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25-6411 Gregory Johnson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-22 Pending IFP appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement Can a criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily waive the right to appeal a district court's yet-to-be-made errors as part of a plea agreement, and…
25-6385 Johnathan Morrison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-16 Pending IFP appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guideline Does the miscarriage of justice exception to appeal waivers apply to an appellate claim that a district court sentenced a defendant under the wrong se…
25-5986 Tovis Ation Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-29 Pending IFP appeal-waiver circuit-split drug-conspiracy firearm-enhancement miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines I. The Fourth Circuit and several other circuits apply the U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1) enhancement if a firearm is found in any place where a defendant's c…
25-5866 Davon Anthony Beckford v. United States Third Circuit 2025-10-10 Pending IFP miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance third-circuit waiver-of-appeal 1. DOES ENFORCEMENT OF APPELLANT'S WAIVER OF APPEAL AND THE GOVERNMENT'S SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE MOTION OF MR. BECKFORD'S SENTENCE CONSITUTE A MISCARRIAGE …
25-5669 Stanislav Steven Yelizarov v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appeal-waiver ineffective-counsel miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement resentencing Whether an appeal waiver in a plea agreement bars an appeal of a resentenced term when the defendant is actually innocent of one of the original charg…
25-5408 Julio Aviles, Sr. v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-review judicial-discretion legal-error miscarriage-of-justice procedural-standard statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's erroneous view of law amounted to a miscarriage of justice that warrants Supreme Court review
24-1200 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-23 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-law judicial-dicta legislative-history miscarriage-of-justice separation-of-powers student-loan Whether a federal judge's reliance on non-binding judicial dicta and legislative history constitutes a miscarriage of justice in student loan bankrupt…
24-7174 In Re Babubhai Patel 2025-05-12 Dismissed IFP 2255-application appellate-review habeas-corpus judicial-fraud miscarriage-of-justice sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit committed judicial fraud upon the court when denying Patel's Second or Successive 2255 Application, and does this constitute…
24-7122 Michael Samuel Dekelbaum v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-bargain sentencing Whether the Supreme Court should recognize a 'miscarriage of justice' exception to a plea bargain appeal waiver for unanticipated due process and sent…
24-6928 In Re Stanley Howard Solvey 2025-04-04 Denied IFP constitutional-rights discretionary-review exceptional-circumstances habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice state-court-exhaustion Whether circumstances exist that render state court exhaustion ineffective to protect the applicant's rights, and whether ongoing constitutional viola…
24-6543 Devin Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-11 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing-error Can a criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily waive the right to appeal a district court's yet-to-be-made errors as part of a plea agreement, and…
24-6265 Ryan A. Fleming, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure guilty-verdict miscarriage-of-justice police-testimony video-evidence weight-of-evidence Whether video evidence refuting police testimony that a defendant personally held a gun required reversal of a guilty verdict as sufficiently against …
24-6195 Oyd McCray v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence criminal-procedure habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice schlup-standard sixth-circuit-review Whether the Sixth Circuit's piecemeal review of a factual record requires Supreme Court intervention to reaffirm the gateway actual innocence standard…
24-500 Darrin S. Rick v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services Eighth Circuit 2024-11-01 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence civil-commitment habeas-corpus indefinite-confinement miscarriage-of-justice procedural-bar Whether the actual innocence exception which allows federal courts to consider a habeas corpus petition otherwise precluded by a procedural bar should…
24-5666 Lidia M. Orrego v. Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice Whether the Second Circuit recognizes constitutional due process and equal protection rights before their deprivation, and whether judicial bias viola…
24-5252 Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction extraordinary-review fundamental-error habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default Whether a procedurally defaulted habeas petition challenging a criminal conviction raises a fundamental miscarriage of justice that warrants extraordi…
24-5164 Joel Miles v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice sentencing waiver Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for judgments that represent a miscarriage of justice?
24-5138 Gina Russomanno v. Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-25 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure curative-amendment due-process due-process-relief judicial-remedy miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-plaintiff rule-12b6-dismissal standing void-judgment Whether the district court's judgment is void due to abuse of discretion and miscarriage of justice,
24-5102 Alexi Hinojosa Matos v. Texas Texas 2024-07-18 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel writ-application Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
23-7838 Davit Davitashvili v. United States Third Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment mental-health-disclosure miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Were there violations of the 5th and 6th Amendments?
23-7740 William H. Baker v. Angela Hunsinger-Stuff, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the procedural default creates a miscarriage of justice that denies Petitioner his fundamental rights to due-process
23-7752 Mark Edmond Brown, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver coram-nobis due-process guilty-plea miscarriage-of-justice sentence sentencing-rights sixth-circuit Whether a defendant's appeal waiver bars the filing of a coram nobis petition following full service of his sentence
23-7273 Lidia M. Orrego v. Kevin Knipfing, aka Kevin James, et al. Second Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (3)IFP abuse-of-power constitutional-rights deprivation-of-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice second-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recognizes the mitigating effects of upholding the Constitutional Rights to Due Proc…
23A940 Norma Ortiz Fernandez v. La Clinica California 2024-04-19 Presumed Complete appellate-review due-process legal-extension miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-review pro-per Whether the lower appellate court misapplied facts and denied due process in a manner that constitutes a miscarriage of justice
23-7226 Michael Lee Villamonte v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's request to recognize a miscarriage of justice exception to the appellate waiver doctrine conflict …
23-7180 Gary Wayne Warner v. Texas Texas 2024-04-09 Denied IFP actual-innocence criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice newly-discovered-evidence plea-bargaining plea-package state-law-ground Whether Texas Court of Criminal Appeal's is applying Sec.4 {TCCP Art.11.07] as adequate & independent state law ground
23-7002 Ayoob Wali v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-law miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing waiver-of-appeal Should the court of appeals recognize a miscarriage-of-justice exception to a waiver-of-appeal provision in a federal criminal defendant's plea agreem…
23-6915 Raynaldo Ray Quiroga v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice Whether the actual innocence exception applies to claims of innocence in the guilty plea context
23-6754 Rodwick F. Abadam v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review appellate-waiver constitutional-violation miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement second-amendment sentencing sentencing-error Did the Ninth Circuit err when it failed to find that sentencing errors that violated Mr. Abadam's Second Amendment rights can amount to a 'miscarriag…
23-6544 In Re Mo Savoy Hicks 2024-01-23 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process emotional-harm enhancement-factor miscarriage-of-justice prejudicial-variance sentencing-guidelines third-party-harm Does the Minnesota sentencing guidelines enhancement factor particular cruelty in relying on emotional harm to third parties instead of conduct exacte…
23-6522 Autley I. Salahuddin, II v. Scott Wilkes, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied IFP actual-innocence direct-appeal exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-petition jury-review miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prerequisites scientific-evidence Whether the filing of a direct appeal is a prerequisite to the filing of a habeas petition?
23-6311 David Clum, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure due-process judicial-review manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice supervisory-powers writ-of-certiorari Should this court grant the writ where it is shown from the record that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has so far departed from the accepted an…
23-6125 Walter Lancaster v. Beats Electronics LLC, et al. California 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-review stare-decisis Whether the denial of a petition for writ of certiorari by the highest state supreme court, followed by a denial of a timely appeal by the state distr…
23-458 Thomas De Cola v. Starke County Council, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 administrative-appeal administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights civil-tort comity due-process miscarriage-of-justice state-federal-review Whether the comity of state and federal court reviews of Petitioner's respective administrative appeal and concurrent 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil tort clai…
23-5768 Frank Nathan Escalante v. Jim Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-rights standing Whether Frank Nathan Escalante's due process rights were violated at any stage of the judicial proceedings
23-5378 Frank J. Capozzi v. United States Third Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation fourth-amendment franks-hearing fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court miscarriage-of-justice probable-cause search-warrant Was the State search warrant obtained based on fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, and omitted statements
23-5159 Juan Jabari Hollis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appeal-waiver categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense controlled-substance-offenses criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines waiver-of-appeal Whether the calculation of the defendant's advisory guideline range, which influenced the sentence imposed, constituted a miscarriage of justice when …
23-53 Frederick Bates v. City of San Jose, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights due-process frcp-60 law-of-the-case miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit res-judicata Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling affirming the dismissal conflicts with SCOTUS precedent on FRCP 60 and independent actions
23-5157 In Re Tracy Whitaker 2023-07-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights district-attorney due-process exceptional-circumstances fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-authority Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in declining to grant Mr. Whitaker authorization to file a second habeas corpus petition when his incarce…
23-5047 Omar Javier Torres v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice state-court-findings Whether the federal court of appeals abused its discretion
22-7860 Marijan Cvjeticanin v. United States Third Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence claim-preclusion constitutional-precedent due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice issue-preclusion jurisdictional-challenge miscarriage-of-justice Did the Third Circuit violate the Constitution's Due Process Clause and this Court's established precedents
22-7531 Chykeetra Maltbia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP briefing circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence legal-error mens-rea miscarriage-of-justice plain-error prejudice regulatory-provisions Whether the Circuit Court erred in finding that the defendant had not established prejudice due to an omitted mens rea element
22-7361 Demonte Tretion Kelly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for miscarriage-of-justice
22-7300 James D. Sullivan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability counsel-abandonment counsel-misconduct federal-bench habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct miscarriage-of-justice plea-withdrawal pro-se pro-se-representation standing Will this Court remand with a certificate of appealability in a case where a district court perverted the habeas-corpus-process, counsel-misconduct, f…
22-7226 Travis J. Guttu v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa-deadline due-process ineffective-assistance miscarriage-of-justice no-trial plea-agreement procedural-innocence record sixth-amendment-right Does a claim of procedural innocence require a petitioner to show his actual innocence with facts outside of the record where no trial took place?
22-6838 Demetri D. Beachem, aka Demetrius D. Beachem v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (9)IFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Whether a court can consider dismissed or uncharged conduct in sentencing
22-738 Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Relisted (2) 18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences
22-6712 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguous-sentence correction-of-record court-transcript criminal-case due-process judicial-confidence judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice oral-sentence rule-36-correction sentencing sentencing-ambiguity Whether the district court erred in imposing an ambiguous oral sentence that is contrary to the written judgment
22-6656 Randy Lee Stapleton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice motion-to-withdraw Whether an appellate court should review on the merits the denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea notwithstanding a purported waiver of appeal
22-6572 Christian Dior Womack v. United States Third Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-offenses due-process fraud-on-the-court government-misrepresentation habeas-corpus judicial-error mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice plea-bargaining sentencing Does an appellate court's failure to recall its mandate to amend its opinion — that is predicated on the government's legal argument of inaccurate con…
22-536 Eliezer Alberto Jimenez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure guilty-plea habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice unconstitutional-conditions waiver-of-rights Whether requiring a criminal defendant to waive the right to seek habeas corpus or its substitute as a condition of a guilty plea violates the unconst…
22-5890 Ronald William Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief section-2255 Whether a boilerplate waiver of appellate and post-conviction rights bars a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 that the defendant stands convicted of a non-…
22-5539 Sean David Pickett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 Does the Eleventh Circuit have jurisdiction to deny a certificate of appealability based on the Eleventh Circuit's determination that the petitioner c…
22-5407 In Re James R. Austin 2022-08-19 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent miscarriage-of-justice procedural-mechanism rule-60b-motion standing supreme-court supreme-court-holding Whether the Supreme Court's holding in Gonzalez v. Crosby controls and must be followed by respondents
22-5375 Nathaniel Waugh v. A. Ralph, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-principles court-procedure due-process evidence-application judicial-review legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice standing Whether lower Court proceeded 'according to Justice' or deprived petitioner of fundamental Substantial rights?
22-5294 Gary Wayne Warner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction limitation-bar miscarriage-of-justice sentencing standing Does this court have jurisdiction & power to grant certiorari, excused limitation bar, correct fundamental miscarriage of justice, denial of COA by 5t…
22-5111 Robert Doyle Harper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-law defendant-rights due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice waiver Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for judgments that represent a miscarriage of justice?
22-5107 Marcus Dwayne Pemberton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers brady-standard brady-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-procedure miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Should standards other than the knowing and voluntary waiver standard of Brady v. United States govern the enforcement of appeal waivers in plea agree…
22-5035 Irving Lisboa-Cupely v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice plain-error Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court denied due process of the law under the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by failing to issue a certificate of…
21-8002 Daniel Taylor v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process griffin-v-illinois innocence judicial-integrity jury-verdict miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction prosecutorial-conduct trial-transcript whether-the-failure-to-provide-a-trial-transcript-violates-due-process
21-7982 In Re Mo Savoy Hicks 2022-05-27 Denied IFP actual-innocence deceptive-testimony excited-testimony excited-utterance forensic-evidence forensic-exposition fourth-amendment legal-relief miscarriage-of-justice perjury Does the novel issue, Forensic Exposition, demonstrate deceptive testimony and establish actual innocence?
21-7979 Robert Allen Stanford, aka Sir Allen Stanford, aka Allen Stanford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-transmission jurisdictional-element miscarriage-of-justice separation-of-powers wire-fraud Whether the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. 1343, can be used to charge, prosecute and punish a 'purely intrastate' wire communication
21-7825 Charles Wycuff v. Ed Sheldon, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendments due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the procedural default creates a miscarriage of justice that denies Petitioner his fundamental rights
21-7666 Izell Delorean Grissett, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-ruling collateral-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure guidelines mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the fact of a first-degree murder cross reference under § 2A1.1 to be treated as an element when that finding is …
21-7436 Kevin D. Loggins, Sr. v. Jeff Zmuda, Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-03-23 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-post-facto freedom-of-association miscarriage-of-justice section-1983 turner-v-safely Whether the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding plaintiff failed to state a claim regarding encroachment upon plaintiff's c…
21-7260 George K. Mackie v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-argument criminal-procedure impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt Did the appeals court err in holding that the error-laden closing argument by the prosecutor, taken in its totality, create a substantial risk of a mi…
21-7219 Lorenzo Suttles v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether a pre-FSA defendant's circumstances changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c) may constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for com…
21-7173 Herman J. Snell, II v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-22 Denied IFP collateral-attack criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice fundamental-rights jurisdictional-challenge miscarriage-of-justice state-conviction subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the United States Supreme Court enter a new procedural rule of law that overrules subject matter jurisdiction?
21-7125 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure coram-nobis criminal-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-error miscarriage-of-justice rule-60 writ-of-coram-nobis Whether a lower court has a duty and obligation to correct a miscarriage of justice caused by fraud on the court, regardless of a harmless error of mi…
21-6987 Marcus Antonio Grubbs v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver contract-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process miscarriage-of-justice procedural-waiver sentencing Whether a defendant can knowingly, voluntarily, and/or intelligently execute an appeal waiver of conduct yet to occur in the proceedings, vis-à-vis se…
21-6643 Leonus Stevenson Peterson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-circuit appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit knowing-and-voluntary miscarriage-of-justice plea-waiver standard-of-review Did the Fourth Circuit err in finding that Petitioner's plea waiver was knowing and voluntary and then applying a stricter standard than a number of o…
21-6552 Keith Carr v. Steve Kallis, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-u.s.c.-2241 due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus liberty-interest miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-851 sentencing-enhancement title-21-enhancement whether-an-unlawful-application-of-an-enhancement-pursuant-to-title-21-u.s.c.-851-amounts-to-a-fundamental-misscarriage-of-justice
21-6402 Nyambui Joe Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreements sentencing waivers-of-appeal Whether this Court should recognize a 'miscarriage of justice' exception to waivers of appeal in plea agreements?
21-6428 Danny Lee Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (18)IFP atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia death-penalty diagnoses federal-review habeas-corpus historical-evidence intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice present-functioning state-court-review Whether a state court unreasonably applies Atkins v. Virginia when it focuses on the individual's 'present functioning' in a prison environment, disco…
21-6298 Ronald David McCalister, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreements sentencing waivers-of-appeal Whether this Court should recognize a 'miscarriage of justice' exception to waivers of appeal in plea agreements?
21-6043 Vedrick Lamonte Symonette v. Florida Florida 2021-10-25 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland constitutional-violations criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-error fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-procedure jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice vague-indistinct-indefinite Whether the information provided to the defendant was so vague, indistinct, and indefinite that it resulted in a due process violation, a Brady v. Mar…
21-5977 In Re Rigoberto Melero Aguirre 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constructive-denial counsel-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings miscarriage-of-justice plain-error-standard standard-of-review Whether the constructive denial of counsel during Melero Aguirre's judicial proceedings, coupled with the wholesale adoption by the Fifth Circuit, of …
21-5857 Justin P. Stahmer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-rights due-process miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals deprived jurisdiction from the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court to renew petitioner's Rule 60(b) appeal motion
21-5866 Francisco Carbajal, aka Frank X. Carbajal, Jr. v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice supremacy-clause wrongful-conviction Whether fair-minded jurists could disagree with a reviewing court's decision to ignore a claim of actual innocence
21-5801 Carlos Benitez Penalosa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice plain-error plea-agreement sentencing-error Did the Ninth Circuit err when it failed to find that a sentencing error can amount to a 'miscarriage of justice' allowing appellate review even if th…
21-5635 Jamail D. Hairston v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error miranda-rights miscarriage-of-justice police-testimony right-to-remain-silent right-to-silence sufficiency-of-evidence Did the appeals court err in holding that no substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice resulted from officer Pagan's erroneous testimony about Hair…
21-5517 Lonzie Wayne McQuirter v. Michigan Michigan 2021-08-30 Dismissed IFP 44th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process evidence-preservation fair-trial fourteenth-amendment innocence miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment whether-petitioner's-claims-should-be-heard-on-the-merits
21-5447 Nicholas Edwards v. Derek Oberlander, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process identification-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the U.S. Court of Appeal erred in not finding petitioner was not prejudiced by trial counsel's failure
20-8226 In Re Francis Boyd 2021-06-04 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error jury-instruction jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice murder murder-degrees third-degree-murder trial-procedure Can a trial judge instruct a jury during a jury charge that they cannot find the petitioner guilty of a certain degree of murder after entertaining a …
20-8205 In Re John L. McKenzie 2021-06-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fabricated-evidence false-evidence habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice perjury prosecutorial-misconduct Whether Petitioner is illegally confined due to fabricated evidence and false testimony
20-8165 Mitchell N. Nicholas v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Third Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exclusionary-rule federal-investigation fourth-amendment grand-jury miscarriage-of-justice standing unreasonable-searches Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to issue grand jury subpoenas when the petitioner was never the subject of a federal investigation
20-1644 Devon Archer v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Amici (1) appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-weighing federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure jury-discretion jury-verdict miscarriage-of-justice new-trial new-trial-motion second-circuit Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33(a) afford district courts discretion to reweigh the evidence when evaluating a new trial motion
20-7904 Bruce Simmons v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence bousley-v-united-states constitutional-claim due-process federal-law mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice murray-v-carrier schlup-v-delo writ-of-error-coram-nobis Whether the principles of due process are offended
20-7551 Dennis Roger Bolze v. Warden, FCI Coleman Sixth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice right-to-counsel state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction When a State intentionally abandons State law and deprives an individual of counsel during a critical stage in the criminal proceedings, does the stat…
20-7179 Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule 60…
20-7058 Dwayne Wilson v. Ed Sheldon, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection jurisdiction mental-health miscarriage-of-justice Question not identified
20-6571 Antonio W. Smith v. M. Brecken, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court err by not hearing Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2241 petition on the merits
20-6118 Ramon Wall v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands, et al. Third Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice misconduct plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct Ineffective assistance of counsel prejudiced the petitioner, creating a miscarriage of justice
20-6120 Johnny Tippins v. NWI-1, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fraudulent-concealment mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice sixth-circuit standing state-law statute-of-limitations successor-liability Should the Sixth Circuit recall its November 27, 2017 mandate in order to prevent a miscarriage of justice?
20-6078 Delmart E. J. M. Vreeland, II v. David Zupan, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure discovery discovery-violation due-process exhaustion fraud habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miscarriage-of-justice rule-60 Should the judgment on habeas corpus be void for failure to adhere to due process requirements before entering judgment
20-6082 Douglas D. Yokois v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-ruling Whether the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied Petitioner's Motion for Issuance of Certificate of Appealability
20-447 Francisco Rodriguez-Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-certiorari post-conviction-relief procedural-error section-2255 sentence-enhancement Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that Rodriguez's erroneous sentence enhancement as a career offender was not a miscarriage of justice entit…
20-5771 Taveon Nixon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver due-process miscarriage-of-justice procedural-reasonableness sentencing statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness whether-the-trial-court's-overt-consideration-of-the-existence-and-nature-of-an-appeal-waiver-prior-to-varying-upward-to-the-statutory-maximum-sentenc…
20-5630 Mark Anthony Thacker v. Indiana Indiana 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indiana-law jail-time-credit judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice sentencing sentencing-credit Whether Petitioner, Mark A. Thacker, has suffer a miscarriage of justice and has been denied the equal protection and due process of laws as guarantee…
20-164 Roosevelt Johnson v. Florida Florida 2020-08-14 Denied access-to-court claim-forfeiture due-process manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice postconviction-counsel pro-se-action procedural-default Whether a defendant is denied due process and access to the court
20-5188 Adelso Barnes v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa-exception criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus legal-consultation miscarriage-of-justice plea-change right-to-counsel Whether an affirmative statement entitles Mr. Barnes to the consultation required by Roe v. Flores-Ortega
20-57 Maurice McGinnis, By His Conservator Derrick K. Jones v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-23 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-procedure civil-rights competency consent-order due-process equitable-jurisdiction guardian-ad-litem miscarriage-of-justice procedural-deadline Whether strict application of procedural deadlines by an Arbitrator under the guidelines of the Consent Order in Pigford v. Glickman resulted in a fun…
19-8687 Hamidreza Ghazavi v. Virginia Virginia 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct miscarriage-of-justice speedy-trial trespass-statute Whether the circuit court and upper courts violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by engaging in a conspiracy with corrupt federal agents, de…
19-8656 Michael Jacoby v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice successive-2255 Whether the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right was violated
19-8339 Juan M. Santiago v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver booker booker-error criminal-procedure federal-sentencing mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver Whether an established Booker error (mandatory application of the USSG) can be considered per se a miscarriage of justice/exception that is not waived…
19-8313 Thomas M. Tully v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default statutory-provisions successive-writ supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari Did the lower courts err in determining Petitioner's reliance on McQuiggin v. Perkins
19-7963 Yehowshua Yisrael v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process florida-constitution jurisdiction manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct substantive-due-process Did the trial Court and State of Florida Prosecutor invoked a miscarriage of Justice and manifest Injustice
19-7923 Barlow Smith v. Terry Kennedy Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process errors-made-by-court-of-appeals errors-made-by-district-court federal-jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice no-evidence no-evidence-claim summary Is the petitioner actually innocent?
19-7928 Al Prince v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief Whether a state-created delay of uninformed notification that a second amended (corrected sentencing) judgment of conviction had become final and ripe…
19-7431 Brandon J. Lofland v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus identification-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jury-trial miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-procedural-rules sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a 'mere modicum' of evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction
19-7240 Damon S. Allen-Bey v. Michigan State Treasurer Michigan 2020-01-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion administrative-rules constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice prisoner-funds restitution standard-of-review Whether the trial court violated the defendant's constitutional rights by abusing its discretion in rendering a decision contrary to law, resulting in…
19-6972 Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice plain-error rico-conspiracy statutory-interpretation Should this Court grant certiorari to correct a miscarriage of justice and provide needed clarification of the RICO law?
19-6712 Adam Scott Caward v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice sentencing standing Whether the Court should adopt the rule espoused in the First, Third, Fourth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, which hold that an appellate court can decline…
19-6606 Ryan T. Root v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cumulative-errors double-prosecution due-process ineffective-counsel law-and-fact merger-doctrine miscarriage-of-justice money-laundering plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether cumulative errors led to a miscarriage of justice
19-6467 Robert G. Pulley v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process federal-court federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-court Whether the actual innocence exception to the procedural default doctrine applies to excuse the petitioner's failure to raise certain claims in state …
19-6295 Antonio Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appearance-of-partiality circuit-split constitutional-due-process constitutional-review district-court due-process judicial-bias judicial-impartiality miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing-procedure Does a broad appeal waiver preclude appellate review of a district court's findings if the judge created a constitutionally impermissible appearance o…
19-6132 Christian Joseph Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' two-step inquiry for determining the validity of an appeal waiver in a plea agreement should be expanded t…
19-5951 Jeffrey L. Harris v. Judy P. Smith, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice newly-discovered-evidence recantation standing Is Jeffrey L. Harris entitled to a Certificate of Appealability?
19-5746 Howard Griffith v. New York New York 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process federal-review judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-appellate-procedures state-appellate-review Whether the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division/Fourth Department, erred in allowing Defendant/Petitioner to take a direct appe…
19-5692 Larry Dean Cochrun v. Bob Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation court-flexibility criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection error-correction habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice standing statutory-authority wrongful-conviction Has US Congress constrained or given flexibility for USA Judges or Courts to deny or delay a miscarriage of justice as surfaced within a reach to be c…
19-5385 Darlene Rodgers v. Taura McDaniel, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied IFP calumnious-decision civil-monetary-penalties civil-rights civil-rights,qualified-immunity,civil-procedure,du compensatory-settlement court-errors due-process judicial-misconduct legal-procedure miscarriage-of-justice qualified-immunity vicarious-liability Whether 8th Circuit Court is vicariously liable
19-5371 In Re Mary Capri 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice restitution supervised-release Can the District Court Deny to Abide with the Supreme Court rulings on Restitution?
19-14 In Re Thomas F. Williams 2019-07-01 Denied due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-bias miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default prosecutor-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-by-jury trial-court-issues Whether the federal district & circuit court and the Florida State courts violated the Petitioner's 6th-&-14th-Amendment-rights
18-9846 Bradford Metcalf v. S. Kallis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice wrongful-conviction Must the Petitioner who is actually innocent be given the same constitutional consideration as citizens who succeeded him?
18-9701 Antoine Gause v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-error miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing supervised-release Whether the lower courts fundamentally erred through a miscarriage of justice, by unconstitutionally sentencing the Petitioner to a longer sentence an…
18-9632 Major Hudson, III v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-06-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance laches liberty-interest miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Where a procedural default is the result of ineffective assistance of counsel and the state's responsibility, can the state use laches to avoid correc…
18-9540 Clifton D. Harvin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-exception aedpa district-court due-process federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations When a Petitioner relies upon the McQuiggin V Perkins 133 S.Ct. 1924 miscarriage of justice actual innoccence exception to overcome the AEDPA one year…
18-9494 Matthew Mounir Awad v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-ruling sentencing Whether the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals correctly denied Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
18-9412 Amin A. Rashid v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-24 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-act criminal-act-concealment due-process evidentiary-hearing exoneration fundamental-defect judicial-misconduct mail-fraud miscarriage-of-justice neutral-judge section-2255 standing Whether Undisputed Evidence Suggesting That The Trial Judge Was Acting To Conceal A Criminal Act Committed By Prior Judges In The Case Which Act If Ad…
18-9278 In Re Edmond McClinton 2019-05-17 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lack-of-due-process lack-of-jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct There was no probable cause for arrest
18-1433 Milton Balkany v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default reasonable-doubt trevino-v-thaler Whether a lower court can apply a default rule or ignore precedent on actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel claims
18-9288 In Re Sherman Lamont Fields 2019-05-15 Denied IFP actual-innocence appeals constitutional-rights death-penalty death-row due-process immediate-relief ineffective-counsel judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice wrongful-conviction Do petitioner have a Constitutional Right to be set free Immediately in light of the overwhelming evidence showing that he was framed for the crime(s)…
18-9289 In Re Michael Leon Haley, Sr. 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing third-strike Whether petitioner is actually innocent of being eligible for a third-strike sentence under 42 PA. C. S. §9714(g)
18-9276 In Re Jesus Avila 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure miscarriage-of-justice motion-recharacterization rule-60 rule-60(b)(6) standing statutory-interpretation Whether the re-characterization of Jesus Avila's properly filed Rule 60(b)(6) motion constitutes an impermissible miscarriage of justice
18-8863 Neville Turnbull v. Glen Johnson, Warden Georgia 2019-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-process Whether a State's highest court errs, and abuses discretion by refusing to remedy a prisoner's miscarriage of justice claim, critical to all parties i…
18-8619 In Re Derrell L. Gilchrist 2019-03-29 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation Can petitioner seek relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241 to address clarification of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) in the First Step Act of 2018?
18-8312 Dayomashell David Aguilar v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conspiracy criminal-procedure first-degree-murder jury-instructions mens-rea miscarriage-of-justice Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability on Aguilar's claim that the jury instructions relieved the State of the burd…
18-8182 Monty M. Shelton v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice non-capital obstruction procedural-hurdles savings-clause sixth-amendment Should meritorious actual innocence claims in non-capital Habeas Corpus filings overcome all procedural hurdles and be afforded at least one full and …
18-8159 Phillip Camillo-Amisano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-crisis constitutional-violation due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice strickland-standard supreme-court Did the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit improperly deny a Certificate of Appealability (COA), violating due process in a manner that conflicts …
18-8033 Luis Alberto Montalvo Borgos v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit 2019-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-dealer due-process eyewitness-identification identification-procedure miscarriage-of-justice plain-error Prosecutor-elicited-testimony-about-witness-fear,c Prosecutor-stated-petitioner-was-known-drug-dealer prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Was the identification of the petitioner unreasonably suggestive?
18-7931 Michael Keith Henley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compelled-speech content-neutrality due-process fraudulent-plea-agreement free-speech government-regulation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice private-property public-forum standing Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
18-7623 James Goolsby v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in refusing to recall the mandate on the direct appeal to prevent a miscarriage of j…
18-7624 Mario Griffin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-law illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-integrity manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice sentence-enhancement sentencing Does the sentence imposed constitute an illegal sentence under federal law and represent a manifest injustice calling in question the integrity of the…
18-7626 Gregory Haynes v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice second-degree-murder self-defense trial-court-error Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial
18-7498 Eddie Hall v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense due-process fundamental-defect habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the District and Circuit Courts erred in the denial of Hall's § 2241 Petition
18-940 Jamal Martinez Hancock v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-error habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence schlup-v-delo state-prisoner triggering-events Whether evidence that was available but not presented at trial constitutes 'new' evidence for purposes of the 'actual-innocence' gateway that permits …
18-7462 William Anthony Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-discretion due-process finality finality-principle fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-discretion legal-finality mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice recall-mandate statutory-provisions Whether the appeals court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion to recall mandate
18-7178 David Kinh Duc Tran v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure district-court due-process injustice judicial-error mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-construction-error statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-clark whether-the-court-erred-in-its-previous-construction-of-the-statute
18-6911 Adrian Pineda-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility affirmative-defense criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure duress-defense family-member fifth-circuit miscarriage-of-justice sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion permitting Pineda-Orasco's conviction to stand resulted in a miscarriage of justice given the longs…
18-6788 Rhett Bean v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice presumption-of-innocence Whether wrongly excluded evidence may be used to rebut the presumption of guilt for a criminal conviction under Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 113 S.Ct…
18-6763 Luis Antonio Bonilla, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers brady-standard brady-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-uniformity What standards should govern the enforcement of appeal waivers in plea agreements?
18-6685 Bruce Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice right-to-be-present standing statute-of-limitations trial-in-absentia trial-rights Whether an individual can overcome the one-year statute of limitations under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 by showing he w…
18-6680 Roberto Moreno Ramos v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied IFP calderon-v-thompson circuit-court conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice standard-of-review Did the Fifth Circuit err in applying the 'miscarriage of justice' standard and demanding clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable juror would…
18-6631 David Hollenback, Jr. v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice state-conviction state-court-jurisdiction Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals commit error by denying the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability
18-6470 In Re Gary Malone 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2244(b) actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice panetti-v-quarterman standing successive-petition successive-petitions Whether a single district court and circuit court judge can entertain a second successive 2254(b) petition when the second application is a continuati…
18-6298 Robert Alan Fratta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-amendment due-process fatal-variance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-review miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standing sufficiency-of-evidence Is it unconstitutional for a U.S. Court of Appeals to accept, sanction or make decisions that allow state courts to refuse to accept meritorious issue…
18-6212 Thomas Burgess v. Nicole English, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255e amendment-782 criminal-procedure intervening-arrest mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice precedent-change savings-clause sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-relief-28-usc-2255e Whether a defendant can seek relief under the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) when the court of appeals changes its binding precedent to what th…
18-6075 Daniel Clate Acker v. Texas Texas 2018-09-21 Denied IFP adversarial-testing capital-punishment criminal-justice-system-legitimacy criminal-liability death-penalty due-process fairness false-theory-of-liability miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-review Whether due process requires a state post-conviction review process when a state has repudiated a false theory of criminal liability on which it based…
18-5888 Jared Morrison v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitation constitutional-violations deferred-adjudication due-process habeas-corpus mcquiggin-perkins mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice schlup-v-delo Whether a Mcquiggin v. Perkins actual innocence gateway can be denied
18-5794 Ronnie Keith Davis v. Benjamin Maddie Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-procedure civil-rights-proceeding evidentiary-hearing first-national-bank-v-lustig fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass inherent-power miscarriage-of-justice rozier-v-ford-motor rule-60(b)(3) rule-60b3 sanctions summary-judgment Whether a motion to vacate a judgment under Rule 60(b)(3) is governed by the grave miscarriage of justice standard when alleging fraud upon the court …
18-5704 Robert Austin v. District Attorney of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice rule-60b6-motion Does the district court commit error in denying a Rule 60(b)(6) motion for not showing a constitutional violation when the unreasonable determination …
18-5559 Travis Michael Easter v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-innocence miscarriage-of-justice recidivism recidivist-enhancement recidivist-statute sentencing-error three-strikes three-strikes-law Whether the state of Oregon's imposition of a true life sentence under a three strikes sentencing recidivist enhancement statute is a miscarriage of j…
18-5565 Nicholas Edwards v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel innocent laws-of-united-states miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-limitations standing state-statute treaties whether-the-state-writ-of-habeas-corpus-is-valid
18-5523 Chris Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-evidence false-testimony miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence new-reliable-evidence Claim of actual innocence given that the state presented false evidence at trial, namely fraudulent testimony from law enforcement officers
18-5483 Martin R. Vandemerwe v. Steve Langford, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice retroactive-decision savings-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Circuit Split between the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and other listed Circuits sufficient given it denies defendant's in all the other Ci…