innocence-claim
21 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6683 | Roderick Leshun Rankin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction | Eighth Circuit | 2026-01-30 | Pending | IFP | due-diligence evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance innocence-claim schlup-standard | May evidence of innocence be 'new' under Schlup even if it was available at the time of trial? |
| 25-5703 | In Re Steven Ray Wycoff | 2025-09-23 | Denied | IFP | aedpa-restrictions conflict-of-interest due-process habeas-corpus innocence-claim prosecutorial-misconduct | Whether the AEDPA's § 2244(b)(3)(E) prohibits seeking rehearing en banc after a court of appeals' denial of a second federal habeas application, and w… | |
| 25A282 | Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-09-11 | Presumed Complete | certificate-of-appealability collateral-attack due-diligence habeas-corpus innocence-claim successive-petition | Whether a federal prisoner may file a successive habeas petition challenging a criminal conviction without presenting new and decisive proof of innoce… | |
| 24-1268 | Rodney Reed v. Bryan Goertz, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of Bastrop County, Texas | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-12 | Pending | Amici (1)Relisted (12) | criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process evidence-law innocence-claim postconviction-relief | Whether Article 64, as authoritatively construed by the CCA, violates due process by arbitrarily denying prisoners access to postconviction DNA testin… |
| 24-6726 | Jason Krumback v. Amber Pirraglia, Acting Warden, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2025-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus innocence-claim procedural-default sentencing-review witness-testimony | Whether a pro se petitioner can challenge multiple procedural aspects of a habeas corpus petition and court proceedings |
| 23-7700 | Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bodily-safety circuit-court civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process innocence-claim physical-abuse sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse | Question not identified. |
| 23-569 | Rodney Reed v. Texas | Texas | 2023-11-28 | Denied | Relisted (11) | affirmative-evidence due-process evidentiary-standard gateway-innocence habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-review reasonable-doubt schlup-standard schlup-v-delo | Whether it violates due process to require a petitioner pursuing a gateway-innocence claim to prove with 'affirmative evidence' that a particular theo… |
| 23A321 | Charles C. McCrory v. Alabama | Alabama | 2023-10-12 | Presumed Complete | bitemark-evidence due-process innocence-claim judicial-impartiality post-conviction-relief recanted-expert-testimony | Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state court to grant post-conviction relief based on recanted expert testimony t… | |
| 23A216 | Brett Kimberlin v. Department of Justice, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2023-09-06 | Presumed Complete | civil-rights-action declaratory-relief DNA-testing heck-bar innocence-claim section-1983 | Whether the Heck v. Humphrey bar to civil rights actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 applies when a plaintiff seeks declaratory relief and DNA testing to p… | |
| 22-6507 | In Re Michael Kenny Carter | 2023-01-10 | Denied | IFP | a.e.d.p.a. aedpa civil-rights congressional-authority due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim procedural-barrier writ-suspension | Is the A.E.D.P.A. second or successive provision unconstitutionally suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, as applied to incarcerated individuals wh… | |
| 21-6879 | In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton | 2022-01-18 | Dismissed | IFP | cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim life-sentence original-jurisdiction state-court-review | Whether transfer to the Supreme Court for hearing pursuant to the court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional life sentence … | |
| 21-5454 | In Re Samuel L. Quinn | 2021-08-24 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence aedpa appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-discretion procedural-technicality statute-of-limitations | Do the court of Appeals abuse its discretion by refusing to recall mandate for miscarriage of justice, not acknowledging the guiding general principle… | |
| 21-5138 | In Re Willie S. Smith | 2021-07-19 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | acquittal aedpa-review exceptional-circumstances finality-of-verdict habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-review jury-verdict non-capital-case statutory-interpretation | Whether transfer to the District Court for a hearing pursuant to this Court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional non-capita… | |
| 20-8332 | Damen Rabb v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2244 certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence-claim standards-for-coa-determinations successive-petition | whether-due-process-requires-district-court-to-give-petitioner-fair-opportunity-to-provide-proof-supporting-claims |
| 19-7528 | David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson | Fourth Circuit | 2020-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration innocence-claim legal-release parole recidivism rehabilitation sentencing | Whether TS Appellant is entitled to release on his own recognizance after demonstrating all conditions for release |
| 19-922 | Donnie Cleveland Lance v. Georgia | Georgia | 2020-01-23 | Denied | capital-punishment dna-testing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection extraordinary-motion fourteenth-amendment innocence-claim new-trial | Was petitioner denied due process and equal protection | |
| 19-6438 | Jose Luis Tapia-Fierro v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-diligence due-process evidence-removal federal-jurisdiction innocence-claim procedural-limitations removal standing statute-of-limitations | Whether the State of Arizona's statute of limitations found in Arizona Revised Statute (ARS) §12-542 applies to a Federally created cause of action in… |
| 18-9690 | Curt M. Lockett v. Florida | Florida | 2019-06-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-writ actual-innocence carrier-standard constitutional-claims due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus innocence-claim post-conviction-review procedural-error successive-petitions | Should 4 habeas petitioners' claims of actual innocence, supported by the facts of the record, be subject to doctrines of abuse or successive use of t… |
| 18-5823 | Alonzo D. Marshall v. United States | District of Columbia | 2018-08-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing innocence innocence-claim post-conviction-relief section-23-110 trial-court-discretion witness-credibility | Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court's decision to deny the defendant's Section 23-110 motion following an evidentiary hear… |
| 18-5511 | Michael John Tarvin v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2018-08-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2244 civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence false-imprisonment innocence-claim standing successive-petition | Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's application, when the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the petitioner's motion … |
| 18-5461 | Keith Henderson v. Minnesota | Minnesota | 2018-08-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process evidentiary-hearing innocence innocence-claim minnesota-supreme-court newly-discovered-evidence postconviction-relief state-district-court timeliness | When a defendant has been denied an evidentiary hearing, has his right to due process been violated when the evidence he presented has to be construed… |