| 25-6666 |
Daniel Carlos Garcia v. Chad Bianco, Sheriff, Riverside County, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-29 |
Pending |
IFP |
collateral-estoppel constitutional-claim double-jeopardy habeas-petition penal-code younger-abstention |
Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's habeas petition on Younger abstention grounds without addressing the threshold question of… |
| 25-6630 |
In Re Anthony Tyrone Campbell, Sr. |
|
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus penal-code senate-bill-775 |
Whether a newly enacted California law (Senate Bill 775) affects a petitioner's prior attempted murder conviction under felony murder theory, and whet… |
| 25-5879 |
Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice-act |
Whether a petitioner has a state-created liberty interest under the California Racial Justice Act of 2020 Penal Code Section 1473(e) |
| 24A534 |
Isaac Garcia Bracamontes v. California |
California |
2024-12-03 |
Presumed Complete |
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appellate-review constitutional-rights court-of-appeal criminal-appeal direct-appeal penal-code |
Whether a state court's partial denial of a criminal defendant's direct appeal under California Penal Code § 1237(a) violates the defendant's constitu… |
| 24-5496 |
Jose Manuel Galan v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jury-instructions penal-code |
Did the admission of evidence of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS) violate Petitioner's due process rights, and did the trial court er… |
| 23-7808 |
Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice racial-justice-act state-created-right |
Does the newly enacted 2020 California Racial Justice Penal Code section 1473(f) create a United States Constitution 14th Amendment Due Process Right … |
| 23-6806 |
Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process jury jury-impartiality justice-system obstruction-of-justice penal-code pre-trial trial-rights |
When does Penal Code 21.02 adulterate the justice system, obstructing due process, pre-trial and an impartial jury? |
| 23-584 |
Robert R. Snyder v. California |
California |
2023-12-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
arbitrary-enforcement armed-intent constitutional-vagueness due-process eighth-amendment legislative-intent penal-code rosemond-substantive-holding second-amendment sentencing-enhancement standardless-legislation vagueness |
Should California Penal Code § 12022.53 be struck down and voided as vague and standardless legislation? |
| 22-7046 |
Valdamir Fred Morelos v. California |
California |
2023-03-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-defendants counsel-consent due-process guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana penal-code penal-code-section-1018 right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment |
Does California's Penal Code Section 1018 violate capital defendants' right to autonomy under the Sixth Amendment and McCoy v. Louisiana? |
| 22-5941 |
Albert L. Watson v. Stu Sherman, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process en-banc-hearing ninth-circuit penal-code procedural-rules reasoned-opinion sixth-amendment state-law state-penal-code |
Was the district court's use of state penal code justifying violation of sixth amendment correct |
| 21-7643 |
Daniel Trejo v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process duress fourth-district-court jury-instructions penal-code statutory-interpretation |
Whether the statutory definition of duress under Penal Code Sections 26 and 288 is analogous |
| 21-7537 |
Leonardo Gutierrez v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process extraneous-evidence facial-challenge judicial-jurisdiction jury-trial penal-code ramos-v-louisiana |
Whether Texas Penal Code §21.02 is unconstitutional on its face |
| 21-7223 |
Angel DeLara v. California |
California |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-determination jury-trial penal-code sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 21-6230 |
In Re Billy John Roberson |
|
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code |
Whether the petitioner was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm |
| 21-5846 |
Luke W. Cain v. California |
California |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-permissibility criminal-punishment double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent multiple-offenses multiple-punishments penal-code sentencing |
What punishments are constitutionally permissible? |
| 21-5578 |
Guy Don Minze v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-facts jurisdiction notice penal-code prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vindictiveness standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence tex-r-app-p |
Did the Court of Appeals err in failing to base its Opinion on the evidentiary and adjudicated facts in the record |
| 21-5299 |
John Johnson, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-08-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation |
Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 discriminate who is and is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing fac… |
| 20-146 |
Mark Henry Benavides v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process human-trafficking overbreadth penal-code statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether Section 20A.03 of the Texas Penal Code is unconstitutional |
| 19-8282 |
In Re Robbie Gene Watson, Jr. |
|
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-law discriminatory-enforcement due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review penal-code sufficiency-of-evidence vagueness |
Did reasonable jurist debate whether California Penal Code section 206 is Constitutionally void for purported vagueness because it is capable of arbit… |
| 19-7879 |
Luis D. Rivera-Carrasquillo, et al. v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence first-degree-murder penal-code plain-error puerto-rico-penal-code racketeering sentencing-enhancement violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering |
Is first degree murder under the 2004 Puerto Rico Penal Code a 'crime of violence' for the purpose of 18 U.S.C. § 924(j)? |
| 19-7859 |
Marlon Blacher v. California |
California |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
asset-seizure civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process due-process judicial-procedure neutral-hearing penal-code property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the California courts' denial of an evidentiary hearing is unreasonable and violates due process |
| 19-692 |
Sunil Deo v. California |
California |
2019-12-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process federal-law fifth-amendment penal-code property-rights state-law takings takings-clause |
Does California's application of Penal Code section 115 to deprive lienholders of their property constitute an uncompensated taking in violation of th… |
| 19-6450 |
Sherif Sayed Mahmoud v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutionality content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech penal-code standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions texas-penal-code |
Whether Section 33.021 of the Texas Penal Code is a content-based restriction |
| 19-6407 |
Derran Smiley v. California |
California |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance penal-code post-conviction retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing state-court-ruling |
Whether the retroactive application of California Penal Code Section 667(c)(2) violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution |
| 19-5370 |
Pedro Medina Castillon v. California |
California |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction harmless-error heat-of-passion jury-instructions penal-code preemption standing state-law-claim subject-matter-jurisdiction vagueness |
Whether the federal court had proper pendent jurisdiction over state law claims |
| 19-5199 |
Billy John Roberson v. Rowlett Police Department, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights absence-from-crime-scene aggravated-assault-elements assault-elements burden-of-proof conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence penal-code second-amendment sentencing-issues standing texas texas-penal-code |
Whether the petitioner received a guilty verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm |
| 18-9285 |
Dean A. Schwartzmiller v. California |
California |
2019-05-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech overbreadth penal-code sixth-amendment vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Is California Penal Code § 288 void for vagueness and overbreadth and contrary to the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 18-8975 |
Derran Smiley v. William Muniz, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto kidnapping kidnapping-enhancement one-strike-statute penal-code retroactive-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Did the California Supreme Court err in imposing the one strike statute of Penal Code section 667.61, when Souley was convicted of only one kidnapping… |
| 18-7114 |
Earle D. Williams v. California |
California |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-kidnapping asportation constitutional-vagueness criminal-law dimaya-precedent due-process kidnapping penal-code sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether California Penal Code Section 209(b) is unconstitutionally vague under Sessions v. Dimaya |
| 18-5484 |
William N. Washington v. California |
California |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing custody-credits due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus original-sentence penal-code penal-code-1170.18 proposition-47 resentencing safe-neighborhoods-act sentencing sentencing-discretion |
Whether the trial court erred in failing to recalculate all days of custody from the date of original judgment, and only awarded custody credits from … |