| 25A657 |
Jerome Mack v. John Wood, Superintendent, Shawangunk Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Granted |
|
aedpa constitutional-claims due-process habeas-review ineffective-assistance word-limitation |
Question not identified. |
| 23A658 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aggregate-sentence constitutional-proportionality federal-intervention habeas-review sentencing state-court-discretion |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7815 |
Joseph Carl Stanley v. Martin Biter, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
double-jeopardy due-process habeas-review implied-consent judicial-norms mistrial ninth-circuit state-law |
On federal habeas review, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit rejected Joseph Stanley's double jeopardy challenge to his retrial, holding that by fai… |
| 22-6276 |
Lester S. Barney v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254d faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se-representation self-representation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Whether, because the state court unreasonably determined that Lester S. Barney ("Barney") did not clearly and unequivocally assert his right to pro… |
| 21-712 |
Derrick Tyrone Jenkins v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
clear-and-present-danger contempt contempt-of-court due-process extrajudicial-speech first-amendment free-speech habeas-review judicial-criticism political-speech |
Does the clear and present danger standard apply in contempt proceedings brought to sanction a litigant's extrajudicial criticism of an elected judge … |
| 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 |
1. When a court determines that a court-appointed CJA counsel "sacrificed [Petitioner's] guaranteed opportunity of federal habeas review" by intention… |
| 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, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), is a habeas court's review of a state court decision limited to an analysi… |
| 21-5093 |
Stephen Dale Barbee v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-punishment effective-assistance-of-counsel florida-v-nixon habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
1) Whether the sate court's decision to foreclose habeas review of a capital defendant's claim under McCoy v. Louisiana contravenes federal law becaus… |
| 20-7380 |
Michael Eugene Wyatt v. John Sutton, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-elements deliberation first-degree-murder habeas-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent precedent premeditation premeditation-and-deliberation state-law sufficiency-of-evidence |
Did the Ninth Circuit improperly disregard and/or overlook United State Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent that required it to defer to Califor… |
| 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 |
The question presented is whether the Eleventh Circuit violated § 2254(d) by readily attributing error to the state court. |
| 20-826 |
Mike Brown, Acting Warden v. Ervine Davenport |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3) |
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 |
In Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619 (1993), the Court held that the test for determining whether a constitutional error was harmless on habeas revie… |
| 20-6113 |
Jeffrey Wogenstahl v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 capital-case direct-review habeas-review magwood-v-patterson merits-decision new-judgment state-court |
When a state court re-opens direct review in a capital case, does the resultant state court merits decision constitute a "new judgment" pursuant to th… |
| 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… |
| 20-5272 |
Jomiah Washington v. Willis Chapman, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coerced-testimony due-process habeas-corpus habeas-review initial-arraignment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-coercion |
1. Whether The Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals erred and made a decision that conflicts with this Court's holding in Rothgery v Gillespie . 128 Set 257… |
| 19-1075 |
Bryan Adrian Copeland v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miller-el-v-cockrell strickland-v-washington |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the
District Court and denying Copeland a Certificate
of Appealability for § 2255 habeas review whe… |
| 19-7749 |
Andrey L. Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-review res-judicata strickland-v-washington |
I: Does the State affirmative defense of Res Judicata defeats Amendment Fifth; Sixth; Eighth, and Fourteenth of the United States Constitution?
II: I… |
| 19-7461 |
Derrick Lamar Cheeks v. Alford Joyner |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process habeas habeas-review jurisdictional-conflict procedural-default state-court supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
1) Has the Supreme Court of the United States overturned its own precedent in Harris v. Reed, 489 U.S. 255 109 S.Ct. 1038 103 L.Ed. 2d (1989); Caldwel… |
| 19-7455 |
Ronson Kyle Bush v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability clearly-established-federal-law constitutional-standards death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-law fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decisions state-court-review unreasonableness |
1. Whether the "clearly established Federal law" provision of the Antiterrorism
and Effective Death Penalty Act renders state court decisions categori… |
| 19-7398 |
Andrew James Gibbons v. Nate Knutson, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
guilty-plea habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel knaffla-bar mental-illness mental-illness-defense Opsahi-rule procedural-default Spears-rule state-procedural-rule |
1. Is petitioner (Gibbons) procedurally defaulted on his claim of ineffective
assistance of counsel for failure to investigate a mental illness defens… |
| 19-6860 |
In Re Lee Hall |
|
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
biased-juror capital-case capital-punishment due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review juror-bias original-jurisdiction structural-error |
Whether the structural error of service of by biased juror in a capital case, discovered on the eve of execution, presents extraordinary circumstances… |
| 19-642 |
Shawntele Cortez Jackson v. Kathy Litteral |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
brecht-standard chapman-standard esparza-standard habeas-corpus habeas-review harmless-error self-defense sixth-circuit |
1. Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying the
Esparza harmless error standard, instead of the
Brecht harmless error standard on federal habeas
re… |
| 18-9409 |
Fermin Guerrero v. Martin Biter, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation constitutional-errors criminal-trial-errors cumulative-error cumulative-prejudice due-process eyewitness-testimony habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informant-testimony strickland strickland-standard strickland-violation |
1. Does the Constitution require a court on habeas review to assess cumulatively the prejudice caused by multiple constitutional errors at a criminal … |
| 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), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a deci… |
| 18-848 |
Courtney Valle Bisbee v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
|
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial sixth-amendment |
1. Where a state trial judge summarily rejected,
without a hearing, Petitioner's claim that counsel
was ineffective because he induced Petitioner to
w… |
| 18-7149 |
Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers |
In Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), this Court explicitly stated that a federal court on habeas review must look to the actual reasoning of … |
| 18-6320 |
Timothy Joseph McGhee v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-trial-investigation reasonable-investigation strickland-prejudice strickland-prejudice-standard strickland-standard unreasonable-factual-findings unreasonable-findings-of-fact |
(1) Defense attorneys must conduct reasonable investigations . Out of twenty one potential witnesses, trial counsel only interviewed McGhee and his fr… |
| 18-6051 |
John Phillip Bender v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion aedpa-limitations appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review prima-facie-innocence rule-60b standing |
Did the lower court clearly err abusing its discretion applying certificate of appealability ("COA") law outside Constitutional bounds, with no clear … |
| 18-50 |
Linda Carty v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
brady-violation brady-violations capital-case capital-murder constitutional-error constitutional-errors cumulative-error cumulative-prejudice due-process habeas-review heightened-scrutiny strickland-standard strickland-violation |
1. Whether the Constitution requires a court on habeas review in a capital case to assess cumulatively the prejudice caused by multiple constitutional… |