preliminary-hearing

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25A705 Charles Albert Massey v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2025-12-17 Application confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination hearsay-evidence preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment Whether the admission of a preliminary hearing testimony of a deceased witness, who was unavailable for cross-examination on a subsequently added crim…
25-5777 In Re Tyrone Moore 2025-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct preliminary-hearing 1. Why did the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), Clark County District Court, District Attorney's office and Prosecutors office violat…
24-7156 Michael S. Main v. Illinois Illinois 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP defendant-rights ineffective-assistance judicial-recusal post-conviction preliminary-hearing procedural-due-process Whether a judge should have recused himself in a post-conviction petition, and whether a defendant has the right to an effective preliminary inquiry w…
24A718 Kai D. Ingram v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, et al. Third Circuit 2025-01-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus parole-revocation preliminary-hearing Whether a state parole board's failure to provide a preliminary hearing within fourteen days of a parole revocation arrest violates a parolee's proced…
24-5960 Christopher Patrick McGowan v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment grand-jury preliminary-hearing probable-cause Did the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas violate the petitioner's Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights through improper judicial proced…
24A366 Angela Dubose v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete discovery-stay due-process injunction judicial-procedure preliminary-hearing vexatious-litigant Whether a district court can indefinitely stay discovery without a hearing and without providing an opportunity for the plaintiff to gather necessary …
23-7271 Arthur Lomax v. Colorado Colorado 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial felony-prosecution grand-jury indictment preliminary-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a state's 'Bill of Rights' requiring felony prosecution only by indictment is consistent with the state's 'uniformity of laws clause' and the …
23A526 Jacob Smith v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-right criminal-procedure faretta-right preliminary-hearing self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation established in Faretta applies to preliminary hearings in state criminal proceedings
23-5885 Donald Lee Kissner v. Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding-hearing judicial-discretion parole-revocation preliminary-hearing procedural-error Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it claimed Mr. Bissner's appeal was frivolous?
22-7335 Enrique Holguin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards expert-testimony judicial-discretion law-enforcement preliminary-hearing preliminary-proceedings trial-procedure Whether district courts should be required to hold some type of preliminary proceedings before allowing experienced-based law enforcement experts to t…
22-6661 Brent Allen Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-02-01 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-of-charges assault-and-battery due-process intent-to-kill jury-instructions preliminary-hearing Whether the trial court's amendment of the charge against the petitioner from 'Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill' to 'Assault and Battery with F…
22-450 Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an 'adequate opportunity' for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause?
21-8081 Moses Clark v. California California 2022-06-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus plea-agreement preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the state court violated the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights by bringing the defendant before the magistrate within 48 hours after arrest
21-7165 Bernard Middleton v. Brittany Greene, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violations article-1-section constitutional-violations dismissal-without-prejudice dismissals-without-notification due-process federal-courts preliminary-hearing Whether the federal courts erred in denying the petition for writ of certiorari despite the petitioner's claims of due process violations, lack of pre…
21-6689 Daniel Lawrence McGarry v. California California 2021-12-21 Denied IFP criminal-procedure preliminary-hearing probable-cause sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-criminal-proceeding Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial attaches to a preliminary hearing in a state criminal proceeding
21-6541 Jesus Corona v. James Hill, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing presumption-of-vindictiveness prima-facie-case procedural-default prosecutorial-discretion sentencing vindictive-prosecution Does a criminal defendant state a prima facie case of vindictive prosecution, triggering a presumption of vindictiveness, when the day after he succee…
21-5238 Deyaa Khalill v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment Whether the admission of preliminary hearing testimony violates a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation
20-1649 Ronald Jeremy Hyatt v. California California 2021-05-26 Denied confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment witness-disclosure Whether the prosecution may refuse to disclose the names and address of the 23 victims and additional witnesses it intends to call at petitioner's pre…
20-6397 Douglas Cornejo v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-evidence confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense witness-testimony Should a COA Have Been Granted to Decide If the Prosecutor's Failure to Disclose Brady Evidence Deprived Cornejo of His Right to Confront and Cross-Ex…
19-7513 Omar Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2020-02-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure trial-severance virginia-supreme-court witness-testimony Whether the Virginia Supreme Court erred in its rulings on ineffective assistance of counsel claims
19-6924 William D. Thomas v. Mark McCullick, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail civil-procedure confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification indictment officer-activity police-conduct preliminary-hearing warrant-inquiry whether a state's failure to meet the reciprocal r Whether an identification resulting from a show-up confrontation during a preliminary hearing raised by prior police activity is sufficient to warrant…
19-6031 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-intent due-process habeas-corpus judicial-recusal montana-constitution preliminary-hearing recusal stare-decisis state-constitution unlawful-conviction Whether the Montana Supreme Court violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying the right to habeas corpus to challenge an unlawful convicti…
19-5650 James Michael Williams v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violations certificate-of-appealability due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct second-jury-trial Whether the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying Certificate of Appealability to Petitioner
18-9239 Dale Shoop v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing right-to-testify sixth-amendment victim-testimony witness-impeachment witness-presence witness-testimony Was the Petitioner's Constitutional Sixth Amendment Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel violated
18-9093 James M. Ferguson v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied IFP amendment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indictment notice preliminary-hearing right-to-notice-of-charges right-to-prepare-defense Whether the defendant received effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to request a preliminary hearing, which would have exposed the…
18-7528 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment adversarial-hearing constitutional-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-by-information information-document intent-of-delegates judicial-procedure montana-constitution preliminary-examination preliminary-hearing void-proceedings Did the district court judge violate my right to Due Process of Law, factually loose jurisdiction, and create void proceedings?
18-492 David Souza v. California California 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived berger-standard berger-v-united-states constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment napue-v-illinois napue-violation preliminary-hearing pretrial-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct Does the state prosecutor's failure to acknowledge and correct false/misleading testimony at a preliminary hearing violate due process?
18-6060 James Chavez v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay-exception preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-unavailability Whether a prosecution can admit prior testimonial statements, including a video-taped interview, of a witness that died prior to trial and where defen…
18-5783 Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process issue-preclusion judicial-immunity jury-trial manuel-v-city-of-joliet ninth-circuit preliminary-hearing qualified-immunity self-defense Was the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the dismissal based on issue preclusion in violation of Manuel v. City of Joliet?
18-5143 Robert Graham v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied IFP admissibility batson-vs-kentucky criminal-procedure due-process fingerprinting fingerprinting-expert identification identification-testimony preliminary-hearing reliability trial-evidence witness-credibility Is an in-court identification of the defendant as the robber admissible at trial in the absence of a due process hearing to first determine the reliab…