state-court-findings

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-748 Kevin McCarthy, Superintendent, Elmira Correctional Facility v. Pedro Hernandez Second Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending aedpa jury-deliberations jury-instruction pretrial-suppression seibert-rule state-court-findings The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) prohibits federal courts from invalidating a state conviction unless there is both a legal e…
24-7338 Justin Panus v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied IFP aedpa-review certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-findings substantive-claims Whether Petitioner was entitled to a Certificate of Appealability on multiple procedural and substantive grounds related to state court findings and A…
24-6032 Robert Gene Rega v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-11-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-violation federal-review habeas-corpus presumption-of-correctness state-court-findings witness-cooperation Does the decision below, which misstates and fails to afford any presumption of correctness to a state court's factual findings in a habeas case, warr…
24-5471 In Re Keith Girvan 2024-09-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure eyewitness-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se-petition state-court-findings Whether 3rd Circuit Local Appellate Rules, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(e), and 28 U.S.C. 2254 apply to Habeas Corpus Proceedings and provide…
23-5047 Omar Javier Torres v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice state-court-findings Whether the federal court of appeals abused its discretion
22-7270 Lamont McKoy v. Todd Ishee, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Fourth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa due-process federal-court-deference federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-findings Whether the presumption of correctness under § 2254(e)(1) requires a determination on a factual issue by a state court or whether merely presenting a …
22-6655 Theodore Washington v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2023-01-30 Denied Amici (1)IFP criminal-procedure deference due-process fact-finding federal-court federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus judicial-deference procedural-review state-court state-court-findings Must a federal habeas court defer to a state-court finding of fact that favors the defendant?
21-7853 Gregory Spiros Demetrulius v. Ron Broomfield, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied IFP constitutional-claim cumulative-error due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus harmless-error ninth-circuit state-concessions state-court-error state-court-findings Did the Ninth Circuit's refusal to accept the State's concessions of error conflict with this Court's decisions?
21-6932 Joshua Dixon v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel criminal-procedure federal-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-findings sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a criminal defendant can make any findings in any state court regarding the criteria for conviction while represented by appointed counsel, fu…
20-8042 Jorge Cervantes v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-determination postconviction-relief standard-of-review state-court-findings strickland Did the trial court use the incorrect standard to review the issues and thus incorrectly apply the fact to the law under Strickland?
20-7932 Virgil Delano Presnell v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP 2254-limitations 2254(d) appellate-procedure factual-findings federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus implicit-findings judicial-interpretation state-court state-court-findings wilson-v-sellers Does Wilson v. Sellers permit federal habeas court to assign 'implicit' factual findings to state court order when applying 2254(d)'s limitations on r…
20-5501 Andrew Darvin Hersh v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied IFP ativan-influence confession-admissibility credibility-determination credibility-determinations due-process federal-court-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession non-custodial-confession state-court-findings state-court-review Does a 'non-custodial' confession uttered under the influence of the prescription drug, 'Ativan,' render a confession involuntary and inadmissible?
19-6999 Charles Alan Dyer v. Jim Farris, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review-2254-d-2-e-1 ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-correctness prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review state-court-fact-finding state-court-factual-findings state-court-findings unreasonable-determination Whether a federal court is required to review the state court's finding of facts to determine if it is 'unreasonable' or can the court simply presume …
19-5524 Tong Lor v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa evidence-presented-in-state-court federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review judicial-procedure presumption-of-correctness state-court-finding-of-fact state-court-findings unreasonable-determination-of-facts Does the AEDPA require the presumption of correctness to be applied to the state court's finding of fact when the petitioner is challenging that fact,…
18-7867 Meria James Bradley v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-rights due-process evidence-withholding federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-findings state-court-proceedings state-court-review Whether defense counsel withheld evidence that could have shown the petitioner was actually innocent
18-5596 George Wallace v. Ron E. Barnes, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied IFP actual-innocence discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-findings federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus legal-standard state-court-findings state-court-procedure Was the federal court required to accept petitioner's factual allegations as true when the state court made findings against the petitioner without a …
18-5479 Tadareous Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied IFP attorney-performance due-process evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-standard federal-court-review findings-of-fact habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-deference legal-findings procedural-fairness state-court-findings state-court-proceedings trial-court-duty Whether a state court's failure to make findings on controverted and unresolved issues requires a federal court to find counsel ineffective without fi…