| 25-304 |
Kevin J. Koelemij v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights fair-trial judicial-misconduct state-trial-court |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 claim that he was denied his cons… |
| 24A1038 |
Dominique Ashley Childs v. Virginia |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-04-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right district-court-review habeas-corpus procedural-grounds |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6776 |
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus mental-incapacity procedural-timeliness |
Under the threshold certificate of appealability standard, could reasonable jurists debate whether an evidentiary hearing should have been granted to … |
| 24A757 |
Brett A. Sinkevitch v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability custodial-status federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5067 |
Stephen Mark Picart v. Marcus Pollard, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-claim due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hypothetical-analysis ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-record state-court-review tactical-choices |
IN REPLYING TO HAMPTON V. RICHTER, 562 U.S. 86 (2011), TO A HABEAS CORPUS CLAIM BASED ON THE STATE'S UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ST… |
| 23-7199 |
In Re Joseph R. Dickey |
|
2024-04-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence federal-prisoners habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. 2241(b)(1)'s requirement that "a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under 2254 [28 U.S.C. 2254] that w… |
| 23-7192 |
In Re Lionel Davis |
|
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C.-§-2254 28-usc-2254 due-process federal-appellate-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus standard-of-review successive-petition |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to apply the proper standard of review in denying his motion for authorization to file a successive … |
| 23-6710 |
Martin Akerman v. Sherri Doiron |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights federal-authority habeas-corpus jurisdiction military-custody military-jurisdiction posse-comitatus procedural-standards |
1. Does the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have jurisdiction over a
habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 when the petition… |
| 23-6439 |
Jennifer Lynn Mothershead v. Deborah Jo Wofford, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center for Women |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review comity habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar state-court-ruling |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision violates Harris v. Reed, 489 U.S. 255 (1989) and the bedrock habeas corpus principle of comity by … |
| 23-668 |
Warren King v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (13) |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-determination jury-selection racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
1. Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's decision was based on "an unreasonable determination" of the facts. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2).
2. Whether the Geo… |
| 23-635 |
Steven LaWayne Nelson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2254 capital-murder circuit-split claim-preclusion culpability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-of-parties relitigation-bar sentencing-procedure |
1. Has a claim been "adjudicated on the merits" in state court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when it consists wholly of allegations the state court never … |
| 23-6037 |
Stephanie N. Torres v. Molly Hill, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa attempted-murder habeas-corpus state-court-record sufficiency-of-evidence |
When the state court record rebuts the state court's factual findings with clear and convincing evidence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1) may a fede… |
| 23-5964 |
William Glenn Rogers v. Zac Pounds, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-phase prejudice-standard prejudice-test strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Is application of a prejudice standard that requires a
habeas petitioner to "eliminate or completely discredit" the prosecution's
trial evidence in… |
| 23-5248 |
Nikolas Gacho v. Tyrone Baker, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment |
1) Should the 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals have issued a certificate of
appe&libility to petitioner Nikolas Gacho where his ineffective assistance of
… |
| 23-5244 |
Johnny Johnson v. David Vandergriff, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 capital-punishment competency-to-be-executed death-penalty delusional-beliefs habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-illness panetti-standard state-court-review |
When a panel has determined that 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2) has been satisfied and an appeal and concordant stay are necessary, does an en banc court have a… |
| 23-5 |
Breon Powell v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability court-closure covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus |
1. Did Circuit Court of Appeals err and thereby abuse its discretion and commit error in denying due process to Appellant Powell when it denied a Cert… |
| 22-7871 |
In Re Michael Bowe |
|
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (6)IFP |
28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court-procedure federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-or-successive-application statutory-interpretation |
Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … |
| 22-7778 |
Kenneth Ueding v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-remedy speedy-trial state-convictions |
In the first Issues questions of discussion for this court to consider is: Did Mr. Ueding hold the right to challenge his state convictions in a habea… |
| 22-7628 |
Robert Earl Gorham v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), a state court adjudication of the prejudice prong of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is "c… |
| 22-7054 |
Jamar L. Travillion v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process federal-review forfeiture habeas-corpus procedural-standard right-to-counsel waiver |
I. Could reasonable jurists disagree with the District Court's rejection of
Petitioner's claim that the State Courts' determination that he forfeited… |
| 22-6811 |
A. B. v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 conflict-of-interest criminal-justice-system cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington successive-conflict successive-representation |
Where a defendant's lawyer owed conflicting duties to her and a former client, should she receive a new trial if the actual conflict adversely affecte… |
| 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 |
1. Did the 11th U.S. Circuit Court err when it interpreted your holding in Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S.Ct. 1188 (2018) to mean that "in assessing the rea… |
| 22-6349 |
Daniel Nepomuceno v. Erin Reyes, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights credibility-determination due-process federal-habeas guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief state-post-conviction-proceedings |
Could reasonable jurists debate whether a state court's dispositive credibility determination regarding federal constitutional rights, based on a writ… |
| 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… |
| 22-6066 |
Brent Stephens v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 appeal appeal'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appeals f appeal'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District Court Magist appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion exhaustion'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appea federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-deference jury-trial jury-verdict magistrate-bar procedural-bar sentencing standard-of-review standard-of-review'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District trial-court-authority |
QUESTION A: Whether the Trial Court had the authority to supplant
the verdict of the jury on punishment?
QUESTION B: Whether the U.S. District Court … |
| 22-5642 |
Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 collateral-consequences custody custody-status direct-consequence habeas-corpus sex-offender-registration suppression-clause suspension-clause writ-of-certiorari |
1. Is A Person In Custody For The Purpose Of Either 28 U.S.C. § 2241 or 28 U.S.C. § 2254 If The Individual Is Still Under A Direct Consequence From Th… |
| 22-5581 |
Alfonso Ponton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 castro-v-united-states castro-warning district-court equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se statute-of-limitations |
Whether a district court's recharacterization of a prior pro se pleading as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition without the warnings required by… |
| 22-5411 |
Darnay Thibodaux v. Jon Reeves, District Administrator, Jefferson Parish District, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Department of Probation and Parole, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-provisions |
(1) Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit properly denied Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability ("COA") as t… |
| 22-5359 |
Kareem M. Murray v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike prosecutorial-discrimination supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-determination-of-facts |
1. Whether a state trial court's granting of a prosecutor's challenge to a defendant's use of a peremptory strike, without following the three-step pr… |
| 21-8244 |
In Re Dominic M. Franza |
|
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus liberty-interest statutory-relief unconstitutional-imprisonment |
WHEN A PETITIONER'S IMPRISONMENT AS CONCEDED IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
WHEN A PETITIONER IS BEING HELD AND PUNISHED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS
OF LAW INFRINGING ON… |
| 21-8249 |
Sammy L. Page v. Audrey King, Acting Executive Director, California Department of Mental Health |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 circuit-court due-process habeas-corpus party-presentation pretrial-detention statutory-interpretation |
I. Does a circuit court abuse its discretion and violate the principle of party presentation by adjudicating a habeas corpus petition under § 28 U.S.C… |
| 21-8223 |
Fox Joseph Salerno v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 circuit-split custodian federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus interstate-compact prisoner-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction |
I.
Should a 28 USC 224 1 HC (not a 28 USC 2254 HC) be filed in State in which
incarcerated or State in which conviction occurred, for a State prisone… |
| 21-7605 |
Lwane A. Mansell v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2254 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights discovery-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-bar sufficiency-of-evidence |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DENYING CLAIM ONE OF THE PETITIONER'S 28 U.S.C. § 2254 AS PROCEDURALLY BARRED WHEN THE STATE COURT VIOLATED HIS 5t… |
| 21-7545 |
Sloan Patrick Stanley v. Jeffrey Uttecht, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-rights constitutional-provisions custody-status due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation |
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&5 wiXI… |
| 21-6847 |
John William Childers v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence gateway-claim habeas habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-bars procedural-default remand tenth-circuit |
When a state prisoner seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, there are various procedural bars that often preclude relief on the merits. … |
| 21-950 |
Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2254 batson-claim batson-v-kentucky certificate-of-appealability fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance martinez-trevino peremptory-strike racial-bias |
1. In rejecting Ramey's claim for relief under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) ("Batson Claim") and ignoring Ramey's argument that 28 U.S.C. § … |
| 21-6702 |
Oscar Porter v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 alibi-witness alibi-witnesses criminal-trial eyewitness-identification eyewitness-testimony habeas-corpus identification ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
1. Is the Sixth Amendment violated when trial counsel pre-judges and excludes close friends and family from testifying as alibi witnesses without inve… |
| 21-6703 |
Joshua Cumberland v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court fifth-circuit habeas-corpus statutory-provisions timeliness |
(1) Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit properly denied petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability ("COA") as t… |
| 21-6593 |
Murray Hooper v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 clearly-established clearly-established-law evidence-suppression federal-law greene-v-fisher habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct state-court supreme-court-review united-states-v-bagley witness-testimony |
1. Whether this Court should clarify its holding in Greene v. Fisher, 565 U.S. 34, 38 (2011), to reflect that the state court decision by which "clear… |
| 21-862 |
Samuel Hartman v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
§2254-litigation 28-usc-2254 circuit-split comity comity-doctrine deference federal-habeas procedural-default state-court-deference state-post-conviction |
1. Whether the majority of circuits are correct that comity prevents Federal courts in proceedings under 28 U.S.C. 2254 from overturning legal conclus… |
| 21-6486 |
Gary Green v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury-bias jury-prejudice shackling statutory-interpretation |
1. In Deck v. Missouri , 544 U.S. 622 (2005), this Court held that shackling a defendant in front of the jury is inherently prejudicial and violates d… |
| 21-743 |
Donald Lempar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 custody custody-definition federal-district-court federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus sex-offender-registration state-court state-court-judgment |
Whether a habeas corpus petitioner who is subject only to sex offender registration requirements when he or she filed his or her petition is "in custo… |
| 21-475 |
Deanna Brookhart, Warden v. Kenneth Smith |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review evidence-sufficiency evidence-weighing federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-court-deference |
Respondent Kenneth Smith has been tried and convicted on three separate occasions for Raul Briseno's murder. During the last two trials, the jury hear… |
| 21-267 |
James Garfield Broadnax v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge cullen-v-pinholster evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 170 (2011), a federal habeas petitioner may present evidence of a prosecutor's r… |
| 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, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), is a habeas court's review of a state court decision limited to an analysi… |
| 21-5435 |
In Re Antonio Crawford |
|
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-rights conviction-challenge federal-prisoner habeas-corpus |
CAN A FEDeral Prisoner resort to a orginal writ OF habeas Corpus Pursuant to 2241(C)13) 8C a U.S.C 3 In her DIstrict OF Confinement 1 ChallenGING her … |
| 20-8269 |
Kenneth Ray Marshall v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 clearly-established-federal-law constitutional-review due-process-rights federal-habeas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-criminal-procedure strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
I. Whether the decision of the state court that failed to apply the correct
standard of "reasonableness " to assess trial counsel 's conduct under
St… |
| 20-8060 |
Julia Ann Poff v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus standing trial-errors |
A. Did the inattention and errors on the court violate Art. 1, Section 9, also known as the "Suspension Clause," of the United States Constitution?
B… |
| 20-1490 |
Quinn Alexander Marez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-state-defense procedural-requirements state-court state-court-review |
(1) May a federal court seeking to determine whether a state court decision was reasonable for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) substitute its own reas… |
| 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… |
| 20-7643 |
Nafis Antuan Faison v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 arrest-warrant constitutional-standard expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus minnesota-v-olson probable-cause standing third-party-residence |
1. In applying Minnesota v. Olson, 495 U.S. 91 (1990), and Minnesota v. Carter, 525 U.S. 83 (1998), to a habeas corpus claim based on the state's unre… |
| 20-7589 |
Donald Dallas v. Terry Raybon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-review federal-review habeas-corpus mitigating-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief reasonable-state-court strickland-analysis |
1. Can a federal habeas court conducting a penalty phase Strickland analysis ignore post-conviction mitigating evidence that is materially different i… |
| 20-7504 |
Ray A. Gough v. Daniel Q. Sullivan, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sexually-dangerous-persons-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-determination-of-facts |
(1) Whether proceedings under the Illinois Sexually Dangerous
Persons Act, which may result in incarceration for an indeterminate and
possibly lifel… |
| 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 |
1. The state habeas court in Petitioner's case issued a reasoned decision denying relief, which the Georgia Supreme Court summarily affirmed. In Wilso… |
| 20-6822 |
Rodney Berryman, Sr. v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 criminal-procedure federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mitigation-evidence neuro-psychiatric-testing |
1. Was the state court's denial of Petitioner's claims in a written opinion and subsequent summary denial of the same claims in a habeas petition, all… |
| 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 |
1. Does the Fifth Circuit's application of § 2254(d) —which explicitly requires deference to unreasonable state court opinions if the federal court ca… |
| 20-6549 |
Evatrus Derjuan Moss v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-review exclusionary-provision habeas-corpus martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief procedural-default statutory-interpretation treving-v-thaler |
COUNSEL ON AN INITIAL STATE POST-CONVICTION HABEAS CORPUS APPLICATION, CONTRARY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S PRECEDENT OF MARTINEZ v. RYAN, 56… |
| 20-6113 |
Jeffrey Wogenstahl v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 capital-case direct-review habeas-review magwood-v-patterson merits-decision new-judgment state-court |
When a state court re-opens direct review in a capital case, does the resultant state court merits decision constitute a "new judgment" pursuant to th… |
| 20-6053 |
Dieter Riechmann v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-standard circuit-split evidence evidence-review federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-determination statutory-interpretation |
Is a state court's conclusion that evidence not presented at trial was cumulative of other evidence before the jury a "determination of the facts" tha… |
| 20-5617 |
David Allen Rundle v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 aggravating-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus incest ineffective-assistance-of-counsel psychological-impairment psychological-impairments sexual-abuse state-court-determination |
1. Was the state court's summary denial of Petitioner's claims that
defense counsels' failure to present evidence corroborating his sexual abuse by h… |
| 20-5618 |
Adrian D. Riley v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review cullen-v-pinholster federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2254 sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Whether, by erroneously affirming Petitioner's conviction based on a finding that the district court lacked authority to hold an evidentiary hearing a… |
| 20-5587 |
Zachary Joseph Love v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 constitutional-rights evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure habeas-corpus kaufman-v-united-states townsend-factors townsend-v-sain |
In a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 originating from a federal district court, where facts have not been established on the record to… |
| 20-5527 |
Mark Benton v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa attorney-abandonment capital-cases circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus |
1). When this Court issued Holland v. Florida, 130 S.ct. 2549 (2010), decision, is this Honorable Court intent to apply Hollando to "Capital cases onl… |
| 20-5370 |
Luis Guillen v. Russell Washburn, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-procedure habeas-corpus standing statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent |
1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S PETITION IS TIMELY AND/OR THE ONE YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN PETITIONER'S CASE ARE EQUATABLY TOLLED UNDER HOLLAND V. F… |
| 20-5210 |
Ashley L. Dunn v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-timeliness substantial-showing timeliness |
I. DID PETITIONER MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWINIG THAT HER 28 U.S.C. 2254 PETITION WAS TIMELY?
II. DID PETITIONER MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING THAT HER 28 … |
| 20-5174 |
Ronald Demetrius Thomas v. William Muniz, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights federal-courts habeas-corpus harrington-v-richter ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-application state-court-review |
1. In applying Harrington Vs. Richter, 562 U.S. 86((2011), on the state's unreasonable application of Constitutional effective assistance of counsel i… |
| 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… |
| 19-8704 |
Rolando Q. Alvarado v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review circuit-court due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-determination habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-error statutory-interpretation unreasonable-determination-of-facts |
IS THE DECISION OF THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS BASED ON AN UNREASONABLE DETERMINATION OF THE FACTS INASMUCH AS IT IS BASED ON AN INCOMPLETE REC… |
| 19-8647 |
Martin Diez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland cone-v-bell due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Where the state courts did not address Petitioner's claim that the prosecution failed to disclose certain evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 8… |
| 19-8413 |
Troy Pope v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice federal-law-application federal-state-comity habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-court-decision |
Question not identified. |
| 19-8117 |
Vincent D. White, Jr. v. Donnie Morgan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-issue due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-constitutional-issue federal-habeas procedural-default state-courts state-prisoner statutory-interpretation |
In federal habeas cases, whether federal courts should exclusively apply 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) when evaluating State assertions that a State prisoner ha… |
| 19-8046 |
Michael Anthony Cervantes v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation witness-testimony |
WAS PETITIONERS CONVICTION SUSTAINED IN VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS WARRANTING HABEAS RELIEF WHERE THE DISTRICT
THE INJUSTICE THAT RESOULTS FRON THE CON… |
| 19-7908 |
Larry Rashone Prunty v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel |
DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERR WHEN APPLYING THE TWO PRONG SLACK V. MCDANIEL, TEST (PROCEDURE AND MERITS) IN DETE… |
| 19-7861 |
Sean P. Reilly v. Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-claims federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus in-custody in-custody-requirement lackawanna-county-v-cross schlup-v-delo witness-tampering |
Whether the "actual innocence" gateway to federal habeas review applied in Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 115 S. Ct. 851, 130 L. Ed. 2d 808 (1995), and… |
| 19-7810 |
Dale W. Eaton v. Mike Pacheco, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency new-evidence state-court-adjudication strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. WHETHER A STATE COURT HAS ADJUDICATED THE PERFORMANCE PRONG OF A STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON CLAIM ON THE MERITS WITHIN THE MEANING OF 28 U.S.C. § 225… |
| 19-7606 |
Robert McKinnon, III v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extrinsic-fraud federal-court federal-courts federal-petition habeas-corpus jurisdictional-default standing statutory-tolling subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. DOES STATUTORY TOLLING AS DESCRIBED IN 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(B) AND (D)
PERMIT A PETITIONER 'S DIRECT FILING OF SECOND 28 U.S.C. § 2254 HABEAS
COR… |
| 19-7540 |
Random Jackson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 attorney-abandonment attorney-neglect confrontation-clause due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance postconviction-proceedings reasonable-diligence state-postconviction |
1. Whether the Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling in light of his attorney's neglect/abandonment (i.e., after his attorney abandoned him in t… |
| 19-7501 |
Steven Livaditis v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 abusive-conduct constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mental-impairments mitigating-evidence penalty-phase reasonable-probability |
(1) Was the state court's summary denial of Petitioner's claims, alleging defense counsel's failure to present any penalty phase evidence of (i) Petit… |
| 19-7481 |
Patrick Henry Murphy v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 capital-murder capital-punishment constitutional-law death-penalty due-process enmund-v-florida federal-habeas jury-determination jury-trial sentencing tison-v-arizona |
Does Ring dictate that a jury determine whether a capital murder defendant is eligible for a sentence of death under Enmund and Tison, and, if so, is … |
| 19-7185 |
Stanley Brewer v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-rights district-court-review due-process facts-and-evidence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standard precedent standing statutory-interpretation |
(1) The judgment of the United States District Court has violated long standing precedent of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Cou… |
| 19-7192 |
Keith Edward Walker v. Ronda Pash, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-review finality-of-judgment habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision statute-of-limitations |
DOES THE READING OF 28 U.S.C. § 2244(A) CREATE AMBIGUITY IN 28 U.S.C. § 2244(D)(A) READ IN PART "A ONE YEAR PERIOD OF LIMITATION SHALL APPLY TO AN APP… |
| 19-633 |
Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. |
| 19-6611 |
William Severs v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus petition section-2254 statute-of-limitations time-bar |
1. Was the District Court's decision to dismiss Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely correct? |
| 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.… |
| 19-6298 |
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 |
In Wilson v. Sellers, this Court instructed that a federal court should train its attention on the particular legal and factual reasons of the state-c… |
| 19-441 |
In Re Dimitri Patterson |
|
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-documentation standing state-custody |
Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C §2241
Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without
certified legal documentation in violation of his
constitu… |
| 19-5653 |
Edward Lee Busby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 adjudication-on-the-merits atkins-claim due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment federal-constitutional-claim federal-law habeas-corpus intellectual-disability standard-of-review state-court state-court-review |
1. When a state habeas court denies a petitioner relief on a federal constitutional claim his claim by imposing a higher burden than is required by fe… |
| 19-5524 |
Tong Lor v. Shane Jackson, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa evidence-presented-in-state-court federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review judicial-procedure presumption-of-correctness state-court-finding-of-fact state-court-findings unreasonable-determination-of-facts |
DOES THE ANTITERRORISM AND EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1996 (AEDPA) REQUIRE THE PRESUMPTION OF CORRECTNESS TO BE APPLIED TO THE STATE COURT'S FINDI… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's adherence to its self-styled "no-grading-papers, anti-flyspecking rule" for the application of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) i… |
| 19-5415 |
Darryl Dewayne Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review evidentiary-findings habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1) Whether Applicant is entitled to a certificate of appealability or review by the Supreme Court when the Court of Appeals departed from the accepted… |
| 19-5212 |
Larey Douglas Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-amendments due-process due-process-clause habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance presumption-of-correctness state-court-proceedings state-habeas |
Did the AEDPA's 28§2254(e) legislation do away with Supreme Court precedent regarding the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause's entitlement to a full an… |
| 18-9697 |
Dennis Gordon v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1983-action 28-usc-2254 civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process ex-post-facto federal-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ninth-circuit parole parole-hearing parole-release-hearings section-1983 section-2254 |
Does Dennis Gordon's ex post facto challenge to the eight-year increase in the interval between his parole release hearings fall within the Federal Co… |
| 18-9595 |
Mike Du Trieu v. Michael Martel, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review constitutional-law due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-bar state-court state-court-error |
Whether a federal court reviewing a state habeas decision must determine whether the state court erred in its application of a procedural bar when the… |
| 18-9207 |
Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library |
Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 sec. 2254 be afforded Equ… |
| 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 |
1. Whether this Court should summarily reverse or, at a minimum, grant certiorari, vacate, and remand in light of Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (… |
| 18-8914 |
Manuel Cazares v. Jay Cassady, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 conclusiveness district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-procedure lower-court reply rules-governing-section-2254 section-2254 writ-of-habeas-corpus |
May Rule 5(e) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 cases in the United States District Courts, entitled Reply, which states "the Petitioner may submit … |
| 18-8788 |
Robert L. Moore v. Noah Nagy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 28-usc-2254-d-2 28-usc-2254-e-1 adjudication-on-merits adjudication-on-the-merits constitutional-claim de-novo-review federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-review |
WHERE A STATE COURT DENIES A PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THE NECESSARY FACTUAL RECORD TO SUPPORT A CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL,… |
| 18-8685 |
Ervin Thomas v. Cathy A. Jess, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-district-court habeas-corpus pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing time-bar |
Whether a federal district court should deny petitioners petitions for a of writ of habeas corpus as untimely and failed to issue a certificate of app… |
| 18-8692 |
Jerry Adams, Jr. v. Robert Neuschmid, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review batson-challenge batson-claim equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review state-court-review |
After the prosecutor admitted misrepresenting her actual reasons for striking a prospective juror, the trial judge was "troubled by" some of the prose… |
| 18-1197 |
Deanna Brookhart, Acting Warden v. Anthony D. Lee, Sr. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
2254-standard 28-usc-2254 affidavit-evidence evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-probability state-court-determination state-postconviction-review |
Respondent claimed on state postconviction review that his counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and call five witnesses at his state-cou… |
| 18-8430 |
Juan Bosco Alvarez v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-rules supreme-court-precedent |
In Brumfield v. Cain, 135 S. Ct. 2269, 2276, 2282 (2015), this Court made clear that 28 U.S.C § 2254(d)(2) is satisfied when a state court denies an e… |
| 18-8419 |
Fabian Hernandez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-review reasoned-decision standard-of-review state-court-decision state-courts statutory-interpretation unreasonableness-test |
1. Whether, in the face of a reasoned state court decision, a federal habeas court applies the unreasonableness test of 28 USC §2254(d)(1) to the spec… |
| 18-8421 |
Timothy M. Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 abuse-of-discretion amendment certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-of-appeals district-court due-process exhaustion habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 habeas-corpus-amendment judicial-discretion law-of-the-case merits section-2254 slack-v-mcdaniel |
DID THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DENIED (COA) STATUS ON THE POINT RAISED THAT THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ABUSED IT'S DISCRETION BY NOT ALLOWI… |
| 18-8389 |
Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 brain-damage capital-case capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. The Eleventh Circuit did not focus on the state habeas court's actual reasons for rejecting Petitioner's claim that trial counsel's inadequate inve… |
| 18-8337 |
David Michael Decker v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence deficient-performance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief strickland-analysis strickland-v-washington |
Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable… |
| 18-8179 |
Keith Dwayne Lewis v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing state-criminal-conviction sufficiency-of-evidence |
WHETHER A STATE CRIMINAL CONVICTION SHOULD STAND WHEN A STATE HAS INCORRECTLY CONCLUDES THE SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION OF AIDIN… |
| 18-8030 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan pinholster-standard procedural-default state-court-adjudication |
Where is the boundary between "new claims," whose default federal habeas courts may excuse, and "new facts," which federal habeas courts may not consi… |
| 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… |
| 18-7636 |
Ernest Lee Glover, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
26-usc-2244 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation |
i. Does court of Appeals violate Due Process and Equal protection of law by applying 28 usc 2244(d)(1) to deny review of C.O.A. Challenging District c… |
| 18-7414 |
Ray McArthur Freeney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus material-evidence notice-and-hearing procedural-fairness state-court state-court-deference statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether deference is accorded to a state court decision under 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) where the state court received and relied upon material evidence a… |
| 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 |
The post-conviction state court process in Batiste's case was inadequate for ascertaining the truth and lacked critical components of an adjudication … |
| 18-7223 |
Jesse Lloyd Hall v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 barefoot-standard coerced-confession due-process federal-review habeas-corpus police-misconduct recantation state-writ-petition victim-recantation victim-rights witness-intimidation |
IF THE STANDARD UNDER BAREFOOT. V. ESTELLE, 463 U.S. 89.3 (1983) FOR PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF A STATE WRIT PETITION REQUIRES THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE PETIT… |
| 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 |
In Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), this Court explicitly stated that a federal court on habeas review must look to the actual reasoning of … |
| 18-7128 |
Joseph A. Bebo v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk |
First Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2254-standard 28-usc-2254 due-process extraneous-material federal-law habeas-corpus impartial-jury jury-impartiality jury-inquiry supreme-court-review |
1. Whether this Court should clarify its jurisprudence on the right to an impartial jury by addressing the question of whether it is an unreasonable a… |
| 18-6850 |
Steven Madina Esparza v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 court-appointed-counsel discretionary-review equitable-tolling federal-courts finality-of-conviction gonzales-v-thaler gross-negligence habeas-corpus look-through-presumption ylst-v-nunnemaker |
I. Under GONZALES V. THALER, 565 U.S.134(2012), does a Petitioner's conviction become 'Final" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1) (A), 30 days afte… |
| 18-671 |
Kurt Robert Smith v. Anna Valentine, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 aedpa federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus ignorance-of-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ignorance reasonable-counsel strategic-decision |
1. Must a court reviewing counsel's failure to investigate first determine whether the basis for the failure was counsel's ignorance of the law, or an… |
| 18-6831 |
David Errol Willock v. William Sperfslage, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability direct-appeal habeas-corpus postconviction-relief remand rule-of-lenity statute-of-limitations |
WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD PROCEED TO ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT AS
TO THE CORRECT CALCULATION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN A
HABEAS CORPUS ACTION UNDER… |
| 18-656 |
Johnathan Hall, Director, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole v. William O. Ayers |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2254 experienced-criminal-defense-attorney experienced-criminal-trial-attorney federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-court-decision uncounseled-defendant waiver |
Was federal habeas relief improperly granted when, without basis in this Court's clearly established precedent, the federal court disregarded the dete… |
| 18-6753 |
Jesse Mendez v. Gary Swarthout, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition harrington-v-richter judicial-deference reasoned-decision state-appellate-court state-court state-court-decision statutory-interpretation |
When a state court denied a habeas claim without a reasoned decision, in assessing whether "there was no reasonable basis for the state court to deny … |
| 18-6620 |
Joe Louis Armenta v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa deck-v-jenkins fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings jury-instructions procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review |
(1) Do prior decisions of this Court compel the conclusion that so long as the jury is properly admonished and instructed, there cannot be a viable cl… |
| 18-6409 |
Scotty Garnell Morrow v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
28-usc-2254 clear-error due-process fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus reasoned-opinion section-2254 state-court-adjudication state-court-deference |
Question 1
In Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86 (2011), this Court announced that where a state court issues a summary denial of a habeas petitioner… |
| 18-6077 |
Omar Qazi v. Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254-petition 28-usc-2254 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-district-court federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel remittitur state-court-appeals |
(1) Did the Federal District Court of Nevada have the jurisdiction to hear my 2254 Petition?; and (2) Should the certificate of appealability have bee… |
| 18-6023 |
Lamar Atu Blackwell v. Matthew Hansen, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus postconviction-procedure postconviction-review prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington swarthout-v-cooke unreasonable-application webb-v-texas |
Whether this Court's opinion in Webb v Texas, 409 U.S. 95, 93 S. Ct. 351, 34 L. Ed. 2d 330 (1972) applies to prosecutors as well as judges;
Whether t… |
| 18-5980 |
Shelton Denoria Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) 28-usc-2254 diligence evidentiary-hearing factual-basis fair-trial federal-court federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review |
(1) In a federal habeas corpus proceeding where the state court did not hold a hearing or receive evidence to adjudicate facts on a claim, has the hab… |
| 18-5694 |
Taumu James v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-court clearly-established-federal-law due-process fair-application federal-law habeas-corpus identification-evidence state-suggestion |
1. In Perry v. New Hampshire , 565 U.S. 228 (2012), this Court held that the right to due process is generally not denied by identification evidence u… |
| 18-5666 |
Arthur Dennison v. Mark Hooks, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoner statutory-interpretation |
DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO STATE PRISONER ARTHUR DENNISON TO CHALLENGE THE DENIAL OF HIS … |
| 18-5499 |
Hilario Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence evidentiary-hearing federal-court habeas-corpus involuntary-plea state-court time-barred |
WHETHER A FEDERAL COURT FAILED TO HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON HABEAS CORPUS IF,AMONG OTHER FACTORS,TO DEVELOP THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE CLAIM IN ST… |
| 18-5472 |
In Re Alan James Hedrick |
|
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-claims habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct successive-petition successive-petitions time-bar time-barred |
Whether McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013), permits a state court prisoner to rely on "actual innocence" as a gateway to pursue constitutional … |
| 18-62 |
Brian Colbry, et ux. v. Lisa Von Pier, Director, New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 child-custody child-protective-services custody deprivation-of-liberty habeas-corpus jurisdiction liberty-deprivation state-institution state-restraint unlawful-restraint |
Is a minor child in custody for purposes of jurisdiction on a Petition for Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S. C. §2254 where the child is suffering a s… |
| 18-5113 |
Solomon V. Hester v. Kevin Sprayberry |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 brady-claim brady-violation direct-appeal due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-misconduct witness-intimidation witness-tampering |
THE HALL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONTACTED THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (HEREIN AFTER G.B.I.) AND TOLD THEM NOT TO RELEASE MITIGATION… |
| 18-5068 |
Taliyah Taylor v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 compulsory-process criminal-defense criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns depraved-indifference due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-counsel mental-disease-defect mental-disease-or-defect mental-health post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith |
Does defense counsel in a second degree depraved indifference murder case violate the requirements of Strickland v. Washington by failing to investiga… |