implied-bias

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7370 Jonathan Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure implied-bias juror-disqualification jury-impartiality sixth-amendment Does the Constitution require selected jurors to be free from implied bias and what standards should apply when assessing an implied bias claim?
23-6661 Justin Granier v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2254(d) circuit-court-split circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus implied-bias judicial-bias statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has created a split in the Circuit Courts on this issue of implied-bias
22-5964 Shaun Michael Farrington v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impartial-jury implied-bias judicial-discretion jury-impartiality sixth-amendment standing Whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury is impacted when circumstances indicate implied bias but the court allows the juror to sit beca…
22-5812 Sir Mario Owens v. Colorado Colorado 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process extraneous-information federal-courts implied-bias juror-bias mattox-remmer-presumption outside-influence postconviction-proceedings remmer-presumption Whether the presumption of prejudice established in Mattox and Remmer continues to apply to cases involving juror exposure to extraneous information a…
21-6341 Donald D. Foltz, Jr. v. Wyoming Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment implied-bias jury-bias jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Was the seating of juror who should have been dismissed for cause requires reversal because implied biased applies to Juror foreman, 1301, married to …
21-447 Matthew Nix v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-22 GVR Relisted (2) actual-bias categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act implied-bias juror-bias juror-dishonesty mcdonongh-power-equipment mcdonough-standard new-trial new-trial-standard Whether a new trial is warranted upon a showing of intentional or inadvertent juror dishonesty
19-8128 Bobby Joe Buckner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit implied-bias standard-of-review Did the Fifth Circuit err in its application of the implied bias doctrine by stating that this case is outside the 'extreme genre of cases' to warrant…
19-7468 Donald R. Phillips v. Kentucky Kentucky 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process false-answer implied-bias jury-selection material-error material-question prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-provisions voir-dire Whether a juror's responsibility to answer questions truthfully on voir dire continues through trial
19-7069 Lee Alvin Vincent v. Brian E. Williams, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment actual-bias co-defendant due-process evidence-presentation fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-jury implied-bias juror-bias jury-bias sexual-infatuation Whether a juror's love for an adverse party (co-defendant) constitutes actual or implied bias and thus violates the defendant's right to an impartial …
18-937 Abelino Manriquez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation California 2019-01-18 Denied actual-bias capital-case capital-punishment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus implied-bias juror-bias jury-impartiality life-experiences sixth-amendment What test determines whether a juror's life experiences are so similar to facts in the case that the juror must be disqualified for bias under the Six…
18-6899 John Uranga, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied IFP certiorari circuit-split circuit-splits constitutional-error constitutional-violations de-minimis federal-courts federal-law implied-bias intra-circuit-split juror-bias structural-error structural-errors Whether the implied bias doctrine constitutes clearly established federal law