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23-7766 Charles Edward Luckett v. Robert Neuschmid, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence exclusionary-rule fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment witness Whether the exclusion of evidence related to Luckett's brother's detention inside the crime scene perimeter violated Luckett's Sixth and Fourteenth Am…
23-7581 Glenn D. Odom, II v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-counsel conflict-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process jury jury-questioning pro-se-defense waiver witness witness-testimony Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to fully present himself / herself as a witness
23-7234 Orlando Bell v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment impartiality-standard judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal witness witness-conflict Whether a reasonable and informed observer would question the judge's impartiality when the judge allowed an AUSA who became a witness in the proceedi…
23-6789 Randolph Maya v. Florida Florida 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence grand-jury grand-jury-testimony impeachment impeachment-evidence jury-instructions prior-inconsistent-statement substantive-evidence witness witness-testimony Can a party knowingly call a witness it expects to testify contrary to previous statements in order for those statements to entered as substantive evi…
23-6063 Kieffer Michael Simmons v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment judicial-immunity subpoena witness witness-subpoena Whether Simmons should have been entitled to judicial immunity for his subpoenaed witness
23-5905 Daniel Kristof Lak v. California California 2023-10-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady brady-disclosure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-witness prosecutorial-ethics witness Whether a prosecutor's duty to disclose exculpatory and impeachment information under Brady should be extended to include mandating the disclosure of …
23-5844 Loretta J. Alford v. Jeffrey Koses, Chairman, Committee for Purchase/AbilityOne, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-court-system federal-rules standing witness witness-examination Question not identified
22-7369 Sydney Tyrone Mays v. Illinois Illinois 2023-04-25 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance prior-statement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-integrity witness Does a witness's prior inconsistent statement preclude the witness from testifying about the subject matter?
22-7343 William Levi Oliver v. Texas Texas 2023-04-21 Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony ineffective-assistance trauma-narrative videoconference-testimony witness Whether the Confrontation Clause permits out-of-state testimony via videoconference
22-7040 Michael Lee Gordon v. Doe, Designation Sentence Computation Center Official, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-03-20 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-review bias civil-procedure constitutional-review due-process judicial-discretion legal-procedure recusal standing statutory-interpretation witness Whether the district court erred in denying Appellant's motion for recusal of the district court judge based on the judge's bias as a witness in the i…
22-785 Theryn Jones v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment immunity self-incrimination sixth-amendment witness witness-immunity when-the-due-process-clause-requires-vacatur-of-a-criminal-conviction-based-on-the-government's-refusal-to-seek-immunity-for-a-defense-witness
22-6765 Mamberto Real v. Michael Perry Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure court-cameras due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-review misconduct review witness witness-misconduct Whether the district court failed to review the court's building cameras after the facts, to verify a misconduct from a defense's witness; thereby vio…
22-6470 Mary Ann Ellis v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Fifth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence standing witness Question not identified
22-615 Estate of Eric Jack Logan v. City of South Bend, Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied circuit-split civil-rights credibility credibility-challenge due-process legal-procedure police-shooting summary-judgment witness witness-testimony Whether a party may successfully oppose summary judgment by challenging the credibility of the movant, especially when the movant is the only living w…
22-6079 Teshome Sok Sameru v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-11-16 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence self-incrimination witness Does a 9-1-1 caller become a witness, especially after giving statements to the police which the state conceded were inadmissible?
22-6033 Daniel A. Schillinger v. Josh Kiley, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP allow complaint amendment and exclude witnesses violates a prisoner's due p administrative-procedure civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process institutional-safety prison prison-disciplinary-proceedings witness witness-testimony Whether the DOC prison failed to provide the petitioner with a copy of the video tape of the assault, whether the petitioner was denied the opportunit…
22-5931 Anthony Michael D'Amico v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial juror juror-observation sixth-amendment witness witness-arrest Whether a person's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial is violated when a juror witnesses a critical defense witness arrested outside the courtroom …
21-1611 Robert Koger v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest criminal-defense criminal-investigation defense-counsel disclosure due-process reversal sixth-amendment witness witness-testimony Whether a criminal defendant establishes an actual unwaiveable conflict of interest that adversely affects counsel's representation
21-8003 Loretta Jean Alford v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-judge administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process hearing hearing-request merit-systems-protection-board standing witness witness-testimony Did the Merit Systems Protection Board violate Petitioner's civil-rights, due-process, hearing, witness, administrative-procedure
21-987 Owolabi Salis v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security Second Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction witness Whether facts brought by a witness before a jury and tried by that jury can be reexamined by the same witness before another body who was also a witne…
21-6751 Rudy Mendoza v. United States Third Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights deportation due-process material-evidence materiality victim witness witness-testimony Whether the government must provide notice to a defendant prior to unilaterally deporting the sole witness and sole alleged victim of a pending crimin…
21-5851 Daniel Bryan Kelly, Jr. v. California California 2021-10-04 Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial gang-related-crime ineffective-counsel trial-rights witness Why wasn't I allowed to face my accuser and cross-examine at trial?
20-8421 Braulio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 911-call armed-career-criminal body-camera body-camera-footage constitutional-rights'\n'Issue 4 criminal-history criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 2 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 3 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 4 enhancement evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment firearm fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statements statutory-interpretation witness witness-testimony Issue 1
20-6748 Edward David v. Eloy Ituarte, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence witness Whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause was violated
19-8870 Daniel Vallejo Recio v. Rudy Vasquez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process evidence legal-relief procedural-dismissal standing witness witness-evidence Why was the claim dismissed?
19-8760 Stefan Stewart v. Florida Florida 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion witness witness-representation When the defense attorney previously represented the state's key witness who now has conflicting interests with the defendant, does this amount to a c…
19-8360 Juan C. Parra-Interian v. Mike Obenland Ninth Circuit 2020-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence harmless-error joinder-of-charges probable-cause standing witness witness-testimony Question not identified
19-8031 James Allen Gregg v. United States District Court for the District of South Dakota Eighth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure credibility credibility-determination district-court due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review magistrate-judge procedural-fairness witness Is a defendant's due process rights adequately protected when a district judge rejects a magistrate judge's proposed findings on credibility when thos…
19-6731 Travell Henry v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness witness-testimony Was Mr. Henry's trial counsel, Patrick Nyenhus, failed to provide constitutionally effective assistance of counsel?
19-6103 Farid John Popal v. New York New York 2019-10-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence government-misconduct jurisdiction law-enforcement skype-testimony witness witness-coaching witness-testimony Whether law enforcement's coaching the witness violated petitioner's due process rights
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?
18-9519 Michael Wesley v. New York New York 2019-06-03 Denied IFP alvarez-v-united-states constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-witness-perjury griffin-v-united-states petitioner's right to have newly-discovered-eviden sixth-amendment united-states-v-biberfeld washington-v-texas witness witness-perjury Does a petitioner have a right to have a witness in their favor protected by the Due Process Clause and the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-9414 Donald Stewart Royce v. Florida Florida 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence impeachment law-enforcement witness witness-testimony Whether a trial court abuses its discretion, within the confines of procedural due process in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, by limiting cros…
18-9220 Earl C. Handfield, II v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury immunity legitimate-source self-incrimination use-immunity witness witness-rights Who or what is a 'legitimate source' under use immunity?
18-8893 Mark M. Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review criminal-procedure impairment mental-capacity mental-impairment probable-cause standard-of-review suppression-motion trustworthiness warrant warrant-issuance witness witness-credibility witness-testimony Does probable cause to issue a warrant extend to situations where a witness to alleged criminal behavior was severely impaired?
18-7766 Rishawn Lamar Reeder v. Cecelia Reynolds, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alibi-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-presentation eyewitness-testimony gunshot-residue impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense surveillance-video trial-counsel witness witness-testimony Did the court err in finding trial counsel ineffective
18-7553 Elmos D. Hopkins v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied IFP civil-rights confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury jury-instructions right-to-counsel witness Whether a defendant can be convicted by a jury when two key witnesses (owners of the home) were not allowed to testify
18-6105 John Patrick Wallace v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence exculpatory exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal witness witness-rights Was the petitioner denied an impartial tribunal under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
18-5664 Chan Cheeseboro v. Little Richie Bus Service, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP accident-report civil-procedure deposition discovery district-court due-process evidence false-testimony judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-standing standing witness witness-testimony Why the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York would allow the law firm of Lewis Bris Bois Bisgaard and Smith LLP. allowed …