suspension-clause

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A871 Malik Allah-U-Akbar v. David Schroeder, Judge Ohio 2026-02-03 Application double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus judicial-factfinding sixth-amendment suspension-clause Question not identified.
25-5699 In Re Mark Woods 2025-09-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Did the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the suspension clause of the United States Constitution when precluding petition…
24-1288 Monika Kapoor v. Vincent F. DeMarco, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied convention-against-torture extradition habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review suspension-clause Whether Congress has stripped the federal courts of habeas jurisdiction over Convention Against Torture (CAT) claims by individuals facing extradition
24-7207 In Re Willie C. Simpson 2025-05-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights filing-fee habeas-corpus state-custody supremacy-clause suspension-clause Whether the state's suspension of habeas corpus privileges by imposing a $1,800 filing bar fee violates the U.S. Constitution's Suspension Clause and …
24-7196 Jacob Bellinsky v. Rachel Zinna Galan Colorado 2025-05-13 Denied IFP constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus rule-60b suspension-clause void-judgments Whether the Suspension Clause, 28 U.S.C. § 2248, and Rule 8(d) require courts to accept habeas allegations when respondents fail to traverse or deny, …
24A683 Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete due-process federal-agency first-amendment judicial-review jurisdictional-barriers suspension-clause Whether federal agency procedural limitations and jurisdictional barriers unconstitutionally impede a federal employee's meaningful access to judicial…
24A454 Jason Krumback v. Teresa Bittinger, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-11-06 Presumed Complete civil-liberties constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review suspension-clause Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals' prolonged delay in adjudicating a habeas corpus petition constitutes an unconstitutional suspension of th…
23-7361 Sean A. Gray v. Kevin Payne, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth Tenth Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burns-v-wilson constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus military-habeas military-justice suspension-clause tenth-circuit Are the Dodson factors a violation of the Suspension Clause and therefore an unconstitutional bar to habeas for military prisoners?
23-6929 Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-procedure pre-filing-injunction standing suspension-clause Whether the district court's pre-filing injunction violates the suspension clause
23-6255 David Alexander Hunter v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied IFP aedpa direct-appeal direct-review due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan suspension-clause Is the AEDPA's one-year limitation period for state prisoners to raise claims of ineffective assistance of counsel triggered by conclusion of 'direct …
23-5561 In Re Reginald L. Shumpert 2023-09-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review suspension-clause Whether the unavailability of habeas corpus relief and other forms of judicial review violates the Suspension Clause and Due Process Clause of the U.S…
22-7048 Scott P. Roeder v. Dan Schnurr, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-economy postconviction-review standing suspension-clause unborn-rights Whether United States v. Vuitch, 402 U.S. 62 (1971), should be overruled in favor of equality with the unborn
22-6148 Larry James Bradley v. Florida Florida 2022-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights commerce-clause due-process enemy-combatant equal-protection fourth-amendment jurisdiction presidential-authority standing statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil rights statutes and constitutional provisions
22-5642 Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 collateral-consequences custody custody-status direct-consequence habeas-corpus sex-offender-registration suppression-clause suspension-clause writ-of-certiorari Is a person in custody for the purpose of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 or 28 U.S.C. § 2254 if the individual is still under a direct consequence from the criminal…
21-7670 In Re Oscar Smith 2022-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa capital-punishment constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process habeas-corpus suspension-clause Whether the AEDPA bars federal review of a death row inmate's claim of actual innocence based on newly discovered DNA evidence, in violation of the Su…
21-6938 David Charles Sussman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida 2022-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process filing-restrictions pro-se suspension-clause Does the Fla. court's imposition of an all-inclusive, total pro se filing bar violate the Suspension Clause of U.S. Const., Art. I, sec. 9?
21-6247 Andrew Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-delay motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Does an inordinate delay of almost six years render a motion to vacate under 28 USC 2255 inadequate or ineffective to the point that Petitioner may in…
21-5920 In Re Jason Brooks 2021-10-06 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence aedpa constitutional-vagueness due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction securities-act suspension-clause vagueness Whether a freestanding claim of actual innocence can overcome AEDPA's gatekeeping provisions and/or whether a prisoner may be entitled to federal habe…
21-5470 Aleksys Lomeli-Garcia v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arizona casey-v-united-states constitutional-review fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus indigent-prisoners indigent-rights judicial-fraud supreme-court-procedure suspension-clause Whether the concealed 28 U.S.C. 2244(c) facts caused the Supreme Court to unwittingly suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus for all Arizona indigent priso…
20-8253 Blaine Keith Milam v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 8th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process eighth-amendment federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability statutory-limitation suspension-clause Can 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) be constitutionally interpreted to bar first-time federal habeas corpus merits review of an Eighth Amendment claim of intellec…
20-8158 In Re Larry E. Starks 2021-05-27 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 collateral-attack collateral-review constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge jurisdictional-challenges subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Whether the denial of review on jurisdictional claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) is an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
20-7086 Michael Fetherolf v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-interpretation cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus hearsay jackson-v-virginia sixth-circuit-review suspension-clause Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying a death penalty sentencing review in a non-death penalty case
20-6034 Christopher Thieme v. United States Third Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-challenge equal-access-to-courts equal-protection equitable-estoppel first-time-filer habeas-corpus material-mutual-mistake suspension-clause Whether the doctrine of equitable estoppel or material mutual mistake applies to reset the AEDPA statute of limitations clock
20-5786 William Earl Sweet v. Florida Florida 2020-09-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violations eighth-amendment giglio-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-proceedings suspension-clause Whether the Eighth Amendment and the Suspension Clause require that an individual have a fair opportunity to show actual-innocence in state-court and …
20-5687 John Oliver Bryant v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-review petition-dismissal standing suspension-clause timeliness Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petition as untimely
19-7850 Bobby Drew Autry v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-error due-process false-imprisonment final-judgment habeas-corpus plea-bargain statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Does the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996 one year statute of limitations violate the suspension clause of the U.S. Const…
19-883 Jason Isaiah Robinson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response Waived aedpa-limitations anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus miller-v-alabama montgomery-retroactivity retroactive-application substantive-rules suspension-clause Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit failed to conduct the requisite threshold inquiry and imposed an unduly burdensome st…
19-6464 Alejandro Garcia-Jacobo v. Marion Feather, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-convictions due-process habeas-corpus immigration jurisdiction suspension-clause Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5) eliminates jurisdiction over § 2255 / § 2241 claims challenging criminal convictions
19-5943 In Re Nathan Wayne Smith 2019-09-16 Denied IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act congressional-power constitutional-convention constitutional-limitations federal-criminal-statutes habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Whether the federal criminal statutes charged are unconstitutional
19-294 Usama Jamil Hamama, et al. v. Rebecca Adducci, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Relisted (2) country-conditions deportation detention due-process ethnic-minorities immigration-court immigration-law removal-orders removal-proceedings suspension-clause torture torture-convention torture-protection Whether section 1252(g) is unconstitutional under the Suspension Clause as applied to Petitioners
19-161 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam Ninth Circuit 2019-08-05 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2) administrative-law constitutional-challenge due-process expedited-removal habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review suspension-clause Whether Section 1252(e)(2) is unconstitutional under the Suspension Clause as applied to respondent
19-5386 David Charles Sussman v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-07-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts due-process habeas-corpus legal-representation prison-discipline right-to-counsel suspension-clause Whether a trial court violates the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution by requiring a prison inmate to secure or pay for an attorney to file a …
19-5395 George Cleveland, III v. Jerry B. Adger Fourth Circuit 2019-07-30 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals case-and-controversy civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-of-appeals district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus procedural-limitations standing suspension-clause writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether Slack v. McDaniel requires the Court of Appeals to determine if a Habeas Corpus Petitioner's Appeal states a valid claim of the denial of a co…
18-8705 In Re Keith Bryan Webb-el 2019-04-04 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus human-rights illegal-confinement standing suspension-clause Whether the Petitioner Webb-EL's habeas corpus petition raising claims of actual innocence and illegal confinement warrants Supreme Court review
18-7856 In Re John Peyton Alexander 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act commutation-and-reduction-of-sentence due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue parole-revocation sentence-expiration successive-writ suspension-clause time-sensitive Whether the omission of successive-writ exceptions for prisoners seeking federal habeas corpus relief for expired sentences or unlawful parole revocat…
18-7538 Jeffrey Russo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations suspension-clause Whether the 'right' recognized in Johnson v. United States triggers the statute of limitations under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3) for a petitioner seeking t…
18-6923 Donatos Sarras v. Unknown Party Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus second-motion suspension-clause Whether pro se petitioner's rights under the Suspension Clause and the Fifth Amendment (Due Process) were impeded or impinged and he may proceed with …
18-6759 Gregory L. Brown v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2244b brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-petition recurring-issue second-or-successive second-successive-petition statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Is a claim under Brady v. Maryland brought in a second-in-time habeas petition 'second or successive' for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) when the cla…
18-524 Eric D. Gathings v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Was the appellate court's summary denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) reciting that it had 'carefully reviewed the original file of the dis…
18-5159 Allen Golden v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 aedpa suspension-clause aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus non-violent-crime non-violent-crimes suspension-clause Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its order and the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation regarding the suspension of habe…