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25A872 Djavon Holland v. United States Third Circuit 2026-02-03 Application appellate-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to discharge appointed appellate counsel and proceed pro se after counsel has filed an opening…
25-6345 Felix Verdejo-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce pro-se-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Court of Appeals can deny a pro se motion challenging subject-matter jurisdiction and federalize local crimes without proving interstate c…
25-6271 Eric Arthur Walton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretionary-standard district-court pro-se-representation standard-of-review supervised-release Whether the standard of review of a district court's decision to allow a defendant to proceed pro se at a supervised release revocation hearing is de …
25-6170 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana, et al. Louisiana 2025-11-19 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process jurisdictional-error pro-se-representation self-representation Whether the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Appellate Court committed jurisdictional error and constitutional violations in denying the appellant's due proces…
25-5926 Anthony Boyd v. Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure pro-se-representation separation-of-powers Whether the Eleventh Circuit's summary denial of a stay of execution conflicts with Supreme Court precedents requiring reasoned balancing of factors i…
25-5729 Raylon Browning v. Georgia Georgia 2025-09-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance pretrial-incarceration pro-se-representation speedy-trial Whether a defendant's prolonged pretrial incarceration and denial of pro se representation constitute a violation of due process and speedy trial righ…
25A213 In Re Gavin B. Davis Fifth Circuit 2025-08-22 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights criminal-procedure faretta-waiver pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated when a court forces them to proceed pro se without a valid Faretta waiver …
25-210 James Synnott v. Paul Burgermeister, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied children-rights circuit-conflict due-process family-integrity pro-se-representation pseudonym-privacy Whether using pseudonyms for parents and children in sensitive cases is appropriate and outweighs the presumption of public access, and whether childr…
25A206 Arthur Fayne v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-21 Presumed Complete effective-assistance-of-counsel material-misrepresentation non-victim-compensation pro-se-representation restitution right-to-defense Whether a criminal defendant can seek post-conviction relief based on a supervening Supreme Court decision that undermines the legal theory supporting…
25A163 Cheryl Steele v. Micah Salb District of Columbia 2025-08-06 Presumed Complete attorney-of-record en-banc-review judicial-procedure mandate-recall notice-requirements pro-se-representation Whether a pro se litigant can challenge a court of appeals mandate when not timely informed by counsel about potential en banc review options
25A61 Mary E. Hill v. Consandra Jones Virginia 2025-07-15 Presumed Complete attorney-client-relationship ineffective-assistance legal-malpractice pro-se-representation professional-misconduct writ-of-certiorari Whether an attorney's breach of professional duties and failure to file a writ of certiorari constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel warranting …
25-5023 Mychal Andra Reed v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2025-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-appointed-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation procedural-rights racial-justice-act sixth-amendment Can the Superior court force petitioner to accept court-appointed counsel for a P.C. Section 745(a) proceeding and deny his 6th Amendment right to sel…
24-7522 Rachael Lynn Boehme v. Oregon Oregon 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sixth-amendment Whether a trial court commits reversible error by denying a defendant's request to proceed pro se and refusing to replace ineffective court-appointed …
24A1258 Willie Dennis v. United States Second Circuit 2025-06-20 Presumed Complete due-process faretta-right ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation procedural-standing right-to-counsel Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right to self-representation and meaningful participation in his own appeal was violated by counsel's un…
24-761 William H. Viehweg v. Insurance Programs Management Group, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection kay-v-ehrler legal-counsel pro-se-representation Whether the lower courts' recognition of three defendants' entries of appearances as their own attorneys, including legal co-counsel, rather than pers…
24-681 Konstadin Bitzas v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-12-26 Denied Response Waived due-process emergency-caretaker fourth-amendment pro-se-representation probable-cause search-warrant Whether defects in a search warrant application process, including failure to satisfy the oath requirement, omitting key facts about witnesses' intoxi…
24-6007 Warren Dale Watson v. Dave Bergman, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-11-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP faretta-guidelines judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-procedure Does a defendant who has previously requested and later revoked pro se representation have the right under the Sixth Amendment to later go pro se afte…
24-5983 Trevor Spencer Taylor v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law evidence-tampering fruit-of-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation veterans-claims Whether the CAVC and CAFC improperly dismissed allegations of evidence tampering and government misconduct in a veterans' disability claim
24A474 Blake Andrew Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Presumed Complete access-to-courts child-representation counsel-mandate federal-litigation parental-rights pro-se-representation Whether parents have a constitutional right to represent their minor children pro se in federal court without being required to retain counsel
24-5929 David Mark Fink v. California California 2024-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidentiary-hearing faretta-right judicial-discretion pro-se-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether a trial court improperly revoked a defendant's pro se status during an evidentiary hearing and violated Sixth Amendment speedy trial rights
24-5868 William J. Webb, Jr. v. Delaware Delaware 2024-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure faretta-hearing pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Delaware Supreme Court correctly determined that a criminal defendant forfeited his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when proceeding pro s…
24-5842 Dallas Staden v. Marcus Myers, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied IFP fair-trial hybrid-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standby-counsel Whether a pro se defendant's hybrid representation and standby counsel's participation violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel and fa…
24-448 Oskana Marinaro v. Parks Ziegler, PLLC Virginia 2024-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review attorney-fees due-process fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation state-law Whether a state appellate court can refuse full appellate review without a transcript when state law requires review based on written pleadings
24-5549 Norman Paul Felts v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure fourth-circuit-review ineffective-assistance legal-abandonment pro-se-representation timeliness Whether the Fourth Circuit should have considered an untimely appeal due to alleged attorney abandonment
24-5511 Jane Doe v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Second Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied IFP contract-law deliberate-indifference federal-funding pro-se-representation sexual-harassment title-ix Does fraudulent tailoring of sexual assault case outcomes and failure to protect student privacy constitute deliberate indifference under Title IX?
24-280 Kevin Cichowski, et al. v. Andrea K. Totten, Judge, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response Waived ada-compliance electronic-notification first-amendment judicial-immunity pro-se-representation state-bar-restrictions Can State immunity be overruled to enforce 28 U.S.C. § 1654 and First Amendment speech rights in the context of ADA compliance?
24A228 Elliot Morales v. New York New York 2024-09-03 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing-exposure sixth-amendment waiver Whether a criminal trial court violates the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation when it fails to inform a defendant of his actual sentencing …
24-207 Carlos A. Alonso Cano, et al. v. 245 C & C, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion pro-se-representation transcript-integrity Whether a federal court can prohibit pro se representation in a civil case when the plaintiff has demonstrated prior ability to represent themselves, …
24-5349 Ryan Monroe Allen v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-procedure faretta-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sixth-amendment-rights trial-court-discretion Whether the Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals violated federal law by denying a criminal defendant's right to proceed pro se and failing to promptly…
23-7541 Tommy Duane Barnes v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-to-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdiction pro-se-representation standing texas-jurisdiction tyranny Was the petitioner's constitutional rights violated by the denial of a telephone hearing after being granted pro se representation?
23-1203 Terpsehore Maras v. Mayfield City School District Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minors mootness mootness-doctrine parental-rights pro-se-representation pro-se-rights statutory-interpretation pro-se-rights,parental-rights,minors,mootness,civil-rights,due-process
23-7406 Bobby Rouse v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment Is it a violation of appellant's Sixth Amendment constitutional rights for defense counsel to refuse to investigate the evidence and interview witness…
23-7090 Ambrose C. Mendes v. Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum, Attorneys at Law, Inc. Rhode Island 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accounting civil-procedure due-process ethical-obligations judicial-precedent pro-se-representation probate probate-law settlement-terms standing trial-by-jury trial-court-duty Whether the Trial court held a duty to obey the State supreme court holdings
23-7009 Warren Simpson v. Alan Simpson Arizona 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-counsel liberty pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trustee Should every US citizen be provided counsel if they cannot afford it?
23-6975 D'Amantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio 2024-03-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen trial-court Can a trial court deny a criminal defendant the right to self-representation solely because he was designated a sovereign citizen?
23-6758 Frank Bernard Johnson v. Virginia Virginia 2024-02-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-competency pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel Is compulsory pro se representation lawful in criminal trials?
23-6317 Vicky West, on Behalf of Laura West v. Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Texas 2023-12-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process incapacitated-person indigent-representation legal-standing power-of-attorney pro-se pro-se-representation standing Whether a legal executed POA, Pro Se which is recognized by the judicial system can be used in a C Court of law to assist or represent indigent and in…
23A558 Gerald D. Fields v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the Sixth Amendment requires trial courts to explicitly warn defendants of the dangers of self-representation before finding a knowing and vol…
23-6187 Jamar Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-07 Rehearing Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-review constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing waiver-of-counsel waiver-of-rights Whether an uncounseled felony guilty plea is Constitutionally valid
23-6162 James Williams v. United States Third Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure irreconcilable-differences judicial-discretion mckaskle-v-wiggins pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver When a defendant takes reasonable steps to remedy perceived irreconcilable differences with court-appointed attorney, does the 6th Amendment afford th…
23-222 Dawn M. White, et vir v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights close-relationship court-criteria due-process hindrance legal-capacity legal-standing pro-se pro-se-representation procedural-rights spousal-representation standing Can a husband represent the interests of his wife in a pro-se capacity if they meet the criteria previously established by this Court for a close rela…
23-5296 Leonel Marin-Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice-reform effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-relief first-step-act guidelines-range ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether a district court complies with Concepcion v. United States when deciding a First Step Act motion
22-7637 Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court constitutional-rights district-court due-process forced-counsel jurisdiction pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment vagueness Whether a district court can force counsel upon a person even without inquiring the provisions set forth in §3006(A)
22-7333 David Jah, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions pro-se-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act government-fabricated-evidence
22-7300 James D. Sullivan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability counsel-abandonment counsel-misconduct federal-bench habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct miscarriage-of-justice plea-withdrawal pro-se pro-se-representation standing Will this Court remand with a certificate of appealability in a case where a district court perverted the habeas-corpus-process, counsel-misconduct, f…
22-6910 Carolyn L. Fields v. Hunter Conrad, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eeoc-complaint employment employment-discrimination government-job human-relations-commission pro-se-representation retaliation standing workplace-harassment wrongful-termination Is everyone entitled to an attorney?
22-643 Jason Devon Lenoir v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability faretta-hearing fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation psychological-evaluation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Is a criminal defendant entitled to a COA when he has demonstrated and made a substantial showing that his rights were denied under the Sixth and Four…
22-6404 Paul Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency constitutional-rights fair-trial indiana-v-edwards mental-illness pro-se-representation self-representation trial-competency Whether a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial imposes upon trial courts a duty of inquiry to determine whether a defendant is competent t…
22-6276 Lester S. Barney v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se-representation self-representation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the state court unreasonably determined that Lester S. Barney did not clearly and unequivocally assert his right to proceed pro se
21-8261 Elgin Z. Haynie v. Ohio Ohio 2022-06-29 Denied IFP appeal conviction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation sentencing Whether a state court of appeals violates due process when a defendant is denied the right to appeal their conviction and effective assistance of coun…
21-8204 Reginald Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture ineffective-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel severance sixth-amendment Whether the district court erred by denying the motions for severance?
21-8027 Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency conflict-of-counsel counsel-conflict faretta-colloquy faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court-discretion Does the Sixth Amendment require a trial court to conduct a competency colloquy where a defendant makes a mid-trial demand to represent himself?
21-7633 Charles Awusin Inko-Tariah v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication government-misconduct judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-treatment pro-se-representation self-representation Was the Supreme Court ruling in Faretta vs California violated or trampled
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?
21-7127 Ngozika J. Nwaneri v. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP District of Columbia 2022-02-16 Denied IFP appeals bill-of-rights civil-procedure due-process equal-justice fourteenth-amendment judicial-error legal-procedure pro-se pro-se-representation standing Whether the state court erred in omnibus order and subpoena order
21-6914 Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal-standard due-process fifth-circuit-interpretation judicial-proceedings pro-se-representation standing successive-petitions supervisory-power Whether a dismissal without prejudice is in fact a dismissal with prejudice
21-6634 Roy Cornell Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-stage Was the Petitioner afforded his Constitutional Right to accurate assistance of Counsel in his sentencing stage
21-6607 In Re Andrew Thomas Burns, Sr. 2021-12-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-error waiver-inquiry Did the trial court's failure to conduct an affirmative waiver inquiry prior to ordering petitioner to proceed pro se at trial, deny petitioner of his…
21-679 Tim Shoop, Warden v. August Cassano Sixth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Relisted (14) aedpa criminal-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation sixth-amendment timely-invocation Should the Court summarily reverse the Sixth Circuit's award of habeas relief?
21-6025 Stewart Hines v. Gwendolen Cleopha Nelson South Dakota 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-due-process court-access due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation standing trust trust-law Whether a sole Beneficiary and Trustee can represent that Trust pro se
21-5978 Derek Levert Hall v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure indigent-defendant pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel waiver Whether an indigent criminal defendant's waiver of trial counsel requires a clear and unequivocal request to proceed pro se
21-5655 Timothy Dean Leners v. Wyoming Wyoming 2021-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal sixth-amendment Was Defendant's 6th Amend. right to Effective Counsel violated?
21-363 Wendy Marie Meigs v. Trey Bergman, et al. Texas 2021-09-08 Denied abuse alternative-dispute-resolution court-ordered-mediation courtroom-guidelines family-court judicial-process manipulation mediation mediation-liability pro-se-representation victim-protection vulnerable-victim Should mediation participants and mediator be liable for abuse and manipulation of a vulnerable victim?
21-5614 In Re James Williams 2021-09-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error Whether a pro se petitioner who is unable to afford professional legal representation can be denied the right to self-representation and have unwanted…
21-230 William Herman Viehweg v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied attorney-conduct bordenkircher-v-hayes civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court disqualification due-process equal-protection judicial-impartiality legal-privilege pro-se-representation Whether separate attorneys' representing a defendant corporation and attorneys' representing a non-party key witness, mutual claim of a protective leg…
20-8233 Adam Paul Strege v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment free-speech judicial-review pro-se-representation standing Question Presented on the legality of spreading the Plague and COVID-19 to exterminate all intelligent life
20-1630 Susan Chen v. Kate Halamay, et al. Washington 2021-05-20 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process guardian-ad-litem judicial-interpretation legislative-power pro-se-representation separation-of-powers Whether RCW 4.08.050 deprives a minor's constitutional right to counsel and effective representation as well as his right to access the courts
20-7873 Kenneth McBride v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-duress criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process pro-se-representation right-to-counsel Whether a state can force a U.S. citizen to face criminal charges without the assistance of counsel
20-7834 Steven Cooper v. Florida Florida 2021-04-22 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-rights criminal-mischief criminal-procedure due-process grand-theft mandamus pro-se-representation self-representation trespass Whether it is unconstitutional for a defendant's pro per Motion to Discharge Counsel and Waiver of Right to Counsel to be dismissed for the only reaso…
20-7431 Anthony O. Wint, Jr., By and Through His Next Friend, Oral Wint v. Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights counsel due-process federal-court-procedure incompetent incompetent-litigant legal-standing parental-representation pro-se-representation standing Where a federal case is brought by a non-lawyer parent on behalf of an incompetent who cannot represent him or herself pro se, should no issues concer…
20-1253 Charles L. Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi 2021-03-10 Denied chancery-court civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-to-strike pro-se-representation sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Did the Mississippi Supreme Court break state law when it would not apply the mandatory language in the use of the word 'shall' in Mississippi Code of…
20-7274 Michael Diabolis Griffis, Sr. v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard federal-courts pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision conflicts with clearly established law in Fareita v. California and conflicts with the decisions o…
20-6812 Keith McCoy v. Michael Atherton, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inter-prison-transfer involuntary-treatment liberty-interest mental-health prison-transfer pro-se-representation state-law stigma Did the Appeals Court err in its decision regarding McCoy's transfer to a mental health facility?
20-6176 Brandon J. Weathers v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standard-of-justice standard-of-review Did the Court of Appeals correctly apply the 'interests of justice' standard to the Petitioner's substitution of counsel claim where the trial court m…
20-6110 Samuel Hogans v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-procedure trial-proceedings Whether a competent criminal defendant has a constitutional right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment when the defendant invokes the righ…
20-5263 Patrick W. Schroeder v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-08-05 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mitigation mitigation-evidence pro-se pro-se-representation proportionality sentencing Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated when a capital sentencing panel issues a death sentence despite the defendant's refusal to i…
20-5137 Antoine Dewayne Myles v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias pre-sentencing pro-se-representation self-representation suppression suppression-of-evidence wire-tap-interception Whether the district court violated the defendants Due Process right to a fair in an impartial tribunal
20-5069 Pablo Enrique Rosado-Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico First Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights due-process evidence-disregard fair-credit-reporting-act judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation public-interest standing supreme-court-rules Whether verifiable evidence has no importance and the one with more money is correct, no matter evidence shows is completely wrong
19-8266 James Heard v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-15 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trial-court Whether the trial court erred in denying Somes Heard's pre-trial motion to proceed pro se
19-7856 Richard Kenneth Djerf v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Did the panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contravene this Court's precedents and create a split with other circuits when it affirmed the dis…
19-7564 In Re Michael Dewayne Seibert 2020-02-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty-case due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-representation resentencing resentencing-hearing void-judgment Can a defendant raise a claim of fraud on the court pro se when their counsel refuses to do so?
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment to t…
19-775 In Re Philippe Buhannic 2019-12-17 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appeal appeal-rights bias constitution constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause-of-the-14th-amendment equal-protection federal-court foreign-litigant judicial-bias prejudice pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation Whether the Federal court has the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant
19-6815 Blake Wingate v. New York New York 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-application pro-se pro-se-representation Where the right to proceed pro se is constitutionally even on appeal or a post conviction application, is it a violation of due process and or the equ…
19-6525 Sean Trent Barnes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether Mr. Sean Trent Barnes' decision to waive counsel and represent himself was made voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently
19-6437 Lee E. Peyton v. California California 2019-10-31 Denied IFP confrontation-clause courtroom-protocol criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause farretta-v-california fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments permit a trial court to deny a defendant's request to proceed pro se based on the judge's accusations of t…
19-6406 Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-10-28 Denied IFP conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court's denial of the petitioner's right to proceed pro se violated the Sixth Amendment
19-6408 Adam Strege v. United States First Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access discovery discovery-motion due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mandamus mandamus-request pro-se-representation Question not identified
19-543 Jeffrey Wills Lusk, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Jean Ross Lusk, Deceased v. Crown Pointe Care Center, et al. Ohio 2019-10-25 Denied beneficiary beneficiary-status civil-procedure creditors estate estate-representation executor executor-rights legal-standing pro-se pro-se-representation probate-law standing May the executor and sole beneficiary of an estate without creditors represent the estate pro se?
19-6165 Ricky G. Davis v. Virginia Virginia 2019-10-04 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process pro-se pro-se-representation probation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standing Can Virginia constitutionally hale a person into its criminal courts and there force a lawyer upon him, even when he insist that he wants to conduct h…
19-5503 Patricia Gill v. Mercy College, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech harassment judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation standing state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the prosecutions undertaken by state officials were in bad faith with the intent to harass the defendant/Plaintiff and discourage her from exe…
19-5482 Joann Jefferson v. OneWest Bank, FSB New Jersey 2019-08-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation discovery due-process equal-protection estate-rights fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding pro-se-representation procedural-due-process property-rights standing trial-procedure Can Pro Se Legatees, Heirs, Executors, Estate Representatives, Devisees, successors be denied the procedural due process right to discovery and still …
19-5011 Danny P. Phipps v. New York New York 2019-06-28 Denied IFP 4th-amendment abandonment abandonment-property burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jury-selection pro-se-representation property-abandonment search-and-seizure standing Can Appellate Division develop a rule that shifts the burden from the People to a defendant to prove he or she did not abandon property making it subj…
18-9764 Adnan Ibrahim Harun A. Hausa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-court-conflict circuit-split faretta faretta-inquiry pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-counsel Should a defendant be found to have waived his right to counsel and proceed pro se even if he declines to answer the district court's questions?
18-9308 Clarence Scranage, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner waived his Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights
18-1300 Nevenka Obuskovic v. Kathleen L. Wood, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,equal-protection,family-l color-of-law divorce due-process equal-protection family-court family-law forced-labor fourteenth-amendment involuntary-servitude peonage pro-se-representation Was federal law violated under color of law for violations of Fourteenth Amendment substantive and procedural due process and equal protection when hu…
18-8639 Anthony Franklin v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection faretta-hearing faretta-v-california habeas-corpus pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment third-circuit third-circuit-law Whether the district court erred in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner
18-1136 Beverly L. Hennager v. Troutman Sanders LLP Fourth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees charging-liens civil-procedure civil-rights client-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-ethics legal-fees pro-se-representation standing Whether charging liens should be clarified to apply only to judgments obtained with the lawyer's assistance, not client funds, to protect constitution…
18-1098 Daniel E. Witte v. Jayden H. Huynh, nka Jayden Scacco Utah 2019-02-22 Denied 14th-amendment civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech pro-se-representation self-representation strict-scrutiny Is a pro se civil litigant's right of self-representation in state court protected as a fundamental federal constitutional right subject to the strict…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals violate 28 U.S.C. § 1654 by refusing to allow Mr. Bryant to represent himself in the appeal of the collateral proceeding?
18-8072 John J. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-02-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment access-to-courts appellate-counsel constitutional-violation criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process pro-se-representation sixth-amendment transcripts Can appellate counsel be denied, forcing a criminal defendant to represent himself in a direct appeal to the state district courts of appeal?
18-7905 Christopher A. Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indiana-v-edwards medical-condition medical-resuscitation medication mental-competency pro-se-representation self-representation Does a higher standard exist for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial, than for competency to stand trial
18-7925 Syed Nazim Ali v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-immunity civil-rights corporate-representation due-process fair-hearing finra-arbitration immunity legal-standing pro-se-representation small-business small-corporation sole-owner Whether FINRA Arbitration process violated the Petitioner's rights of due process of law by failing to be fair and using the arbitration immunity to s…
18-7694 Raymond Crespo v. New York New York 2019-01-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process faretta-v-california judicial-discretion legal-timeliness pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation timeliness How soon in the criminal proceeding must a defendant decide between proceeding by counsel or pro se?
18-996 Charles Lavel Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi 2019-01-31 Denied Response Waived chancery-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1654 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Did the Mississippi Supreme Court refuse to apply the mandatory language in the use of the word of shall in Mississippi Code of Ann § 11-1-17 in viola…
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Whether the unequivocal right to represent oneself or have counsel should be left ambiguous
18-7398 Kerry Kruskal v. Peter Sprunt New Mexico 2019-01-14 Denied IFP amended-complaint association-ditch-fees civil-procedure constitutional-rights contested-issues due-process issue-preclusion motion-to-reconsider pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation property-dispute property-rights sanctions standing stored-water-rights summary-judgment surface-water-rights warranty-deed water-rights Was the district court correct to adversely rule on Sprunt's summary judgment motion when there were so many legitimate contested issues?
18-7196 Edward Allen McElroy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing supervised-release waiver-of-counsel Where a defendant is charged in federal court with possession and production of child pornography, the maximum punishment for which carries a lifetime…
18-6990 Elena Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates District of Columbia 2018-12-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion court-procedure due-process guardian-ad-litem incompetence incompetent-person judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-representation standing Whether the district court erred in its rulings on the motions for reconsideration, leave to file a supplemental complaint, and appointment of a guard…
18-697 Tony Von Carruthers v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied argersinger-v-hamlin capital-case capital-punishment criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver Does depriving a criminal defendant of trial counsel against his will, without at least the warnings and voluntary waiver required by Faretta, violate…
18-644 David Carl Cottingham v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Washington 2018-11-19 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct bar-discipline due-process first-amendment objective-analysis petitioning petitioning-rights pro-se-representation professional-discipline regulatory-approval split state-court strict-scrutiny Should this court resolve the split in state court responses to this court's prescribed objective analysis protecting first amendment petitioning as d…
18-6417 Derrick Wilson v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP faretta-v-california faretta-waiver Fifth-Amendment-due-process Fourth-Amendment Franks-v-Delaware johnson-v-zerbst pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right United-States-v-Giordano voluntariness waiver wiretap-application When trial counsel informs the court that he is not prepared for trial and the court's Faretta colloquy does not inquire into the voluntariness of Pet…
18-6298 Robert Alan Fratta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-amendment due-process fatal-variance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-review miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standing sufficiency-of-evidence Is it unconstitutional for a U.S. Court of Appeals to accept, sanction or make decisions that allow state courts to refuse to accept meritorious issue…
18-5910 Curtis Dee Packard v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation public-defender right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court withdrawal-of-counsel Whether both the trial court and the State's Public Defender''s Office invited error and erroneously denied the Petitioner his 6th Amendment rights to…
18-5459 Zachary David Warnell v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure douglas-v-california due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel Can a state deny a criminal defendant the constitutional right to appeal with the effective assistance of counsel?
18-5156 D'Angelo Battis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness pro-se pro-se-brief pro-se-representation sentencing standard-of-review unconstitutional-sentence Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in ignoring the petitioner's pro se brief on appeal, affirming the petitioner's unconstitutional s…