| 25-6247 |
Jackie Lee Brooks v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability due-process ineffective-assistance proffer-agreement slack-v-mcdaniel |
1. Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner who alleges
constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel for faling to
object to the Government's Due… |
| 24-5127 |
Lamar Z. Brooks v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253c certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa constitutional-review eleventh-circuit federal-court-litigation federal-habeas habeas-corpus miller-el-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' pro forma, nonindividualized, blanket denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) complies with the … |
| 23-7470 |
Christopher L. Takhvar v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process edwards-v-arizona ex-post-facto fundamental-rights habeas-corpus retroactive-criminalization slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the denial of a Certificate of Appealability violates the established 'Slack v. McDaniel' standard to determine a substantial showing of the d… |
| 23-6752 |
Patrick W. Wharen, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-law jurisdictional-prerequisites miller-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied federal law |
| 23-5836 |
Siddhanth Sharma v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights factual-innocence legal-innocence mcquiggin-v-perkins procedural-bar procedural-default sandstrom-claim slack-v-mcdaniel |
Does the claim of Factual Innocence qualify as a debatable claim for the denial of a Constitutional Right |
| 23-5689 |
Philip Jones v. Charles Schuyler, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit slack-v-mcdaniel |
Did the Ninth Circuit's refusal to issue a certificate of appealability for Jones's ineffective assistance of counsel claim conflict with this Court's… |
| 22-6501 |
Michael A. Hagar v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 bracy-v-gramley certificate-of-appealability due-process judicial-misconduct miller-el-v-cockrell procedural-default section-2255 slack-v-mcdaniel speedy-trial |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in not issuing a Certificate of Appealability when the Petitioner met the requirements under 28 U.S.C… |
| 22-5368 |
Kultar S. Goraya v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appealability certificate-of-appealability certiorari civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals applied an improper heightened standard under Slack v. McDaniel and Buck v. Davis when denying petitione… |
| 21-7652 |
Damian Scott Olvera v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment 8th-circuit certificate-of-appealability circuit-court constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's Court of Appeals misapplied the standard for issuing a Certificate of Appealability |
| 21-7411 |
Richard E. Platt v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review |
Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the certificate of appealability pursuant to Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 120 S.Ct. 159… |
| 21-7131 |
Bobby Ray Jones v. Phillip Mitchell, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se schlup-v-delo slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the courts below erred in denying Jones a certificate of appealability |
| 21-6732 |
Julio Cesar Cardenas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
castro-v-united-states civil-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mandates nonfrivolous-claims notice-and-opportunity procedural-rule slack-v-mcdaniel supreme-court supreme-court-mandate |
Has the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals effectively established a procedural rule to efface, abridge, or abrogate the Supreme Court's mandate(s), notic… |
| 21-527 |
Jeffery Mitchell v. Leonta Jackson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
|
aedpa buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations void-ab-initio void-statute |
Whether the Supreme Court has abandoned its precedent in Norton v. Shelby County regarding the void ab initio doctrine |
| 21-5741 |
Jonathan Godwin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 abandonment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-claims district-court habeas-corpus procedural-ruling procedural-rulings slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether an applicant must demonstrate both the debatability of constitutional claims and the debatability of procedural rulings to obtain a certificat… |
| 21-5613 |
Byron McCollum v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253c certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review merits-determination slack-v-mcdaniel unauthorized-merits-determination |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a Certificate of Appealability can be construed as an unauthorized merits determination |
| 21-5339 |
Joseph Miller v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-right due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-warrant-evidence slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether an attorney's failure to advise a client of the adverse ramifications of raising claims of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal … |
| 20-8129 |
Joseph Miller v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights direct-appeal evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether an attorney's failure to advise a client of the adverse ramifications of raising certain claims on direct appeal constitutes a substantial den… |
| 20-6209 |
Louis Sanders v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus miller-el-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review threshold-inquiry |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability, in conflict with this Court's decisions in Miller-El and Slack v. McDaniel |
| 19-8301 |
Stephen J. Mocco v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability sixth-amendment slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel townsend-hearing townsend-v-sain |
Whether the standard announced in Slack v. McDaniel compels issuance of a certificate of appealability where prima facie evidence demonstrating a Sixt… |
| 19-8089 |
Michael W. Jenkins v. Brigitte Amsberry |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel statutory-interpretation statutory-standard |
Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling, denying a Certificate of Appealabiliy to a habeas corpus petitioner, contravene the statutory standard, under 28 U.S.… |
| 19-7908 |
Larry Rashone Prunty v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit err when applying the two prong Slack v. McDaniel test (procedure and merits) in deter… |
| 19-936 |
Terry Trentacosta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel state-prisoner |
Should a state prisoner take a separate, direct appeal of the denial of an evidentiary hearing in a federal habeas case when no 'certificate of appeal… |
| 19-7119 |
Larry Bell v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rule-60b federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standing third-circuit |
whether-reasonable-jurist-could-debate-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-adoption |
| 19-6808 |
Phillip E. Smith v. Collins, First Name Unknown, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability cumulative-error due-process fourteenth-amendment insufficient-evidence miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit severance sixth-amendment slack-v-mcdaniel trial-severance video-evidence |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability? |
| 18-9540 |
Clifton D. Harvin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence actual-innocence-exception aedpa district-court due-process federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations |
When a Petitioner relies upon the McQuiggin V Perkins 133 S.Ct. 1924 miscarriage of justice actual innoccence exception to overcome the AEDPA one year… |
| 18-9392 |
Brent Edward Lovett v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure arbitrary-enforcement constitutional-rights debatable due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-counsel jurists-of-reason slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether courts should be required to state reasons and indicate evidence relied upon to protect against arbitrary enforcement |
| 18-8717 |
Hanoi Barbaro Acosta v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-petitioner federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-proceedings slack-v-mcdaniel |
Does the blanket denial of a certificate of appealability by the district court violate the rule announced in Slack v. McDaniel? |
| 18-8527 |
Rene Rivera v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial foreign-born-national intellectual-disability language-barrier miller-el-v-cockrell post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review |
Whether the courts applied the correct standard of review in denying petitioner's application for certificate of appealability |
| 18-8421 |
Timothy M. Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 abuse-of-discretion amendment certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-of-appeals district-court due-process exhaustion habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 habeas-corpus-amendment judicial-discretion law-of-the-case merits section-2254 slack-v-mcdaniel |
Did the circuit court of appeals err when it denied (COA) status on the point raised that the U.S. district court abused its discretion by not allowin… |
| 18-8017 |
Jacoby Kindred v. Jeff Titus, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
barefoot-standard barefoot-v-estelle certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-courts habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default procedural-grounds slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review |
Whether district courts can employ the Barefoot v. Estelle standard instead of the Slack v. McDaniel analysis when determining whether to issue a cert… |
| 18-7081 |
Marlon Dantruce Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process false-testimony giglio giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review prosecutorial-misconduct slack-v-mcdaniel standing summary-judgment |
Whether Slack v. McDaniel requires a court of appeals to issue a certificate of appealability to a challenge a district court's holding that Giglio pe… |
| 18-7048 |
Jimmy Lawrence Nance v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances fourth-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying a certificate of appealability |
| 18-5990 |
Omar Odale Brockman v. Erick Balcarcel, Acting Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
AEDPA aedpa-statute-of-limitations certificate-of-appealability federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-rulings slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction us-v-cotton |
Does petitioner Brockman properly assert that Sup. Ct. R. 10(c) warrants him certiorari relief? |