state-proceedings
12 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5217 | William R. Jackson v. Georgia, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-safeguards due-process extradition-clause illegal-confinement state-proceedings warrant-requirements | Whether the Extradition Clause and UCEA procedural safeguards protect an individual from extradition by a private company without proper state proceed… |
| 24A1201 | Pleadro J. Scott v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-06-05 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-right habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan post-conviction state-proceedings | Whether Martinez v. Ryan creates a constitutional right for state prisoners to have counsel appointed in state post-conviction proceedings to effectiv… | |
| 24-6721 | In Re Eddie Scott | 2025-03-07 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandamus-writ state-proceedings younger-doctrine | QP: Whether a federal court can maintain case closure under the Younger doctrine after a plaintiff's complete state trial acquittal and exhaustion of … | |
| 24-588 | Cyrus Mark Sanai v. Melanie J. Lawrence, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-12-02 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-review federal-jurisdiction party-presentation state-proceedings younger-abstention | Whether the Ninth Circuit's sua sponte application of Younger abstention violates the party presentation principle and improperly evaluates federal co… |
| 24-586 | Peyman Roshan v. Melanie J. Lawrence, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-11-27 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-enforcement constitutional-standing federal-courts ninth-circuit state-proceedings younger-abstention | At what point or points in time should federal courts analyze the factors for application of Younger abstention? |
| 24A27 | Cyrus Mark Sanai v. Melanie J. Lawrence, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-07-10 | Presumed Complete | appellate-review comity constitutional-claims federal-jurisdiction state-proceedings younger-abstention | Whether federal courts must apply Younger abstention based solely on the state of proceedings at the time a complaint is filed or may consider subsequ… | |
| 23-7266 | Nathaniel O. Robinson v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2024-04-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure direct-review fourteenth-amendment griffin-v-kentucky jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment state-proceedings | Whether a conviction can be obtained, in light of Ramos v. Louisiana holding that the Sixth Amendment requires a unanimous jury to convict, when the r… |
| 20-7165 | Robin E. Jackson v. Marsha Josiah, as Trustee | California | 2021-02-17 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-fairness laches probate probate-court procedural-due-process standing state-proceedings trust-litigation | Whether 14th Amendment Procedural due process violated by Probate court based on principles of 'fundamental fairness |
| 20-968 | R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources | Alabama | 2021-01-15 | Denied | child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights | Does a state's child custody proceedings violate a grandparent's federal statutory right of notice? | |
| 20-929 | Neil J. Gillespie v. Florida | Florida | 2021-01-11 | Denied | Response Waived | 6th-amendment constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california forced-counsel habeas-corpus right-to-self-representation self-representation state-proceedings | Can a writ of habeas corpus free a criminal defendant in state criminal proceedings from being restrained by forced appointment of counsel prohibited … |
| 20-588 | Lyneal Wainwright, Warden v. Jason S. Sexton | Sixth Circuit | 2020-11-03 | Denied | aedpa circuit-split due-process federal-courts habeas state-proceedings | Can federal courts award habeas relief based on errors in state proceedings? | |
| 18-7677 | Charles Geeter v. Dan Lesatz, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2019-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | court-reporters-act federal-proceedings habeas-corpus jencks-act state-proceedings truth-determining-process | Whether the Jencks Act and the Court Reporters Act apply to State proceedings as well as Federal proceedings |