third-circuit-court

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5683 Ronald Champney v. United States Third Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence hobbs-act section-924c third-circuit-court In light of the holding in United States v. Taylor that attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)…
23-6962 Vernon D. F. Robbins v. John E. Wetzel, former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied IFP administrative-remedy-exhaustion circuit-split due-process equal-protection stare-decisis administrative-exhaustion equal-protection prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigation stare-decisis third-circuit-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of the same United States Court …
23-5648 Frank Nucera, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing juror-misconduct jury-deliberations new-trial new-trial-motion racial-bias third-circuit-court voir-dire Did the Third Circuit err by upholding the denial of Petitioner's motion for new trial or an evidentiary hearing based on juror affidavits?
23-5528 Lahme Perkins v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cause-and-prejudice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-facts notice post-conviction-relief procedural-default third-circuit-court Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to grant the certificate of appealability
23-5497 Malik Woods v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus procedural-review standing supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals run contrary to clearly established Supreme Court precedent
22-6030 In Re Jason Paul Maple 2022-11-09 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-trial-error due-process free-speech jurisdictional-power manifest-disregard pro-se-litigant standing third-circuit-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit acted in excess of its jurisdictional power
21-7569 Miguel Scott Arnold v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute human-trafficking jury-instructions rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court third-circuit-court-of-appeals unit-of-prosecution allowable-unit-of-prosecution-for-18-usc-1591(a)
21-5357 Sandra Harmon v. Department of Finance, Sussex County, Delaware, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-closure appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure district-court-order due-process final-order judicial-misconduct jurisdiction notice-of-appeal third-circuit-court Whether the Third Circuit Court can create a reason unsupported by the District Court Judge that the docket was mistakenly marked closed and rule admi…
21-5018 In Re Zoe Ajjahnon 2021-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process false-claims-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant summary-judgment third-circuit-court Whether the False Claims Act statutes preclude established standards of Federal Rules for Civil Procedure Rule 56 in a default/summary judgment conclu…
20-8196 William Severs v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-error right-to-counsel supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court Whether the Decisions of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Court for the District of New Jersey were contrary to the United States S…
20-6234 Karen Moynihan v. West Chester Area School District, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process endrew-f-v-douglas-cty-sch-dist individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review special-education standing supreme-court-precedent third-circuit third-circuit-court Did the United States District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit disregard this Honorable Court's Opinion on the Individuals with Disabilities Ed…
19-6846 James W. Riley v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-as-of-right constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-analysis third-circuit-court Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel applies to a defendant's first appeal as of right
18-8946 Willie Peterson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process duncan-v-louisiana illinois-v-allen lewis-v-united-states right-to-be-present third-circuit-court Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability on His Claim that the State Court Violated the U…
18-7268 Christopher Berry v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-filing-requirements due-process federal-law federal-procedural-rules newly-discovered-evidence pro-se-litigant standing third-circuit-court Did the holding of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit involve an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law in …