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25A578 Edgal Iribhogbe v. C. Lepe, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-11-17 Application case-or-controversy habeas-corpus jurisdictional-dismissal mootness pretrial-detention section-2241 Whether a federal prisoner's appeal of a § 2241 petition challenging pretrial detention becomes moot upon conviction and sentencing
24-6163 Lonnie Eugene Lillard, et al. v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP detention-conditions federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review section-2241 statutory-interpretation Under Jones v. Hendrix, may federal prisoners challenge the manner, location, or conditions of detention through a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S…
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…
24A43 Carlos Demond Robinson v. Sean Janson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete declaratory-judgment jones-v-hendrix section-2241 section-2255 statutory-interpretation successive-collateral-attack Whether a federal prisoner can use a § 2241 petition or declaratory judgment action to challenge a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) based on an int…
23A182 Bruce R. Sands, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-28 Presumed Complete circuit-split conditions-of-confinement deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment habeas-corpus section-2241 Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus jurisdiction extends to allow federal courts to adjudicate an inmate's claims challenging the constitutionality…
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…
22-5329 Chadrick Fulks v. T. J. Watson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-U.S.C-2241 28-U.S.C-2255 collateral-review death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability section-2241 section-2255 Is an intellectually disabled and death-sentenced prisoner entitled to review under 28-U.S.C-2241 because diligent counsel could not have raised this …
21-7524 Matthew Staszak v. John P. Yates, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 8th-circuit actual-innocence circuit-split due-process habeas-corpus local-rule-47a(a) section-2241 summary-disposition Should petitioner's due-process right to meaningful-review of 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence claims be foreclosed by 8th-circuit's local-rule-47a(a) sum…
21-7284 Jesus Ruiz v. Louis Williams, II, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2241 section-2255 sentence statutory-interpretation Whether a new statutory interpretation from this Court allows a federal prisoner to redress the legality of his conviction or sentence pursuant to 28 …
21-6988 Paul E. Pavulak v. Warden, FMC Butner Ninth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-§-2241 28-U.S.C-§-2255(e) federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan postconviction-review section-2241 section-2255 May a federal prisoner seeking review of a defaulted claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel seek postconviction review under 28-U.S.C-§-2241…
21-6552 Keith Carr v. Steve Kallis, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-u.s.c.-2241 due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus liberty-interest miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-851 sentencing-enhancement title-21-enhancement whether-an-unlawful-application-of-an-enhancement-pursuant-to-title-21-u.s.c.-851-amounts-to-a-fundamental-misscarriage-of-justice
21-763 John Forrest Ham, Jr. v. M. Breckon, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity section-2241 section-2255 sentence-review sentencing Whether a district court has jurisdiction under section 2241 to review a claim that a federal prisoner's sentence is invalid in light of an intervenin…
21-316 Lorenzo Williams v. Steve Kallis, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus mathis-decision mathis-v-united-states section-2241 section-2255 statutory-interpretation What type of change in the law allows a person to file a § 2241 petition?
21-5101 Giuseppe Viola, aka Joseph John Viola v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cares-act conditions-of-confinement criminal-law eighth-amendment federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus restitution section-2241 supervised-release Whether jurisdiction exists for presentation of grounds for relief from all custody under § 2241, challenging conditions of confinement
19-7144 James Brandon Strouse v. Warden, USP Coleman II Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 conviction-challenge federal-prisoner habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective post-conviction-relief section-2241 section-2255 sentence-challenge sentencing Can a federal prisoner challenge their sentence or conviction under 28 U.S.C. Sect. 2241 motion when their post Section 2255 motion is inadequate or i…
19-6708 Daniel Wert v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden Third Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence administrative-remedy atypical-and-significant-hardship atypical-hardship civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction sandin-v-conners section-2241 standing Whether the district court had jurisdiction over the actual-innocence claim, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2241, even though no good time credit was t…
19-5382 In Re Solomon Roberts 2019-07-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-454 abuse-of-judicial-power district-court-function due-process federal-system judicial-administration judicial-administration-federal-system judicial-power magistrate-judge-neutrality mandamus section-2241 supervisory-control supreme-court-control u.s.-supreme-court Whether the supervisory control of U.S. Supreme Court is necessary to proper Judicial Administration in the Federal System?
19-5241 Zack Zafer Dyab v. Nicole English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2241-petition 2255-motion 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-discretion circuit-split detention-challenge foreclosure habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause section-2241 section-2255 united-states-v-wheeler Does the Petitioner have to test the legality of his detention in the initial 2255 motion, even though the argument would have been rejected on the me…
19-5027 Eddie David Cox v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rehaif-v-united-states,sentenci double-jeopardy eighth-circuit guidelines-calculation procedural-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states resentencing section-2241 sentencing sentencing-review Should the Court GVR the judgment of the Eighth Circuit so the appeals court may consider, whether Cox is entitled to relief from his conviction in li…
18-9197 Earl Moore v. Stephen Kallis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence descamps-v-united-states due-process due-process-clause mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause section-2241 stash-house-robbery statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Whether Mathis v. United States represents a substantive change in law and should be applied retroactively in a § 2241 petition
18-8619 In Re Derrell L. Gilchrist 2019-03-29 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation Can petitioner seek relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2241 to address clarification of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) in the First Step Act of 2018?
18-7581 Brandon Erwin v. FCI Coleman - Low, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-jurisdiction jurisdictional-restriction retroactive-change section-2241 section-2255 Does the Eleventh Circuit too narrowly restrict a district court's § 2241 corpus jurisdiction?
18-7498 Eddie Hall v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense due-process fundamental-defect habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the District and Circuit Courts erred in the denial of Hall's § 2241 Petition
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)?
18-6608 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?
18-5781 Larry Dean Dusenbery v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden Third Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Relisted (5)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech due-process federal-prisoner free-speech habeas-corpus religious-freedom section-2241 sentencing-issue standing Does the First Amendment prohibit the government from requiring individuals to engage in speech that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs?
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 …