| 25-7062 |
Rene Daniel Villareal v. Texas |
Texas |
2026-03-18 |
Pending |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-test |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Erred In Rejecting the Trial Court's Recommendation For Habeas Relief On The Basis That Trial Counsel Rend… |
| 25-6835 |
Laurence Sessum v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rejected-plea sixth-amendment strickland-test |
1. Whether this Court's contemporaneous-evidence requirement from Lee v. United States, 582 U.S. 357 (2017), applies only to accepted-plea cases and i… |
| 25-99 |
William Thomas Hudson, III v. Michael Meisner, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ineffective-assistance investigation-deficiency prejudice-standard right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-test |
Whether a court evaluating an ineffective assistance of counsel claim may rely on the testimony of counsel who has failed to conduct an adequate inves… |
| 24-5726 |
William Hudson v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
digital-search fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-test warrant-particularity |
I.) Willliam Hudson's case raises an important issue not settled by^his Court and one that is in conflict with other United States Court of Appeals an… |
| 23-5973 |
Richard C. Duerson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage cronic-standard due-process due-process-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice strickland-test strickland-v-washington united-states-v-cronic |
1.) Has the Supreme Court overruled United States v. Cronic, eliminating the presumption that an accused has suffered Constitutional error without the… |
| 23-5808 |
Rodney Jennings v. Shawn Phillips, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability doyle-rule doyle-v-ohio habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency strickland-test strickland-v-washington |
Did the court of appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability and in evaluating petitioner's claim under Jackson v. Virginia, Doyle v. Ohio, … |
| 23-5573 |
Lashun Tracy Tinnen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-precedent performance-evaluation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-test |
In light of the facts of this case, was the defense counsel ineffective in light of this court's precedent in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (… |
| 23-5489 |
Lonnie Dee Brown v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-08-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure daubert daubert-standard evidence expert-testimony ineffective-assistance kumho-tire standard-of-review strickland-test |
1. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ' review of trial courts
decisions to admit or exclude expert testimony comport with the United
St… |
| 23-5431 |
Bryan K. Brown v. Ron Neal, Warden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus prison-law-library strickland-standard strickland-test |
The Court of Appeals opinion substantially departs from law and practice by finding that the Defendant's actions, which the court deemed "negligent", … |
| 23-5306 |
Kenneth Ray Holbert, Sr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-right direct-appeal ineffective-assistance legal-burden state-court state-court-procedure strickland-standard strickland-test summary-reversal two-pronged |
Where a Strickland claim is appropriately raised on direct appeal, may a state court add to the two-pronged Strickland test a burden of showing the tr… |
| 22-6811 |
A. B. v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 conflict-of-interest criminal-justice-system cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington successive-conflict successive-representation |
Where a defendant's lawyer owed conflicting duties to her and a former client, should she receive a new trial if the actual conflict adversely affecte… |
| 21-7449 |
Leonard S. Taylor v. Paul Blair, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-trial closing-argument ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan mccoy-v-louisiana nixon-v-florida sixth-amendment strickland-test strickland-v-washington |
1. Whether the decision to forego a closing argument in the penalty phase of a capital murder trial is a tactical decision for trial counsel to make o… |
| 21-5419 |
Dilang Dat v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defense criminal-plea deportation deportation-consequences due-process-advice immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-standard padilla-v-united-states strickland-test |
Does trial counsel advising a criminal defendant that he "could" be deported for entering a guilty plea breach trial counsel's duty to give "clear and… |
| 20-776 |
Gregory Williams v. Leonta Jackson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-defendant criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing-exposure strickland-standard strickland-test |
1. When a criminal defendant is considering whether to accept a plea offer, is defense counsel's failure to advise the defendant of his or her sentenc… |
| 20-5221 |
Arthur James Martin v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation capital-trial criminal-procedure cumulative-error cumulative-error-analysis giglio-violation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-test trial-counsel |
1. Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate and present evidence that significantly undermines the State's case is deficient performance that re… |
| 20-5086 |
Johnny Mack Sketo Calhoun v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation cumulative-error cumulative-error-analysis exculpatory-evidence giglio-violation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-test trial-counsel |
1. Whether trial counsel's failure to investigate and present exculpatory evidence, which significantly undermines the State's evidence is deficient p… |
| 19-8833 |
Christopher Mann v. Maryland |
Maryland |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel maryland-court-of-appeals prejudice strickland-prejudice strickland-test weaver-precedent weaver-v-massachusetts |
Has the Maryland Court of Appeals abused its discretion by applying Weaver v. Massachusetts(, 137 S. Ct. 1899 (2017)) to mandate looking at the streng… |
| 19-7024 |
Germira Lamar Carter v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-test |
WHERE THE STATE COURTS OF MICHIGAN HAS CONVICTED A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, IS… |
| 18-8666 |
Tremane Wood v. Mike Carpenter, Interim Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-review death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-test |
Tremane Wood was one of four defendants charged with crimes related to the death of Ronnie Wipf, which occurred in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on January … |
| 18-8624 |
Bruce Elliott Miller v. Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-procedural-bar constitutional-deficiency due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus indictment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statute-of-limitations strickland-standard strickland-test |
TRIAL COUNSEL FAILURE TO MAKE A TIMELY OBJECTION OR FILE A PRETRIAL MOTION TO DISMISS A FATALLY FLAWED INDICTEMENT CANNOT VALIDATE A "CONSTITUTIONALLY… |
| 18-8565 |
Evender Gene Jackson v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-error direct-appeal harmless-error ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions standard-of-review strickland-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington |
IF A TRIAL ATTORNEY'S FAILURE TO OBJECT TO THE OMMISION OF A REQUIRED INSTRUCTION FROM THE JURY CHARGE RAISES THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON DIRECT APPEAL, WH… |
| 18-7374 |
David Mejia v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa counsel-performance fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-hoc-rationalization sixth-amendment strickland-test strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith |
Has the Fifth Circuit erred in holding, that in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under AEDPA, a court may indulge "post hoc rationalization"… |
| 18-6577 |
Ernesto Wilfredo Solano Godoy v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause due-process fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel phone-records strickland strickland-standard strickland-test sufficiency-of-evidence witness-testimony |
1-Petitioner alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective by allowing testimony and evidence to be presented to the jury in violation of the Confron… |