| 25-6518 |
Deandre M. Smith v. Bradley Mlodzik, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-01-08 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-review sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit err in denying Smith's application to appeal the denial of his Sixth Amendment ineffect… |
| 25-510 |
Damon Balar Cook v. Luis Garnica, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-24 |
Denied |
|
appeal-reinstatement discretion-abuse mandate-recall miscarriage-justice ninth-circuit procedural-review |
Whether the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying a timely motion to recall the mandate and reinstate an appeal to prevent a miscarriage of j… |
| 25A303 |
G. G. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families |
Pennsylvania |
2025-09-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
allocatur certiorari petition-extension procedural-review supreme-court time-limitation |
Whether a state supreme court's denial of allocatur precludes or impacts a petitioner's ability to seek certiorari review in the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 25-5622 |
Tara Jean McManus v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal judicial-error justice-seeking legal-pursuit ninth-circuit procedural-review |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in dismissing case 25-409 related to a 24-year pursuit for justice |
| 24A1228 |
City of Fresno, California, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-06-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari federal-circuit municipal-appeal procedural-review supreme-court-rules time-extension |
Whether a municipality may seek an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under Supreme Court procedural rules when seeking review of a F… |
| 24-6571 |
Roel Ivan Sanchez-Sosa v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-standard procedural-review supreme-court-precedent |
Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States be overruled? |
| 24-6314 |
David C. Lettieri v. City of Binghamton, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-law constitutional-interpretation imminent-danger judicial-strike legal-standard procedural-review |
What constitutes an 'imminent danger' under legal standards, and how does Neitze v. Williams impact the interpretation of a 'strike' in judicial proce… |
| 24-748 |
John Xavier Portillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-counsel constitutional-claim ineffective-assistance legal-error procedural-review strickland-standard |
Whether a court must review the merits of an omitted appellate issue before determining ineffective assistance of appellate counsel under Strickland |
| 24-6182 |
Daniel O. Conahan, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defendant certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus procedural-review |
Whether a circuit split in procedures for reviewing certificates of appealability constitutes a due process violation and warrants Supreme Court inter… |
| 24A482 |
James Timothy Norman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-11-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-conviction eighth-circuit legal-standard procedural-review sufficiency-of-evidence writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the legal standard for reviewing a criminal conviction involving alleged evidentiary err… |
| 24-5847 |
Albert Anderson v. Winston Salem Police Department, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-standard case-precedent court-decision judicial-discretion legal-reasoning procedural-review |
Whether the lower court abused its discretion in rendering an unreasoned decision that fails to adequately address multiple legal precedents |
| 24-5793 |
Derek Don Posey v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-10-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
acquittal-standard case-law evidence-admissibility judicial-precedent procedural-review ultimate-issue |
Whether evidence which resulted in acquittal should have been deemed inadmissible based on a prior acquittal's determination of an ultimate issue cont… |
| 24-5307 |
Phillip Lee Kelley v. Kevin Stitt, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5221 |
Arthur Lee Burton v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-08-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia capital-punishment death-penalty diagnostic-criteria hall-v-florida intellectual-disability moore-v-texas-i moore-v-texas-ii procedural-review supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' refusal to authorize plenary review of an unrebutted prima facie case of intellectual disability rendered… |
| 23-1364 |
Troy Kendrick, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-review standard-of-review supervisory-power |
Whether the Court of Appeals' repeated misapplication of the standard for issuing a certificate of appealability warrants another exercise of this Cou… |
| 23-7601 |
Khari Devon Coley v. Correctional Officer Wayne L. Garland, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-remedies civil-rights custody-challenge due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-process prison-litigation-reform-act prison-transfer prisoner-rights procedural-review standing |
Whether the petitioner's prison grievance procedures were rendered unavailable to the prisoner upon his transfer to the custody of the New York Office… |
| 23-7555 |
Rickey Lynch v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appearance-of-impropriety civil-procedure due-process federal-defender judicial-ethics judicial-recusal procedural-review right-to-counsel standard-of-review |
Should a court of appeals review a judge's denial of a motion to recuse de novo or for an abuse of discretion? |
| 23-7437 |
Overille Denton Thompson, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-process certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-precedent procedural-review sanctions standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to engage in the COA process |
| 23-1177 |
Eric Fisher v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process expungement non-conviction procedural-review statutory-interpretation unconstitutional virginia-law |
Whether two non-convictions are expungable as 'otherwise dismissed' per Virginia's relevant operative statute or its certain statutory provision appli… |
| 23-6913 |
Carl Thompson v. Marjorie K. Allard, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Alaska, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-court civil-procedure complaint-amendment federal-courts futile-amendment futility-standard judicial-discretion procedural-review rooker-feldman standing |
Was there a violation of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine? |
| 23A758 |
Rachael Eubanks, in Her Personal Capacity, et al. v. Dennis O'Connor |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-02-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law certiorari michigan procedural-review sixth-circuit state-sovereignty |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on state administrative procedures violates principles of state sovereignty or federal administrative law |
| 23-5562 |
Paul Dubois v. Nelson Alves, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk |
First Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-procedure court-conflict criminal-procedure due-process extradition extradition-law judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-review standing |
whether-the-united-states-of-appeals-has-entered-a-decision-in-conflict-with-the-decision-of-another-united-states-court-of-appeals-on-the-same-justic… |
| 23-5497 |
Malik Woods v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus procedural-review standing supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court |
Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals run contrary to clearly established Supreme Court precedent |
| 23-5468 |
Brittney Coleman v. Island Express Helicopters, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aircraft-operation civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation judicial-decision-making legal-competence negligence pilot-certification pilot-competency procedural-review reasonable-care |
Question not identified |
| 23-5355 |
Johnny Lee Warren v. Chris Nanos, Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Did the district court err in dismissing the petitioner's claims under the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of … |
| 23-5283 |
Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. Cal Trahune, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa appellate-review exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus nunc-pro-tunc procedural-review rule-60(b) rule-60b standard-of-review |
whether-dismissal-without-prejudice-of-federal-habeas-corpus-prematurely-filed-counts-as-first-filing-under-aedpa |
| 23-57 |
Julio Yee Cabrera, et al. v. Enrique Lozano, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
|
appellate-discretion attorney-fees circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning judicial-transparency legal-reasoning procedural-review standing transparency |
Whether a U.S. Court of Appeals panel has unfettered discretion in every matter to withhold all indication of its reasons for ruling |
| 22-7106 |
Brian Keith Wells, aka B. K. Wells v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-denial criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing ineffective-assistance procedural-review role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment sixth-circuit substantive-reasonableness ussg-3b1.1 |
Whether Mr. Wells' request for new counsel should have been granted |
| 22-6655 |
Theodore Washington v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
criminal-procedure deference due-process fact-finding federal-court federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus judicial-deference procedural-review state-court state-court-findings |
Must a federal habeas court defer to a state-court finding of fact that favors the defendant? |
| 22-5938 |
Carrington K. Joseph v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standard procedural-review standard-of-review substantial-showing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Court of Appeals decision to deny Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability conflicts with the standard articulated by this Court and its … |
| 22-5834 |
Jose A. Torres v. Lisa Mitchell, Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Center, et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions legal-relief procedural-review standard-of-review trial-error |
Whether Mr. Torres was entitled to relief or an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
| 22-5646 |
Fred Freeman v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights classification-error court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-review qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing |
Did Court of Appeals err in ruling on disability claims under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act? |
| 22-5198 |
Akeem Markiese Rogers v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence evidence-standard jurisdiction legal-standard possession procedural-review search-and-seizure writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 21-7861 |
Omar S. Folk v. Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abeyance case-holding certiorari circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act legal-abeyance procedural-review standing supreme-court |
Whether the Pending Supreme Court Case Egbert v. Boule, Case No. 21-147(Cert. Granted Nov. 5, 2021) Should be Held In Abeyance until outcome |
| 21-7590 |
Stephen Izuchukwu Onwuzulike v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Third Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights deportation due-process immigration immigration-law judicial-discretion jurisdiction non-citizen-rights procedural-review standing takings |
Whether the Due Process Clause prohibits the suppression of a properly filed appeal application |
| 21-6619 |
Jeremiah Y. Nation v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-process legal-review procedural-grounds procedural-review state-court state-court-petition |
Should a Certificate of Appealability be issued on a Fourth Amendment claim in a Habeas Corpus petition where there was a dispute in the U.S. District… |
| 21-6554 |
Frank L. Amodeo v. FCC Coleman - Low, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-conflict constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-remedy procedural-review |
Whether §2255 is inadequate or ineffective when binding precedent forecloses relief even when a meritorious claim of actual innocence is proven |
| 21-5808 |
In Re Tommy Rutledge |
|
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-mandate mandate procedural-review res-judicata sentencing supreme-court-order vacatur |
When a District Court Judge has executed a mandate of the United States Supreme Court by vacating a charge and its sentence, can that same Judge reins… |
| 21-5625 |
Phillip Shawn Horton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-interpretation legal-conflict procedural-review remand remand-order sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the opinion of the court below conflicts with this Court's decisions in Witte v. United States, Stinson v. United States, and Davis v. United … |
| 21-5360 |
Danta Omar Roberts v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure direct-appeal fourth-amendment fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation procedural-review standard-of-review trial-counsel |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by ruling that the record did not conclusively demonstrate any deficiencies in trial counsel's representation, and Mr… |
| 21-135 |
Vaun Monroe v. Columbia College Chicago, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-02 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equitable-estoppel procedural-review racial-discrimination statute-of-limitations title-vii |
Did the court of appeals err in requiring Petitioner Vaun Monroe to show, on a motion to dismiss, that equitable-estoppel can only arise when a defend… |
| 20-8328 |
Juan E. Seary-Colon v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence legal-sufficiency procedural-review standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether Evidence was Totally Insufficient for the Conviction to Stand |
| 20-7795 |
Antwan Lamar Hutchinson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure drope-standard due-process mental-health procedural-review sixth-circuit standard-of-review |
Should the Court reverse the Sixth Circuit's modified version of the three-factor legal test in Drope v. Missouri |
| 20-7690 |
Jon Terrance Winzer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus procedural-review section-2254 standing |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal err in allowing the Western District Court to deny his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition as being improperly filed? |
| 20-7339 |
Kevin Antonio Watson v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation court-procedure critical-stage due-process federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-review right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel structural-error |
Whether trial counsel's absence during the Commonwealth's witness direct examination constitutes a critical stage of the trial and a structural error |
| 20-7179 |
Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court |
Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule 60… |
| 20-5412 |
Kenneth T. Bluew v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process factual-record habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-review sixth-circuit |
Whether the petitioner should be granted a certificate of appealability on his claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel where he has not been… |
| 20-106 |
Alberto Vilar, et al. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massaro-v-united-states procedural-review |
Whether the failure of the district court and the Court of Appeals to consider the expanded habeas record violates Due Process in preventing assessmen… |
| 20-5159 |
Kristopher Lee Roybal v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process fourth-amendment inventory-search misrepresentation ncic-search procedural-due-process procedural-review vehicle-impoundment |
Is impoundment of a vehicle unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment? |
| 19-1408 |
James Coppedge, et ux. v. Janet Z. Charlton |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint civil-rights-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction pleadings procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the District Court review of the facial sufficiency of 42 USC § 1983 and § 1985 complaint below ignored the requirements of FRCP Rule 12(c) |
| 19-934 |
In Re Todd Britton-Harr |
|
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-review second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation successive-petitions supervised-release |
Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 |
| 19-7345 |
Roberto Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-status judicial-conflict legal-interpretation precedent prejudice prejudicial-evidence procedural-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit's opinion conflict with its own precedent in Rojas v. Richardson regarding the prejudicial nature of a party's immigration statu… |
| 19-7319 |
Thomas Bradford Waters v. John Stewart, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process evidentiary-standards excessive-force free-speech judicial-interpretation legal-procedure procedural-review qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment takings |
Whether the district court erred by granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, despite the plaintiff's claims that there were genuine issues… |
| 19-6890 |
Kevin Lamont Pearson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-court due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure final-revocation-hearing magistrate-judge probable-cause procedural-review revocation-hearing rule-32.1 standing |
Does the plain text of Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure bar a district court from considering an alleged violation at a final revo… |
| 19-5498 |
Qwindel Jerome Page v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason procedural-review sixth-circuit standard-of-review standards-of-review |
Whether the district court and the sixth circuit court of appeals erred in denying the petitioner a certificate of appealability |
| 19-5421 |
Charles Earl Davis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-error harmless-error judicial-standard legal-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review procedural-review standard-of-review |
Whether factual error is categorically immune from plain error review? |
| 19-5304 |
Michael Paul Puzey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
38-usc-7253 appellate-review article-iii civil-procedure constitutional-error due-process judicial-procedure jurisdictional-standard legal-interpretation procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Appellate Court committed a Manifest error by Failing to adhere to its obligations and duty under Article III, subsection 2, and 38 U.S.C.… |
| 19-5138 |
Jesus Alonso Gonzalez Gonzalez, aka Jesus Gonzalez, aka Jesus Alonzo Gonzalez, aka Alonzo Gonzalez, aka Roberto Soto v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
allocution allocution-error appellate-review criminal-procedure defendant-objection defendant-rights due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-error plain-error procedural-review rule-51b sentencing |
Whether allocution error deprives the defendant of an opportunity to object to that error within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 51(… |
| 18-9075 |
Ponce D. Howard v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure conflict conflict-of-evidence declaration-conflict declarations investigation investigation-findings magistrate-judge procedural-review summary-judgment workplace-policy |
Did the Magistrate Judge, District Court, and Eleventh Circuit misapply summary judgment principles by not addressing the conflict between the declara… |
| 18-8891 |
Warner Bernard Crider v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§-2255 buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus merits-review procedural-review sixth-circuit |
Was Crider denied a COA improperly, where the Sixth Circuit's decision is contrary to Buck v. Davis? |
| 18-8703 |
Alan Wade Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner legal-background procedural-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement silent-record successive-habeas-motion successive-motion |
When a federal prisoner demonstrates that, due to a silent record and the relevant legal background, the sentencing court may have relied on the Armed… |
| 18-8589 |
Demetrius S. Rankin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-law court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance legal-ethics legal-standards procedural-review right-to-counsel |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied and ignored the procedural pronouncements made in Anders v. California |
| 18-8486 |
Joel Marvin Munt v. Eddie Miles, Warden |
Minnesota |
2019-03-21 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights department-of-corrections due-process filing-delay frivolousness habeas-corpus judicial-error mootness procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation |
Was it error to not consider the DOC's role in filing delays when ruling Writ. of Habeas corpus moot? |
| 18-8449 |
Juan Bustos-Chavez v. Matthew Hansen, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence alibi alibi-evidence due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-review murray-v-carrier procedural-review |
Whether the actual innocence exception established by Murray v. Carrier applies to alibi evidence |
| 18-8089 |
Lattrell Anthony Morris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-due-process court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts gvr habeas-corpus procedural-review rule-60b standing summary-denial summary-disposition |
Whether the Certificate of Appealability standard can be consistently applied when petitioners are denied relief under Rule 60(b) |
| 18-7791 |
Joyce Ann Smith v. City of Princeton, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-dismissal civil-mediation civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court due-process magistrate-judge mediation procedural-review reconsideration settlement settlement-dispute standing towing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 18-833 |
Brandi K. Stokes v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure geneva-conventions international-law judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-review subject-matter subject-matter-characterization subject-matter-jurisdiction treaty-obligations united-states-courts |
Whether a United States Court of Appeals may rely upon the subject matter characterizations of a lower court to avoid jurisdiction to review a claim f… |
| 18-6987 |
Javon Sanders v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
13th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-challenge due-process evidence-standard forced-labor-slavery interaction-log international-covenant international-law involuntary-servitude labor-conditions law-enforcement police-contact prison-labor prison-reform procedural-review |
Whether the failure of the Arkansas Department of Correction to pay equitable remuneration to its inmate population violates the Thirteenth Amendment'… |
| 18-6546 |
Alexander Castellano-Benitez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit evidence exculpatory-evidence Judicial-Precedent precedent Procedural-Review prosecutorial-misconduct Writ-of-Certiorari |
Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if the Eight Circuit and the lower court erred in failing to follow this court's prior precedent i… |
| 18-5608 |
Andres Mata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus judicial-determination procedural-review state-appeals state-court-review |
Whether a federal court of appeals' determination that a habeas petitioner failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional righ… |