materiality-standard

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25-884 Dontae Terrell Moore v. Texas Texas 2026-01-23 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived criminal-procedure false-testimony habeas-corpus materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct texas-criminal-appeals Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the TCCA's judgment, and remand to apply the correct "materiality" standard for false and misleading…
25-5191 Steven Edward Stein v. Florida Florida 2025-07-24 Denied IFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Florida Supreme Court's determination that 'equally accessible' evidence has not been suppressed by the State is contrary to Brady and its…
25-5183 Manuel Javier Perez v. Texas Texas 2025-07-23 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP brady-violation dna-evidence habeas-corpus materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct scientific-evidence Whether DNA evidence that is not conclusively exculpatory but potentially undermines the prosecution's case constitutes a Brady violation requiring re…
24-1151 BDO USA, LLP v. New England Carpenters Guaranteed Annuity and Pension Funds, et al. Second Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) auditing-standards fact-specific-analysis financial-misstatement materiality-standard professional-compliance securities-fraud Whether the materiality requirement for securities fraud liability is satisfied per se by an auditor's statement of compliance with professional stand…
24-1089 Feanyichi E. Uvukansi v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof due-process habeas-corpus materiality-standard perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the state courts improperly required the petitioner to prove the materiality of perjured testimony and disregarded precedent on prosecutorial …
24-949 Navellier & Associates, Inc., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission First Circuit 2025-03-05 Denied anti-fraud-provisions disgorgement investor-protection materiality-standard sec-enforcement securities-law Whether the SEC can seek disgorgement for investor clients who suffered no pecuniary harm under securities law anti-fraud provisions
24-542 United States, ex rel. James Heron v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Tenth Circuit 2024-11-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) false-claims-act foreclosure-fraud materiality-standard original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam What standard should courts use to determine whether a qui tam relator's allegations or alleged transactions are 'substantially the same' as those tha…
24-5217 Sheldon Hannibal v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether the Third Circuit's Brady materiality test—under which suppressed evidence is immaterial if it contradicts the prosecution's trial evidence—co…
24-5176 Antonio Santonastaso v. United States First Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 criminal-law false-statements federal-prosecution judicial-review jurisdiction maslenjak-v-united-states materiality materiality-standard statutory-interpretation Does the new materiality standard from Maslenjak v. United States apply to prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)?
23-5726 John Holden v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-test constitutional-review felony-indictment firearm-prohibition material-false-statement materiality-standard second-amendment Is the criminal prohibition on the receipt of a firearm by a person under felony indictment (18 U.S.C. § 922(n)) constitutional under the Second Amend…
22-1111 Chryssoula Marinos-Arsenis v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Third Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Relisted (3) agency-guidance circuit-split contract-violation due-process false-claims-act government-payment implied-certification materiality materiality-standard statutory-interpretation Whether the implied certification theory of liability under the False Claims Act is viable
22-6822 Timothy Alan Dunlap v. Idaho Idaho 2023-02-21 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct Whether a defendant's ability to independently obtain exculpatory evidence is relevant to a Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) claim?
22-6476 Robert Fratta v. Texas Texas 2023-01-06 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus materiality-standard selective-disclosure state-procedural-ground texas-code-criminal-procedure Whether § 5(a)(1) is an adequate and independent state procedural ground to bar review of a Brady claim
22-6046 Terrioues Owney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights cooperating-witness due-process late-disclosure materiality materiality-standard new-trial witness-credibility Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deny Owney's right to constitutional due process by applying an erroneous standard in ass…
22-77 David Brown v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-07-27 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (7) brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-evidence material-evidence materiality-standard third-party-confession Whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when another person's confession stating that he and someone else committed the criminal act, wi…
22-5058 Davel Chinn v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Relisted (5)IFP aedpa brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process evidence-suppression materiality materiality-standard prejudice sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent Whether a petitioner who raises a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by …
21-8045 Marcellus Overton v. United States Second Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea materiality materiality-standard plea-withdrawal reasonable-defendant rule-11 united-states-v-dominguez-benitez When a defendant seeks to withdraw his or her guilty plea based upon the Government's failure to timely disclose exculpatory evidence, is the 'materia…
21-1411 James Milton Dailey v. Florida Florida 2022-05-03 Denied Amici (2) brady-v-maryland capital-murder criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review materiality materiality-standard perjured-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the State's knowing use of perjury is relevant to determining whether the perjured testimony was material to the verdict
21-7718 Mark A. Winger v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-violation constitutional-due-process due-process materiality materiality-standard perjury post-conviction-petition prosecutorial-misconduct united-states-v-agurs witness-perjury Whether a State prisoner's post-conviction petition claim of a Brady violation alleging perjury by a State's witness at trial, whose false testimony p…
21-7170 Deborah Bowers and Steve S. Jabar, aka Steve Shariff, aka Satar Jabar, aka Kamal Jabar, aka Kamal Jamel v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure false-statements fraud fraud-theory indictment materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation May a court of appeals reinstate a verdict on a theory of fraud that was not pled in the indictment, not sought to be proven or argued at the trial, n…
21-6804 Timothy Wayne Kemp v. Arkansas Arkansas 2022-01-10 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation cone-v-bell criminal-procedure due-process materiality materiality-standard prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent Whether the October 7, 2021 decision of the Arkansas Supreme Court, finding that Timothy Kemp was not prejudiced under Brady v. Maryland, was in confl…
21-6688 Freddie McNeill, Jr. v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied IFP brady-claim brady-doctrine brady-v-maryland due-process evidence-suppression judicial-review materiality-standard prejudice prosecutorial-disclosure witness-credibility witness-reliability Whether a reviewing court considering a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), must assess the reliability and credibility of the witnesse…
21-6412 Rebecca Stampe v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-24 GVR IFP brady-disclosure criminal-procedure due-process evidence-review government-disclosure in-camera-review materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-discretion Can the district court, consistent with Brady and its progeny, refuse in camera review of evidence that is plausibly subject to disclosure under Brady…
21-151 Feanyichi Ezekwesi Uvukansi v. Texas Texas 2021-08-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (16) brady-violation burden-of-proof due-process eyewitness-identification false-testimony habeas-corpus materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the state courts disregarded Supreme Court precedent by requiring the petitioner to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the prosecut…
20-7674 Kuantau Reeder v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process giglio-v-united-states impeachment-evidence materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Whether the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal failed to correctly apply clearly established federal law as announced by this Court when it held…
19-8439 Marijan Cvjeticanin v. United States Third Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation catch-me-if-you-can criminal-procedure due-process kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality-standard new-trial-motion perjury rule-33 trial-perjury Brady-violations
19-8326 Charles Brandon Martin v. Maryland Maryland 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof confrontation-clause evidence-sufficiency materiality materiality-standard sufficiency-of-evidence voir-dire witness-availability When a Brady violation (Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)) occurs, must the Court take into account the effects of the Brady violation, or simply …
19-1094 James Milton Dailey v. Florida Florida 2020-03-05 Denied brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-diligence exculpatory-evidence giglio-claim giglio-v-united-states jailhouse-informant jailhouse-informants materiality materiality-standard perjury prosecutorial-misconduct whether-a-defendant-advancing-a-brady-claim-must-demonstrate-due-diligence
19-7729 Aaron New v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP circuit-split false-claims-act judicial-interpretation legal-standard materiality materiality-standard objective-standard subjective-standard supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-gaudin universal-health-services-v-escobar Did the Ninth Circuit's opinion contradict this Court's holding in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar 136 S. Ct. 1989 (2…
19-7469 Olga Palamarchuk v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied IFP escobar evidence evidence-admissibility lender-conduct mail-fraud materiality materiality-standard ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-interpretation recipient-behavior supreme-court-precedent Whether the standard for materiality in a mail fraud case is determined by the likely behavior of the recipient of the alleged misrepresentations
19-7361 Edward Shevtsov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied IFP actual-decisionmaker circuit-split civil-procedure decisionmaker-test federal-fraud federal-prosecution fraud fraud-statute materiality materiality-standard private-victim reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard Whether in a federal fraud prosecution involving a private victim, materiality turns on the misrepresentation's ability to influence the actual decisi…
19-843 Daniel K. Holtzclaw v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-01-06 Denied defense-counsel-exclusion dna-evidence due-process ex-parte-hearing exculpatory-evidence expert-witness fair-trial forensic-expert in-camera-hearing materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct What is the standard of materiality applicable in assessing the prejudicial impact of potential exculpatory evidence relating to the State's chief for…
19-848 Patrick Shin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1001 coram-nobis decisionmaker-influence escobar-clarification false-statements fraud fraud-prosecution materiality materiality-standard universal-health-services-v-escobar Do Escobar's clarifications apply to the materiality requirement for False Statements prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(8)?
19-5031 Efrain Ismael Conde v. Arizona Arizona 2019-07-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-court appointment-of-counsel credibility-of-witness due-process due-process-materiality-standard fourteenth-amendment materiality-standard newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief witness-credibility Does the Due Process Clause entitle a convicted prisoner to appointment of counsel and opportunity to amend a notice of post-conviction relief asserti…
18-1124 Stephens Institute, dba Academy of Art University v. United States, ex rel. Scott Rose, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived department-of-education escobar escobar-standard false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca federal-financial-aid financial-aid incentive-compensation-ban incentive-compensation-ban-icb materiality materiality-standard universal-health-services-v-escobar Alleged failure to disclose noncompliance with the incentive compensation ban (ICB) was material to the Department of Education's decision to make fed…
18-7395 Wilfred H. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), does the materiality standard require that the suppressed evidence directly go to proving any count again…
18-674 Jedidiah Isaac Murphy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied brady-violation criminal-procedure-error cross-examination due-process expert-witness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel materiality materiality-standard presumption-of-correctness prosecutorial-misconduct psychological-evaluation standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals erred in requiring that an expert witness, instead of trial counsel, correct the false impression that the prosecutor cre…
18-6428 Roberto Gonzalez Delacruz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied IFP brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process due-process,habeas,materiality,scientific-evidence fifth-amendment fifth-circuit-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review materiality materiality-of-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit incorrectly denied a certificate of appealability
18-274 Michael Jay Stewart v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-fraud jury-instructions kokesh-v-sec mail-fraud materiality materiality-standard naive-and-careless omissions-theory reasonably-prudent-victim sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations Whether the federal criminal fraud statutes maintain a reasonably prudent victim requirement
18-186 Samuel David Silva-Ramirez v. Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) agency-oversight civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-burden due-process false-claims-act legal-technicality materiality materiality-standard regulatory-compliance religious-freedom standing How can be properly submitted to the rigors of the dispositive effects of materiality standard of False Claims Act [FCA] violations; something hidden …
18-5527 Jesus Alejandro Chavez, aka Chuy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation case-severance criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit-review joinder materiality materiality-standard new-trial prejudice severance substantial-defense Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding that the alleged Brady violation was not material
18-101 Patrick Jon Evers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1920 decisionmaking-body false-representation false-statements federal-benefits federal-benefits-fraud federal-workers-compensation fraud materiality materiality-standard perjury workers-compensation Can false representations be 'material' for purposes of 18 USC §1920 where such representations were neither addressed to the decisionmaking body nor …