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25A903 Nima Moradi v. Florida Florida 2026-02-09 Application deadly-force ineffective-assistance jury-instructions prejudice-prong self-defense strickland-standard Question not identified.
25-6749 Colin Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending IFP constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-possession firearms-restriction second-amendment self-defense 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) imposes a lifelong prohibition, punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment, on the possession of any firearm or ammunition, for …
25-872 Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. Fairfax County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-21 Pending Response Waived constitutional-challenge firearm-restriction public-parks second-amendment self-defense sensitive-places Fairfax County, Virginia, prohibits possession of firearms in its public parks, which consist of almost 24,000 acres of mostly wooded land across 420 …
25-6581 Michael David Dunn v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP AEDPA criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence 1. What is the standard of review for a federal habeas court for analyzing a sufficiency-of-the evidence claim under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective …
25A788 Kriston Price v. Ohio Ohio 2026-01-08 Application fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment home-invasion self-defense sixth-amendment voluntary-manslaughter Question not identified.
25-6479 Leontis Cornelius v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-recklessness felon-in-possession jury-trial self-defense sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment 1.When the government seeks to aggravate the sentence of a felon in possession of a firearm (18 USC § 922 [g]) contending that he violated a State c…
25-6378 Kriston Price v. Ohio Ohio 2025-12-16 Pending IFP aggravated-murder criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction self-defense sixth-amendment 1. Whether sufficient evidence existed to reject the defense of self defense where the defendant was violently attacked, beaten, and through the a mir…
25-6324 Craig Edward Hunnicutt, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure factual-findings self-defense sentencing-discretion sixth-circuit supervised-release I. Whether the Sixth Circuit decision affirming Mr. Hunnicutt's supervised release violation and new law convictions, improperly upheld the clearly er…
25-6183 Stephen C. Crawford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment perjury reasonable-doubt self-defense sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. Whether this Court should adopt and encourage, when requested by a party, a definition of reasonable doubt to include "a doubt that would cause a r…
25-6063 Timothy LeBlanc v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-07 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment self-defense 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York…
25A504 Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. Fairfax County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-03 Application constitutional-challenge firearm-possession local-government public-parks second-amendment self-defense Whether a local government's categorical ban on firearm possession in public parks violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self-defense
25-5961 Eva Marie Gardner v. Maryland Maryland 2025-10-27 Pending Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP concealed-carry due-process full-faith-and-credit interstate-travel second-amendment self-defense 1. Does Maryland's prohibition on carrying a handgun without a state permit, as applied to an interstate traveler with a valid Virginia concealed carr…
25-356 Steven P. Mancuso v. New York New York 2025-09-24 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense The first question is whether New York's Penal Law § 265.03(3), § 265.02(1) and § 265.01-b(1), which prohibit the ownership of a firearm in the home o…
25-5637 Jeffrey Michel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense Pursuant to the Second Amendment analysis dictated by New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), and clarified by United S…
25-5460 Joseph Thompson, Sr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP common-law federal-prosecution homicide self-defense stand-ground violent-felony In Beard v. United States, 158 U.S. 550 (1895) and Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921), this Court recognized the common law right to stand on…
25-5429 Anthony Brian Walker v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense criminal-procedure jury-instructions self-defense sua-sponte substantial-evidence 1. In a criminal prosecution, when an affirmative defense—such as imperfect self-defense—is supported by substantial evidence, does the trial court ha…
25-5358 Deontay Tyre Compton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense The question presented in this case is whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of …
25-5208 Jessie Bullock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment self-defense Section 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) imposes a permanent, lifetime prohibition on possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of any crime punis…
25A91 William Collins, III v. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-23 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation gun-rights second-amendment self-defense Question not identified.
25-5021 Dajavan Speaks v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge gun-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment self-defense 1) Is § 922(g)(1) unconstitutional as applied to an individual when he was a victim of a drive by shooting and has been convicted of a non-violent pre…
24-7369 Shawn K. Bever v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-rights firearms-regulation law-abiding-citizen second-amendment self-defense Whether the individual right to bear arms for self-defense guaranteed by the Second Amendment applies only to 'law-abiding citizens' who have no prior…
24-7367 Timothy D. Leners v. Ryan Schelhaas, Interim Attorney General of Wyoming, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-rights castle-doctrine jury-instructions no-duty-to-retreat prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Were the Defendant's 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment Rights violated through denial of 'No Duty to Retreat' jury instructions, misconduct by a disba…
24A1191 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2025-06-04 Presumed Complete en-banc-review firearms-regulation magazine-capacity second-amendment self-defense strict-scrutiny Whether a state law prohibiting possession of commonly used firearms magazines with more than ten rounds violates the Second Amendment right to keep a…
24-7257 Alejandro R. Duarte v. Nebraska Nebraska 2025-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance medical-evidence self-defense waiver Whether defense counsel's failure to offer medical evidence supporting a self-defense claim constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, and whether…
24-6744 Tia Lyn Nicole Sulu-Kerr v. Arizona Arizona 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-code enumerated-rights legislative-restriction second-amendment self-defense Whether a state legislature may completely eliminate the enumerated right to self-defense by limiting that justification to crimes within a specific c…
24-936 Andrew Hanson, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2025-02-28 Denied Amici (3) arms-ban common-use constitutional-rights dangerous-weapons second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment allows a categorical ban on common arms used for lawful purposes and self-defense
24-6653 John Douglas Alexander v. Jonathan Nance, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process implied-malice jury-instructions self-defense Did the lower Court err in finding that Petitioner's Conviction and sentence were not obtained unconstitutionally in violation of due process rights?
24-6527 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Gilbert Caley, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-litigant self-defense Whether the trial court violated Mr. Saved's procedural and substantive due process rights by failing to hold a competency hearing and allowing him to…
24-6377 Marland Henry Gibson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-clause constitutional-rights due-process legislative-acts natural-rights self-defense Whether the challenged legislative acts violate constitutional protections for U.S. citizens' rights to self-defense and personal security
24-6279 Dickens Etienne v. Michelle Edmark, Warden First Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure exculpatory-evidence first-degree-murder habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Where there was suppressed exculpatory evidence, in the form of a proffer letter demonstrating that a key prosecution witness who provided significant…
24-6166 Hector Arturo Campos v. Texas Texas 2024-12-17 Denied IFP criminal-procedure deadly-weapon legal-standard provocation self-defense sudden-passion Whether evidence of former provocation is material in a Sudden Passion case and whether the legal standard was correctly applied in the analysis of se…
24-6144 Michael Roy Fuller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-12-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-appeal habeas-corpus malice self-defense vehicle-shooting Whether self-defense justifies shooting into a vehicle's dashboard when fearing for one's life and pleading to be released
24-6049 Mario Ray Childs v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense Whether petitioner was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial and effective assistance of counsel due to trial counsel's inactions and failur…
24-6046 Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-prohibition government-power right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense weapons-regulation Does the unqualified constitutional prohibition established by the Second Amendment delegate to government a free-floating power to infringe upon the …
24-478 Omnisun Azali v. Ohio Ohio 2024-10-30 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence Does express statutory permission to act in self-defense trigger Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment protections requiring prosecutors to prove beyond a re…
24-5853 Chad William Reed v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-10-29 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process procedural-protections second-amendment self-defense Whether the method of criminal prosecution violates a citizen's Second Amendment right of self-defense and due process protections under the Constitut…
24A369 Steven Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete constitutional-burden due-process government-power second-amendment self-defense weapons-regulation Whether the government may impose weapons regulations that infringe upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms without meeting a clear stan…
24-5652 Tiffany Smith v. Shannon Olds, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-discretion provocation self-defense Whether the appellate court violated due process by affirming a conviction without properly considering uncontradicted evidence of self-defense and pr…
24-253 Avery Curry Archuleta, aka Avery Archuleta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure jury-instruction legal-standard self-defense trial-court unanimity Whether trial courts must instruct juries that self-defense decisions require unanimity
24A174 Omnisun Azali v. Ohio Ohio 2024-08-14 Presumed Complete burden-of-proof criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment self-defense sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant was not acting in lawful self-defens…
24-120 David Schieferle v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied 2nd-amendment atf-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-silencer national-firearms-act second-amendment self-defense silencers Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps can qualify as 'firearms silencers' or 'firearm mufflers' under the National Fire…
24-5171 Jeffrey Wayne Ross v. Edward Bickham, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights defense-witnesses due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel non-homicide-case self-defense sixth-amendment Whether the trial court and Fifth Circuit erred in finding no ineffective assistance of counsel
24-5036 Dalvon Curry, aka Dale, aka Dalo v. United States Second Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights combat-speech constitutional-protections deadly-force deadly-physical-force excessive-force law-enforcement penal-law retreat-duty self-defense use-of-force Question not identified
23-1297 Michael Roane v. Tina Ray Fourth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied clearly-established-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-seizure objective-reasonableness personal-property qualified-immunity self-defense summary-judgment unreasonable-seizure Whether Roane's act had to be the 'necessary' or 'unavoidable' act, rather than within a range of objective reasonableness, to be considered an act of…
23-7673 Aubrey Jiles Stanley, Jr. v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense severance sixth-amendment witness-testimony Was trial counsel ineffective?
23A1058 Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al v. Rhode Island, et al. First Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete arms-regulation bruen-test historical-tradition large-capacity-magazine second-amendment self-defense Whether a state law banning possession of firearm magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds violates the Second Amendment right to keep and be…
23-7517 Christopher L. Wilson v. Hawaii Hawaii 2024-05-21 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process licensing-scheme second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause Whether the Bruen test determines when a State's criminal prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license violates the Second Amendment?
23-1219 Colton Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-05-16 Denied chambers-precedent chambers-v-mississippi constitutional-rights due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial gun-evidence right-to-present-defense self-defense Constitutional right to present a defense
23-7329 Alrick Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel premeditated-murder self-defense sixth-amendment whether-a-state-criminal-appellant-has-constitutional-right-to-fair-trial
23-7257 Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-18 Denied IFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice premeditated-murder self-defense use-of-force witness-testimony Whether the jury used unreasonable facts to prove a premeditated design
23-7207 Dwayne K. Taylor v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-defect criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions necessity self-defense sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the trial Court Committed reversible error in denying the defendant's request for jury instructions on self-defense and necessity, even though…
23-1018 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conceal-carry due-process gun-rights law-enforcement licensing-restrictions second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether New York State Section 400 restrictions on conceal carry handgun license violate the Second Amendment
23-878 Javier Herrera v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment arms-protection civil-rights due-process free-speech historical-tradition second-amendment self-defense semiautomatic-rifles standard-magazines standing takings Whether semiautomatic rifles and standard magazines are protected 'Arms' under the Second Amendment
23-863 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Anthony G. Brown, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment bruen civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation gun-ownership heller individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom…
23-6559 Marcus Johnson v. Randy Irwin, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-deference confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony expert-witness judicial-review prejudice prejudice-standard self-defense sixth-amendment testimonial-statements Did the Third Circuit err in deferring to the District Court's finding that Mr. Johnson suffered no prejudice from the Confrontation violation that oc…
23-6521 Shawn Reeves v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-comparison new-jersey-law permit-requirement second-amendment self-defense standing takings Does prosecuting a person for possessing a firearm without a permit violate the Second and Fourteen Amendments when that person was unable to receive …
23-6270 Tony French v. Washington Washington 2023-12-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence police-misconduct property-rights search-and-seizure self-defense state-action vehicle-destruction vehicle-seizure Were the petitioner's due process rights violated when the Pierce County Sheriff's Department caused the loss and destruction of the vehicle the petit…
23-6205 Jeriah Scott Budder v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction due-process ex-post-facto federal-prosecution indian-country major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma self-defense Whether the Tenth Circuit contravened this Court's precedents in ruling that Petitioner was not denied due process of law — based on ex post facto pri…
23-6092 Joe Lawrence Gallegos v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-enterprise criminal-law federal-courts gang-status gang-violence purpose-doctrine self-defense self-preservation statutory-interpretation vicar-murder Whether acting on the immediate instinct for self-preservation constitutes acting for the purpose of 'maintaining or increasing position in an enterpr…
23-526 Charles Nichols v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process firearms-rights fourteenth-amendment second-amendment self-defense standing Does the Second Amendment protect the keeping and bearing of loaded and unloaded rifles, shotguns, and handguns, in case of confrontation, for the pur…
23-6030 Gregory P. Burleson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confession corroborating-evidence defense-of-others excessive-force federal-law law-enforcement reasonable-doubt self-defense supreme-court Is a citizen entitled to act in self-defense or defense of others against law-enforcement-officers if he has a reasonable-belief that there is an immi…
23-5994 James Jordan McClain v. Tammy Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation equitable-tolling first-degree-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct second-degree-murder self-defense voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that extraordinary circumstances for equitable tolling must make earlier filing 'impossible'
23-5868 Nicky S. Keo v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2023-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-penalty due-process felony firearm-licensing licensing mandatory-minimum second-amendment self-defense Whether the imposition of a mandatory eighteen-month jail sentence on a first offender for what might well be an entirely innocent regulatory infracti…
23-5423 Andre Monteek Edwards v. Kim Cargor, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP accident accident-defense criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice prejudice-analysis second-degree-murder self-defense strickland-standard Does a second degree murder conviction preclude a showing of prejudice
23-5230 Steven Poppo v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-28 Denied IFP assistance-of-counsel attempted-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-intent deadly-force due-process equal-protection fair-trial homicide self-defense use-of-force Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to a fair trial, due process, and assistance of counsel were violated
23-82 Joshua Isaiah Joyner v. Texas Texas 2023-07-27 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-justice procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Did the TCCA deny petitioner procedural due process by summarily rejecting his substantial constitutional claims without requiring the trial court to …
22-7788 Deandre J. Baskerville v. Tim McConahay, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Was Petitioner's due process and equal protection rights violated by the trial court's self-defense jury instruction?
22-7687 James Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion retroactive-application self-defense statutory-interpretation verbal-threat Whether a defendant may assert self-defense against a verbal threat even if the victim did not act on the threat
22-971 Glenn Henderson v. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., et al. North Carolina 2023-04-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process employment-dispute first-amendment free-speech legal-threat pro-se-litigation self-defense threat Is it legal to say you will attempt to defend yourself if attacked?
22-7227 Jared B. Goudy v. Jennifer E. Caluori Florida 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-action civil-immunity constitutional-rights criminal-activity driving-under-the-influence due-process immunity self-defense stand-your-ground statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner's Constitutional Rights to due-process violated when the trial court found the Respondent immune and dismissed the complaint?
22-7070 Kenneth Douglas Clark, III v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-03-22 Denied IFP 6th and 8th Amendment rights by refusing to drop char and allowing a biased jury verdict excluding his self-defense claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-bias jury-exclusion prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sentencing sentencing-guidelines trial-procedure Whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania violated the Petitioner's 5th and 6th Amendment rights by refusing to drop all charges against him, denying h…
22-848 James Douglas Fox v. Mark Campbell, et ux. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) county-of-sacramento-v-lewis excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement qualified-immunity seizure self-defense unreasonable-force Whether the Fourth Amendment standard for evaluating unreasonable force claims or the Fourteenth Amendment standard applies when law enforcement shoot…
22-6752 Enrique Nunes Lopez v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability home-defense justifiable-homicide self-defense Whether the state court unreasonably found that refusing defense-of-home instructions was not federal constitutional error, but only state law error
22-563 Randall Greer, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christopher Greer, Deceased v. James Haman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response Waived deadly-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor jury-instruction law-enforcement probable-cause self-defense tennessee-v-garner use-of-force Whether a jury should be instructed on the core principle that a law enforcement officer's use of deadly force in self-defense is not constitutionally…
22-5924 Carl Jones v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard legal-sufficiency self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Does the well-settled standard and scope of review governing claims a standard and scope of constitutional dimension prohibit an appellate court from …
22-325 Adam Bruzzese v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law adverse-employment-action constitutional-rights due-process employment-action ex-parte-statements government-employment preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness self-defense Can the adverse employment action against Adam Bruzzese stand if it was administered in a manner which does not satisfy due process requirements?
22-5438 Winfred Scott Simpson v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP and ineffective assistance of counsel unlawful detention compulsory-process due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jencks-act miranda-rights right-to-present-defense self-defense sixth-amendment Violation of Petitioner's 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights regarding suppressed evidence
22-5243 Grover D. Cannon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus constitutional-law criminal-procedure defense-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana mens-rea right-to-autonomy self-defense sixth-amendment Did Louisiana's courts violate Grover D. Cannon's Sixth Amendment rights recognized in McCoy by allowing Mr. Cannon's defense counsel over Mr. Cannon'…
22-5019 Amber Renee Guyger v. Texas Texas 2022-07-01 Denied IFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency mistake-of-fact self-defense Under the legal sufficiency standard of Jackson v. Virginia, a court violates due process by concluding that self-defense and mistake-of-fact are mutu…
21-8098 Rocky Christian v. Florida Florida 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP anders-review appellate-procedure appellate-review fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction plain-error self-defense self-defense-instruction sixth-amendment Did the Fifth District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida conduct an adequate review of the record pursuant to Anders v. California 386 U.S. 738…
21-1485 In Re Eileen Vey 2022-05-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct retaliation self-defense Whether this Court should clear Eileen Vey of all charges, since she was clearly criminally prosecuted and deprived of 'reasonable doubt'
21-1440 Mark T. McCloskey v. Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel Missouri 2022-05-13 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment moral-turpitude pardon professional-misconduct right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause permit attorney sanctions for professional misconduct based on a finding of 'moral turpitude' wher…
21-1422 Brett Ferris v. Chrystal Scism, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Scism Second Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment lethal-force police-procedure qualified-immunity self-defense standing use-of-force Does the doctrine of qualified immunity shield a police officer from suit
21-1341 Wysingo Turner v. Christine Brannon-Dortch, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-04-11 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-law firearm-possession murder-trial self-defense standing state-court Whether a state court's decision that a criminal defendant can be falsely accused during his state criminal murder trial of 'illegally' possessing out…
21-7458 Derek Williamson v. Jason Clendenion, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process jury-trial-rights lenient-standard self-defense summary-remand Does the failure to give a self-defense jury instruction contradict, or is an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law regarding a…
21-7362 Kyle Kurtz v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto free-speech habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt rules-of-court self-defense Are the rules promulgated by the United States Supreme Court being enforced?
21-1194 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2022-03-02 GVR Amici (5)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process magazine-ban property-rights scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing takings takings-clause Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the …
21-7249 Jacob Ivan Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-punishment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel self-defense sentencing-phase sixth-amendment Whether the failure of Tezai Covnser's to Jueoerm fys Cizenr Juwr He feces fh 'Menanrony' Lee Seusence Le He Cnwases To bo to Tarn) & hse, Nor fi elro…
21-6740 Teddy Chiquito v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection indian-civil-rights-act restitution-damages self-defense tribal-bill-of-rights tribal-law Whether the Government and a Tribal Law Enforcement Employer can arbitrarily convict a Tribal Police Officer
21-910 David Zaitzeff v. City of Seattle, Washington Washington 2021-12-21 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment blade-length civil-rights constitutional-rights fixed-blade-knives knife-carry municipal-code second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary law abiding citizens from carrying fixed blade knives, or knives of a specific…
21-902 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-20 GVR Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom…
21-6662 Bryant Christopher Watts v. Texas Texas 2021-12-17 Denied IFP affirmative-defense appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process reasonable-doubt self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-court Did the court of appeals err in affirming the trial court where evidence is insufficient to rebut the affirmative defense of self-defense beyond a rea…
21-6586 Mark James Martinez v. California California 2021-12-13 Denied IFP california-law civil-rights common-law constitutional-right deadly-force due-process fundamental-right governmental-interest heightened-scrutiny imminent-harm self-defense Whether California's rule that self-defense is not available when a person does not act out of fear alone impermissibly infringes on the right to self…
21-6120 Javier Perez v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms heller-interpretation immigration second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants Whether undocumented-immigrants have 2nd-amendment-rights
21-6044 Kenneth Jay Still v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit firearm-possession firearms justification justification-defense police-contact prohibited-person self-defense Whether the Eighth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant prohibited from possessing a firearm may not present a justification defense if he or she…
21-6063 Jason William Custer v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-6th-14th-amendments due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miranda-rights pauper-defendant postconviction procedural-bar self-defense When trial and direct appeal counsel are one and the same, can a pauper defendant's due process rights be undermined when the state refuses to appoint…
21-5931 Noe Lopez Suchite v. New York New York 2021-10-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-information penal-law right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense trial-transcripts Whether the petitioner's use of force was justified under New York Penal Law 35.15 when the petitioner reasonably believed he was in risk of peril
21-5878 Linaker Charlemagne v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing newly-discovered-evidence self-defense service-of-process Whether District Court departed from essential requirements of law by not perfecting service on Petitioner in a timely manner, which denied constituti…
21-5905 Mitchell L. Christen v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-10-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment alcohol-intoxication civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession self-defense standing state-regulation takings May the State criminalize Mr. Christen's otherwise constitutionally protected actions purely on the basis of his legal intoxication?
21-5765 Tyrus D. Coleman v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder constitutional-review double-jeopardy habeas-corpus judicial-procedure murder retrial self-defense state-court-review Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause precludes retrial for attempted murder after acquittal for murder in self-defense
21-5596 Carl William Frazier v. California California 2021-09-08 Denied IFP 5th-amendment criminal-negligence due-process involuntary-manslaughter jury-instructions knife-assault lesser-included-offense self-defense sua-sponte-instruction Whether a defendant's use of a knife for the purpose of unreasonable self-defense can support a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of inv…
21-5464 Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause Whether the Second Amendment's command that 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed' permits government to prohibit any…
21-215 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process government-consent petition-for-redress second-amendment self-defense thirteenth-amendment Does petitioner need the government's consent to petition the government for redress of his grievance
21-5371 James Roland Henderson v. California California 2021-08-13 Denied IFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure evidence-exclusion familial-violence first-degree-murder homicide imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions parental-relationship religious-beliefs self-defense special-circumstances Whether the trial court improperly instructed the jury with a pinpoint instruction on imperfect self-defense
21-5257 Jermaine Latwone Haynes v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial ineffective-assistance self-defense sentencing-mitigation Was Petitioner Denied His Constitutional Right To The Effective Assistance Of Counsel and A Fair Trial Proceeding
20-1819 Lawrence B. Hughes v. Georgia Georgia 2021-06-30 Denied 14th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-clarity jury-charge jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense standard-of-review Is it a requirement for an indictment to be clear and precise?
20-1783 Jacob Christine v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied and an ex-post-facto violation jury instruction errors ada-pleading-5th bagley-exception brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process jury-instruction pcra-hearing pinholster self-defense unavailable-declarant Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability or grant reargument in the instant matter
20-8235 Kory Christian Pedersen v. Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision Ninth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP expert-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit post-conviction post-conviction-review self-defense sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was Mr. Pedersen denied the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment?
20-1639 George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-25 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the Second Amendment does not apply outside the home
20-8035 James W. Moore v. Ohio Ohio 2021-05-14 Denied IFP 14th-amendment burden-of-proof castle-doctrine due-process duty-to-retreat effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions self-defense Is Ohio's Castle Doctrine unconstitutional?
20-8018 Deshaun Tisdale v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-with-dangerous-weapon common-law-self-defense criminal-law firearms-offense jury-instruction michigan-common-law michigan-law racketeering racketeering-conspiracy self-defense use-of-firearm Whether the Petitioner should have been permitted a common law self-defense jury instruction in a racketeering conspiracy case involving convictions f…
20-7899 Christopher Middleton v. Georgia Georgia 2021-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements harmless-error indictment-sufficiency jury-disbelief self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a finding of guilt can be predicated on the jury's disbelief of a defendant's statements where the defendant does not testify and the State fa…
20-7897 Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement
20-7714 Dario Reyes-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants Whether resident undocumented immigrants are part of the people whose right to keep and bear arms for individual self-defense the second-amendment pro…
20-1419 Reb Russell, II v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-04-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-carry home-defense intermediate-scrutiny second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry arms outside of the home for self-defense
20-1298 Demetreus A. Keahey v. Dave Marquis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 6th-amendment clearly established federal law regarding a defen criminal-procedure jury-trial or is an unreasonable application of self-defense due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jury-trial self-defense sixth-amendment Whether the failure to give a self-defense jury instruction contradicts
20-7500 Christopher Nathaniel Brown v. Florida Florida 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-evidence self-defense state-courts victim-history Does Florida state courts deny defendants their Due Process Rights when the courts exclude extrinsic evidence which would corroborate defendant's know…
20-7318 Alex Warren Klinger v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-liability double-jeopardy due-process jackson-standard search-warrant self-defense treaties whether-state-disproved-self-defense-beyond-reasonable-doubt
20-1151 Libertarian Party of Erie County, et al. v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process heller licensing-discretion may-issue-law mcdonald pistol-permit second-amendment self-defense standing Should the State of New York's pistol permit process violate the Second Amendment?
20-7171 Luis Javier Correa-Figueroa, aka Barney, aka Gordo v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure district-court-ruling evidence evidence-exclusion federal-property intent motion-for-acquittal procedural-error self-defense use-of-force Whether the district court committed a procedural error in excluding evidence
20-7011 Hemmingway Mukora Saisi v. Carolyn Murray, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection protection-claim self-defense stare-decisis state-criminal-procedure state-officials Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process and equal protection were violated by the heightened pleading standard applied to his se…
20-1040 Michael Aaron Strickland v. Oregon Oregon 2021-01-29 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process prior-experiences reasonable-person second-amendment self-defense state-of-mind Did the Oregon courts err in holding that there is no Constitutional right of self-defense except for when someone like the judge would have behaved t…
20-6958 Luis C. Paulino v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection justification-defense self-defense standing takings Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense
20-997 Arlane James, et al. v. Noah Bartelt Third Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) civil-procedure civil-rights deadly-force johnson-v-jones law-enforcement officer-involved-shooting qualified-immunity self-defense summary-judgment third-circuit use-of-force Whether the Third Circuit's decision to exercise jurisdiction over an appeal of the District Court's denial of qualified immunity on a motion for summ…
20-843 New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. Kevin P. Bruen, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. Second Circuit 2020-12-23 Judgment Issued Amici (89)Relisted (4) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-prohibition handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense
20-840 Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force Does the Fourth Amendment authorize the use of deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstered, licensed hand…
20-6675 Augustine L. Cavitte v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense self-incrimination voluntariness Did the lower courts err in finding Ms. Cavitte's statements admissible contrary to present Miranda standards?
20-812 Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
20-775 Clifford Williams v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-12-07 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment right-to-present-defense self-defense sixth-amendment Whether a state court's arbitrary decision to deny a defendant the ability to present his self-defense case amounts to a denial of the fundamental con…
20-6275 William Ford v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied IFP burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-counsel prejudice-prong procedural-default self-defense sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-counsel Would jurist of reason disagree and find debatable the correctness of the Sixth and District Courts' finding of effective assistance of counsel
20-6276 Arek R. Fressadi v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-violations court-rules due-process equal-protection first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct judicial-review oath-of-office procedural-default self-defense state-law supreme-court trial-counsel venue-transfer venue-transfer 20-6275" Would a jurist of reason find debatable the correc Whether failures to apply mandatory language of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, state law, and court rules are violations of the Du…
20-6277 Percy Allen Stucks v. Florida Florida 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP castle-doctrine civil-rights criminal-law domestic-violence due-process florida-law imminent-danger residential-defense self-defense stand-your-ground Does a resident have the right to stand their ground in their residential property in Florida?
20-5884 Charles Chad Giese v. California California 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-defense self-defense self-incrimination Did Police Violate Giese's Miranda Rights by Interrogating Him While He was in Custody?
20-5721 Sheyna Douprea v. Janel Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP battered-woman-syndrome ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health post-traumatic-stress-disorder prejudice prejudice-analysis self-defense strickland-standard strickland-v-washington was-douprea-required-to-establish-a-reasonable-probability-of-a-total-acquittal
20-5644 Jonathan Limary v. Maine Maine 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights defense-of-others fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection self-defense sixth-amendment voir-dire Did the lower court deny Jonathan Limary the right to a fair and impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, by denyin…
20-5462 Smith Ellison, Jr. v. Robert Neuschmid, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-08-28 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure complete-defense constitutional-rights due-process evidence-preclusion motion-for-reconsideration remorse self-defense standing Whether Petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability
20-5430 Anthony G. Meyers v. Cathy Jess, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law duty-to-retreat first-degree-reckless-homicide homicide ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense utter-disregard Was there sufficient evidence of utter disregard for human life to support a first degree reckless homicide conviction?
20-5313 Melquan Tucker v. New York New York 2020-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felony-penalties home-protection second-amendment self-defense strict-scrutiny takings Whether New York's Penal Law § 265.01-b(1) is unconstitutional as applied
20-5299 Antonio Benson v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instruction jury-instructions self-defense Whether the ruling of the Tennessee Supreme Court violated Petitioner's due process protections
20-5265 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Colorado Colorado 2020-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-evaluation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions post-arrest-silence right-to-remain-silent self-defense Whether the trial court violated Sayed's constitutional right to remain silent by allowing the investigator to comment on Sayed's post-arrest silence
20-5169 Randy A. Thomas v. Ohio Ohio 2020-07-24 Denied IFP developmental-delay fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel low-iq mental-capacity self-defense sixth-amendment social-security Is counsel ineffective under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when no investigation is conducted pre-trial concerning the client's developmental-de…
20-5025 Eddie Matthew Amos v. Tommy Bowen Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP convicted-felon criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial felon-in-possession firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense Is a criminal defendant denied a fair trial and the effective assistance of counsel when defense counsel fails to request a jury instruction on self-d…
19-8882 George Donald Hatt, Jr. v. Washington Washington 2020-07-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process first-aggressor jury-instruction self-defense sua-sponte substantial-rights sufficiency-of-evidence Did the First Aggcessor Jury Instruction, issued sua sponte, violate due process by celieving the state of its burden to disprove self-defense?
19-8727 Felton Ladell Humphries, Jr. v. S. Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder jury-instruction self-defense voluntary-manslaughter Whether the petitioner was entitled to a jury instruction on his theory of defense and the requested jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter and im…
19-1303 Earnest Cassell Woods, II v. California California 2020-05-20 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea murder-conviction natural-probable-consequences resentencing retroactive retroactivity self-defense senate-bill-1437 sentencing statutory-interpretation Does Senate Bill 1437 added Section 1170.95 permit persons convicted of murder under the natural and probable consequences theory to petition for vaca…
19-8314 Reginald Ward v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence jurisdiction self-defense statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant is actually innocent when the socks clearly show he acted within his wants, and whether the defendant's exercise of his rights to …
19-7889 Walter Rosario-Colon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence insufficient-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-jurist second-degree-murder self-defense Whether reasonable jurists would determine that Walter Rosario-Colon acted in self-defense when he struck Antonio Aguado, or whether there was insuffi…
19-7750 Russell Patrick Brown v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-degree-murder constitutional-due-process constitutional-violation conviction criminal-conviction due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia jury-instruction premeditation self-defense supreme-court-precedent Whether it's a U.S. constituion Due Process violation proscribed by this court in Jackson v. Virginia, for Mr. Brown's 1st degree murder conviction to…
19-7378 Octavio Diaz v. San Bernardino County, California, et al. California 2020-01-22 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-conflict civil-rights civil-rights-violation discriminatory-arrest due-process free-speech manuel-v-city-of-joliet probable-cause second-amendment self-defense Was the California Court of Appeal in conflict with other circuits on the issue of probable cause and Second Amendment rights?
19-7232 Francisco Argenis Parra v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied IFP accomplice-statements-corroboration alibi-instruction bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements confrontation-clause due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses self-defense sixth-amendment supplemental-credibility-instruction Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance
19-6923 Adrian Alaniz v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-violation due-process harmless-error hearsay hearsay-evidence justifiable-homicide manslaughter prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment self-defense standard-of-review Whether the conceded admission of gang hearsay evidence in violation of the Confrontation Clause was prejudicial
19-704 Matthew D. Wilson, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use common-use-test due-process firearms-regulation heller heller-precedent local-government-restriction second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Second Amendment allows a local government to prohibit law-abiding residents from possessing and protecting themselves with a class of rif…
19-694 Heather Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kyle Baker, Deceased v. City of Trenton, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment home-invasion police-conduct police-procedure search-and-seizure second-amendment self-defense standing warrantless-search Whether the Second Amendment right to bear arms precludes warrantless home searches based on lawful firearm possession
19-642 Shawntele Cortez Jackson v. Kathy Litteral Sixth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response Waived brecht-standard chapman-standard esparza-standard habeas-corpus habeas-review harmless-error self-defense sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying the Esparza harmless error standard, instead of the Brecht harmless error standard on federal habeas revie…
19-6621 Jaquan Walters v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit criminal-law deadly-force due-process federal-common-law imperfect-self-defense manslaughter murder murder-mitigation self-defense unreasonable-belief voluntary-manslaughter Does 'imperfect self-defense' exist as a partial defense to murder at federal common law?
19-6534 Saad Bahoda v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure Bunkley-v-Florida conflict-of-interest effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing forged-affidavits ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions michigan-law People-v-Triplett plain-error self-defense sixth-amendment witness-conflict Whether petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at trial
19-423 Brian Kirk Malpasso, et al. v. William M. Pallozzi, in His Official Capacity as Maryland Secretary of State Police Fourth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment carry circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit typical, law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense
19-404 David Seth Worman, et al. v. Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment caetano civil-rights due-process firearms-ban heller heller-standard individual-right intermediate-scrutiny mcdonald second-amendment self-defense Does Massachusetts' ban unconstitutionally infringe the individual right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment?
19-6029 Frank Jeffs v. Michael Overmyer, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus jurisdiction premeditated-murder prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sentencing sentencing-order Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was required to vacate and set aside the judgment and discharge the prisoner when the Commonwealth refused to f…
19-5740 Jeffrey L. Miller v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process false-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense wrongful-conviction Whether it is permissible to knowingly prosecute innocent non-criminal Americans
19-5716 Karl Heinz Dupuy v. Unknown Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-opinion fair-trial innocence medical-records mental-state post-conviction-discovery self-defense standing Whether the life of my pregnant companion & fetus was not being protected from imminent danger from real threat by two young men with burglary tools i…
19-5566 Reilies Wayne Miller v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP chapman-v-california closing-arguments darden-v-wainwright due-process expert-witness fourteenth-amendment harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions self-defense sixth-amendment Consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment and Chapman v. California, could the harmless error analysis applied by the State as to the self-defense jury…
19-121 Kenneth Miller v. Robert Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington Ninth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment 351 (1973) which satisfies the habeas-corpus 411 US. 345 civil-rights custody-requirement due-process standing 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-prohibition fundamental-rights habeas-corpus liberty-interest second-amendment self-defense severe-restraint-on-liberty standing Does the total prohibition on the exercise of a person's fundamental Second Amendment right to keep a firearm in one's home for purposes of self-defen…
19-114 Douglas F. Ciolek v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-07-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry justifiable-need permit-requirement permit-restriction public-carry public-safety second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the legislative requirement of 'justifiable need' for a permit to carry a handgun in public violates the Second Amendment
19-5146 Isiah Edward Gilliam v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-11 Denied IFP discovery discovery-violation due-process fair-trial habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions mistrial prior-convictions prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Was Mr. Gilliam denied due process and a fair trial
19-3 Ryan Begay v. New Mexico New Mexico 2019-06-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blockburger-test blockburger-v-united-states constitutional-protection double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment reckless-abuse reckless-child-abuse self-defense Whether the 'same elements' test adequately protects against multiple punishments for 'the same offence'
18-9824 Steven G. Patten v. California California 2019-06-27 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection flight-instruction fourteenth-amendment harmless-error jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination self-defense Whether Petitioner can establish a prima facie case of discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
18-9785 Wayne A. Hussar, II v. James C. Reynolds, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure self-defense sentencing standing warrantless-search Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated when the state court dismissed his criminal case despite evidence of se…
18-9670 Charles L. Trice v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 9th-amendment conflict-in-circuits constitutional-rule due-process due-process-interpretation eleventh-circuit-conflict griffith-v-kentucky ninth-amendment second-amendment self-defense self-defense-right weiand-decision Whether the Florida post-conviction court unreasonably applied Griffith v. Kentucky in determining that Trice's convictions were final when the Florid…
18-9474 Irving Madden v. Michael Melvin, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision is consistent with Strickland v. Washington
18-9479 In Re Percy Allen Stucks 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP castle-doctrine civil-rights due-process florida-law imminent-danger property-rights residential-defense self-defense stand-your-ground Does a resident have the right to stand their ground in their residential property in Florida?
18-9397 Miguel Angel Barron v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial fourth-amendment jury-instructions probable-cause relevance search-and-seizure self-defense warrantless-search Whether a state trial court's jury instruction that reduces the burden of proof or violates a principle of fairness contained in the due process claus…
18-9268 Manuel Antonio Mejia Rivera v. Donna Kay McKinney, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-defense sixth-amendment void-conviction witness-testimony Whether the 5th Circuit erred in denying Mr. Rivera's procedural request for a Certificate of Appealability (COA) in violation of Supreme Court preced…
18-9228 David D. Ewing v. Ronda Pash, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review claims-barred due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-admission merits-consideration procedural-default self-defense state-court-appellate state-court-proceedings Whether a petitioner's claims are barred from federal review when the underlying claims have been considered on the merits during state court appellat…
18-1272 Michael Gould, et al. v. Andrew Lipson, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Brookline Police Department, et al. First Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-restrictions good-reason intermediate-scrutiny right-to-bear-arms right-to-carry second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense
18-8590 Harlin Argelio Ramos v. Utah Utah 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice self-defense Did the Utah appellate court err in holding that the erroneous jury instruction, which impermissibly shifted the burden of proof onto Petitioner/Defen…
18-8450 Randall Alan Carder v. California California 2019-03-18 Denied IFP assault assault-with-deadly-weapon constitutional-rights counter-attack criminal-procedure deadly-weapon due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions self-defense Did the trial court violate petitioner's due process rights by failing to sua sponte instruct the jury on self-defense to a charge of assault with a d…
18-1128 Curtis Minchuk v. Craig Strand Seventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived circuit-split deadly-force deadly-force-justification excessive-force fourth-amendment police-use-of-force qualified-immunity self-defense totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force Whether evidence of a dangerous and violent suspect's sudden and unexpected gesture of surrender immediately and objectively terminates the deadly thr…
18-8058 Joel Elias Sanchez v. Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit aedpa constitutional-rights crane-v-kentucky criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-exclusion ninth-circuit-review right-to-present-defense self-defense Did excluding this evidence violate Sanchez's clearly established right under Crane?
18-8067 Arthur Nop Lew v. California California 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions jury-trial self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-by-jury Whether upholding a criminal conviction based on a jury instruction and legal standard that are more favorable to the prosecution than what was actual…
18-7935 Kahri Smith v. Bonita J. Hoffner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari criminal-procedure felony jurisdiction michigan-law reasonable-jurists self-defense sixth-circuit Is certiorari appropriate where the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the merits of petitioner's self-defense claim without jurisdiction and is i…
18-7933 Keith Charleston v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure-miranda due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights premeditated-murder probable-cause self-defense self-incrimination warrantless-arrest Whether petitioner's statement was unconstitutionally obtained due to intoxication and lack of sleep preventing a knowing and intelligent Miranda waiv…
18-7826 Curtis R. Leachman v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-determination jury-instruction jury-instructions michigan-self-defense-act psychological-expert self-defense self-defense-statute Was petitioner denied the right to compulsory process when the trial court failed to grant funds for a psychological expert to aide the jury in determ…
18-7766 Rishawn Lamar Reeder v. Cecelia Reynolds, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alibi-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-presentation eyewitness-testimony gunshot-residue impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense surveillance-video trial-counsel witness witness-testimony Did the court err in finding trial counsel ineffective
18-7697 Duane Yates v. Iowa Iowa 2019-01-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment postconviction prison-discipline self-defense sixth-amendment whether-inmates-who-file-a-postconviction-under-io Whether inmates who file a postconviction under lowa Code 822 in the lowa District Court's are denied the equal protection of law under the Sixth and …
18-7626 Gregory Haynes v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice second-degree-murder self-defense trial-court-error Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial
18-843 Ivan Pena, et al. v. Martin Horan, Director, California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms Ninth Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation firearm-restrictions handgun-regulation intermediate-scrutiny microstamping second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether California's 'Unsafe Handgun Act' violates the Second Amendment
18-824 Thomas Rogers, et al. v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment carry circuit-split constitutional-carry firearm-rights heller-v-dc intermediate-scrutiny licensing second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense
18-7089 Esau Milliner v. Kathy Litteral, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver closing-argument confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-burglary ineffective-assistance-of-counsel initial-aggressor procedural-bar right-to-appeal right-to-testify self-defense trial-counsel Effective-assistance-of-counsel
18-6721 Gavin Cullens v. Cindi Curtin, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense trial-counsel Did the trial court err when it gave out self-defense instruction for complainants who were not accused of any crimes to warrant a defense? Alternativ…
18-6663 Esau Escobar v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-13 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-instructions murder murder-conviction prior-acts provocation provocation-defense self-defense substantial-evidence Whether the Appellate Court erred in rejecting the Petitioner's claim of provocation instruction due to the Petitioner's testimony that he acted out o…
18-6352 Joseph Kelvin Aberant v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder cross-reference firearm firearm-offense fourth-circuit imperfect-self-defense indictment self-defense sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding that the cross reference under Section 2K2.1(c)(1) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines was applicab…
18-6325 Adrian Contreras-Rebollar v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability co-counsel criminal-procedure-6th-amendment-right-to-counsel- criminal-procedure-6th-amendment-self-defense-inef defense-of-another due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instruction right-to-counsel self-defense sixth-amendment Where petitioner's defense in the trial court was based on Self-Defense, petitioner did not fully trust his Dept. of Assigned Counsel lawyer, and thus…
18-6189 Eduardo Salgado v. California California 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment carry-outside-home civil-procedure civil-rights concealed-carry concealed-carry-license due-process federal-circuit-split firearm-rights good-cause-requirement level-of-scrutiny scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense, and what level of scrutiny applies to laws that …
18-361 Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-09-19 Denied appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions manslaughter self-defense supreme-court-pennsylvania trial-court-error voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court's improper exclusion of voluntar…
18-5783 Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process issue-preclusion judicial-immunity jury-trial manuel-v-city-of-joliet ninth-circuit preliminary-hearing qualified-immunity self-defense Was the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the dismissal based on issue preclusion in violation of Manuel v. City of Joliet?
18-5625 Arrion Lee Crew, Jr. v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense self-defense voluntary-manslaughter Whether the trial court prejudicially erred in failing to instruct on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter
18-5564 Travis Colby Curry v. Oregon Oregon 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-preservation fourteenth-amendment police-misconduct self-defense surveillance-video Whether the police act in bad faith in contravenes of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if they fail to collect and preserve surveill…
18-5502 Susan Joy Jacobson v. Arizona Arizona 2018-08-09 Denied IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony ptsd ptsd-diagnosis self-defense sixth-amendment Whether preclusion of an accused citizen's PTSD diagnosis, proffered to support her self-defense claim, unconstitutionally impinges on her Due Process…
18-5467 Virginia Denise Wyche v. Florida Florida 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether jury instructions misstating self-def 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment homicide homicide-statute second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the First District's expansion of the scope of Florida's homicide statute could be used to affirm Wyche's conviction and sentence in light of …
18-121 James Rothery, et al. v. Lou Blanas, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry discretionary-licensing discretionary-permit due-process equal-protection law-enforcement-exemption licensing-discretion second-amendment self-defense self-defense-rights standing takings Does California's general prohibition to carry a loaded handgun outside the home, coupled with an arbitrary and capricious licensing scheme for citize…
18-5337 Shawn Johnson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violations certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-concession prosecutorial-misconduct recantation recanted-testimony self-defense witness-recantation Whether petitioner Shawn Johnson was denied due process and a fair trial due to newly discovered evidence of actual innocence and ineffective assistan…
18-5338 DeLawrence A. King v. Ronald Erdos, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance mens-rea procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Sixth Circuit Court error when it failed to grant Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability after previously ruling in his favor, by stating t…
18-5167 Levar Brown v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-regulations second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) violates the Second Amendment and due process rights
18-5015 Edwin Aponte v. Eric Tice, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-review procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sixth-amendment state-appellate-procedure Was petitioner's prosecutorial misconduct claim procedurally defaulted for failing to present it in state appellate procedure when the highest state c…
18-5031 Jabbar Wallace v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder-conviction self-defense self-defense-right sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's conviction for third-degree murder should be overturned due to self-defense, violation of the Confrontation Clause, and ineff…