savings-clause

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25-5674 Byron Neal v. Warden, FCI Terminal Island Ninth Circuit 2025-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-question detention-legality habeas-corpus savings-clause second-successive-motion Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("Ninth Circuit") erred in construing Neal's Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus und…
24A429 Earl Francis Hart v. Charles Daniels, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-10-31 Presumed Complete actual-innocence criminal-conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus savings-clause section-2241 Whether a federal prisoner can collaterally challenge his criminal convictions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 by invoking the savings clause of § 2255(e) base…
23-6206 Ken Ejimofor Ezeah v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 custody habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review noncitizen-rights removal-order savings-clause statutory-interpretation successive-petitions Does the savings clause provided in Section 2255(e) allow the court to hear a prisoner's custody petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 following the d…
22-7351 Leonard Scaggs v. A. Ciolli, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence habeas-corpus jury-instructions rosemond-decision savings-clause section-2241 supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-rosemond Whether this Court's decision in United States v. Rosemond was available to petitioner in a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 under the 'savin…
22-1021 John Jose Watford v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-precedent circuit-decision collateral-review convicting-circuit-law federal-inmate habeas-corpus savings-clause statutory-interpretation Whose law governs the scope of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) and § 2241
22-7139 Bobby Richardson v. Richard A. Luna, Warden First Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-procedure habeas-corpus savings-clause standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the lower court's lack of factual predicate jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) motion could not be adjudicated
22-738 Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Relisted (2) 18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences
22-6262 Babubhai Patel v. T. J. Watson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-discretion due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan newly-discovered-evidence procedural-default procedural-due-process rosemond-v-united-states savings-clause statutory-interpretation Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion
22-5270 Joaquin Mendez-Hernandez v. Catricia Howard Ninth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief savings-clause statutory-interpretation What is the scope of the 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) savings clause for habeas corpus relief?
21-917 Abel Diaz v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville Fourth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response Waived drug-offense drug-offenses habeas-corpus jurisdiction jury-trial savings-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether the district court had jurisdiction under the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) to adjudicate the merits of petitioner Diaz's § 2241 petit…
21-203 John A. Mandacina v. Frederick Entzel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response Waived brady-claim brady-rule due-process due-process-clause evidence-withholding federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief savings-clause statutory-interpretation Did the court of appeals correctly conclude that petitioner's Brady claim fell outside the scope of the 'savings clause' of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)
20-7816 Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix Third Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2246 18-usc-2255(e) 18-usc-2423(b) constitutional-review conviction-and-sentence-enhancement conviction-challenge criminal-statute due-process savings-clause sexual-abuse-of-a-minor supreme-court-interpretation Whether the generic federal definition of sexual abuse of a minor defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2246 applies to 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b) statute
20-7789 In Re Michael K. Ciacci 2021-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP district-of-columbia district-of-columbia-code due-process exhaustion-of-remedies ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-recusal procedural-exhaustion savings-clause state-remedies Whether the scope of the savings clause under District of Columbia Code Section 23-110(g) is open to a claim supported by judicial failure to recuse?
20-6448 Eugene Davis v. Herman Quay, Warden Third Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split habeas-corpus jurisdictional-split legal-remedy savings-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement Whether courts have jurisdiction to consider habeas claims when the remedy under Section 2255 is inadequate
20-5635 Daniel Thomason Smith v. Warden, FCI Beaumont Fifth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP allocution brady-violation conflict-of-interest due-process exculpatory-evidence false-witness identity-theft judicial-misconduct medicare-fraud mens-rea savings-clause Question not identified
20-5032 Daniel Lewis Lee v. T. J. Watson, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 brady-claim due-diligence federal-inmates habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel savings-clause sixth-amendment structural-bar Whether the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) is available where the circuit having § 2255 venue imposes a categorical structural bar on federal i…
19-1365 Ramon Hueso v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Relisted (2) 28-usc-2255 circuit-law circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief retroactivity savings-clause sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether an individual serving a wrongfully enhanced sentence is barred from obtaining relief solely because the wrongfulness of the sentence was estab…
19-7386 Jack Dowell v. Richard Hudgins, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence burden-of-proof circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions retroactivity savings-clause suspension-of-writ Where the district court dismissed Mr. Dowell's §§2241 and 2255(e) habeas petition claiming the savings clause does not apply to Mr. Dowell, in light …
19-6838 Joshua Smith v. Sandra Butler, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appellate-review caselaw federal-procedure guideline-range habeas-corpus incorrect-guideline-range mandatory-guidelines savings-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Courts of Appeals have incorrectly interpreted the 'savings clause' found in 28 USC 2255(e)
19-5058 In Re Artur Tchibassa 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation extradition habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-discretion jurisprudence savings-clause statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether the lower courts abused their discretion by refusing to apply the Reyes-Requena savings clause jurisprudence
18-9842 Alpidio Gonzalez v. Ralph Hanson, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2241 2241-petition 2255 2255-motion habeas-corpus judicial-review mathis-v-united-states prior-conviction saving-clause savings-clause sentence-enhancement How can a person show that a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2241 is the proper way to demonstrate he is entitled relief when the lower courts deny a motion, wi…
18-8182 Monty M. Shelton v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice non-capital obstruction procedural-hurdles savings-clause sixth-amendment Should meritorious actual innocence claims in non-capital Habeas Corpus filings overcome all procedural hurdles and be afforded at least one full and …
18-8090 Edward J. Zakrzewski, II v. Florida Florida 2019-02-22 Denied IFP capital-punishment criminal-procedure death-penalty eighth-amendment florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state jury-unanimity retroactive-application retroactivity savings-clause substantive-law Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments require retroactive application of the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Hurst v. State to capital defe…
18-7869 Samuel Deorio v. Vic Flournoy, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 acca-predicate-offenses constitutional-law court-of-appeals habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241-2255 new-rule-of-constitutional-law retroactivity savings-clause second-or-successive-petition sentencing-enhancement successive-petitions unconstitutional-sentence Whether 28 U.S.C. §2255(e) may serve as a failsafe mechanism
18-7300 Michael L. Millis v. Stephen Kallis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-USC-2241 28-usc-2255 custodian custody due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue prisoner-petition savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 transfer-of-venue What is the correct interpretation of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)?
18-6984 Benjamin Tillman v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 collateral-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcfadden-case mcfadden-v-us retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner was entitled to file an application for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §2241 and/or 28 U.S.C. 2255(e) in light of McFadden v. U.S.
18-6608 William Charles O'Neil v. FCC Coleman, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied IFP circuit-split habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue retroactive-law retroactivity savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) correct?
18-6607 Scott Peters v. John Baldwin Seventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs Whether the district court erred in denying plaintiff's claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs, its directors, the hospital staff, the stat…
18-6534 John Taylor Tyler v. Eric Wilson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act factual-innocence federal-habeas habeas-corpus savings-clause statute-of-limitations When a prisoner has made a substantial showing of factual innocence, does a district court err when it holds that the broad jurisdiction of 28 U.S.C. …
18-499 Mark Griffioen, et al. v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railways Company, et al. Iowa 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) alternative-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-railroad-safety-act federal-remedy interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption preemption-under-iccta public-safety rail-transportation savings-clause state-law state-law-claims takings Whether the Iowa Supreme Court erred in holding that state laws of general application addressing primarily public safety issues and with only an inci…
18-6212 Thomas Burgess v. Nicole English, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255e amendment-782 criminal-procedure intervening-arrest mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice precedent-change savings-clause sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-relief-28-usc-2255e Whether a defendant can seek relief under the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) when the court of appeals changes its binding precedent to what th…
18-6146 Charles Neuman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-custody habeas-corpus mathis savings-clause section-2255 Whether a claim of actual innocence of Armed Career Criminal status, based on this Court's decision in Mathis is cognizable under the savings clause
18-5691 Darryl Jerome Baker v. R. C. Cheatham, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP 2241-habeas 2241-motion 2255-motion 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment savings-clause state-priors title-28 unconstitutional-enhancement Whether the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment Rights are violated
18-5483 Martin R. Vandemerwe v. Steve Langford, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice retroactive-decision savings-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Circuit Split between the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and other listed Circuits sufficient given it denies defendant's in all the other Ci…
18-5392 Quitman Carter v. B. E. Blackmon, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act foreclosed-claims habeas-corpus johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar retroactivity savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in ruling that Mr. Carter's claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 are jurisdictionally barred from consideration because they …