strickland-claim
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-7262 | Richard Roland Laird v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. | Third Circuit | 2025-05-21 | Denied | IFP | aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus merits-decision strickland-claim | When a state court issues a reasoned merits decision on only one component of a multi-component claim, does AEDPA require federal habeas courts to def… |
| 24-517 | Lance Shockley v. David Vandergriff, Warden | Eighth Circuit | 2024-11-06 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (6) | appellate-review circuit-split habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-claim | Did the Court of Appeals err in denying petitioner's application to appeal the denial of his Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claims? |
| 23-5563 | Christopher John Derting v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-09-12 | Denied | IFP | circuit-court-conflict due-process federal-review habeas-corpus keeney-v-tamayo-reyes post-conviction-review strickland strickland-claim townsend-v-sain vicks-v-bunnell | Can the District Court ignore the views of this Court stated in Lovell v. Duffey pertaining to 2254 (d) (2) claims, which should focus on what State C… |
| 22-5676 | Bernard D. Ellerbe v. Robert May, Warden, et al. | Third Circuit | 2022-09-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | certificate-of-appealability hinton-standard hinton-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default strickland-claim strickland-v-washington third-circuit | Did the Third Circuit & Delaware District Courts err by denying a Certificate of Appealability seeking to challenge procedural default findings where … |
| 20-8353 | Russell Armfield v. Sonja Nicklaus, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2021-06-21 | Denied | IFP | bruton-rule bruton-violation civil-rights constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-claim | Whether the lack of established federal law or precedent should preclude relief for a defendant when there is no clear constitutional violation |
| 20-6048 | David J. Godine, III v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2020-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eyewitness-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misidentification ninth-circuit pro-se-petition strickland-claim | Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal? |
| 19-1424 | Kevin LeBeau v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-06-26 | Denied | Response Waived | bank-fraud criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions materiality restitution seventh-circuit strickland strickland-claim strickland-v-washington | Was the omission of the concept of materiality from the bank fraud elements instruction error requiring a new trial? |