legal-diligence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5690 Adam Jay Stone v. Patwin Horn, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus legal-diligence statute-of-limitations In a federal habeas corpus case, an appellant who has missed the one-year filing deadline due to extraordinary circumstances beyond their control may …
24A1069 Luis Fernando Puente v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-05-05 Presumed Complete ineffective-assistance legal-diligence pro-se-filing supreme-court-procedure time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for extension of time to file a writ of certiorari should be granted when administrative errors and communication c…
22-6984 Ciaran Paul Redmond v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure diligence-requirement due-process exculpatory-evidence legal-diligence procedurally-unrelated-case prosecutorial-disclosure unpublished-case Whether a defendant must show that his attorney could not have obtained undisclosed exculpatory evidence through diligence
22-5984 Kenneth Wilbert Brown v. Brad Adams, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-communication civil-procedure court-delays diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances legal-diligence pandemic-impact related-cases How can a defendant be deemed not to have 'Been pursuing his rights dilligently,' when he is actively litigating 3 cases simultaneously that are all i…
20-1710 Zafar Bakhramovich Yadigarov v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-writ appellate-procedure coram-nobis delay due-process judicial-discretion legal-diligence legal-standards procedural-standard sound-reasons writ-of-error What constitutes a legally sufficient standard of diligence for pursuing coram-nobis-relief
19-6001 Gregory Leroy Packer v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-duty counsel-representation court-docket court-procedure diligence diligence-appeal due-process legal-diligence pennsylvania-statute prejudicial-delay related-case-law standing statutory-interpretation unprecedent-case Were the appellate courts' rulings unprecedented for this case?
18-5763 Jimmy Don Wooten v. Arkansas Arkansas 2018-08-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diligence-standard due-process insanity insanity-defense jurisdiction legal-diligence mental-capacity mental-handicap procedural-fairness standing Did the Arkansas Supreme Court violate due process by denying mentally handicapped petitioner opportunity to litigate insanity at time of trial?