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25A576 John Bejarano v. William Reubart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-11-17 Application capital-punishment federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-procedure successive-petition Whether a state's procedural default bar for successive state petitions in capital habeas cases constitutes an inadequate state procedural mechanism t…
25A282 Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability collateral-attack due-diligence habeas-corpus innocence-claim successive-petition Whether a federal prisoner may file a successive habeas petition challenging a criminal conviction without presenting new and decisive proof of innoce…
25A281 Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Presumed Complete collateral-review due-diligence federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2255 successive-petition Whether a federal prisoner may file a successive habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 without demonstrating new evidence or a retroactive constituti…
25-5097 Michael Bell v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied IFP brady-violation due-diligence federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief successive-petition Where government action prevented Petitioner from bringing his claims under Brady and Giglio in his initial § 2254 motion, should a second-in-time mot…
24-6551 William J. Wise v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit panetti-standard section-2255 successive-petition Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly dismissed an amended section 2255 motion to vacate sentence as a successive petition
24-6132 In Re David Charles Thatcher 2024-12-12 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit successive-petition Whether Mr. Thatcher's actual innocence and constitutional violations require vacatur of his petition and whether the Ninth Circuit's refusal to grant…
24-5817 Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix Third Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation successive-petition Whether § 2244(b)(1) and (b)(2)'s bar, which explicitly references only § 2254, also applies to a claim by a federal prisoner who brings a successive …
24A355 James Cobb Hutto v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-10-16 Presumed Complete constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction successive-petition supreme-court-review Whether a state supreme court's denial of a successive post-conviction petition violates a criminal defendant's constitutional right to meaningful hab…
23A943 Brian E. Conway v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-04-22 Presumed Complete extraordinary-writ forum-selection habeas-corpus state-law successive-petition writ-of-relief Whether a successive habeas corpus petition can be summarily denied under state law when the petitioner seeks relief in multiple courts
23A934 Damien Ford v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-04-17 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus indigent-status procedural-error successive-petition supreme-court-rules Whether the Supreme Court should grant a certificate of appealability for a second successive habeas corpus petition when the petitioner claims indige…
23-7206 David Eugene Matthews v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied IFP abuse-of-the-writ abuse-of-writ aedpa equitable-powers habeas habeas-corpus initial-petition sixth-circuit successive-petition unexhausted-claim unripe-claim Does limiting second-in-time initial habeas petitions to only petitions that raise (a) a claim that was unripe when the first petition was filed, or (…
23-7195 In Re Dechaun Toliver 2024-04-10 Denied IFP constitutional-custody constitutional-rights custody district-court district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus successive-petition successive-petitions writ-of-habeas-corpus Is it mandatory for a District Court to entertain a Writ of Habeas Corpus when a petitioner is claiming to be in custody in violation of the Constitut…
23-7192 In Re Lionel Davis 2024-04-10 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C.-§-2254 28-usc-2254 due-process federal-appellate-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus standard-of-review successive-petition Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to apply the proper standard of review in denying his motion for authorization to file a successive …
23A709 David Eugene Matthews v. Laura Plappert, Interim Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-02-01 Presumed Complete abuse-of-writ aedpa banister-doctrine habeas-corpus sixth-circuit successive-petition Whether the Sixth Circuit's standard for determining whether a second-in-time habeas petition is initial or successive conflicts with the Supreme Cour…
23-6566 In Re Brandon Trammel 2024-01-25 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 9th-circuit abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criteria federal-habeas federal-writ habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence prima-facie-showing successive-petition Did Petitioner, Brandon Robert Trammel meet the criteria to request to file a second or successive federal writ of habeas corpus?
23-6529 In Re Raymond Ramirez 2024-01-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence scientific-evidence successive-petition Whether the court of appeals clearly abused its discretion and deprived the Petitioner of his constitutional rights to Due Process under the 14th Amen…
23-6236 Joseph R. Dickey v. Warden, FCI Marianna Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-restrictions constitutional-challenge federal-prisoner felker-v-turpin habeas-corpus successive-petition Whether 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(1) applies to claims in 28 U.S.C. 2255 motions
23-6020 Henry Zabala-Zorilla v. District Attorney of Berks County, Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP habeas-corpus judicial-error legal-mistake rule-60(b)(1) rule-60b statute-of-limitations successive-petition third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its application of Kemp v. United States
23A426 Jerome M. Teats v. Brandon Watwood, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-11-13 Presumed Complete collateral-review en-banc-petition exhaustion-rule martinez-v-ryan procedural-default successive-petition Whether the Supreme Court should recognize an exception to procedural default rules for successive petitions in state post-conviction proceedings base…
23A424 Kevin Keith v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-11-13 Presumed Complete death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default sixth-circuit successive-petition Whether a state court's denial of a successive habeas corpus petition challenging a criminal conviction and death sentence comports with due process a…
23-5637 Daniel Lee Reed v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-petition successive-petitions Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying a COA for failure to properly consider the framework in which successive petitions are mandated to be reviewed
23-5474 Abder Salim v. Stephen Kennedy, Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Center First Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mental-impairment procedural-default successive-petition tolling tolling-doctrine Should the lateness of the habeas petition be excused due to the petitioner's mental health issues and the DNA evidence?
23-5256 Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 crime-of-violence criminal-procedure elements-clause firearm-conviction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 successive-petition united-states-v-taylor welch-v-united-states Whether a petitioner in a properly filed successive petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging his conviction for possession of a firearm durin…
22-7481 Anthony Allen v. Illinois Illinois 2023-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-representation cause-and-prejudice constitutional-challenge constitutional-sentencing ineffective-assistance smith-vs-bailey substantive-law successive-petition Whether appointed Appellate Counsel's missapprehended the law and facts by failure to brief and raise the issues on appeal constitutes unreasonable if…
22-7230 James Jonathan Mitchell v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence federal-petition habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence procedural-due-process successive-petition summary-dismissal Whether a state prisoner is entitled to a hearing on a successive habeas corpus petition that raises a claim of actual innocence based on newly discov…
22-6320 Mausean Carter v. Corizon Health, Inc. Maryland 2022-12-16 Denied IFP actual-innocence burden-of-proof civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment evidence gross-negligence habeas-corpus medical-evidence medical-treatment successive-petition Whether the lower courts erred in holding that the petitioner did not meet the burden of establishing the respondents' deliberate indifference in viol…
22-6277 Paul E. Pavulak v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-bar rule-60 rule-60(d)(3) section-2255 successive-petition When a petitioner challenges a procedural bar in his 2255 which based on a fraud on the court, may a District Court Judge dismiss this motion as a Suc…
22-5837 Micah S. Matthews v. Iowa Iowa 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions post-conviction-relief state-appellate-court successive-petition summary-judgment unmitigated-claim Is a state appellate court's refusal to allow a petitioner to file a successive petition for Post-Conviction Relief on an unmitigated, meritorious cla…
22-5635 Vladimir Vladimirovic Brik v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation civil-rights due-process federal-procedure gatekeeping-provision habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance material-evidence second-petition successive-petition Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the dismissal of petitioner's material Brady claim as 'second or successive' under §2255(h)
22-239 Krishna Maharaj v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2244 appellate-review court-of-appeals evidence evidence-consideration federal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar successive-petition Whether a district court is jurisdictionally barred from considering evidence supporting a claim in a second or successive habeas petition that the co…
22-5548 In Re David Moore 2022-09-12 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-court-jurisdiction successive-petition successive-petitions unconstitutional-conviction Did Congress intend to preclude as successive under the AEDPA a state prisoner habeas claim that he is held unconstitutionally upon conviction and sen…
22-5356 Joseph Montrel Bourgeois v. Texas Texas 2022-08-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-review double-jeopardy effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-court-precedent state-court-review successive-petition supreme-court-precedent Question not identified
21-6880 In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton 2022-01-18 Dismissed IFP civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner successive-petition successive-petitions unreasonable-application Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals was original habeas corpus jurisdiction over a second or successive habeas petition filed by a state prisoner who wa…
21-6869 Edward Oberwise v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied IFP actual-innocence certiorari constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court state-court-procedure successive-petition Should the Court use its power to grant certiorari to a noncapital state court defendant who has no other available forum to raise a compelling claim …
21-439 Michael Nance v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) alternative-execution civil-rights due-process habeas habeas-corpus lethal-injection method-of-execution ripeness section-1983 successive-petition Whether an inmate's as-applied method-of-execution challenge must be raised in a habeas petition instead of through a § 1983 action if the inmate plea…
21-5411 Jerome Skee Smith v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa due-process equitable-tolling fifth-circuit habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations successive-petition Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it dismissed Jerome Smith's successive §2254 petition as untimely without considering his McQuiggin ac…
20-8386 Cheddie Lamar Griffin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-rule sentencing statutory-interpretation successive-petition supreme-court Whether the circuit panel's decision affirming the denial of the authorized successive 2255 petition was erroneous
20-8332 Damen Rabb v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence-claim standards-for-coa-determinations successive-petition whether-due-process-requires-district-court-to-give-petitioner-fair-opportunity-to-provide-proof-supporting-claims
20-7620 Andrew Guy Moret v. Patrick Garrett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction habeas-corpus judicial-review mootness post-conviction pre-trial-claims pretrial procedural-bar successive-petition successive-writ Does a criminal conviction halt or moot a pending pretrial habeas corpus action?
20-7366 In Re John Peyton Alexander 2021-03-08 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process earned-time-credits ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing successive-petition Whether the AEDPA excludes an entire category of prisoners from seeking successive habeas corpus writs to raise due process claims
20-7201 Jerry Neil Alfred v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-22 Dismissed IFP 2254-petition civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel successive-petition trial-counsel Whether doctrine of equitable tolling could be properly invoked and ultimately applied by district court to render an otherwise untimely claim that ex…
20-6570 Brandon Bernard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-violation death-penalty gang-affiliation government-misconduct napue-claim napue-violation procedural-default section-2255 successive-habeas successive-petition Where government action prevented Petitioner from bringing his claims under Brady and Napue in his initial § 2255 motion, should a second-in-time moti…
20-5837 In Re Edward Donald Oberwise 2020-09-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standards circuit-court habeas-corpus state-court successive-petition teague teague-claim Whether the Court should grant a writ of habeas corpus to a non-capital state court defendant who has no other available forum to raise a compelling c…
20-5529 Herman Bernard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-08-31 Denied IFP aedpa amendment bankruptcy-court district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment jurisdictional-defect procedural-rules successive-motions successive-petition Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in denying a motion to amend a petition under the AEDPA, as the Eleventh Circuit has required that a motion to amen…
19-8850 Billy Joe Wardlow v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied IFP circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar rule-60(b) successive-petition Whether a Rule 60(b) motion arguing that a procedural defect affected the district court's determination of the merits of the claims in a federal habe…
19-8907 Jonathan Boyer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-uscs-2254 civil-procedure federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-to-recall relitigation-bar statutory-interpretation successive-petition Whether and under what circumstances a motion to recall judgment attacking the erroneous application of the relitigation bar in 28 USCS 2254(d) should…
19-8701 Roger Allen Raymond v. United States District Court for the District of South Dakota Eighth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa Brady-violation constitutional-due-process due-process eighth-circuit exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct south-carolina successive-petition Whether the State of South Carolina commits a final byte power against the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision is a second or successive habeas …
19-8093 Jose Passalacqua v. Mike McDonald, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jury-misconduct motion-standard ninth-circuit rule-60(b) rule-60b scope-of-hearing successive-petition Did the Ninth Circuit Erred In Holding That Petitioner's Rule 60(b) Motion, Was the Equivalent to an Unauthorized Second or Successive 28 U.S.C. § 225…
19-7555 In Re Eugene French 2020-02-05 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations evidence-hearing evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-question newly-discovered-evidence original-jurisdiction successive-petition Whether transfer to the district court for a hearing pursuant to this court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional case where…
19-932 In Re Julius Jerome Murphy 2020-01-24 Denied 2244(b) 28-U.S.C.-§-2244(b) circuit-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction prima-facie-showing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions Does a circuit court exceed its jurisdiction by requiring a petitioner to satisfy the burden of actually establishing that his application to file a s…
19-7393 In Re David Gulbrandson 2020-01-23 Denied IFP arbitrary-and-capricious death-penalty standing state-law successive-petition arbitrary-and-capricious death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit second-successive-petition state-law state-law-application successive-petition Whether transfer to the district court for a hearing pursuant to this Court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional case
19-7353 Enamiden Celestine Okon v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied IFP brecht-standard constitutional-error due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review magwood-v-patterson procedural-default sanders-v-united-states standing successive-petition successive-petitions Whether Petitioner filed 'a second or successive' application by re-raising a claim in his second habeas petition that was not fully addressed and/or …
19-7177 Eric C. Miller v. Randy Gibbs, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-procedure district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-dismissal successive-petition successive-petitions time-bar Can District Courts continue to dismiss (numerically) second habeas petitions as 'successive' and hold the petitioner to the stricter AEDPA requiremen…
19-6934 Dexter Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied IFP buck-doctrine buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability fifth-circuit gonzalez-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel rule-60(b)(6) successive-petition successive-petitions Whether the Fifth Circuit has misinterpreted Buck by requiring Mr. Johnson to plead a meritorious claim for habeas relief in his Rule 60(b)(6) motion?
19-5820 Charles D. Raby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-split habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence prima-facie-showing reasonable-juror standard-of-review statutory-interpretation successive-petition Whether a court of appeals can reach fact issues when ruling on a motion for authorization to file a successive habeas petition based on newly discove…
19-5682 In Re Gary Ray Bowles 2019-08-22 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia capital-punishment death-penalty habeas-corpus intellectual-disability successive-habeas-petition successive-petition writ-of-certiorari Should this Court use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to a capital defendant who has no other available forum to raise his compelling claim…
19-5640 In Re Larry Swearingen 2019-08-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 death-penalty due-process false-testimony forensic-evidence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition innocence innocence-standard schlup-v-delo scientific-evidence scientific-testimony successive-petition What is the scope of the evidence for a court's assessment of innocence under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B)(i)?
18-9210 Curtis Solomon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-09 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach collateral-review constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity successive-petition vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the 'crime of violence' definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-9151 Blake Joseph Sandlain v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appellate-counsel capital-punishment criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice successive-petition Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel require a showing of prejudice to establish a claim that appellate counsel was ineff…
18-8967 In Re Larry L. Brinson 2019-04-23 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence all-writ-jurisdiction all-writs constitutional-review constitutional-rights gate-keeping gate-keeping-order gatekeeping-order habeas-corpus jurisdiction successive-habeas-corpus successive-petition supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the United States Supreme Court has jurisdiction under habeas corpus and all writ jurisdiction to review circuit court's gate keeping order de…
18-8923 Ryan Watkins v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appeals-court criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-law habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief re-sentencing sentencing sixth-amendment sixth-circuit successive-petition Whether Petitioner was entitled to present his claims after re-sentencing to the United States District Court of appeals
18-1320 Renee Baker, Warden v. Alquandre H. Turner Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied 28-usc-2244 amended-judgment civil-rights conviction conviction-challenge due-process federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus new-judgment sentence sentencing successive-petition successive-petitions time-served-credit Whether an amended judgment of conviction containing only nominal changes that do not disturb the original conviction and sentence should be considere…
18-1222 Christopher Andre Vialva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied capital-case certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-proceedings federal-procedure habeas-corpus integrity-of-proceedings judicial-misconduct rule-60(b) rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b successive-habeas-petition successive-petition Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability to review whether Petitioner's Rule 60(b)(6) motion challenging a procedural…
18-8277 Trevor Ransfer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 binding-precedent circuit-precedent crime-of-violence federal-appeals-court habeas-petition hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation successive-petition Should a three-judge panel's order denying a second or successive habeas petition be considered binding precedent?
18-7596 In Re Robert F. Russo 2019-01-29 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-overreach legislative-action legislative-overreach procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions Has the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals arrogated its own form of legislative action concerning a Petitioner's request for 'Leave'' to commence a suc…
18-7449 Joel Darnell Patton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality-of-judgment gonzalez-standard habeas-corpus post-judgment-motion post-judgment-motions reconsideration rule-59-motion successive-motions successive-petition Does a district court have the authority to reconsider the merits of a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 action in response to a prisoner's timely post-judgment motion…
18-7188 Ian R. Davis v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence brady-v-maryland discovery due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition prima-facie-showing successive-petition witness-recantation Whether the proof necessary to make a prima facie showing that a petitioner satisfies 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B)(ii) is equivalent to the proof necessa…
18-6943 Gregory Dean Banister v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (4)IFP aedpa appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se rule-59(e) successive-petition Whether Gonzalez v. Crosby extends to Rule 59(e) motions
18-6610 Mark Johnson v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-perpetrator coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusion-of-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution successive-petition Whether the petitioner should be allowed to present newly discovered evidence of actual innocence in a successive post-conviction petition, despite th…
18-6470 In Re Gary Malone 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2244(b) actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice panetti-v-quarterman standing successive-petition successive-petitions Whether a single district court and circuit court judge can entertain a second successive 2254(b) petition when the second application is a continuati…
18-6227 DeWayne L. Wester v. Illinois Illinois 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause cause-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions post-conviction post-conviction-petition res-judicata successive-petition Where a State Court fail to adjudicate an issue properly raised and argued in a post conviction petition and on appeal, can the absence of a res judic…
18-5522 Edward Vincent Ray v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review buck-v-davis civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-courts gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus legal-standard rule-60b standing successive-petition Whether the United States District Court abused its discretion by construing Petitioner's Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b) motion as a 'suc…
18-5511 Michael John Tarvin v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence false-imprisonment innocence-claim standing successive-petition Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's application, when the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the petitioner's motion …
18-5472 In Re Alan James Hedrick 2018-08-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-claims habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct successive-petition successive-petitions time-bar time-barred Whether McQuiggin v. Perkins permits a state court prisoner to rely on 'actual innocence' as a gateway to pursue constitutional claims that were previ…
18-5356 Joaquin H. Ciria v. California Ninth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-procedure,fraud,rule-60(b),actual-innocence, fraud fraud-upon-court procedural-mechanism rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-petition timeliness Whether Rule 60(b) is the correct procedure for raising claims of fraud committed upon the court