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23-7659 Miracle Hurston v. Indiana Gaming Company, LLC, dba Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg Seventh Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights contract-rights due-process equal-justice intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case procedural-due-process section-1981 summary-judgment trial Must a plaintiff prove intentional discrimination as an element of the prima facie case in a 42 U.S.C § 1981 claim?
22-7595 Arnoldo Navarette v. Vincent Horton, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial Whether the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when his defense attorney failed to present certain evid…
22-7144 In Re David Priester 2023-03-29 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights conviction counsel-representation due-process extraordinary-writ federal-constitutional ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment trial Does the Sixth Amendment require the Assistance of and from counsel be appointed?
22-6781 Samuel Adkins v. Texas Texas 2023-02-14 Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship criminal-trial effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pre-trial-proceedings sexual-abuse sixth-amendment trial Did the state court err in holding that the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was not violated?
22-6192 Dennis Dean Neff v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review different-outcome judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instruction-error plain-error prejudice reasonable-probability trial trial-procedure unpreserved-claims Whether an appellant must show a 'reasonable probability' of a different outcome at trial to demonstrate prejudice from unpreserved claims of jury ins…
22-345 Paul Siladi v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Connecticut 2022-10-13 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-action judicial-procedure procedural-fairness standing trial Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court's Order Denying Petitioner's Petition for Certification to Appeal to that Court upholding the Connecticut Appell…
21-8039 George Munoz, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-homicide criminal-procedure different-outcome evidence-limitation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions motion-for-new-trial prejudice reasonable-likelihood trial Whether a defendant is required to show a reasonable likelihood of a different outcome at trial to establish prejudice from ineffective assistance of …
21-53 James Dale Holcombe v. Florida Florida 2021-07-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (12) conflict-of-interest criminal-defendant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel joint-and-dual-representation joint-representation presumed-prejudice prosecution-witness prosecutorial-notice trial Whether a criminal defendant establishes an 'actual' conflict of interest that adversely affects counsel's representation
20-7824 Amin Ricker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony notice rebuttal trial Does Due Process require an expert's findings and conclusions be provided to Defendant with sufficient notice before trial to effectively rebut the op…
20-978 Poppi Metaxas v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining reasonable-probability trial Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel with respect to the plea process
19-8806 David Lawrence Dixon v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biological-evidence destruction-of-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment re-testing state-destruction trial Was Appellant denied his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process when the biological evidence used in his trial was destroyed before Appellant could…
19-1037 Sok Bun v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure detainers due-process interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers legal-interpretation motion motions standing trial trial-court trial-motion Whether a defendant is 'unable to stand trial' within the meaning of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, 18 U.S.C. App. 2, § 2, art. VI(a), when he…
19-7670 Hooman Ashkan Panah v. Ron Broomfield, Warden California 2020-02-13 Denied Amici (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-conviction due-process federal-law habeas invalidated-evidence judicial-review post-conviction scientific-evidence trial What is the test to determine when due process is violated based on scientific evidence presented at trial which is later shown to be invalid?
19-6717 Jess Lee Green v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-rights guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-proceedings trial trial-procedure trial-rights Is the right to due process of trial and/or during guilty plea process a fundamental constitutional right?
19-6377 Jerome Gaskin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial trial-rights Does a defendant's right to the effective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining include being accurately advised by counsel of the potential fo…
19-6333 Juan Gabriel Angulo-Cabrera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP codefendant criminal-procedure due-process effective-attorney evidence evidentiary-hearing false-accusations ineffective-assistance phone-records right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial trial-counsel Whether the District and Appellate Courts erred in denying Defendant an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
19-6258 In Re Tiran R. Casteel 2019-10-11 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review competency district-court due-process eighth-circuit false-premise legal-competency mental-health restoration retroactive-determination trial trial-procedure Was the Petitioner restored prior to the November 2009 trial?
19-472 City of East Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Charles Hunt, et al. Ohio 2019-10-10 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion bifurcation civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-procedure-bifurcation discretion emergency-vehicle-immunity expert-witness-testimony juror-misconduct manifest-weight-of-evidence motion motion-to-bifurcate trial trial-court-discretion trial-procedure Whether the Trial Court abused its discretion when it denied Petitioners' Motion to Bifurcate the trial
19-5896 Mitchell Dinnerstein v. Burlington County College Third Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-misconduct seventh-amendment summary-judgment trial Whether the application of Rule 56(d) to quickly end proceedings and deny a petitioner's right to trial violates the First and Seventh Amendments
19-5874 David Kirkland v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-claim evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit strickland-standard third-circuit trial Whether the petitioner's attorney was ineffective for withholding information
19-5114 Jovanny Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi due-process evidence fifth-amendment indictment indictment-variance interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial variance Petitioner was convicted and sentenced without having an opportunity to establish an alibi due to a variance between the indictment and evidence at tr…
19-5035 Calvin James v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant standing trial witness Do officers need consent to search private property without a search warrant?
18-9630 Michael Mancil Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment 6th-amendment,effective-counsel,mistrial,closing-a closing-arguments constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel mistrial sixth-amendment trial trial-rights Was the Petitioner's 6th Amendment Rights to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney refused a mistrial offer by the Court without consu…
18-9400 Charlie Russell Martin v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-23 Denied IFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission false-testimony fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury legal-standard miranda-warnings procedural-due-process state-procedure trial Did the knowing use of false testimony at defendant's second trial rise to a denial of due process that likely affected the jury's judgment?
18-9235 Richard McMillan, III v. Florida Florida 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence inconsistent-evidence inconsistent-testimony judicial-discretion motion-for-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal petitioner-defense state-evidence trial trial-court trial-court-evidence Can the Trial Court forbid Submission of Evidence at trial that supports Petitioner's Defense, when in fact, there's a dispute?
18-8577 Gerald W. Long v. Illinois Illinois 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-admission fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury sixth-amendment trial trial-procedure Did the Trial Court violate Gerald Long's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process and Sixth Amendment right to a trial by an impartial jur…
18-8141 Brian Taylor v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion alibi-witness civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct trial trial-counsel Was trial counsel ineffective for not calling an alibi witness?
18-8015 In Re Michael Ojegba Agbonifo 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-detention criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings detention due-process indefinite-detention judicial-misconduct legal-representation not-guilty right-to-counsel right-to-trial trial Is it Constitutional for a District Court Judge to Hold an accused in an alleged criminal proceedings indefinitely in detention without TRIAL when the…
18-7701 Christopher D. Schneider v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conspiracy courthouse-access discrimination due-process falsification first-amendment seventh-amendment structural-error transcript trial Is it a denial of fundamental due process, petitioner's First and Seventh Amendment rights, and a 'structural error' for federal Judge John A. Mendez …
18-7657 Devi Smith v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel defense-witnesses direct-review effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial Was the petitioner deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial?
18-7291 Dillon Wade Thompson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberation digital-cameras due-process evidence evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion jury jury-deliberations lewd-exhibition prosecutorial-misconduct trial Is it a violation of a defendant's Due Process rights if, while deliberating, the fact-finder viewed evidence that was not shown at trial, even if sai…
18-6362 Edwin Darrell Lett v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights continuance counsel criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment state-procedure trial Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial was violated when the Mississippi Supreme Court failed to properly review the trial cou…
18-6313 Lacoya Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conviction criminal-evidence criminal-law due-process evidence judicial-discretion sentencing sex-trafficking trial trial-severance Whether there was sufficient evidence presented at trial to convict Lacoya Washington of the sex-trafficking-crime
18-276 Richard J. Baker v. Microsoft Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response Waived article-i-section-8-clause-8 compensation constitutional-interpretation contract due-process government-compensation government-obligation invention-security judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings patent-infringement patent-rights property-protection property-rights takings trial Whether under rights given by Congress and contained in U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 8 to all U.S. patent holders, courts must forward…
18-5457 Michael Allyn Kennedy v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indictment jury-trial notice sixth-amendment trial Whether the trial court erred in imposing a conviction without a reading of the indictment, thereby depriving the petitioner of due process and notice…