wilson-v-sellers

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23A1140 Kenneth Kelley v. William S. Bohrer, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus state-postconviction wilson-v-sellers Whether a federal habeas court must strictly limit its review to the specific reasons provided by a state postconviction court under AEDPA or may cons…
23-31 Willie James Pye v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied aedpa eleventh-circuit federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-decision state-court-deference statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether the Eleventh Circuit's novel construction of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) is inconsistent with the statutory text and in direct conflict with this Cour…
22-6509 Roosevelt Mondesir v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP §2254-petition 28-usc-2254 federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation reasonableness-review state-court-decision state-court-decisions wilson-v-sellers Did the 11th U.S. Circuit Court err in interpreting Wilson v. Sellers to allow federal habeas courts to consider justifications not provided by the st…
22-5476 John R. Wood v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied IFP capital-punishment fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis prison-conditions strickland-standard Wilson-v-Sellers Whether the state court unreasonably applied Strickland-v-Washington
21-7546 Ronald Scott Eddington v. Josh Tewalt, Director, Idaho Department of Correction Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-decoster wilson-v-sellers Should the Ninth Circuit or the Federal District Court of Idaho have issued a COA on Petitioner's claims
21-5817 James E. Pearson v. Bridget Hill, Attorney General of Wyoming Tenth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-uscs-2254 constitutional-standards federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel malloy-v-hogan miller-el-v-cockrell state-court-procedure supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers Does the reasoning within Malloy v Hogan require specifically apply to claims of insufficiency or ineffective counsel, and were the federal habeas rev…
21-5460 Joe Michael Luna v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split clearly-established-law federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decision statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, is a habeas court's review limited to the state court's reasons or can it consider other reasons?
20-7932 Virgil Delano Presnell v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP 2254-limitations 2254(d) appellate-procedure factual-findings federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus implicit-findings judicial-interpretation state-court state-court-findings wilson-v-sellers Does Wilson v. Sellers permit federal habeas court to assign 'implicit' factual findings to state court order when applying 2254(d)'s limitations on r…
20-7185 John Anthony Esposito v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2254 capital-case habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers Whether the Eleventh Circuit should be allowed to flout the Supreme Court's clear instruction in Wilson v. Sellers that federal courts must focus on t…
20-6876 Leon Tollette v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254(d) eleventh-circuit federal-habeas-review harrington-v-richter ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether, on federal habeas review under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), a federal court may refuse to 'look through' to the last reasoned state court decision, a…
20-6786 Erica Yvonne Sheppard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection mitigation-evidence section-2254 wilson-v-sellers Whether the Fifth Circuit's application of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) survives Wilson v. Sellers and whether the court must consider the impact of all mitiga…
20-6605 Demondray D. Mayo v. Perry Russell, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition reasonable state-court state-court-reasoning statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether a federal court incorrectly applies 28-U.S.C-2254(d)
19-6558 Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied IFP due-process federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-findings state-court state-court-deference strickland-v-washington trial-strategy wilson-v-sellers witness-investigation Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision by…
19-6298 John Steven Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability federal-court-review federal-habeas-proceedings fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard state-court-deference state-habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers Whether in denying a COA, the Fifth Circuit's methodology in the Gardner opinion is in conflict with Wilson v. Sellers and Miller-El
19-5438 Jimmy Fletcher Meders v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 anti-flyspecking-rule circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-law eleventh-circuit federal-court-deference federal-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review section-2254 standard-of-review state-court-decision state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers Whether the Eleventh Circuit's adherence to its 'no-grading-papers-anti-flyspecking-rule' is incompatible with Wilson-v-Sellers
18-9511 Christopher Stepp v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied IFP constitutional-claims federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye wilson-v-sellers Whether a federal habeas petitioner is entitled to § 2254 habeas relief
18-8977 Scott E. Schmidt v. Brian Foster, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-federal-law clearly-established-law federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-review unreasonable-application wilson-v-sellers Whether this Court should summarily reverse or, at a minimum, grant certiorari, vacate, and remand in light of Wilson v. Sellers
18-7431 Teddrick Batiste v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 death-penalty due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance organic-brain-damage procedural-bar state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers Whether the state court's post-conviction process was adequate to ascertain the truth and lacked critical components of an adjudication on the merits
18-7149 Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers Did the Sixth Circuit err by applying the pre-Wilson 'could-have-reasoned' approach—which blatantly disregarded Wilson and created a split with other …
18-5964 Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-reasoning state-court-review wilson-v-sellers Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision failing to grant a certificate of appealability for the ineffective assistance of counsel claim conflicts with Wi…