| 22-6298 |
Antoinne Lee Washington v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-of-action equitable-tolling failure-to-state-a-claim habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings heck-doctrine legal-malpractice statute-of-limitations |
May a legal malpractice cause of action be dismissed for a failure to state a claim, in pursuant to the 'Heck Doctrine' (Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 47… |
| 20-8237 |
Christopher Rad v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland cumulative-effect giglio-v-united-states habeas-proceedings materiality-analysis napue-v-illinois |
Whether the cumulative effect of Brady, Giglio, and Napue violations must be considered or if an appeals court can ignore the cumulative effects and c… |
| 19-7874 |
Jackie Dewayne Andrews v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-provisions district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction federal-proceedings habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings integrity-of-proceedings judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b |
Does the district court have jurisdiction to consider a Rule 60(b) motion in habeas proceedings so long as the motion attacks, not the substance of th… |
| 19-7114 |
Joe Lewis Finley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-habeas federal-sentencing habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender sentencing statute-of-limitations vagueness |
Under the statute of limitations applicable to federal habeas proceedings, are habeas petitions challenging sentences fixed by the mandatory career of… |
| 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? |
| 18-9680 |
Elester Middlebrook v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appeals certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings reopening rule-60b statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction unresolved-claims |
Does a corroborated claim of actual-innocence constitute an extraordinary-circumstance that justifies reopening the habeas-proceedings to adjudicate t… |
| 18-8630 |
Joseph Christopher Birdtail v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal section-2255 |
Is it error for a district court to deny either discovery proceedings or an evidentiary hearing under the Federal Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceed… |
| 18-6620 |
Joe Louis Armenta v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa deck-v-jenkins fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings jury-instructions procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review |
Do prior decisions of this Court compel the conclusion that so long as the jury is properly admonished and instructed, there cannot be a viable claim … |
| 18-427 |
Masoud Bamdad v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
agency-policy controlled-substances court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process fed.r.civ.p.-54(b) final-judgment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings interstate-commerce jurisdiction medical-practice procedural-rules |
Whether a habeas court must adjudicate all claims of a habeas petitioner before making a final judgment and closing the case, or else the judgment is … |