| 24-7454 |
William Demont White, Jr. v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 24-7212 |
Dequarn Markeyth Bell v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 23-7806 |
Arthur Seale v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court-remedy federal-prisoner-appeal postconviction-relief |
1. Whether a federal prisoner is required to obtain a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) to appeal a district court's choice of re… |
| 23-7141 |
Keith Martin Molineaux v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 brady-material certificate-of-appealability confession-fabrication false-confession habeas-corpus miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell |
Under Miller-El v. Cockrell 537 U.S. 322 (2003), should the Petitioner's novel claim that his confession was fabricated be encouraged to proceed furth… |
| 23-6752 |
Patrick W. Wharen, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-law jurisdictional-prerequisites miller-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel supreme-court-precedent |
WHETHER ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS MISAPPLIED FEDERAL LAW WHEN DECIDING MERITS OF FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS WITHOUT GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF… |
| 23-6459 |
Alan Osterhoudt, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 5th-amendment certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals criminal-procedure fifth-amendment law-enforcement-comment mistrial-motion self-incrimination |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his Fifth Ame… |
| 23-629 |
DeAndre Gordon v. Harold May, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split constitutional-rights habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review |
Since a Certificate of Appealability must be granted when reasonable jurists could disagree on the resolution of a constitutional claim or conclude th… |
| 23-5950 |
Kent Leroy Clark v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-remedy federal-prisoner postconviction-relief |
1. Whether a federal prisoner is required to obtain a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) to appeal a district court's choice of re… |
| 23-234 |
Nicholas Crystal v. Calvin Johnson, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-deficiency ninth-circuit post-conviction |
Did the Ninth Circuit, in a post-conviction appeal by a sentenced Nevada State prisoner, commit reversible error in its pro forma, non-reasoned blanke… |
| 23-5497 |
Malik Woods v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus procedural-review standing supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court |
1. Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals run contrary to clearly established Supreme Court precedent in Miller-El v Cockerell, 537 US 322, (US 2003),… |
| 22-7589 |
Troy G. Saxton v. Jay Forshey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 brown-v-ohio certificate-of-appealability double-jeopardy drug-possession habeas habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists spatial-units |
Whether a habeas petitioner satisfies his burden under 28 U.S.C. §2253(c)(2) for the issuance of a certificate of appealability when he demonstrates t… |
| 22-7410 |
Reynaldo Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2253 antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus |
This case present an important nationwide issue concerning what
constitues an expeditious remedy and/or a prompt hearing under
28 U.S.C. §2254. The … |
| 22-6501 |
Michael A. Hagar v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 bracy-v-gramley certificate-of-appealability due-process judicial-misconduct miller-el-v-cockrell procedural-default section-2255 slack-v-mcdaniel speedy-trial |
QUESTION ONE
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it did not
issue a Certificate of Appealability as the Petitioner
met the requirement und… |
| 22-6428 |
Jermaine Scott v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights district-court due-process federal-habeas judicial-discretion procedural-standard standing |
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| 22-6203 |
Peter Gakuba v. Rachel Dodd |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-bias pro-se-petition structural-error |
I.
HABEAS 28 USC § 2254; CERT. OF APPEAL. 28 USC §2253; F.R. CIV. P. RULE 60(B)(6)
Per Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 US 524, 125 S. Ct. 2641 (2005), Gakub… |
| 22-507 |
Tyson Martin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell reasonabl-jurists-debate reasonable-jurists |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his federal habeas claim (i.… |
| 22-5850 |
Justin Michael Fenney v. Tracy Beltz, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
2253-statute 28-usc-2253 appellate-relief certificate-of-appealability conviction factual-support federal-court-review habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § about the denial of relief where there remains no factual support for… |
| 22-5647 |
Jose Antonio Guerrero-Yanez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit first-amendment rule-60b-motion standing |
(1) Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit misapply 28 U.S.C. §2253 by requiring Petitioner to be granted a Certificate of Appea… |
| 22-5557 |
David Laurence Hodges v. William Bolin, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 21-8137 |
David Lee Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure entrapment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell reasonable-jurists sixth-amendment strategic-decision undercover-operation |
1. Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his ineffe… |
| 21-1039 |
In Re Gregory Charles Kapordelis |
|
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1291 28-usc-2253 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure extraordinary-writ federal-courts mandamus recusal recusal-orders statutory-jurisdiction |
Whether this Court should issue a writ of mandamus directing Eleventh Circuit judges Grant and Lagoa to exercise appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C… |
| 21-6817 |
Rufus B. Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-offer sixth-amendment stand-your-ground victim-deposition |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counsel r… |
| 21-6197 |
Lance Arnold Kingbird v. Vicki Janssen, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split federal-court-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists similar-facts statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 21-6096 |
In Re Byron T. McCollum |
|
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge mandate-recall pro-se-prisoner procedural-due-process void-judgment |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals can refuse to consider and rule upon a duly filed Motion to Recall Mandate, the basis of said motion … |
| 21-5943 |
Brandon Ward v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability character-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel use-of-force witness-testimony |
1. Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his trial … |
| 21-5741 |
Jonathan Godwin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 abandonment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-claims district-court habeas-corpus procedural-ruling procedural-rulings slack-v-mcdaniel |
1. WHETHER AN APPLICANT HAS TO DEMONSTRATE BOTH THE DEBATABILITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIM(S) AND THE DEBATABILITY OF PROCEDURAL RULING(S), BEFORE ISSUA… |
| 21-422 |
Steven Hatton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his ineffective assistance o… |
| 21-5702 |
Ronald Webster v. Scott Dauffenbach, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights district-court habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason procedural-ruling procedural-rulings |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals Erred by failing to Issue a Certificate of Appealability (COA) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A), becau… |
| 20-1620 |
Joy McShan Edwards v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-1513 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of
appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) was unreasonable, whe… |
| 20-7666 |
Willie Ponder v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
1. Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counse… |
| 20-7400 |
Drashawn Bartlett v. Anna Valentine, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 double-jeopardy felony-murder fifth-amendment harris-precedent harris-v-oklahoma robbery sixth-circuit |
In a case involving the substantive offenses of murder and robbery, can the offense of robbery be included as an element in a felony murder instructio… |
| 20-7326 |
Tyrone Valentine v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability criminal-statute criminal-statutes drunk-driving extreme-indifference physical-force violent-felony |
Whether reasonable jurists could disagree on whether criminal statutes that encompass drunk driving "manifesting extreme indifference to the value of … |
| 20-6186 |
Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-review rule-60b section-2253 section-2255 successive-petitions |
1. Whether Court of Appeals fulsome review of potential: 28 U.S.C. s 2253 (c) (1)?
2. Whether Court of Appeals was correct in its procedural ruling t… |
| 20-531 |
Derek Hutter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-hearing |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim(s) that his counse… |
| 20-5964 |
Marlow Shelton McDonald v. Jeff Titus, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 20-5160 |
Keith Henderson v. Eddie Miles, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 19-1467 |
Robert S. Ortloff, aka Robert Stanley Ortloff v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-07 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability docket-management due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se pro-se-petition |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it contravened long-established decisional law to deny a pro se habeas petitioner a certificate of appealab… |
| 19-8555 |
James Troiano v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus harmless-error rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error |
The Fourth Circuit has held that error under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), is structural; the Ninth Circuit and other courts routine… |
| 19-8089 |
Michael W. Jenkins v. Brigitte Amsberry |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel statutory-interpretation statutory-standard |
Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling, denying a Certificate of Appealabiliy to a habeas corpus petitioner, contravene the statutory standard, under 28 U.S.… |
| 19-8076 |
Alfredo Galindo v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federal-procedure habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-requirement |
Whether petitioner's claim that his 300-month sentence violates his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment meets the stat… |
| 19-8073 |
Kenneth Baker v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent third-circuit |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rendered a decision in conflict with the law of the United States Supreme Court announced in Barefo… |
| 19-7505 |
Lamar James Crump v. Tracy Beltz, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 19-936 |
Terry Trentacosta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel state-prisoner |
Should a state prisoner take a separate, direct appeal of the denial of an evidentiary hearing in a federal habeas case when no "certificate of appeal… |
| 19-7440 |
Alan Strattan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-U.S.C-2253 28-usc-2253 basis-for-denying-relief certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court habeas habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason merits-of-claims standard-of-review |
Whether a petitioner seeking the issuance of a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 is required to demonstrate that jurists of reason w… |
| 19-6994 |
Christopher William Manikowski v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights debatable due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on the basis that the Petitione… |
| 19-6808 |
Phillip E. Smith v. Collins, First Name Unknown, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability cumulative-error due-process fourteenth-amendment insufficient-evidence miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit severance sixth-amendment slack-v-mcdaniel trial-severance video-evidence |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability to a petitioner who raised four substantial claims that his conviction was unconst… |
| 19-6482 |
Demetrius Dewayne Smith v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254-review 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-habeas habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. When a death-sentenced inmate obtains punishment-phase relief from the district court during federal habeas proceedings conducted pursuant to 28 U.… |
| 19-6367 |
James Eugene Keiser v. Ricky Foxwell, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standing trial-errors |
1. Whether the 4th Circuit exceeded the limited scope of the
COA analysis which was an error, albeit Petitioner met the
requirement showing of denia… |
| 19-498 |
Raymond L. Rogers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution fifth-amendment habeas-corpus immediate-release sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether or not the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals [erred], when denying (1).
your Petitioner, a certificate of appealability (COA) pursuant to 28
U.S.… |
| 19-5648 |
Desmond Justin Murray v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure basis-for-denying-relief certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason merits-of-claims standard-of-review |
Whether a petitioner seeking the issuance of a certificate of appealability under
28 U.S.C. § 2253 is required to demonstrate that jurists of reason w… |
| 19-5570 |
Walter Barton v. William Stange, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split dissent double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus issue-being-raised judicial-review |
Question One
As to the violation of Mr. Barton's right to be free from double jeopardy whether the Eighth Circuit has imposed upon Mr. Barton an impr… |
| 19-5498 |
Qwindel Jerome Page v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason procedural-review sixth-circuit standard-of-review standards-of-review |
1. Whether The District Court And The Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Erred When They Denied The Petitioner A Certificate Of Appealability ("COA") Wher… |
| 19-5473 |
Samuel Benzant v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of
appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on the basis that the Petitione… |
| 19-5264 |
Joseph Hyungseop Shim v. Michael Sexton, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus standing |
1. Whether Petitioner has made a substantial showing
of a denial of a constitutional right to authorize the
granting of a certificate of appealability… |
| 18-8937 |
Michael P. Johnson v. Mark Hooks, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-constitutional-right federal-constitutional-rights federal-court-rulings habeas-corpus similar-facts sixth-circuit state-court-proceeding |
Whether a state habeas petitioner may satisfy his burden under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) of making a substantial showing of a denial of a federal constit… |
| 18-8816 |
Charles Ray Hooper v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 brady-violation certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus merits-adjudication miller-el voluntariness |
Where an appellate court, in connection with an application for a Certificate of Appealability ("COA"), decides that circuit precedent precludes the u… |
| 18-8798 |
Brent Lynch v. Eddie Miles, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 18-8695 |
Deontray Vershon Tate v. Jeff Titus, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… |
| 18-7952 |
Stanley D. Partman, aka Goat v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements standard-of-review unconstitutionally-vague |
Is the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal's Standard of Determination for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability in Essence Decides an Appeal Without … |
| 18-7841 |
Adekunle Olufemi Adetiloye v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court-files due-process habeas-corpus legal-standard standard-of-review substantial-showing-standard threshold-inquiry |
I. Whether a court of appeals can deny a certificate of appealablity without conducting the prerequisite 28 U.S.0 2253(c)(2) threshold inquiry, two co… |
| 18-7748 |
James Freeman v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability COA due-process Eleventh-Circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits procedural-claims section-2255 sentencing substantive-claims underlying-2255-claims |
Question #1 - Did the Eleventh Circuit exceed the limited scope of 28 USC §2253, the Certificate of Appealability (COA) statute, by deciding Petitione… |
| 18-994 |
Dirk Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel physical-helplessness physically-helpless toxicologist toxicology toxicology-testimony |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counsel r… |
| 18-7434 |
Christopher Adin Graham v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability closing-argument counsel-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standard prejudice testimony |
Whether the court of appeals correctly denied petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. 2253(c) on his ineffective assistance of couns… |
| 18-7222 |
Winifred Jiau v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus insider-trading jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation |
The Second Circuit held, contrary to the holdings of Supreme Court considering the question, a prisoner seeking a Certificate of Appealability (COA) m… |
| 18-6381 |
William B. Crockett, III v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review threshold-inquiry |
1. Whether a court of appeals' unreasoned, one-page order summarily denying a certificate of appealability, while citing the relevant statute but not … |
| 18-6249 |
Markos Pappas v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-60(b) habeas-corpus rosales-mireles rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Does the certificate of appealability ("COA") requirement of 228 U.S.C. § 2253(c) that explicitly applies to motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, also appl… |
| 18-6235 |
Michael Rocky Lane v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-v-cockrell standard-of-review |
Whether, under this Court's precedent in Miller-El. v. GockreU. 537 U.S. 322 (2003) and buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017), it is sufficient for purp… |
| 18-5998 |
Keith Lapell Biggins v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure appellate-review buck-v-davis case-law certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation statutory-operation |
Whether the United Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Contrary to Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 Inverted the Mode of Statutory Operation 28 U.S.… |
| 18-5622 |
Susan Elizabeth Walker v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1291 28-usc-2253 breach-of-fiduciary-duty,sec-securities-exchange-c certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability,circuit-split,jurisdi circuit-split de-novo-review denovo,circuit-split,uniformity,lawrence-v-dept-of fiduciary-duty hohn-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,circuit-split,un jurisdiction |
Should a Certificate of Appealability be granted to resolve a circuit split regarding Jurisdiction established by 28 U.S.C. 1291 and 28 U.S.C. § 2253?… |
| 18-5295 |
Miguel Pedraza v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction mental-competency procedural-default standard-of-review |
THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED PETITIONER'S CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (COA) APPLICATION BASED ON … |