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25-870 In Re Delmart Vreeland 2026-01-21 Denied 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 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 certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-due-process state-prisoner Question not identified.
25-5103 In Re Matthew Phillips 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 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 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 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 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 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 …