waiver-of-counsel

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25-6347 Jim Lundi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel conflict-of-interest direct-appeal ineffective-assistance plea-colloquy waiver-of-counsel 1.) Whether Nu appointment of Coun Se | who labors \wh eres \S o bust ok. Aescrehiow 2 ——Aypetlate Counsels fale ' 2.)\whedher \ mdi' Dlea colloquy e…
25-5955 Jarred Javon Ford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protection criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-inquiry waiver-of-counsel Whether the Court should prescribe more specific requirements to ensure consistency and that defendants' waivers are knowing, voluntary, and intellige…
24-6420 Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-01-29 Denied IFP capital-punishment expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel traumatic-brain-injury waiver-of-counsel Does 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) require a certificate of appealability for review of an order prematurely granting summary judgment against a habeas pe…
24-295 Donald Herrington v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-procedure fifth-amendment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that a criminal defendant can waive counsel without being fully informed of the charges, potential defense…
24-5485 Onofre Serrano v. California California 2024-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP critical-stage due-process harmless-error ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel Whether a reasonable jurist could debate the voluntariness of a criminal defendant's waiver of counsel and the potential ineffective assistance of cou…
23A1145 Percy L. Jacobs v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-24 Presumed Complete competency-to-proceed criminal-procedure faretta-hearing right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Whether a defendant's waiver of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is invalid if the trial court fails to inquire about the defendant's understandin…
23-7663 Sandra Denise Curl, aka Sandra Curl Jacobs, aka Sandra Curl-Jacobs El, aka Minister Sandra El v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process mental-health right-to-counsel sixth-amendment von-moltke-v-gillies waiver waiver-of-counsel Whether a defendant must understand the elements of the charged offenses for a valid waiver of the Sixth Amendment right to trial counsel
23-6706 Ohio, ex rel. Lonnie Rarden v. Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Butler County, et al. Ohio 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure faretta-v-california fundamental-error johnson-v-zerbst law-of-the-case res-judicata right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-jurisdiction waiver-of-counsel Does this Court no longer recognize the right to counsel under Johnson v. Zerbst?
23-6187 Jamar Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-07 Rehearing Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-review constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing waiver-of-counsel waiver-of-rights Whether an uncounseled felony guilty plea is Constitutionally valid
22-7125 Charles M. Torrence v. Hazel Peterson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights critical-stage federal-law pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standby-counsel waiver-of-counsel Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly concluded there was no clearly established Federal law from the Supreme Court holding that the Sixth Amendment is …
22-6761 Joshua David Lambert v. Washington Washington 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure copyright-law criminal-procedure damages due-process jurisdiction legal-notice right-to-counsel sentencing statutory-interpretation waiver-of-counsel Can a defendant waive counsel to some charges but not all charges, and is the waiver still valid if the defendant is not apprised of the potential pun…
22-643 Jason Devon Lenoir v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability faretta-hearing fourteenth-amendment pro-se-representation psychological-evaluation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Is a criminal defendant entitled to a COA when he has demonstrated and made a substantial showing that his rights were denied under the Sixth and Four…
22-6133 David Priester v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights right-to-counsel sentencing-mitigation voluntariness waiver-of-counsel Question not identified
21-7904 Vladimir Duarte v. New York New York 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard faretta-v-california self-representation sincerity sixth-amendment unequivocal-request waiver-of-counsel Whether a court must assess only the plain language of a defendant's self-representation request or also determine whether the defendant sincerely des…
21-6667 Thomas Orville Bastian v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-protections due-process fifth-amendment interrogation-rights procedural-default right-to-counsel shackling waiver-of-counsel Whether state courts denied Bastian the constitutional protections due to him under the Fifth Amendment by finding that he had voluntarily waived the …
21-5538 Michael Joseph Edmondson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Whether the trial Judge fulfilled his duty of determining whether there was an intelligent and competent waiver of accused's right to assistance of co…
20-7539 Schenvisky James v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process faretta-warning free-speech right-to-counsel self-representation standing waiver-of-counsel Whether the Michigan legislature's obligation and duty to create a Second Amendment Michigan statute violates the separation of powers principle and i…
20-6916 Stephen M. Patterson, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process edwards-standard indiana-v-edwards mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Whether Edwards' heightened competency standards apply when a court grants a borderline competent and mentally ill defendant's request to represent hi…
20-5629 Lester Waller v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process expert-witness-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-error waiver-of-counsel Did the Trial Court err when it determined Defendant's waiver of counsel was valid thus , violating his Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel and his Fourt…
19-7856 Richard Kenneth Djerf v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel Did the panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contravene this Court's precedents and create a split with other circuits when it affirmed the dis…
19-6458 Torrence E. Davis v. Arizona Arizona 2019-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP conditional-demand constitutional-rights criminal-procedure equivocal-invocation equivocal-request faretta-right faretta-v-california judicial-discretion new-counsel pro-per right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right trial-court-advisement waiver-of-counsel Whether a conditional request to proceed pro per is automatically equivocal
18-9764 Adnan Ibrahim Harun A. Hausa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-court-conflict circuit-split faretta faretta-inquiry pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-counsel Should a defendant be found to have waived his right to counsel and proceed pro se even if he declines to answer the district court's questions?
18-8387 Delmart E. J. M. Vreeland, II v. David Zupan, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflicting-rulings defendant-rights due-process forfeiture implied-waiver intelligent judicial-discretion knowing right-to-counsel trial-court-procedure voluntary waiver waiver-of-counsel Whether a trial court violates this Court's requirement that any waiver of counsel be knowing, voluntary and intelligent
18-7196 Edward Allen McElroy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing supervised-release waiver-of-counsel Where a defendant is charged in federal court with possession and production of child pornography, the maximum punishment for which carries a lifetime…
18-6949 Eric A. Klein v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP critical-stages federal-felony johnson-v-zerbst limited-appearance plea-negotiations pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel Whether the district court should address the facts showing a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel post-arraignment and for critical stag…
18-5679 William J. O'Brien, III v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-procedure waiver waiver-of-counsel Was William O'Brien, III denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel?