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25A589 Humphrey Daniels, III v. United States Armed Forces 2025-11-18 Application appellate-process fraud-on-the-court government-misconduct hazel-atlas-doctrine judicial-supervision structural-conflict Whether a government-induced structural conflict that was never disclosed to a tribunal constitutes fraud on the court requiring judicial supervisory …
25-407 Scott Breimeister v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-06 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived double-jeopardy government-misconduct implied-consent mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct strict-scrutiny I. What constitutes implied consent to a mistrial when determining if a defendant has forfeited a Double Jeopardy claim? II. Does strict scrutiny app…
25-5608 Gary Jordan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-11 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-review government-misconduct guilty-plea ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment structural-error Can a defendant collaterally attack his guilty plea via 28 U.S.C. § 2255 as unconstitutional based on surreptitious pre-plea government misconduct wit…
25-90 Mark S. Scott v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-due-process government-misconduct judicial-review legal-standard perjured-testimony Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit applied the wrong standard to the admission of perjured testimony that the governmen…
25-20 Ali Esseily v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied appellate-review constitutional-interpretation fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct landlord-fraud legal-procedure Whether the Second Circuit misinterpreted the Fourteenth Amendment's application to alleged landlord fraud and governmental misconduct
24-6443 Davion Brown v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment franks-hearing government-misconduct judicial-review search-and-seizure warrant-falsity Whether the Second Circuit erred in denying Petitioner a Franks hearing when confronted with evidence of government representatives lying to four succ…
24-6329 George Ivory v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations rule-15 Whether the Sixth Circuit misapplied Rule 15 in denying Ivory's motion for a Certificate of Appealability (COA) such that its denial order should be s…
24-5170 Eric Lee Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony government-misconduct napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct Where the Assistant United States Attorney's representing the Government violates a standard announced in Napue v. Illinois by gaining a criminal conv…
23-7708 Joshua Peters v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct new-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-order Burden-shifting-in-criminal-trial
23-7514 Christopher E. Glass v. Illinois Illinois 2024-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-misconduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights trial-counsel Whether the Court should allow into evidence, over Petitioner's objection, statements made by Petitioner during interrogation by police, where Petitio…
23-7213 Jerris M. Blanks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material civil-rights discovery discovery-request due-process government-misconduct judicial-bias post-conviction-relief standing Did the Defendant show good cause to obtain discovery after presenting evidence of government misconduct?
23-7152 Sean Burton v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-04-05 Denied IFP brady-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct post-conviction-relief right-to-a-fair-trial whether-the-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania-violated-the-brady-rule
23A739 Irina Collier v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. California 2024-02-08 Presumed Complete first-amendment government-misconduct institutional-fraud political-conspiracy retaliation whistleblower-protection Whether the First Amendment protects a whistleblower's claims of systemic institutional fraud and potential political conspiracy when alleging retalia…
23-6269 Yavonne Hand v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-rights criminal-conduct declaratory-judgment due-process ethics-violation government-misconduct public-officials standing Right to a fair administrative hearing
23-517 Jeffrey Pratt v. Tony Helms, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-claim federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct johnson-v-city-of-shelby meritorious-claims pleadings-doctrine Whether the Eighth Circuit impermissibly reestablished the long-abolished pleadings doctrine
23-5990 Kirk A. Simmons v. Thomas Scarantino Fourth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2241 aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure entrapment-defense federal-criminal-procedure government-fraud government-misconduct habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review Does fraud by the federal government obstruct a defendant's entrapment defense?
23-485 Jesus Arley Munera-Gomez v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process entrapment entrapment-defense government-misconduct prosecutorial-discretion self-incrimination use-immunity witness-immunity witness-testimony Whether a defendant is constitutionally entitled to obtain use immunity for a witness
23-5955 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment government-attorney government-misconduct illegal-evidence search-and-seizure warrantless-search Can an attorney for the government go outside the jurisdictional process and ask a friend to search an office without a warrant and not violate the IV…
23-5705 Michael Sampson v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process electric-vehicle federal-action government-misconduct patent patent-pending standing takings technology-dispute USPTO Will the Supreme Court seek truth for the sake of humanity and compel the U.S.D.C. (E.D. Texas) to make available the papers of case no. G122-CV-BY?
23-5686 David Calhoun v. United States Third Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment government-misconduct harmless-error kotteakos-v-united-states procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the district court's resolution of the petitioner's Fifth Amendment due process claim was correct, given the government's multiple breaches of…
23-5280 Robert A. Griffin v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60-motion Whether Mr. Griffin is entitled to a COA
23-5225 Leonard Sapp v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court due-process fair-trial government-misconduct imminent-danger Was Leonard Sapp afforded a fair trial when the Government shifted the burden of proof to the Defense during trial?
23-58 Robert Chagolla, et ux. v. Bryan Cluff, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied absolute-immunity civil-rights civil-tort constitutional-rights due-process false-reporting government-collusion government-misconduct immunity statute-of-limitations Whether absolute immunity shields government employees who report false information/omit exculpatory information
23-5150 Augustus Quintrell Light v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure government-misconduct illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-error Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals commit plain error when it found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioner's …
23-5017 Jerry A. Smith v. Indiana Parole Board, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process government-misconduct parole public-importance sentencing Polatic Inporteace ; Queshons
22-7605 Sealed Appellant v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bad-faith cooperation cooperation-agreement criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion section-3553e sentencing sentencing-relief Did the government act in bad faith by denying 18-U.S.C.-3553(e) relief to Petitioner
22-7513 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. John Stone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment government-misconduct incarceration involuntary-treatment medical-consent medical-treatment state-law Whether the petitioner was deprived of due process and equal protection rights when confined for 4 months without conviction and denied medical treatm…
22-7219 Dawud Canaan Sturrup Gabriel v. Melton Truck Lines Tenth Circuit 2023-04-06 Dismissed IFP certiorari-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-discrimination government-misconduct judicial-procedure standing whistleblower whistleblower-rights Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit departed from the accepted course of judicial proceedings
22-7126 Andre Chandler, aka Mac Dre v. United States Second Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process government-misconduct prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness-cooperation witness-debriefing Did the government violate Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights
22-6648 Glen Plourde v. Redington-Fairview General Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2023-01-27 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-misconduct judicial-overreach legislative-authority separation-of-powers standing state-statute state-supreme-court torture Separation-of-powers
22-6459 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct government-review procedural-motion section-2255 section-3504 statutory-interpretation wiretapping Whether the Fed.R.Civ.P. 60 procedure qualifies as a Proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 3504(a)(1)
22-6171 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2022-11-30 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression government-misconduct grand-jury grand-jury-subpoena prosecutorial-misconduct subpoenas Whether the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii sanctioned the abuse of process and violation of the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment …
22-6037 Spencer Jean v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process expert-witness fair-trial government-misconduct rule-16-disclosure sixth-amendment whether-the-jury-verdict-was-metaphysically-impossible
22-6041 David Williams, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 congressional-intent conviction-review eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fifth-amendment government-misconduct section-2255 whether-defendant's-conviction-and-sentence-for-nonexistent-crimes-violates-constitution
22-422 Kendall Streb v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion brady-violation civil-procedure criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-concealment government-misconduct hearing prosecutorial-misconduct witness-payments Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a hearing into the government's alleged discovery violations
22-5571 Wamel Allah v. L. Latona, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure brief-submission briefs circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure dismissal due-process government-misconduct government-response judicial-review procedural-due-process Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeals without a response from the government who faile…
22-5455 Tyrone Woolaston v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights confidential-informant criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process government-conduct government-misconduct manufactured-venue venue venue-manipulation Whether manufactured venue is a valid criminal defense
22-5410 Claud R. Koerber v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-factors barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial government-misconduct issue-preclusion sixth-amendment speedy-trial statute-of-limitations speedy-trial
22-140 Yvette B. Beaulieu v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process equal-protection federal-employee government-investigation government-misconduct legal-fairness Why is there no equal application of relevant fairness principles in civil and criminal matters?
22-5320 Ronny Thomas v. Caddo Parish Sex Offender Registration Fifth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process environmental-protection government-misconduct human-rights standing Whether the right to a clean and healthy environment is a fundamental civil right and human right
22-5310 Sean Shallow v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-procedure civil-rights civil-suit constitutional-violation due-process government-employees government-misconduct judicial-misconduct standing Is the dismissal of the petitioner's civil suit unconstitutional and criminal?
22-5164 Oscar Lenton, Sr. v. Warden, FCI Edgefield Fourth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confrontation-clause due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-misconduct habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the Appeals Court ruling deprived petitioner of his right under Brady v. Maryland, where the Government had violated its obligation to turn ov…
22-5037 Stephen Todd Booker v. Florida Florida 2022-07-06 Denied IFP banks-v-dretke brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure disclosure due-diligence due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct May courts impose a due diligence requirement for Brady claims
21-8106 Jay Jurdi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure government-misconduct ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-issue legal-standard preservation-of-error procedural-question self-incrimination sentencing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Was Brent's counsel ineffective for failing to object to, and thereby preserve for review, the government-intended use of a novel, self-incriminating …
21-8011 David Reese v. Florida Florida 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-records criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct standing How can the lower courts rule against my motions that I had filed in their courts and say that my allegations are frivolous when the documents show I …
21-7966 Michael G. Peters v. David Hittner, Judge Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Dismissed IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights constitutional-rights cover-up due-process free-speech government-misconduct obstruction-of-justice political-cover-up Whether the government's cover-up of evidence and obstruction of justice to prevent the due process of science violates the Constitution
21-7920 Jimmy Lee Wheeler v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard structural-error Whether Thin Court Will Cobh, Hat 2 Mant Peet injudiiee. has heen Crrtumven%e d by The lower Courts and Also been diste garde d by The Appellate | Cou…
21-7633 Charles Awusin Inko-Tariah v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication government-misconduct judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-treatment pro-se-representation self-representation Was the Supreme Court ruling in Faretta vs California violated or trampled
21-7440 Norman Alan Kerr v. Christopher Gomez, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure document-suppression due-process evidence-rules government-misconduct judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing trial-procedure Whether the stipulation waives all the elements of the offense, and whether the court can legally hold such a stipulation as valid
21-7261 Ezeani Gregory Ifesinachi v. Guy Cirillo, Warden Third Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review procedural-inconsistency state-court Whether the District Court's refusal to review the legality of the petitioner's detention due to the government's failure to timely adjudicate his pen…
21-7117 Frederick Allen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-misrepresentation plagiarism witness-testimony Was Frederick Muse's constitutional right to due process violated when the district court plagiarized a 31-count word-for-word/comma-for-comma misrepr…
21-7067 Kimmie Dwayne Baker v. Arizona Arizona 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-review criminal-procedure due-process electronic-surveillance evidence exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct government-response judicial-procedure new-trial new-trial-motion surveillance Whether the government was obligated to respond and contest the merits of the July 3, 2022 motion, rather than moving to dismiss on the basis of untim…
21-6966 Juan Sampel v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review drug-quantity due-process evidence evidence-withholding government-misconduct judicial-discretion sentencing Does an appellate court violate principles of Due Process when it disregards substantial evidence which questions a district court's drug quantity fin…
21-6842 Ada Maria Benson v. Census 2020, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-act civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-employer government-misconduct retaliation sherman-act title-vii Where there exists illegal practices in the workplace by a United States federal employer Census 2020-Department of Commerce
21-740 Richard E. Paulus, M.D. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ethical-violations fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court government-misconduct Did the Sixth Circuit err in ruling it lacked jurisdiction to consider allegations of fraud upon the court and due process violations in evaluating a …
21-6227 Misael Cordero v. Jonathan Gramp, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied IFP circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel false-testimony government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a due process violation occurs when the government knowingly uses false testimony even if the defense knows of the false testimony
21-5779 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida 2021-09-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight legal-fraud separation-of-powers Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution?
21-5774 Joseph Hilton Dierks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct habeas-corpus Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the lower court denied his request for an evidentiary hearing to present evidence that …
21-440 Miguel Angel Santana v. Maryland Maryland 2021-09-22 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived constitutional-integrity constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony government-misconduct immunity-agreements prosecutorial-misconduct witness-immunity Whether a government witness's uncorrected false testimony about immunity agreements violates due-process when the government informs defense-counsel …
21-5636 Peter Hurley v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-09-09 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidence-preservation government-misconduct plea-bargaining sentencing Whether the Commonwealth of Massachusetts allowed the petitioner to back out of a plea agreement and be resentenced to a felony conviction, and whethe…
21-5565 Fortrell Latrae Sain v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights cross-examination discovery-violations due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review procedural-violation sentencing Whether the defendant was denied the opportunity to fully cross-examine the key government witness
21-5428 Crystal V. L. Rivers v. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights crime-victims-rights-act criminal-procedure federal-investigation government-disclosure government-misconduct ongoing-investigation rico victim-notification Whether the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) requires the government to inform a victim of her rights under the CVRA and the status of the investigati…
21-239 Daniel Loring v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-misconduct legal-malpractice obstruction-of-justice public-record Whether Petitioners' filing was improperly removed and deleted from the public record
21-5370 Martha Aguirre v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process government-misconduct grand-jury material-misrepresentation material-testimony narcotics-conspiracy perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when the only witness for the Government linking the appellant to a narcotics conspiracy commits perjury in…
21-5124 Derrick Wilson v. United States Second Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause evidence-fabrication government-misconduct habeas-corpus miller-el-standard standing Did the Court of Appeals err in concluding that Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability had not 'made a substantial showing of the denial of a const…
21-5102 Jaime Meza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct judicial-review materiality suppressed-evidence Whether a defendant seeking relief under Brady v. Maryland is entitled to have some court review the suppressed information to determine materiality
20-8426 Bin Yang v. California Board of Registered Nursing California 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony government-agency government-misconduct licensing-board standing Why is Petitioner NOT ALLOWED to withdraw her application from a nursing-board
20-8173 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation certificate-of-appealability circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling government-misconduct judicial-discretion judicial-integrity standing Whether the Government sought to diminish the likelihood of Petitioner's finding of a Brady violation, by interjected a manufactured declaration to mi…
20-7994 In Re Lee Robert Scott 2021-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-authorization civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct judicial-misconduct legal-immunity procedural-protection standing state-prosecution Does the Supreme Court allow lower courts to cover up victorious and malicious prosecution cases when vindictive legal sentencing is clearly on the re…
20-1561 In Re Barbara Riley 2021-05-11 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process ex-parte-judgment government-misconduct property-rights racketeering standing takings void-judgment Is it constitutional for multiple units of Local government and State government to enter, sell, buy, and record facially void ex parte default judgme…
20-7882 Taurean Potter v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial and due process was violated when the government failed to correct false testimony…
20-1464 Rahul Ramesh Joshi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-breach government-misconduct judicial-review plea-agreement resentencing sentencing Whether the government's breach of the plea agreement constituted a due-process-violation, which required remand-for-de-novo-resentencing
20-7741 Wen Dong Zhao v. Department of State Second Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights department-of-state due-process embassy-communication federal-investigation freedom-of-information government-misconduct intellectual-property judicial-review letter-disposition standing Denial-of-access-to-letters
20-7692 Donald Violett v. John R. Grise Kentucky 2021-04-08 Denied IFP actual-innocence attorney-client-privilege civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus state-court-review void-judgment Can a state court convict and incarcerate a petitioner on dismissed and fabricated charges based on new evidence?
20-7636 Marcus Anthony Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice false-information false-testimony government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate procedural-default Whether and to the extent the criminal justice system tolerates false testimony and false information relied upon by the United States Court of Appeal…
20-1330 June M. Domino v. California Correctional Health Care Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct pattern-of-discrimination racial-discrimination retaliation title-vii Was this a coordinated effort by government employees to undermine the Rule of Law?
20-7325 Eric Todd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cross-examination disclosure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment government-misconduct witness-testimony Did the timing and method of the Government's disclosure violate Todd's Fifth Amendment right to a fair trial
20-7350 Adam DeVore v. Ohio Ohio 2021-03-05 Denied IFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct indictment-misconduct manifest-miscarriage-of-justice sixth-amendment waiver-of-indictment Whether the service of a fake indictment and threats to foster a child constitutes a due process violation
20-6570 Brandon Bernard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-violation death-penalty gang-affiliation government-misconduct napue-claim napue-violation procedural-default section-2255 successive-habeas successive-petition Where government action prevented Petitioner from bringing his claims under Brady and Napue in his initial § 2255 motion, should a second-in-time moti…
20-718 Mario Nelson Reyes-Romero v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied attorney-fees civil-rights criminal-procedure eaja equal-access-to-justice-act government-misconduct hyde-amendment standing united-states-position Does the Hyde Amendment inquiry into whether 'the position of the United States was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith' encompass actions of non-pr…
20-6168 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Florida Florida 2020-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fraud free-speech government-misconduct standing Whether clear contradictions between Universal Human Rights and State and Federal constitutional articles and amendments, which provide the non-denial…
20-5970 Dominique Little v. District of Columbia Public Schools, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-accountability government-misconduct legal-liability oath-of-office official-accountability public-officials rule-of-law Who is responsible for holding public officials of the law accountable for violating citizens' constitutional rights and breaking the laws they are sw…
20-5752 Christopher Aundre Faulkner, aka Christopher A. Faulkner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery discovery-obligations due-process fifth-amendment government-diligence government-misconduct pretrial-detention Whether a prolonged length of pretrial detention violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment because the government has failed to exercise …
20-5740 Edward Mahan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3553a appeal criminal-procedure downward-adjustment drug-offense due-process government-misconduct plea-agreement safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines Did the district court err by allowing the government to violate the plea agreement?
20-326 Mitchell J. Stein v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Amici (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence false-testimony government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the government's knowing use of false testimony in a criminal prosecution so long as the government divulged ev…
20-5623 Maksim Stefanyuk v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct spoliation trial-rights When a defendant's requested exculpatory evidence is destroyed by the government prior to trial, should the trial proceed?
20-5477 Elvis Henry Idada v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice constitutional-deprivation criminal-procedure defendants-rights discovery discovery-restrictions due-process government-limitations government-misconduct judicial-review sixth-amendment Should This Court Address the Sixth Amendment Deprivations Created by the Government's Pervasive Restrictions on Defendants' Access to Discovery?
20-5447 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct speedy-trial Whether the petitioner's right to a speedy trial was violated by the government's delay in bringing the case to trial
20-5239 Junior Griffin v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct joinder severance Whether courts must consider allegations of 'bad faith' by the government when deciding motions to join counts pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 8(a), or m…
19-1355 Betzaida P. Jernigan v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) accredited-service-officer administrative-law advice-by-counsel agency-discretion civil-rights due-process false-evidence false-information government-misconduct judicial-authority judicial-review material-evidence omission-of-relevant-material-evidence presumption-of-withdrawal standing standing-contrary-to-petitioner's-claims willful-submission-of-false-information Is this a serious enough violation that merits judicial attention to remand in the interest of justice?
19-8553 Devian Phillips v. Ohio Ohio 2020-05-28 Denied IFP constitutional-rights constitutional-validity contract-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-inducement prosecutorial-promise Whether a guilty plea is voluntarily and intelligently made when it rests on a promise or agreement of the prosecutor that cannot be fulfilled
19-8480 Stanley J. Caterbone v. National Security Agency Third Circuit 2020-05-19 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process filing-restrictions government-abuse government-misconduct judicial-misconduct national-security pro-se-petition standing Is there Judicial Misconduct and Abuse of Authority
19-8238 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida 2020-04-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-override due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-procedure legal-conspiracy separation-of-powers Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution?
19-7985 Charles Ray Hooper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-v-united-states brady-violation certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining procedural-bar prosecutorial-misconduct Must a defendant continue to challenge a procedural bar ruling after being granted a Certificate of Appealability?
19-7931 Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the defendant's sentence by concluding there was no unconstitutional motive for the government's failure …
19-7782 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity contempt-of-court-18-usc-401 contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-42-a-2 federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-28-usc-1331 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct immunity judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's opinion declining jurisdiction over contempt proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §401 violates Federal Rules of Criminal Proced…
19-7654 Jean Roussel Eloi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-process appeal-stages closing-arguments conviction defenses government-misconduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection relationship-evidence sealed-records sentencing-guidelines Whether counsel was ineffective for not pursuing all the way through the appeal stages, the government's statement during closing arguments that it sh…
19-7362 John Alfred Regalado v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-investigation due-process federal-investigation free-speech government-conspiracy government-misconduct government-overreach judicial-identity-protection national-security presidential-misconduct standing witness-protection Whether the President and federal government have engaged in unconstitutional conduct, including abuse of authority and violations of civil rights and…
19-7321 Piper Lakay Ellis Snowton v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-misconduct governmental-misconduct informed-consent mandamus mandamus-action medical-experimentation medical-information-withholding standing Whether the United States Supreme Court will review the evidence in this case and recognize and acknowledge that the respondent, the United States of …
19-828 Charles Garske, et al. v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy government-misconduct manifest-necessity mistrial oregon-v-kennedy retrial united-states-v-perez Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a second prosecution when the government caused the mistrial and it was entered over the defendant's objection
19-6909 Efrain J. Rosa v. R. L. Rhodes, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation conviction-reversal criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Has the government's suppression of exculpatory evidence violated due process under the Fifth Amendment?
19-6577 John Garrett Smith v. Ronald Haynes Ninth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accomplice-to-felony civil-procedure civil-rights computer-fraud-abuse-act constitutional-accountability criminal-concealment due-process due-process-violation equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-usurpation misprision-of-felony official-crimes standing Whether state and federal officials, including judges, can lawfully commit crimes, legally cover up their commission, and repeatedly usurp their own c…
19-6481 Harold B. Rotte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-04 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct illegal-immigration irs judicial-review reputation standing tax tax-dispute Whether the laws protect Plaintiffs reputation, due process, and are real, or a front, discretionary as if friend or foe
19-6421 Ralph Herman Fox, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fairness government-misconduct judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining public-policy sentencing statutory-maximum supervisory-powers Whether the district court violated due process and public policy by imposing the statutory maximum sentence despite the government's plea agreement t…
19-6283 Daryl Scott v. United States District of Columbia 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process fair-trial government-misconduct judicial-integrity mesarosh-v-united-states military-justice post-conviction-relief post-trial-discovery witness-credibility Is the widespread fabrication and destruction of false DNA evidence by a government chemist for use at trial against U.S. servicemembers, and the fail…
19-6228 Anson Chi v. Andrew Stover, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-records post-conviction-review procedural-default torture Was the U.S. Court of Appeals intentionally delaying the mailing of its December 7, 2018 opinion
19-6103 Farid John Popal v. New York New York 2019-10-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence government-misconduct jurisdiction law-enforcement skype-testimony witness witness-coaching witness-testimony Whether law enforcement's coaching the witness violated petitioner's due process rights
19-6104 Freya D. Pearson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1001 district-court due-process duty-to-speak false-statement government-knowledge government-misconduct jury-determination jury-instruction jury-instructions materiality prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Can a conviction stand under 18 U.S.C. 1001 (2) without a 'Materiality' determination, and should that Determination come from the District Court or f…
19-5855 Flenoid Greer v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-suppression government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct public-officials standing state-officials Whether Michigan public officials failed to perform their duties and deprived petitioner of due process of law?
19-5857 Jonathan P. Flom v. United States Second Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittance civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-violation deliberation due-process fundamental-error government-misconduct material-disclosure sentence-enhancement vacatur Whether the Sense of Remized Plea Bargaining Acceptance provides exclusive Sixth Amendment right, requiring VACATUR
19-5595 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process false-evidence government-misconduct government-misrepresentations habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct second-circuit Did the denial of COA violate due process
19-5365 Michael Joseph DeMarco, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied IFP color-of-state-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct prisoner-rights property-rights property-seizure retaliation witness-defense Whether a prisoner has due process and equal protection under the Constitution
19-5388 Marquis Travell Edwards v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure discovery due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus pre-indictment-delay preindictment-delay prosecutorial-misconduct tactical-advantage Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should have granted a certificate of appealability (COA)
19-5362 Kasine Deleston v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP and Ultimately Breached if it Contains an Unfulfi ambiguity breach-of-contract criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process government-breach government-misconduct plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-stipulation withdrawal-of-plea Whether a Plea Can be Ambiguous, and Ultimately Breached if it Contains an Unfulfillable Sentencing Stipulation and the Government Fails to Offer the …
19-5336 John S. Benchick v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-reporting due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct mandatory-victims-restitution-act prosecutorial-misconduct restitution right-to-appeal trial-record trial-transcript unbiased-prosecutor witness-testimony Does the Defendant have a right to a true and correct record of his trial
19-5338 Anna Maria Agolli v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-misconduct due-process false-imprisonment government-liability government-misconduct immunity-defense qualified-immunity statute-of-limitations Should Courts allow qualified immunity to protect governments and their employees in spite of evidence?
19-5240 James Butler v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-07-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act district-court-discretion due-process equity equity-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court government-misconduct grand-jury rule-6(e) rule-6e-violation Did the district court abuse its discretion when it filed suit in equity under civil law docket
19-95 Linda Bolton, et vir v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment government-misconduct grand-jury judicial-precedent perjured-testimony tax tax-prosecution Whether tax prosecutions can be authorized by the IRS Commissioner instead of the Department of Justice
19-5227 John Francis Lechner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power atf civil-rights criminal-investigation due-process explosives-permit false-testimony federal-agent-testimony government-misconduct perjury prosecutorial-abuse prosecutorial-misconduct Did ATF Special Agent Timothy DeClaire misrepresent himself when he testified that John Lechner forged the explosives permit?
18-9668 Miguel Angel Arias v. Ashley B. Moody, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud fraud-abuse government-immunity government-misconduct judicial-ethics official-immunity official-misconduct qualified-immunity takings Does a government official maintain immunity after using their position to commit fraud and enrich themselves?
18-1509 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Rahinah Ibrahim Ninth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-procedure bad-faith civil-rights due-process foreign-national government-lists government-misconduct national-security ninth-circuit no-bad-faith no-fly-list standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in vacating the district court's finding of no bad faith in the government's conduct
18-9417 Wade Lay v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP available-state-corrective-process certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct habeas-corpus standing state-court-determination wainwright-v-sykes Whether the government's actions in filing a Wainwright motion for a prisoner in state custody present a constitutional dilemma, and whether such acti…
18-1388 Susan Lloyd v. City of Streetsboro, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-power civil-rights due-process government-misconduct property-damage qualified-immunity retaliation trespass wiretapping Are public officials allowed to show a repeated pattern of abuse and dereliction of duties and still maintain immunity towards a private citizen?
18-8880 M. A. Edwards, aka Michael Anthony Edwards v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Second Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fabricated-testimony fraud government-misconduct impeachment standing testimonial-evidence testimonial-statement Can the government tell the triers of fact that defendant confessed to murder
18-8720 Rodney Reep v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-records agency-referrals civil-procedure exemption-7(c) exemption-interpretation foia foia-request government-disclosure government-misconduct grand-jury improper-conduct judicial-procedure statute-of-limitations Does 28 U.S.C. §2401(a) apply to FOIA?
18-8691 Eugene C. Boisvert v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 13th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights counsel-ineffective due-process government-misconduct Whether the petitioner's 5th, 6th, 8th, and 13th Amendment constitutional rights were violated by the United States government and the petitioner's co…
18-1232 Al Zeiny v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress fbi-investigation federal-tort-claims-act free-speech government-misconduct intelligence-agency intelligence-agency-misconduct mental-health pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Whether Zeiny's rights would prevail over the CIA's power
18-1215 Alvin S. Kanofsky v. City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-03-19 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-power civil-rights code-enforcement conflict-of-interest conservatorship due-process government-corruption government-misconduct judicial-misconduct municipal-liability property-rights trespass Whether the City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania acted fraudulently and corruptly in its treatment of the petitioner, Alvin S. Kanofsky, and violated his p…
18-8353 David A. Hicks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct habeas-corpus spoliation-of-evidence witness-credibility Whether the Government can destroy evidence a defendant has sufficient reason to believe is necessary to prove innocence in an anticipated § 2241 Moti…
18-8183 Gregory Frank Sperow v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-fairness government-breach government-misconduct plea-agreement property-rights rule-11 waiver waiver-provision Whether the government can breach a Rule 11(c)(1)(c) plea agreement concerning the return of seized properties and then rely on the agreement's waiver…
18-7842 Brian Michael Burton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP emotional and physical dominion and control over 5th-amendment confidential-informant downward-departure due-process government-misconduct plea-agreement psychological-control sentencing statutory-minimum-sentence Whether a downward departure from a statutory minimum sentence is warranted
18-7769 Demetrius Hill v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel new-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment witness-credibility witness-vouching Do exculpatory recordings that were purposefully withheld by the government warrant a new trial?
18-7455 Josue Israel Sanchez v. California California 2019-01-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial government-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and appeal of an innocent person is legally permissible despite the government's and society's unwilling…
18-7344 Tony Dickinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-defense entrapment fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-indictment-delay sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the 6th Amendment permits the introduction of a criminal defendant's pre-indictment delay caused by the government as substantive evidence of …
18-7237 Dione C. Saunders v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights disability due-process government-misconduct social-security standing Why did Nancy A. Berryhill ignore and discourteous available evidence from petitioner and refuse to consider their opinion?
18-7104 Axel Irizarry-Rosario v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct government-obligation government-obligations judicial-ethics plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-argument statutory-interpretation Whether the government may avoid its obligation to scrupulously observe the terms of a plea agreement by including in its sentencing argument informat…
18-6842 Matthew Davis, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Matt v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3500-material brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct newly-discovered-evidence sentencing witness-testimony Whether the Government failed to properly discharge its obligations under Brady v. Maryland
18-6826 Carlos David Caro v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied IFP §-2255-claim bop-data brady-violation criminal-procedure-brady death-penalty due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-prison government-misconduct procedural-bar sentencing sentencing-procedure suppression-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in ruling Caro was procedurally barred from raising a § 2255 claim that the Government's suppression of available exc…
18-6783 Gino Velez Scott v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence brady-giglio brady-violation due-process gatekeeping-requirements giglio-violation government-misconduct habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-relief second-or-successive second-or-successive-motion second-successive-motion Where a numerically-second § 2255 motion raises an actionable Brady-Giglio violation that the government suppressed until after the conclusion of the …
18-6392 Mohsen Khoshmood v. Eastern Market Management District of Columbia 2018-10-19 Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights damages disability-discrimination due-process false-arrest free-speech government-misconduct law-enforcement police-misconduct standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to $100 million in damages for violations of their constitutional rights, including due process, equal protection, …
18-6131 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Leslie M. Arp Second Circuit 2018-09-28 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct standing takings Whether the petitioner's 1307 and 1306 forms violate the 5th Amendment's due process clause and the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause
18-5984 Murad H. Beyah v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus self-representation standing Whether HASAN MURAD OSTRES AND BRYAN was unconstitutionally deprived of the right to self-representation
18-5810 Laureano Chirino Rivera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence government-error government-misconduct judicial-error sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing Violation of all constitutional rights, illegal sentence and detention
18-5790 Uiki Teaupa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 5th-amendment 6th-amendment discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment government-misconduct pro-se pro-se-defendant section-2255 sixth-amendment Does the Fifth and Sixth Amendment entitle a pro se defendant the right to conduct discovery and have an evidentiary hearing on claims of government m…
18-199 Ken Liang v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure doj-investigation due-process government-misconduct jury-trial jury-trial-waiver material-witness obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct reverse-sting Whether an individual can be convicted of obstructing justice when the underlying alleged crime being investigated was not a crime, and the DOJ used o…
18-5543 In Re Andre David Leffebre 2018-08-10 Dismissed IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process entrapment government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel Should the government's use of a confidential informant to elicit incriminating statements from a defendant violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment ri…
18-5397 Alejandro Parra-Ramos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-prejudice due-process government-misconduct judicial-discretion plain-error plea-agreement plea-agreement-breach prejudice prosecutorial-breach sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-recommendation sentencing-variance upward-variance whether a defendant suffers prejudice when the government breaches a plea agreement by calling its agreed-upon recommendation irrational, and the cour…
18-5019 Bohdan G. Seniw v. Connecticut General Assembly, et al. Second Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-misconduct hipaa-violation hippa law-enforcement medical-information medical-privacy medical-records privacy public-records retaliation whistle-blower whistle-blower-protection whistleblower-protection Why it was done Purposely?