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25A909 William Hudson v. Delaware Delaware 2026-02-12 Application criminal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review postconviction-relief pro-se-litigant state-court-review Whether the Delaware Supreme Court improperly denied the petitioner's second motion for postconviction relief without a substantive review of the unde…
25-862 Michael Jerome Newberry v. Texas Texas 2026-01-20 Pending brady-violation capital-murder due-process habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-review Where the Petitioner, the State, and the habeas court all agree that a conviction is unconstitutional and must be reversed, does it violate due proces…
25A752 Charles Don Flores v. Texas Texas 2025-12-29 Application actual-innocence death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus state-court-review Whether a state court violates due process by arbitrarily refusing to consider newly discovered evidence of actual innocence in a death penalty case d…
25-6430 Jesse Michael Holliday v. California California 2025-12-23 Pending IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct pretrial-detention state-court-review Whether the due process rights of a pretrial detainee were violated by judicial misconduct and deputy actions, and whether state court refusal to revi…
25-6098 Elston Bone v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 constitutional-challenge intermediate-scrutiny new-york-rifle-bruen state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the Federal District Court have subject matter jurisdiction over a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging a state court conviction's constitut…
25A523 Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. v. Bradley Bieganski Ninth Circuit 2025-11-06 Application aedpa de-novo-review deferential-standard habeas-corpus ninth-circuit state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied de novo review instead of the deferential standard of review required under the Antiterrorism and Effecti…
25-426 Karu Gene White v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied constitutional-review federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-review supreme-court-precedent Whether a state-court decision is 'contrary to' federal law where its reasoning and outcome contradict materially indistinguishable Supreme Court prec…
25-5749 Victor Saldano v. Texas Texas 2025-09-29 Pending IFP atkins-claim due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability procedural-bar state-court-review Does the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' novel procedural interpretation preclude federal review of an Atkins claim where experts unanimously agree o…
25A366 Calvary Chapel San Jose, et al. v. California, et al. California 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete certiorari first-amendment judicial-review religious-freedom state-court-review supreme-court-procedure Whether a state supreme court's denial of review without substantive analysis violates a religious organization's First Amendment right to meaningful …
25-346 Geoffrey M. Young v. Morgan McGarvey Kentucky 2025-09-23 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards state-court-review Whether Kentucky state and federal courts can dismiss civil complaints before discovery without applying the Twombly standard of review
25-51 Christopher Klein, Superintendent, Department of Detention Facilities for Anne Arundel County, et al. v. Charles Brandon Martin Fourth Circuit 2025-07-15 Granted Relisted (11) aedpa-standard brady-violation federal-habeas judicial-deference legal-reasonableness state-court-review Did the Fourth Circuit violate AEDPA's deferential standard by overturning a state-court decision based on the supposed lack of 'nuance' and 'exhausti…
24-7401 Alvaro Quezada v. James Hill, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied IFP brady-violation certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance napue-claim state-court-review Did the Ninth Circuit's summary denial of a COA here so clearly misapply Glossip's mandate regarding Napue and Buck's modest standard for granting a C…
24A1093 Royal Merchant Holdings, LLC v. The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., et al. Florida 2025-05-14 Presumed Complete arbitration-award arbitration-procedure federal-arbitration-act procedural-due-process state-court-review vacatur Whether a state appellate court violates the Federal Arbitration Act by vacating an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitration procedure fai…
24-1139 Joe Patrick Flarity v. Washington Washington 2025-05-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-action constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias state-court-review supreme-court-precedent Whether Washington State courts have shown contempt for Supreme Court precedents and constitutional rights through biased judicial proceedings
24-6941 Michael Wayne Reynolds v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-08 Denied Amici (1)IFP aedpa clear-and-convincing evidentiary-hearing factual-deference habeas-corpus state-court-review When a state court refuses to conduct an evidentiary hearing, will its factual findings be entitled to deference under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2), and mus…
24A762 Jermaine Lamar Rutledge v. Arizona Arizona 2025-02-05 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction certiorari criminal-procedure state-court-review supreme-court-jurisdiction time-extension Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision in a criminal case warrants Supreme Court review under 28 U.S.C. § 1257(a)
24-6207 Daniel Cohen v. James Hill, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-health-expert state-court-review Whether a state court's denial of funds for a mental health expert and refusal to hold a hearing on ineffective assistance of counsel constitutes an u…
24A605 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana Montana 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-jurisdiction state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review a state court judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 1257 when the underlying state court decision involves a…
24-6164 Tahina Corcoran, as next friend on behalf of Joseph E. Corcoran v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied IFP capital-punishment due-process execution-standards incompetency-claim mental-competency state-court-review May a state court dispose of an evidentiarily-supported incompetency to be executed claim under Ford v. Wainwright and Panetti v. Quarterman despite f…
24-5949 Anastacio G. Ramirez v. Martin Gamboa, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review federal-court-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance section-2254 state-court-review Whether a federal habeas court can independently evaluate state court factual determinations under Cullen v. Pinholster and Harrington v. Richter when…
24-5782 Harvey Miguel Robinson v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-circuit-split habeas-corpus jury-instructions legislative-interpretation sentencing-law state-court-review Whether a court may instruct a jury about potential legislative changes to sentencing law, and whether a federal habeas court can substitute its own r…
24A314 Robert Darrel Batson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-02 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-review Whether a state prisoner can obtain federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when state appellate courts have already adjudicated his ineffecti…
24-5587 Clayton Cornelius Reynolds v. Texas Texas 2024-09-20 Denied IFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit post-conviction-relief state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied constitutional standards in reviewing a state court's denial of a criminal defendant's post-conviction re…
24-5187 Eva A. Nieczyperowicz v. Andrew Nieczyperowicz Texas 2024-07-31 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion standing state-court-review welfare-entitlements equal-protection-clause-violation
24-5163 Thomas Leo Springs v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa-deference capital-punishment habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasoned-state-court-opinion state-court-review strickland-prejudice strickland-standard Whether a federal court applying AEDPA deference to a reasoned state court opinion may ignore the explanation provided by the state court and instead …
24-5067 Stephen Mark Picart v. Marcus Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-claim due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hypothetical-analysis ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-record state-court-review tactical-choices Whether the federal court can 'hypothesize' about possible 'tactical choices' trial counsel might have made on the basis of facts that were unreasonab…
24-5001 Tito Lemont Knox v. Jeffrey Krueger, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance privacy probable-cause search-and-seizure state-court-review Question not identified
23A1056 George Stephenson, Warden v. Lafayette Deshawn Upshaw Sixth Circuit 2024-05-28 Presumed Complete aedpa clearly-established-law habeas-corpus plurality-opinion sixth-circuit state-court-review Whether a federal court of appeals may apply a Supreme Court plurality opinion as 'clearly established law' under the Antiterrorism and Effective Deat…
23-7412 John Thomas Rooney v. Georgia Georgia 2024-05-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment compulsory-testimony constitutional-violation criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief privilege-against-self-incrimination self-incrimination state-court-review Does Cronaias' testimony violate the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination?
23A921 Carmen Difilippantonio v. Arizona Arizona 2024-04-16 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas ineffective-assistance post-conviction state-court-review Whether a state court's denial of a post-conviction review petition without addressing substantive claims of legal error violates a criminal defendant…
23-7016 Gregory Chatten Stockman v. California California 2024-03-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-interpretation patent-infringement patent-licensing standing state-court-review Whether the terms and conditions of a patent license agreement are admissible as evidence in a patent infringement case
23-6755 Robert Ybarra, Jr. v. William Gittere, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-deference atkins-v-virginia death-penalty federal-habeas habeas-corpus intellectual-disability state-court-deference state-court-review supreme-court-review Whether the rule announced in Wetzel applies where the rationales offered by the state court are so dependent upon one another that they cannot be acc…
23A727 Joel Michael Guy, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-02-06 Presumed Complete 28-USC-1257 appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure state-court-review Whether the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals correctly applied state law in affirming a criminal conviction that may raise potential federal consti…
23-6610 Wendell C. Helfrick v. Russell L. Rabb, III, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney of Culpeper County Fourth Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied IFP cases-and-controversies civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing state-court-review Does the state's deprivation of an individual's right to due process violate the established guarantees protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?
23-665 Tina Goede v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, et al. Minnesota 2023-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process employment-policy first-amendment free-speech philosophical-choice religious-beliefs religious-sincerity state-court-review thomas-v-review-board unemployment-benefits Can a state deny unemployment benefits to an applicant whose religious beliefs are independently sufficient to cause her refusal to follow an employer…
23-5728 Daniel E. Salley v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge standing state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court correctly dismissed a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. 2255 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
23-5597 Rodolfo Alvarez Medrano v. Texas Texas 2023-09-15 Denied Relisted (11)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights confession-coercion custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment interrogation miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona state-court-review Whether the introduction of Petitioner's statement violated his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights under Miranda v. Arizona
23-5589 Sara Elyas v. Edward Johnston, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-1257 certiorari civil-procedure federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction judicial-review judiciary-act-1789 jurisdiction standing state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the decision of the state court under 28 U.S.C. 1257(4)
23-5508 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief standing state-court-review systemic-judicial-misconduct Can a family court open and remove children in protective custody based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, in secret and in ab…
23-5421 Brent Ray Brewer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied IFP capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim future-dangerousness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-review strickland-v-washington whether-contradictory-state-federal-court-rulings-demonstrate-debatability-of-constitutional-claim
23-5244 Johnny Johnson v. David Vandergriff, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 capital-punishment competency-to-be-executed death-penalty delusional-beliefs habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-illness panetti-standard state-court-review Whether the state court's finding that the petitioner did not meet the Panetti threshold for incompetence to be executed was unreasonable under 28 U.S…
23-5152 Angel Maldonado v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure curative-instruction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions pennsylvania-supreme-court reasonable-doubt state-court-review Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in denying a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to jury instructi…
22-7883 Latron Y. Cross v. Illinois Illinois 2023-06-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legal-standing speedy-trial standing state-court-review Whether the Illinois Supreme Court violated the petitioner's constitutional right to a speedy trial
22-7849 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure damages due-process free-speech judicial-discretion legal-standards religious-claims standing state-court-review Whether the regional ombudsman and the officials of the Common Cause Task Force violated the Petitioner's First Amendment rights under the U.S. Consti…
22-7654 Juan L. Caballero v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-review sufficiency-of-evidence Can the lower court courts indiscriminately deny (timely) filed Federal habeas corpus (2261) of newly discovered evidence wherein the newly discovered…
22-7411 Mario Sims v. Pete Buttigieg, et al. Indiana 2023-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-rights deliberate-framing due-process evidence-planting federalism law-enforcement-misconduct police-misconduct state-constitutional-rights state-court-review wrongful-conviction Can the Indiana Supreme Court make an exception to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court, and 1st Circuit Court of Appeals decisions regarding…
22-6863 Christopher Lynn Gonzales v. Susan Washburn, Superintendent, Eastern Washington Correctional Facility Ninth Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254-d-1 due-process forcible-compulsion habeas-corpus in-re-winship jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt state-court-review supreme-court-law unreasonable-factual-determinations whether-reasonable-jurists-debate-due-process-clause-standards-jackson-v-virginia-in-re-winship
22-6707 Alfred E. Caraffa v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims damages due-process habeas-corpus immunity ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the federal district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims as unconstitutional acts done within the court's jurisdiction?
22-725 Peter Kleidman v. Thomas L. Willhite, Jr., Associate Justice, Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-02 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-discrimination due-process due-process-rights exxon federal-jurisdiction injury-in-fact jurisdiction rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-review Is there sufficient disarray in post-Exxon Rooker-Feldman jurisprudence to warrant clarification?
22-709 DeAngelo Montez Moody v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied Response Waived aedpa federal-courts habeas-corpus precedent precedential-interpretation state-court-review state-courts strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether Section 2254(d)(1) prohibits lower federal courts from considering precedent from courts other than the Supreme Court in determining whether a…
22-6629 Keith Edmund Gavin v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-deference federal-constitutional-claim habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-decision state-court-review state-law-evidentiary-rule strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether AEDPA deference applies to state-court reasoning not articulated in the decision
22-6361 Michael Jason Fetherolf v. Ohio Ohio 2022-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure assignment-of-error certificate-of-appealability due-process exhaustion exhaustion-requirement habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-court-proceedings state-court-review Question for review #One
22-525 Adrean L. Smith v. Gary A. Boughton, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response Waived constitutional-guarantee fair-presentment fifth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus lower-courts miranda-rights seventh-circuit state-court-review Whether a habeas petitioner fairly presents his federal claim in state court
22-6157 Carlton McKissic v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing state-court-review Questions Presented
22-6026 Robert C. Stryker v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-evidence computer-files criminal-procedure evidence fourth-amendment search-and-seizure social-worker-patient-privilege social-worker-privilege state-court-review warrantless-search Were the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights violated when the contents of computer files held in evidence against him were revealed in warrantless s…
22-358 Ronald Blake Fears v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response Waived double-deference federal-deference habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review state-court-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) requires that a federal court apply 'double deference' to a state court's legal conclusion that a habeas petitioner was…
22-5372 Tony Lee Foster v. Kansas Kansas 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP Federal and U.S. Supreme Court precedent demands Kansas Supreme Court precedent civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-precedent judicial-review kansas-supreme-court procedural-due-process state-court state-court-review state-precedent state-statute statutory-review supreme-court-precedent Whether a state high court can deny review of a constitutional challenge to its own statute when procedural due process, state precedent, and federal …
22-5356 Joseph Montrel Bourgeois v. Texas Texas 2022-08-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-review double-jeopardy effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-court-precedent state-court-review successive-petition supreme-court-precedent Question not identified
22-5268 Anthony Peters v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus limitations-defense petition-dismissal procedural-timeliness state-court-review state-courts timeliness Whether a federal court lacks authority, on its own initiative, to dismiss a habeas petition as untimely, once the State's highest court has answered …
22-46 Ada County, Idaho v. Idaho Commission for Reapportionment, et al. Idaho 2022-07-18 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-supremacy reapportionment state-administrative-body state-court-review state-redistricting Whether principles of federal supremacy and due process permit a nonjudicial state entity to reject claims of federal constitutional rights violations…
22-5039 Randy Scott Diehl v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief post-conviction-review state-court-review Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state courts denied his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and actual i…
21-8019 Levelt Dewarren Musgraves v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law-application juvenile-lifers parole sentencing sentencing-modification state-court-review Whether the Wisconsin state courts failed to conduct a complete review of the Public Interest Justice Initiative (PIJI) sentencing issue, and whether …
21-7716 Paul Douglas Jackson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process post-conviction-relief state-court-review Whether Welhee Jackson is entitled to relief on an evidentiary hearing where the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United S…
21-7379 Patrick Joseph Terry v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-03-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process ex-post-facto native-american native-american-rights post-conviction-proceedings procedural-bar standing state-court-review terry-v-oklahoma Did the State of Oklahoma's refusal to provide the relief directed by this Court in Terry v Oklahoma, 141 S, Ct. 191 (2020), rise to the level of a Co…
21-1207 Joel D. Klenck v. Liberty University, et al. Florida 2022-03-03 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-capricious 21-1206" arbitrary-capricious-standard congressional-representation constitutional-rights district-of-columbia final-judgments historic-preservation international-treaties judicial-review ministerial-duty state-court-review state-courts state-representation tenth-amendment terrorism terrorism-context Whether a federal court can dismiss a case for lac Whether and to what degree does this Court have the ability to review final judgments of state courts when the case involves international treaties re…
21-1184 Joyce D. Hutton, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, et al. Mississippi 2022-02-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-verdict standard-of-review state-court-review supreme-court trial-court Did the Mississippi Supreme Court violate the due process rights of the Petitioners under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United S…
21-6990 Roger D. Roberts v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-standard habeas-corpus informant-credibility police-misconduct search-and-seizure state-court-review Whether the prosecutor's use of evidence obtained from a confidential informant was lawful, where the informant's credibility was questionable
21-6836 Daniel Locus v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-courts judicial-review state-court-review state-courts wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions Did the District Court's ruling consistent with the holdings in Neil v. Biggers
21-6879 In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton 2022-01-18 Dismissed IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim life-sentence original-jurisdiction state-court-review Whether transfer to the Supreme Court for hearing pursuant to the court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional life sentence …
21-6850 Jacques Paul Villafana v. Henry Thomas Padrick, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge district-court-review due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandatory-hearing post-conviction-motion post-conviction-relief standing state-court-hearing state-court-review Whether a state court's denial of a mandatory hearing on a post-conviction motion was unconstitutional
21-6533 Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-review Whether the district court erred in its decision regarding the issue at hand?
21-6428 Danny Lee Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (18)IFP atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia death-penalty diagnoses federal-review habeas-corpus historical-evidence intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice present-functioning state-court-review Whether a state court unreasonably applies Atkins v. Virginia when it focuses on the individual's 'present functioning' in a prison environment, disco…
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
21-5618 Jesus Manuel Moran v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-judicial-system certificate-of-appealability coa-issuance federal-claims human-rights inter-american-commission judicial-system state-court-review state-courts Whether the court erred in not issuing a COA when the state courts were deprived of their primary responsibility to decide on the petitioner's federal…
21-5010 Robert R. Taylor v. Florida Florida 2021-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus state-court-procedure state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Under the constitutional provisions and guaranties of the 14th Amendment due process and equal application of the law
20-8102 Adam Rosen v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief precedent self-incrimination state-court-review Whether the Commonwealth's use of a defendant's statements to the Commonwealth, which were not elicited in violation of the defendant's Fifth Amendmen…
20-8078 Calvin Lamont Mack v. Florida Florida 2021-05-20 Denied IFP blockburger-test constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy enhanced-compound-felony federal-question judicial-discretion legal-precedent legislative-intent same-element-offenses state-court-review supreme-court-discretion Whether the state and federal constitutions were violated under the Double Jeopardy Clauses
20-8026 Jesus Manuel Moran v. Thomas E. Higgins Ninth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-procedure federal-claims habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance injury procedural-default proximate-cause state-court-review state-courts When a lawyer fails to give the State Courts the opportunity to review federal claims, is this failure the proximate cause of the injury as a matter o…
20-1490 Quinn Alexander Marez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254 federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-state-defense procedural-requirements state-court state-court-review May a federal court substitute its own reasons for denying a habeas petition when the state court's reasons were legally in error?
20-7692 Donald Violett v. John R. Grise Kentucky 2021-04-08 Denied IFP actual-innocence attorney-client-privilege civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus state-court-review void-judgment Can a state court convict and incarcerate a petitioner on dismissed and fabricated charges based on new evidence?
20-1320 Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio 2021-03-23 Denied administrative-judge administrative-jurisdiction disqualification due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-procedure jurisdiction ohio-revised-code opportunity-to-be-heard state-court-review unconstitutional Can a case proceed if the petitioner argues that the administrative judge lacked jurisdiction?
20-7493 Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr. v. Donald Holbrook, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-terrorism-act article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-courts federal-judicial-power federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-power state-court state-court-review Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) is unconstitutional
20-7151 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Clifton Harrold, Sheriff, Lane County, Oregon Ninth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP bail civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel speedy-trial state-court-review Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability when the petitioner raised debatable constitutional issues
20-1118 Robert Grundstein v. Lamoille Superior Docket Entries/Orders, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman standing state-court-review void-ab-initio Should the Circuit Splits with respect to the Rooker-Feldman Fraud Exception be reconciled in favor of the exception?
20-7025 Derrick Michael Allen, Jr. v. Orlando Hudson, Jr. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-04 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus immunity monetary-relief post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's order dismissing Petitioner's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915 without d…
20-6906 Charles Hamilton v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-restrictions counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-rights federal-law sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review Whether a State Court's erroneous denial of a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to be represented by counsel of choice resulted in a decision…
20-6765 Kevin Wayne Dickson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process expert-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-sufficiency standard-of-review state-court-review Whether the Fifth Court of Appeal committed error in concluding that the appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim could not be reviewed on …
20-6617 In Re Theresa Romain 2020-12-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law federal-law-application judicial-error justice-standard legal-interpretation standing state-court state-court-review Can a State Court applied clearly established Federal Law erroneously or incorrectly as to cause harm to a Petitioner?
20-6385 Jason D. Devers v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-11-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-claims conviction-of-sole-participant criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pinkerton-doctrine post-conviction-relief state-court-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-attorney-affidavit Did the State of Nebraska commit error when it convicted the defendant of felony murder using the Pinkerton doctrine when there is no principal and th…
20-5961 Lemar Gant v. Brian Williams, Sr., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-duty criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice state-court-review strickland-v-washington witness-investigation Whether the Ninth Circuit erroneously concluded Gant could not establish ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
20-5941 Charles Victor Thompson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Relisted (5)IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) aedpa-deference capital-punishment constitutional-claim federal-habeas habeas-corpus Massiah-claims punishment Sixth-Amendment state-court-review Williams-v-Taylor Did the circuit court err in holding that a federal habeas court may never hold a hearing on a punishment issue without first considering 28-U.S.C-225…
20-5735 Michael Dean Perry v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court-review Whether the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution requires federal courts to review the merits of a habeas corpus petition challenging the legali…
20-5680 Larry R. Steele v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-09-14 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-violations due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief res-judicata standing state-court-review Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims as barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel
20-5592 Christopher Lipsey, Jr. v. D. Goree, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review frivolous habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance malicious procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the district court's dismissal of a complaint as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim constitutes a strike under 28 U.S.C. § …
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?
20-5174 Ronald Demetrius Thomas v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights federal-courts habeas-corpus harrington-v-richter ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-application state-court-review Whether federal courts can undermine constitutional rights by finding state court rulings reasonable under Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86 (2011) i…
19-8866 Yara Chum v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections First Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard sixth-amendment state-court-review state-law-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit err in holding that a state court decision was not contrary to federal law when, in deciding a Sixth Am…
19-8776 Timothy W. Hatter v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied IFP appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-procedures habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review untimely-filing Whether the court can address the petitioner's habeas petition asking for his APPA rights back when a direct appeal is a fundamental constitutional du…
19-8451 Michael Skinner v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process factual-determination habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default state-court-decision state-court-review trial-record Is a State Court Decision an Unreasonable Determination of the facts When it Determines That a Claim Was not Sufficiently Developed in the Record for …
19-1255 Renee Baker, Warden, et al. v. Jeff N. Rose Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied aedpa credibility criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence-admissibility due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling habeas-corpus impeachment nevada-v-jackson ninth-circuit prior-acquittals state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violates AEDPA
19-7455 Ronson Kyle Bush v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied IFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability clearly-established-federal-law constitutional-standards death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-law fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decisions state-court-review unreasonableness Whether the 'clearly established Federal law' provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act renders state court decisions categorical…
19-7099 Paul David Storey v. Texas Texas 2019-12-31 Denied IFP constitutional-violation death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intentional-concealment prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-review state-habeas Whether it violates due process for a state court to deny substantive review of a constitutional violation in a death penalty case
19-6945 Kevin Dameron v. Illinois Illinois 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence eyewitness-identification judicial-review legal-error neil-v-biggers standing state-court-interpretation state-court-review supreme-court-precedent Whether the Illinois state court erred in its application of well-established United States Supreme Court precedent declared in Neil v. Biggers, 409 U…
19-6854 In Re Alexander Palomarez 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights coercive-interrogation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus miranda-rights prisoner-rights standing state-court-review suppression-of-evidence Whether the 'prison mailbox rule' announced in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 101 L. Ed. 2d 245, 108 S. Ct. 2379 (1988) should be applied to this case…
19-6091 James L. Toney v. Heath Dickson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review cover-up discovery due-process evidence fair-trial federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance marshals ncic procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the exposure of cheating by the State of Arkansas and the concomitant collusion to cover up cheating evidence violates due process and the rig…
19-5814 Luis Armando Mesta v. John Myrick Ninth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-advocacy appellate-procedure constitutional-rights counsel-performance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-trial sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel state-court-deference state-court-review strickland-v-washington Whether the Ninth Circuit's opinion deferred to the state court's finding that counsel was not ineffective under Strickland, despite counsel's failure…
19-5653 Edward Lee Busby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 adjudication-on-the-merits atkins-claim due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment federal-constitutional-claim federal-law habeas-corpus intellectual-disability standard-of-review state-court state-court-review When a state habeas court denies a petitioner relief on a federal constitutional claim by imposing a higher burden than is required by federal law, sh…
19-5519 Rubin R. Weeks v. Jason Lewis, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-08-08 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fundamental-rights habeas-corpus jurisdictional-defect liberty-interest parole-revocation state-court-review state-jurisdiction void-judgment Does Petitioner have the Fundamental Rights to be free from the Missouri State Court's void judgment that has him restrained of liberty?
19-5369 Willie Chambers v. Phil Hall, Warden Georgia 2019-07-29 Denied IFP constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure multiplicitous-indictment post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt right-to-fair-trial right-to-life-and-liberty state-court-review vindictive-prosecution Whether the petitioner has a valid claim of a constitutional right to be free from a vindictive and multiplicitous indictment that he now stands convi…
19-5233 Martin Leyva Valdez, Jr. v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-court-proceedings habeas-corpus ninth-circuit petition-timeliness rule-4 section-2254 state-court-proceedings state-court-records state-court-review timeliness ylst-v-nunnemaker Is the Ninth Circuit's decision contrary to this Court's decision in Y/st v Nunnemaker and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 cases?
18-9795 Gregory A. Barto v. Mark Garmon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability cross-examination due-process effective-cross-examination evidence-tampering habeas-corpus procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment state-court-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the court of appeals decision to deny a COA concluding that petitioner sufficiency of evidence claim was procedurally defaulted based on state…
18-9765 Joseph Kinard v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bar-membership civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence jurisdiction oath-of-office prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-review supreme-court-jurisdiction vagueness Whether a United States Attorney must be a member of the bar in the city or state to prosecute cases in the United States District Court and Superior …
18-9733 Bobby F. McReynolds v. Preston Glenn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus medical-treatment prisoner-rights procedural-default scheduling standing state-court-review surgery Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case
18-9588 Reginald Lacey v. David Gomez, Warden Illinois 2019-06-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus illinois-supreme-court standing state-court state-court-review supreme-court Was the Petitioner denied his Constitutional right to a full and fair hearing, where the Supreme Court of Illinois denied his Petition for Writ of Hab…
18-9537 Stephen S. Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistant-united-states-attorney due-process federal-district-court fifth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review rule-60 section-2254 section-2255 standard-of-review state-court-review whether-fraud-on-the-court-can-be-reviewed-in-a-§-2255-habeas-proceeding
18-1467 Ty Clevenger v. Melanie Lawrence, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response Waived abstention administrative-hearing administrative-law article-iii-judges civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-claims federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing state-administrative-hearing state-court-judicial-review state-court-review younger-abstention younger-abstention-doctrine Where a state administrative hearing officer is prohibited from hearing a party's federal claim, may a federal court abstain from hearing that claim o…
18A1208 Herron Kent Duckett v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-22 Presumed Complete batson-challenge constitutional-right habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-selection state-court-review Whether ineffective assistance of counsel claims involving failure to investigate and challenge jury selection require federal habeas relief when the …
18-9156 Joseph Vincent Sisneros v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions sentencing state-court-review Was the State Court and District Courts rulings based upon an unreasonable application of U.S. Supreme Court precedence, or contrary to U.S. Supreme C…
18-9176 Gregory T. Pierce v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus limitations-period mandamus mandamus-application post-conviction post-conviction-relief state-court-review state-post-conviction Should Petitioner's state collateral review requests be considered as pending to toll the AEDPA 1-year limitations period?
18-8982 Daniel Warren v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-04-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge custody due-process federal-constitutional-rights federal-habeas federal-rights habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-due-process state-court state-court-review state-statute Whether a state court of last resort which dismisses without argument or opinion a challenge to the constitutionality of a statute from a judgment dis…
18-8936 William Arthur McIntosh v. Texas Texas 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan newly-available-evidence schlup-v-delo state-court-review successive-writ supreme-court-precedent texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-court-of-criminal-appeals trevino-v-thaler Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rule adversely by denying Petitioners successive writ of habeas corpus when he presented newly available evide…
18-8848 Antyane Robinson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-04-16 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-standard due-process judicial-bias judicial-impartiality rippo-v-baker standard-of-review standing state-court state-court-review vacatur Where a state court denied a judicial bias claim based on another state court's finding that the judge in question had not demonstrated actual bias, d…
18-8788 Robert L. Moore v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2254-d-2 28-usc-2254-e-1 adjudication-on-merits adjudication-on-the-merits constitutional-claim de-novo-review federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-review Where a state court denies a person the opportunity to establish the necessary factual record to support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel,…
18-8682 Sean Carter v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied IFP ake-v-oklahoma cullen-v-pinholster due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-proceedings fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage organic-brain-impairment state-court-proceedings state-court-review When the state court denies a petitioner's claim that his counsel were ineffective for failing to present his organic brain impairment, without afford…
18-8692 Jerry Adams, Jr. v. Robert Neuschmid, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review batson-challenge batson-claim equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to a Batson claim when the California courts' decisions relied upon legal principles in…
18-8428 Samuel V. Martinez v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus legal-ethics professional-conduct right-to-counsel standing state-court-review Should the United States District Court of Colorado have granted the Petitioner Counsel after he informed them that he had an ongoing Complaint agains…
18-8334 Ada A. Gonzalez v. Alfredo Ernesto Gonzalez Florida 2019-03-07 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandamus-writ standing state-court-review state-courts writ-of-mandamus Whether Petitioner is entitled to a writ of mandamus
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
18-7847 Ronell Howlett v. Reed Richardson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 procedural-bar rape-shield-law right-to-present-defense state-court state-court-review Is a federal court permitted/required to review a state court's reliance on a procedural bar, when a petitioner claims the application of the facts do…
18-7736 Robert Davis v. New York New York 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-counsel criminal-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance legal-review procedural-due-process questions-of-fact questions-of-law standing state-court state-court-review Did the State's highest court fail to lawfully review the questions of law in Petitioner's application prior to denying him permission to appeal his c…
18-7053 Kevin Scott Varner v. John Christiansen, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus state-court state-court-litigation state-court-review stone-v-powell What constitutes an opportunity for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim in state court?
18-6837 Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-review collateral-attack due-process extraordinary-writ federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment state-court-review If the merits of an appeal exist and are not evaluated by a State or Federal Court of review, should a Federal court address Ineffective Assistance of…
18-5980 Shelton Denoria Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) 28-usc-2254 diligence evidentiary-hearing factual-basis fair-trial federal-court federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review Whether a habeas applicant has 'failed to develop the factual basis' of a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2) when the state court did not hold an evid…
18-5964 Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-reasoning state-court-review wilson-v-sellers Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision failing to grant a certificate of appealability for the ineffective assistance of counsel claim conflicts with Wi…
18-5875 John Vivo, III v. Connecticut Connecticut 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-procedure plain-error plain-error-doctrine state-court-review statement-of-the-case statutory-exception statutory-interpretation Whether the state court of last resort erred by declining to review the petitioner's request for review under the plain-error doctrine and the applica…
18-5608 Andres Mata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus judicial-determination procedural-review state-appeals state-court-review Whether a federal court of appeals' determination that a habeas petitioner failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional righ…
18-5582 Donald Lee Kissner v. Michigan Michigan 2018-08-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus introduction jurisdiction opinions-below standing state-court-review statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the state court's failure to provide a reasoned decision on the merits of his claims
18-133 Teddy Moore v. Christopher Bramwell, et al. New York 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-arrest impartial-judiciary judicial-misconduct jury-trial malicious-prosecution state-court-jurisdiction state-court-review Whether the State Supreme Court of King County NY, The Supreme court appellate division second NY, and the Court of Appeal of the state of New York, v…
18-5161 Marvin Waddleton, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa burden-of-proof constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard plain-error pro-se right-to-counsel state-court-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the state court's application of the Jackson standard of review in evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence violated clearly established fed…