| 25-5262 |
Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa competency-to-be-executed ford-claim habeas-corpus mental-functioning second-or-successive-petition |
Does a competency to be executed claim based upon common law 'idiocy' that presents a petitioner's current mental functioning and supported by recent … |
| 24-5142 |
Thomas E. Creech v. Tim Richardson, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split competency-to-be-executed death-penalty federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus late-evolving-facts second-or-successive-petition statutory-interpretation successive-petitions |
Is a federal habeas petition based on late-evolving facts second or successive when it is not based on a claim that the inmate is incompetent to be ex… |
| 23-1345 |
Danny Richard Rivers v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (17)Response RequestedRelisted (4) |
28-usc-2244(b)(2) appellate-review circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus second-or-successive-habeas second-or-successive-petition seven-factor-test |
Whether § 2244(b)(2) applies to second-in-time habeas filings |
| 23-6826 |
Clifford D. Jackson v. Neil McDowell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
60b6-motion attachments district-court-discretion dixon-v-baker habeas-corpus motion-recharacterization procedural-rules rhine-v-weber rhines-stay second-or-successive-petition slack-v-mcdaniels |
Question not identified |
| 23-6276 |
Danny Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa bitemark-evidence constitutional-challenge federal-constitutional-rights forensic-science habeas-corpus judicial-resources newly-ripened-claims second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition |
Is a habeas petition 'second or successive' when the factual predicate giving rise to the petitioner's claim occurs long after the petitioner filed hi… |
| 23-323 |
Joseph Gamboa v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (10) |
abandonment aedpa gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus indigent-representation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel rule-60(b) second-or-successive-petition |
Whether a Rule 60(b) motion claiming that habeas counsel's abandonment prevented the consideration of a petitioner's claims should always be recharact… |
| 21-5025 |
James Galen Hanna v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 abuse-of-writ banister-v-davis due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-law second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition |
When a petition for writ of habeas corpus presents claims that do not constitute an 'abuse of the writ,' is it a 'second or successive' petition under… |
| 20-5378 |
James Lynn Styers v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case certificate-of-appealability collateral-review eddings-standard eddings-v-oklahoma habeas-corpus mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit second-or-successive-petition |
Whether the Arizona Supreme Court is required to consider all available mitigation evidence during reweighing on collateral review to correct an Eddin… |
| 19-7640 |
Phillip Auston Carrier v. Billy Romero, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 appellate-review congress-intent consent constitutional-law federal-appellate-court federal-prosecutor federal-prosecutor-consent gatekeeping-role gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-motion prosecutorial-consent second-or-successive-petition second-petition section-2255 |
Whether the remedy by motion authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) is rendered inadequate or ineffective |
| 19-6531 |
Demetrius Frazier v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 capital-sentencing capital-sentencing-scheme certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus second-or-successive-petition sixth-amendment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit should have issued a certificate of appealability |
| 19-6156 |
Randy Ethan Halprin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (6)IFP |
abuse-of-the-writ aedpa anti-semitism capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-bias racial-discrimination recusal second-or-successive-petition |
Whether Halprin's second federal petition raising a judicial bias claim is 'second or successive' under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) if the judge concealed … |
| 18-8373 |
Jose J. Galiany-Cruz v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-officer-fraud criminal-conviction fraud fraud-by-officer-of-court hazel-atlas hazel-atlas-motion officer-of-the-court puerto-rico-territory second-or-successive-2255-petition second-or-successive-petition statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Could a Hazel-Atlas motion be used to attack a criminal conviction? |
| 18-8029 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Amici (6)IFP |
28-usc-2244(b) amendment anti-gay-animus appellate-procedure appellate-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus impartial-jury juror-bias second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition second-or-successive-petitions standing |
Could reasonable jurists debate whether a court may permit an amendment to an initial habeas corpus petition, without applying 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)'s l… |
| 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 |
| 18-7020 |
Jose Antonio Jimenez v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-giglio-violation brady-violation capital-case constitutional-rights due-process gatekeeping-requirements giglio-violation government-suppression habeas-corpus second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition second-successive-petition |
Where a numerically-second § 2254 motion raises an actionable Brady/Giglio violation |
| 18-6396 |
Guillermo Solorio, Jr. v. William Muniz, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244(b)(2) brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-defendant criminal-procedure evidence-suppression federal-statute habeas-corpus hidden-evidence second-or-successive-petition |
Whether a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus based on Brady v. Maryland Evidence That Was Hidden from a Criminal Defendant — Until After Appeal and … |