petition-denial

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6621 Lamar Reese v. Ohio Ohio 2026-01-20 Pending IFP legal-procedure ohio-revised-code petition-denial post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation trial-court-error Did the State trial Court err in denying Petitioner's Post Conviction Petition that was filed under Ohio Revised Code 2953.23(A)(1)?
25A512 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Carlos Rosado, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-04 Application appellate-review case-volume civil-rights eleventh-circuit judicial-procedure petition-denial Whether a federal court can review the systematic denial of multiple civil rights claims by a lower appellate court based on procedural grounds
25A462 Nestor Daniel Carrera v. California California 2025-10-22 Application court-review criminal-appeal litigant-status petition-denial pro-se procedural-deficiency Whether a pro se litigant's procedural deficiencies in a criminal appeal can constitute grounds for dismissal or denial of review
23-7209 Angela L. McCarthy v. Walmart Inc. Seventh Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure denial due-process judicial-procedure petition petition-denial rehearing rehearing-request standing Why was the petition for rehearing denied on January 17th, 2024?
23-7030 Logan Dyjak v. Joseph Harper, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection forced-medication fourteenth-amendment judicial-review mental-health petition-denial vitek-v-jones writ-of-certiorari Whether the conditions of hospitalization, including forced medication, violate the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment …
23-6593 Larry Rush, aka Leroy Thomas v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction petition-denial third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in affirming Mr. Rush's Denial of Habeas Corpus?
22-7295 Saleem D. Williams v. Annettia Toby, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit ex-post-facto full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure petition-denial standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit lacked proper jurisdiction to rule on a case and allow that ruling to stand
22-7252 Marlon McCay v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-determination merits-review petition-denial sixth-circuit standard-of-review Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's petitions for a COA and rehearing?
22-952 Rina Richard DeMichael v. Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement Florida 2023-03-30 Denied Response Waived congress constitutional-provisions court-procedure docketing legal-standing marital-rights marriage petition petition-denial rights spousal-claim Was the right to husband petition denied correctly?
22-6674 Antonio Collins v. Shelby Searls, Superintendent, Huttonsville Correctional Center Fourth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-process civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-denial standing Can a lower court's denial of a petition be further reviewed by a higher court?
22-6621 Jason Sewell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure denial-of-petition due-process habeas-corpus non-frivolous-claims petition-denial texas-law Was Petitioner entitled to a certificate of appealability on four claims following the denial of his petition, where each issue presented non-frivolou…
20-7317 Darex Antonio Chester v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-review petition-denial standing Whether the United States District Court decision to deny Petitioner's §2254 Habeas Corpus Petition as untimely is constitutional
19-8664 Charles T. Kirvin v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenges legal-standing petition-denial procedural-grounds standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arbitrarily and erroneously denied Appellant a Certificate of Appealability
19-6556 In Re Therian Wimbush, et vir 2019-11-07 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus joint-petition judicial-review petition-denial procedural-barriers standing Whether co-convicted, co-tried, co-convicted and sentenced, even though the same co-defendant husband and wife, can file a joint federal 28 U.S.C. 225…
18-7774 Cecil Boyett v. Dwayne Santistevan, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ake-v-oklahoma circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-error due-process federal-review gerstien-v-pugh habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel petition-denial procedural-due-process sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether petitioner Boyett was denied effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment
24A531 Zachary Thomas Horton v. Superior Court of California, Solano County, et al. California Presumed Complete Relisted (2) due-process judicial-review mandamus petition-denial pro-se state-court Whether a state court's summary denial of a pro se litigant's petition for mandamus and prohibition without substantive review violates due process an…
25A491 Frederick S. Koger v. Charles E. Kleidon, et al. Seventh Circuit Application in-forma-pauperis judicial-review litigant-rights petition-denial pro-se supreme-court-procedure Whether a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis petition can be denied without a detailed explanation of the grounds for denial