substantive-rule

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23-5588 Roger A. Libby v. Robert Legran, Warden, et al. Nevada 2023-09-14 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-cases criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-law substantive-due-process substantive-rule Whether the due process and equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment render Nevada state laws unconstitutional
23-5544 Juan L. Leonor v. Nebraska Nebraska 2023-09-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rule due-process federal-law judicial-legislation procedural-rule retroactive-review retroactivity substantive-decision substantive-rule supremacy-clause Whether the Federal Constitution prohibits a state court from denying consideration of a federal claim brought after petitioner's convictions became f…
22-7897 In Re Frank Walls 2023-06-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 eighth-amendment federal-petition habeas-corpus intellectual-disability retroactivity substantive-rule teague-v-lane Was Hall v. Florida necessarily 'made retroactive' for purposes of authorizing a successive federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(A)?
22-5396 Timothy J. Hill v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-08-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law mcgirt-case native-american-rights oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-ruling Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling
21-7885 Charles Deon Ladd v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech mcgirt-case oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity standing substantive-rule supreme-court takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights
21-7857 Richard Dwayne Blalock v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-12 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-case native-american-rights procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling
21-1357 James S. Tyler, III v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2022-04-18 Denied Amici (1) capital-defendant collateral-review criminal-procedure mccoy right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substantive-rule teague-bar Where a capital defendant objected to his attorney's concession of guilt, does the explicit text of the Sixth Amendment and longstanding right to coun…
21-6871 Alan Price v. Florida Florida 2022-01-14 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance McCoy-retroactivity mccoy-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-counsel substantive-rule Whether McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct 1500 (2018), adopts a new substantive rule that applies retroactively to cases on collateral review?
21-883 Glen D. Gore v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-12-15 Denied chickasaw-nation conviction-finality criminal-procedure federal-native-american-relations habeas-corpus indian-major-crimes-act judicial-precedent McGirt-retroactivity mcgirt-v-oklahoma Oklahoma-law retroactivity substantive-rule Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma applies retroactively to convictions
20-7107 Jimmy Richard Husband v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-defect retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule Whether NELSON V. COLORADO, 137 S. Ct. 1249 (2018), announced a new substantive rule, narrowing the language and scope of 18 USC Sect. 3661, that has …
20-6879 John D. Freeman v. Florida Florida 2021-01-14 Denied IFP due-process eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability montgomery-v-louisiana postconviction-procedure retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule Whether Florida's postconviction procedures governing intellectual-disability claims fail to vindicate defendants' substantive Eighth-Amendment rights…
20-6307 Gary Lawrence v. Florida Florida 2020-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP atkins-v-virginia death-penalty hall-v-florida intellectual-disability montgomery-v-louisiana retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent Whether Hall v. Florida applies retroactively on collateral review
19-8580 Lary James Plumlee v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-06-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-doctrine welch-v-united-states Whether a state court is required under the federal constitution to retroactively apply interpretations of a substantive criminal statute that narrow …
19-7609 Juan Mauricio Castillo v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-02-07 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity state-courts statutory-interpretation substantive-rule welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether due process requires the states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-5882 Rome Richard Chacon v. Nevada Nevada 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires a state court to retroactively apply a narrowing interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-5521 Steven Michael Cox v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-standard welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
18-9521 Christopher Anthony Jones v. Nevada Nevada 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-exception welch-v-united-states Whether due process requires the states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
18-9501 Bruce Mayo Ennis v. Nevada Nevada 2019-05-31 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires a state court to retroactively apply a new interpretation of a substantive criminal statute that narrows its…
18-9436 William Edward Branham v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2019-05-28 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires states to retroactively apply a narrowing interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
18-1304 Richard Ashbaugh v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response Waived burrage-decision burrage-v-united-states collateral-review criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sentence-enhancement sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule Whether the courts below erred by failing to hold that this Court's decision in Burrage announced a substantive rule that courts must apply retroactiv…
18-7860 Timothy L. Barnes v. Michigan Michigan 2019-02-08 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-finding mandatory-minimum retroactivity sixth-amendment substantive-rule watershed-rule Does the Alleyne rule apply retroactively on collateral review?
18-217 Randall Mathena, Warden v. Lee Boyd Malvo Fourth Circuit 2018-08-20 Granted Amici (13)Relisted (9) collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rule criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-v-lane Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in concluding that Montgomery v. Louisiana modified and expanded the rule announced in Miller v. Alabama
18-5632 Juan L. Leonor v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2018-08-17 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-conviction habeas-corpus procedural-rule retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule vagueness Whether a new substantive rule of constitutional law must be applied retroactively to final cases