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25A891 Nicholas Sexton v. Maine Maine 2026-02-06 Application appellate-review certificate-of-probable-cause due-process post-conviction-review pro-se-petition procedural-waiver Question not identified.
25A611 Paul Kenneth Cromar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-24 Application criminal-statute pro-se-petition property-seizure statutory-interpretation tax-law tenth-circuit Whether 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b) criminalizes interference with property seized under federal tax law in a manner that exceeds the statute's plain textual …
25-6147 Anthony Roland v. Department of Justice, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies freedom-of-information-act government-transparency judicial-review pro-se-petition summary-dismissal Whether the court of Appeals may summarily dismiss a Petitioner's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) claim on the ground that "any issues which could b…
25-5933 Willie Dennis v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure counsel-abandonment court-of-appeals-inaction deadline-extension pro-se-petition record-access 1. Whether the combined effect of (a) appointed appellate counsel's abandonment and refusal to provide the case file and (b) the court of appeals' fa…
25A284 Vincent Terry v. Teresa Bailey, et al. Georgia 2025-09-11 Application extension-of-time georgia-supreme-court legal-complexity pro-se-petition supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court will grant a 30-day extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari under Rule 13.1 when the petitioner demonstr…
25-5323 Clarence B. Jenkins, Jr. v. Office of the South Carolina Governor, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights eeoc-charge employment-discrimination employment-opportunities pro-se-petition title-vii Whether a charge filed with the EEOC is required to bring a federal employment discrimination lawsuit and whether secret blackballing constitutes a ci…
24-6954 John Stephen Routt v. Michael Miller, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-04-10 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-petition Did the Court of appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability by merging Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254 (d)(1) and (2) with 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (c) and…
24-6856 Curtis Hawthorne v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-issue judicial-review legal-jurisdiction pro-se-petition state-courts supreme-court-review Whether conflicting state court decisions on a constitutional issue warrant Supreme Court review
24-6784 Jose Sanchez Adame v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 due-process equal-protection guideline-amendment pro-se-petition sentencing-reduction Whether a district court may deny a Retroactive Amendment Reduction under 18 USC § 3582(c)(2) based solely on documents on the record that the defenda…
24A715 Toya Gibson v. Ridgewells Catering Fifth Circuit 2025-01-21 Presumed Complete employment-discrimination golf-tournament pro-se-petition racial-bias supreme-court-review women's-open Whether the Supreme Court will review a potential case of employment discrimination in golf based on alleged racial bias at the 2020 Women's Open tour…
24A571 Belinda Jones v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-12-11 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se-petition state-court-judgment Whether the district court and appellate courts properly applied federal habeas corpus standards in reviewing the state court's denial of petitioner's…
24A488 Paul A. Brown v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability circuit-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se-petition section-2254 Whether a pro se prisoner's habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 can survive dismissal when alleging ineffective assistance of counsel
24-5978 In Re Marquis Deron Heard 2024-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion federal-prisoner mandamus-relief pro-se-petition search-warrant sixth-circuit Whether a federal prisoner's multiple appeals of a 2255 motion and unresolved search warrant issues constitute grounds for mandamus relief
24-5898 Herman Felton, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-violation criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus pro-se-petition Why was the petitioner denied an evidentiary hearing and what constitutional violations occurred?
24A375 Atif B. Malik v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto Third Circuit 2024-10-21 Presumed Complete 28-usc-2241 bureau-of-prisons earned-time-credits first-step-act mootness pro-se-petition Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition as moot when the Bureau of Prisons failed to apply Earned Time Credits under …
24A370 Michel D'Angelo v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete attorney-client certiorari communication-barriers criminal-procedure due-process pro-se-petition Whether a criminal defendant's right to effective communication with counsel is impaired when prison administrative procedures prevent timely attorney…
24-5740 Douglas O'Neal v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-10-10 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-claims due-process jurisdictional-issues pro-se-petition procedural-limitations Whether the lower court's procedural limitations improperly precluded petitioner's substantive constitutional claims and denied meaningful appellate r…
24A301 Brandon Green v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-27 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal due-process institutional-lockdown legal-research-access pro-se-petition supreme-court-rules Whether the district court's criminal conviction and the Second Circuit's affirmance violated Mr. Green's constitutional due process rights in light o…
24-5495 Madena Bishop v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights court-procedure judicial-misconduct pro-se-petition service-of-process Whether multiple legal issues can be raised in a pro se petition involving alleged procedural irregularities and constitutional violations in Cook Cou…
24-5471 In Re Keith Girvan 2024-09-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure eyewitness-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se-petition state-court-findings Whether 3rd Circuit Local Appellate Rules, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(e), and 28 U.S.C. 2254 apply to Habeas Corpus Proceedings and provide…
24A223 In Re Lorenzo Cole 2024-08-30 Presumed Complete constitutional-violations federal-court habeas-corpus page-limitations pro-se-petition word-limits Whether a state prisoner may seek extraordinary relief from word and page limitations in a federal habeas corpus petition based on the complexity of a…
24A162 Reuben McDowell v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-09 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-notice stone-v-powell third-circuit Whether a district court must provide notice before relying on a procedural defense like Stone v. Powell that was not initially raised by the responde…
24A139 Kenneth Brown v. Robert Adams, Jr., Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-08-07 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus medical-extension pro-se-petition sixth-circuit time-limitation Whether a prisoner's medical condition and ongoing recovery from brain surgery constitute extraordinary circumstances warranting an extension of time …
24-5219 Bobbie Ray Edwards v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C.-2254 armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition sentencing statutory-limitation Whether the district court's denial of petitioner's timely filed 2255(h) motion was erroneous and deprived petitioner of due process of law and an opp…
24-5083 Stephen B. Wlodarz v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations trial-by-jury Whether prosecutors and Petitioner's pretrial sheriff's department Custodians violation of a Scheduled trial by jury, which in all likelihood may have…
23A932 Phile Andra Watson v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Fifth Circuit 2024-04-17 Presumed Complete age-discrimination civil-rights employment-law extension-of-time federal-employer pro-se-petition Whether federal law prohibits age discrimination by federal employers under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Civil Rights Act
23-6943 Michael Lawrence Kerlin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cross-reference disproportionate-effect due-process evidence evidence-standard pro-se-petition sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof Whether a cross reference which has a disproportionate effect on the sentence requires a higher standard of proof than mere preponderance
23-6914 Matthew W. Miller v. Dan Wilcot, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process exile fair-treatment insubordination pro-se-petition racketeering standing Why is this case required to reach the Supreme Court?
23A441 Trent Drexel Howard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-16 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights detention government-delay pro-se-petition sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act Whether the Sixth Amendment and Speedy Trial Act permit a court to deny a motion to dismiss an indictment when the government deliberately delayed the…
23-5750 Todd Ferry v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure brady-violation civil-rights default-rule due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-petition state-court Did the State and the Federal Habeas courts' decision that ineffective-assistance-of-counsel issues were defaulted conflict with precedents
23-5479 Lee Edward Peyton v. Theresa Cisneros, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied IFP aedpa civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process faretta-inquiry habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review pro-se-petition standing summary-denial Whether the complete failure to conduct a Faretta-compliant inquiry with the accused in the face of a clear and unequivocal request to proceed pro se …
23-5410 Sedrick D. Russell v. J. Denmark Fifth Circuit 2023-08-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice pro-se-petition sixth-amendment standing Must a pro se petitioner alleging a complete denial of counsel specifically cite Cronic to exhaust his claim in the state court?
23-5082 William Richter v. Charles Truitt, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas judicial-access post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights pro-se-petition standing Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals' denial of habeas relief had post-judgment procedural defects that denied adequate access to the courts a…
22-7396 Richard Anthony Wilford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP cocaine-quantity criminal-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection false-declaration pro-se pro-se-petition sentencing sentencing-memorandum supervised-release supremacy-clause Whether to grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand for reconsideration in light of Concepcion V. United States, 1…
22-7299 In Re Howard Griffith 2023-04-14 Denied IFP circuit-court-of-appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus pro-se-petition service-of-documents sex-offender-registry standing Question not identified
22-7013 Carl Puckett, et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction intellectual-property legal-standing pro-se-petition property-dispute standing trademark-infringement Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the Pucketts' trademark infringement claims against Ain Jeem, Inc.
22-6669 Kenneth H. Newkirk v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se-petition procedural-deficiency standing takings va-code-19.2-271 Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated because the VDOC policy prohibits incarcerated individuals, other than law enforcement or…
22-6406 William James Truesdale v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-28 Denied IFP appellate-filing-fee certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit filing-fee habeas-corpus pro-se-petition standing Whether petitioner Truesdale owes the District Court Clerk the docketing and filing fee in order to obtain a Certificate of Appealability
22-6332 In Re James Vandivere 2022-12-19 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se-petition Question not identified
22-6203 Peter Gakuba v. Rachel Dodd Seventh Circuit 2022-12-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-bias pro-se-petition structural-error issues-being-raised
22-5880 Sixing Liu v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability confidential-information constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se-petition proprietary-information science-and-technology Did the Third Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability for a claim of denial of constitutional rights?
22-5820 S. Patrick Mendel v. Liane Randolph, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights congressional-preemption criminal-conduct due-process federal-courts federal-enforcement preemption pro-se-petition public-safety transportation transportation-law Does this pro se case, alleging fatal systemic failures resulting in the continuing preventable murder of innocent citizens, where literally the lives…
22-303 Yuri J. Stoyanov v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights cover-up discrimination due-process federal-employment judicial-misconduct mail-fraud pro-se-petition standing Whether the Supreme Court should intervene to reverse the district court's orders that denied discovery, depositions, hearings, and investigations int…
21-8055 In Re Shane Jeansonne 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-petition rules-of-interpretation section-2255 standing Writ of Mandamus
21-7869 Timothy Thibodeaux v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment pro-se-petition sixth-amendment whether-mr-thibodeaux's-conviction-was-obtained-in-violation-of-the-sixth-and-fourteenth-amendments
21-7746 David Piper, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion aedpa aedpa-deadline certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition Whether the Court of Appeals denying Piper's 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence for a Certificate of Appealability reasons were…
21-1167 Terry Rene Chapman v. Social Security Administration, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response Waived binding disability-rights federal-pleading-standards final-decision judicial-precedent legislation precedent pro-se-petition stare-decisis unbinding unpublished-opinion How can a decision be final & be final to what; if it is unbinding without a Precedent for Stare Decisis?
21-7141 In Re Taquan Rashe Gullett-El 2022-02-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alien-status civil-rights constitutional-violations dred-scott due-process habeas-corpus international-law pro-se-petition sovereign-citizenship standing unlawful-detention Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the unlawful detention and denial of habeas corpus relief
21-7140 Taquan Rashe Gullett-El v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction international-law jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-petition sovereign-immunity standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions
21-6744 Jose D. Resto-Figueroa v. United States First Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule first-circuit in-forma-pauperis pro-se-petition probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search of his vehicle
21-515 Ashley Yoo Hyang Kim v. Huong Tran, et al. Massachusetts 2021-10-06 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights disability-records due-process judicial-dismissal medical-records mental-health pro-se-petition schizophrenia-claim standing wrongful-diagnosis Question not identified
21-5663 Justin Michael Rossi v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation declaration-of-independence declaratory-relief due-process executive-power government-formation international-law pro-se-petition revolution sovereign-immunity sovereignty Whether United States citizens have the right, duty, and privilege to alter, abolish, and form a new government
21-5403 Charles Edwin Tumlinson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-innocence appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-petition standing Should lower federal courts be allowed to violate Supreme Court case law and deny pro-se applicants relief for fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice clai…
21-232 Veena Sharma v. Domenic S. Terranova, et al. First Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal-without-hearing due-process first-circuit hearing judicial-review jury-trial pro-se-petition procedural-due-process standing statute-of-limitations summons Whether the District Court and U.S. Appeals Court for the First Circuit decision of dismissing Petitioner's claim without issuing summons to Responden…
20-7123 Kenneth R. Heddlesten v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP conviction-finality district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus haynes-v-kerner jurisdiction limitations-period pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation When was conviction final?
20-7000 Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-01-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 Does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence to pursue an independent action in equity under Fed. Civ. Proc. R. 60(d)(J)…
20-6048 David J. Godine, III v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eyewitness-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misidentification ninth-circuit pro-se-petition strickland-claim Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal?
20-5826 Chris Anthony George v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel party-presentation plea-bargaining pro-se pro-se-petition sua-sponte Whether the Ninth Circuit violated the principle of party presentation by raising and deciding an issue sua sponte in petitioner's habeas appeal
20-5754 Palani Karupaiyan v. New York City Department of Education Second Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process homelessness notice-of-appeal pro-se-petition standing timely-filing Jurisdiction-under-28-USC-2107
20-5384 Jerome Nathan Grant v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-court-review pro-se-petition right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement standing Whether the petitioner's equal protection and right to counsel rights were violated
19-1467 Robert S. Ortloff, aka Robert Stanley Ortloff v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability docket-management due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se pro-se-petition Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it contravened long-established decisional law
19-8897 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge covid-prison-conditions due-process emergency-relief fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-petition sentencing sentencing-review Whether a pro se petitioner is entitled to a liberal construction of their court papers or fair amendment, when the prosecutor presented no evidence t…
19-8480 Stanley J. Caterbone v. National Security Agency Third Circuit 2020-05-19 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process filing-restrictions government-abuse government-misconduct judicial-misconduct national-security pro-se-petition standing Is there Judicial Misconduct and Abuse of Authority
19-8226 Randy Phipps v. Rick Raemisch, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied IFP constitutional-claims due-process fair-presentation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition Whether federal constitutional claims were fairly presented under federal law
19-8225 In Re Faramarz Mehdipour 2020-04-08 Denied IFP all-writs-act certiorari-timeline due-process equitable-powers exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-relief prison-lockdown pro-se pro-se-petition standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Court retains equitable powers to ensure faith in the Federal Courts of the United States, even when no other means of relief can be obtai…
19-1179 Yuri J. Stoyanov v. James E. McPherson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived case-consolidation civil-rights consolidation due-process federal-crimes fraud judicial-fraud mail-fraud obstruction-of-justice postal-service-records pro-se-petition wire-fraud Whether the lower courts committed judicial fraud and intentionally covered up the defendants' federal crimes, including mail fraud and wire fraud, by…
19-7525 Gregory Joel Sitzmann v. United States District of Columbia 2020-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-laws conflict-with-other-courts-of-appeals conflict-with-supreme-court court-of-appeals criminal-procedure drug-smuggling evidence federal-sentencing foreign-drug-smuggling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-evidence pro-se-petition prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction over evidence of foreign drug smuggling and whether the United States Court of Appeals for the District…
19-7428 Timothy O'Laughlin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons civil-commitment civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process personal-liberty pro-se pro-se-litigation pro-se-petition sixth-amendment standing standing-to-file Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4247(h) unconstitutionally deprives individuals of the right to litigate their personal liberty interests pro se
19-7400 Christopher R. Glenn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-misconduct criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fraud habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings pro-se-petition standing supervisory-power Did the Eleventh Circuit so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for an exercise of this Court's superviso…
19-7049 In Re Antwoyn Spencer 2019-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance personal-liberty pro-se-petition punishment standing strickland-standard undue-delay Whether petitioner is being deprived of his civil rights due to undue delay in appellate ruling
19-6355 Eric Mack v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP crime-of-violence due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus liberty-interest precedential-effect prior-panel-precedent pro-se-petition section-2255 successive-petitions Whether a defendant's right to Due Process in his initial § 2255 proceeding is violated by the Eleventh Circuit's rule assigning precedential effect t…
19-6195 Alejandro Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure equal-protection federal-appeals pro-se-petition retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-review unconstitutionally-vague united-states-courts united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether the retroactive application of the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Davis, 588 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019) holding 18 U.S.C. §…
19-5925 Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
19-5843 Gonzalo R. Rubang, Jr. v. Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal court-trial due-process insurance-claims judicial-procedure medical-treatment pro-se-petition procedural-fairness standing unfair unfair-dismissal workers-compensation Why the US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT adopted the decision from the US DISTRICT COURT
19-5851 Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied IFP 2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default Is there a federal procedural rule that permits a court to refuse to acknowledge and determine a presentation of cause & prejudice in a habeas petitio…
19-5717 Ronnie C. Brown v. Jeff Macomber, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mental-capacity mental-illness pro-se pro-se-petition Is equitable tolling available for a late-filed pro se habeas petition due to mental illness?
19-231 Wes Perkins v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied 5th-amendment 5th-circuit actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronic-filing fifth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus judicial-procedure parties-to-proceeding pro-se-petition standing state-respondent Was DAVIS improperly included?
19-5483 Grant Thomas McAdams v. Washington Washington 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure collateral-review constitutional-protection due-process federal-constitution insufficient-evidence intent-to-commit-theft post-conviction-relief pro-se pro-se-petition standing state-court-procedure washington-state Does the Due Process protection of the federal Constitution apply to Washington State's collateral review procedures?
18A1329 Travis Wade Matthews v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction due-process pro-se-petition racial-identification reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the evidence was constitutionally sufficient to support a criminal conviction when the victim did not directly identify the defendant and the …
18-9362 Timothy Stuart Ring v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-appointment federal-habeas-proceeding habeas-corpus motion-for-counsel motion-for-discovery ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-petition Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in construing a pro se petitioner's appeal
18-9329 Sean M. Barnhill v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se-petition section-2255 sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review standard-of-review Did the Sixth Circuit err by exceeding the scope of the COA analysis
18-8341 Louie M. Schexnayder, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP aedpa-deference judicial-federalism judicial-proceedings judicial-review pecuniary-interest prisoner-rights pro-se-petition pro-se-prisoners state-court-decision statutory-interpretation supervisory-power writ-application writ-applications Could jurists of reason debate whether to apply AEDPA deference to a state court decision arising out of a secret, thirteen-year-long policy to deny a…
18-8357 Richard A. Wilford v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-privilege criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner governmental-custodian habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se pro-se-petition standing unlawful-detention Whether the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a federal prisoner's pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the governmental custodia…
18-8296 Keith Alexander v. Robert Gilmore, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene Third Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence pro-se-petition reasonable-doubt standing third-circuit-review Whether the Third Circuit was in error in not issuing a Certificate of Appealability on the merits of Pro Se petitioner's arguments
18-8237 Harry Eugene Briscoe v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se-petition stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether this U.S.S. Ct. will certify the conflict of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
18-7433 Hamid R. Ardaneh v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-discrimination discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-review pro-se-petition refugee-rights refugee-status Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin
18-7129 Brennan Christian, aka Twin, aka Trey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP carpenter-precedent carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-records cell-site-records circuit-split constitutional-rights district-court-discretion fourth-amendment fourth-circuit pro-se-petition stare-decisis Has the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied this Court's ruling in Carpenter v. United States regarding cell phone records being Constitutional…
18-6932 Asia Johnson v. German Aerospace Center Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process environmental-protection free-speech housing-crisis pro-se-petition public-health standing sunlight-access takings Whether the dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a claim was proper
18-6465 Jose Ricardo Yanez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied IFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review ongoing-investigations pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations Whether an alternate triggering date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996's 1-year statute of limitations, and equitable tolli…
18-6350 Zavien Brand v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining pro-se-petition section-2255 transcripts Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was compelled to consider the petitioner's subsequent pro se demonstration of actual innocence
18-6261 Ilich Vargas, aka Ilich Ernesto Vargas Romero v. John McMahon Ninth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether a district court magistrate acts in excess of her discretion and outside the bounds of reason during the initial screening of a pro-se petitio…
18-6166 Syed K. Rafi v. Brigham and Women's Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1985-1986 circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process judicial-procedure mandate mandate-recall mandates motions-for-reconsideration pro-se-petition recall-mandate reconsideration standing supreme-court-rules time-frame Whether the time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should run from the date of the First Circuit Court's order denying appellant's motions for…
18-6065 In Re Eric M. Richardson 2018-09-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se-petition sentencing standing Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence violated his Fifth Amendment right to be tried only on an offense made out in a presentment or indict…
18-5785 In Re Clifford Winkles 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition saving-clause standing Whether Petitioner Clifford Winkles was improperly denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to procedural barriers, despite demonstrating actual innoc…
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…
18-41 Micheline Baptiste v. Shrusan Gray Florida 2018-07-06 Denied access-to-courts bodily-injuries civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process florida-supreme-court free-speech government-redress judicial-review jurisdiction petition-clause petition-for-redress pro-se-petition standing state-court-jurisdiction Whether Florida Supreme Court has authority to dismiss petition by unrepresented party to review orders and impede sought relief for bodily injuries, …
24A239 Gavin Blake Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete bail-pending-appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit pro-se-petition Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's request for bail pending appeal and potentially violating his constitutional due process r…
25A634 Robert Joyce v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Second Circuit Application docketing-fee extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis pro-se-petition procedural-technicality supreme-court-rules Whether a pro se petitioner's untimely application for an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition can be excused based on procedural techni…