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25A875 Telina Fuller v. Hector Sanchez, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-04 Application competency-hearing constitutional-violation due-process godinez-standard self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a state court's sua sponte imposition of a competency standard that contradicts Godinez v. Moran violates a criminal defendant's constitutiona…
25A872 Djavon Holland v. United States Third Circuit 2026-02-03 Application appellate-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to discharge appointed appellate counsel and proceed pro se after counsel has filed an opening…
25-6476 Demond Depree Bluntson v. Texas Texas 2026-01-05 Pending IFP faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the 6th and 14th Amendments prevent a State appellate court from imputing a finding of severe mental illness to deny a defendant's right to se…
25-708 Rupert Baptiste v. Fatou Jallow Third Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending due-process fourteenth-amendment haines-v-kerner judicial-act pro-se-rights self-representation Whether a pro se litigant's case can be summarily dismissed in deference to an attorney without full adjudication on the merits
25-6170 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana, et al. Louisiana 2025-11-19 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process jurisdictional-error pro-se-representation self-representation Whether the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Appellate Court committed jurisdictional error and constitutional violations in denying the appellant's due proces…
25-6071 Anna Joy Eltgroth v. Edward Aaron Pierson Pennsylvania 2025-11-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process legal-accommodation protection-from-abuse self-representation Does a 1994 Protection from Abuse Act warrant consideration of 6th and 14th amendment rights for victims of false abuse accusations, particularly thos…
25A396 Robert Tatum v. Chris Stevens Seventh Circuit 2025-10-06 Application alibi-defense complete-defense due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional right to present a complete defense is violated when a state court denies the opportunity to present an …
25-324 Richard William Kleinhammer v. California California 2025-09-18 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a postconviction appellate court can create a bar to self-representation without exception or discretionary review of merits
25-5326 Geneva Langworthy v. Supreme Court of New Mexico New Mexico 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-access disability-rights due-process judicial-bias legal-representation self-representation Can a judge with personal bias deny access to courts as punishment for disrespectful language, and can a judge deny self-representation or require an …
25-5309 Tedor Davido v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-08 Pending IFP criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony probable-cause self-representation warrant-exception In light of this Court's recent grant of certiorari in Case v. Montana to resolve the question of whether the emergency aid exception to the warrant r…
25-5234 Cathy E. Butler v. Estate of Dana Grace Butler, Deceased, et al. Florida 2025-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment open-courts probate-administration self-representation Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires meaningful notice, hearing, and written findings before converting probate to formal ad…
24-7497 Michael Marion Cotham v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process faretta-right ineffective-assistance self-representation Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision was 'contrary' to Faretta v. Arizona regarding termination of self-representation rights
24-1272 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations first-amendment-retaliation judicial-immunity self-representation separation-of-powers sixth-amendment-rights Whether the lower court's actions constitute a violation of First Amendment retaliation, Sixth Amendment right to self-representation, and separation …
24A1208 Frank Marshall, et ux. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-06-09 Presumed Complete court-procedure due-process legal-standing litigation-rights pro-se self-representation Whether a pro se litigant's self-representation in a state court proceeding violates due process when the litigant lacks formal legal training
24-7301 Dennis J. Rydbom v. Jonathan Frame, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-rights defense-strategy hybrid-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Did Judge Reed mislead Rydbom on the Assistance of Counsel clause by improperly interfering with his right to strategic defense control?
24-7175 In Re Kevin Ogden 2025-05-12 Denied IFP appellate-review due-process jurisdiction legal-standard self-representation trial-rights Whether the Supreme Court of New Mexico lacks jurisdiction to rule on the petitioner's case prior to trial and applied the wrong legal standard when d…
24-7136 DeWayne Lee Waldrup v. Texas Texas 2025-05-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel self-representation trial-procedure Whether Texas trial courts improperly denied petitioner's right to self-representation and effective counsel by dismissing court-appointed counsel wit…
24-7029 DeNeal Lee Smith v. Jeff Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-right self-representation sixth-amendment Can a criminal defendant invoke his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation under Faretta after an equivocal request?
24-7000 Avery B. Crawford v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus self-representation Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to review the Certificate of Appealability (COA) process and whether the Federal District Court improperly procedural…
24-6636 Kerbet Dixon v. New York New York 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process pro-se-defendant prosecutorial-tactics self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation Does the right to self-representation include the right to prepare a defense outside the earshot of the prosecution, or can the prosecution have unfet…
24-6642 Hubert Glenn Sexton, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights counsel-waiver due-process self-representation sixth-amendment Whether an indigent defendant can be denied the right to present his own defense and compelled to accept representation by appointed counsel over his …
24-5876 Norma Ortiz Fernandez v. La Clinica California 2024-10-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing self-representation Whether the Due Process Clause applies to self-represented parties and whether the Court of Appeal infringed a federal constitutional right under the …
24-5815 Joseph S. Addison v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Whether a defendant can be denied their Sixth Amendment right to self-representation when they have clearly and unequivocally invoked such right
24-454 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. California 2024-10-22 Denied bankruptcy-court civil-procedure due-process emotional-distress judicial-conflict self-representation Whether a self-represented litigant's due process rights were violated in a civil case involving emotional distress claims, bankruptcy court proceedin…
24-5746 In Re Trey Tarell Bradley 2024-10-11 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus self-representation state-court-procedure Can a State summarily deny a defendant's right to self-representation and subsequently bar a constitutional challenge to such because of the defendant…
24-5634 Camille A. Abboud v. Iryna Abboud Florida 2024-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct parental-rights self-representation Whether a retired Army Colonel's constitutional and parental rights were systematically violated by Florida state and federal judges through prejudici…
24-5319 Marlin Lee Gougher v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-colloquy self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a defendant's lucid Faretta colloquy response can preclude their right to self-representation and understanding of charges against them
23-1318 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. California 2024-06-18 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process emotional-distress judicial-recusal recusal self-representation standing due-process-clause
23-7009 Warren Simpson v. Alan Simpson Arizona 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-counsel liberty pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trustee Should every US citizen be provided counsel if they cannot afford it?
23-6975 D'Amantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio 2024-03-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen trial-court Can a trial court deny a criminal defendant the right to self-representation solely because he was designated a sovereign citizen?
23-6961 Jacob Smith v. John Henley, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation Whether the prosecutor improperly shifted the burden of proof by asking the defendant to prove his innocence in front of the jury, which was prejudici…
23-6908 Shawn Christy v. United States Third Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judgment-of-acquittal judicial-discretion judicial-error pro-se right-to-counsel self-representation sentencing-review Did the district court error in not permitting Mr. Christy to represent himself?
23A526 Jacob Smith v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-right criminal-procedure faretta-right preliminary-hearing self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation established in Faretta applies to preliminary hearings in state criminal proceedings
23-6211 Bernard Antoine Hardrick v. Michigan Michigan 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-enterprise due-process evidence-sufficiency exclusion jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation trial-court-error Whether the trial court violated petitioner's right to be present, right to counsel, and right to self-representation when it improperly excluded peti…
23-5857 Jeremy Moody v. Georgia Georgia 2023-10-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP autonomy-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation trial-court-discretion Whether a guilty plea waives claims that the trial court violated a defendant's autonomy-based rights
23-5574 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process notice-requirement self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation Whether the trial court's denial of the defendant's right to self-representation and effective assistance of counsel constitutes a violation of the Si…
23-5436 Christopher J. Barnett v. David Guten, District Judge, District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-petition self-representation supreme-court timeliness writ-of-certiorari Does Bo Pep have a right to access the court for fee waiver?
23-5115 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-17 Denied IFP counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process fund-seizure hearing-requirement luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel seizure-of-funds self-representation Whether a court may rule on a request for self-representation based solely on the existing record or whether it must hold a hearing and question the d…
22-7829 James Platte, Jr. v. Sarah Schroeder, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process hybrid-representation judicial-discretion self-representation standing trial-court Did the trial court's substitution of hybrid representation over self-representation violate petitioners' constitutional rights?
22-1120 Paula Parisi v. Peter C. Anderson, United States Trustee for Region 16 Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-chapter-11 28-usc-158 bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal chapter-11-proceeding debtor-in-possession district-court-jurisdiction self-representation sua-sponte sua-sponte-designation united-states-trustee Discretion to designate U.S. trustee as appellee
22-7266 Levar Lee Spence v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-04-13 Dismissed IFP appeal-rights appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus self-representation statutory-authorization statutory-interpretation issue being raised
22-6660 Winnie Diggs v. Martin Schmidt, et al. Colorado 2023-02-01 Denied IFP court-procedure due-process fair-treatment intentional-prolonged-suffering judicial-fairness judicial-resources legal-remedy perjury-deception res-judicata self-representation self-represented-litigants Whether res judicata makes it impossible for self-represented litigants to be treated fairly
22-6404 Paul Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency constitutional-rights fair-trial indiana-v-edwards mental-illness pro-se-representation self-representation trial-competency Whether a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial imposes upon trial courts a duty of inquiry to determine whether a defendant is competent t…
22-6397 Alex Daniel v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP ake-v-oklahoma appointed-counsel britt-v-north-carolina due-process fundamental-fairness griffin-v-illinois indigent-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment Whether an indigent defendant can be compelled to accept the representation of appointed counsel and give up his Sixth Amendment right to represent hi…
22-6276 Lester S. Barney v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se-representation self-representation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the state court unreasonably determined that Lester S. Barney did not clearly and unequivocally assert his right to proceed pro se
22-464 United States v. Saleem Hakim Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied appellate-review automatic-vacatur criminal-procedure judicial-discretion pretrial-procedure right-to-counsel self-representation structural-error Whether a defendant's erroneous pretrial self-representation categorically constitutes structural error
22-5926 Charles Chitat Ng v. California California 2022-10-27 Denied IFP confrontation-clause due-process extradition-hearing fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-representation sixth-amendment stun-belt Was petitioner deprived of due-process, self-representation, fair-trial, confrontation
22-5851 Siaosi Vanisi v. William Reubart, Acting Warden Nevada 2022-10-17 Denied IFP competency criminal-procedure double-jeopardy gross-negligence intent-requirement mental-competency oregon-v-kennedy self-representation Does gross negligence satisfy the intent requirement for double jeopardy?
22-5287 Gregory Edwin Dunn v. County of Santa Cruz, California Ninth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigence privileges-and-immunities self-representation Whether indigence should be deemed a suspect or quasi-suspect class
22-5153 Ramon A. Boyce v. Ohio Ohio 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication prejudice pro-se-defendant self-representation trial-court trial-court-discretion Has a criminal Defendant's constitutional right to self-representation been violated by a trial court, if that court unreasonably delays the Defendant…
22-5134 Bart J. Tarulli v. Ameriprise Financial Services Second Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-discretion legal-violations merit-based-decision preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness self-representation standing Does the court believe that 'cheating' and violating established law/rules must be addressed with an imposition of the clear penalties so listed?
21-8063 William Lee Wright Jr. v. California California 2022-06-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta faretta-motion judicial-discretion self-representation timeliness totality-of-the-circumstances Whether a pre-trial request for self-representation under Faretta v. California is timely
21-8027 Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency conflict-of-counsel counsel-conflict faretta-colloquy faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court-discretion Does the Sixth Amendment require a trial court to conduct a competency colloquy where a defendant makes a mid-trial demand to represent himself?
21-7913 William Earl Sweet v. Florida Florida 2022-05-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error self-representation timeliness Right-to-self-representation
21-7904 Vladimir Duarte v. New York New York 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard faretta-v-california self-representation sincerity sixth-amendment unequivocal-request waiver-of-counsel Whether a court must assess only the plain language of a defendant's self-representation request or also determine whether the defendant sincerely des…
21-7844 James R. W. Mitchell v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-appointment court-discretion criminal-defendant criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the state court unreasonably applied Faretta v. California by reading a timeliness requirement into the right to self-representation
21-7724 Anthony Fields v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment court-of-appeals evidence-suppression Faretta-v-California fourth-amendment Koon-v-United-States legal-error precedent-interpretation self-representation traffic-stop Whether the court of appeals' decision affirming the denial of Petitioner's request to exercise his right to self-representation while ignoring comple…
21-7631 Johnell Lee Carter v. Hunter Anglea, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process pro-per pro-per-status right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court denied Petitioner's right to self-representation
21-7633 Charles Awusin Inko-Tariah v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication government-misconduct judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-treatment pro-se-representation self-representation Was the Supreme Court ruling in Faretta vs California violated or trampled
21-7540 In Re Rufus Paul Harris 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right fair-trial in-absentia pro-se-defendant pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel trial-court Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a trial court to permit existing stand-by counsel to assume representation for an 'in absentia' pro-se defendant?
21-7348 Andrew Prescott v. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District Illinois 2022-03-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process ex-parte-communication fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal self-representation sixth-amendment Do the 6th Amendment; Section1 and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; 28 U.S. Code § 1654, and state laws or provisions, grant individuals the right to …
21-7231 Caleb L. McGillvary v. New Jersey New Jersey 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-inquiry Faretta-motion right-to-counsel self-representation waiver Whether the denial of a defendant's motion to self-represent without a Faretta inquiry constitutes a waiver of the right to self-representation if the…
21-1147 Yehoram Uziel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights discrimination due-process judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct legal-extortion self-representation self-represented-litigant standing Can a judge ignore a party's challenge to his impartiality, maintain jurisdiction and abuse his adjudicative authority to extort the challenging party…
21-7161 Deja Paschal v. Connecticut Connecticut 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equivocal-request right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment waiver Whether the defendant's request for self-representation was unequivocal, despite being made in the context of a request for new counsel
21-7120 David John Telles, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony grooming-expert-testimony malingering mental-disorder mental-disorder-defense self-representation standard-of-review standard-for-reviewing-denied-motions-for-competency-hearings
21-7001 Adam J. Tenser v. Beth Silverman, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-representation civil-rights due-process fairness judicial-interpretation legal-solicitude liberal-construction pro-se self-representation slander standing Whether this Court's articulation of the pro se liberal construction rule in Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 529 (1972) implies a general withdrawal of the…
21-6715 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation psychotherapist-patient-privilege self-representation subpoena-validity Whether a criminal defendant can represent themselves pro se, or does a defendant have to waive their privilege to their attorney-client relationship?
21-871 Louisiana v. David H. Brown Louisiana 2021-12-13 Denied capital-case death-penalty faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana self-representation structural-error trial-counsel Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in vacating the three death sentences
21-6556 Richard Bernard Grundy, III v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california fifth-amendment judicial-discretion self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the District Court deprived Richard Grundy of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rig…
21-6393 Michael Lawrence Woodbury v. Florida Florida 2021-11-23 Denied IFP competency-standard due-process fourteenth-amendment indiana-v-edwards mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Florida Supreme Court correctly held that the trial court's inquiry and determination under the lower standard of competency to waive coun…
21-634 Zachariah Brian Wright v. Indiana Indiana 2021-11-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) criminal-procedure due-process equivocal-invocation high-penalty-case intelligent-waiver judicial-discretion right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a defendant's otherwise clear invocation of his right to represent himself becomes equivocal when he prefers representation by an attorney who…
21-6048 Shakina Ortega v. Higgs Fletcher and Mack LLP, et al. California 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-court racial-discrimination self-representation self-represented summary-judgment Whether the granting of summary judgment was proper when discovery was incomplete
21-5959 Darwin J. Fifield, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied IFP civil-rights coerced-statement counsel-ineffectiveness due-process excessive-force fifth-amendment fourth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement self-representation sixth-amendment Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later stat…
21-5701 Michel Cherfrere v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP competency competency-examination criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial standby-counsel Right-to-self-representation
21-5682 Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing mckaskle-v-wiggins right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standby-counsel Did the Faretta hearing in this case result in a decision that was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as…
21-5614 In Re James Williams 2021-09-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error Whether a pro se petitioner who is unable to afford professional legal representation can be denied the right to self-representation and have unwanted…
21-5538 Michael Joseph Edmondson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Whether the trial Judge fulfilled his duty of determining whether there was an intelligent and competent waiver of accused's right to assistance of co…
20-8378 Michael R. Gore, Jr. v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP criminal-procedure faretta self-representation sixth-amendment voir-dire waiver Is the right to self-representation violated when a defendant is not afforded voir dire under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Faretta to determin…
20-7986 Kevin Dunbar v. Arizona Arizona 2021-05-11 Denied IFP attempted-first-degree-murder consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-weighing kidnapping self-representation supreme-court-precedent Whether the petitioner's aggravated sentences were in violation of due process and conflict with the United States Supreme Court holdings in Apprendi …
20-1543 Adam P. McNiece v. Town of Yankeetown, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response Waived bill-of-attainder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment municipal-law notice redress-of-grievances self-representation statutory-reference Can a violation of law or code be charged and tried without any statutory reference of code chapter and section indicated?
20-7834 Steven Cooper v. Florida Florida 2021-04-22 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-rights criminal-mischief criminal-procedure due-process grand-theft mandamus pro-se-representation self-representation trespass Whether it is unconstitutional for a defendant's pro per Motion to Discharge Counsel and Waiver of Right to Counsel to be dismissed for the only reaso…
20-7812 Clive Patrick Bowen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuance criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Does a district court violate the Sixth Amendment or otherwise err when it grants a defendant's motion to represent himself shortly before trial but, …
20-7729 Casey Rose v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing confrontation-clause cooperating-witness cross-examination due-process impeachment indiana-v-edwards self-representation witness-impeachment Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating-witness-with-incentives-to-lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the c…
20-7573 Merrickio D. Harris v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process fundamental-fairness judicial-review self-representation structural-error Whether the Nebraska State Courts committed structural error and violated the Petitioner's Federal Constitutional Rights to Self-Representation and Du…
20-7539 Schenvisky James v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process faretta-warning free-speech right-to-counsel self-representation standing waiver-of-counsel Whether the Michigan legislature's obligation and duty to create a Second Amendment Michigan statute violates the separation of powers principle and i…
20-7354 In Re Michael Robinson 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct mandamus self-representation Question not identified
20-1164 Donald E. Boyd v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process fair-trial fair-trial-rights involuntary-medication psychotropic-drugs right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment xanax-dosage Whether the State of New Jersey's administration of unreasonably high doses of the controlled psychotropic drug Xanax violated the defendant's constit…
20-7236 Vincent E. Boyd v. Dylon Radtke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability court-procedure due-process legal-representation pro-se-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right standby-counsel Should courts have to clearly define, on the record, the proper role of standby counsel in the proceedings?
20-1140 Angela W. DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied appeal appeal-rights civil-procedure consolidation due-process final-judgment pro-se-litigant rule-42-consolidation rules-enabling-act self-representation substantive-right substantive-rights Whether a Rule 42 consolidation can deprive a party of a substantive right—the right to an appeal from a final judgment—when the Rules Enabling Act pr…
20-7063 Pablo Damiani-Melendez v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-challenge self-representation sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Whether the trial court violated Melendez's Sixth Amendment right under the United States and Delaware Constitution when it denied his verbal request …
20-6916 Stephen M. Patterson, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process edwards-standard indiana-v-edwards mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Whether Edwards' heightened competency standards apply when a court grants a borderline competent and mentally ill defendant's request to represent hi…
20-929 Neil J. Gillespie v. Florida Florida 2021-01-11 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california forced-counsel habeas-corpus right-to-self-representation self-representation state-proceedings Can a writ of habeas corpus free a criminal defendant in state criminal proceedings from being restrained by forced appointment of counsel prohibited …
20-6751 Roger Darryl Waldrep v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-evidence civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance self-representation sixth-amendment voluntariness-of-plea Does this Supreme Court grant and honor civil rights to all Arizonans and U.S. citizens?
20-6709 Lance Hundley v. Ohio Ohio 2020-12-28 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-sentencing constitutional-review death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-determination mental-health self-representation sixth-amendment Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid a trial court from allowing a capital defendant with questionable mental health to represent himself?
20-6592 Edgar Gomez v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process faretta-right habeas-corpus right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness Was Petitioner denied his right to self-representation pursuant to Faretta v. California
20-6497 Andrey Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts appellate-review civil-forum civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-review self-representation When the doors of the Court(s] are willfully, maliciously, and improperly closed to non-influential, self-represented persons
20-6240 Kyle Brandon Richards v. Kristopher Taskila, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied IFP aspergers-syndrome cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process mental-health self-representation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-proportionality Question not identified
20-6110 Samuel Hogans v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-procedure trial-proceedings Whether a competent criminal defendant has a constitutional right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment when the defendant invokes the righ…
20-6061 Whittier Buchanan v. California California 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistant-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation standby-counsel trial-transcripts witness-testimony Whether the court allowed the petitioner to represent himself using standby counsel when he had also been appointed assistant counsel, and whether the…
20-5760 Daniel Carl Frederickson v. California California 2020-09-21 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-rights defense-counsel faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana plea-of-guilty self-representation sixth-amendment Does a state statute that requires the consent of defense counsel before a defendant in a capital case can enter a plea of guilty violate the Sixth Am…
20-5708 Fagbemi Miranda v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-rights fundamental-decision fundamental-decisions legal-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-strategy Does the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to make fundamental decisions about his case include the right to choose which defense to present at trial?
20-5676 Leon Venegas, Jr. v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence faretta-inquiry ineffective-assistance jury-selection self-representation timely-request Does a state trial court deprive a criminal defendant of their constitutional right to self-representation?
20-5327 Thyochus A. Huggins v. California California 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process faretta-v-california self-representation Did the trial court violate Petitioner's rights under the Sixth Amendment as set forth in Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975) when it told Peti…
20-5137 Antoine Dewayne Myles v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias pre-sentencing pro-se-representation self-representation suppression suppression-of-evidence wire-tap-interception Whether the district court violated the defendants Due Process right to a fair in an impartial tribunal
20-5085 Joe Edward Johnson v. California California 2020-07-16 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5)IFP batson-challenge criminal-procedure due-process faretta-motion faretta-v-california jury-selection legal-timeliness self-representation timeliness totality-of-circumstances Whether a pretrial request for self-representation can be held 'untimely'
19-8650 Sebastian Albert Campbell v. Maryland Maryland 2020-06-09 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-tools due-process fair-trial legal-standard right-to-counsel self-representation trial-fairness Did the state of Maryland err by utilizing an improper legal standard in its determination that compelling Petitioner to relinquish his right to self-…
19-8560 Ricardo Noble v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-05-28 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure court-order criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-appeal motion-correction self-representation sentencing transcript transcript-error did-court-err-and-abuse-discretion-by-erroneously-quashing-as-untimely-petitioner's-pro-se-appeal
19-8428 Marc Wyatt v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-market-value fifth-circuit legal-counsel replacement-cost right-to-self-representation self-representation Was the appointment of counsel valid?
19-8266 James Heard v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-15 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trial-court Whether the trial court erred in denying Somes Heard's pre-trial motion to proceed pro se
19-8247 John Wilson v. Florida Florida 2020-04-13 Denied IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-procedure mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court was obligated to determine the mental competency of a defendant before granting him the right to represent himself at trial if…
19-8039 Jeffrey Clark v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-03-18 Denied IFP counsel-conflict criminal-trial death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment faretta-waiver jury-trial right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a defendant's waiver of counsel is not knowing, intelligent and voluntary when the defendant's only other option was to proceed to trial with …
19-7769 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied IFP 6th-amendment competency competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation law-enforcement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation Whether the petitioner's 6th Amendment right to a fair trial was violated due to ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, and lack…
19-1052 Andre G. Dewberry v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure guilty-plea self-representation sixth-amendment waiver Whether a guilty plea waives a challenge on appeal to the denial of a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to represent himself
19-7747 Christopher Robert Sueiro v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment interlocutory-appeal self-representation sixth-amendment Whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and the collateral order doctrine, a criminal defendant may appeal an interlocutory order denying the defendant's requ…
19-877 Asmerom Gebreselassie v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel right-to-present-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to grant a certificate of appealability on fundamental Fifth and Sixth Amendment violations?
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment to t…
19-7026 James W. Guy v. Ohio Ohio 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material civil-procedure civil-rights continuance discovery-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial first-amendment free-speech self-representation self-representing-defendant standing untimely-discovery Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights
19-6912 David Abara v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal competency competency-exam criminal-procedure faretta-canvass irreconcilable-conflict right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court Whether a trial court violates the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by forcing a defendant into self-representation when the defendant and his appoint…
19-6700 Abid Naseer v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisement appellate-review district-court right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standard-of-review waiver Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals applied an incorrect standard in concluding that Petitioner knowingly and intelligently waived his Sixth A…
19-6525 Sean Trent Barnes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether Mr. Sean Trent Barnes' decision to waive counsel and represent himself was made voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently
19-6535 Clarence Fry v. Ohio Ohio 2019-11-06 Denied IFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment right-to-testify rock-v-arkansas self-representation sixth-amendment trial-counsel Is it unconstitutional for any Court to deny the Constitutional right to testify in one's own defense by placing the burden of making such desire know…
19-6458 Torrence E. Davis v. Arizona Arizona 2019-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP conditional-demand constitutional-rights criminal-procedure equivocal-invocation equivocal-request faretta-right faretta-v-california judicial-discretion new-counsel pro-per right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right trial-court-advisement waiver-of-counsel Whether a conditional request to proceed pro per is automatically equivocal
19-6445 Lewellyn Charles Cox, IV, aka Sho, aka Showtime, aka Showtyme v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea harmless-error harmless-error-analysis ineffective-assistance right-to-self-representation self-representation self-representation-at-sentencing sentencing structural-error Whether denial of a right to self-representation during sentencing is subject to harmless error analysis or structural error
19-6406 Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-10-28 Denied IFP conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court's denial of the petitioner's right to proceed pro se violated the Sixth Amendment
19-6234 Kelvin Melton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process self-representation Whether an appellant has the right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment
19-6266 Willie Jones, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-among-courts constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure dilatory-conduct dilatory-purpose dilatory-purposes faretta-right faretta-v-california federal-courts self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-self-representation state-courts Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's Faretta claim conflict with Faretta v. California?
19-6165 Ricky G. Davis v. Virginia Virginia 2019-10-04 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process pro-se pro-se-representation probation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standing Can Virginia constitutionally hale a person into its criminal courts and there force a lawyer upon him, even when he insist that he wants to conduct h…
19-6096 Jerry Simmons v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biased-judge constructive-denial constructive-denial-of-assistance-of-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-bias right-to-counsel right-to-present-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error structural-error-doctrine Whether the decision by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals contrary to, or involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established F…
19-5950 Roberto Medina-Martinez v. Arizona Arizona 2019-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation motion-to-change-counsel right-to-counsel self-representation standing Whether the court erred in denying petitioner's request to represent himself and forcing him to be represented by court-appointed counsel against his …
18-9471 Joseph John Viola v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-29 Denied IFP appellate-review collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactivity self-representation state-supreme-court Whether the order promulgating the 1992 amendments to Rule 32 constituted violations of guarantees against ex post facto law and due process under the…
18-9308 Clarence Scranage, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner waived his Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights
18-9196 Delano Marco Medina, aka Michael David Allen Bell, aka William Anders Bryant v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense barker-factors cell-site-location-information constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reason-for-delay self-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the reason-for-delay factor in a Sixth Amendment speedy trial analysis weighs against the government when it intentionally waits and does not …
18-8777 Salim Abdu Gould v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the petitioner was denied due process and the right to self-representation before the appointment of counsel and during the motions entertaine…
18-8724 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics motions pleadings procedural-rules right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have a duty to protect a defendant's right to counsel of choice?
18-8639 Anthony Franklin v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection faretta-hearing faretta-v-california habeas-corpus pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment third-circuit third-circuit-law Whether the district court erred in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner
18-8551 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Arizona Arizona 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure-appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard motion-for-relief self-representation standing timeliness Whether or not the Court of Appeals, State of Arizona, correctly viewed Appellant's Motion To Dismiss this Appeal, submitted pursuant to Arizona Rules…
18-8439 Richard Larry Lacey v. Oregon Oregon 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP courtroom-removal defendant-misconduct forfeiture misconduct right-to-representation self-representation sixth-amendment trial-rights waiver waiver-forfeiture Does a self-represented defendant waive or forfeit his Sixth Amendment right to representation when the defendant intentionally engages in misconduct …
18-8427 Malcolm Roy Evans v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion judicial-inquiry right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-representation Whether a trial court may summarily prohibit an accused from testifying in his own defense
18-8370 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-procedure ninth-circuit self-representation What procedural safeguards are afforded to federal criminal defendants when an Appellate Court panel exercises its discretion in deciding whether or n…
18-1098 Daniel E. Witte v. Jayden H. Huynh, nka Jayden Scacco Utah 2019-02-22 Denied 14th-amendment civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech pro-se-representation self-representation strict-scrutiny Is a pro se civil litigant's right of self-representation in state court protected as a fundamental federal constitutional right subject to the strict…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals violate 28 U.S.C. § 1654 by refusing to allow Mr. Bryant to represent himself in the appeal of the collateral proceeding?
18-8113 Troy Arnaud v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client client-autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-representation sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether Arnand was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel
18-8028 Ronald Reel v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions reasonable-doubt self-representation speedy-trial Whether petitioner was deprived of his 5th Amendment right to the Reasonable Doubts Clause
18-8011 Kevin Kerr v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Eighth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1988 6th-amendment civil-rights competency criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech pardon pro-se-appearance psychological-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment standing Does 42 U.S.C. § 1988(a) confer jurisdiction on the respondent, the United States District Court, and the United States Court of Appeals conveying to …
18-7905 Christopher A. Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indiana-v-edwards medical-condition medical-resuscitation medication mental-competency pro-se-representation self-representation Does a higher standard exist for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial, than for competency to stand trial
18-7754 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-procedure pleadings right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have a duty to protect a defendant's right to counsel of choice?
18-7694 Raymond Crespo v. New York New York 2019-01-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process faretta-v-california judicial-discretion legal-timeliness pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation timeliness How soon in the criminal proceeding must a defendant decide between proceeding by counsel or pro se?
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Whether the unequivocal right to represent oneself or have counsel should be left ambiguous
18-7196 Edward Allen McElroy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing supervised-release waiver-of-counsel Where a defendant is charged in federal court with possession and production of child pornography, the maximum punishment for which carries a lifetime…
18-6940 Dalray Kwane Andrews v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure dilatory faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that Faretta clearly established a requirement that a request for self-representation must be made at least…
18-6871 Archie Cabello v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have a duty to protect a defendant's right to counsel of choice?
18-6219 Melissa May v. Continental Towers Condominiums Association, et al. Kentucky 2018-10-04 Denied IFP access-to-justice accessibility civil-procedure civil-rights court-accommodation disability-discrimination due-process legal-procedure reasonable-accommodation self-representation standing Did the state of Kentucky not facilitate discrimination of Ms. May entirely, because of her disability?
18-5984 Murad H. Beyah v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus self-representation standing Whether HASAN MURAD OSTRES AND BRYAN was unconstitutionally deprived of the right to self-representation
18-5946 William A. Parrish, Jr. v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights court-of-appeals due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel grand-jury-selection indigent indigent-defendant indigent-litigant judicial-discretion perjured-testimony pro-se right-to-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial transcript trial-transcript Did the State Court of Appeals have the authority to deny a pro se indigent litigant a copy of his trial transcript because he choose to represent him…
18-5910 Curtis Dee Packard v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation public-defender right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court withdrawal-of-counsel Whether both the trial court and the State's Public Defender''s Office invited error and erroneously denied the Petitioner his 6th Amendment rights to…
18-5871 Samuel Posa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process eleventh-circuit self-representation tharpe-v-sellers Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability
18-5738 Bill Paul Marquardt v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction capital-collateral-regional-counsel collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-claims self-representation whether-the-three-collateral-order-doctrine-conditions-are-satisfied-and-the-u.s.-court-of-appeals-can-take-jurisdiction-on-my-pro-se-claims,-where-th…
18-238 South Carolina v. Lamont Antonio Samuel South Carolina 2018-08-23 Denied court-of-appeals criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ethics faretta-v-california judicial-conduct judicial-discretion judicial-integrity self-representation sixth-amendment unethical-conduct Did the South Carolina Supreme Court err when it held — in conflict with many federal courts of appeals — that a trial court may not deny a criminal d…
18-5724 Juan Concepcion v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP brown-vs-board case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-judgment due-process Equal-protection Gideon-v-wainwright gideon-vs-wainwright ineffective-counsel legal-petition Self-representation speedy-trial statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the state's alleged ineffective counsel resulted in a denial of due process and equal protection
18-5679 William J. O'Brien, III v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-procedure waiver waiver-of-counsel Was William O'Brien, III denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel?
18-126 Paul Grimstad v. Deschutes County, Oregon, et al. Oregon 2018-07-27 Denied Response Waived citizenship-privileges constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure oregon-appellate-courts right-to-petition self-representation state-court-procedure Whether the abuses I experienced in the Oregon Appellate Courts violated my constitutional guarantees to due-process, equal-protection, right-to-petit…
18-5270 Steven Lynn Deem v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurists-of-reason merits-hearing procedural-standard self-representation Whether the Fifth Circuit abused its discretion in denying a certificate of appealability on petitioner's actual-innocence claim
25A240 Deshawn Demarcus House v. Jeff Long, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete due-process faretta-hearing ineffective-assistance pro-se self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation was violated when the trial court denied the defendant's request to proceed pro se without a …