powell |
Whether the Antiterrorism and Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) expressly overruled Stone v. Powell and allows state prisoners to litigate Fourth Amen… |
| 24-1284 |
Eugene Dingle v. Leslie Armstrong, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Dorchester County Family Court, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review rooker-feldman state-court |
Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal courts from reviewing state family court decisions where the petitioner alleges egregious violations … |
| 24-7331 |
Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-claims district-court federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was proper after appellate review |
| 24-7262 |
Richard Roland Laird v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus merits-decision strickland-claim |
When a state court issues a reasoned merits decision on only one component of a multi-component claim, does AEDPA require federal habeas courts to def… |
| 24-7200 |
Theresa Batson v. Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation nunc-pro-tunc statute-of-limitations |
Whether a state court's entry of an amended judgment nunc pro tunc prevents that judgment from restarting the federal statute of limitations period fo… |
| 24-7191 |
Daryl Cook v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-analysis |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its review of federal habeas corpus petition and procedural analysis of petitioner's claim |
| 24-7049 |
Michael Fimbres v. O'Brian Bailey, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-decision statutory-interpretation |
Did the Ninth Circuit step outside the bounds of § 2254(d) by considering reasons not found in the CCA's reasoned opinion to determine the reasonablen… |
| 24-6914 |
Joanthony Johnson v. Michael Shewmaker, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation |
Whether a reasonable jurist could debate the applicability of 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) when a state court rejects a claim on procedural grounds |
| 24-6876 |
Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance strickland-standard |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his ineffective assistance o… |
| 24-6742 |
Keeba Harris v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus state-remedies |
Whether a state court prisoner can seek habeas corpus relief under federal law when state remedies have not been fully exhausted and extraordinary cir… |
| 24A858 |
Tiante Dion Scott v. Jason Schultz, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit post-conviction |
Whether a state court's denial of a certificate of appealability in a post-conviction proceeding violates a criminal defendant's constitutional right … |
| 24A774 |
Darrel Eston Lee v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
conviction-challenge death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit standard-of-review |
Whether the Ninth Circuit applied the correct standard of review in denying a death row prisoner's habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction a… |
| 24A775 |
Micah Brown v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights death-row federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 |
Whether a state court's denial of a certificate of appealability in a federal habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 violates a death row inm… |
| 24-6504 |
Danmond Jonathan Slack v. Gregory Sampson, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-bar |
Whether the District Court improperly denied Petitioner's federal habeas corpus claims and violated due process rights by failing to conduct a substan… |
| 24-826 |
Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (8) |
aedpa cause-and-prejudice federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default |
Whether a federal court must apply the deferential review provisions of AEDPA to the state court's adjudication of an ineffective assistance of counse… |
| 24A757 |
Brett A. Sinkevitch v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability custodial-status federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit |
Whether the Ninth Circuit applied the correct legal standard in denying a certificate of appealability in a federal habeas corpus proceeding |
| 24-797 |
Scott Speer, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, et al. v. Jeffrey Weller, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa-standard federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit-review state-court-adjudication |
Whether the state courts adjudicated the merits of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when expressly citin… |
| 24A708 |
Donald J. Englert, II v. Reginald Bishop, Superintendent, Five Points Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-challenge evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a state court's denial of an evidentiary hearing in a habeas corpus proceeding constitutes an unreasonable determination of facts under 28 U.S… |
| 24A704 |
Ashley Parnell v. Tamika White |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-01-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction section-2254 tenth-circuit |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability when challenging a state court's denial of post-conviction relief un… |
| 24A625 |
Chad Alan Lee v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari death-row federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit state-conviction |
Whether the Ninth Circuit applied the correct standard for denying a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a state criminal conviction |
| 24A618 |
Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa-standard constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-prisoner |
Whether a federal habeas court correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) standard for granting relief on a state p… |
| 24-6148 |
Ronald Lee Neels v. Bob Dooley, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default |
Whether a federal district court's denial of a habeas petition based on procedural grounds constitutes a violation of the defendant's constitutional r… |
| 24-6138 |
Andre Terial Love v. J. M. Robertson |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-provisions due-process federal-review procedural-default state-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the state court's procedural default finding bars federal review of claims one and two, and whether the admission of other crimes evidence vio… |
| 24A575 |
Bryan Frederick Jennings v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
death-penalty eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus second-petition statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly applied the standard for granting habeas corpus relief under 18 U.S.C. § 2254 in dismissing a death-row inmate'… |
| 24A571 |
Belinda Jones v. Jeremy Howard, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se-petition state-court-judgment |
Whether the district court and appellate courts properly applied federal habeas corpus standards in reviewing the state court's denial of petitioner's… |
| 24-584 |
Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction v. Kayla Jean Ayers |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
aedpa due-diligence factual-predicate federal-review habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations |
Whether obtaining new support for a previously available claim constitutes a new 'factual predicate' that restarts the one-year habeas petition filing… |
| 24A513 |
Tony Barksdale v. Steve T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-murder certificate-of-appealability death-sentence eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied federal habeas corpus standards in denying relief to a death-sentenced inmate challeng… |
| 24-6032 |
Robert Gene Rega v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-11-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
brady-violation federal-review habeas-corpus presumption-of-correctness state-court-findings witness-cooperation |
Does the decision below, which misstates and fails to afford any presumption of correctness to a state court's factual findings in a habeas case, warr… |
| 24-6019 |
In Re Anthony Norman |
|
2024-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights court-obstruction federal-review judicial-misconduct mandamus-relief |
Whether the Supreme Court should issue a permanent injunction against state courts that have created an absolute bar to seeking Supreme Court review t… |
| 24A459 |
Raymond Anthony Lewis v. Brian D. Phillips, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-conviction federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit state-court time-extension |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision improperly applied federal habeas corpus standards in reviewing a state court criminal conviction |
| 24A460 |
Donald E. Deardorff v. Terry Raybon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit applied the correct standard for reviewing a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a state criminal conviction |
| 24A350 |
Eric Shawn Ray v. Christe Quick, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-10-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-claims equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se statute-of-limitations |
Whether a state prisoner can obtain equitable tolling of the one-year federal habeas corpus statute of limitations based on prison lockdowns and delay… |
| 24A320 |
Joshua Idlefonso Villalobos v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit post-conviction procedural-rules |
Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied federal habeas corpus procedural rules in reviewing a state criminal defendant's post-conviction claims |
| 24-5582 |
Clement Mosseri v. 7 West 21 LI LLC |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review judicial-jurisdiction |
Whether the United States Supreme Court has an obligation to correct lower court deviations from constitutional procedures and ensure jurisdictional p… |
| 24A211 |
Richard Stanton Whitman v. David W. Gray, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-08-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default waiver |
Whether a state waives its procedural-default defense in federal habeas proceedings by arguing the merits of a claim in district court while raising t… |
| 24-5311 |
Kurnicus Hayes v. Arnold Patrick |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-limitation certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-custody |
Whether Mr. Hayes's 2254 petition satisfies the Slack v. McDaniel standard for Certificate of Appealability (COA) on a procedurally-denied petition, a… |
| 24-5263 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. Officer Fisher |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit rule-of-lenity state-court timeliness timeliness-rules |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that the California Supreme Court's summary denial of a habeas petition as untimely is beyond review by federal c… |
| 24A142 |
Terry Royal, Warden, et al. v. William Witter |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa federal-review habeas-corpus magwood-exception second-successive-petition state-court-judgment |
Whether a state court judgment modifying a ministerial error in a criminal judgment constitutes a 'new judgment' that allows a petitioner to file a se… |
| 24-5219 |
Bobbie Ray Edwards v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-U.S.C.-2254 armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition sentencing statutory-limitation |
Whether the district court's denial of petitioner's timely filed 2255(h) motion was erroneous and deprived petitioner of due process of law and an opp… |
| 23-1358 |
George Stephenson, Warden v. Lafayette Deshawn Upshaw |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
clearly-established-federal-law federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review-28-usc-2254 ineffective-assistance plurality-opinion plurality-opinions state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court-holding unreasonable-application |
Does a rule announced in a four-Justice plurality opinion constitute a holding of this Court, and therefore 'clearly established Federal law' under § … |
| 23A1165 |
Harry Franklin Phillips v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-court death-sentence federal-review first-degree-murder habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the standard for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in denying Mr. Phillips' … |
| 23A1137 |
Brian Scott Witham v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction procedural-default sixth-circuit |
Whether the Sixth Circuit improperly applied procedural default rules in denying a federal habeas petitioner's post-conviction motion for relief |
| 23A1140 |
Kenneth Kelley v. William S. Bohrer, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus state-postconviction wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal habeas court must strictly limit its review to the specific reasons provided by a state postconviction court under AEDPA or may cons… |
| 23A1127 |
Sheldon Hannibal v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-case criminal-conviction federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a criminal conviction or sentence |
| 23A1118 |
Darryl Scott Stinski v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa capital-punishment federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-deference |
Whether, under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), a federal court must apply double deference under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1) and… |
| 23-7666 |
Brandon Washington v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
evidentiary-hearing factual-determination factual-record federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-proceedings unreasonable-determination |
Whether a state prisoner must dispel 'any potential justification' for a state court's factual finding, even when the prisoner was unjustifiably denie… |
| 23A1087 |
Maximo DiazLeal-DiazLeal v. Ronald Haynes, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure constitutional-claims due-process federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 |
Whether a state court's denial of a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 comports with due process and federal constitutional standards |
| 23-7612 |
Wade Lay v. Christie Quick, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-06-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process execution-delay federal-review federalism habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner |
Whether the federal courts erred in denying petitioner's request for a stay of execution despite the serious constitutional violations and irreparable… |
| 23A1054 |
Rory Cook v. Mark Williams, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) after the district court denied relief on a constitutional claim u… |
| 23-7550 |
In Re Kinley MacDonald |
|
2024-05-23 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
child-abuse due-process family-rights federal-review habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance jurisdiction post-conviction-relief protective-custody state-court-jurisdiction |
Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay about actions prohibited by state statute in secret … |
| 23-7510 |
Tidiane Kone v. Justin Brown, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus indian-law judicial-procedure procedural-default standing state-court |
Whether a court applied the correct standard in dismissing a complaint alleging a violation of the Indian Civil Rights Act |
| 23-7465 |
Tremane Wood v. Christe Quick, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60b state-court-decision state-postconviction strickland-standard strickland-v-washington tenth-circuit |
Whether a federal habeas court's failure to review the last reasoned state court decision under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) is a defect under Rule 60(b) |
| 23-7351 |
Rolandas Milinavicuus v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-claim constitutional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying Petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability (COA)… |
| 23-7012 |
Michael Deangelo Lowery v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure morris-defendant post-conviction-relief procedural-barriers standing treaty-rights |
Whether Oklahoma's Post-Conviction Procedure Act is adequate |
| 23-6894 |
Tyler A. Gonzales, fka Tyler A. Montour v. Cheryl Eplett, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel professional-norms state-court-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington unreasonable-application unreasonable-determination-of-facts |
Did the Seventh Circuit err when it reviewed the merits of Gonzales's claim de novo, did not analyze the particular reasons the Wisconsin court provid… |
| 23-6718 |
Larry David Doak v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process federal-review indian-law judicial-procedure petition-for-certiorari retroactivity supremacy-clause |
Whether Oklahoma violated its own rules of criminal procedure retroactively by applying a new rule to Petitioner's post-conviction proceedings |
| 23-6661 |
Justin Granier v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP |
28-usc-2254(d) circuit-court-split circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus implied-bias judicial-bias statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has created a split in the Circuit Courts on this issue of implied-bias |
| 23A705 |
Sherman Lee Ridley v. Brian Chambers, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-prisoner |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit properly applied federal habeas corpus standards in reviewing a state prisoner's constitutional claims |
| 23A707 |
Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari-petition constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the standard for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in denying the petitioner… |
| 23-6598 |
Shuaib A. Haji Mohamed v. Jay Forshey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claim constitutional-rights discretionary-review federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-review |
Has a state prisoner seeking federal habeas corpus made a substantial showing that his petition should have proceeded further where the procedural def… |
| 23A660 |
Marcus Kelly v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction section-2254 |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner can obtain a certificate of appealability after failing to make a substantial showing of a constitutional right's … |
| 23-6423 |
Jasper Frazier v. Christina Reagle, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure ninth-circuit procedural-default standing |
Did the United States District Court err in law by failing to consider exculpatory evidence in the record |
| 23A583 |
Ellis Louis Mashburn, Jr. v. John Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-case constitutional-challenge death-penalty eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit applied the correct legal standard in affirming the denial of a capital defendant's federal habeas petition challenging t… |
| 23-668 |
Warren King v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (13) |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-determination jury-selection racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's decision was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts |
| 23-6266 |
Jeremy Lynn Kerr v. Robert Pollex, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights collateral-attack due-process federal-review rooker-feldman subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio |
Whether the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine bars a collateral attack on a void ab initio state court judgment rendered without subject matter jurisdiction |
| 23-6226 |
Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process ex-post-facto-law federal-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus state-court-misconduct state-law trial-errors |
When will a state's 'substantive law' be applied in a federal court? |
| 23-6183 |
Steven Justin Villalona v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appellate-court attorney-abandonment civil-procedure constitutional-claim evidentiary-standard federal-review habeas-corpus mandate-recall material-omissions procedural-default standing |
Whether a claim of attorney abandonment of material omissions in the record may justify the granting of a motion to recall the mandate of an appellate… |
| 23A496 |
Moises Sandoval Mendoza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus merits-review state-court-decision |
Whether a state court's decision can be considered an 'adjudication on the merits' under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when the defendant was denied a full and … |
| 23-6115 |
Rakeem Barber v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-review constitutional-rights federal-courts federal-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief state-court-procedure state-courts |
Is Arizona's collateral review scheme adequate to vindicate the constitutional rights of non-capital defendants? |
| 23A477 |
Christopher Collings v. David Vandergriff, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
capital-case certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying a certificate of appealability for all eight grounds raised in a capital habeas corpus pe… |
| 23A453 |
Alan Osterhoudt, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-court-adjudication |
Whether a federal habeas court may grant relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 when state court adjudications fail to provide a full and fair review of a crim… |
| 23A424 |
Kevin Keith v. Harold May, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default sixth-circuit successive-petition |
Whether a state court's denial of a successive habeas corpus petition challenging a criminal conviction and death sentence comports with due process a… |
| 23-5970 |
Jerry S. Wilson v. Michael G. Gierach, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-11-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence eyewitness-testimony federal-review habeas habeas-corpus house-v-bell procedural-default reasonable-doubt schlup-v-delo summary-reversal |
Does the Seventh Circuit's holding conflict with Schlup, 513 U.S. 298, and House v. Bell, 547 U.S. 518 (2006), because it turned on whether the eviden… |
| 23A394 |
Steven LaWayne Nelson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance section-2254 state-court |
Whether the preclusive scope of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) permits federal courts to consider ineffective assistance of counsel claims that were not adjudica… |
| 23-5895 |
Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-10-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default speedy-trial standing state-court |
Speedy and effective adjudication of habeas corpus rights |
| 23-5768 |
Frank Nathan Escalante v. Jim Robertson, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-rights standing |
Whether Frank Nathan Escalante's due process rights were violated at any stage of the judicial proceedings |
| 23-5772 |
Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure court-records due-process federal-review habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence meaningful-appeal procedural-default statute-of-limitations tolling |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err in sustaining the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas' hol… |
| 23-5747 |
Daryl A. Hess v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-issue due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction |
Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals properly denied Petitioner due process and Eighth Amendment rights by refusing to consider newly discov… |
| 23-5744 |
In Re Jimmy Wheeler |
|
2023-10-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights collusion constitutional-claims due-process federal-review fraud habeas-corpus post-conviction standing state-court |
Whether the Court's ruling in Shady Grove, 559 U.S. 393 (2010) remains active to review fraud, deceit, and collusion |
| 23-5563 |
Christopher John Derting v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-conflict due-process federal-review habeas-corpus keeney-v-tamayo-reyes post-conviction-review strickland strickland-claim townsend-v-sain vicks-v-bunnell |
Can the District Court ignore the views of this Court stated in Lovell v. Duffey pertaining to 2254 (d) (2) claims, which should focus on what State C… |
| 23-5472 |
Jorge Andrade Rico v. James Robertson, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus mootness procedural-default solitary-confinement standing |
Whether administrative prisoners can be placed in solitary confinement units without due process |
| 23-5186 |
Kinley MacDonald v. Jeanne Lambrew, et al. |
Maine |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
child-removal civil-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling family-law federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction transcript-accuracy |
Whether a state court can remove children from a parent's custody based solely on hearsay evidence prohibited by state statute and in the absence of j… |
| 23A24 |
Margaret A. Allen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus postconviction-relief state-conviction |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit applied the correct standard for granting a certificate of appealability in a federal habeas corpus proceeding challengin… |
| 23-31 |
Willie James Pye v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-11 |
Denied |
|
aedpa eleventh-circuit federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-decision state-court-deference statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's novel construction of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) is inconsistent with the statutory text and in direct conflict with this Cour… |
| 23-5051 |
Andrew Valles v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-law due-process federal-review first-amendment habeas-corpus separation-of-powers standing state-court-adjudication |
Does the resort of 28 U.S.C. 2415(e) - a safety valve created by Congress - succumb entirely to and find defeat in 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) - a seeming inhere… |
| 23-5032 |
L. Brian Whitfield v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction pro-se standing state-prisoner |
Whether a district court abused its discretion by failing to use its own factual finding as proof that a claim was actionable |
| 22-7628 |
Robert Earl Gorham v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a state court adjudication of the prejudice prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is 'contrary to' Strickland v. Washington |
| 22-7376 |
Delila Pacheco v. Aboutanaa El Habti, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa circuit-split federal-power federal-review habeas habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-bars subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the actual-innocence gateway applies only where a petitioner can prove that she is 'morall[ly]' or 'completely' innocent of any crime, or whet… |
| 22-7270 |
Lamont McKoy v. Todd Ishee, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa due-process federal-court-deference federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-findings |
Whether the presumption of correctness under § 2254(e)(1) requires a determination on a factual issue by a state court or whether merely presenting a … |
| 22-7244 |
Jose Ramon Cruz v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sixth-amendment state-court-decision state-court-deference strickland strickland-standard |
Whether the 'could have supported' framework of Harrington v. Richter allows a federal court to 'invent' historical facts not relied upon by the state… |
| 22-7188 |
Brian Douglas Rambo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-underpinnings due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas habeas-corpus no-evidence no-evidence-claim sufficiency-of-evidence |
Is there a conflict among the federal courts on whether Jackson-vs-Virginia-sufficiency-of-evidence-standard-abrogated-Thompson-v-City-of-Louisville-n… |
| 22-7054 |
Jamar L. Travillion v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process federal-review forfeiture habeas-corpus procedural-standard right-to-counsel waiver |
Could reasonable jurists disagree with the District Court's rejection of Petitionen's claim that the State Courts' determination that he forfeited his… |
| 22-7005 |
Lino Alberto Chavez v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference anders-review anders-v-california federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-appeals post-conviction-relief smith-v-robbins state-court-procedure state-court-procedures |
Whether the district court must apply AEDPA deference to a state court decision that Anders review is not required in a Rule 32 proceeding |
| 22-6939 |
Francisco Flores v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-court constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-appeals federal-review habeas-corpus mailbox-rule procedural-default |
Whether a state habeas petitioner's pleading was timely filed under the mailbox rule |
| 22-6690 |
Steven Vernon Bixby v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), F-R.A.P. 22(b) and this Court's decisions in Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (2003), Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S.… |
| 22-6509 |
Roosevelt Mondesir v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2254-petition 28-usc-2254 federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation reasonableness-review state-court-decision state-court-decisions wilson-v-sellers |
Did the 11th U.S. Circuit Court err in interpreting Wilson v. Sellers to allow federal habeas courts to consider justifications not provided by the st… |
| 22-607 |
Noah Nagy, Warden v. Jimmy Baugh |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-01-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
actual-innocence constitutional-error criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus new-evidence sixth-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Did the Sixth Circuit misapprehend § 2244(b)(2)(B)(ii)'s standard by granting habeas relief to Jimmy Baugh when the newly discovered evidence at issue… |
| 22-6408 |
Samuel Lawrence Wood v. Mike Brown, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-review federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing state-prisoner state-sentencing statutory-authority |
Whether a state court can impose a sentence to commence at the completion of a federal sentence in the absence of statutory authority |
| 22-6356 |
Tyler Nees v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause cross-examination due-process evidence federal-review habeas-corpus hearsay independent-state-ground procedural-default sixth-amendment state-court |
Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment prohibits the admission of testimonial hearsay evidence without an opportunity for cross-exami… |
| 22-6184 |
Jowarski Russell Nedd v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-jurisdiction due-process fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-default statute-of-limitations tolling |
Whether the decisions of the courts below ought to be summarily reversed and the case remanded to the court of appeals with instructions to remand the… |
| 22-6119 |
Jaques Fearence v. Brenda M. Cash, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion attorney-abandonment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision |
Whether the U.S. District Court abused its discretion by denying the Rule 60(b)(6) motion based on the unreasonable application of the constitutional … |
| 22-5452 |
Cameron Paul Crockett v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice state-court |
Does AEDPA's 'unreasonable determination of the facts' clause contemplate that materially inadequate state court fact-finding processes can satisfy § … |
| 22-5463 |
Rahmael Sal Holt v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
adequate brady-claim default-ruling due-process federal-law federal-review independent jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony |
Does the United States Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear Petitioner's Brady claim because the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's default ruling was… |
| 22-5384 |
In Re Randell Joseph Redmond |
|
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-rights standing |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of habeas corpus |
| 22-5359 |
Kareem M. Murray v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike prosecutorial-discrimination supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-determination-of-facts |
Whether a state trial court's granting of a prosecutor's challenge to a defendant's use of a peremptory strike |
| 22-5339 |
Maria Navarro Martin v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus legal-precedent post-conviction-relief standing state-court-decision state-law |
Whether the court erred in declaring the federal law 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(4) and the Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.430(b) invalid |
| 22-5200 |
Robert Oulton, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-showing due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-standard |
Can a specific record reference by an indigent be considered a substantive part of demonstrating a substantial showing of the denial of a constitution… |
| 21-8029 |
Hunter Adam Melnick v. Colorado State Board of Parole |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-circuit caprice-and-arbitrariness constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-review parole parole-hearing statutory-guidelines |
Did the Petitioner present enough evidence to show the denying of a constitutional right |
| 21-8015 |
Jeffrey Kinzle v. Eric Jackson |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-reasoning state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether a federal court may 'look through' to review the decision of an inferior court when the high court offers additional reasoning |
| 21-8016 |
John Edward Burr v. Denise Jackson, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-due-process de-novo-review due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus postconviction state-court witness-statement |
Where the State withholds the statement of a critical witness from the state court during the postconviction adjudication of a claim under Brady v. Ma… |
| 21-7853 |
Gregory Spiros Demetrulius v. Ron Broomfield, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claim cumulative-error due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus harmless-error ninth-circuit state-concessions state-court-error state-court-findings |
Did the Ninth Circuit's refusal to accept the State's concessions of error conflict with this Court's decisions? |
| 21-7799 |
Sam Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus irwin-v-dept-of-veterans-affairs martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan statutory-limitations statutory-tolling trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler |
Did the district court and Fifth Circuit err in refusing to equitably toll petitioner's untimely refiled §2254 habeas petition |
| 21-7774 |
Brandon Leon Bibbs v. Alex Villanueva, Sheriff, Los Angeles County, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-and-statutory-provisions constitutional-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-the-writ standing state-court-adjudication |
Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's claim for adequate relief when petitioner is fully denied standing to bring his claims |
| 21-7716 |
Paul Douglas Jackson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process post-conviction-relief state-court-review |
Whether Welhee Jackson is entitled to relief on an evidentiary hearing where the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United S… |
| 21-7717 |
Kacy Fonteze Williams v. Mississippi |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-claim discretion discretionary-review district-court federal-review firearm-charge habeas habeas-corpus right-to-be-heard standard-of-review state-court |
Whether the District Court failed to properly utilize its discretion on the petitioner's habeas where the court dismissed the firearm charge issue ren… |
| 21-7264 |
Samuel Lee Gore v. Gus J. Skropas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing state-law-interpretation |
Does the United States Constitution guarantee a United States citizen due process and equal protection under the law? |
| 21-1044 |
Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. James Nathaniel Bryant, III |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
|
capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-deference |
In review of a claim fully adjudicated in state court, did the district court violate 28-usc-2254, finality, federalism |
| 21-6932 |
Joshua Dixon v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-counsel criminal-procedure federal-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-findings sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a criminal defendant can make any findings in any state court regarding the criteria for conviction while represented by appointed counsel, fu… |
| 21-6880 |
In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton |
|
2022-01-18 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner successive-petition successive-petitions unreasonable-application |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals was original habeas corpus jurisdiction over a second or successive habeas petition filed by a state prisoner who wa… |
| 21-6720 |
Ali Al-Maqablh v. Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa appellate-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mixed-question state-law |
When does AEDPA grant habeas petitioners complete relief or just review? |
| 21-6576 |
Nicholas G. Peacock v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-conviction due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-review free-speech habeas-corpus marriage state-court statutory-law underage |
Do minors have a right to entice an individual for the purposes of marriage if similarly aged individuals are allowed to and being married in their re… |
| 21-6411 |
Harley David Sharp v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-review pro-se-litigation prosecutorial-misconduct standing |
Is a Brady Violation claim procedurally barred from Federal review? |
| 21-6428 |
Danny Lee Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (18)IFP |
atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia death-penalty diagnoses federal-review habeas-corpus historical-evidence intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice present-functioning state-court-review |
Whether a state court unreasonably applies Atkins v. Virginia when it focuses on the individual's 'present functioning' in a prison environment, disco… |
| 21-6198 |
Billy Dean Smith v. Lynnie Einerson, Acting Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-protections death-penalty disadvantaged-groups due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-review prisoner-rights standing state-prisoners state-procedure |
Can the US Supreme Court find that when litigating a state by way of a federal habeas corpus, the matter of what race, color or creed a state prisoner… |
| 21-6138 |
Armando B. Cortinas, Jr. v. Jo Gentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
Brecht-v-Abrahamson confession constitutional-error federal-habeas federal-review felony-murder habeas-corpus harmless-error premeditation-and-deliberation section-2254 state-court-decision |
Whether the state court's harmless error determination was unreasonable under 28-U.S.C-2254(d)(1)-and-(2) |
| 21-6031 |
William Greg Thomas v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance |
When a court-appointed CJA counsel sacrificed a petitioner's federal habeas review by intentionally filing an untimely petition, does due-process allo… |
| 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) |
| 21-5817 |
James E. Pearson v. Bridget Hill, Attorney General of Wyoming |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-uscs-2254 constitutional-standards federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel malloy-v-hogan miller-el-v-cockrell state-court-procedure supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers |
Does the reasoning within Malloy v Hogan require specifically apply to claims of insufficiency or ineffective counsel, and were the federal habeas rev… |
| 21-5746 |
In Re Conghau Huu To |
|
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-conviction cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court-procedure due-process federal-review gatekeeping habeas-corpus judicial-integrity newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by making misstatements of facts … |
| 21-5589 |
Michael Lee Gordon v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel sentencing standing |
Whether the United States District Court has jurisdiction to grant relief for a writ of habeas corpus |
| 21-267 |
James Garfield Broadnax v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge cullen-v-pinholster evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner may present evidence of a prosecutor's racially discriminatory intent in support of a Batson claim where the evide… |
| 21-5460 |
Joe Michael Luna v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split clearly-established-law federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decision statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, is a habeas court's review limited to the state court's reasons or can it consider other reasons? |
| 21-5426 |
Stephen C. Shockley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
cone-v-bell constitutional-claim constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-habeas state-relitigation state-relitigation-bar |
When a federal district court refuses to hear the due-process component of a state habeas claim because that claim was twice presented to the State an… |
| 21-5181 |
Gerald Patrick Thomas, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan retroactivity teague-bar teague-v-lane trevino-v-thaler |
Does Teague v. Lane bar Federal Habeas court from reviewing the merits of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim because Martinez v. Ryan an… |
| 21-5120 |
Kent Taylor v. Steven Otero |
California |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-court-interpretation statute-of-limitations takings |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 20-8373 |
Kevin Herriott v. Associate Warden Ford, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights discovery due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements legal-mail mail-room procedural-law standing state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation |
Did the court of appeals misunderstood the governing rule of law that the right to discovery was predicated upon? |
| 20-8305 |
Gersu Guisao v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceeding martinez-v-ryan material-witnesses new-evidence newly-discovered-evidence procedural-standard |
Did the initial review collateral counsel breach his fiduciary duty by waiving three of four claims that included critical expert and material witness… |
| 20-8253 |
Blaine Keith Milam v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 8th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process eighth-amendment federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability statutory-limitation suspension-clause |
Can 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) be constitutionally interpreted to bar first-time federal habeas corpus merits review of an Eighth Amendment claim of intellec… |
| 20-7962 |
Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-05-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-claims covid-19 dna-evidence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-grounds |
Should courts procedurally time-bar a pro-se-inmate's habeas-corpus petition when a prison-official with a serious-health-illness is responsible for t… |
| 20-7927 |
Daryl DeWayne Riggins v. DeAnn Morris, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
admissions civil-procedure contract-interpretation denials exhibits federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts pleadings state-court-jurisdiction |
Whether a party's responsive pleading must admit or deny the statement(s) in the other party's pleading, such as whether a copy of the parties' contra… |
| 20-7932 |
Virgil Delano Presnell v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254-limitations 2254(d) appellate-procedure factual-findings federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus implicit-findings judicial-interpretation state-court state-court-findings wilson-v-sellers |
Does Wilson v. Sellers permit federal habeas court to assign 'implicit' factual findings to state court order when applying 2254(d)'s limitations on r… |
| 20-1490 |
Quinn Alexander Marez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-state-defense procedural-requirements state-court state-court-review |
May a federal court substitute its own reasons for denying a habeas petition when the state court's reasons were legally in error? |
| 20-7787 |
Lee Charles Millsap v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Arkansas |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-error fair-opportunity federal-habeas federal-review full-and-fair-litigation habeas-corpus post-conviction-process post-conviction-review procedural-fairness state-court-jurisdiction state-court-ruling |
state-court-jurisdiction,federal-habeas,constitutional-error,post-conviction-process,full-and-fair-litigation,fair-opportunity |
| 20-7766 |
Lyndon Davis v. Dennis Reagle, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-analysis civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-requirement federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process standing state-court-proceedings |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit exceed its scope of the COA (Certificate of Appealability) analysis when the court deni… |
| 20-7720 |
Corey Denard Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-rules sentencing standing state-court-procedure |
Are Ferecal Couels Allowed fo Tatecfees with pendine Stete Couet PROCEEDINGS |
| 20-7688 |
Roderick B. Lewis v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus independent-state-ground procedural-default standing state-court |
Can a state's procedural default rule preclude a federal court from reviewing a defendant's federal constitutional claims? |
| 20-7614 |
Gerald Von Tobel v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254(d)(1) criminal-trial federal-review habeas-corpus juror-misconduct mattox-remmer-test mattox-v-united-states presumption-of-prejudice remmer-v-united-states state-court-procedure |
Whether the Nevada state court's juror misconduct formulation, which conditions relief on juror misconduct being egregious to trigger the presumption … |
| 20-7589 |
Donald Dallas v. Terry Raybon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-review federal-review habeas-corpus mitigating-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief reasonable-state-court strickland-analysis |
Can a federal habeas court ignore post-conviction mitigating evidence solely because it is thematically similar to trial evidence? |
| 20-7582 |
Lonzell Green v. California |
California |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-review fourteenth-amendment procedural-challenge standing state-court writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified |
| 20-1302 |
Casey A. McWhorter v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-19 |
Denied |
|
28-U.S.C-2254(d)(2) constitutional-rights criminal-defendant death-penalty-mitigation effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-review habeas-corpus impartial-jury ineffective-assistance jury-bias McDonough-Power-Equipment-v-Greenwood mitigation-evidence |
Whether a federal court violates 28-U.S.C-2254(d)(2) in determining state court's factual findings |
| 20-7283 |
John Larvie v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation double-jeopardy due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-discretion plea-bargaining procedural-default standing state-court-reasoning tribal-sovereignty |
Whether tribal sovereignty can be ignored and a defendant punished despite not being convicted tribally |
| 20-7190 |
Erik Sanchez v. Terry Jacques, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-review judicial-discretion plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the sentencing court must enter a factual basis to support a consecutive sentence when a defendant has never pled guilty to such facts, depriv… |
| 20-7141 |
Curtis Jerome Brown, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-ruling federal-review fraud habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing state-court |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated under the 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment, and 6th Amendment |
| 20-1084 |
Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Matthew Reeves |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-09 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Relisted (8) |
aedpa aedpa-standard comity federal-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit violated § 2254(d) by readily attributing error to the state court |
| 20-6972 |
Mark Allen Jenkins v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Amici (2)IFP |
aedpa atkins-standard atkins-v-virginia circuit-court-methodology circuit-split comity federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability state-court-decision |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's failure to limit its review of a reasoned state-court decision under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the specific reasons given … |
| 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… |
| 20-913 |
Joseph Wilborn v. Alex Jones, Acting Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions sixth-amendment state-court-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a federal court is bound only by the decisions of the Supreme Court in determining whether a state court has unreasonably applied clearly esta… |
| 20-826 |
Mike Brown, Acting Warden v. Ervine Davenport |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2254(d)(1) brecht-test chapman-standard chapman-test constitutional-error federal-habeas-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-adjudication |
May a federal habeas court grant relief based solely on its conclusion that the Brecht test is satisfied, or must the court also find that the state c… |
| 20-6645 |
Joe Cervantes, Jr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-violation due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jury-trial notice-of-charges void-for-vagueness void-statutes |
Does AEDPA deprive federal courts of the power and obligation to review claims not previously known and could not have been known through reasonable d… |
| 20-6625 |
Shane Q. Whipple v. Michael Johnson, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing state-court statute-of-limitations |
Whether Marcth Morales Howard should be allowed to stop the prosecution of all defendants in claims? |
| 20-6620 |
Michael R. Spengler v. Los Angeles County District Attorney |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure collateral-estoppel criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdiction state-remedies |
Whether federal habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is available to criminal defendants challenging the legality of their confinement before exhausti… |
| 20-6605 |
Demondray D. Mayo v. Perry Russell, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition reasonable state-court state-court-reasoning statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal court incorrectly applies 28-U.S.C-2254(d) |
| 20-6535 |
Levi Ruffin v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-representation judicial-interpretation procedural-default standing state-court |
Whether the petitioner has a due process right to have counsel appointed to represent them in a civil matter due to their inability to afford an attor… |
| 20-6251 |
Timothy Tyrone Byers, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review judicial-power standing state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction united-states |
Whether the prosecution must always prove territorial jurisdiction over a crime in order to sustain a conviction? |
| 20-6183 |
Timothy N. Hatton v. Mark R. Sevier, Superintendent, New Castle Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing |
Question not identified |
| 20-6083 |
John Oliver Wooten v. Patrick Warren, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deference factual-error federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standard-of-review state-court state-courts |
Is a state court decision entitled to deference on federal habeas review if it is undisputed that the state court applied the wrong standard of review… |
| 20-6053 |
Dieter Riechmann v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-standard circuit-split evidence evidence-review federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-determination statutory-interpretation |
Is a state court's conclusion that evidence not presented at trial was cumulative of other evidence before the jury a 'determination of the facts' tha… |
| 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… |
| 20-5801 |
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… |
| 20-5735 |
Michael Dean Perry v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court-review |
Whether the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution requires federal courts to review the merits of a habeas corpus petition challenging the legali… |
| 20-5725 |
Rheashad Lamar Lott v. E. Oseguera, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief standing state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation |
Was PeTL {tower's 42 U.S.C. 31493 COMPLATY ENTITLED To REVEFIT OF EQUITARE Tota |
| 20-5698 |
Adrian Hernandez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process fair-trial federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection post-conviction procedural-default racial-bias standing state-court |
whether-a-petitioner-was-denied-a-fair-trial-when-a-juror-stated-she-could-not-be-impartial |
| 20-5680 |
Larry R. Steele v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
Rehearing |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-violations due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief res-judicata standing state-court-review |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims as barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel |
| 20-5684 |
Frank Joseph Schwindler v. Shay Hatcher, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-procedures state-courts venue |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to review the district court's orders staying a habeas corpus petition |
| 20-5617 |
David Allen Rundle v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 aggravating-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus incest ineffective-assistance-of-counsel psychological-impairment psychological-impairments sexual-abuse state-court-determination |
was-the-state-court's-summary-denial-contrary-to-federal-law |
| 20-5592 |
Christopher Lipsey, Jr. v. D. Goree, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review frivolous habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance malicious procedural-default standing state-court-review |
Whether the district court's dismissal of a complaint as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim constitutes a strike under 28 U.S.C. § … |
| 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 |
| 20-5486 |
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 |
| 20-5445 |
Jelani Walker v. Ed Sheldon, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure merits-ruling procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions state-court state-courts |
Does a defense cause prejudice due to inadequate notice? |
| 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 |
| 20-5277 |
Joseph Thompson, Jr. v. Houma Terrebonne Housing Authority, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation discrimination due-process employment federal-review jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-construction supreme-court-procedure |
Whether the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in d… |
| 20-5224 |
Kenneth Clark v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence aedpa circuit-split evidence federal-review habeas habeas-corpus judicial-standard reliability statute-of-limitations |
Must a habeas petitioner make a threshold showing of reliability before the reviewing court will consider the evidence in totality to determine whethe… |
| 20-5125 |
In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton |
|
2020-07-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus |
Whether the resolution of petitioner's Brady violation claim by the state courts resulted in a decision that was contrary to or involved an unreasonab… |
| 20-5089 |
William Kirkpatrick, Jr. v. Kevin Chappell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254e1 capital-inmate-rights capital-punishment colloquy due-process federal-review habeas-corpus presumption-of-correctness state-court-proceedings waiver waiver-of-rights whitmore-v-arkansas |
Whether the Ninth Circuit contravened Whitmore v. Arkansas in upholding a capital inmate's waiver of the right to proceed absent a colloquy demonstrat… |
| 19-8647 |
Martin Diez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland cone-v-bell due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Where the state courts did not address Petitioner's claim that the prosecution failed to disclose certain evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 8… |
| 19-8535 |
Courtney Rashon Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-review grand-jury habeas-corpus plea-bargaining standing |
Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty can seek relief from his conviction on the basis that the government failed to instruct the grand jury on an es… |
| 19-8472 |
Wyte Young, Jr. v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default sentencing state-court-procedure |
Did the federal court violate petitioner's 5th and 8th amendment rights |
| 19-8375 |
Lamarr Robinson v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-claim exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine fair-presentation federal-review habeas-corpus incorporation-by-reference procedural-default state-court-remedies |
Does a prisoner 'fairly present' the substance of his federal habeas corpus claim to the state's highest court when he utilizes a commonly used, unoff… |
| 19-8343 |
Kenan Allen v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-notification statutory-limitation |
Whether a Certificate of Appealability should have been issued regarding the matter of equitable tolling of Mr. Allen's filing of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254… |
| 19-1205 |
Anthony J. Lucero v. Paul Gordon, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-04-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment certificate-of-review civil-procedure due-process federal-review legal-malpractice rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine sham-affidavit state-actor state-actors state-court-judgments |
Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine permit this United States Supreme Court to review state trial court documents and judgments in this case within a cas… |
| 19-7894 |
In Re Charles S. Renchenski |
|
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statutory-adequacy statutory-interpretation statutory-notice writ-of-certiorari |
Did the federal court(s) unlawfully suspend the writ of habeas corpus? |
| 19-7913 |
Pooroushasb Parineh v. Michael Martel, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 actual-innocence aedpa civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-remedies statutory-tolling |
Whether the petitioner filed a timely habeas corpus petition after exhausting state remedies |
| 19-7810 |
Dale W. Eaton v. Mike Pacheco, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency new-evidence state-court-adjudication strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether a state court has adjudicated the performance prong of a Strickland v. Washington claim on the merits within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d… |
| 19-7715 |
Alfredo Castillo-Reyes v. Bobbi Grant Ingalls, et al. |
Virginia |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure divorce due-process property standing takings civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction divorce-proceedings due-process federal-law federal-review judicial-discretion legal-procedure property-rights standing takings |
Whether the Federal Law permit Virginia Supreme Court denied of case because of Circuit Court of Warren County refused of transcription and Order Medi… |
| 19-7709 |
John A. Toth v. Peter Antonacci, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance qualified-immunity treaty |
Whether the violation of any State or Federal Courts, Treaties, Rights or Privileges by any and all State and/or Federal Agents and individuals, both … |
| 19-7582 |
Raul Arellano v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mailbox-rule ninth-circuit petition-reconsideration prisoner-rights standing |
Question not identified |
| 19-7501 |
Steven Livaditis v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 abusive-conduct constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mental-impairments mitigating-evidence penalty-phase reasonable-probability |
Was the state court's summary denial of Petitioner's claims, alleging defense counsel's failure to present any penalty phase evidence of (i) Petitione… |
| 19-7222 |
Timothy Richardson v. Edward Thomas, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
atkins-v-virginia death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law |
Whether the execution of an intellectually disabled defendant whose death sentence stands due to a federal court's misinterpretation of state law gove… |
| 19-7192 |
Keith Edward Walker v. Ronda Pash, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-review finality-of-judgment habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision statute-of-limitations |
Does the reamme of 28 U.S.C. 2244(d) and (p) create ambiguity in 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(1) regarding the one-year period of litigation |
| 19-7175 |
Curry Robinson v. Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment alibi alibi-claim federal-review fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance procedural-bar sixth-amendment |
Whether the federal question of ineffective assistance of trial counsel as the preserved claim of an alibi was vague and/or unexhausted thereby proced… |
| 19-7186 |
James R. Young v. United States, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
bivens bivens-claim civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-review fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis inmate-rights property property-theft standing |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse Petitioner's 5th Amendment due-process right to be heard on his Bivens claim on appeal by summarily di… |
| 19-6999 |
Charles Alan Dyer v. Jim Farris, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review-2254-d-2-e-1 ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-correctness prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review state-court-fact-finding state-court-factual-findings state-court-findings unreasonable-determination |
Whether a federal court is required to review the state court's finding of facts to determine if it is 'unreasonable' or can the court simply presume … |
| 19-6966 |
Kyle A. Keys v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-split due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-requirement fair-presentation federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-remedies statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the 'fair presentation'/exhaustion requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 |
| 19-6863 |
In Re Melvin Bonnell |
|
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sixth-circuit state-court-decisions teague-doctrine teague-standard |
Whether a state court's merits decision applying a new rule of constitutional law opens up federal review |
| 19-6516 |
Ronald D. Veteto v. Gregory O. Griffin, Judge, Circuit Court of Alabama, Montgomery County, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights retaliation standing state-court-procedure |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint for failure to comply with heightened pleading standards |
| 19-6454 |
Corey Morris v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel extended-sentences federal-review multiple-indictments plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when contemplating plea offers |
| 19-6455 |
Jowarski Russell Nedd v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-filing state-court-proceedings statute-of-limitations statutory-tolling tolling |
Whether the decisions of the courts below ought to be summarily reversed and the case remanded to the court of appeals with instructions to remand the… |
| 19-6407 |
Derran Smiley v. California |
California |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance penal-code post-conviction retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing state-court-ruling |
Whether the retroactive application of California Penal Code Section 667(c)(2) violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution |
| 19-516 |
Nolan Espinda, Director, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Royce C. Gouveia |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
|
appellate-deference appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review custody federal-district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus Hawai'i-sovereign-right manifest-necessity mistrial-declaration rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgments |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in concluding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine is categorically not applicable to § 2241 petitions? |
| 19-6245 |
Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Stanislaus County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus immunity ninth-circuit parental-rights pro-se procedural-default standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation |
Whether incarcerated pro se litigants' custody, parental rights, property, and financial matters are at issue in a bona fide civil action seeking acce… |
| 19-6203 |
Eric Christopher Barrass v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
chambers-v-mississippi constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-review green-v-georgia habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-decision state-courts third-party-confession |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in applying 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the state appellate court's unexplained decision, rather than 'looking through' … |
| 19-5912 |
Jesus Oscar Meraz Leon v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence arizona-courts arizona-law civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-relief standing |
Whether the state courts' refusal to grant Leon's request for DNA testing because it violates his right to due process and equal protection of the law… |
| 19-5862 |
Jorge Alberto Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court deference-to-state-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-relief federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Was the Fifth Circuit's 'unreasonable application' inquiry proper? |
| 19-5894 |
Damon Bentley v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure clerical-error constitutional-claims due-process federal-review fourteenth-amendment fraud habeas-corpus state-prisoner statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause is violated when a State prisoner is not given a complete and fair hearing in the district court w… |
| 19-5798 |
Lonnie Bernard Davis v. John Hancock Mutual Funds Accounts |
First Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights confinement-conditions constitutional-violation due-process federal-review habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing |
Did the federal court render a proper decision or abuse its discretion in the prisoner's case? |
| 19-5746 |
Howard Griffith v. New York |
New York |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process federal-review judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-appellate-procedures state-appellate-review |
Whether the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division/Fourth Department, erred in allowing Defendant/Petitioner to take a direct appe… |
| 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,… |
| 19-5438 |
Jimmy Fletcher Meders v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 anti-flyspecking-rule circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-law eleventh-circuit federal-court-deference federal-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review section-2254 standard-of-review state-court-decision state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's adherence to its 'no-grading-papers-anti-flyspecking-rule' is incompatible with Wilson-v-Sellers |
| 19-5439 |
MacKendy Strachan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-sanctions due-process federal-review judicial-review legal-mail legal-procedure prison standing |
Whether the Court should review the question of a Departure from the usual rules of judicial proceedings on an order of denial of a motion for reconsi… |
| 19-5238 |
Arthur Lopez v. The Irvine Company Apartment Communities, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-housing-act federal-jurisdiction federal-review jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction remedies standing state-court-jurisdiction state-law |
Whether the Plaintiff and the General Cable did B permitted to Pursue Relief from Violations of the Kou Hearing Act (1968) for Segregation and Hearing… |
| 19-5170 |
Phillip J. Rosenblum v. Martin Biter, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default reopening-deadline state-court-exhaustion successive-petitions |
Whether a petitioner with an 'actual innocence' claim can be barred from review and treated as if successive petitions that have not been adjudicated … |
| 19-5074 |
Forge Dennis Mileham v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability claim-exhaustion exhaustion exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell state-court-proceedings vasquez-v-hillery |
Whether a Court of Appeals' denial of a certificate of appealability conflicts with this Court's rulings in Vasquez v. Hillery and Miller-El v. Cockre… |
| 18-9690 |
Curt M. Lockett v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-writ actual-innocence carrier-standard constitutional-claims due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus innocence-claim post-conviction-review procedural-error successive-petitions |
Should 4 habeas petitioners' claims of actual innocence, supported by the facts of the record, be subject to doctrines of abuse or successive use of t… |
| 18-9659 |
In Re Quisi Bryan |
|
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus hurst-claim hurst-v-florida jury-determination jury-trial retroactive-application retroactivity sixth-amendment sixth-circuit |
Whether the Ohio Supreme Court's merits denial of Bryan's Hurst claim was erroneous insofar as appellate reweighing cannot cure the errors that affect… |
| 18A1289 |
Walter Barton v. Cynthia Griffith, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights death-penalty eighth-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability in a death penalty habeas corpus case violated the petitioner's constitutional r… |
| 18-9595 |
Mike Du Trieu v. Michael Martel, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review constitutional-law due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-bar state-court state-court-error |
Whether a federal court reviewing a state habeas decision must determine whether the state court erred in its application of a procedural bar when the… |
| 18-9540 |
Clifton D. Harvin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence actual-innocence-exception aedpa district-court due-process federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations |
When a Petitioner relies upon the McQuiggin V Perkins 133 S.Ct. 1924 miscarriage of justice actual innoccence exception to overcome the AEDPA one year… |
| 18A1249 |
Maxcium Herring v. L. S. McEwen, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-rights criminal-defendant due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-court |
Whether a state court's summary denial of a habeas corpus petition without a full evidentiary hearing violates a criminal defendant's constitutional r… |
| 18-9372 |
Quisi Bryan v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa constitutional-interpretation federal-constitutional-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus panetti-v-quarterman procedural-bar retroactive-law retroactivity state-court |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244 prevents a federal habeas court from reviewing a state court's voluntary and independent retroactive application of a new rul… |
| 18-9228 |
David D. Ewing v. Ronda Pash, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review claims-barred due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-admission merits-consideration procedural-default self-defense state-court-appellate state-court-proceedings |
Whether a petitioner's claims are barred from federal review when the underlying claims have been considered on the merits during state court appellat… |
| 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… |
| 18-9159 |
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… |
| 18-9080 |
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… |
| 18-8977 |
Scott E. Schmidt v. Brian Foster, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-federal-law clearly-established-law federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-review unreasonable-application wilson-v-sellers |
Whether this Court should summarily reverse or, at a minimum, grant certiorari, vacate, and remand in light of Wilson v. Sellers |
| 18-8788 |
Robert L. Moore v. Noah Nagy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 28-usc-2254-d-2 28-usc-2254-e-1 adjudication-on-merits adjudication-on-the-merits constitutional-claim de-novo-review federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-review |
Where a state court denies a person the opportunity to establish the necessary factual record to support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel,… |
| 18-8666 |
Tremane Wood v. Mike Carpenter, Interim Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-review death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-test |
Does a circuit court contravene this Court's decisions in Strickland-v-Washington, Wiggins-v-Smith, Rompilla-v-Beard, and Porter-v-McCollum where it d… |
| 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… |
| 18-8430 |
Juan Bosco Alvarez v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-rules supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a federal habeas court contravenes this Court's precedent when it evaluates the merits of a petitioner's claim without regard for the state co… |
| 18-8419 |
Fabian Hernandez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-review reasoned-decision standard-of-review state-court-decision state-courts statutory-interpretation unreasonableness-test |
Whether, in the face of a reasoned state court decision, a federal habeas court applies the unreasonableness test of 28 USC §2254(d)(1) to the specifi… |
| 18-8242 |
Jody Ford McCreary v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure collateral-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review procedural-default sixth-amendment standing state-court strickland-standards substantive-claim |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit abused its discretion in denying a certificate of appealability on the denial of the … |
| 18-1132 |
Oscar Franklin Smith v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
|
cullen-v-pinholster federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan pinholster-limitation pinholster-v-cullen procedural-default state-habeas state-habeas-proceedings state-post-conviction trevino-v-thaler |
Whether Martinez and Trevino apply to ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claims that were technically raised in state habeas proceedings but went… |
| 18-8212 |
Harry Brantley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-convictions dismissal district-court due-process federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus petition-dismissal standing state-court timeliness |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his state court convi… |
| 18-8116 |
Budry Michel v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment,federal-habeas,state-court,merits federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing merits parole-eligibility plain-language standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts |
Whether a state court can treat a federal habeas decision of this Court as a ruling on the merits contrary to the plain language of the decision? |
| 18-8030 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan pinholster-standard procedural-default state-court-adjudication |
Where is the boundary between 'new claims,' whose default federal habeas courts may excuse, and 'new facts,' which federal habeas courts may not consi… |
| 18-7852 |
Donald Hug v. T. J. Conley, Warden |
Georgia |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-review freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech habeas-corpus judicial-authority prison-policies prisoners-rights statute-of-limitations time-limits |
Whether prison officials have the authority to prevent (deny) pro se prisoners from getting their legal documents notarized until it is too late to fi… |
| 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… |
| 18-7792 |
Anthony Donato v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act brady-violation brady-violation-disclosure circuit-court-split constitutional-disclosure constitutional-due-process due-process federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct second-circuit-decision second-or-successive successive-habeas-petition |
Whether the Second Circuit's decision that petitioner's second-in-time Brady claim is successive conflicts with applicable decisions of this Court |
| 18-7774 |
Cecil Boyett v. Dwayne Santistevan, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ake-v-oklahoma circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-error due-process federal-review gerstien-v-pugh habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel petition-denial procedural-due-process sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether petitioner Boyett was denied effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment |
| 18-7396 |
Alonzo Fishback v. Mike Parris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa credibility credibility-of-counsel deference-to-state-court due-process federal-review federal-review-of-state-court-findings habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum-sentencing sixth-amendment state-post-conviction state-post-conviction-review |
Whether the federal court must accept that trial counsel's performance was adequate simply because trial counsel testified his performance was adequat… |
| 18-902 |
Paul Poupart v. Timothy Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act clearly-established-federal-law custodial-interrogation federal-review fifth-amendment fifth-circuit habeas-corpus miranda-rights unreasonable-application |
Whether a habeas corpus application should be granted when a state court decision was contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of clearly e… |
| 18-7223 |
Jesse Lloyd Hall v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 barefoot-standard coerced-confession due-process federal-review habeas-corpus police-misconduct recantation state-writ-petition victim-recantation victim-rights witness-intimidation |
Whether federal courts must take the allegations of a state writ petition as true when weighing if the state's denial was objectively unreasonable |
| 18-756 |
William Gittere, Warden, et al. v. Jose Lorente Echavarria |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
|
aedpa compensatory-bias due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-misconduct law-of-the-case |
Whether the Nevada Supreme Court's application of the law of the case in the state habeas appeal was an adjudication of Echavarria's compensatory bias… |
| 18-6876 |
Pierre Donte Joshlin v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-v-ayala federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus harmless-error ninth-circuit supreme-court |
Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied the federal habeas harmless error analysis in light of this Court's recent decision in Davis v. Ayala, 135 … |
| 18-671 |
Kurt Robert Smith v. Anna Valentine, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 aedpa federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus ignorance-of-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ignorance reasonable-counsel strategic-decision |
Must a court reviewing counsel's failure to investigate first determine whether the basis for the failure was counsel's ignorance of the law, or anoth… |
| 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… |
| 18-6753 |
Jesse Mendez v. Gary Swarthout, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition harrington-v-richter judicial-deference reasoned-decision state-appellate-court state-court state-court-decision statutory-interpretation |
When a state court denied a habeas claim without a reasoned decision, can the district court reject the state appellate court's clear statement that i… |
| 18-6409 |
Scotty Garnell Morrow v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
28-usc-2254 clear-error due-process fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus reasoned-opinion section-2254 state-court-adjudication state-court-deference |
Where the last state court to review the merits of a state prisoner's habeas claim denied relief in a reasoned opinion, may a federal court assume the… |
| 18-5867 |
Harvey Preston v. Willie Smith, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-error criminal-procedure federal-review gateway gateway-claim habeas habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins perkins-v-mcquiggins standard-of-review |
Whether the Petitioner has presented a credible claim of actual innocence to warrant reversal of the offenses of carjacking, home-invasion-first-degre… |
| 18-5687 |
Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus liberty-interest procedural-default standing state-court-decision state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent time-bar |
Whether rights generated by federal procedural and substantive due-process prohibit the state from concluding direct review |
| 18-5672 |
Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts |
Has the Third Circuit Court of Appeals entered a decision that is in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, all other Courts of Appeals, feder… |
| 18-5666 |
Arthur Dennison v. Mark Hooks, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoner statutory-interpretation |
Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability to state prisoner Arthur Dennison to challenge the denial of his … |
| 18-5505 |
Farris Genner Morris v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
procedurally defaulted ineffective assistance of capital-case equitable-exception evidence federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-amendment |
When Martinez v. Ryan applies to a petitioner's initial federal habeas corpus proceeding, should the petitioner be entitled to application of Martinez… |
| 18-5367 |
Edward David Jones, Jr. v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-review free-speech habeas-corpus ninth-circuit patent standing state-court-conviction takings |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim |
| 18-5229 |
Robert Adam Neuman v. Mark Nooth |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflicts federal-law federal-law-analysis federal-law-review federal-review judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent ohio-v-reiner review state-court state-court-decision state-court-interpretation state-statute supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's opinion unreasonably insulates the state court decision from review and conflicts with Ohio v. Reiner |
| 18A1216 |
Bobby Joe Long v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment federal-review irreparable-harm |
Whether the Eighth Amendment and Due Process Clause prohibit the execution of a death row inmate when substantial constitutional claims remain unresol… |
| 24A419 |
Cynthia Davis, Warden v. David M. Smith |
Sixth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-conviction federal-review habeas-corpus mandate sixth-circuit state-court |
Whether the Sixth Circuit improperly interpreted federal habeas corpus standards for reviewing state court criminal convictions |
| 24A948 |
Michael Tanzi v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
|
Denied |
|
constitutional-law death-penalty federal-review jury-trial procedural-bar sixth-amendment |
Whether a state supreme court's procedural bar on a death row inmate's federal constitutional claim violates the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial… |