| 23-7590 |
Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus miller-el-standard plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion |
Where reasonable jurists could debate whether a petitioner is entitled to Rule 60 relief where the State has concealed evidence |
| 23-7238 |
Richard Lee Devito v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-court duty-to-investigate habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el miller-el-standard panel-rehearing sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-law strickland strickland-ineffective-assistance |
Did the Circuit Court exceed the threshold inquiry as prescribed in Miller-El? |
| 23-7141 |
Keith Martin Molineaux v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 brady-material certificate-of-appealability confession-fabrication false-confession habeas-corpus miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell |
Should the petitioner's novel claim that his confession was fabricated be encouraged to proceed further, necessitating a Certificate of Appealability? |
| 22-507 |
Tyson Martin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell reasonabl-jurists-debate reasonable-jurists |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability |
| 22-6153 |
Vincent Johnson v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell procedural-due-process sixth-circuit supreme-court-review |
What is the correct mechanism and procedure to present a COA violation made by a Circuit court to the appellate court after Certiorari denial? |
| 21-5124 |
Derrick Wilson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause evidence-fabrication government-misconduct habeas-corpus miller-el-standard standing |
Did the Court of Appeals err in concluding that Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability had not 'made a substantial showing of the denial of a const… |
| 20-6581 |
Kimberly Hanzlik v. Joseph Joseph, Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard reasonable-jurists second-circuit unreasonable-application-of-law |
Was the Second Circuit's denial of Petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability unreasonable |
| 20-6209 |
Louis Sanders v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus miller-el-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review threshold-inquiry |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability, in conflict with this Court's decisions in Miller-El and Slack v. McDaniel |
| 20-191 |
Patrick Ronald Silva v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was unreasonable and confl… |
| 20-5241 |
Dewoyne Curtis Potts v. John Garza |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis discriminatory-pretext juror-strike miller-el-standard miller-el-v-dretke mischaracterization-of-testimony ninth-circuit prosecutorial-bias race-based-questioning |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in crediting the prosecutor's stated reasons for the strike and failing to find discriminatory pretext under Batson and Mill… |
| 19-8633 |
Weylin O. Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-review due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus miller-el-standard precedent remand section-2255 supreme-court-precedent title-28-U.S.C-2255 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision not to remand for an evidentiary hearing was contrary to precedent requiring such a hearing under 28-U.S.C-225… |
| 19-7184 |
Stanley Brewer v. Robert F. Cunningham, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-misconduct miller-el-standard prosecutorial-misconduct |
Did the United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit misapply the ruling in Miller-El v. Cockrell? |
| 19-6562 |
Carlos J. Avena v. Kevin Chappell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability cronic cronic-standard death-penalty due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit per-se |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's refusal to address the uncertified Cronic claim despite a strong showing of per se ineffective assistance constituted an i… |
| 19-6298 |
John Steven Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability federal-court-review federal-habeas-proceedings fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard state-court-deference state-habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers |
Whether in denying a COA, the Fifth Circuit's methodology in the Gardner opinion is in conflict with Wilson v. Sellers and Miller-El |
| 18-9695 |
Robert A. Wagner v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process effective-representation expert-testimony eyewitness-identification habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell reasonable-probability trial-outcome |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with the 'debatable' standard from Miller-El v. Cockrell |
| 18-9044 |
Troy Latrial Ramsey v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell per-se-rule reasonable-jurist sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with this Court's ruling in Miller-El v. Cockrell |
| 18-7216 |
Jason Duhamel v. Michelle Miller, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment affidavit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty declaration due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis intellectual-disability miller-el-standard poverty redress sixth-circuit threshold-merits |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th… |