pro-se-defendant

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5621 Ja'Kroi Allen Banks v. Texas Texas 2025-09-12 Denied IFP critical-stage due-process ineffective-assistance plea-withdrawal pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment Ja'Krai Banks filed an 11.07 on August 23, 2019. Banks received an affidavit from Private Investigator James McKay in March of 2020. Banks used McKay'…
24-6767 Brandon Green v. United States Second Circuit 2025-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-recusal pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment Whether a federal district judge's refusal to recuse himself after making prejudicial statements, displaying hostility toward a pro se defendant, and …
24-6636 Kerbet Dixon v. New York New York 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process pro-se-defendant prosecutorial-tactics self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation Does the right to self-representation include the right to prepare a defense outside the earshot of the prosecution, or can the prosecution have unfet…
24-5079 John W. Patton v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence confrontation constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial grand-jury impartial-judge judicial-interference perjury pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel transcript Due-process
23-7625 Henry Sowers v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accessibility americans-with-disabilities-act criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection hearing-impairment judicial-accessibility pro-se pro-se-defendant structural-error voir-dire Does the State violate the ADA and Equal Protection Clause by failing to provide accessibility accommodations for a hearing-impaired pro-se defendant …
23A1076 Jason Wade Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Presumed Complete anders-review appellate-procedure criminal-appeal fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance pro-se-defendant Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly dismissed a criminal appeal without fully evaluating the defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel
22-7799 Gregory Smith v. Patricia Thompson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-disability mental-illness pro-se pro-se-defendant Should a certificate of appealability issue to debate the matter of counsel being appointed to aid a pro se defendant suffering from retardation and m…
22-6383 James T. Woo v. Colorado Colorado 2022-12-22 Denied IFP case-files civil-rights discovery discovery-access due-process judicial-discretion post-conviction post-conviction-claims pro-se pro-se-defendant protective-order Whether the district court improperly misused a protective order to deprive a pro se defendant of access to materials outside the scope of the order a…
22-5519 Kareem J. Stansbury v. Michael Courley, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-system fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus pro-se-defendant procedural-default sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates criminal convictions based off cumulative violations of a pro se defendant's federal …
22-5153 Ramon A. Boyce v. Ohio Ohio 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication prejudice pro-se-defendant self-representation trial-court trial-court-discretion Has a criminal Defendant's constitutional right to self-representation been violated by a trial court, if that court unreasonably delays the Defendant…
21-7793 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2022-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech grand-jury-procedure pro-se-defendant prosecutorial-misconduct standing subpoena-abuse Question not identified
21-7540 In Re Rufus Paul Harris 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right fair-trial in-absentia pro-se-defendant pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel trial-court Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a trial court to permit existing stand-by counsel to assume representation for an 'in absentia' pro-se defendant?
21-6073 John Ray Falk, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-10-27 Denied IFP accomplice-liability capital-murder capital-punishment criminal-liability due-process guilty-plea law-of-parties notice plea-bargaining pro-se pro-se-defendant Whether a pro se defendant must be informed of the prosecution's theory of his own criminal liability when pleading guilty to a death-eligible homicid…
21-5126 Kevin Tyrell Beach v. Florida Florida 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process irreparable-harm mistrial pro-se pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sanctions Does it constitute 'bad faith conduct' or 'abuse of discretion' when a judge denies a defendant's numerous pre-trial requests for 'stand-by' counsel
20-7647 Gerti Muho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-justice-system evidentiary-admissibility fair-trial fifth-amendment financial-disability pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment witness-subpoena Whether the deprivation of essential, singular witness testimony supporting an indigent defendant's theory of defense violates the right to compulsory…
20-7236 Vincent E. Boyd v. Dylon Radtke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability court-procedure due-process legal-representation pro-se-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right standby-counsel Should courts have to clearly define, on the record, the proper role of standby counsel in the proceedings?
20-6103 Curtis Lee Dale v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery document-discovery due-process pro-se-defendant search-warrant search-warrants sentencing standing Is a defendant entitled to copies of inventory documents related to executed search warrants connected to his criminal case?
20-5379 Keith Adair Davis v. Washington Washington 2020-08-17 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel due-process pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment unsettled-law Where a pro se defendant is absent from a criminal trial, whether due to misconduct or voluntary choice, is the trial court constitutionally required …
19-8091 Vernon Wayne Officer v. Washington Washington 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the denial of the defendant's request for re-appointment of counsel during his jury trial violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel
19-6460 Daniel Paul Copple v. Pelicia Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-standards discovery discovery-limitations dismissal-standards due-process evidence-preservation evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus institutional-mental-health-records judicial-discretion mental-competency pro-se-defendant state-records Whether a defendant claiming mental incompetency should have the state court records reviewed prior to denying equitable tolling
18-6837 Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-review collateral-attack due-process extraordinary-writ federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment state-court-review If the merits of an appeal exist and are not evaluated by a State or Federal Court of review, should a Federal court address Ineffective Assistance of…
18-6749 James Barnes v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mitigation mitigation-investigation presentencing-investigation pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment special-counsel Whether Florida's use of 'special counsel' to investigate and present mitigation and its requirement of a presentencing investigation report to provid…
18-6718 Timothy Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-abandonment due-process excusable-neglect pro-se pro-se-defendant rule-4(b) rule-4b sixth-amendment Whether the Appellate Court violated Mr. Edwards' Sixth Amendment due-process rights and Supreme Court precedent by strictly applying Rule 4(b) where …
18-5790 Uiki Teaupa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 5th-amendment 6th-amendment discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment government-misconduct pro-se pro-se-defendant section-2255 sixth-amendment Does the Fifth and Sixth Amendment entitle a pro se defendant the right to conduct discovery and have an evidentiary hearing on claims of government m…