| 25-768 |
Charity Mainville v. United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-31 |
Denied |
|
circuit-court extraordinary-writ judicial-review legal-remedy mandamus procedural-standard |
1. Whether the Fourth Circuit may impose "undue delay" as a standalone prerequisite to mandamus relief when this Court's three-part test includes no s… |
| 25-413 |
Jean Dominique Morancy, Individually and on Behalf His Minor Child, L. M. v. Sabrina Alex Salomon, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-rights-injunction due-process merits-inquiry procedural-standard younger-abstention |
1. Whether Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674 (2008)
requirement that courts consider the underlying
merits—not merely jurisdictional questions—before
absta… |
| 25-5408 |
Julio Aviles, Sr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-review judicial-discretion legal-error miscarriage-of-justice procedural-standard statutory-interpretation |
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| 24-5922 |
Christopher Gabriel Allen-Shinn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation guilty-plea judicial-precedent procedural-standard seven-factor-test withdrawal |
Whether the seven-factor test for withdrawing a guilty
plea mandated in United States v. Carr , 740 F.2d 339, 343-
44 (5th Cir. 1984) complies with … |
| 24-5132 |
Charles Fitzgerald Branch v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split evidence-admissibility evidence-admission federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay hearsay-rule judicial-interpretation non-hearsay non-hearsay-probative-value probative-value procedural-standard |
Should this Court resolve a split between the Ninth and Third circuits, where the Third Circuit has condemned the admission of evidence for a non-hear… |
| 23-7285 |
Sabrina Gibson v. Thomas F. Roupas, Jr., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion manifest-error prejudice procedural-standard standard-of-review |
Whether it was manifest error and significantly prejudicial for the District Court to apply a heightened standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedur… |
| 23-7064 |
Omar Sierre Folk v. Warden, Allenwood FCI |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2241-petition 2255-escape-hatch actual-innocence custodial-petition custody direct-cert-denial escape-hatch habeas-corpus procedural-shot procedural-standard section-2255 |
1. Whether Lower Court Misapplied Inadequate or Ineffective for purposes of § 2255 only when a Petitioner (1) Makes A Claim of Actual Innocence and (2… |
| 22-7054 |
Jamar L. Travillion v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process federal-review forfeiture habeas-corpus procedural-standard right-to-counsel waiver |
I. Could reasonable jurists disagree with the District Court's rejection of
Petitioner's claim that the State Courts' determination that he forfeited… |
| 22-6667 |
Robert Henry Steele v. Dan Redington |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard reasonable-jurists standard-of-review summary-reversal |
Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's denial of a COA where the underlying issues were clearly debatable by jurists of reas… |
| 22-6428 |
Jermaine Scott v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights district-court due-process federal-habeas judicial-discretion procedural-standard standing |
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| 22-5720 |
Mark Julian Edmonds v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge procedural-standard residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional |
Was Mr. Edmonds required to prove, in district court, that it is "more likely than not" that the sentencing judge "actually relied on" the ACCA's unco… |
| 22-5200 |
Robert Oulton, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-showing due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-standard |
QUESTION ONE:
IN FILING FOR A COA, CAN A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE RECORD BY AN
INDIGENT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIVE PART OF DEMONSTRATING "A
SUBSTA… |
| 22-5166 |
In Re DeVinche Javon AlBritton |
|
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals constitutional-law due-process federal-appeals federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review mandamus procedural-standard standing |
(1) Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit evaluating a 28 U.S.C. § 2244 Motion for authorization to file a Second or Succes… |
| 21-6859 |
Jaquirro T. Scott v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review plea-bargaining procedural-standard standing |
I. Whether acceptance of a guilty plea without establishing a crime against the United States constitutes a structural error that voids the subsequent… |
| 21-6329 |
Steven Blakeney v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard summary-reversal |
Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's denial of a COA where the underlying issues were clearly debatable by jurists of reas… |
| 21-73 |
Albon Diamond v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-U.S.C.-§-2254 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief procedural-standard |
Whether a freestanding claim of actual innocence is cognizable in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding. |
| 20-8305 |
Gersu Guisao v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceeding martinez-v-ryan material-witnesses new-evidence newly-discovered-evidence procedural-standard |
1. Did individual counsel collateral counsel breach no. Judiciary job) loading three, of four grooms 4wvt mydodkA'-Wne critical Expert $ndL material u… |
| 20-1710 |
Zafar Bakhramovich Yadigarov v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-writ appellate-procedure coram-nobis delay due-process judicial-discretion legal-diligence legal-standards procedural-standard sound-reasons writ-of-error |
As petitions for writs of error corum nobis are not subject to any formal deadlines nor any statutes of limitations, the nation's courts generally den… |
| 20-1153 |
Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees bad-faith civil-procedure costs-and-fees court-discretion inherent-authority judicial-power legal-costs objective-conduct procedural-standard subjective-bad-faith |
Whether a court considering a motion for an award of costs and attorney's fees pursuant to the court's inherent authority must require the movant to p… |
| 20-6698 |
Richard H. Morrison v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-burden habeas-corpus legal-burden procedural-standard state-courts state-jurisdiction |
DO THE STATE HAVE THE BURDEN, AND THEN THAT BURDEN SHIFT BACK TO THE DEFENDANT TO CHALLENGE? |
| 19-8863 |
Michael Strausbaugh v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appealability appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-district-court habeas-corpus judicial-determination miller-el-doctrine procedural-standard standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals contravenes the Certificate of Appealability is denied based on the Unsheltered Court Records determined in and whether t… |
| 18-8845 |
Abel Revill Ochoa v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
ayestas-v-davis capital-case capital-punishment death-penalty due-process federal-funding funding habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation procedural-standard statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether, in light of Ayestas v. Davis, 138 S. Ct. 1080 (2018), a court applies an overly burdensome standard for funding under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f)… |
| 18-8820 |
Carman L. Deck v. Richard Jennings, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability death-penalty district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-standard reasonable-jurists standard-of-review |
Mr. Deck filed a petition for habeas corpus relief from his convictions and death sentences. The district court granted relief as to two grounds, but … |
| 18-8104 |
Robert William Frazier v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-screening due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-analysis procedural-standard standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent |
Under 28 U.S.C. §2253 (c)(2), a habeas petitioner can request a circuit justice or judge to grant him or her a certificate of appealability ("COA"), b… |
| 18-904 |
King Law Group, PLLC, et al. v. M2 Technology, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bell-v-hood circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-facts merits merits-overlap procedural-standard standing steel-co-v-citizens-for-a-better-environment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
In light of the Steel Co. rule that jurisdiction must be determined as "an antecedent" matter, what is the proper procedure for handling situations in… |
| 18-5887 |
Cecil L. Morton v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-component procedural-standard supreme-court-precedent |
Is a Criminal Defendant Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability When; (1) it is Demonstrated that a Substantial Showing of the Denial of a Constitu… |
| 18-5796 |
Ray Jefferson Cromartie v. Eric Sellers, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability circuit-split court-of-appeals exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-information habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard reasonable-diligence |
1. Where multiple judges of a court of appeals consider an application for a certificate of appealability in a habeas corpus action, must the court gr… |
| 18-5774 |
Rochelle Driessen v. Royal Bank of Scotland |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review procedural-standard standing summary-order supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-court-of-appeals |
WHETHER THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT'S MAY 259 2017, SUMMARY ORDER IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH A DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPR… |
| 18-5270 |
Steven Lynn Deem v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurists-of-reason merits-hearing procedural-standard self-representation |
Did the Fifth Court of Appeals abuse it's discretion when it denied the Petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability (COA) because Deem fail… |