| 23-7799 |
Esther Martin v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2024-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency competency-to-stand-trial counsel-performance due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance intellectual-disability post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings sixth-amendment |
Whether counsel performed deficiently by failing to investigate and challenge an intellectually disabled defendant's competency based on known red fla… |
| 23-6787 |
Jerry Means v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-law-rights |
Whether an indigent pro se defendant in a state criminal case who is prohibited by state law from raising any claim of trial court error on direct app… |
| 23-5590 |
In Re Jamar L. Williams |
|
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-proceedings |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the state court denied his request for an evidentiary hearing to present newly discover… |
| 22-7337 |
Toforest Onesha Johnson v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Amici (2)IFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation capital-murder death-penalty post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct reward-payment suppressed-evidence witness-testimony |
Did the State suppress evidence under Brady in the extraordinary circumstances of this death penalty case? |
| 21-7379 |
Patrick Joseph Terry v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process ex-post-facto native-american native-american-rights post-conviction-proceedings procedural-bar standing state-court-review terry-v-oklahoma |
Did the State of Oklahoma's refusal to provide the relief directed by this Court in Terry v Oklahoma, 141 S, Ct. 191 (2020), rise to the level of a Co… |
| 20-1772 |
Branden Edward Shumate v. California |
California |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-client-relationship attorney-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure motion-for-new-trial post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment trial-court |
whether-a-trial-court-deprives-a-defendant-of-his-right-to-counsel |
| 20-7367 |
Sherwood Laran Bostic v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court constitutional-right constitutional-rights counsel due-process evidentiary-hearing post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel state-court-proceedings state-proceeding |
Did the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal err when it denied (COA) status on the point raised that the U.S. District Court erred when it sustained that pet… |
| 20-6558 |
Sonya Bamberg v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2020-12-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-proceedings right-to-appeal right-to-counsel |
Whether a judge who did not preside over the trial may certify a supplemental record of testimony from witnesses eight years after a conviction when t… |
| 20-6324 |
Michael Christopher Laird v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review mental-competency mental-deficiencies post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings procedural-fairness real-and-substantial-doubt |
Was petitioner denied his constitutional right to due process? |
| 20-6062 |
Montgomery Carl Akers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure criminal-process district-court due-process legal-counsel post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court has subject-matter jurisdiction |
| 19-8903 |
William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2020-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-claim criminal-appeal culyer-v-sullivan due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel post-conviction-proceedings public-defender strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in determining Gibson's conflict of interest claim should be analyzed under Strickland v. Washington rather th… |
| 19-8514 |
Farid Popal v. New York |
New York |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process post-conviction-hearing post-conviction-proceedings right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment video-testimony witness-coaching |
Whether two-way video testimony violates a criminal defendant's confrontation and right to present a complete defense under Sixth Amendment to the U.S… |
| 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 |
| 19-5711 |
Charles Fritsche v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings |
Whether this Court Should Grant this Petition, Vacate the Ninth Circuit's Certificate of Appealability Denial, and Remand the Matter for Further Recon… |
| 19-5592 |
Dawud Spaulding v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defendant capital-punishment defense-counsel due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-presumption post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings record record-evidence standard-of-review strategic-decision strategic-decision-making |
Should courts presume defense counsel acted strategically, even when the evidence in the record demonstrates a lack of strategy in their actions? |
| 19-5160 |
Jamie D. Geer v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appeal appeal-procedure due-process equal-protection post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prison-officials prisoner-rights |
Whether petitioner was denied due process, equal protection of the law, and right to access to the courts |
| 18-9546 |
Everett Charles Wills, II v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
collateral-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure danforth-v-minnesota federal-law greene-v-fisher mccoy-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana post-conviction-proceedings postconviction-review retroactive-application retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules teague-rule teague-v-lane watershed-rule |
Whether States must apply a 'watershed rule' under Teague v. Lane in post-conviction proceedings |
| 18-9503 |
Donald M. Boswell v. Louisiana, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2254-petition certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-created-impediments statute-of-limitations |
Did the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err when they … |
| 18-9028 |
Lochild Reed v. James Flood, Jr., Acting Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief structural-error structural-errors |
Did the District Court err by not granting an evidentiary hearing to address Constitutional Violations |
| 18-8337 |
David Michael Decker v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence deficient-performance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief strickland-analysis strickland-v-washington |
Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable… |
| 18-7631 |
Jerry Haley v. Blair Leibach, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-proceedings procedural-default trevino-v-thaler |
Whether the United States District Court decision that Mr. Haley cannot establish cause to excuse the procedural default of his substantial claims of … |
| 18-7521 |
Freddie King, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-review constitutional-right counsel douglas-v-california habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel louisiana-criminal-procedure martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-review procedural-default right-to-counsel state-procedure |
Whether a defendant in a Louisiana state criminal case has a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in a first post-conviction procee… |
| 18-6769 |
Kenneth G. Middleton v. Ronda Pash, Superintendent, Crossroads Correctional Center |
Missouri |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief |
Whether the continued incarceration of a state prisoner who has presented a truly persuasive case of actual innocence violates the Eighth and Fourteen… |
| 18-5628 |
John Richard Tacquard v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection evidentiary-standards post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Arizona state courts violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying his post-conviction claims despite a lack of physical evidenc… |
| 18-5462 |
Alfonso V. Senior, Jr. v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discretionary-review exhaustion-of-state-remedies habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition right-to-counsel state-court-remedies |
Whether a habeas corpus petitioner who was unrepresented in his state post-conviction proceedings, in a state which refuses to appoint counsel for suc… |