threshold-determination

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5904 Matthew S. Becker v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review standards threshold-determination Whether the Court should clarify and resolve the circuit split on the standards to be utilized when deciding the threshold determination on whether to…
20-6293 Raymond Alan Griffin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-law findings-of-fact motion-to-suppress threshold-determination May a district court make findings of fact resolving contested issues in determining that the threshold for holding an evidentiary hearing on a defend…
18-9143 Justin D. Fuller v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit-discrepancies burden-of-production criminal-procedure-franks-hearing,evidence,thresho defendant-rights due-process evidentiary-threshold franks-hearing government-evidence judicial-error pre-franks-procedure threshold-determination When does a court err in a 'Pre-Franks' procedure by considering government evidence to determine a defendant's entitlement to a Franks hearing?
18-5216 Johnny Allen Martin v. Gregory McLaughlin, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-violation counsel-right criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance statutory-provisions threshold-determination Does the petitioner have a nonwaivable constitutional right to (a) effective/conflict-free assistance of counsel on direct appeal from his or her conv…