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23-763 JDH Pacific, Inc. v. Precision-Hayes International, Inc. Texas 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-standard clear-and-unmistakable-evidence evidence-standard first-options-precedent first-options-v-kaplan judicial-interpretation post-termination post-termination-claims state-supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-supreme-court Whether a state supreme court can disregard the 'clear and unmistakable evidence' standard established by the United States Supreme Court in First Opt…
22-7272 Christopher Ernest Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure elements-of-crime factual-basis federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining rule-11 sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-supreme-court Whether the district court's error in accepting the guilty plea under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(8) is 'plain' where the record identif…
22-6226 James Armstrong v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(1) circuit-court-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-standard presumption-of-correctness state-court-determination statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court-of-appeals united-states-supreme-court Did the third Circuit Court of Appeals fail to apply it's face of opinion an petitioner habeas corpus j~etition on 'Presumption Of Correctness' mandat…
21-8221 Isiah Paul Mendez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering criminal-law north-carolina north-carolina-criminal-law predicate-offense statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states united-states-supreme-court united-states-v-johnson Whether the North Carolina crime of breaking and entering can be a predicate for the Armed Career Criminal Act
21-7495 Terrol Debaun Travis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-sentencing delivery-definition drug-offense statutory-interpretation texas texas-controlled-substances united-states-supreme-court Does the definition of 'delivery' in the Texas controlled substances statute, which includes mere offers to sell, include conduct that does not qualif…
19-6166 Sean Lee Strandberg v. Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure defense-mechanism due-process evidence evidence-conflict judicial-proceedings polygraph polygraph-evidence presumed-land sixth-amendment sixth-circuit state-lien strickland-v-washington united-states-supreme-court washington-v-hovey Whether the Sixth Circuit's decision on the important matter of whether the prosecutor's use of polygraph evidence conflicts with or departs from acce…
18-8921 Hector Tellez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-time-period recent-precedence recent-precedent supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent trial-counsel trial-outcome united-states-supreme-court What is a reasonable time period for trial counsel to be required to become aware of recent precedence before he/she may be deemed ineffective for fai…
18-7929 Robert L. Burns, Jr. v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-error sixth-circuit standing united-states-supreme-court Are the sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, and other Circuit Courts by denning a Certificate of Appealab…