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25-5664 In Re Amy Bishop Anderson 2025-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-error habeas-corpus new-evidence procedural-default specific-intent steroid-psychosis 1. ) Statement of the Case and exhaustion of claims pursuant to 28USC section 2254(b)(1)(A) as delineated in S.Ct. Rule 20.4(a). Where, in my petition…
24A290 Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit, ex rel. Marcellus Williams v. Missouri Missouri 2024-09-23 Denied Amici (1) capital-crime death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-stay innocence-project new-evidence Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate who has presented new evidence potentially exculpating him from the underly…
24-5121 Rebecca Wu v. Twin Rivers Unified School District California 2024-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment classification due-process equal-protection misclassification motion-for-new-trial new-evidence probationary-status public-employee Due-process
23-6735 Fuhai Li v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability change-in-law conflict-of-interest fraudulent-conduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-recall new-evidence Whether the court of appeals erred in denying petitioner's motion to recall its mandate when petitioner has demonstrated actual innocence or a change …
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?
23-28 Claude Townsend, Jr. v. New Jersey Transit Third Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied collateral-estoppel constitutional-law dismissed-case due-process fourteenth-amendment new-evidence res-judicata social-security Can Res judicata and Collateral estoppel interfere with the Fourteenth Amendment's constitutional due process when new evidence is presented to a dism…
23-5008 Michael Bien v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court covid-19-tolling district-court extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus hearing new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b Whether a United States District Court's ruling to deny a §2254 Certificate of Appealability should be vacated by the Circuit Court when Rule 60(b) ne…
22-7538 Dominic Souto Diaz v. Randy Irwin, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied IFP brady-claim evidence-misrepresentation gateway-claim ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel innocence new-evidence pcra-counsel phone-records procedural-default Did the Court of Appeals err when it ruled Appellant's gateway claim of innocence was not new evidence?
22-6556 Lawrence Anderson Fonseca, fka Lawrence Anderson Fonseca-Garcia v. United States First Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure foreign-national guilty-plea innocence new-evidence plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Fonseca should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in light of new evidence supporting his claim of innocence
22-607 Noah Nagy, Warden v. Jimmy Baugh Sixth Circuit 2023-01-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence constitutional-error criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus new-evidence sixth-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Did the Sixth Circuit misapprehend § 2244(b)(2)(B)(ii)'s standard by granting habeas relief to Jimmy Baugh when the newly discovered evidence at issue…
22-6416 Nicholas Lee Blair v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b time-bar Whether a Petitioner can utilize a motion under Rule 60(b) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or similar vehicle, to overcome a dismissal without preju…
22-5648 Shannon V. Campbell v. Anthony J. Annucci, Acting Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP action-tolling administrative-remedies administrative-reversal fraud-inducement intentional-tort negligence negligence-claim new-evidence new-hearing state-officer Whether the administrative reversal was based off new evidence that was determined through a new hearing or a new hearing based on new evidence?
22-5434 Zane D. Crowder v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied IFP actual-innocence child-protection forensic-interview gateway-standard habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence mcquiggin-v-perkins new-evidence post-conviction-relief procedural-limitations Whether the new evidence relied upon by the Petitioner meets the gateway actual innocence standard set forth in McQuiggin v. Perkins
22-5279 Abdulhakim Muhammad v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congressmen-letter due-process federal-jurisdiction foreign-terrorist-organization habeas-corpus national-defense-authorization-act new-evidence standing statute-of-limitations Whether the petitioner's claims are exempt from the time bar of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)'s one-year statute of limitation, even though the evidence is e…
21-8226 Eric C. Sutherland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-claim habeas-corpus indictment indictment-sufficiency jurisdictional-challenge new-evidence procedural-default schlup-standard schlup-v-delo subject-matter-jurisdiction If an indictment omits an essential element and a prisoner files a §2255 after AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations has passed, in asserting his in…
21-7192 Thomas Johnny Wilkins v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied IFP circuit-court-interpretation civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review new-evidence supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-supervisory-power Whether new reliable evidence for the purpose of Schlup's actual innocence gateway must be newly discovered, previously unavailable evidence or relate…
21-6795 Jerry White v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process freestanding-claim habeas-corpus new-evidence post-conviction-relief Whether the constitution prohibits the continued incarceration of a person who proves, with new evidence in the form of a confession by the true perpe…
21-787 Gina Russomanno v. Dan Dugan, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claims due-process material-fact new-evidence res-judicata same-claim-preclusion standing title-vii Whether the Supreme Court will consider the merits of the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third District, pursuant to res-judicata, barr…
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
20-8463 Luther Pete Haynes v. Mona D. Houston, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus illegal-extradition new-evidence Whether the state court abused its discretion in refusing to conduct an evidentiary hearing, violating the petitioner's due process rights to review n…
20-8305 Gersu Guisao v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceeding martinez-v-ryan material-witnesses new-evidence newly-discovered-evidence procedural-standard Did the initial review collateral counsel breach his fiduciary duty by waiving three of four claims that included critical expert and material witness…
20-7039 Thomas Patrick Keelan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process giglio-impeachment giglio-rule homosexuality jencks-act new-evidence perjured-testimony Does an overview of facts collected at trial, sentencing, restitution, direct and collateral review, (and from startling new evidence), which exposes …
20-764 Mark E. O'Brien v. U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Connecticut 2020-12-03 Denied due-process foreclosure foreclosure-procedure judicial-notice loan-servicer mortgage-note new-evidence procedural-defect standing standing-challenge testimony Were the Defendants' due-process rights violated?
20-6193 Martin L. Harrell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure diligence-standard due-process habeas-corpus material-fact mcquiggin mcquiggin-standard new-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct summary-denial Whether Evidence Not Presented as the Result of Prosecutorial Misconduct Should Be Considered New Evidence under McQuiggin?
20-5855 In Re Ruben Orlando Benitez 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure court-procedure due-process judicial-oversight judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-precedent new-evidence recusal standing Whether the Court committed errors therein arising from oversight
20-5732 Ernest Seadin v. Dean Williams, Director, Colorado Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment new-evidence no-escape-conviction plea-agreement sentence-expiration sentencing-violation Is the State of Colorado subjecting Petitioner to a death in prison sentence
20-5633 Darren M. Rowe v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied IFP actual-innocence daubert-standard district-court due-process evidence-analysis expert-testimony habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-error new-evidence schlup-v-delo standard-of-review Whether the district court committed legal error when it determined that the newly presented evidence does not qualify for consideration under the act…
20-5570 Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Amici (2)IFP adjudicated-on-the-merits fair-presentation fair-presentation-doctrine habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan new-evidence procedural-default state-post-conviction-review In determining whether a claim has been fairly presented to, and 'adjudicated on the merits' by, the state courts for § 2254(d) purposes, must a feder…
19-8746 Scott A. Group v. Ohio Ohio 2020-06-18 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment dna-evidence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence new-trial trial-court Whether a state court deprives a capital defendant due process by denying a request to present new evidence to challenge the conviction without consid…
19-8591 Frederick Pennington, Jr. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-motions exonerating-evidence habeas-corpus juvenile-jurisdiction new-evidence post-conviction-relief post-conviction-remedies prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-hearing Question not identified
19-7810 Dale W. Eaton v. Mike Pacheco, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency new-evidence state-court-adjudication strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a state court has adjudicated the performance prong of a Strickland v. Washington claim on the merits within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d…
19-7285 In Re Lawone Wilkinson 2020-01-14 Denied IFP auto-repair-laws business-dispute-criminal-case constitutional-conflict criminal-conviction deceptive-testimony diligence-and-cause habeas-corpus mandated-compliance new-evidence possession-property-interests pro-se-prisoner robbery robbery-elements state-federal-laws unconstitutional-error Under Habeas Corpus, can this Court take NOTICE of a previous UNconstitutional ERROR having a Substantial INjurious EFFECT
19-7048 Bernardo Costa v. Missouri Missouri 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-right due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-criminal-procedure Whether a defendant has a federal constitutional right to effective assistance of first post-conviction counsel
19-6604 Ray Jefferson Cromartie v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP capital-case-appeal capital-punishment circuit-split diligence evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel malice-murder new-evidence new-evidence-of-innocence Whether new evidence of innocence obtained by subsequent diligent counsel should be deemed new evidence, even if prior counsel provided deficient repr…
18-9754 Daniel Teitelbaum v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-violation dna dna-evidence due-process fbi-codis-database guilty-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jury-unanimity new-evidence prejudice procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct Did flaws in the FBI's CODIS DNA database prejudice the defendant and lead to a guilty verdict?
18-9735 Carlton Darden v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing dillion-v-united-states district-court-authority due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review new-evidence offense-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-adams ussg-1b1.10 Does 18 USC 3582(c)(2) after Dillion give a district court authority to make additional finding as to offense conduct attributable to a defendant base…
18-9590 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-33-b-1 criminal-procedure-33-b-2 federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure giglio giglio-violations napue napue-violations new-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Whether evidence of Giglio/Napue violations can be utilized as new evidence under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 33(b)(1) or if it is limited to …
18-1237 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Argante R. Grippa, et al. New York 2019-03-22 Denied accident appellate-jurisdiction dismissal-without-explanation highway judicial-bias leaving-scene motor-vehicle motor-vehicle-accident negligence new-evidence police-report racial-discrimination state-trooper sudden-stop taxi-driver-negligence traffic traffic-law Can a driver suddenly stop on a highway without warning?
18-8239 Negus Thomas v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure crosby-remand district-court intervening-change-in-law jacobson-remand law-of-the-case law-of-the-case-doctrine manifest-injustice new-evidence reasonableness reasonableness-review resentencing sentencing Whether the district court erred in declining to resentence the defendant-Petitioner on remand
18-7683 Deandre Anderson v. Daniel Lesatz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment miranda-rights new-evidence post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief probable-cause standing statute-of-limitations trial-errors wrongful-conviction Does the cases stated apply to this case?
18-7661 Philip Walter Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-courts circuit-split diligence diligence-standard judicial-procedure new-evidence pace-v-diguglielmo postconviction-motion proper-filing properly-filed relief-standard time-bar untimely Is diligence in discovering new evidence a condition to filing a postconviction motion or a condition to obtaining relief on that motion?
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 …
18-6719 Bobby Kenneth Williamson v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-procedure habeas-corpus new-evidence newly-presented-evidence post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act post-conviction-relief-act-petition protective-habeas-corpus-petition schlup-vs-delo statute-of-limitations statutory-exception third-circuit written-notice Did the Third Circuit err in rendering petitioner's Post Conviction Relief Act Petition untimely and 'THE END OF THE MATTER,' without the Pennsylvania…
18-6586 Bruce Wood v. Delaware Delaware 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-rules judicial-review new-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief privileges-and-immunities Does Delaware's Amended' Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and/or Delaware State Courts' decisions violate Due Process Rights (14th Amendment)
18-543 State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. v. Jerry Reeves Third Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence new-evidence-requirement post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-amendment trial-review untimely-petition untimely-petitions Whether evidence that was available but not presented at trial satisfies the new evidence requirement of the actual innocence exception which permits …
18-417 W. Scott Harkonen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived actual-innocence circuit-split coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fraud habeas-corpus new-evidence post-conviction-relief standard writ-of-error-coram-nobis Whether a writ of error coram nobis should issue for a petitioner who presents 'compelling' new evidence that establishes his actual innocence of the …
18-6086 In Re Daniel Clate Acker 2018-09-24 Denied IFP 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-claims death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment false-evidence habeas-corpus new-evidence state-liability state-repudiation wrongful-conviction Whether an original writ of habeas corpus is appropriate in the case of a death-sentenced individual who was convicted and sentenced to death on a the…
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
18-5148 Marcus Blalock v. Ohio Ohio 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-review confrontation-clause due-process law-of-case law-of-the-case new-evidence new-trial newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-due-process Whether petitioner was denied his right to due process when the trial court failed to follow the law of the case doctrine from a previous appeal, deni…