| 25-870 |
In Re Delmart Vreeland |
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2026-01-21 |
Denied |
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constitutional-violations fabricated-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction state-prisoner writ-of-certiorari |
I. WHETHER THIS COURT'S POWER TO ISSUE A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN A STATE PRISONER IS CONFINED BY A COURT WITHOUT JURISDICTION A… |
| 25-558 |
John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Michael Sockwell |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
batson-challenge equitable-remedy federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-deference state-prisoner |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. §2254.
2. Whether a federal court may grant habeas relief to a guilty state prisoner upon identify… |
| 25-5719 |
In Re Flenoid Greer |
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2025-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation exceptional-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief state-prisoner |
Where a State Prisoner is unconstitutionally detained and the State's post-conviction rules foreclose relief, and no other adequate relief is availabl… |
| 25-5575 |
Kevin Don Foster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split federal-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review state-prisoner |
Whether the Courts of Appeal may dismiss an appeal by a state prisoner on habeas review when a circuit judge votes to grant a certificate of appealabi… |
| 25-5548 |
Louie M. Schexnayder, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
AEDPA due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdictional-defect state-prisoner |
Whether the Federal Courts have misapplied habeas restrictions introduced by the AEDPA to State prisoners under FRCP rule 60(b)(4) Motion Based on Fun… |
| 25A79 |
Kevin J. Koelemij v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-07-21 |
Presumed Complete |
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certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-due-process state-prisoner |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5103 |
In Re Matthew Phillips |
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2025-07-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights equal-protection extraordinary-writ habeas-corpus procedural-due-process state-prisoner |
I. Whether or not the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Matthew Phillips procedural due process by denying leave for Phillips to file a sec… |
| 25-5101 |
In Re Matthew Phillips |
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2025-07-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-due-process sentence-execution state-prisoner |
I. Whether or not the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has
denied Matthew Phillips procedural due process by denying leave
for Phillips to file a s… |
| 24-6561 |
Tonia Scott v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-review exceptional-circumstances exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus procedural-default state-prisoner |
1. Whether there is a Violation of Act 2121, c.13 and the 5th Amendment of the Federal Constitution by why Convict had Sentence defendant on a FRU bon… |
| 24A618 |
Ishmael Anthony Peters v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa-standard constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 state-prisoner |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5756 |
Jonathan Leigh Sosnowicz v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-and-prejudice factual-development habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-prisoner |
Between 1948 and 2022, this Court applied the same standard for excusing a state prisoner's procedural default of a claim for relief as it applied to … |
| 24-19 |
James LeBlanc v. Brian McNeal |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights confinement damages due-process habeas-corpus preiser-v-rodriguez release-date state-prisoner wilkinson-v-dotson |
Whether, consistent with Preiser and its progeny, a state prisoner who alleges that he was unlawfully confined beyond his proper release date may sue … |
| 23-7612 |
Wade Lay v. Christie Quick, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-06-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process execution-delay federal-review federalism habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner |
Question not identified. |
| 23A705 |
Sherman Lee Ridley v. Brian Chambers, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-prisoner |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6258 |
Sherman L. Fields v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review liberty liberty-restraint remedy standing state-prisoner |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5032 |
L. Brian Whitfield v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction pro-se standing state-prisoner |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7027 |
Lester Barnett v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
10th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment pre-trial-detention sentencing state-prisoner |
The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section verbatim. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED… |
| 22-6896 |
Kim Lynn Mason v. Jim Farris, Warden |
Oklahoma |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process habeas-corpus judicial-relief jurisdiction state-prisoner void-judgment |
Whether due process demands that corrective judicial process in the nature of state writ of habeas corpus be available to expunge a void judgment for … |
| 22-6408 |
Samuel Lawrence Wood v. Mike Brown, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-review federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing state-prisoner state-sentencing statutory-authority |
Is the state of Michigan in the Absence of Statutory Authority.
See 18 U.S.C. 9 3584 (a)
Petitioner was Already subject to the state sentences.
Petiti… |
| 22-6229 |
In Re Steven B. Turner |
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2022-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus remedy remedy-unavailable state-prisoner supreme-court-holding |
(1) Whether application of 28 U.S.G. 2244(b)(1) and (2) in this case violates
U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, cl. 2, where the adjudication of a federal … |
| 21-8090 |
Angelo C. Pearson, II v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-claim constitutional-claims equitable-remedies equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-review plain-error procedural-default state-prisoner |
1) Considering that federal habeas courts maintain their power to fashion equitable remedies that allow for review and correction of otherwise barred … |
| 21-7229 |
Steven A. Taliani v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing involuntary-intoxication prescription-medication state-prisoner statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
1) Does the Illinois Supreme Court's opinion and analysis constitute an
unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the Illinois Supreme
Cour… |
| 21-6959 |
Kenneth J. Cox v. Ed Caley, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
AEDPA constitutional-rights federal-law jurisdiction procedural-default representation-right SAOC-elements sentence-enhancement sentence-enhancers state-court-judgment state-prisoner state-prisoners-claim |
Whether the jurisdiction of this court is invoked under 28 U.S.C.
§1257(a) concerning a state prisoners'claim(s) that was adjudicated
on the merits … |
| 21-6880 |
In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton |
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2022-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner successive-petition successive-petitions unreasonable-application |
Whether on ZaWwidual Cire Surge of the US. Ceork Of Ageeals Was ociainal Hebbeas Compus Worishidhoa over a second of Suceassve heloeas Pelion. Filed L… |
| 21-511 |
Tim Shoop, Warden v. Raymond A. Twyford, III |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
all-writs-act circuit-split evidentiary-development federal-court habeas-corpus state-prisoner state-prisoners statutory-interpretation transportation writ-of-transportation |
1. 28 U.S.C. §2241(c) allows federal courts to issue a writ of habeas corpus ordering the transportation of a state prisoner only when necessary to br… |
| 20-7635 |
Lisa Biron v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-statute federal-habeas fundamental-defect gonzalez-v-crosby intent-element procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 state-prisoner |
When the Warden Court's understanding of the mental intent element of a federal criminal statute becomes apparent in a Conclusion feed date in its den… |
| 20-5731 |
In Re Brent L. Alford |
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2020-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2244(d)(1)(B) 2244(d)(2) aedpa article-i-section-9 constitutional-impediment great-writ habeas-corpus state-prisoner statutory-tolling |
Although the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied 60(b) motions reopening Habeas petitions, most circuits have used 60(b) to reopen untimely dism… |
| 20-5460 |
Keith L. Calvin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa antiterrorism-act civil-rights due-process federal-petition habeas-corpus post-conviction state-prisoner statute-of-limitations time-limitation |
Quastin of greatpabli mportance: Das Sction 22A
.'
of the A E D P A of lgb) stating that" The Antiterrorism and Effaitive Death
Penalty Act requires a… |
| 19-8346 |
Naeem Jones v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-prisoner strickland-standard |
Does a freestanding claim of actual innocence stand a basis of relief for a state prisoner in the context of a federal habeas proceeding?
2. Does the… |
| 19-8117 |
Vincent D. White, Jr. v. Donnie Morgan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-issue due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-constitutional-issue federal-habeas procedural-default state-courts state-prisoner statutory-interpretation |
In federal habeas cases, whether federal courts should exclusively apply 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) when evaluating State assertions that a State prisoner ha… |
| 19-936 |
Terry Trentacosta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
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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… |
| 19-5894 |
Damon Bentley v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure clerical-error constitutional-claims due-process federal-review fourteenth-amendment fraud habeas-corpus state-prisoner statute-of-limitations |
Petitioner Bentley's murder conviction rests on a clerical error committed by the Wayne County Clerk Office which denoted the wrong filing date to his… |
| 18-8155 |
Benjamin E. Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-right constitutional-rights courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-scholars standing state-prisoner |
Does a state and/or federal prisoner have a constitutional right to raise a freestanding claim of actual innocence, in a federal habeas corpus proceed… |
| 18-8103 |
Derrek Heard v. Walter Berry, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
11th-circuit appellate-review civil-rights court-discretion due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent state-courts state-prisoner |
Are the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit required to … |
| 18-7963 |
Fredmun Wayne Reynolds v. Noah Nagy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights procedural-rules rules-of-civil-procedure state-prisoner statute statute-interpretation timeliness |
DOES A DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF A STATE PRISONER'S HABEAS PETITION UNDER HABEAS RULE 4, FOR LACK OF TIMELINESS, VIOLATE STATUTE, THE RULES OF CIV… |
| 18-7827 |
Roger L. Kaufman v. Paul S. Kemper, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto federal-guidelines parole parole-eligibility sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers state-prisoner |
Whether a state prisoner is entitled under the Due Process Clause, and the Separation of Powers Doctrine of the United States and Wisconsin Constituti… |
| 18-940 |
Jamal Martinez Hancock v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
actual-innocence antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-error habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence schlup-v-delo state-prisoner triggering-events |
Whether evidence that was available but not presented at trial constitutes "new" evidence for purposes of the "actual-innocence" gateway that permits … |
| 18-5666 |
Arthur Dennison v. Mark Hooks, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoner statutory-interpretation |
DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO STATE PRISONER ARTHUR DENNISON TO CHALLENGE THE DENIAL OF HIS … |