wrongful-conviction

63 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-54 David Lynn Richards, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee 2025-07-15 Denied Response Waived adoption criminal-procedure due-process ministerial-status sexual-abuse wrongful-conviction Whether a business owner and minister wrongfully convicted of sexually abusing an adopted child can challenge his conviction based on claims of innoce…
24-5546 Mario M. Contreras v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-strikes medical-testimony sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction Whether a reasonable jurist can conclude counsel's failure to object to jury strikes and exclude exculpatory medical testimony constitutes ineffective…
23-7249 Robert Gandy v. Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Texas 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-practice-and-remedies-code civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations thompson-v-clark tim-cole-act wrongful-conviction Whether the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Thompson v. Clark, Cert No. 20-659 renders Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code unconstitutional
23-6822 Robert P. Brozenick v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule brady-violation deprivation-of-rights due-process fifth-amendment judicial-advocacy judicial-misconduct maleng-v-cook strickland-v-washington wrongful-conviction Would this honorable court allow any caselaw that would irresponsibly assists in the wrongful conviction of any U.S.Citizen convicted by Judicial advo…
23-636 Atif Ahmad Rafay v. Eric Jackson Ninth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process false-confession false-confessions habeas-corpus police-coercion police-misconduct undercover-operation wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions Should this Court summarily reverse the Ninth Circuit for failing to address petitioner's preserved claim that his conviction was premised on a confes…
23-5735 Michael James French v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview Third Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process exculpatory-evidence plea-bargaining plea-deal probable-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury wrongful-conviction What constitutes the violent felony of the first degree (Aggravated Assault With Serious Bodily Injury) under 18 Pa. C.S. §2702(a)(1)?
23-5732 Wayne Harris v. Sergeant Stash, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights deportation due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel malicious-prosecution racial-discrimination wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner's conviction should be vacated due to ineffective assistance of counsel, leading to a violation of his constitutional rights, a…
22-7548 Vickie Leavitt Duran v. Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence conspiracy due-process false-evidence fourteenth-amendment procedural-protections wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions Is Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment considered not denied where state actors purposefully fail to provide procedural protections and falsify…
22-7411 Mario Sims v. Pete Buttigieg, et al. Indiana 2023-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-rights deliberate-framing due-process evidence-planting federalism law-enforcement-misconduct police-misconduct state-constitutional-rights state-court-review wrongful-conviction Can the Indiana Supreme Court make an exception to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court, and 1st Circuit Court of Appeals decisions regarding…
22-7408 Robert E. Hammersley v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte ex-parte-denial habeas-corpus judicial-notice post-conviction postconviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation wrongful-conviction Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in ex parte denying unheard petitions for judicial notice, investigation, post-conviction relief, and presen…
22-7080 James A. v. Connecticut Connecticut 2023-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-habeas federal-rights malicious-prosecution state-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether an innocent petitioner should be granted relief when the state convicted against exonerating evidence with malice and indifference
22-5764 Lynn Richard Norton v. David Barker, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied IFP appeal-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs criminal-procedure due-process indigent-litigant malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-discretion statute-of-limitations wrongful-conviction Whether the law suit has been wrongly dismissed under Tennessee Code Section 18-1106 State of Limitation, when filed two years later of the incident, …
22-5497 William C. Shaw v. Ed Hay, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights county-conspiracy criminal-justice due-process false-accusations false-allegations prosecutorial-misconduct standing victim-testimony wrongful-conviction Alleged-misconduct-by-government-officials
22-5475 Merlin Williams v. Burl Cain, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony wrongful-conviction Whether the Supreme Court of the United States should review the issues presented
21-7480 Willie George Moore v. Billy Tompkis Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statute-of-limitations wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner should be allowed to proceed with his federal habeas corpus petition to challenge the alleged illegality of his conviction, des…
21-6836 Daniel Locus v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-courts judicial-review state-court-review state-courts wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions Did the District Court's ruling consistent with the holdings in Neil v. Biggers
21-6604 Andre Bowers v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violations constitutional-rights criminal-justice due-process faulty-investigative-practices first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct systemic-racism wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions wrongful-convictions,prosecutorial-misconduct,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,faulty-investigative-practices,brady-violations,first-amendment,fourte…
21-625 Robert Palmer v. South Carolina South Carolina 2021-10-29 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-remedy due-process judicial-relief remedies state-liability wrongful-conviction Does the Constitution require South Carolina to provide a remedy for a wrongful conviction?
21-5866 Francisco Carbajal, aka Frank X. Carbajal, Jr. v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice supremacy-clause wrongful-conviction Whether fair-minded jurists could disagree with a reviewing court's decision to ignore a claim of actual innocence
21-5660 Kevin McBride v. Florida Florida 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-conviction police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence wrongful-conviction When fraudulent police reports deceive the lower court into a false conviction, shouldn't the fraud precede the false conviction and be overturned imm…
21-349 Kent Eric LeBere v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response Waived brady-claim brady-violation certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony habeas-corpus perjury prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether the lower courts should fully decide whether the state knew or should have known that the testimony about Mr. LeBere's 'confession' was false
20-8259 Peter James Sorokaput v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-06-09 Denied IFP civil-rights coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process law-enforcement plea-bargaining sentencing wrongful-conviction Question not identified
20-8110 Lawrence Edward Jackson, Jr. v. Maryland Maryland 2021-05-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure takings wrongful-conviction Whether the imposition of mandatory fees on the basis of a wrongful conviction violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-8086 Jack E. Allen v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-05-20 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exoneration fair-trial false-imprisonment federal-crimes fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction Does the petitioner deserve another trial based upon constitutional rights violations?
20-7881 Steven Lynn Oppel v. Minnesota Minnesota 2021-04-28 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-misconduct judicial-reputation wrongful-conviction Are Minnesota courts more interested in protecting a judge's reputation than the constitutional rights of the people?
20-7740 Jason Robert Vickers v. Kenneth Diggs, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-fabrication exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether a criminal defendant can challenge an indictment and/or conviction after a coerced guilty plea
20-6370 David Merritt v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule procedural-default rule-60 substantial-claim wrongful-conviction Did the Third Circuit's denial of a Rule 60(b)(6) motion constitute clear error in declining to issue a certificate of appealability
20-5518 Lewis J. Vance v. Timothy E. Buchanan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-appeal wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state court denied his request for a new trial based on newly discovered evidenc…
20-5497 Marcus Simpson v. Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County, et al. Ohio 2020-08-26 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-usurpation mandamus perjury wrongful-conviction Whether perjury has amounted to and causes one or both the judicial usurpation of power or abuse of discretion by the trial court, therefore mandamus …
20-5109 Ganaa Otgoo v. Illinois Illinois 2020-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-between-state-court-decisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights legal-review reasonable-doubt state-court state-court-actions wrongful-conviction Whether State Court actions denied Petitioner's Federal Constitutional Rights, denied Petitioner Fair and Impartial Trial
19-8437 Joh-ner Taylor Wilson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fabricated-evidence false-arrest fourth-amendment perjured-testimony probable-cause warrantless-arrest wrongful-conviction Whether Wilson's warrantless arrest and detention without probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment
19-8319 Tarvares James Watson v. Florida Florida 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-challenge wrongful-conviction Whether petitioner's conviction resulted in the conviction of one who is actually innocent?
19-7882 Brandy V. Harris v. Britney May, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech public-disorder resisting-arrest standing trespassing wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the respondent's actions
19-7096 David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard fingerprint fingerprint-analysis jury jury-confusion probable-cause standing wrongful-conviction Whether petitioner is entitled to a remand with instructions for the district court to order the case dismissed with prejudice because the prosecution…
19-6732 Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington Washington 2019-11-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest false-evidence perjury police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether state officials can use forged evidence to convict a U.S. citizen
19-6520 Pasqual Andres McMurry v. Nevada Nevada 2019-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state court failed to consider exculpatory evidence in his case
19-6384 Dieugrand Jacques v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fabricated-evidence false-evidence hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review post-conviction-relief right-to-appeal sex-offender-registration wrongful-conviction Why thousands of men and women like myself in this great country should continue to be kept illegally in prison only because a lawyer presented a fake…
19-6251 In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi 2019-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-fraud fraudulent-conviction habeas-corpus impeaching-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suborned-testimony witness-tampering wrongful-conviction Whether newly discovered evidence of fraudulently concealed impeaching evidence and constitutional violations warrants reversal of petitioner's convic…
19-5740 Jeffrey L. Miller v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process false-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense wrongful-conviction Whether it is permissible to knowingly prosecute innocent non-criminal Americans
19-5692 Larry Dean Cochrun v. Bob Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation court-flexibility criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection error-correction habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice standing statutory-authority wrongful-conviction Has US Congress constrained or given flexibility for USA Judges or Courts to deny or delay a miscarriage of justice as surfaced within a reach to be c…
19-5569 Gary L. Brown v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process judicial-review wrongful-conviction Whether the lower courts erred in denying the petitioner due process by prohibiting him from proving his actual innocence
19-5530 Leroy Lyons v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-construction wrongful-conviction Question not identified
19-5514 In Re Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa 2019-08-08 Dismissed IFP civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction public-defender wrongful-conviction Whether the Blue Caste that rested on a Wrongful Conviction of an innocent person because of Ineffective Counsel Lack Knowledge and Understanding of t…
19-5034 Leland Dudley v. Illinois Illinois 2019-07-02 Denied IFP ' 'civil-rights" ' 'criminal-procedure" ' 'due-process" ' 'police-misconduct" ' 'post-conviction' ' 'sentencing" civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-review grand-jury judicial-review police-misconduct post-conviction-relief sentencing wrongful-conviction Was the petition (by) the state's attorney's office denied by the lower court, and did the lower court err in denying the petition to vacate the convi…
18-9822 Bryan K. Noel v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP but no text was provided for analysis. Without th I cannot generate a meaningful question presented actual-innocence brady-violation due-process evidence-exclusion habeas-corpus penumbra wrongful-conviction wrongly-excluded-evidence Does the Privilege of Writ of Habeas Corpus entail a penumbra of the Due Process of Law protections when credible and reliable evidence is wrongly exc…
18-9846 Bradford Metcalf v. S. Kallis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice wrongful-conviction Must the Petitioner who is actually innocent be given the same constitutional consideration as citizens who succeeded him?
18-9557 Charles C. Brewington v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure custody due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct legal-standard sixth-amendment standing wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the state court proceedings
18A1244 James Joseph Garner v. Colorado Colorado 2019-05-31 Presumed Complete courtroom-identification criminal-identification due-process eyewitness-testimony suggestive-procedure wrongful-conviction Whether the Due Process Clause requires reliability screening for in-court identifications of criminal defendants that occur in potentially suggestive…
18-9288 In Re Sherman Lamont Fields 2019-05-15 Denied IFP actual-innocence appeals constitutional-rights death-penalty death-row due-process immediate-relief ineffective-counsel judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice wrongful-conviction Do petitioner have a Constitutional Right to be set free Immediately in light of the overwhelming evidence showing that he was framed for the crime(s)…
18-9111 El-Sayyid Nosair v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-02 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida judicial-review muslim-arab-prisoners prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation sentencing terrorism united-states-v-o'brien wrongful-conviction yick-wo-v-hopkins Whether the denial of equal justice by lower courts is still within the prohibition of the Constitution
18-8972 Wardell Nelson Joiner, Jr. v. John Sutton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial false-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus schlup-standard schlup-v-delo time-of-death wrongful-conviction Did the courts below err in applying Schlup v. Delo to hold that Petitioner's compelling new evidence was insufficient to establish reasonable doubt?
18-8338 Anthony T. Jackson v. Illinois Illinois 2019-03-08 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process due-process,standing,criminal-procedure,evidence,p evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction wrongful-conviction Whether the Illinois state courts' refusal to allow a petitioner an evidentiary hearing on post-conviction claims despite the record containing facts …
18-8106 Benjamin Crump v. Delaware Delaware 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification false-testimony fourteenth-amendment wrongful-conviction Whether a conviction obtained through the use of false witness testimony that is unreliable to identify the defendant at trial must be vacated under t…
18-7683 Deandre Anderson v. Daniel Lesatz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment miranda-rights new-evidence post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief probable-cause standing statute-of-limitations trial-errors wrongful-conviction Does the cases stated apply to this case?
18-7455 Josue Israel Sanchez v. California California 2019-01-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial government-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and appeal of an innocent person is legally permissible despite the government's and society's unwilling…
18-7298 Nicole M. Moore v. Florida Florida 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony incarceration prison-sentence prosecutorial-misconduct state-action wrongful-conviction Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the State of Florida's use of false testimony in the procurement of a conviction and 13-year prison sentence wh…
18-7028 Jameel Simpson v. James Erkerd, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction Petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel due to conflict of interest
18-6673 Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee Tennessee 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-testing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-bargaining post-conviction post-conviction-review wrongful-conviction Whether Tennessee's refusal to extend DNA post-conviction protections to those who pled guilty violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth …
18-6464 Frank Ralph LaPena v. George Grigas, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP contract-killing criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus highly-deferential-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-insufficiency legal-sufficiency nevada-supreme-court physical-evidence rational-juror reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence witness-testimony wrongful-conviction Whether the Nevada Supreme Court's decision rejecting the legal insufficiency claim was unreasonable because, even under a highly deferential review, …
18-6086 In Re Daniel Clate Acker 2018-09-24 Denied IFP 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-claims death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment false-evidence habeas-corpus new-evidence state-liability state-repudiation wrongful-conviction Whether an original writ of habeas corpus is appropriate in the case of a death-sentenced individual who was convicted and sentenced to death on a the…
18-259 City of East Cleveland, Ohio, et al. v. Derrick Wheatt, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-deadline due-process indemnification motion-to-amend qualified-immunity settlement-agreement standing state-actors wrongful-conviction Whether the Court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner City Defendants Qualified Immunity defense
18-100 Leonard Maurice Drane v. Eric Sellers, Warden Georgia 2018-07-23 Denied actual-innocence constitutional-review death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment enmund-v-florida fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus proportionality wrongful-conviction When a prisoner under a sentence of death has acquired compelling and undisputed evidence of his actual innocence after his trial that the state court…
18-73 Scott Carpenter v. Douglas Jordan Sixth Circuit 2018-07-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 brady-violation brady-vs-maryland civil-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-vs-humphrey invalidation section-1983 statute-of-limitations wrongful-conviction Does a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 wrongful conviction claim for unconstitutionally withholding exculpatory evidence accrue when a conviction is invalidated or w…