| 24-7185 |
Wayne Johnson v. First District Appellate Project, et al. |
California |
2025-05-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-fiduciary-duty confidential-communications criminal-defendant fourteenth-amendment public-defender sixth-amendment |
Whether an attorney appointed at public expense has a fiduciary duty to a criminal defendant to not disclose confidential communications in an environ… |
| 24-5066 |
Lynual McElroy v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-07-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel constitutional-amendment constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender speedy-trial |
speedy-trial |
| 23-5695 |
Stephen Michael Michuda v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2023-10-03 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendants indigent-rights ineffective-assistance procedural-bar public-defender public-defenders time-bar |
Is it unconstitutional for the State of Minnesota to block all avenues for indigent defendants against public defenders? |
| 23-5418 |
Billy Noel Catherwood v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-circuit national-emergency public-defender standing state-corrections time-extension victim-impact |
Did the Mid. Dis. of FL y. U.S. Ct. of App. err (in not following Supreme Court Order allowing 180-day extension of time for filing federal habeas cor… |
| 22-6571 |
Marcus Wayne Covington v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-01-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bond-hearing civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender sentencing-guidelines sentencing-report standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals failed to properly consider or address the Court's abuse of discretion |
| 22-5099 |
Erwin Whitter v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisal-statute burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process legal-rights public-defender right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the petitioner has a right to be granted extended time to secure counsel, the right to obtain the burden of proof, and the right to the Sixth … |
| 21-7906 |
Ruben Sanchez v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-05-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
adequate-representation due-process judicial-consideration legal-representation plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal pro-se public-defender withdrawal |
Does a Pro Se plaintiff have a due process right to the adequate performance of counsel when represented by a public defender for the purpose of withd… |
| 21-7022 |
Patrick Nilo Gil v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction public-defender sentencing suppression-hearing video-evidence |
Whether the seizure of a vehicle by law enforcement officers was lawful, given the alleged lack of authority and the defendant's claims of defective p… |
| 21-6169 |
Donald Stephen Yaag v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender |
Whether Petitioner's exculpatory evidence claims reflect actual innocence of sexual assault |
| 20-8248 |
Richard W. Williams v. Sherie Korneman, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance fourteenth-amendment further-proceedings ineffective-assistance public-defender sixth-amendment |
Does having biased jurors on a jury panel, one of which stated during voir dire questioning, 'murder is murder. I don't believe there's a defense for … |
| 20-7584 |
In Re Terril Lee Graham |
|
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1st-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-threats due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech public-defender |
Is California Penal Code 422, Criminal Threats, an invalid statute, prohibiting the exercise of 1st Amendment free speech rights? |
| 20-6731 |
Kevin Francis v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-screening court-procedure criminal-procedure indigent-defendants judicial-error legal-waiver precedent public-defender sixth-amendment waiver |
Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court erred when it held that a public defender case screener who did not represent the defendant waived th… |
| 20-346 |
D. Ashley Pennington v. Beattie I. Butler |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-termination first-amendment fourth-circuit public-defender qualified-immunity scott-v-harris standing |
Whether the Fourth Circuit should have exercised jurisdiction and considered evidence regarding qualified immunity |
| 20-5519 |
Richard Wanke v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arrest arrest-initiation conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process prosecution prosecutorial-delay public-defender speedy-trial |
When does an arrest initiate prosecution for speedy trial purposes? |
| 19-8903 |
William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2020-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-claim criminal-appeal culyer-v-sullivan due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel post-conviction-proceedings public-defender strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in determining Gibson's conflict of interest claim should be analyzed under Strickland v. Washington rather th… |
| 19-8736 |
Linda Renae Clark v. Washington |
Washington |
2020-06-17 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
adversarial-testing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-evidence public-defender recusal sixth-amendment |
whether-a-criminal-defendant's-sixth-amendment-rights-are-violated |
| 19-7840 |
Victor Dewayne Jones v. Joe Errington |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance judicial-review mental-competency mental-evaluation post-conviction psychiatric-evaluation public-defender sentencing sentencing-petition trial-counsel |
Whether Petitioner was denied his right to due process of law |
| 19-1068 |
Keith Inchierchiere v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-misconduct criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender retained-attorney sentencing-exposure seventy-year-term trial-rights |
Does a defendant receive ineffective assistance of counsel where his retained attorney fails to appear on the first day of trial, and, after receiving… |
| 19-7601 |
Craig K. Garrett v. Joseph Madder, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure digital-privacy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct public-defender right-to-counsel search-and-seizure state-attorney |
Can the state of Colorado remove a defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel (trial and appellate) and use of a public defender due to pros… |
| 19-6585 |
Gelu Topa v. Almonte Kerbs, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct probable-cause public-defender subpoena video-evidence |
Why was there no video of the arrest/incident? |
| 19-5968 |
Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez v. Mike Carpenter, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-defendants direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-bar public-defender trevino-v-thaler |
Where a state, through operation of its laws, requires some capital defendants to be represented by the same public defender at both trial and on thei… |
| 19-5514 |
In Re Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa |
|
2019-08-08 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction public-defender wrongful-conviction |
Whether the Blue Caste that rested on a Wrongful Conviction of an innocent person because of Ineffective Counsel Lack Knowledge and Understanding of t… |
| 18-8484 |
Gregory Donzell Bailey v. Ricky Foxwell, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment caseload caseload-management civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance public-defender public-defenders right-to-counsel |
Whether the defendants' representation and resources should be limited due to public defenders in trial courts being overwhelmed with caseloads |
| 18-7021 |
Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender |
Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the 'Equitable Tolling' in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public … |
| 18-6696 |
Octavio Torres Ortega v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal motion-to-suppress public-defender speedy-trial trial-counsel witness-credibility |
did-the-trial-court-err-in-denying-a-judgment-of-acquittal |
| 18-6688 |
Stephen D. Leonard v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights dade-county due-process public-defender public-leader restitution right-to-counsel standing universal-declaration-of-human-rights |
Did the State court violate Petitioner's right to counsel by allowing 'pro waved' Dade County Public Defender to appear on behalf of the court ordered… |
| 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… |