legal-merit
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5767 | Robert Draft v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction | Eighth Circuit | 2025-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court habeas-corpus legal-merit procedural-error | 1) Did the United States District Court error in ruling that Mr. Draft 's petition for writ of Habeas Corpus was untimely? 2) Did the United States … |
| 22-6698 | Robert Hadley Gross v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law first-impression frivolity ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-merit non-frivolous-appeal rational-defendant roe-v-flores-ortega totality-of-circumstances | This is a criminal case, which involves issues regarding ineffective assistance of counsel, frivolity, and first impression. 1. Is the Roe v. Flore… |
| 20-6235 | Mario Montano v. Court of Appeals of Michigan | Michigan | 2020-11-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts court-sanctions due-process indigent-litigants indigent-rights judicial-abuse judicial-authority legal-merit procedural-fairness sanctions | 1. Did the Michigan Supreme Court abuse its authority by sanctioning the indigent Petitioner $1000 payable to the Clerk of the Court that it knew he … |