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25A902 Raymond Ghaloustian, aka Valnyk Matthewsi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-02-09 Application appellate-review certificate-of-appealability federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 Question not identified.
25A824 Fred Davis Clark, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-20 Application circuit-split collateral-review habeas-corpus noncustodial-punishment restitution-order section-2255 Question not identified.
25-6557 David Calhoun v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP contempt-of-court government-waiver habeas-corpus judicial-review section-2255 sentencing I. Should the § 2255 Court's denial of Petitioner's claim under Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257 (1971) be construed as barring said claim from re…
25-6527 Brian William Schumaker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-precedent jurisdictional-challenge motion-denial plenary-review record-expansion section-2255 I. WHETHER the lower courts erred in denying petitioner's motions to expanding the record in the district court and supplementing the record in the co…
25-6454 Derek Capozzi v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-retroactivity residual-clause section-2255 sentence-enhancement 1. Whether, to qualify under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 for relief from a sentence enhancement imposed by operation of the now abrogated residual clause of 18 U…
25-5902 Ramon Simpson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split credibility-determination evidentiary-hearing section-2255 sixth-amendment Whether, in light of a profound and acknowledged circuit split, a district court may deny a § 2255 hearing by making a dispositive credibility determi…
25A358 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance law-library prison-conditions section-2255 Whether a federal prisoner can obtain relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 based on ineffective assistance of counsel when facing procedural barriers in acce…
25-5630 Geneva Kristina Hudson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining section-2255 Must a petitioner alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in advising whether to plead guilty demonstrate a predisposition to pleading guilty as a …
25A281 Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Presumed Complete collateral-review due-diligence federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2255 successive-petition Whether a federal prisoner may file a successive habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 without demonstrating new evidence or a retroactive constituti…
25A275 Benjamin Jakes-Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-09 Presumed Complete appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct section-2255 Whether a district court's summary denial of a certificate of appealability without substantive analysis violates a criminal defendant's right to mean…
25-260 Patrick Franklin Harris v. Ricardo R. Carter First Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-review court-bias habeas-corpus judicial-impartiality legal-procedure section-2255 Is the 28 U.S.C. § 2255 process effective when the impartiality of the habeas court and appellate have been disrupted so significantly that they canno…
25-5452 In Re Andrew James Johnston 2025-08-22 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-privilege filing-restrictions habeas-corpus merits-determination section-2255 Is petitioner entitled to immediate relief, including issuance of a writ of habeas corpus from this Court, to protect the privilege of habeas corpus a…
25A178 Michael Rene Garrett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-12 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims habeas-corpus post-judgment-motions pro-se-litigation section-2255 Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) for challenging a district court's denial of post-judgment motions in a 28 …
25A172 Jonathan Seay v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-08 Presumed Complete amendment-timing circuit-split factual-innocence habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limits section-2255 Whether a federal habeas petitioner may file an amended 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition during the pendency of the original petition when circuits are divid…
24-7392 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP claim-preclusion collateral-review direct-appeal ninth-circuit procedural-rule section-2255 Does the Ninth Circuit's rule that issues raised and rejected on direct appeal are not reviewable in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition conflict with the gen…
24-7240 Luis Fernandez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus judicial-review residual-clause section-2255 Are federal courts precluded from granting a federal prisoner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate an illegal conviction in light of Davis where the re…
24-7167 Derek Rogers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense ineffective-assistance section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether a conviction under Colorado Revised Statute for a controlled substance offense can serve as a predicate for career offender designation under …
24-6807 Carl P. Palladinetti v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-significance court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance section-2255 Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denial of Mr. Palladinetti's COA filing represents an issue of constitutional significance worthy of Supr…
24-6716 Deepak Deshpande v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2244 section-2255 Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by Federal Prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §…
24-6551 William J. Wise v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit panetti-standard section-2255 successive-petition Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly dismissed an amended section 2255 motion to vacate sentence as a successive petition
24-6478 Michael Stapleton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60b-motion section-2255 Whether the Court of Appeals violated due process by denying a Certificate of Appealability (COA) for a Rule 60(b) motion challenging a 2255 petition'…
24-6438 Iran Dwayne Ketchup v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel judicial-injustice rule-60 section-2255 Whether Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60 allows re-opening of 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings based on claims of judicial injustice and potential…
24-594 Arthur Seale v. United States Third Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability criminal-judgment post-conviction-relief resentencing section-2255 Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) bars courts of appeals from exercising jurisdiction over post-conviction appeals seeking full resentencing
24-5940 Charlton Beasley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)-conviction actual-innocence davis-decision procedural-default section-2255 statute-of-limitations Did Beasley overcome procedural default under § 2255 when filing within one year of the Davis Supreme Court decision, and is he entitled to relief for…
24A451 Emilio Santiago v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-05 Presumed Complete federal-appeal habeas-corpus prisoner-rights section-2255 supreme-court-procedure time-extension Whether a federal prisoner may obtain an extension of time to file a certiorari petition challenging a district court's denial of a Section 2255 motio…
24-505 Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied collateral-review motion-to-vacate procedural-default retroactive-application section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a Supreme Court statutory interpretation case that was held to apply retroactively in collateral proceedings constitute cause to excuse procedural…
24-5837 Ruben Aguilera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure jury-determination section-2255 May a petitioner in his initial § 2255 stage who has preserved the claim that a jury must decide the 'occasions' clause of the Armed Career Criminal A…
24-5709 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus material-facts procedural-relief rule-60b section-2255 Whether unresolved factual issues in a § 2255 motion warrant an evidentiary hearing and potential habeas relief
24-5568 Steven Gantt v. United States Third Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-dismissal certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction rule-60b section-2255 Whether an attorney's dismissal of a §2255 motion without prisoner consent warrants Rule 60(b) relief and whether a court can issue, recall, or withdr…
24-5570 In Re Joseph R. Dickey 2024-09-18 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2254 section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. …
24-5494 Brian Scott Witham v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence criminal-conviction habeas-corpus plea-bargaining procedural-default section-2255 Whether a § 2255 petitioner who pleaded guilty to a charged offense based on conduct that is not a crime and who later seeks to rely on actual innocen…
24-5474 Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP judicial-discretion mandate-recall post-conviction-relief section-2255 sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit abused its discretion in denying a motion to recall the mandate post-Ruan v. United States, given changes in statutory inter…
24A134 Dimas Deleon Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge a district court's denial of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S…
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…
23-1290 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response Waived 598 U.S. 306 (2023) requires retroactive effect constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fraud habeas-corpus retroactive-effect retroactivity section-2255 standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether Ciminelli v. United States
23-7649 Rodolfo Ortiz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-vagueness habeas-corpus harmless-error johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default section-2255 vagueness-challenge Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether controlling circuit precedent precludes issuance of a certificate of appealability
23A1079 John Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-03 Presumed Complete appeal-standard constitutional-right district-court federal-prisoner post-conviction section-2255 Whether a federal prisoner can successfully challenge a district court's denial of a post-conviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 through a certifica…
23-7458 In Re Michael David Hower 2024-05-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP acquitted-charge acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus jury-trial section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Did the courts below commit reversible error in denying petitioner's 2255 motion without an evidentiary hearing?
23A976 Michael Edwin Harding v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Presumed Complete collateral-review federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance post-conviction pro-se section-2255 Whether a federal prisoner can obtain collateral review under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 when procedural barriers prevent timely preparation of a post-convictio…
23-7324 Danilo Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing deportation gang jury-trial-rights plea-bargaining rico rico-case section-2255 sentencing-disparity Whether the petitioner's continued life sentence represents an unwarranted sentencing disparity under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6)
23A926 Keith Hager v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-04-17 Presumed Complete certiorari-deadline federal-prisoner judicial-extension post-conviction pro-se section-2255 Whether a pro se federal prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a certiorari petition after the standard deadline when challenging a distric…
23-7064 Omar Sierre Folk v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Third Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2241-petition 2255-escape-hatch actual-innocence custodial-petition custody direct-cert-denial escape-hatch habeas-corpus procedural-shot procedural-standard section-2255 Whether Lower Court Misapplied Inadequate or Ineffective
23A818 Pikerson Mentor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-05 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability collateral-review davis-decision retroactive-application section-2255 successive-motion Whether a federal prisoner may seek collateral review of a conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 based on a new substantive rule announced in United State…
23-6619 Edward Lee Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent guideline-commentary habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 total-exhaustion-rule Whether Lundy's 'total exhaustion rule' applies to Motions under 28 U.S.C. §2255
23-6470 Richard L. Gathercole v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-motion jurisdiction section-2255 sentencing unconstitutional Whether the South Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia have jurisdiction to hear and decide the Petiti…
23A499 Stephen Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete appeal-dismissal certificate-of-appealability federal-prisoner mootness section-2255 supervised-release Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability and hold an appeal in abeyance after fully serving his sentence for a supervised …
23-6065 Tyrone Kevin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(o) actual-innocence circuit-split criminal-procedure hobbs-act jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's wanton disregard for Taylor and its progeny in erecting an illogical and legally erroneous barrier to relief for § 2255…
23-162 Christian Winchel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contemporaneous-evidence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure plea-bargain plea-bargaining postconviction-review section-2255 standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has departed from the accepted and usual course of postconviction proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
23-5351 John P. Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability citizen-united-v-fec due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medicare-fraud post-conviction-relief section-2255 yee-v-escondido Whether the court below erred in procedurally denying to issue a COA for this purely legal claim, in direct conflict with this Court's opinion in Home…
23-5348 Julian Breal v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP davis-ruling due-process fifth-amendment motion-to-vacate procedural-default section-2255 united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-challenge Whether the Petitioner was denied his due process Fifth Amendment right due to being procedurally defaulted from presenting his vagueness challenge
23-5256 Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence criminal-procedure elements-clause firearm-conviction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 successive-petition united-states-v-taylor welch-v-united-states Whether a petitioner in a properly filed successive petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging his conviction for possession of a firearm durin…
23-5128 In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. 2023-07-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandamus motion-denial rule-60b section-2255 Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit abuse its discretion by refusing to answer Stinson's § 2255 motion?
23-5009 Joseph Ray Jordan v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability claims-adjudication collins-v-miller habeas-corpus habeas-relief judicial-review jurisdictional-defect procedural-dismissal rule-60b section-2255 Is a judgment denying habeas (or Section 2255) relief final and complete
22-7768 Nidal Ayyad v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure direct-appeal double-jeopardy habeas-corpus resentencing section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review vacatur Whether, following the vacatur of a count of conviction (either on direct appeal or via a § 2255 motion), the district court must resentence the defen…
22-7729 William J. Sears v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement section-2255 Did the Court of Appeals err when it denied my Motion for Certificate of Appealability?
22-7701 Jose Pena v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure de-novo-review double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus section-2255 sentencing vacatur Whether, following the vacatur of a count of conviction, the district court must resentence the defendant de novo on the remaining counts
22-7669 Larenzo Gabourel v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 collateral-relief factual-innocence federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 May the collateral relief mechanism for Federal prisoners pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 be used to promote a claim of factual innocence?
22-6592 James Stacey Harber v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining section-2255 sentencing Was Mr. Harber denied the effective-assistance-of-counsel,due-process,criminal-procedure,habeas-corpus,certificate-of-appealability,sentencing
22-656 Jeffrey A. Bentley v. United States Third Circuit 2023-01-17 Denied Response Waived armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process prior-convictions section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement When a defendant shows on Section 2255 collateral review that a prior conviction is no longer a valid predicate offense under the Armed Career Crimina…
22-6501 Michael A. Hagar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 bracy-v-gramley certificate-of-appealability due-process judicial-misconduct miller-el-v-cockrell procedural-default section-2255 slack-v-mcdaniel speedy-trial Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in not issuing a Certificate of Appealability when the Petitioner met the requirements under 28 U.S.C…
22-6459 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct government-review procedural-motion section-2255 section-3504 statutory-interpretation wiretapping Whether the Fed.R.Civ.P. 60 procedure qualifies as a Proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 3504(a)(1)
22-6277 Paul E. Pavulak v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-bar rule-60 rule-60(d)(3) section-2255 successive-petition When a petitioner challenges a procedural bar in his 2255 which based on a fraud on the court, may a District Court Judge dismiss this motion as a Suc…
22-6086 Dale McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-quarantine due-process equitable-tolling federal-bureau-of-prisons fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment section-2255 Whether the unforeseen and unexpected quarantining of the Petitioner, by the Federal Bureau of Prisons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, justifies 'Equita…
22-6041 David Williams, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 congressional-intent conviction-review eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fifth-amendment government-misconduct section-2255 whether-defendant's-conviction-and-sentence-for-nonexistent-crimes-violates-constitution
22-6025 Christopher Alan Mitchell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure district-court final-order finality habeas-corpus section-2255 sentencing sentencing-range statutory-interpretation Whether an order granting relief and resentencing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is final when the order changes the statutory sentencing range
22-5897 Unises Chapotin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause in Section 4B1.2 of the previously binding United States Sentencing Guidelines is void for vagueness pursuant to Johnson v…
22-5890 Ronald William Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief section-2255 Whether a boilerplate waiver of appellate and post-conviction rights bars a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 that the defendant stands convicted of a non-…
22-5887 Joseph Michael DeGraw v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pro-se procedural-construction section-2254 section-2255 standing statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should construe pro se state prisoner pleadings under 28 U.S.C. 2254 using the same standard as 28 U.S.C. 2255 federal prisoner…
22-5790 David Delva v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel precedent section-2255 sua-sponte warrantless-seizure Whether appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right to be heard and due process were violated when …
22-5782 Matthew Tassin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-court circuit-court-authority criminal-procedure district-court federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel resentencing section-2255 sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Circuit Court can limit the authority of a district court to resentence a federal criminal defendant or correct a criminal sentence 'as may …
22-5750 Salvador Diaz v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 5th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus second-circuit section-2255 standard-of-review Did the court of appeals err in denying petitioner's COA application?
22-5539 Sean David Pickett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 Does the Eleventh Circuit have jurisdiction to deny a certificate of appealability based on the Eleventh Circuit's determination that the petitioner c…
22-5530 Joseph Ray Jordan v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense brady-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief right-to-testify section-2255 strickland-standard witness-tampering Where the defendant made the undisputed claim that trial counsel failed to inform him of an affirmative defense before his right to testify was waived…
22-5451 John That Luong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied IFP and remand for further proceedings in light of Ta vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment 18-usc-924c constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit section-2255 section-924(c) section-924c taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court should grant Luong's petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the Ninth Circuit's judgment, and remand for further proceedings in l…
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 …
22-5321 William S. Divine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-deadline section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the court's application of 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(1) with complete zeal, while failing to apply 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(2) with equal zealousness, viol…
22-5179 Jon Christopher Stoune v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance patent section-2255 standing takings Should the Court grant a Certificate of Appealability
22-5090 Michelle C. Cantatore v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-history district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 sentencing sentencing-counsel sentencing-disparity Whether the Third Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability
21-8257 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-due-process section-2255 statutory-interpretation Can the Court omit exculpatory facts to deny a citizen his one year guaranteed by 28 U.S.C. §2255(f£)(1) when the government by locking down the defen…
21-8255 Christopher Alexander Reilly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeal appellate-rights certificate-of-appealability due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress notice-of-appeal section-2255 Whether the district court and court of appeals should have granted a certificate of appealability
21-8055 In Re Shane Jeansonne 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-petition rules-of-interpretation section-2255 standing Writ of Mandamus
21-7936 Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP benefits civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus incarceration retroactive-rule section-2255 special-appointment standing substantive-law Whether a disabled veteran has personal stake, interest, or standing to seek that his withheld 2021 benefit, due to his incarceration, receive a 'spec…
21-7783 Reynaldo Aviles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3b 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split johnson-v-united-states procedural-default section-2255 vagueness-challenge Whether a certificate of appealability may be issued where there is a circuit split
21-7666 Izell Delorean Grissett, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-ruling collateral-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure guidelines mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the fact of a first-degree murder cross reference under § 2A1.1 to be treated as an element when that finding is …
21-7582 Francisco Abreu Tartabull v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by deny…
21-7543 Gerardo Castillo-Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 constitutional-ruling district-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction preponderance-of-evidence section-2255 standard-of-proof successive-motion successive-petitions Whether a district court is authorized to dismiss a successive § 2255 motion for lack of jurisdiction after a court of appeals has authorized the fili…
21-1305 Melchor Munoz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 citizenship-revocation criminal-conviction due-diligence government-notice plea-bargaining plea-proceeding section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 2255 'date on which the facts supporting the claim presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence'…
21-7420 Isiah Pierce v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-proceedings court-of-appeals direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massaro-presumption post-trial-motion post-trial-motions right-to-counsel section-2255 Does the presumption of Massaro v. United States apply where the ineffective assistance of counsel claim was first litigated and decided in a consider…
21-7428 Chad Eugene Caldwell v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence career-offender circuit-split criminal-procedure mandatory-guidelines section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Does the actual innocence exception apply to a noncapital sentence?
21-7434 Darryl Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process equal-protection residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether the residual clause in the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines is unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause, resulting in unequal…
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 …
21-7318 Abraham A. Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-court mandatory-sentence resentencing right-to-counsel section-2255 section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-requirements Whether the trial court erred by not complying with 18-U.S.C-3553(a) and conducting a plenary resentencing hearing after vacating a conviction and rem…
21-7080 Galvin Gibson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-v-maryland collateral-review criminal-appeal due-process hung-jury napue-claim napue-v-illinois section-2255 strickler-v-greene united-states-v-gibson united-states-v-houston WHETHER BRADY AND NAPUE CLAIMS WHICH RELATE TO A FIRST TRIAL WHICH RESULTED IN A HUNG JURY ARE COGNIZABLE IN A § 2255 MOTION OR WHETHER THE APPEAL OF …
21-7092 Epati Malauulu v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2255 constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief section-2255 waiver Whether, Despite a Waiver, Malauulu Can Properly Raise Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims Under 18 U.S.C. § 2255?
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…
21-6863 Nesly Loute v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel remand section-2255 Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability
21-946 Michael Coscia v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-28 Denied Response Waived 28-U.S.C-2255 adversely-affected conflict-of-interest Cuyler-v-Sullivan-446-U.S-335-1980 evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance Machibroda-v-United-States-368-U.S-487-1962 section-2255 supreme-court-precedent trial-counsel Whether a petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing under 28-U.S.C-2255 to resolve his claim under Cuyler-v-Sullivan-446-U.S-335-1980
21-6640 Kennedy Terrell Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-standard carjacking criminal-procedure elements-clause first-time-motion florida-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states recidivism section-2255 sentencing violent-felony Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for the first time should be subject to the statutory hurdles applicable to mova…
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…
21-6099 Sandchase Cody v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Amici (1)IFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split collateral-review due-process federal-appellate-courts habeas-corpus remedy-selection section-2255 sentencing Whether an individual must obtain a certificate of appealability to appeal the district court's choice of remedy following the grant of relief under 2…
21-347 Michael Jackson v. Donald Hudson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-09-03 Dismissed circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum saving-clause section-2255 statutory-maximum Whether a federal prisoner is entitled to bring a habeas claim under the saving clause of Section 2255(e) to challenge the unlawful application of a m…
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?
21-79 Jonathon Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly decided a motion for a certificate of appealability on the merits of a § 2255 petition rather than engaging in th…
20-8334 Jerome Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion acca armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states legal-landscape section-2255 sentencing-review Where a § 2255 movant relies on evidence of the legal background at the time of his sentencing to prove he was sentenced under an unconstitutional law…
20-8120 Gary Lee Willingham v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acca-enhancement certificate-of-appealability district-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction merits-review post-conviction section-2255 standard-of-review summary-reversal Whether Mr. Willingham waived his argument that the district court had jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his § 2255(h) motion
20-8053 William Leroy Sanders v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act iowa-interference-with-official-acts johnson-precedent mathis-analysis mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-overbreadth violent-felony Whether Mr. Sanders was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his fifteen-year Armed Career Criminal Sentence
20-7792 Ralph Stephen Gambina v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness timeliness-provision Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
20-1449 Harold Persaud v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived federal-rules-of-civil-procedure gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan rule-60b section-2255 trevino-rule trevino-v-thaler Whether under Martinez v. Ryan and Trevino v. Thaler a Petitioner May Use Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) to Reopen a Proceeding Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
20-7635 Lisa Biron v. United States First Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-statute federal-habeas fundamental-defect gonzalez-v-crosby intent-element procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 state-prisoner When the trial court's misunderstanding or the mental intent element of a federal criminal statute becomes apparent in a conclusory footnote in its de…
20-7522 Joshua R. Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200…
20-7472 David Maurice Milner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction reconsideration rule-59-motion section-2255 successive-motions Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability
20-7386 Andrew Chapnick v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation timeliness-provision Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
20-7395 Antonio E. Wills v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence career-offender certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement section-2255 statutory-maximum Did the appellate court err in denying a certificate of appealability on whether the district court erred or alternatively abuse its discretion by den…
20-7259 Juan Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 sixth-amendment Was petitioner denied his Constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel during his trial, that is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the U…
20-7137 Jerald Dean Godwin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review bank-robbery crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus meaningful-review section-2255 Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders as binding precedent deprive inmates of due process?
20-7091 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-challenge residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony Whether Mr. Chaney should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
20-7042 Ronald Morris Hoenig v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states merits-ruling section-2255 sentencing standing successive-2255-motion successive-motion Where an authorized successive § 2255 motion argues that an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence should be set aside under Johnson v. United States, 135…
20-7030 Devaron Antoine Love v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence criminal-procedure federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-review new-decision procedural-default section-2255 unlawful-conduct Whether a movant under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 can show actual-innocence to overcome a procedural-default
20-6969 Barto Edward Usry, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery business-burglary johnson-ruling mississippi-state-convictions resentencing robbery section-2255 sentencing violent-felony Whether Mr. Usry is entitled to resentencing without applying the ACCA
20-6980 Michael Ray West v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing standing successive-2255-motion successive-motion Where an authorized successive § 2255 motion argues that an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence should be set aside under Johnson v. United States, 135…
20-6893 Patrick Wallace v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-court habeas-corpus recusal right-to-be-present section-2255 Did the courts commit reversible error denying petitioner's COA, to resolve the factual disputes
20-911 Michael Jackson v. Don Hudson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Amici (1) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent federal-custody habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective overruled post-conviction-motion saving-clause section-2255 Whether Section 2255 is 'inadequate or ineffective' when, at the time of petitioner's initial Section 2255 motion, circuit precedent foreclosed a pote…
20-6766 Steven Justin Villalona v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 due-process evidentiary-hearing haines-v-kerner ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-recusal pro-se-pleadings recusal section-2255 What rights under the Due Process clause do prisoners have during the course of 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings?
20-865 In Re Todd Britton-Harr 2020-12-30 Denied 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split false-statement federal-prisoners habeas-corpus section-2244 section-2255 successive-petitions supervised-release Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. section 2255
20-6600 Throne Thomas Smiley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP collateral-review criminal-defendant due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness meaningful-review panel-order second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255 truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successi…
20-6570 Brandon Bernard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-violation death-penalty gang-affiliation government-misconduct napue-claim napue-violation procedural-default section-2255 successive-habeas successive-petition Where government action prevented Petitioner from bringing his claims under Brady and Napue in his initial § 2255 motion, should a second-in-time moti…
20-6478 Barry Addison Gray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C.-§-2255 career-offender career-offender-sentencing-guideline due-process johnson-ruling Johnson-v-United-States residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness Are 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions raising due-process-vagueness challenges to fixed sentences imposed through application of the pre-2005 mandatory career-…
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
20-722 Rodney Anton Williamson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massiah-v-united-states right-to-counsel rule-33-motion section-2255 sixth-amendment Right to counsel violation
20-6221 Miguel Nunez v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-law johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely…
20-6186 Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-review rule-60b section-2253 section-2255 successive-petitions Whether Court of Appeals fulsome review of potential meritorious claims in COA application overstep the bounds of 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)
20-5983 Omar Sierre Folk v. United States Third Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines career-offender criminal-procedure guidelines habeas-corpus pre-beckles section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in not addressing Erroneous Career Offender Designation under the Advisory Sentencing Guidelines Cognizable under 28 U…
20-447 Francisco Rodriguez-Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-certiorari post-conviction-relief procedural-error section-2255 sentence-enhancement Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that Rodriguez's erroneous sentence enhancement as a career offender was not a miscarriage of justice entit…
20-5953 Alex Lenard McCoy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP andrus-v-texas certificate-of-appealability counsel-performance discovery due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining section-2255 sixth-amendment Was trial counsel ineffective in his directive to advise McCoy to plead guilty by failing to review the government's discovery in violation of this co…
20-5873 Tario Stamps v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP binding-precedent due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness judicial-review meaningful-review panel-order second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255 truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successi…
20-5878 Renard Cortez Murray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness judicial-review meaningful-review panel-order precedent second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255 truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successi…
20-5762 Will Robertson Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied IFP constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent petition-standard retroactivity section-2255 successive-petitions unconstitutional-law Whether a petitioner must show it is 'more likely than not' that a district court's prior ruling relied on a provision of law later deemed unconstitut…
20-119 Louis Ruggiero v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing federal-charges ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-standard section-2255 Should the court of appeals have granted a certificate of appealability
20-71 Stephen P. Brown v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Response Waived appeal-waiver certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review sixth-amendment Whether the Second Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability on petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and due process…
20-5110 Gabriel Cardona-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-conflict collateral-appeal-waiver district-court due-process plea-agreement section-2255 standing sua-sponte Whether a district court has authority to raise a collateral-appeal-waiver sua sponte
20-5030 Jimmy Lee Franklin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 acca-provision acca-sentence burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge criminal-defendant federal-statutory-enhancement-provision retroactive-constitutional-decision section-2255 sentencing-relief statutory-enhancement Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 can satisfy his burden of proof by showing that his sentence may have been based…
19-8737 James Steiner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness johnson-claim judicial-review meaningful-review rosemond-claim section-2255 Whether the 11th Circuit's holding can be reconciled with Rosemond
19-8646 Leonard Griffin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether Mr. Griffin should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-8633 Weylin O. Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-review due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus miller-el-standard precedent remand section-2255 supreme-court-precedent title-28-U.S.C-2255 Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision not to remand for an evidentiary hearing was contrary to precedent requiring such a hearing under 28-U.S.C-225…
19-8597 Lewis McKenzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to satisfy the requirements of § 22…
19-8585 Van Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure due-process federal-prisoner post-conviction-relief procedural-law rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether a federal prisoner has a right to present an argument based on a change in procedural law on his first motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
19-1245 Samuel Kwushue v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit federal-appeals habeas-corpus section-2255 Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability (COA) to review the denial of Peti…
19-8315 Todd Michael Vincent v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation Is issuance of a certificate of appealability a prerequisite to appealing the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion?
19-8325 Qais Hussein v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines Is it reasonably debatable that Qais Hussein was deprived the effective assistance of counsel where his defense attorney failed to object to any insin…
19-8199 Dwight Bullard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 advisory-guidelines career-offender collateral-attack collateral-review criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant erroneously sentenced as a career offender under the advisory Guidelines can collaterally attack his enhanced sentence under 28 U.…
19-8190 George Lyle Cullett, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing residual-clause section-2255 timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care…
19-8191 Benjamin Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care…
19-8041 Stanley Edward Jamison, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-right timely-motion Whether Mr. Jamison's § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), claiming that Johnson invalidates the p…
19-7958 Anthony Quinones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7974 Jesse Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7976 Lonnie Victor Fleming v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7977 Robert Morris Hoff v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard vagueness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7933 Larry Donnell Bogard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7947 Bobby Joe Floyd v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7755 Scott Michael Patrick v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether the right recognized in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory Guidelines
19-7636 Gerald W. Eiland v. United States District of Columbia 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment auto-shop-business certificate-of-appealability effective-assistance-counsel expert-testimony franks-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informant pen-register section-2255 sixth-amendment wiretap-challenge wiretaps Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Eiland's motion Pursuant to 28 USC Section 2255 without a hearing?
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
19-7616 Fred Blajos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-7527 Marcus Rashawn Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure binding-precedent due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus judicial-review meaningful-review precedent-rule second-or-successive-2255 second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255 truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successi…
19-7325 Hope K. Kantete v. United States Third Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-process post-conviction-relief right-to-trial section-2255 sentencing trial-strategy Whether the lower courts erred by failing to rule or even consider on the record whether Ms Kantete was advised of her 'risk factors' in proceeding to…
19-7277 Dora Moreira v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct question-not-identified section-2255 sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals created an irreconcilable conflict with precedential decisions by denying a certificate of appealability on a motion to v…
19-845 Charles Huggins v. United States Second Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance insufficient-evidence perjury section-2255 sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner was deprived of due process
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…
19-836 Paul Ross Evans v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief prisoner-petition section-2255 statutory-interpretation successive-application successive-petitions Whether a subsequent amendment to a prisoner's first 28 U.S.C. 2255 proceeding may be considered a second or successive application under 28 U.S.C. 22…
19-6889 In Re Joel Law 2019-12-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-2422b 6th-amendment confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-6th-amendment,false-imprisonm constitutional-rights false-imprisonment habeas-corpus immediate-relief judicial-review section-2255 sixth-amendment Am I entitled to immediate relief from this Court, to protect myself and others similarily situated, from being falsely imprisoned pursuant to 18 U.S.…
19-6842 Vivek Shah v. Marcus Holmes Seventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-of-conviction collateral-review extortion factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition plea-agreement retroactive-statutory-interpretation section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether a federal prisoner claiming factual innocence as a result of a new, retroactively applicable statutory interpretation by the circuit court of …
19-6858 David Lamont Liddell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery constitutional-law criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mississippi-state-law prior-conviction resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether Mr. Liddell should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-6832 James Henry Lacy, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines timeliness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-6686 Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 bank-robbery career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-6689 Frank Fernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-purposes Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-6658 Booker Terry Simmons v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-6665 Wesley Harlan Kingsbury v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-coercion section-2255 voluntariness Was the petitioner entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his motion to vacate his plea?
19-6600 Barry Lernard Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion 60b-motion abuse-of-discretion coa-brief court-of-appeals due-process evidentiary-hearing manifest-injustice procedural-due-process psr psr-challenge section-2255 sentencing-claim sentencing-evidence sentencing-issue sentencing-review Where petitioner attacked evidence; State's Certified Motion to Dismiss allegation in his PSR, of R.D., to his 2255 Motion, and argued his evidence in…
19-6618 Delvin Deon Tinker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-provision criminal-motion elements-clause federal-statutory-provision mens-rea resisting-arrest retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-decision section-2255 Question not identified
19-6510 Timothy L. Douglas v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255f3 career-offender criminal-law criminal-sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1-4b1.2 due-process guidelines johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the new rule announced in Johnson v. United States applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (200…
19-6530 Vincent Williams v. United States Third Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924j concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-procedure davis davis-ruling davis-v-united-states habeas-corpus life-sentence life-sentences post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Vincent Williams' habeas corpus/post-conviction petition based on the Supreme Court's ruli…
19-6492 Tylan Tremaine Autrey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness Does a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the mandatory career offender guidelin…
19-6379 Timothy Edward Holz v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied IFP career-offender collateral-review crime-of-violence johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-sentence-enhancement mandatory-sentencing pre-booker pre-booker-mandatory residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.2a Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), invalidated U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(a)---the career offender guideline's residual…
19-6355 Eric Mack v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP crime-of-violence due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus liberty-interest precedential-effect prior-panel-precedent pro-se-petition section-2255 successive-petitions Whether a defendant's right to Due Process in his initial § 2255 proceeding is violated by the Eleventh Circuit's rule assigning precedential effect t…
19-6287 Seferino Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender criminal-sentencing-guidelines johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidelines
19-6208 Darrell Alan Lussier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court due-process established-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-appeal judicial-precedent precedent right-to-appeal section-2255 When a District Court's denial of a §2255 motion is contrary to established precedent, is the Court of Appeals required to grant a certificate of appe…
19-6209 John Hudson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-appellate-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions resentencing section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred by denying Mr. Hudson a Certificate of Appealability in this § 2255 case
19-6138 William A. White v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process evidentiary-development evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings post-conviction-relief section-2255 supervisory-power May a District Court strike all evidence in a 28 USC §2255 proceeding and deny relief for failure to present evidence?
19-5837 Terri McGuire Mollica v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP detention-cell Evidentiary-Hearing Exclusionary-Rule Fourth-Amendment Fruit-of-the-Poisonous-Tree Fruits-of-Poisonous-Tree ineffective-assistance Ineffective-Assistance-of-Counsel Reasonable-Expectation-of-Privacy section-2255 unreasonable-search Unreasonable-Search-and-Seizure Warrantless-Search Was Petitioner's guilty plea sustained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, Unreasonable-Search-and-Seizure, where law enforcement conducted a warran…
19-5661 David M. Robinson v. Warden, Fort Dix FCI, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect pro-se section-2255 standing Whether there exist a conflict between the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in this case and the unanimous decisio…
19-5588 Luis Ordonez-Vega v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-counsel civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process inadequate-representation-of-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merit-review section-2255 waive waiver Did conflict of interest arise when appellate counsel's failed to raise non-frivolous merit(s) 'ineffective assistance of counsel' on defendant's firs…
19-5538 Timothy Jamaras Burns v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining section-2255 waiver-of-appeal Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Burns § 2255 claims are barred by the Waiver of Appeal provision in his Plea Agreement
19-5516 Rayshawn Roshard Robertson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-relief federal-procedure retroactive-application retroactive-constitutional-decision section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his sentence may have been based on a…
19-5523 Manuel Maldonado Aguilar v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion motion-reconsideration procedural-default procedural-ruling section-2255 standard-of-review successive-petitions Was petitioner's initial § 2255 Motion denied on the merit, for not demostrating or proving deficient performance or prejudice?
19-5391 Dan Carmichael McCarthan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied IFP acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-defendant criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 due-process notice-of-predicate-convictions retroactive-constitutional-decisions retroactivity section-2255 sentencing statutory-maximum Whether a criminal defendant can satisfy burden of proof for 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief based on a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a fed…
19-130 In Re Randolph George 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived coram-nobis costs-of-imprisonment custody due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255 ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel restitution section-2255 sentencing writ-of-error-coram-nobis writ-of-mandamus Whether a petitioner can challenge a restitution order or order imposing costs of imprisonment based on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim in …
19-5315 Raymond Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-U.S.C-§-2244 28-U.S.C-§-2255 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 court-of-appeals district-court habeas-corpus johnson-rule residual-clause section-2244 section-2255 successive-motion successive-petitions void-for-vagueness When a court of appeals grants authorization to file a successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2), does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(4) permit a district c…
19-5267 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit first-step-act habeas-corpus pending-on-direct-review preclusion pro-se section-2255 successive-2255-motion successive-motion successive-petitions Is a criminal defendant's right to Due Process violated by the Eleventh Circuit's rule affording binding force and preclusive effect to a prior panel'…
19-5294 Abraham Asley Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-15a due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-notice federal-rules-civil-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus motion-to-amend pleading responsive-pleading section-2255 standing Whether the Fed. R.. Crim. P. 15(a) Motion's right to amend as a-matter of course' a 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 before a Responsive pleading is filed can be …
19-105 Joseph A. Caramadre v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance section-2255 strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Should a Writ of Habeas Corpus issue
19-5255 Frank Lobacz v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-error per-se-ineffectiveness procedural-default second-circuit section-2255 sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in affirming the lower court's denial of Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition alleging ine…
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…
19-52 Alfred J. Walker v. N. C. English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Relisted (2) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-procedure federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to challenge an unlawful conviction or sentence foreclosed by binding …
19-5080 Reyes Vega, aka Ray Vega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review section-1291 section-2255 unadjudicated-claims Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction over an appeal of the denial of a § 2255 Petition pursuant to § 1291 when the District Court fails to adju…
18-9781 Adam J. Winarske v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 requires a Johnson petitioner to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the residual clause provided the basis for his …
18-9800 Barton Joseph Adams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment civil-contempt civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-trial-incarceration section-2255 supervisory-powers Whether the district court and the appeal court departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings
18-9715 Johnny Curtis Bedgood v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure critical-stage evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining pre-trial-counsel section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancements whether-the-us-district-court-abused-its-discretion
18A1326 Lisa Montgomery v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge death-penalty federal-habeas section-2255 Whether a federal death row inmate's constitutional rights were violated by the denial of a certificate of appealability and the underlying judicial p…
18A1309 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se section-2255 Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources at a private correctional facility constitutes a due process violation warranting an ext…
18A1310 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure pro-se section-2255 supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari when facing limited legal research resources in a …
18-9537 Stephen S. Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistant-united-states-attorney due-process federal-district-court fifth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review rule-60 section-2254 section-2255 standard-of-review state-court-review whether-fraud-on-the-court-can-be-reviewed-in-a-§-2255-habeas-proceeding
18-9506 Kenyon Raheen Gadsden v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is timely under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3) when it claims that Johnson v. United States invalidates the residual c…
18-9412 Amin A. Rashid v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-24 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-act criminal-act-concealment due-process evidentiary-hearing exoneration fundamental-defect judicial-misconduct mail-fraud miscarriage-of-justice neutral-judge section-2255 standing Whether Undisputed Evidence Suggesting That The Trial Judge Was Acting To Conceal A Criminal Act Committed By Prior Judges In The Case Which Act If Ad…
18-9368 Antonio Dean Blackstone v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 2255-motion criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states ninth-circuit residual-clause section-2255 section-924c timeliness-standard united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutionally vague
18-9343 Joe Carroll Ziglar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split gatekeeping-requirement johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to satisfy the requirements of § 22…
18-9329 Sean M. Barnhill v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pro-se-petition section-2255 sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review standard-of-review Did the Sixth Circuit err by exceeding the scope of the COA analysis
18-9336 Saul Elias Camilo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review district-court due-process fair-administration-of-justice ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain plea-bargaining section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Where a plea deal has opposing clauses, is such confusion sufficient to reach the bar for appellate review in a §2255 process when ineffective-assista…
18-9277 Melvin Scott Morman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP §-2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure enumerated-offenses-clause johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-enhancement violent-felony When the record is silent as to which enhancement clause applied, what showing is a § 2255 movant required to make to prove he is entitled to relief o…
18-9240 Carlos Cordoba v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct criminal-procedure discovery-of-new-facts due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel limitations-period rule-35 section-2255 statute-of-limitations Should the district court have conducted an evidentiary hearing in order that Mr. Cordoba could have presented proof of his reliance on his attorney's…
18-9122 Don Nell Hawkins v. Patricia A. Gaughan Sixth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 access-to-courts appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-access due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-procedure section-2255 standing subject-matter-jurisdiction successive-2255-motion Whether the doctrine of Heck v. Humphrey applies to denial of access to court claims?
18-8630 Joseph Christopher Birdtail v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal section-2255 Is it error for a district court to deny either discovery proceedings or an evidentiary hearing under the Federal Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceed…
18-8489 Danny R. Moore v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-precedent mathis-decision retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States,136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) should apply
18-8496 Anthony Swatzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-decision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process federal-statute federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-relief retroactivity section-2255 sentencing silent-record statutory-interpretation successive-motion Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision
18-8245 Gary Casdell Fite v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent general-intent-crime section-2255 sentencing-enhancement Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off…
18-8112 Floyd Andrew Brown, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-issues constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure merit-standard reasonable-jurists section-2255 standard-of-review standing Should the judgment be vacated and remanded in light of Buck v. Davis?
18-7989 Manuel Guerrero v. N. C. English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by erroneous circuit precedent
18-7943 Robert David Watson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability collateral-review luis-v-united-states new-rule retroactivity section-2255 supreme-court-rule teague-analysis teague-v-lane Whether Luis v. United States is retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review
18-7801 Calvin Fitzgerald Tannehill v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Eleventh Circuit misapplied this Court's precedents by denying a certificate of appealability on whether Mr. Tannehill's § 2255 claim reli…
18-7748 James Freeman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability COA due-process Eleventh-Circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits procedural-claims section-2255 sentencing substantive-claims underlying-2255-claims Did the Eleventh Circuit exceed the limited scope of 28 USC §2253, the Certificate of Appealability (COA) statute, by deciding Petitioner's underlying…
18-7723 Randy Dempsey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-prisoner residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th…
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?
18-7379 Edward Bruno Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 acca-sentence armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence 'may have' been based on the residual cla…
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)?
18-7212 Anthony Ray Dailey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 castro-v-united-states certificate-of-appealability collateral-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review panetti-v-quarterman procedural-due-process retroactivity second-and-successive-petitions section-2255 supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-mathis Whether the U.S. District and Appellate Courts violated Castro v. United States, 124 S.Ct., by refusing to issue a Certificate of Appealability
18-7132 James R. Bright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender circuit-split filing-period habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether Section 2255(f)(3) tolls the filing period for a defendant asserting that Johnson v. United States applies in a situation similar to that in J…
18-6914 Daniel Rojas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law force hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states physical-force section-2255 section-924c sentencing violent-crime What amount of force satisfies the definition of 'physical force' under Johnson v. United States?
18-6838 Alvin Leon Roundtree v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se section-2255 sixth-amendment standing Whether the district court's failure to construe Mr. Roundtree's pro se motion for specific performance as a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §2255 co…
18-6795 Darrell Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process great-writ habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review judicial-precedent judicial-proceedings remand section-2255 standing supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari in this case
18-6733 Laura Shauger v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 aba-standards-for-criminal-justice certificate-of-appealability circuit-courts-of-appeals district-court district-court-ruling ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-jurists section-2255 sentencing-counsel supreme-court-of-idaho third-circuit Whether rulings by the district court denying relief are debatable by jurists of reason if rulings by other courts in similar situations arguably supp…
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?
18-6584 Larry Flenoid v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-irregularity second-or-successive section-2255 supervisory-powers Whether the supervisory powers of the United States Supreme Court will be asserted to correct the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirming …
18-6494 Terrance Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discretionary-review district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-to-reopen post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review Did the district court abuse its discretion by denying the Rule 60(b) motion without discovery or an evidentiary hearing?
18-6430 Kinzie Decarlos Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 alibi-defense appellate-review district-court evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel off-the-record off-the-record-facts procedural-default section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying an evidentiary hearing on a § 2255 motion without resolving contested material facts
18-6350 Zavien Brand v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining pro-se-petition section-2255 transcripts Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was compelled to consider the petitioner's subsequent pro se demonstration of actual innocence
18-6249 Markos Pappas v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-60(b) habeas-corpus rosales-mireles rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the certificate of appealability (COA) requirement apply to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motions related to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings…
18-420 United States v. Gerald Adrian Wheeler Fourth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum Whether a prisoner whose Section 2255 motion challenging the applicability of a statutory minimum was denied based on circuit precedent may later seek…
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
18-357 Dragomir Taskov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process due-process,ineffective-assistance,innocence,prose habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct section-2255 statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether Petitioner's substantive claim of innocence and constitutional violations are barred as untimely due to prosecutorial interference, miscarriag…
18-6013 Richard Carl Wyatt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied IFP acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-v-united-states presumption presumption-of-regularity residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA
18-6024 Eric Sijohn Brown v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-analysis section-2255 standard-of-review third-circuit Does the Third Circuit Court Of Appeals decision contravene Buck v. Davis
18-5939 Gary Michael Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-career-offender-guideline mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timely-filing vagueness Whether a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed within one year of Johnson v. United States asserts a right recognized in Johnson
18-5814 Bobby Cruz v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mayle-v-felix section-2255 Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying Bobby Cruz a certificate of appealability
18-5821 Thomas Lee Farmer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2255-relief collateral-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states multiple-sentences retroactive-constitutional-rule retroactive-review retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-law Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine should be applied to deny § 2255 relief
18-5790 Uiki Teaupa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 5th-amendment 6th-amendment discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment government-misconduct pro-se pro-se-defendant section-2255 sixth-amendment Does the Fifth and Sixth Amendment entitle a pro se defendant the right to conduct discovery and have an evidentiary hearing on claims of government m…
18-5692 Melvin Jordan, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability enumerated-clause habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing violent-felony Whether a § 2255 petitioner seeking relief under Johnson must affirmatively prove that he was sentenced under the residual clause of the ACCA
18-5707 Anthony Curtis Flowers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-22 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 3-strikes armed-career-criminal-act career-offender due-process due-process,johnson-v-united-states,18-usc-924,18- habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court deprived Flowers due process
18-5709 Paul Allen Anderson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-proceeding appeal-waiver certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 title-28-usc-2255 Whether an appeal waiver can be enforced in a Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding when petitioner has based his claims on ineffective assistance of coun…
18-5683 In Re Todd Britton-Harr 2018-08-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus judicial-review mortgage-fraud newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief section-2255 successive-motion successive-motions Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner's application seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or su…
18-5620 Mario Zuniga v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2255(h) attempted-murder criminal-law habeas-corpus mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states second-or-successive-2255-motion second-or-successive-motion section-2255 section-924e sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that attempted murder in Illinois is categorically a violent crime under 18 U.S.C. §924(…
18-5549 Phillip Anthony Kenner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review due-process filing-period habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-recognition Does Section 2255(f)(3) toll the filing period for a defendant asserting that Johnson applies in a similar situation?
18-5515 Louie Anthony Salemi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion boiler-plate-language certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus-review-2255-claims ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel machibroda-v-united-states off-the-record-advice reasoned-opinion section-2255 summary-order Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion by not providing a reasoned opinion to support its order?
18-5488 Eddie Allen Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legal-construction liberal-construction lower-court motion plea-bargaining prejudice pro-se pro-se-pleadings section-2255 standard-of-review Does the lower court violate this Court's directive to liberally construe documents filed pro se when they construe assertion in a §2255 Motion as mer…
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 …
18-5398 Kenneth Floyd Prutting v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Samuel Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence may have been based on the residua…
18-5293 George Anthony Autobee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence felony-force-clause johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness Whether Mr. Autobee's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely
18-5263 Bobby Ree McGee, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP 2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability elements-clause johnson-claim residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 statutory-maximum violent-felony Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Samuel Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence may have been based on the residua…
18-5044 Laurenano Angulo Riascos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance section-2255 sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability to review the district …