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24-6121 Jason Campion v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof categorical-approach federal-definition overbreadth-doctrine state-prosecution statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant must demonstrate an 'actual case' of overbroad prosecution when challenging a state statute under the categorical approach
24A65 Tina Peters v. Daniel P. Rubinstein, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-07-19 Presumed Complete election-records federal-immunity fourteenth-amendment privileges-or-immunities state-prosecution supremacy-clause Whether a state official can claim immunity from state prosecution for actions taken in good faith to preserve federal election records under federal …
23A1029 Mark Randall Meadows v. Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-20 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension federal-officer-removal immunity-defense official-duties state-prosecution supremacy-clause Whether the federal-officer removal statute permits a former federal officer to remove a state criminal prosecution to federal court for adjudication …
23-7250 Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney Massachusetts 2024-04-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice standing state-prosecution witness-intimidation Standing-to-appeal-criminal-complaint
23-6874 Kendall Dean Mitchell v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-02-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction retroactive-application state-law state-prosecution supremacy-clause Whether Oklahoma violated its own law in an effort to deny Petitioner's right to due process of law pursuant to the 14th Amendment
23-5511 Jay F. Elhage v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers federal-prosecution federalism legislative-authority state-prosecution Whether Congress has authority to criminally punish under the Commerce Clause
22-7528 Joshua Omar Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process federal-prosecution sixth-amendment sovereign-delay speedy-trial state-prosecution Under what circumstances is waiting for another sovereign to complete their proceedings against a defendant a justifiable reason for delay under the S…
22-1059 Jorge Marc Gonzalez-Betancourt v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Response Waived civil-forfeiture collateral-estoppel controlled-substances double-jeopardy exhaustion fifth-amendment ruan-v-united-states state-prosecution Is Florida violating federal rights of its prisoners by preventing a defendant from arguing collateral-estoppel, claiming-exhaustion?
22-7022 LeAnthony T. Winston v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2023-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process prosecutorial-discretion sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-prosecution trial-in-absentia Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial is violated when a state prosecution continues in the accused's absence after the accused has plea…
22-6301 Relonzo Phillips v. Melody M. Maddox, Sheriff, DeKalb County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied IFP bad-faith-prosecution civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-procedure due-process irreparable-injury probable-cause standing state-prosecution younger-doctrine Whether a state criminal prosecution brought in bad faith satisfies the requirement of irreparable injury to enjoin state proceedings
22-5948 Brett W. Cormier v. Florida Florida 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract-clause contract-impairment contracts-clause criminal-law due-process grand-theft impairment-of-contracts state-action state-prosecution Did the State of Florida violate Art. I, Sect. 10 of the United States Constitution when it impaired the obligation of petitioner's contracts by charg…
22-5892 Shamar Cortez Womack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach federal-counterpart generic-offense gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez nongeneric-conviction overbroad-statute prior-conviction state-prosecution statutory-elements When a state statute is facially broader than its federal counterpart, must a defendant still offer examples of overbroad state prosecutions to confir…
22-378 Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas Texas 2022-10-24 Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment policing-for-profit sixth-amendment state-prosecution Is Texas Penal Code (T.P.C.) § 42.105 repugnant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?
22-5517 Christopher Lee Cungtion, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2022-09-07 Denied IFP criminal-jurisdiction deferred-judgments indian-law iowa-code-1-15a jurisdictional-transfer legislative-intent meskwaki-settlement pub-l-115-301 state-prosecution Whether the State of Iowa erred by continuing to prosecute criminal offenses involving Indians on the Meskwaki Settlement during the period between Io…
22-5106 Kalvin Lamar Washington v. Michigan Michigan 2022-07-14 Denied IFP acquittal court-forms criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus indigent-petitioner jury-trial state-prosecution statutory-provisions Can the state of Michigan violate the protection against a second prosecution for the same offense after an acquittal by repeatedly the acquittal refe…
22-5100 Joshua Eric Townley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied IFP burks-v-united-states constitutional-claim criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-prosecution insufficient-evidence reinstatement-of-convictions state-prosecution supreme-court-precedent trial-court-reversal Whether there is a constitutional claim of double jeopardy, reinstatement of convictions after acquittal, when a federal or state trial court rescinds…
21-7755 Eric Ericson v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-injunction due-process first-amendment free-speech injunction standing state-prosecution Must a citizen obey a court ordered injunction that deprives him of his constitutionally protected right to free speech under the First Amendment?
21-7581 Ice Tee Hudson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit reversible-error state-prosecution Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by denying Mr. Hudson's meritorious argument that the district court committed reversible error by i…
21-7470 Reggie Orlando Williams v. Texas Texas 2022-03-25 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-charging legal-procedure margin-of-error state-court state-prosecution When the State of Texas failed to elect which charging transaction of the offense the State was going to have Petitioner convicted under, did this res…
21-7206 Chuck Duckworth v. Illinois Illinois 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-injunction creditor-recovery creditors criminal-procedure fresh-start restitution restitution-award state-prosecution Whether a state prosecutor can recover previously discharged debts on behalf of bankruptcy creditors following a criminal prosecution and by way of a …
21-1102 Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims Oklahoma 2022-02-08 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism indian-country native-american-rights non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-1058 Oklahoma v. Marquise Petey White Oklahoma 2022-02-01 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process equal-protection indian-country non-indian-defendants public-safety state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute nonIndians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-1009 Oklahoma v. Robert Taylor Bragg Oklahoma 2022-01-18 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-959 Oklahoma v. Joshua Lee Purdom Oklahoma 2021-12-30 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-772 Oklahoma v. Stewart Wayne Coffman Oklahoma 2021-11-24 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-429 Oklahoma v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta Oklahoma 2021-09-21 Judgment Issued Amici (22)Relisted (3) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-jurisdiction Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-186 Oklahoma v. Shaun Michael Bosse Oklahoma 2021-08-10 Dismissed Amici (2) criminal-procedure indian-country jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent non-indian-crimes postconviction-relief procedural-bars prosecutorial-authority state-prosecution Whether a State may impose procedural or equitable bars to postconviction relief on the claim that the State lacked prosecutorial authority because th…
20-8292 Pete Anthony Tyndale v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process federal-prosecution reckless-conduct serious-violent-felony sovereign-authority state-prosecution statutory-interpretation three-strikes-statute Whether the life sentence imposed under the Federa Does the government have sovereign authority to dictate a particular state's choice in which federal law will be prosecuted other than the state accor…
20-7994 In Re Lee Robert Scott 2021-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-authorization civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct judicial-misconduct legal-immunity procedural-protection standing state-prosecution Does the Supreme Court allow lower courts to cover up victorious and malicious prosecution cases when vindictive legal sentencing is clearly on the re…
20-6669 Brian Zellner v. Georgia Georgia 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-provision criminal-charges criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment first-offender-statute state-prosecution substantive-criminal-charges Double Jeopardy Clause
20-5208 William Monterial Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence identity identity-evidence procedural-default state-prosecution Whether the State sufficiently proved Petitioner's guilt when no contemporaneous identity evidence existed to link Petitioner as the perpetrator?
20-5150 Ernest R. Jenkins v. Daniel Clarke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review jurisdiction standing state-prosecution Was the Circuit Court's denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of apealability (COA) erroneous?
19-8126 Garry Wayne Wilson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-03-27 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-law state-prosecution treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the State of Oklahoma has jurisdiction to prosecute a Cherokee Indian whose alleged crime of murder occurred within the historic and treaty-se…
19-7669 Lawrence Eliot Mattison v. Janie Deborah Willis, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-13 38-cfr-814 38-cfr-814-560-561 concurrent-criminal-jurisdiction concurrent-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-enclave federal-enclave-jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer retrocession stalking state-criminal-prosecution state-prosecution veterans-affairs Whether repeal of code of Virginia 87.1-21(1976) of jurisdiction over alleged crimes and offenses committed on federal enclave property, and acceptanc…
19-7423 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-property preemption property-theft robbery state-prosecution statutory-interpretation theft united-states-government Do the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §2112, 28 U.S.C. §2114, 28 U.S.C. §8 and 7 U.S.C. §2024(D) reserve jurisdiction for the prosecution of such a criminal …
19-7275 Cecil Boyett v. New Mexico New Mexico 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-rights discovery-rules due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-witness fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment state-court state-prosecution Whether petitioner Boyett's constitutional rights were violated by the Thirteenth Judicial District Court of New Mexico under the Due Process Clause o…
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution Was the right to counsel waived?
19-6183 Reginald Chatman v. Florida Florida 2019-10-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights contract-law criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process equal-protection florida-law plea-bargain plea-bargaining sentencing state-prosecution Whether the State of Florida violated the Defendant Reginald Chatman's 14th Amendment Constitutional right to due process?
19-5970 Murad Razzaq v. Kansas Kansas 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-evidence criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process due-process-clause evidence evidentiary-rules prior-bad-acts prior-crimes propensity-evidence state-prosecution state-supreme-courts unrelated-crimes Does a state violate a defendant's due process rights by admitting evidence of a prior, unrelated crime to show his propensity to commit another crime…
19-227 Adnan Syed v. Maryland Maryland 2019-08-21 Denied Amici (3) constitutional-review criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury-disbelief jury-evaluation prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review state-case-presentation state-prosecution strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a court evaluating prejudice under Strickland v. Washington must take the State's case as it was presented to the jury or may hypothesize that…
19-5243 Larry Marvel v. Delaware Delaware 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-offense double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process legislative-definition multiple-punishments sentencing state-prosecution statutory-interpretation Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits multiple punishments for the same offense
18-1480 Jason Caissie, aka Jason Cullen Caissie v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-05-28 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment cheek-v-us constitutional-rights due-process right-to-counsel state-prosecution state-statute state-statutes traffic-ticket traffic-violation uniform-traffic-ticket Whether the State of Mississippi is in direct conflict of the due process protections provided in the 14th, 5th, and 6th Amendments
18-7721 Laron Darrell Carter, aka Birdd, aka Gardena Pimpin Birdd, aka Garr Birdd, aka Pi Birdd, aka Pi Pimpin Birdd v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty-doctrine federal-prosecution prejudice prejudice-showing rule-48(b) rule-48b separate-sovereign-doctrine separate-sovereign-exception state-prosecution What type of prejudice showing is required to obtain dismissal under Fed. R. Crim. P. 48(b) for delayed federal prosecution after state conviction?
18-762 Jaime Valente Pina, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Relisted (2) conflict-of-interest criminal-indictment federal-prosecution plea-bargaining pre-indictment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-charges state-prosecution Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches before the filing of a formal federal criminal charge