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25A798 Gavin Blake Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-09 Application bail-reform-act constitutional-rights due-process presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention sixth-amendment Is the timely and proper movement before the trial court for production and inspection of grand jury proceedings available for interlocutory appellate…
25-5271 Soleiman Mobarak v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa constitutional-law ex-post-facto presumption-of-innocence subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Novel Issue : Is the Actual Innocence Exception to a procedural bar limited t cases where petitioners are convicted, but actually innocent of crime…
24-6883 Kenneth Karlston Newsome v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process international-human-rights life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence Whether a person's right to be presumed innocent is denied by conclusory assertions of guilt before trial, and whether life imprisonment violates due …
24-6403 Brian Dale Nixon v. Texas Texas 2025-01-28 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP capital-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process presumption-of-innocence trial-location Was the Petitioner's right to the presumption of innocence and to due process violated when the Petitioner's capital murder trial was conducted in thi…
24A570 Chanel Wiley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-11 Presumed Complete ankle-monitor constitutional-rights criminal-defendant fair-trial jury-perception presumption-of-innocence Whether the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the use of a visibly and audibly beeping electronic ankle monitor during a criminal trial…
24-5475 Joshua Joel Zamora Gonzales v. California Victim's Compensation Board California 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-challenge judicial-review presumption-of-innocence Whether a criminal defendant can challenge a conviction based on the presumption of innocence when new evidence suggests potential misconduct
23-7708 Joshua Peters v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct new-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-order Burden-shifting-in-criminal-trial
23-7319 Yudith Reynoso-Hiciano v. United States Second Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof closing-argument criminal-procedure jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt Whether repeatedly arguing in closing that the defendant 'needed the jury to believe' certain things impermissibly shifted the burden of proof and evi…
23-7142 Elizabeth A. Ramsey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-review legal-rights presumption-of-innocence standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the court's refusal to allow him to present evidence and witnesses in his defense
23-7105 Katherine Barrett v. Kentucky Kentucky 2024-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process home-incarceration jail-credit jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct Did the prosecutor's statement to the jury that the presumption of innocence is gone constitute flagrant misconduct?
23-6657 Erick Cruz v. New York New York 2024-02-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process evidence-authentication fair-trial opening-statements powerpoint-presentation presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-error Question not identified
23-6075 William Phillip Neidinger v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedy constitutional-interpretation due-process effective-counsel identity-rights judicial-defect judicial-review jury-selection mandamus presumption-of-innocence selective-prosecution Is not having actual availability of effective counsel and actual presumption of innocence, particularly in cases deriving from previous judicial defe…
22-7395 Gudonavon J. Taylor v. Ohio Ohio 2023-04-28 Denied IFP brady-rule burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process fundamental-fairness juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders perjured-testimony presumption-of-innocence whether-the-procedure-rule-under-crim.r.-33(b)-should-be-deemed-oppressive-and-arbitrary-for-juvenile-offenders
22-1046 Thomas J. Kelly v. University of Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Florida 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus-petition presumption-of-innocence public-records separation-of-powers Whether a state civil trial court judge can adjudicate criminal guilt without notice, hearing, or charges against the petitioner
22-7225 Andrew Michael Gomez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining presumption-of-innocence trial-court whether-trial-court-required-to-inquire-into-factual-basis-of-guilty-plea
22-6513 Jeremy Dale Bartram v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rule fair-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-discretion rule-404(b) uncharged-misconduct Does the prosecution's use of 'uncharged misconduct' under Rule 404(b) strip a criminal defendant of the presumption of innocence?
22-6339 Derek James Jones v. State Bar of California California 2022-12-19 Denied IFP attorney-discipline brady-v-maryland due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment giglio-v-united-states presumption-of-innocence state-bar-court willner-v-committee-on-character-and-fitness Whether the State of California violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process
22-5775 William Robert Bramscher v. California California 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights conviction criminal-appeal first-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel Whether the First Amendment protects the right to advocate that one is innocent of any charged or convicted crime?
21-8243 Michael Shane Bargo v. Florida Florida 2022-06-28 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance plea-of-not-guilty presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Did Mr. Bargo show that a violation of his rights occurred, pursuant to McCoy, when he explicitly entered a plea of not guilty and maintained his inno…
21-8107 Keith Undray Ford v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-interpretation presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-law state-court state-courts When an issue before a state court is resolved by an assumption of fact, as opposed to a factual finding, has the issue before the state court been 'a…
21-7667 Daniel Irving v. California California 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflicting-rulings constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial innocence-evidence judicial-discretion presumption-of-innocence publication-of-decisions unpublished-decisions Shouldn't it be illegal to suppress evidence?
21-7290 James L. Caudle v. Florida Florida 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-parte-communication impartial-jury life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence Whether the right to due process of law has been denied
21-1090 James Calvert v. Texas Texas 2022-02-07 Denied capital-trial constitutional-error due-process ineffective-assistance juror-impartiality postconviction-proceedings postconviction-relief presumption-of-innocence shock-cuff state-appeal Where a state's highest criminal court finds constitutional error but holds the record on direct appeal is insufficient to require reversal, does due …
21-1063 Elaine Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response Waived conspiracy criminal-acquittal due-process fifth-amendment health-care-fraud presumption-of-innocence statutory-interpretation unjust-compensation unjust-conviction-and-imprisonment Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2513's requirement that a defendant acquitted because of insufficient evidence must affirmatively disprove the factual allegations…
21-6886 Roberto Martinez-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fair-and-just-reason plea-withdrawal presumption-of-innocence rule-11 Whether a defendant who enters a plea of guilty, but moves to withdraw such plea prior to sentencing, while at the same time properly articulating a p…
21-993 Willard Anthony v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-01-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10) confrontation-clause confrontation-right due-process fair-trial harmless-error presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-testimony structural-error witness-credibility Whether the presumption of innocence, the right to confrontation, and the right to a fair trial permit a court to allow the grand jury prosecutor to t…
21-6770 Dave Elysee v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defense due-process evidence legal-procedure police-investigation presumption-of-innocence suspect-identification trial-defense Whether a criminal defendant may mount a defense at trial based on an inadequate police investigation into another suspect
21-5847 Arthur Lee Lewis v. California California 2021-10-01 Denied IFP due-process jury-trial presumption-of-innocence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-sentencing statutory-sentencing-range Whether a sentence within the prescribed statutory range but inconsistent with the jury's verdict complies with the Sixth Amendment jury trial guarant…
21-5797 George Verkler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct plea-agreement presumption-of-innocence right-to-appeal right-to-counsel sentencing Does the presumption of innocence and due process mean that if a judge will not read what a defendant in a criminal case submits to the court, or if t…
21-5660 Kevin McBride v. Florida Florida 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-conviction police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence wrongful-conviction When fraudulent police reports deceive the lower court into a false conviction, shouldn't the fraud precede the false conviction and be overturned imm…
21-355 In Re Larry Klayman 2021-09-07 Denied bar-admission bar-discipline client-interests constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice disciplinary-proceeding due-process legal-ethics presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel Did the Eleventh Circuit err in denying admission pending a disciplinary proceeding, presuming guilt and harming client interests?
21-5575 Frederick Arayatanon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-rights district-court due-process evidence evidentiary-admission fair-trial jail-telephone-calls presumption-of-innocence Did the District Court's admission of jail telephone calls by the defendant during trial undermine the defendant's presumption of innocence?
21-5388 Wilbert Kelly, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-restriction burden-of-proof constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process legal-standing post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence public-official sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's application for post-conviction relief despite the lack of evidence proving the …
20-8280 Trent Slone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal drug-possession due-process fifth-amendment firearms firearms-violation presumption-of-innocence sentencing Does the presumption of innocence and the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment protect a defendant at a firearms violation sentencing when the go…
20-1709 David Ming Pon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-case harmless-error judicial-review presumption-of-innocence standard-of-review Whether an appellate court reviewing a cold criminal trial record may determine that an error at trial was harmless by applying an 'overwhelming evide…
20-8218 George Verkler, aka Kenneth P. Goff, aka Neal T. Pearson, aka Neil T. Pearson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-case double-jeopardy plea-bargain presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel unconstitutional-decision Does the presumption of innocence require a judge to rule in favor of the defendant if the judge will not read everything the defendant submits?
20-8132 George Verkler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining presumption-of-innocence right-to-appeal right-to-counsel Does the presumption of innocence and due process require a judge to rule in favor of the defendant if the judge will not read everything submitted or…
20-7810 Antonio Prophet v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-evidence doyle-v-ohio post-miranda-silence presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct tailored-testimony Does a prosecutor's remarks violate the Constitution?
20-7291 John L. Harris v. Illinois Illinois 2021-03-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea non-consensual-reinstatement plea-bargaining plea-opportunity presumption-of-innocence sentencing trial-court Whether a trial court's non-consensual reinstatement of a defendant's guilty plea, without admonishments or the opportunity to plead anew, violates th…
20-7083 Jeremy Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process presumption-of-innocence rehau-v-united-states retroactive-application Whether a criminal defendant has substantial due process rights under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution
20-6624 Aaron Michael Aguilera v. California California 2020-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-rights due-process fair-trial harmless-error jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence right-to-testify structural-error Right-to-testify
20-6554 Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-anonymity jury-selection presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment Whether cloaking jurors in anonymity impermissibly impairs the presumption of innocence and the right of the accused to an impartial jury
20-5908 Mikel Clotaire v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit-precedent fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mug-shot-admission presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision to admit a mug shot in a criminal trial absent a need for the evidence splits with well-established Sixth Circ…
20-5913 Bradley M. Cox v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-reform-act constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards factors-for-detention presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention release-conditions witness-testimony Whether the lower courts used the provisions of the Bail Reform Act in a manner contrary to the constitutional right to bail?
20-266 Bradley Bieganski v. Arizona Arizona 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense burden-of-proof child-molestation constitutional-limits criminal-statute due-process presumption-of-innocence sexual-intent Whether Arizona's molestation statute violates the Due Process Clause
19-8915 Robert Eugene Glassgow v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acquittal aedpa court-of-appeals criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence sentencing Whether defendants' convictions under 18 U.S.C. 924(c) should be vacated
19-8336 Igancio Reyes-Yanez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence Should the government be allowed to tell a jury that there is no presumption of innocence for a defendant's testimony?
19-8304 Timothy J. McVay v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder mens-rea presumption-of-innocence Whether a bench trial conviction of first degree murder can be upheld without evidence
19-8111 Todd James Broxmeyer v. L. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-protection due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is the use of the preponderance of evidence standard to enhance at sentencing deemed unconstitutional when the presumption of innocence is restored, i…
19-7496 Garry Dean Stroner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights discrimination due-process effective-counsel fair-cross-section fair-trial impartial-jury intentional-exclusion jury-composition jury-selection presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct systematic-exclusion Whether the right to an impartial jury was violated by the systematic exclusion of male venirepersons
19-7015 In Re Michael F. Harris 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury state-actors witness-tampering Whether malicious and vindictive prosecution threatens the criminal justice system
19-6971 Comfort Delando Roberts v. Texas Texas 2019-12-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
19-6980 John Lyndon Williamson v. City of Wichita, Kansas Kansas 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP citizenship-clause commerce-clause compelled-commerce constitutional-interpretation criminal-sanction dormant-commerce-clause due-process police-powers presumption-of-innocence supreme-court-precedent tenth-amendment welfare-powers Whether mandatory vehicle liability insurance using criminal sanction violates NFIB v. Sebelius
19-564 Michigan v. Eric Lamontee Beck Michigan 2019-10-29 Denied acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-circuit-courts preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing Whether due process permits a sentencing court to consider conduct underlying an acquitted charge
19-6301 Jerry W. Jenkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process presumed-innocent sentencing testimony trial 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process evidence-admission ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process, presumption of innocence, and effective assistance of counsel were violated
19-6276 Robert Wayne Wilson, Jr. v. California California 2019-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sexual-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-allegations jury-trial presumption-of-innocence trial-by-jury Does testimony that only four percent of child sexual abuse allegations are false violate the defendant's rights to trial by jury, to the presumption …
19-6123 Castor Quintaires Gonzales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-review court-of-appeals due-process fifth-amendment mandate-recall presumption-of-innocence structural-error Does the Fifth Amendment compel a court of appeals to remedy its inadvertent affirmance of unrecognized structural error that was apparent from the re…
19-6122 Jermaine Stevenson v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence presumption-of-innocence state-court-judgment void Can a habeas corpus petitioner that is presumed guilty pursuant to a state court judgment make a showing of actual innocence with newly discovered evi…
19-6035 Luis R. Espinal-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review bail bail-hearing criminal-procedure detention-review due-process federal-jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention rebuttal statutory-presumption statutory-presumptions Whether bail should have been granted in this case as the petitioner rebutted the statutory presumptions
19-5880 Andrew Joseph Larson v. Michael Pacheco, Warden Wyoming 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction name-change personal-jurisdiction presumption-of-guilt presumption-of-innocence standing state-department subject-matter trial-jurisdiction What are the necessary components for the trial court to be complete and hold jurisdiction over a case and was Avitabile's trial court complete?
19-5774 Patrick O. Neiss v. Montana Montana 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment holland-v-united-states jury-instruction jury-instructions net-worth-prosecution particularity presumption-of-innocence probable-cause reasonable-doubt search-and-seizure Should this lack of clarity be resolved by this Court?
19-243 Richard M. Camacho v. United States Armed Forces 2019-08-23 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel military-justice presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Army's Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention Program (SHARP) reversed the constitutional presumption of innocence
19-5369 Willie Chambers v. Phil Hall, Warden Georgia 2019-07-29 Denied IFP constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure multiplicitous-indictment post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt right-to-fair-trial right-to-life-and-liberty state-court-review vindictive-prosecution Whether the petitioner has a valid claim of a constitutional right to be free from a vindictive and multiplicitous indictment that he now stands convi…
19-5321 John R. Collins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process factual-innocence mcquiggin-exception mcquiggin-v-perkins miller-el-v-cockrell no-trial-no-guilty-plea presumption-of-innocence procedural-rules Does the 'actual innocence' exception/gateway in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013) require new evidence of innocence when there has never been…
18-9487 Willie Lee Johnson v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation jury-selection legal-ethics oregon-state-bar presumption-of-innocence Whether the Oregon State Bar and the Oregon Supreme Court's Chief Justice's approved adoption of the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Profess…
18-9121 Jerry L. Gater v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california jury-trial-guarantee nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence pro-se right-to-counsel sentencing-factors voir-dire Does a defendant have a right to participate in voir dire when proceeding pro se?
18-1358 Douglas Echols v. Spencer Lawton Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation libel-per-se presumption-of-innocence qualified-immunity retaliation substantive-due-process Whether a prosecutor's use of libel per se to retaliate against a wrongfully convicted person seeking compensation through legislative means violates …
18-8827 David McShan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP berger-standard berger-v-united-states criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-fabrication jury-bias nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing trial-fairness Where the government's case against a defendant is extremely weak, does the prosecutor's persistent misconduct during trial by making improper insinua…
18-8645 David Dean Harris v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP appeal-procedure constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent victim-identification witness-testimony Was the state's use of the complaining witness's name specifically as the victim a violation of presumption of innocence, Supreme Court precedent, Uni…
18-8169 In Re Alfredo Aguirre 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado has been or should be made retroactively applicable to ca…
18-7742 Luis A. Serna v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights due-process foucha-v-louisiana future-dangerous-behavior heck-doctrine kingsley-v-hendrickson presumption-of-innocence section-1983 speculation state-speculation Is the 'Petitioner' entitled to [a] defense of [the] 'presumption of innocence' upon a State's assertion of 'future dangerous behavior' via pure 'spec…
18-7652 Brian Anderson v. Colorado Colorado 2019-01-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights colorado-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Does Colorado Revised Statutes 18-3-302 Supersede Nelson V. Colorado 137 S.CT. 1249 (2017)
18-7455 Josue Israel Sanchez v. California California 2019-01-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial government-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and appeal of an innocent person is legally permissible despite the government's and society's unwilling…
18-7424 William Felix Vail v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-code criminal-evidence doctrine-of-chances due-process forensic-evidence physical-proof presumption-of-innocence presumptive-evidence reasonable-doubt Did the State offer sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
18-7372 Santos Cuevas v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech grand-jury jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence standing Whether the district courts retained jurisdiction to entertain claims that the trial court directing a grand jury and judges to deliberate with statut…
18-7329 Phillip Dale Selfa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty due-process federal-state-jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vindictiveness Does the prophylactic presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness (North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 (1982)) apply when two different sovereigns …
18-7371 Nicole Johnson v. California California 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt stolen-property Whether proof that the defendant possessed recently stolen property—any stolen property, as far as the instruction is concerned, even if the defendant…
18-7375 Wayne Nicolaison v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-violation due-process foucha-standard foucha-v-louisiana indefinite-commitment presumption-of-innocence section-1983 Is the 'Petitioner' entitled to [a] defense of [the] 'presumption of innocence' upon a State's assertion of 'future dangerous behavior' by purely mere…
18-792 Ronald Leroy Satterlee v. Alicia Miller-Degase, Assessor of Douglas County, Missouri, et al. Missouri 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-rights due-process government-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge presumption-of-innocence property-rights property-tax right-of-contract tax-assessment taxation Whether the appellant has the right to life, liberty, property and pursuit of happiness, the right to presumption of innocence, the right of contract,…
18-6788 Rhett Bean v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice presumption-of-innocence Whether wrongly excluded evidence may be used to rebut the presumption of guilt for a criminal conviction under Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 113 S.Ct…
18-6337 Travis W. Williams v. Missouri Missouri 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof child-sex-offense criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment mo-const-art-i-18c presumption-of-innocence propensity-evidence Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits evidence that the defendant has an unrelated remote prior child sex offense conviction…
18-6253 Daniel R. Wesling v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-sufficiency pennsylvania-law presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-standards vagueness victim-testimony Is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's conviction of the Petitioner with uncorroborated victim statements coupled with an indictment so vague as to des…
18-5660 Todd Jesse Garton v. California California 2018-08-20 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-attire due-process guilt-determination meaningful-defense penalty-phase presumption-of-innocence right-to-fair-trial right-to-present-defense right-to-reliable-verdict right-to-wear-civilian-attire Whether refusing to permit an in-custody defendant charged with murdering his wife and unborn child to wear his wedding ring during trial violates his…
18-5617 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3142 18-usc-3156 bail bail-denial constitutional-violations crimes-of-violence detention detention-order due-process presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention speedy-trial Is it unconstitutional for the legislature to define all Chapter 110 crimes of 18 United States Code (18 U.S.C.), in particular § 2252, and 2252A, as …
18-5482 Jose Guadalupe Zepeda-Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment marijuana-distribution motion-for-acquittal possession-with-intent-to-distribute presumption-of-innocence sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Presumption of Innocence and Fifth Amendment's Right to Due Process are violated when the district court denies a motion for acquittal whe…
18-5447 David V. Rock v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-error due-process enhancement evidence habeas-corpus plea-bargaining plea-validity presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Whether the presumption of innocence and burden of proof requirements are unconstitutionally repealed in enhancement cases, requiring the defendant to…
18-5118 Shane K. Floyd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fairness jury-deliberations jury-selection presumption-of-innocence racial-bias sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether racial bias can infect a jury's deliberations and decisions, violating the right to a fair trial