| 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 |
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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 |
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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 … |