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25-6666 Daniel Carlos Garcia v. Chad Bianco, Sheriff, Riverside County, California Ninth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending IFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-claim double-jeopardy habeas-petition penal-code younger-abstention Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's habeas petition on Younger abstention grounds without addressing the threshold question of…
24-566 Edgar Dale Dillon v. Westmoreland Department of Social Services Virginia 2024-11-20 Denied child-removal due-process habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parental-rights state-action Whether the Virginia Supreme Court correctly applied due process rights in a child removal proceeding involving ineffective assistance of counsel and …
24-5153 Jonathan Godwin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-rule-60(b) constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit final-order habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-ruling rule-60b standards-of-review timeliness Whether Petitioner's Rule 60(b) Motion for Relief from judgment filed within a year of the denial of his Habeas Petition timely?
24-5 Luis Gutierrez v. Gary Miniard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254(i) castro-v-united-states constitutional-ineffectiveness constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-law second-in-time second-petition unexhausted-claims Whether a subsequent habeas petition, containing only claims which were unexhausted when the initial habeas petition was untimely filed, was second-in…
23-7403 Alex A. Campbell v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals conflict-of-interest court-appointed-counsel due-process fraud-on-court government-interference habeas-petition habeas-petitions judicial-conflict-of-interest procedural-due-process sitting-judges Whether procedural due process, due process rights, or the provision due process clause is violated/and or an conflict of interest, when an court appo…
23-979 Gerald D. Fields v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived faretta-colloquy fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing-procedure structural-error When a state trial court fails to conduct a Faretta colloquy before sentencing a defendant without counsel, is appellate counsel ineffective for faili…
23-6522 Autley I. Salahuddin, II v. Scott Wilkes, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied IFP actual-innocence direct-appeal exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-petition jury-review miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prerequisites scientific-evidence Whether the filing of a direct appeal is a prerequisite to the filing of a habeas petition?
23-5716 Jimmy Zavala v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10(e) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition motion-to-correct procedural-rules rule-10e successive-appeal When should the Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(e) be recharacterized as a successive appeal?
23-147 Leander Mann v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied aedpa-statute circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus habeas-petition statute-of-limitations Whether equitable tolling stops the clock on the AEDPA statute of limitations during periods of extraordinary circumstances
22-7393 Allen W. Thompson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2023-04-28 Denied IFP affidavit-requirement collateral-attack credibility-of-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-litigation standard-of-review Circumstances-for-pro-se-habeas-petitions
22-6663 Steven Janakievski v. Phillip Griffin, Executive Director, Rochester Psychiatric Center Second Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-consequences constitutional-rights custody-discharge due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition insanity-acquittee mental-health mootness standing unconditional-discharge Is Petitioner Steven's Federal Habeas Petition moot?
22-6004 Tracy Beatty v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied IFP civil-rights clemency clemency-services court-order due-process habeas habeas-petition indigent-capital-defendants mental-health mental-health-crisis statutory-interpretation Whether courts are required by McFarland v. Scott to implement 18 U.S.C. § 3599 consistent with both the language and purpose of the statute
21-1451 Elile Adams v. Raymond G. Dodge, Jr., Chief Judge, Tribal Court of the Nooksack, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Response Waived bad-faith-prosecution civil-procedure civil-rights court-remedies due-process exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine federal-plaintiffs habeas habeas-petition pleading-standard standing Whether federal plaintiffs seeking to challenge their non-federal prosecution on the basis of bad faith face a heightened pleading standard
21-6977 Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1591 constitutional-challenge constitutional-claims equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-petition postal-service-interference pro-se-litigant sex-trafficking sua-sponte-dismissal Question not identified
21-6727 Zane Dickinson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP deficient-performance direct-appeal habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-preservation prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-probability trial-counsel Whether a federal habeas petitioner whose trial counsel performed deficiently by failing to preserve a meritorious issue for appeal satisfies the prej…
20-8009 David Calhoun v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim discovery due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review public-record public-records state-supreme-court Whether the district court was correct in denying petitioner's motion to compel production of documents and whether the court of appeals denied petiti…
20-1207 Alexander Balbuena v. Brian Cates, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) aedpa amendment appeal appellate-procedure circuit-split federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-petition petition-amendment second-or-successive Whether a district court filing that seeks to amend a habeas petition pending on appeal constitutes a 'second or successive' petition under the Antite…
20-7176 Jeffrey S. Davis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-law certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court habeas-petition judicial-review legal-error procedural-default Did the Court of Appeals err by not addressing the certified questions from the district court?
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)
20-6039 Earl McBride v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process due-process-clause equitable-tolling evidentiary-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition parole parole-board postal-service-form procedural-grounds Does USPS Form 3811 meet 28 USC 2244 evidentiary standard for equitable tolling?
20-490 Damien Freeman v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied aedpa circuit-split federal-habeas final-judgment habeas-corpus habeas-petition resentencing state-court-judgment statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations for filing a habeas petition begins when the new judgment entered following resentencing becomes final
20-5466 John Eldridge Cone, Jr. v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-discretion circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-petition harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel When a petitioner supplements his constitutional claim on appeal with a colorable showing of factual innocence, should a Court of Appeals exercise its…
20-5391 Inez Lambert v. Rob Paersson Ninth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-ineffectiveness due-process equitable-tolling habeas habeas-petition Whether a Certificate of Appealability should have been granted
20-86 Charles Daniels, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald Ross Ninth Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied but never mentioned in his original federal habeas petition to supply th civil-procedure court-order federal-habeas federal-rules-civil-procedure habeas habeas-corpus habeas-petition mayle-v-felix relation-back statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(c) permits a habeas petitioner to rely on a state court order appended to, but never mentioned in, his original federal hab…
19-7785 Jacob Daniel Wolf v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-appeal due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-petition post-conviction-relief statutory-tolling time-barred timeliness Did the district court properly grant Respondent's motion to dismiss Wolfs habeas petition as time-barred?
19-6785 Bobbie London, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied IFP career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline residual-clause statute-of-limitations unconstitutionally-vague vagueness-doctrine Are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career offender guideline timely if filed within one year of Johnson v. United State…
19-5036 Craig Alan Toaz v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentencing criminal-conduct criminal-procedure federal-convictions habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review procedural-grounds sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-5g1.3 Whether the district and circuit courts erroneously dismissed petitioner's habeas petition under procedural grounds
18-9326 David Marshall v. Wisconsin Seventh Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition jurists-of-reason procedural-ruling seventh-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit erred in failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability
18-9076 Bobby Glenn v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition herrera-v-collins mcguiggins-v-perkins mcquiggins-v-perkins newly-discovered-evidence procedural-bar procedural-default Whether petitioner's untimely first habeas petition for actual innocence claim is procedurally barred despite reliable proof of innocence
18-8917 Gilbert Demetrius Aguilar v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-ineffectiveness due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Aguilar's certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. Sections 2107, 2253(c)(2) despite cou…
18-8277 Trevor Ransfer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 binding-precedent circuit-precedent crime-of-violence federal-appeals-court habeas-petition hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation successive-petition Should a three-judge panel's order denying a second or successive habeas petition be considered binding precedent?
18-7596 In Re Robert F. Russo 2019-01-29 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-overreach legislative-action legislative-overreach procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions Has the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals arrogated its own form of legislative action concerning a Petitioner's request for 'Leave'' to commence a suc…
18-977 John A. Anderson v. John F. Walrath, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-review certificate-of-appealability habeas-petition judicial-precedent judicial-proceedings stare-decisis supervisory-power supreme-court-rule supreme-court-rule-10(a) Where the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia concluded that reasonable jurists could disagree on the fundamental legal …
18-6759 Gregory L. Brown v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2244b brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-petition recurring-issue second-or-successive second-successive-petition statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Is a claim under Brady v. Maryland brought in a second-in-time habeas petition 'second or successive' for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) when the cla…
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…
18-6492 Pascual Rentas v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability clearly-established-law due-process eleventh-circuit giglio giglio-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review strickland strickland-standard supreme-court-law supreme-court-precedent Should the denial of Mr. Rentas' COA be reversed and reconsidered due to the recent ruling by this Court in Marion Wilson v. Eric Sellers, Warden 584 …
18-5305 Aubry Rae Johnson v. Paul Copenhaver, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-counting due-process federal-custody federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-petition jurisdiction primary-jurisdiction sentencing state-custody time-served Does 18 U.S.C. § 3585 prevent a federal sentence from commencing where federal authorities do not have primary jurisdiction of the inmate?