state-procedural-rules
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-798 | Rick Siegel v. Jude Salazar | California | 2026-01-07 | Pending | Response Waived | administrative-authority constitutional-claims contract-law due-process fourteenth-amendment state-procedural-rules | Whether state procedural rules are 'adequate' under the Fourteenth Amendment when they foreclose merits forum for preserved federal constitutional cla… |
| 25-5648 | Ikeie Ranordo Smith v. Dale Bonn, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Denied | IFP | federal-claim leave-to-file michigan-court-of-appeals procedural-default state-procedural-rules supplemental-brief | Whether a Michigan Court of Appeals order granting leave to file a supplemental brief precludes review of a federal claim under state procedural rules |
| 24-440 | Harold R. Berk v. Wilson C. Choy, et al. | Third Circuit | 2024-10-18 | Judgment Issued | Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | affidavit-of-merit circuit-split expert-testimony federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction state-procedural-rules | Whether a state law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit may be applied in federal court |
| 23-6487 | Simeon Bozic v. Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 2024-01-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel marbury-v-madison martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief shinn-v-ramirez state-procedural-rules | Do the Shinn v. Ramirez, 142 S. Ct. 1718, 596 U.S.___—(2022), and Martinez v. Ryan line of cases require the State to provide a post-conviction petiti… |
| 22-5675 | Larry Gapen v. Ohio | Ohio | 2022-09-23 | Denied | IFP | capital-case constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-evidence federal-constitutional-rights federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus juror-misconduct lex-talionis state-procedural-rules | Whether state courts violate the federal constitution's right to due process by applying state procedural rules to prevent substantial claims of feder… |
| 19-7431 | Brandon J. Lofland v. Connie Horton, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2020-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus identification-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jury-trial miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-procedural-rules sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether a 'mere modicum' of evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction |
| 18-9187 | Jason Brooks v. Matthew Hanson, Warden, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2019-05-08 | Denied | IFP | adequate-appellate-review appellate-court appellate-review due-process exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-appellate-court federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition judicial-precedent prior-judgment procedural-grounds state-procedural-rules | Whether a federal appellate court can substantially change its prior judgment to intentionally sabotage a petitioner being able to file a subsequent h… |