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23-690 Brant Putnam, et al. v. Timothy Ryan Ninth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied 42-usc-1983 adverse-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech investigation medical-staff qualified-immunity standing Whether a retaliatory investigation may be a distinct adverse action under the First Amendment
22-6195 Kenneth W. Shelton v. Edward Bickham, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP alibi counsel-performance criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation investigation-failure legal-procedure motion-to-quash Was counsel's performance deficient when counsel failed to conduct an independent investigation concerning the time Petitioner was not present at the …
22-5216 Ray Salazar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-07-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation mental-competency sixth-amendment Did the trial counsel's failure to timely and adequately conduct an investigation into Salazar's known mental health issues constitute ineffective ass…
22-5034 Josef Cadwell v. Broderick Flescher, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP disciplinary-action imminent-risk investigation prea-grievance prison-rape-elimination-act sexual-abuse Whether a prisoner's PREA grievance alleging imminent risk of sexual abuse requires an initial response within 48 hours and a final decision within 5 …
21-7194 Mainor Canales v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investigation post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment trial-preparation witness-investigation Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
21-1165 Janhoi Cole v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment investigation officer-conduct rodriguez-rule rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop unrelated-crimes Whether the extension of a traffic stop for an officer to ask detailed questions about the driver's travel plans violates the Fourth Amendment
21-6716 Fernando Romero v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion counsel-appointment district-court-discretion expert-opinion ineffective-assistance investigation pro-se right-to-counsel state-court-claim Whether the district court abused its discretion by denying petitioner's motion to appoint counsel
21-6487 Lisa Marie Cano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure court-of-appeal court-of-appeals evidence historical-facts inevitable-discovery investigating-officer investigation verification Whether a court of appeal's inference regarding the future course of an investigation, unsupported by testimony from the investigating officer or by e…
21-6258 Ramiro Romero v. Texas Texas 2021-11-12 Denied IFP andrus-v-texas appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation strickland strickland-standard Whether an attorney's failure to interview a defendant's requested witnesses due to a mistaken assumption of adversity constitutes a deficient investi…
21-5963 Norris Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment habeas-corpus investigation right-to-silence self-incrimination When does an investigation stop after a defendant says 'No'?
21-5558 William Paul Langrum, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investigation pre-trial-investigation presumption-of-prejudice statute-of-limitations strickland-standard whether-the-facts-supporting-the-first-and-fourth-grounds-became-or-could-have-become-known-prior-to-the-date-on-which-the-conviction-became-final
20-1554 Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation Third Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release Whether a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the public may be released in a bankruptcy case prior to the appropriate government official obt…
20-1314 Joshua Gregory Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-22 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation legal-procedure paid-citation sixth-amendment traffic-stop unlawful-search Whether Counsel's decision not to suppress evidence unlawfully seized from a traffic stop because a traffic citation was paid, then relying on that pa…
20-1306 Alan Dale Walker v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-03-19 Denied capital-case capital-punishment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation mitigation-evidence psychological-trauma sixth-amendment tactical-decisions trial-counsel Did the Mississippi Supreme Court fail to adhere to this Court's Sixth Amendment jurisprudence requiring counsel in a capital case to conduct a thorou…
20-7226 John R. Scannell v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP disciplinary-proceedings first-amendment fourteenth-amendment investigation judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction obstruction res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court unlawful-practice Did the Washington State Supreme Court have jurisdiction to conduct original disciplinary proceedings against Scannell?
20-6608 Zachary Michael Patten v. Michigan Michigan 2020-12-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense investigation medication mental-health search-and-seizure Question not identified
20-792 Melinda Beazley Pearson v. City of Augusta, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination investigation loudermill-hearing neutral-decisionmaker pretext pretext-analysis public-employment summary-judgment Was it error for the panel to affirm a grant of summary judgment, finding due process had been provided where a challenged demotion had been effected …
20-6211 Michael Anthony Robbins v. California California 2020-11-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process investigation juror-bias jury-trial racial-bias sixth-amendment What constitutes juror bias for purposes of removing a sitting juror during deliberations?
19-1379 Andrew McKinley v. Christopher Lee-Murray Bey Sixth Circuit 2020-06-16 Dismissed Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection fourth-amendment investigation investigatory-detention law-enforcement pre-contact qualified-immunity race race-discrimination Does the Equal Protection clause require an officer who initiated a pre-contact investigation for non-race related reasons to break off the investigat…
19-1332 Tonya Knowles v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response Waived 5-usc-2302 5-usc-2302-(b)(8)-(9) agency-investigation agency-official burden-of-proof investigation prohibited-personnel-practice protected-disclosure retaliation retaliation-motive whistleblower whistleblower-protection When an Employee makes a protected disclosure, regarding a Prohibited Personnel Practice which falls under statue 5 USC 2302(b)(8)-(9), against an age…
19-7205 Robert W. Johnson v. Progressive Corporation Insurance Company Second Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied IFP accident accident-scene civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance investigation standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-7025 Michael Feliciano v. George Miller, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Waymart, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP carrier due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eyewitness eyewitness-testimony in-re-winship ineffective-assistance investigation jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard Is the State court of last resort and U.S. Court of Appeals decision which denied petitioner's claim that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right…
19-773 Ann Merlino, et al. v. Cara Buonincontri New York 2019-12-17 Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-investigation hearing investigation judicial-conduct state-court state-court-judge Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United States Constitution, 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment for a State Court Judge to conduct a …
19-6731 Travell Henry v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness witness-testimony Was Mr. Henry's trial counsel, Patrick Nyenhus, failed to provide constitutionally effective assistance of counsel?
19-6181 Mark Robertson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3599 6th-amendment death-penalty federal-courts habeas-corpus investigation judicial-review meaningful-representation representation representation-services sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Did the district court deny Mr. Robertson the meaningful representation informed by investigation to prepare a habeas corpus application to which he i…
19-446 VF Jeanswear LP v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Relisted (6) charge-of-discrimination discrimination-charge eeoc employment-law equal-employment-opportunity-commission investigation investigative-authority private-litigation right-to-sue title-vii Whether Title VII authorizes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue investigating a charge of discrimination after the Commission iss…
19-5536 Gabriel Vashon Seay v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel investigation legal-investigation plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Where Strickland v. Washington serves as the current case law protecting an accused's right to fair and competent assistance of legal counsel, there a…
19-5306 Born Murray v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights detention fourth-amendment investigation investigative-detention law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion seizure time-frame traffic-stop Where a police officer admittedly abandons the initial basis for a traffic stop to pursue a new investigation unsupported by reasonable suspicion, doe…
18-9075 Ponce D. Howard v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure conflict conflict-of-evidence declaration-conflict declarations investigation investigation-findings magistrate-judge procedural-review summary-judgment workplace-policy Did the Magistrate Judge, District Court, and Eleventh Circuit misapply summary judgment principles by not addressing the conflict between the declara…
18-8396 Mary Jo Weidrick v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-right-to-counsel 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-counsel adversarial-process civil-rights constitutional-violation counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment investigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing terrorism terrorism-investigation Whether Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel are violated
18-796 Bruce Alexander v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived accountability attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process equal-protection government-accountability investigation judicial-procedure municipal-governance official-accountability standing Did the Western District Court err in not allowing all parties to respond to the original complaint?
18-7091 Steven Anthony Butler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing competence competency-evaluation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation judicial-process judicial-review mental-competence mental-health mitigating-evidence procedural-fairness When must the Court exercise its supervisory power to assure the fairness of the judicial process?
18-440 Edward Michael Nero, et al. v. Marilyn J. Mosby Fourth Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived absolute-immunity advocacy-function civil-procedure civil-rights due-process investigation investigatory-materials law-enforcement legal-advice probable-cause prosecutor prosecutor-investigation prosecutorial-immunity standing Whether a prosecutor is acting as an 'advocate' and is entitled to absolute immunity when the prosecutor performs an investigation and provides those …
18-265 Micah Patterson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2018-08-31 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) adversarial confrontation constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation sixth-amendment virginia-supreme-court Did the Virginia Supreme Court err by effectively affirming a lower court holding that denied relief for Patterson's ineffective assistance of counsel…
18-218 Trey Beam v. Robert F. Abercrombie, Jr. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied 11th-circuit civil-rights due-process investigation misdemeanor probable-cause qualified-immunity willful-failure Whether an officer may lose qualified immunity based upon the allegation of willful' failure to investigate even when the officer has established at l…
18-5255 Jerome Gibson v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-v-maryland credibility de-novo-review due-process evidence-suppression investigation kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-test police-investigation reliability suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Whether the suppression of evidence of inducements provided to Commonwealth witnesses violates Brady v. Maryland, where the defense could have used th…