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25-6538 In Re Jeffery Greene 2026-01-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights court-officers due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct malicious-discrimination 1) Whether all officers of the court maliciously and deliberately discriminated against (Mr. Greene) to false imprison him. 2) Whether all officers …
25-6470 Jose Ferrer-Sosa v. United States First Circuit 2026-01-02 Pending Response WaivedIFP apprendi-violation fair-trial mental-health-evidence prosecutorial-disclosure sentencing witness-competency 1. Whether the right to a fair trial is violated when a judge tells the jury that the only witness to a conspiracy was competent, after the witness ha…
25-6257 Eric L. Ramos v. Nebraska Nebraska 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-amendment due-process evidence-disclosure fair-trial supreme-court-review Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by the United States Sup…
25-6249 Robert Bell v. Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied IFP dna-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sexual-assault sixth-amendment I. IS THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CLAUSE VIOLATED WHEN DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILS TO INVESTIGATE, AND SEEK TO OBTAIN AN EXPERT IN OBVIOUS …
25-6066 Rodney James Dilworth v. Texas Texas 2025-11-07 Denied IFP constitutional-rights district-attorney due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct sexual-relationship 1. Was petitioner deprived of due process and his right to a fair trial in a fair tribunal, where the trial judge was in a undisclosed sexual relation…
25-6053 Marchello Moore v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-trial defendant-appearance fact-finder fair-trial precedential-case sixth-circuit (1) Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by prohibiting fact-finders in a criminal trial from considering the in-court appearance of the defendant as it co…
25-6004 Fillmore Wright v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-10-31 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment uncorroborated-confession Under the U.S. Constitution Amendment VI's right to a fair trial and the due process clause of U.S. Constitution Amendment XIV, can a conviction rest …
25-6001 Charles Chad Giese v. Edward Borla, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct I. Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance by Failing to present Evidence About the Psychological and Physical Effects of Methamphetamine and …
25-5982 Bani Marcela Duarte v. Lavelle Parker, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied IFP due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt second-degree-murder I. Did the Prosecution Fail to Prove the Second Degree Murder Charge Beyond a Reasonable Doubt; Did Appellate Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance? …
25-5940 Stephen Elliot Powers v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-10-22 Denied IFP brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct (1) Whether the State's suppression of exculpatory evidence of an alternate, original suspect with a nexus to the victim deprived Powers of his right …
25-5874 Bruce S. Myles v. New York New York 2025-10-14 Denied IFP competency due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel prosecutor-testimony sixth-amendment 1. WHETHER THE COURT VIOLATED DUE PROCESS WHEN THE PROSECUTOR WAS ALLOWED TO ACT AS AN UNSWORN WITNESS? 2. WHETHER COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN VIOLATI…
25-358 Carl L. Collins, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response Waived due-process evidence-rule-404b fair-trial internal-revenue-code napue-v-illinois tax-reporting 1. Whether the lower courts violated, Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959), thus effectuating a constitutional violation below and establishing…
25-5653 Oren Lewis v. Brand Huffman, Superintendent, South Mississippi Correctional Institution Fifth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance juror-bias trial-counsel 1. If PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF A FAIR TRIAL BEFORE AN IMPARTIAL JURY BECAUSE A JUROR CONCEALED RELEVENT INFORMATION ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE…
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…
25-5500 Clarence C. Roland, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-admission fair-trial separate-sovereigns 1. Whether eliciting the fact and details of a defendant's conviction in a separate sovereign —including that it was for the same conduct and that the…
25-5426 Reginald Bertram Johnson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review confrontation-clause constitutional-rights fair-trial sixth-amendment trial-court The following question stems from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' Published Opinion regarding claims asserted by Mr. Johnson. 1. Whether the U…
25-5266 In Re Kimberly Lee Kessler 2025-08-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-violation due-process fair-trial jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel Question not identified.
25-5238 In Re Dennis Griffith 2025-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel fair-trial legal-access Does cl iHValiJ usurer ot Counsel hearing and no access to fke. Courts, don^ aJ+k etker ~ pcetrid violations o'? Conrhtutiond rigkts 5cJ Compulsory p…
25-5141 Dedric Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Second Amendment lets the federal government prohibit people, including Mr. Mayfield, from possessing any firearms for life based only …
25-5122 Raheem Brown v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-testify sixth-amendment Is a criminal defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to testify and to receive a fair trial abridged where trial counsel announces to the ju…
25-5058 Jose Manuel Ayala-Alas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process fair-trial interpreter-rights sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether the district court violated Mr. Ayala-Alas's due process rights by requiring him to proceed to trial with only a Spanish interpreter despit…
24A1239 Robert Keith Woodall v. Kentucky Kentucky 2025-06-13 Presumed Complete capital-case constitutional-error death-penalty fair-trial sentencing supreme-court-review Question not identified.
24-7385 Luster Pernell Burns, Jr. v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fair-trial mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct DID THE PROSECUTOR ENGAGED IN INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT IN A PREVIOUS TRIAL WHICH GOATED THE DEFENSE INTO MOVING FOR A MISTRIAL, WHICH BARRED RETRIAL IN …
24-7162 Deshawn Whited v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery district-court fair-trial right-to-counsel sixth-circuit uncharged-evidence Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the District Court was correct in permitting evidence of an uncharged attempted robbe…
24-7146 Anida Gilowski v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-proceedings due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment property-forfeiture sixth-amendment I . WHETHER THE PETITIONER 'S FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND HER SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL OR PROCEEDINGS WERE VIOLATED WHEN …
24-1075 Lecram Omari Sanders v. Virginia Virginia 2025-04-14 Denied Response Waived after-discovered-evidence due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in affirming the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which affirmed the defendant's convictions …
24-6980 Redo Rolling v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence sixth-amendment Question not identified.
24-6882 Michael C. Romig v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2025-03-27 Denied IFP constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial procedural-default 1.) Was it constitutional violation/error for the U.S. District Court to procedurally default Defendant/Petitioner due to court appointed counsels act…
24-6865 Brian Alfaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP contract-violation criminal-offense due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment juror-information 1. Does the "timing" of the taking of earned profits —regardless of contract violations — constitute a criminal offense if no financial harm is cause…
24-984 Ross Horsey v. American Finance, LLC Delaware 2025-03-13 Denied constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-upon-court judicial-delay judicial-procedure 1. Whether a delay of 105 days by Judge Noel Eason Primos in responding to a court letter, which mandated a determination for oral argument within 5 d…
24-6749 Foster Lee Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation expert-testimony fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence intent-determination mens-rea 1. Does the two officer's testimony at trial, particularly Sergeant Helms' testimony establish the required mens rea for the offense? 2. How does the…
24-6739 Christopher L. Smith v. Ohio Ohio 2025-03-11 Denied IFP batson-challenge due-process expert-witness-testimony fair-trial jury-discrimination prosecutorial-misconduct 1.) The question for this Court is whether the Ohio trial court clearly erred in not conducting the three-step analysis of Batson v. Kentucky 476 U.S.…
24-6717 Allaquan Jackson, aka Khalif Jackson, aka Kailif Jackson v. New Jersey New Jersey 2025-03-07 Denied IFP alibi-witness due-process fair-trial judicial-bias recusal sixth-amendment I. IS THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL VIOLATED BY THE TRIAL JUDGE WHO POSSESSED "PERSONAL" KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PETITIONER'S ALIBI WITNESS, A…
24-6641 Chad Adam Cheever v. Oregon Oregon 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial law-enforcement-misconduct 1. Does holding a position with the local executive branch of government , be it, prosecutors, detectives, or sheriff automatically give them permis…
24-6574 Mark A. Marchetti v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance exculpatory-evidence fair-trial trial-procedure WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS, A FAIR TRIAL, AND EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WERE VIOLATED BY TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE …
24-6457 Darrell Blount v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-testimony fair-trial show-up-identification I. WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF AN UNRELIABLE SHOW-UP IDENTIFICATION IN VIOLATION OF HIS RIGHT TO DUE PR…
24-6231 Emmanuel Zleh Totaye, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2025-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment inconsistent-verdict reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Does an inconsistent verdict in a criminal case violate a defendant's right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment and their right to be found guil…
24A570 Chanel Wiley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-11 Presumed Complete ankle-monitor constitutional-rights criminal-defendant fair-trial jury-perception presumption-of-innocence Question not identified.
24-627 Scuderia Development, LLC, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-09 Denied Response Waived court-procedure ethnic-discrimination fair-trial jury-selection racial-bias voir-dire Whether the district court's refusal to ask defense-requested voir dire questions intended to identify existing anti-Asian and Chinese political, ethn…
24-6049 Mario Ray Childs v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense Was Petitioner Denied His Constitutional Right To Fair Trial And The Effective Assistance Of Counsel Where A Multitude Of Inactions On The Part Of Tri…
24-572 Reginald Pittman, By and Through His Guardian and Next Friend, Robin M. Hamilton, v. Madison County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-11-22 Denied due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction pre-trial-detainee I. Did the Circuit Court improperly impair the plaintiff's due process right to a fair trial by sustaining the jury's verdict and failing to order a n…
24A490 Reginald Keith Clark v. Colorado Colorado 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-bias Question not identified.
24-5842 Dallas Staden v. Marcus Myers, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied IFP fair-trial hybrid-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standby-counsel K, h</S rarest*-!ah'*si over -the <Je£svd*srf [ ohjc&fv&p is ^/ficjecP fionnorpb /*■<4 hybrid rcP/tSfr>fet?)>a / cAn the c/ePyst*nt /4v> jtd< ccvirioo…
24-5840 David R. Schachtner v. Chris Brewer, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure fair-trial impeachment-evidence motion-to-suppress prior-bad-acts trial-court-discretion 1. Does a court abuse its discretion in upholding a conviction and sentence for a crime that was clearly disproven at trial, based solely on the factu…
24-457 Bindya H. S. B. Singh v. Santa Clara County, California California 2024-10-23 Denied constitutional-rights fair-trial hipaa-violation race-discrimination securities-exchange whistleblower-rights Does a Citizen Whistleblower lose the Constitutional right to a fair trial under Whistleblower claim, that reports multiple concerns of illegal activi…
24-324 Christina Paylan v. Florida Florida 2024-09-20 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-infirmity due-process fair-trial judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics This petition exposes the vacuum in Florida's appellate judicial disqualification mechanism that creates a constitutional infirmity for all Floridians…
24A279 John Esposito v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Georgia 2024-09-19 Presumed Complete death-penalty due-process fair-trial juror-misconduct outside-influences voir-dire Question not identified.
24-5382 Michael Dale Iervolino v. Alabama Alabama 2024-08-23 Denied Relisted (3)IFP capital-case change-of-venue constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial media-prejudice In this capital case, where the victim wa s the son of the District Attorney and the case generated highly prejudicial me dia coverage across a small …
24-5239 John C. Coleman v. Michael Swartz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied IFP actual-innocence appellate-review brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-standard fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-procedure Question not identified.
24-5220 Christopher L. Smith v. Ohio Ohio 2024-08-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure-joinder confidential-informant constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial prejudicial-joinder probable-cause rules-of-evidence search-warrant sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Isa prejudicial joinder concerning unrelated counts a fundamental violation of One's constitutional right to a fair trial, if the facts of one inci…
24-5207 E. C. v. Q. T. Texas 2024-08-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-liberties constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-review legal-procedure witnesses Question not identified.
24-5171 Jeffrey Wayne Ross v. Edward Bickham, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights defense-witnesses due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel non-homicide-case self-defense sixth-amendment 1. Whether or not the trial court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when they made a decision that Petitioner didn't receive ineffective assist…
24-5162 Johnny Ho v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-discretion jury-selection peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment voir-dire This petition involves questions of exceptional importance for jury selection in trials in all jurisdictions across our nation, involving the process …
24A86 Shyne V. Anderson v. Cynthia Davis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-25 Presumed Complete bench-trial criminal-joinder due-process fair-trial multiple-offenses victim-testimony Question not identified.
24-5123 Angel Sanchez v. Teresa Cisneros, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP calcrim-375 constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prior-acts sixth-amendment WheVW petitioner Was Denied His FiFtty 3/Xrh//Avui Fow+eetH AfoeYiWvif Right +0 Due process Av\H Ftxvo Tm\ Because ottt C0(avTS USe OF prior Acts In…
24-5100 Elmer Dean Baker v. Indiana Indiana 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process fair-trial Fifth-Amendment-due-process Fourteenth-Amendment-due-process juror-misconduct jury-bias pre-trial-publicity sixth-amendment voir-dire Questions One Preface: Prior to Petitioner 's trial, defense counsel requested the court to investigate the possibility the jury would be bias becaus…
24A56 Troy Thomas York v. Arizona Arizona 2024-07-17 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance jury-finding prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
24-5079 John W. Patton v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence confrontation constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial grand-jury impartial-judge judicial-interference perjury pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel transcript 1. What defense tools are Louisiana pro-se defendants entitled to when they choose to represent themselves pro-se at trial? a. Does it Violate Due Pro…
24-5075 DeTron L. Perry v. Jacob L. Streittmatter Nebraska 2024-07-16 Denied IFP affirmative-defense civil-procedure contradictory-testimony due-process evidence fair-trial Question not identified.
24-5086 Isaias Delgado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial federal-law federal-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-incrimination I. Whether The Government Violated Mr. Delgado's Right to Due Process and a Fair Trial by Withholding Evidence? II. Whether The Improper Admission of…
24-1 In Re Yehoram Uziel 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-misconduct mandamus self-represented-litigant This petition seeks restoration of Petitioner' right to a fair trial by impartial tribunal; and relief from USCA9 judicial discriminatory misconduct t…
23-7789 In Re Glenn A. Holder 2024-06-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process due-process-violations fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard structural-error 1) HAS THE PETITIONER BEEN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, DUE TO STRUCTURAL ERROR 8S AT TRIAL, WHICH VIOLATE) EVERY UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT HE HAD A…
23-7724 In Re Shomas T. Winston 2024-06-14 Denied IFP evidentiary-hearing fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury juror-misconduct jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire I. WHETHER A PETITIONER SHOULD BE DENIED AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO QUESTION A JUROR WHO FAILED TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION BECAUSE STATE COURTS RULED PETI…
23-7640 Devin Fischer v. North Dakota North Dakota 2024-06-05 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process due-process-clause fair-trial guilty-plea judicial-discretion legal-standards Is a defendant denied due process when the court ignores legal standards and relies solely on their discretion? Does the defendant suffer double jeop…
23-7620 Donald Kie, Jr. v. Garrett, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit plea-bargaining sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence sufficient-evidence Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability ( "COA") consistent with the standards set by 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)…
23-7615 Randall Crater v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure fair-trial sixth-amendment structural-error touhy-regulations trial-subpoenas witness-testimony Whether the district court's decision to quash three trial subpoenas because defendant did not comply with Touhy regulations violated defendant's Sixt…
23-1249 Timothy Patrick Guilfoy v. Brandon Watwood, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus jury-misconduct right-to-confront testimonial-evidence After a first trial resulted in a hung jury, Petitioner was retried and ultimately convicted of sexual assault. Suspecting foul play during trial, def…
23-7559 Nickholas Knight, Sr. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2024-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process fair-trial government-coercion redress-grievances standing Where President/ Government of the United States of America violate the U.S Constitution has previously invoked the First and Sixth Amendment right to…
23-7528 Aaron Matthew Rentfrow v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence fair-trial juror-misconduct jury-misconduct prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure witness-testimony The district court erred by failing to grant a mistrial. Error in the following four respects, viewed in aggregate, deprived Mr. Rentfrow of his Sixth…
23-7514 Christopher E. Glass v. Illinois Illinois 2024-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-misconduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights trial-counsel Question not identified.
23-7509 Thomas J. Moore v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied IFP burden-of-proof capital-case criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct religious-arguments testimonial-evidence trial-counsel In a capital case where the petitioner has always maintained his innocence, where the petitioner testified in his own defense, and where the prosecuti…
23-1219 Colton Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-05-16 Denied chambers-precedent chambers-v-mississippi constitutional-rights due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial gun-evidence right-to-present-defense self-defense Under the unique facts and circumstances of this self-defense case, does exclusion of any evidence regarding the gun found in the open center console …
23-7491 Caesar V. Vaca v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-introduction fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-attorney Whether trial attorney's error resulted in the introduction of evidence under Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b) that led to an unfair conviction. OR W…
23-7485 William Glenn Chunn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-violations continuance continuance-denial discovery discovery-review due-process fair-trial right-to-counsel trial-court-discretion I. Whether a defendant's right to assistance of counsel and due process are upheld when he has no right to review discovery or confer with his attorne…
23-7488 Jose Eliso Zavala v. Texas Texas 2024-05-15 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-bias constitutional-rights fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury juror-bias prejudice sixth-amendment structural-error QUESTION No. 1 WHETHER OR NOT THE PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL UNDER THE 6TH AND 14TH AMENDMEN…
23-7448 Gabriel Paul Hall v. Texas Texas 2024-05-10 Denied IFP capital-murder due-process fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel 1. When a state habeas applicant makes a prima facie case that the state knowingly presented false and material testimony in the punishment phase of h…
23-7427 Alton Pelichet v. Fredeane Artis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether this Honorable Court should grant Petitioner's Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, where Petitioner has demonstrated that his rights to a fair …
23-7409 Fernando Ramirez v. New York New York 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure demeanor-observation due-process fair-trial impartiality jury-selection right-to-counsel sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether the Constitution requires that a defendant have a simultaneous, unobstructed view of a prospective juror's facial expression to observe their …
23-1186 Rodney Thomas Ternovsky v. Florida Florida 2024-05-02 Denied Response Waived consent due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment irrelevant-evidence jury-prejudice prejudicial-evidence trial-procedure Whether the Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair trial was violated when the trial court allowed the State to inform the jury…
23-7296 George E. Lacey v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance joinder right-to-counsel status-charges 1. Whether, and to what extent, the joinder of status charges with non-status charges in a single trial denies criminal defendants the right to a fair…
23-7271 Arthur Lomax v. Colorado Colorado 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial felony-prosecution grand-jury indictment preliminary-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction When a states "Bill of Rights", calls for the prosecution of felonies *only by indictment whether prosecution by any other method conforms with the st…
23-7230 In Re Alissa M. Peterson 2024-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process fair-trial gideon-v-wainwright judicial-misconduct legal-representation 1. When there is case and questions before the Court on a writ of certiorari awaiting judgment, #23-7059 Alissa Peterson, Petitioner v. Jackson Count…
23-7142 Elizabeth A. Ramsey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-review legal-rights presumption-of-innocence standing Question not identified.
23-7136 Michael Dewayne Smith v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-04-04 Denied IFP confession confession-corroboration constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial false-testimony murder-conviction perjured-testimony Whether Mr. Smith's first degree murder convictions and sentence of death are unreliable and in violation of his constitutional rights to due process …
23-7059 Alissa Peterson v. Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Michigan 2024-03-22 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process edwards-v-arizona fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gideon-v-wainwright res-judicata screws-v-united-states sixth-amendment 1. Where CPS investigators and Judge Diane Rappleye violate the rules announced in Doe v. Doe, 99 Haw 1, 52 P3d 255 (Haw 2002) by filing and granting …
23-7057 Sammy Tinnin v. Indiana Indiana 2024-03-22 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment cl /erclcVV SoyporV^ by gd/w,/~/eg/ <?/ 'Jttcv\de,iA^ q(~ /[, *S %i]ci'h n/to-iZ' oi 1 r'l^U- *to Cy £<J>r~ Vr\cA ^"K jL U'2>. (okv5 it Vo L'0
23-7051 Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Joe Schmidt, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Corrections, et al. Alaska 2024-03-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias sixth-amendment state-court-of-appeals structural-error systemic-bias 1. Does a systemic appearance of bias from a State court of appeals create structural error to a defendant's Sixth Amendment guarantee to a fair trial…
23-7031 Bryan Lee Gregory v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias plea-waiver procedural-fairness standing (1). WAS JUDGE STEVEN BOUGH BIAS FOR RAJSIMG A AFFIREMTIVE DEFENSE FOR THE DEFENSE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DIS NOT RAISE THIS DEFENSE OR IT DID NOT APPLY.…
23-7019 Quindell Montrae Kirby v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-disclosure exculpatory-evidence fair-trial jurisdiction venue I. Why was "the Circuit Court of the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia allowed to prosecute this case? where precedent supports Petition…
23-6905 Paul Harris v. Oran Schachter, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process fair-trial interpreter interpreter-assistance legal-representation procedural-due-process standing The lower court at Lancaster, California would not allow petitioner's assistant to briefly speak to the court and explain that petitioner cannot read …
23-6885 Joseph Rendon v. Beth Skinner, Director, Iowa Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-03-04 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealibility circuit-split due-process expert-testimony fair-trial law-enforcement police-expert pro-se pro-se-petitioner WHETHER THE SIXTH CIRCUIT OR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT MADE THE CORRECT RULING REGARDING DENIAL OF DUE PROCESS AND FAIR TRIAL CONCERNING THE USE OF A POLI…
23-6857 Lamar Gibson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance lower-courts post-conviction-relief statutory-violation trial-testimony Question not identified.
23-6843 Joseph A. Crenshaw v. Florida Florida 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process expert-witness fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance post-conviction sixth-amendment trial-procedure 1. Does a trial court's "tender and accept" procedure of an expert witness in front of a jury violative of a Defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a fa…
23-6825 Jmarreon Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial judicial-integrity prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness rtme Coufi -fo ufldc? my WlfoMgCitj CoNVicfioKj \y\ \oWer U.$, pis-Mcf CoukS n Circuit ^ Sravif me Release,5 i zs'K Ail of -fhe Unikd S+jf& Supreme …
23-6758 Frank Bernard Johnson v. Virginia Virginia 2024-02-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-competency pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel In any trial in which a guilty verdict can result in a criminal conviction; is it lawful to have compulsory pro sc representation by the defendant? I…
23-6741 Gerardo Ortiz v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-confront witness-testimony The prosecutor wrongly informed the complaining witness, Monica Doe, that she had a right to refuse to testify. At trial, she exercised that purported…
23-6730 Bryant Calloway v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility witness-testimony Whether despite evidence that the fundamental witness of the prosecution, in the shape of violation passed on the divergeceptions of Thomas Valdez Gui…
23-6722 Jeffrey Holland v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing due-process fair-trial first-step-act jury-trial sentence-enhancement sentencing-discretion sentencing-enhancements trial-transcript In Concepcion v. United States , 597 U.S. 481, 142 S. Ct. 2389, 2404 213 L. Ed. 2d 731 (2022), this Court held that the First Step Act "allows distric…
23-6664 Robert Edward Sindaco v. Florida Florida 2024-02-05 Denied IFP appellate-review bias constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
23-6657 Erick Cruz v. New York New York 2024-02-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process evidence-authentication fair-trial opening-statements powerpoint-presentation presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-error Q1: During opening statements, the trial court, over defense counsel's objections, allowed the prosecution to use a Powerpoint presentation. This Powe…
23-6648 Anthony Christopher Mendonca v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment jury-selection plain-error-review public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment structural-error The Constitution requires "public" criminal trials. U.S. Const. amend. VI. The First Amendment and Sixth Amendment guarantee the community and the def…
23-6611 Morice Ervin v. Indiana Indiana 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony expert-witness-testimony fair-trial favorable-evidence fourteenth-amendment lack-of-evidence post-autopsy prejudicial-questioning Whether petitioner's Due process - 14th Amendment of the Federal Constitution was violated by allowing post autopsy? Whether petitioner's Due process…
23-808 Eurho Joe v. Supreme Court of California Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct legal-remedy liberty procedural-due-process procedural-steps state-court-jurisdiction state-courts state-laws 1. How can a person's right and liberty to pursue happiness be maintained or recovered when severely damaged by the decisions made by the state courts…
23-6540 Jennifer Agnes Lopez v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-immunity state-actors statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the State actors can deprive the individual of a fair treatment which violates the guarantees of the Fifth Fourteenth Amendment; 2. Whethe…
23-6547 Billy J. Seabolt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instructions jury-trial legal-interpretation prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial speedy-trial Is n a Or fS cleanly '*)■hrf'ai Me. ic/fen J Ury a ciiS^feSSeJ SikuaH&s? cturfoty a i°iy fr'iCii) Cl/)of; fkey Conk fad lor fhemseineL iky anj Hof <y …
23-6508 Jonathan Eugene Brunson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2024-01-18 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP capital-crime civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-jury standing state-courts systemic-bias trial-bias Whether over-aged persons charged with a crime is entitled to have the Tumen biased trial tungs issue addressed and disposed of in the state trial cou…
23A657 Pedro Rodriguez v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2024-01-17 Presumed Complete constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial post-conviction sentencing-claim Question not identified.
23A654 Isaiah Glenndell Tryon v. Christe Quick, Acting Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary Tenth Circuit 2024-01-16 Presumed Complete capital-case constitutional-error death-penalty eighth-amendment fair-trial sentencing-review Question not identified.
23-6475 Darrius Decnan Redd v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause credibility cross-examination due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sex-trafficking i. In this case alleging sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, whether the district court violated the Defendant's Due Process and Confrontati…
23-6481 Ashley Nichole Kolhoff v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied IFP child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law due-process fair-trial intent lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation Did this impermissible expansion of the scope of the federal child pornography statutes, in direct contravention of both the holdings of this Court an…
23-6450 Alfred Correa Dizon v. Vectrus Systems Corporation Fifth Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied Relisted (5)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-exclusion fair-trial judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Where Defense Counsels and the Lower Court blatantly violate, and ignore Federal Rule of Civil Procedures, Precepts, and Statutes in handling Appellan…
23A627 Byron James Shepard v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-01-08 Presumed Complete continuing-threat death-penalty eighth-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sentencing-hearing Question not identified.
23A613 Michael Jonathon Carlson v. Arizona Arizona 2024-01-03 Presumed Complete capital-case constitutional-error criminal-procedure fair-trial postconviction-relief supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23A589 Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney Massachusetts 2023-12-27 Presumed Complete article-iii-standing constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution fair-trial first-amendment witness-intimidation Whether I have standing to appeal the court's unintelligible refusal to issue a criminal complaint, when the crime is against justice, and my safety, …
23-6363 Matthew Reid Hinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP competent-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment DOES AN ATTORNEY ADVISING HIS CLIENT TO ENTER A GUILTY PLEA WITHOUT FIRST INVESTIGATING THE CASE AND/OR INTERVIEWING WITNESSES THEN DISCUSSING VIABLE …
23-6344 Michael Broomer v. Delaware Delaware 2023-12-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination sixth-amendment trial-counsel Under U.S. Constitution Amendment(s) 4 and/or 5, and/or 14, does defendant have a right to due process? Was my right(s) violated? Under US Constituti…
23-6333 Nora Gilda Guevara Triana v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit evidence-rule fair-trial rule-of-completeness special-verdict standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent u.s.-v.-griffin 1. Whether the Eighth Circuit Court's failure to follow this Court's precedence in U.S. v. Griffin, 502 U.S. 46 (1991) and Turner v. U.S., 396 U.S. 39…
23-6204 Angel Anthony Sanchez v. California California 2023-12-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-code fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prior-acts-instructions sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether petitioner was denied his Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and fair trial because of the court's use of prior acts …
23-6154 Jennifer Lynn Dees v. Colorado Colorado 2023-12-04 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury-tampering sixth-amendment trial-integrity Whether a trial's verdict validity get impacted if a judge engages in jury tampering as defined under C.R.S. § 18-6-609 violating defendants Sixth and…
23-6128 Julia Ann Poff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony fair-trial indigent-defense plea-bargaining right-to-counsel I. Should a defendant's guilt or innocence be determined by their finances? II. Before making a noninvoluntary and informed plea, should a defendant …
23-6109 Tou Thao v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-242 civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct specific-intent willfulness The Petitioner was convicted of two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury and death in connection with the dea…
23-6028 Delroy T. Booth v. Georgia Georgia 2023-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
23-5938 Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Alaska Alaska 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment juror-testimony sixth-amendment structural-error In Alvarez-Perdomo v. State , 454 P.3d 998, 999 (Alaska 2019), the Alaska Supreme Court held that compelling a defendant to testify in violation of t…
23-469 Andrew P. Witt v. United States Armed Forces 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness judicial-ethics military-justice military-sentencing prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing The prosecutor repeatedly exhorted the panel members to consider how their sentence would reflect on them personally and professional and suggested th…
23-5926 Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-misconduct no-impeachment-rule sixth-amendment The question presented is whether there is a constitutional exception to the no-impeachment rule codified in Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) for insta…
23-5813 Medghyne Calonge, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-venue data-access due-process fair-trial government-abuse statutory-construction venue venue-requirements vicinage Petitioner was convicted of two Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) violations requiring "damage" to protected computers. At trial, the government's e…
23-5731 Rebekah Panzlau v. Adams County Housing Authority, dba Maiker Housing Partners Colorado 2023-10-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-bias jury-trial relocation-act seventh-amendment uniform-relocation-act Did Ms. Panzlau receive a fair and unbiased trial free from even the appearance of Impropriety in her case? Was Ms. Panzlau's 7th amendment protectio…
23-5724 Taylor Scott Meece v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment supreme-court-procedure 1. Did the Wyoming Supreme Court abuse its description in allowing only one opinion of the justice in affirming the conviction and sentence set forth?…
23-5712 Gerald Vaughn Gwen v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Relisted (3)IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights direct-review due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-fairness writ-of-appeal Question not identified.
23-281 Steven C. Fustolo v. The Patriot Group, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review bankruptcy-court bias-in-fact circuit-split civil-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-recusal recusal standard-of-review Should the national standard of review for a denial of a motion to recuse be abuse of discretion of de novo?
23-5577 Brent Allen Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-09-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-appeal due-process fair-trial federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-misconduct post-conviction standing Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires judges to disclose and disqualify at all stages of a criminal proceeding, including collateral appellate pro…
23-5571 Deon Jefferson Johnson v. Mike Brown, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus habitual-offender jury-trial sentencing-guidelines PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JURY TRIAL DUE TO HIS CONVICTION BASED ON A HUNG JURY. PETITIONER WAS DENIED …
23-5557 Millard E. Price v. Centurion of Delaware, LLC, et al. Delaware 2023-09-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fair-trial indigent ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief prisoner Question not identified.
23-5500 Le'Troy D. Merritt v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-rules fair-trial federal-appeal habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process state-action Question not identified.
23A163 Jason Green v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-08-23 Presumed Complete certiorari due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
23-5371 Judith Tompson v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2023-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP body-camera-evidence due-process fair-trial harmless-error legal-licensing police-misconduct police-prosecution privacy-rights rsa-105-d:2 statutory-violation 1. Whether theNH Supreme Court should allow a NH district court judge to prosecute cases from, the bench; as a former Conway prosecutor, while using …
23-5319 Antoine L. Riggins v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brecht-exception brecht-v-abrahamson co-defendant-confession fair-trial fourteenth-amendment joint-trial sixth-amendment 1. IS THERE AN URGENT NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE EXCEPTION MENTIONED IN BRECHT V. ABRAHAMS ON 507 U.S. 619 (1993). WHERE DEFENDANT'S SIXTH AND FOURTE…
23-5281 Morris Scott Holmes v. Tommy Bowen, Warden Georgia 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct I. D&U.BLS. IT£/SPAf\-DY 1 f*g4i4i an.i4r U/£LS faiLiud *rUfl4 du.il4u v of WaLiCd. flluftlCr fcdiLnil Dfde ^ t\\n.ct^£ of i/udicfmeAi + 'i'lLoHXX ^f…
23-5230 Steven Poppo v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-28 Denied IFP assistance-of-counsel attempted-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-intent deadly-force due-process equal-protection fair-trial homicide self-defense use-of-force Question not identified.
23-5227 Luis Roman v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-27 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-counsel Question not identified.
23-5225 Leonard Sapp v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court due-process fair-trial government-misconduct imminent-danger Was Leonard Sapp afforded a fair trial when the Government shifted the burden of proof to the Defense during trial? Does a District Court's decision …
23-5203 Ronald Marion Carpenter v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health-records THIS PETITION PRESENTS NOVEL QUESTIONS OF LAW, THE RESOLUTION OF WHICH WILL DEVELOP THE LAW AND HAVE NATIONWIDE IMPACT, WHILE ESTABLISHING A NEEDED AN…
23-5193 Bradley Ross Fairbourn v. Neicole Morden, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus impliedly-biased-juror juror-bias strickland-standard strickland-v-washington structural-error weaver-v-massachusetts Whether, in light of this Court's decision in Weaver v. Massachusetts , __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1899, 198 L. Ed. 2d 420 (2017), the actual -prejudi ce …
23-5100 Vassil Marinov v. FCA US LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fair-trial pro-se religious-freedom standing 1. Is it Constitutional, filed in the US District Court and for Jury case, for restoring the Right of Constitutionally Guaranteed Religious Freedom, i…
23A27 Ranson Long Pumpkin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-13 Presumed Complete carjacking confrontation-clause crime-of-violence fair-trial firearm-discharge sixth-amendment Question not identified.
23A28 Moses Crowe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-12 Presumed Complete carjacking confrontation-clause eighth-circuit fair-trial firearm-possession sixth-amendment Question not identified.
23-5083 James Calfee v. Texas Texas 2023-07-12 Denied IFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-powers judicial-discretion Question not identified.
23-5023 Kirby R. Thomas v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-trial due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection petit-venire racial-discrimination 1) Whether Louisiana deprived Mr. Thomas of his right to an impartial jury trial before his peers through a petit venire selection process that effect…
22-7905 Tikisha Upshaw v. California California 2023-06-29 Denied IFP cell-phone-location co-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility expert-witness fair-trial jury-instructions police-testimony scientific-reliability witness-testimony Question not identified.
22-7820 Annamalai Annamalai v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion due-process fair-trial impartiality judicial-bias judicial-discretion judicial-recusal recusal sentencing I. Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to recuse itself due to the appearance of impartiality when the court's remarks at sent…
22-7793 Nedeltcho Vladimirov v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause covid-19-restrictions criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial less-restrictive-alternatives sixth-amendment speedy-trial witness-testimony Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is violated by requiring all trial witnesses to testify with masks that covered the majority o…
22-7788 Deandre J. Baskerville v. Tim McConahay, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Question #1: Was Petitioner's due process and equal protection of law rights to a fair trial under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution violate…
22-1177 Lindsay L. Lee v. New York New York 2023-06-05 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct mistrial retrial The unwarranted declaration of a mistrial deprived the petitioner of her constitutional rights to a fair trial. The lower courts must assure that a mi…
22-7672 Marcus D. Winston v. Nebraska Nebraska 2023-05-31 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct racial-rhetoric Whether the Nebraska Court of Appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by the United States …
22-7663 Aaron David Waldon v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-05-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission fair-trial horn-v-state prejudicial probative propensity-evidence sexual-assault trial-court-discretion I. THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY ALLOWING THE ADMISSION OF EVEIDENCE OF A RECORDING BELIEVED TO BE PETITIONER AND AN UNKNOWN MALE AS PROPEN…
22-7642 Julio Angel Torrez, Jr. v. California California 2023-05-25 Denied Relisted (3)IFP doyle-v-ohio due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidence-admission fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial people-v-medina right-to-silence sixth-amendment Question not identified.
22-7557 Germaine Coulter, Sr., aka Slim v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial hearsay-testimony juror-coercion jury-coercion jury-deliberation jury-deliberations prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. Whether Mr. Coulter's Sixth Amendment rights were violated by the fact that the jury deliberations became publically known on how the jury was divi…
22-7536 Mark D. Sievers v. Florida Florida 2023-05-12 Denied IFP closing-argument due-process fair-trial jury-instruction plea-agreement polygraph prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility At Petitioner's trial for the murder of his wife, the state prosecutor proceeded under a murder-for-hire theory that relied entirely on the testimony …
22-7496 Akkeli Frederick v. California California 2023-05-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment illegal-interrogation involuntary-confession ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination CjO-3 tv\ Qfo ae* c^LA.^'beA - PeA-iVt ©\ne.>r <^>V_a£> -VVua CLovav T-V-W? v'-e.N/xssi V(^. Vv^Ae\ACC Code SecA-ie>iA-i4-3L'20-'^ LOV\e^ VVv£. #\oUi…
22-7491 Orlando Ocasio v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony expert-witness fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-evidence trial-strategy As in Mr.Ocasio's case where there was no introduction of any defense whatsoever and the Monroe County Court, Western District Court, and the Second C…
22-7486 TyJuan Keith v. Illinois Illinois 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
22-7406 Shawn Henry v. Florida Florida 2023-04-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial false-evidence fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct state-action state-court-discrimination WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED SUBSTANTIAL EQUALITY AND FAIR PROCESS WHERE STATE COURT ARBITRARILY DISCRIMINATED BETWEEN PERSONS APPLYING FOR RELIEF IN…
22-7345 Ali F. Elmezayen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure domestic-abuse due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether, consistent with the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury, a district court may refuse to inform the venire during jury selection about …
22-7329 Robert Wayne Gillman v. Florida Florida 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest fair-trial fraud judicial-abuse-of-discretion judicial-discretion manifest-injustice prosecutorial-misconduct structural-defect 1. IS IT MANIFEST INJUSTICE WHEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT AND JUDICIAL ABUSE OF DISCRETION AND FRAUD DEPRIVES DEFENDANT OF A FAI…
22-7214 Miguel Angel Bacilio v. Texas Texas 2023-04-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment (a) Whether the trial court was legally convened and constitu ted with the provisions of the constitution and statute to remain a "Court of Competen…
22-7173 Marty Tarell Gaston v. North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial motion-for-appropriate-relief state-court state-laws 1. Did the North Carolina State Superior Court deny this Petitioner actual justice in the face of established State laws allowing the filing of a se…
22-7174 James R. Householder, Jr. v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP cross-examination due-process Fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment Impeachment Inconsistent-testimony ineffective-assistance Ineffective-counsel Sixth-Amendment witness-testimony 1. Was I deprived of my (14th) Fourteenth Amendment of due process of a fair trial, when I pleaded with my trial attorney and the Judge Meagan Bilik-D…
22-7187 Jody Lynn Ward v. South Carolina South Carolina 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment certiorari-denial due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct juror-bias juror-impartiality remmer-hearing 1. Was petitioner Prejudiced when the South Carolina Supreme denied his Writ of Certiorari on Oral arguments ,and in a violatio 11 of the 6th and 14th…
22-7155 Kalid Koron Ocean-Avent v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-errors fair-trial firearm firearm-possession jury reasonable-doubt I. Whether the Government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Ocean-Avent possessed a firearm. II. right to a fair trial.
22-7085 Rodolfo Godinez v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure-miranda due-process fair-trial gang-evidence gang-expert-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence media-exposure miranda-rights sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Appellant's Pre-Miranda Statements was obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona., 384 U.S. 436 (1966)? 2. Whether the prosecutor's …
22-7090 Frank Gallardo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-exclusion expert-testimony fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence speedy-trial I Mo/io/l for Jcojul tt<sL se -L^/^ /a/SuffideA &\)'ic/ertC& ~bo Gubsid tkce^Se to Jit/y. Xj (beard i To nKeUs TesiL /f\Ony Should sv&t bs^ (bets (sl…
22-7078 Rick Lee Searcy v. Central Intelligence Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 12b6-dismissal civil-rights due-process fair-trial federal-rules-evidence first-amendment judicial-bias judicial-misconduct motion-to-recuse recusal standing The petitioner did not receive a 'Fair and impartial 'proceeding which ultimately lead to 12 b (6) dismissal. Applying the 'de novo standard ' of revi…
22-7083 Rick Lee Searcy v. United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 12b-6-dismissal 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment judicial-bias judicial-misconduct motion-to-recuse standing The petitioner did not receive a 'Fair and impartial 'proceeding which ultimately lead to 12 b (6) dismissal. Applying the 'de novo standard ' of revi…
22-7000 Nickless Whitson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel ex-post-facto fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I- fj/l/l. UJHTrf^Aj Cd//r£/vX>5 '7'MA'T t/e /<l€C€i-v<~o 7A£Ff£errve. A5S7 s7AAC f o p CauAJsec Du/txbQ {~pzs 7^/to Afcode^cn&jci xA OJftecH Vep&z'…
22-6987 Dennis J. Brookshire v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel out-of-court-identification post-conviction-review WAS TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO MOVE TO SUPRESS THE OUT OF COURT IDENTIFICATIONS AND DID SUCH IDENTIFICATIONS DENY THE PETITIONER A FAIR …
22-6924 Gerald Drummond v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt-instruction state-courts structural-error trial-procedure IS THE PENNSYLVANIA COURTS INAPPROPRIATELY DENYING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS OF THE PETITIONER RIGHTS IN THEIR DENIAL OF RELIEF TO …
22-6870 Victor Rodriquez Kessel v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-issues fair-trial fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury-tampering language-barrier miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Did the unethical and arbitrary act/action of the US Attorney of passing out candy in the midst of the petitioner's trial to the empaneled jury com…
22-6821 James Mammone v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied IFP change-of-venue fair-trial habeas-corpus prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity rideau-v-louisiana sixth-amendment In determining whether to presume prejudice under Rideau and Skilling, are courts permitted to consider (1) the defendant's role in creating the pretr…
22-6801 DeSean Alexander Bruce v. Arizona Arizona 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-evidence due-process eyewitness-identification eyewitness-testimony fair-appeal fair-postconviction-proceedings fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness FIRST : Was Petitioner denied due process, a fair trial, a fair appeal, and fair post conviction proceedings, due to the following circumstances: 1. …
22-6747 Jimmy Wayne Guinard v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing vouching The jury, whern he has never had charges of that nature and was charged with drug offerses. violate petotioner's uis.c.lothand 14th Amendment rights t…
22-6753 Andrew Mark Lamar v. Colorado Colorado 2023-02-10 Denied IFP constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment juror-misconduct mistrial sixth-amendment On direct-collateral review: WHETHER PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL WAS VIOLATED DUE TO JUROR MISCONDUCT. U.S. CONST. AMENDS. VI, XI…
22-749 Andre Dow v. Nevada Nevada 2023-02-09 Denied 6th-amendment attorney-client-privilege counsel-of-choice due-process fair-trial first-amendment prejudice sixth-amendment us-v-gonzalez-lopez 1. Whether Mr. Dow's Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice was violated and prejudice should have been presumed by the lower court in light of th…
22-6711 Antonio Walton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 district-court due-process fair-trial national-emergency WHETHER MR. WALTON WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IN…
22-6670 Jimmy Ray Lacy, Jr. v. Chandler Cheeks Sixth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jailhouse-informant prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. Was Jimmy Ray Lacy Jr. denied a fair trial under the fourteenth amendment when a key state witness misled the jury as to the benefits received an…
22-6645 Kimberlee Szewczyk v. Florida Florida 2023-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does the standard for assessing ineffective assistance of counsel claims, announced in Strickland v. Washington, fail to protect the Sixth Amendment r…
22-6647 Randal T. Young v. Leon Hill, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-bad-acts (1) Was petitioner deprived of his Constitutional right to a fair trial when a statutorily prohibited specification was submitted to the jury with ins…
22-6642 Leihinahina Sullivan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-26 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment Question not identified.
22-6615 Robert Jim v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility evidence-presentation fair-trial improper-evidence reasonable-doubt sentencing trial-fairness I. Whether The Court Violated Jim's Constitutional Rights To Due Process & A Fair Trial By Allowing Improper Evidence & Preventing Him From Presenting…
22-6546 Arty Marcel v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-error fair-trial improper-amendment-of-bill-of-information ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense other-crimes-evidence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that Mr. Marcel was denied his right to a fair and impartial trial when the Court erred in allowing other crimes…
22-6550 Alla Zorikova v. Julie Pyle, et al. Nevada 2023-01-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-order dismissal-with-prejudice due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure recusal standing 1. Whether Alla Zorikova was denied her constitutional right to due process and fair trial in the court. 2. Whether the Court egregiously erred in fi…
22-6513 Jeremy Dale Bartram v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rule fair-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-discretion rule-404(b) uncharged-misconduct Does the prosecution's use of 'uncharged misconduct' under Rule 404(b) of the West Virginia Rules of Evidence strip a criminal defendant of the presum…
22-6437 Alan Singleton v. Tom Watson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial hearsay hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel Did counsel provide ineffective assistance? Did the prosecution's use of the word "uncontroverted" place the burden of proof on the defendant, thereb…
22-6404 Paul Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency constitutional-rights fair-trial indiana-v-edwards mental-illness pro-se-representation self-representation trial-competency 1. Whether a defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial impose s upon trial courts a duty of inquiry to determine whether a defendant is compete…
22-6393 Xavier Milton Earquhart v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-review mandate-rule motion-to-dismiss sixth-amendment standing subject-matter-jurisdiction If subject matter jurisdiction does not affirmatively appear in the record, is the judgement valid? Does the court have an obligation to determine wh…
22-6365 Ronald E. Cook v. Tom Watson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied IFP appeals constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial jurisdiction right-to-present-defense Question not identified.
22-6368 Christopher J. Cox v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fabricated-evidence fair-trial false-witnesses fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process state-circuit-court 1. Whether a defendant's procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment have been violated when he was denied his right to a fair trial …
22-6353 Furlonzo R. Moran v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial juror-disqualification jury-selection social-media-evidence trial-court-discretion Is it unconstitutional to disqualify a juror from service without just cause? Was Moran deprived of his right to be tried by the jurors selected to t…
22-6254 Aaron Michael Murray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartiality-standard judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal media-bias media-coverage recusal Whether numerous local and national media reports, which brought facts to light that have caused the public to question the district court's impartial…
22-515 Herbert Traver v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Did the prosecutor in the trial before the lower court engage in intentional misconduct by employing a known falsehood when questioning the Petitioner…
22-6224 Ali Shahrokhi v. Kizzy J. S. Burrow Nevada 2022-12-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-bias procedural-due-process recusal subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the trial judge's refusal to recuse himself from presiding over the 3-day bench trial—while being an adverse party litigating against Shahrokhi—vi…
22-6208 Jason Ross Gilley v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-12-02 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-standards fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. How long will the courts continue to allow the justice system to be abused, especially with such things as fact-trading, DA deals going on unobserv…
22-6183 James Bauhaus v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP brady-v-md brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial false-conviction habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review Does congress illegally nullify the Due Process amendment and the Fair Trial Guarantee of the Supreme Law of this Land by forcing innocent convictees …
22-6187 Demetrio Lifrieri v. James Stinson Second Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fair-trial fourth-amendment murder-prosecution police-search unlawful-evidence unlawful-search Was petitioner's right to a fair trial compromised by the admission of the "unlawfully obtained evidence" at his murder prosecution? 2. Was petitione…
22-6189 Jessie Jackson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process fair-trial hypoglycemia medical-condition mental-competence Should this Sonora Court's Opinion to affirm Judge Holt's dismissal of Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in a Criminal defov civil Cause, inconsistent, a…
22-6155 Ryan McGuire v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-trial cross-examination due-process fair-trial impeachment impeachment-evidence law-enforcement 1. Does a trial court's ruling excluding evidence at trial violate a criminal defendant's right to due process, including the rights to confront and e…
22-6136 Juan Martin Figueroa v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation compulsory-process due-process ethical-standards fair-trial habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether the Prosecutor Deprived Figueroa of Due Process, Compulsory Process, and a Fair Trial by Intentionally Misleading Defense Counsel?
22-6037 Spencer Jean v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process expert-witness fair-trial government-misconduct rule-16-disclosure sixth-amendment I. This Court should Grant certiorari review, Vacate the lower court's judgment, and Remand the case (GVR) based on the court of appeals error in affi…
22-5997 Tarence Kirkland v. New York New York 2022-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-verdict cross-examination due-process evidence fair-trial identification legal-sufficiency second-degree-offense weight-of-evidence 1. (Louv'V sP^eVna\ decision on Kocin(|ue'2_C.Xcie 'rv\-\^icMvorv) ArA SancAoVS. I (oSe c£pnoc Cr\'or ve5 > arA &c,\s on. CroSS-exannr n<3'bork) 9veso…
22-5974 Draco Aurum Rat v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-issues fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony 1) DID THE TRIAL A PROSECUTOR USED FALSE AND MISLEADING TESTIMONY, USED FALSE INFLAMMATORY QUESTIONS, AND SOLICITED FALSE TESTIMONY IN COMMITTING FUND…
22-5980 Arius Hopkins v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence grand-jury rule-404(b) trial-fairness Whether the admission of evidence of prior alleged conduct similar to the crime on trial and dismissed by a grand jury, which was noticed for one purp…
22-5931 Anthony Michael D'Amico v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial juror juror-observation sixth-amendment witness witness-arrest Whether a person's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial is violated when a juror witnesses a critical defense witness arrested outside the courtroom …
22-5916 Randy Lee Lassiter, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2022-10-26 Denied IFP brady-disclosure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial The Virginia Supreme court Erred br AFfirming the court oF Appeals Ruling Allowing Jaiihouse InFormant Ranvel Ramos to TestiFy at Trial Because the Co…
22-5917 In Re John David Stahlman 2022-10-26 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discovery discovery-rights due-process fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence habeas-corpus harmless-error 1.) DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT VIOLATE PETITIONER'S SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS; TO INCLUDE HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, HIS RIGHT TO DU…
22-5870 Rodney Marshall v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ninth-circuit sentencing 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by denying a certificate of appealability on the question of whether Mr. Marshall's right to be free from double je…
22-5863 Arlandis Shy v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment apprendi-v-new-jersey due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment jury-instruction probable-cause search-warrant sixth-amendment unreasonable-search I. Whether the district court clearly erred by failing to properly instruct the jury, in violation of the holding in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. …
22-5849 David Keith Wills v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process conflict-of-interest defense-witness dual-sovereignty due-process fair-trial federal-prosecutors perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-intimidation QUESTION ONE: THIS COURT HAS LONG HELD THAT FOR A JUDGE TO THREATEN A DEFENSE WITNESS WITH PERJURY IF HE TESTIFIES FOR THE DEFENSE VIOLATES THE DEFEND…
22-5839 Daniel Mason v. Colorado Colorado 2022-10-14 Denied IFP batson-challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Whether the Colorado Supreme erred in finding no Equal Protection violation when the prosecution impermissibly used race as a reason for the peremptor…
22-5733 Robert Brown, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial evidence fair-trial jury jury-bias perjury perjury-evidence rico rico-conspiracy sixth-amendment The Government here alleged the Seven Mile Bloods operated as an enterprise in Detroit, Michigan, in an area known as the "Red Zone." The Government a…
22-5735 Thomas A. Scott v. Lonnie Oliver, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-review manifest-injustice sixth-amendment 1. DOES THE JUDGEMENT OF SENTENCE REPRESENT A MAINIFEST INJUSTICE WARRANTING THE SUPERVISORY POWERS OF THIS HONORABLE COURT AS IT SHAKES SOCIETIES CON…
22-279 Norine Cave v. Suvidha Sachdeva, et al. Georgia 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment daubert daubert-standard directed-verdict discovery discovery-requirements due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment 1. Whether a litigant's fundamental right to a fair trial, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution,…
22-5550 Corey Bailey v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting confrontation-clause confrontation-rights fair-trial jury-impartiality racketeering-enterprise rico-conspiracy vicar-convictions warrant-exception I. A. Did the government prove beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of a racketeering enterprise, a necessary element for all of the charges, when …
22-5519 Kareem J. Stansbury v. Michael Courley, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-system fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus pro-se-defendant procedural-default sixth-amendment speedy-trial conviction and habeas corpus proceedings raises Kareem Stansbury's pressing issues of national importance; Whether, and to what extent the criminal ju…
22-5500 James R. LaPoint v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appellate-record constitutional-rights criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process fair-trial Hardy-v-United-States incomplete-record Mayer-v-City-of-Chicago sentencing-review 1. Do the State courts violate a defendant's 14th Amendment Right to due process and to a fair and complete direct appeal when they become aware of a …
22-5506 Kacey Lewis v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut 2022-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-discretion state-court-proceedings I. WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS' DEPRIVED OF HIS RIGHTS TO A FAIR ' TRIAL DURING HIS 2009 CRIMINAL TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE JUDICIAL'DISTRICT OF…
22-5431 Davante Turner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protections courtroom-closure due-process fair-trial government-agent public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error (1) Whether it is structural error and a violation of Petitioner's constitutional protections to a fair and public trial under the Sixth Amendment of …
22-5410 Claud R. Koerber v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-factors barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial government-misconduct issue-preclusion sixth-amendment speedy-trial statute-of-limitations 1) SIXTH AMENDMENT SPEEDY TRIAL: Did the Tenth Circuit fundamentally err in its application of Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 513, 531-36 (1972); when it a…
22-158 Jeremiah D. Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response Waived courtroom-conduct due-process fair-trial government-witness judicial-discretion judicial-procedure jury-consideration legal-standard witness-behavior Is a Government witness' inappropriate behavior in the courtroom gallery an improper consideration for a juror?
22-5402 Ronnie Jones v. Deanna Brookhart, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-error sentencing standing Question not identified.
22-132 Carlos Ruben Ruiz v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-08-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure demeanor-evidence due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions In a criminal trial, "[d]ue process means a jury capable and willing to decide the case solely on the evidence before it, and a trial judge ever watch…
22-5199 Israel Manuel Rios v. Texas Texas 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidence-rule-403 extraneous-offense extraneous-offenses fair-trial prejudicial-effect probative-value rule-403 sexual-misconduct QUESTION 1: Certiorari should be granted to determine whether the purpose of Rule 403 is to exclude relevant but substantially prejudicial evi dence, …
22-5164 Oscar Lenton, Sr. v. Warden, FCI Edgefield Fourth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confrontation-clause due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-misconduct habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment I. Whether ar noit the Agooals Court Tuliwg deprived patittonor oF his Tight under Braoly V. Maryland. Su pra.where tne Government had Violated is obl…
22-5150 Julio Cesar Gomez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-21 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense evidence-admissibility fair-trial inadmissible-evidence judicial-discretion preemptive-rebuttal The Second, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits require that before the government may introduce otherwise inadmissible evidence to rebut a c…
22-5123 Kevin Brazelton v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment courtroom-decorum due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment sixth-amendment stun-belt In your Petitioner's trial for aggravated robbery in the Criminal Court for Knox County, Tennessee, the trial court over defense objection refused to …
22-5131 Terry Gillard v. California California 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment witness-impeachment Whether the California court's refusal to allow a witness to be impeached with his federal bank robbery conviction violated petitioner's clearly estab…
22-5114 Jasmaine H. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2022-07-15 Denied IFP child-welfare civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process fair-trial family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights Did the Arizona Department of Child Safety violate Mother's Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process and deprive her of her fundamental right to pare…
22-5083 William Wellington Hooper, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sentencing 1. Were Mr. Hooper's cell phones seized in violation of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure? 2. Did the District Court…
21-8236 Edward Toliver v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers circuit-split criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fairness-doctrine plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines Are plea agreement appeal waivers that forfeit a criminal defendant's right to challenge errors in the district court's interpretation and application…
21-1584 Martin Louis Ballard v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response Waived drug-conspiracy due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mistrial murder-for-hire sixth-amendment Issue I: Is the right of Martin Ballard to due process of law under the Fifth Amendment and the right to a fair and impartial fact finder in his trial…
21-1581 Tong Park v. California California 2022-06-22 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment extrinsic-fraud fair-trial faretta-rights in-personam-jurisdiction prima-facie-guilt subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-error-coram-nobis 1) Although unpublished, because the Court of Appeal's opinion departed from a long line of well-established and published opinions of both this Court…
21-8176 Marice Nalls v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-06-17 Denied IFP aggravated-rape armed-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial prescribed-charge prescription simultaneous-trial (1) Whether Petitioner's Constitutional right to a fair trial on his charge of aggravated rape was violated when he was tried simultaneously for armed…
21-1504 Jason Wayne Carlile v. Texas Texas 2022-06-01 Denied Response Waived adversarial-testing criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. May a defense attorney completely fail to subject the State's case to adversarial testing during a trial, without thereby depriving a criminal defe…
21-7981 Jeffrey Ray Sundwall v. Florida Florida 2022-05-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartiality judicial-misconduct legal-ethics public-trust Contrary to Severener's errer, Grndaticol eer Or Harmless Preedureal Delbele can any Trdlted-wnreade be vali when browaht by Un credible Persons who a…
21-7927 Lamar Reese v. Richard Bowen, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied IFP citizenship-misrepresentation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence fair-trial plain-error polygraph polygraph-evidence X stipulated into a polygraph polygraph results S'housed Obv/ouS error and did not Comp /y Jurth Ohio e V ' dence Rule fOSL (c) . But th&re ouas no Ob…
21-1452 Matthew David Cwik v. Georgia Georgia 2022-05-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial military-testimony military-uniform victim-testimony witness-appearance Were Petitioner's due process and fair trial rights violated when the victim was allowed to testify in a military uniform?
21-7879 Stanley Cookston v. Florida Florida 2022-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial retrospective-determination trial-court trial-court-procedure The Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded this case for the trial court to determine whether it could conduct a hearing to determine Co…
21-7842 Tommy Dean Bullcoming v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment access-to-evidence constitutional-rights crime-scene-access criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-gathering fair-trial property-rights Does an accused in a criminal case have a constitutional right to access the crime scene, where it is private property not under government control --…
21-7827 Stephen Luis Haro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process evidence-rule fair-trial government-negligence material-witness sixth-amendment trial-court 1. Whether the trial court deprived Haro of his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when it admitted at trial the unconfronted, out-of-court testim…
21-1424 Marjana Hoti v. City of Warren, Michigan Michigan 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) due-process external-influence fair-trial judicial-ethics jury-misconduct jury-tampering prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure Is it an external influence-on the jury when the prosecutor and one of the sitting jurors had prior , secret contacts before the trial starts? Is it …
21-7757 Mark Stinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-provisions due-process fair-trial judicial-inquiry right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Whether a Judge inquire into the propriety of the issue? 2. Whether the mere possibility of a conflict of interest warrants the conclusion that th…
21-7749 Samba Sarr v. Brian Cook, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-29 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence kidnapping sexual-assault sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether Counsel for Defendant was ineffective as trial counsel for his failure to make proper objection. II. Whether, the evidence presented was i…
21-7732 Oji Konata Markham v. Vicki Janssen, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied IFP brady-violation court-of-appeals due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance prejudice probable-cause sixth-amendment warrantless-arrest 1. Whether the court of appeals properly assess prejudice when it considered the Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) violation ? a. Rulings below: T…
21-7667 Daniel Irving v. California California 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflicting-rulings constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial innocence-evidence judicial-discretion presumption-of-innocence publication-of-decisions unpublished-decisions Shouldn't it be illegal to suppress evidence? How can 2 court cases give conflicting rulings for the same evidence? How can evidence which says a pe…
21-7647 Lloyd Brice v. California California 2022-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process fair-trial first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial 1. Did the Supreme Court err in failing to rule that the denial of the Motion for New Trial due to trial counsel's conflict of interest violated Petit…
21-1339 Carlton Richard Nebergall v. Florida Florida 2022-04-08 Denied Response Waived closing-arguments covid-19 covid-19-context deliberation-pressure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-instruction jury-coercion Did the trial court violate Petitioner's constitutional right to a fair and impartial jury by creating a substantial risk that one or more jurors felt…
21-7572 Rebekah Rachell Shropshire v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial right-to-present-a-defense I would like to Know wohy am I incarcerated and denied reliet from the state of Texas for the violation of my Constitutional rights after cessive dela…
21-7566 Andrew James Johnston v. John Devries Seventh Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment Question not identified.
21-7540 In Re Rufus Paul Harris 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right fair-trial in-absentia pro-se-defendant pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel trial-court The question presented by this case has never been addressed to permit existing stand-by counsel to assume representation for an 'in absentia' pro-se …
21-7542 Carman Deck v. Paul Blair, Warden Missouri 2022-04-05 Denied IFP capital-sentencing constitutional-rights delay-in-sentencing due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness mitigation-evidence right-to-present-evidence sentencing-delay Betterman v. Montana, 578 U.S. 437, 448 (2016), noted there is a due process limitation upon inordinate delays between conviction and sentencing. What…
21-7506 Curtis Carr v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-31 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial fifth-amendment interrogation interrogation-techniques videotaped-evidence Does the admissibility of videotaped interrogations in which the interrogating officers inject their conclusions about the operator's guilt violate th…
21-7496 John O. Williams v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing TRIAL THERE PETITIONER HAD A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE THE JURY INSTRUCTED ON HIS THEORY OF DEFENSE THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE? 4) THE UNI…
21-7419 Gilberto Mulgado v. Florida Florida 2022-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-hearsay child-testimony constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cumulative-evidence custodial-offense due-process fair-trial hearsay sexual-battery Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional due process right to a fair trial is violated by the admission at trial of needlessly cumulative child h…
21-7370 Dante Leon Milon v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-counsel judicial-misconduct jury-misconduct mistrial recusal trial-errors witness-testimony I) If there is a critical discrepancy within the record Is die transcript complete? And a new trial; permitted? Pg 26 2. A witness allowed to give a…
21-7338 Chandler Saxton v. Georgia Georgia 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction cumulative-error due-process fair-trial judicial-review medical-issues procedural-error trial-court /}$ A TomiTv of cowimive emoR's nvciooim 16NOfeO /HCOlCrtc jssyfS. THf Cur>wL/>TJi€ EftfloR OocWui/6 S/TvS It UIUL REUERSE >» Gm/uiCTiort UHE/V W nG&…
21-7300 LeMaricus Davidson v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-03-08 Denied IFP actual-prejudice death-penalty fair-trial fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection post-conviction prejudice-presumption structural-error Should prejudice in an ineffective assistance of counsel case be presumed where the deficient performance of counsel resulted in a structural error co…
21-7289 Katrina Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-argument criminal-procedure fair-trial judicial-error motion-for-severance prejudice right-to-counsel severance standby-counsel I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED ERROR BY ORDERING THE DEFENDANT TO GO FORWARD WITH CLOSING ARGUMENT WITHOUT STANDBY COUNSEL LANDES BEING PRESE…
21-7263 Michael Halford v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-incrimination spousal-privilege Whether the denial of Petitioner's Spousal Privilege to exclude testimony at trial violated his rights against self-incrimination, due process, equal …
21-7225 Milton Lattimore v. Illinois Illinois 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial guilty-plea judicial-discretion mental-competency special-conditions trial-fitness Whether a person who is fit to stand trial only with special conditions is denied due process when the trial court accepts a guilty plea entered witho…
21-1094 Jacques Jean Kabongo v. Michigan Michigan 2022-02-07 Denied appellate-review batson-challenge due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection structural-error supreme-court-review I. WHETHER THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT APPLICATION OF BATSON WAS OBECTIVELY UNREASONABLE BY ACCEPTING CLEARLY ERRONEOUS FINDINGS AND DEFERRING TO TRIAL…
21-7048 Christopher Gerken v. Illinois Illinois 2022-02-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-procedure due-process emotional-display fair-trial free-press motion-in-limine prejudicial-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Was Christphe Gecens constituhina right to a Fair tral Wehhd wha a oro read 0 Pewspaper achek. contariog infeemadion thot wos barred From bung hearel …
21-7043 Ada Maria Benson v. Allstate Insurance Co. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-clause deprivation-of-rights due-process fair-trial interlocutory-decision procedural-due-process public-confidence standing Does justification exist by the United States District Court and the Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit to deny the petitioner the right of being heard an…
21-7040 Harshadkumar Nanjibhai Jadav v. J. Woodson, Warden Virginia 2022-02-01 Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure A. Does the prosecutor's deliberate use of a known false evidence—which is also an outside evidence—during closing argument violate the accused's Cons…
21-7025 Derrick Garrell Samuels v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-composition jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination sixth-amendment Should a writ of certiorari been granted to determine if Samuel's Fifth Amendment rights were violated when he was forced to proceed to trial as the o…
21-1035 Joshua Harris v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2022-01-24 Denied Response Waived brady-doctrine civil-procedure constitutional-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial in-limine tax-court 1. Whether the U.S Tax Court and the Second Circuit conflicts with the United States Constitution, Amendment 6 and the Fourteenth Amendment to a fair …
21-6930 Juan Rivera-George, aka Tio v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation cross-examination-limitation fair-trial hearsay-admission impartial-jury impeachment-evidence jury-bias jury-impartiality sentencing sentencing-disparity sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right 1. Whether Juan Rivera-George ("Juan") was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial by an impartial jury when the District Court failed t…
21-1004 Leon Cody, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, Trinity County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment injunctive-relief section-1983 state-law 1. Whether a State has an Eleventh Amendment right to arbitrarily enforce or not enforce a State Law having significant interest to federal Fourteenth…
21-993 Willard Anthony v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-01-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10) confrontation-clause confrontation-right due-process fair-trial harmless-error presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-testimony structural-error witness-credibility Whether the presumption of innocence, the right to confrontation, and the right to a fair trial permit a court to allow the grand jury prosecutor to t…
21-6757 Dimitar Petlechkov v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-review judicial-reviewability perjury sixth-amendment Question 1: Is judicial reviewability of a trial attorney's failure to impeach a key prosecution witness with regard to the most critical and material…
21-6742 Raudel Salgado-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility-of-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence-credibility fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions theory-of-defense Whether it violates an accused's right to a fundamentally fair trial to have a judge refuse a theory-of-defense jury instruction because the judge per…
21-6721 Tyrone Anderson v. Delaware Delaware 2021-12-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction standard-of-review trial-counsel Does it Constitute Ineffective Assistance of Counsel to Fail to object to a statement From the state's Chief Witness who claimed that a Non-Testifying…
21-6701 Nakyia D. Parker v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights constructive-possession criminal-evidence due-process fair-trial jury-instructions motion-to-suppress sentencing-error sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER PETITIONER-APPELLANT, PARKER WAS DENIED A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL DUE TO SEVERAL MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL AND DUE PROCESS RIGHT VIOLATIONS THAT I…
21-6651 Laqunn Gary v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights federal-issues federal-treaties ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief state-procedural-bar state-procedural-bars WHETHER MISS. CODE ANN. 99-39-21 WAS UNREASONABLY USED THE BAR TO PETITIONER'S FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF SEVERE IMPORTANCE THAT WHICH REVOLVES AROUND FEDE…
21-6612 Brian Cavitt v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-integrity due-process fair-trial forensic-evidence misleading-jury perjury quality-assurance trial-procedure 1) Where an incomplete dvi prflle allegedly fom @ Knife handle ,is frlsely ~ scremkfreally cmduded to be a'match' bo a vickins complete DNA profile, …
21-6522 Mithun Banerjee v. Bank of America, N.A. Maryland 2021-12-06 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fair-trial judicial-corruption judicial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-recusal recusal 1) Will the Justice be served by the US Supreme Court by providing a fair trial to Plaintiff where the Circuit Court Judges are Distance Cousin Brothe…
21-6490 Earl McCoy v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-02 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review crime-of-violence fair-trial hobbs-act impartial-jury juror-bias jury-impartiality mcdonough-standard new-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals erred in analyzing the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to trial by a fair and impartial jury by only applying the McDo…
21-6327 Frank Paul Ferrara v. Virginia Virginia 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission expert-testimony fair-trial free-exercise standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure 1. Should this matter been allowed to progress to a civil commitment trial since the Respondent incarcerated the Petitioner for exercising his Constit…
21-6307 Donald James Smith v. Florida Florida 2021-11-17 Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial penalty-phase prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment victim-impact Was petitioner's right to a fair "penalty phase" trial violated when the prosecutor told the jurors, during closing arguments in the guilt phase, that…
21-6236 L. B. Joseph v. Illinois Illinois 2021-11-10 Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief reasonable-doubt testimony WAS DEFENDANT GIVEN A FAIR TRIAL? WAS DEFENDANT FOUND CGUILTY BEYOND A RESONABLE DOUBT? WAS PERJURED TESTMONY GIVEN TO COVER UP THE TRUTH? WERE FAR…
21-6245 Robin Moore v. James David Green, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination 1. Whether the (Court's) failure to specifically find that the prosecution had made a preliminary showing of racial discrimination when denying a crim…
21-687 John Donnelly Sweeney, et al. v. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, et al. California 2021-11-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing agency-enforcement defendant-rights due-process enforcement-order fair-trial procedural-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct time-limit time-limitation John Sweeney personally repaired a low dirt levee surrounding a small island in a marsh. Two California agencies, after brief hearings, responded by i…
21-6164 Julia Lagunas-Hernandez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof cell-phone-search constitutional-rights defense-counsel fair-trial jury marital-communication marital-communications prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy 1. Whether the United States committed prosecutorial misconduct, depriving Petitioner of a fair trial when it shifted burden of proof by stating that …
21-6159 Michael Skinner v. Florida Florida 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP evidentiary-hearing fair-trial guilty-verdict impartial-jury juror-misconduct sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-violation 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial before an impartial jury would require an evidentiary hearing, following the disposition of a tri…
21-6149 Domingo Palma v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Are the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments violated by a trial court's refusal to grant a mistrial where a prosecution witness injects groundless, irrele…
21-6114 Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Florida Florida 2021-11-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment racial-discrimination standing systematic-exclusion Question not identified.
21-6065 Michael Belcher v. Alabama Alabama 2021-10-26 Denied IFP capital-murder due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment post-mortem-photographs prejudice-analysis prejudicial-evidence In a capital case, does the admission, without an analysis of the risk of prejudice, of over 40 gruesome photographs of the victim's body, depicting p…
21-6042 Marques Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-hour criminal-procedure discovery discovery-review due-process fair-trial sixth-amendment trial-preparation (1) Does the District of South Dakota's Standing Order 16-04, which prohibits a defendant from independent review their discovery, deny defendants of …
21-6041 Eric Benson Skeens v. Indiana Indiana 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-procedure witness-testimony 4VvC <2'V(^)r€. \V<> tf/jervfs 4o 4wnf>er (Xf\d ui'iAWnold £vi<4e/\ce. AivoroWe. 4o 4Wfl. LJVie-VWr line stafe Coor-V^ erreA i^n^n. Suppress VV.4 '\V\…
21-6033 Larry Gene Francis v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-20 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial material-facts parole-violation state-misconduct testimony 1) An administrative parole violation hearing? 2) Is it violation of Due Process of Law, when the "preponderance of testimony as to all material fact…
21-5986 Kathleen C. Hampton v. PROF-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee Virginia 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-law property-rights summary-judgment unlawful-detainer Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia's Opinion that "there is no reversible error in the judgment complained of" in the Loudoun County Circuit Court'…
21-5889 Anibal Alejandro Hernandez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied IFP closing-argument courtroom-security criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudicial-statements shackling trial-shackling Was Petitioner denied the effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to object to Petitioner being ordered by the trial court to be…
21-5923 Deonte Kinwan McCoy v. Michigan Michigan 2021-10-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance judicial-fact-finding jury-selection reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Was the Evidence Insufficient to convict Mr. McCoy of each offense. Should this court should reverse his convictions pursuant to federal and state con…
21-5925 Denworth Davidson v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. Whether, as a threshold matter, Petitioner has shown that his federal constitutional right to a fair trial and due process was violated by the pros…
21-5918 Susan Lloyd v. Joshua Thornsbery, et al. Ohio 2021-10-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional constitutional-violation due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct jury jury-integrity oath-of-office state-judges 1. Are retired state judges constitutional? 2. Is a litigant given a fair trail by jury when judge has no oath of office, irrelevant facts are focuse…
21-5890 Christopher W. Terrell v. Arkansas Arkansas 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction due-process fair-trial impartiality jury-impartiality jury-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-fairness 1. Is a criminal conviction unconstitutional and in violation of Due Process when a jury does not remain impartial on the question of guilt for the cr…
21-5884 Carina Conerly v. Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion moot recusal standing 1. WHETHER, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Abused its discretion, erred and Deprived Petitioners of To A Fair and Just Trial/RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS …
21-5868 Ryan Russell Parks, aka Dinero v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment constitutional-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief variance Question not identified.
21-5862 Micah Lamb v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-04 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-on-the-court government-corruption ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct standing I. WHETHER U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN AND THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, HEREIN RULED FALSEHOODS AND "FRAUD ON THE COURT" WHICH CREA…
21-5851 Daniel Bryan Kelly, Jr. v. California California 2021-10-04 Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial gang-related-crime ineffective-counsel trial-rights witness • WM UaSn4 x allowed 4o -fixce. mw accuser or cross- examine. Won a\ final ? * WhW cJoulclo4 /AW A\4omeV5/ MarK S-taPlefioo . Trai/i S S4roud and Ste…
21-5803 Joseph Wayne Attaway, II v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-gang due-process fair-trial inflammatory-inference law-enforcement prejudice street-gangs witness-testimony Whether Petitioner was denied his due process right to a fair trial when the background testimony of multiple law enforcement witnesses about their an…
21-5770 Arthur Perrault v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 403-balancing-test due-process fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence jury-unanimity sexual-misconduct I. Does the uncertainty engendered by the lack of uniform application of Federal Rules of Evidence 413/414 and the 403 balancing test permit district …
21-5737 Elizabeth Maya v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Florida 2021-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equity equity-principle fair-trial legal-proceedings takings These case is of great public importance raise the question whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United State Constitution has been igno…
21-5711 Irving Alexander Ramirez v. California California 2021-09-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-conduct courtroom-decorum due-process fair-trial jury-influence public-passion spectator-displays Whether as a rule, to keep the courtroom free from improper influences on the jury, spectator displays relevant to the case such as uniforms, buttons,…
21-5689 Harold V. Hoskins v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL AS MEANT BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT AND DID THE ACTIONS OF "ALL" COUNSE…
21-5668 Freddy Angel Trujillo v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang-evidence joinder joinder-of-charges prejudicial-evidence summary-reversal Trujillo's trial was rendered fundamentally unfair due to the joint trial of unrelated charges and the admission of highly prejudicial gang evidence r…
21-5575 Frederick Arayatanon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-rights district-court due-process evidence evidentiary-admission fair-trial jail-telephone-calls presumption-of-innocence Do-es —t-he—admirs's!on of "jail telephone calls by the District Court during defendant's trial undermine defendant's presumption of innocence?
21-5576 Victor Shawn Brown v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility cX w^pce^tr ^'o'T ^osiLOjVocs Vo VcV^ uOrWss.es WvocV -Wey CcecVWA'vVy ,t tUe^ cxWciC VW. ccecSvWvVtVv peVVicvv^r's t^VWvesses Vy cxAAI vnc^ -W-e*^ …
21-5577 Terry Darnell Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split cumulative-error cumulative-error-doctrine fair-trial federal-habeas-corpus fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Does the cumulative error doctrine in the context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim apply whereby individual errors, insufficient to ne…
21-5555 Ross Allen Hartwell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdictional-limits jury legal-interpretation sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court Sanction vs. Washington delete US 068 (4284) lower Courts to present defense atheists to Violate co defendants Cig to a fair an…
21-5556 Bret Davis v. Illinois Illinois 2021-09-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-bias media-influence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment unbiased-jury Were my Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to a fair trial by an unbiased jury and due process of the law violated by the Prosecuting State'…
21-5539 James Takchuan Woo v. Colorado Colorado 2021-08-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rights continuance-request discovery-violation discovery-violations effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial harmless-error right-against-unlawful-search unlawful-search video-surveillance Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals erred in concluding that Woo's Constitutional rights to effective assistance of counsel and a fair trial were no…
21-5542 Camilo Jose Arango Latorre v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2021-08-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rule discriminatory-act due-process fair-trial perjured-testimony reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. Certiorari requesting revision of the Honorable Supreme Court of Puerto Rico of January 12, 2021. Declaring there has been no such motion in retria…
21-5517 Lonzie Wayne McQuirter v. Michigan Michigan 2021-08-30 Dismissed IFP 44th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process evidence-preservation fair-trial fourteenth-amendment innocence miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment I. WHETHER PETITIONER'S CLAIMS SHOULD BE HEARD ON THE MERITS UNDER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO A…
21-5439 Michael Geoffrey Peters v. Bobby Lumpkin. Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP brady-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jury-selection trial-procedure 1. Whether or not I am guilty on Count No.l of the indictment? 2. Whether or not I am guilty of Count No.3 of the indictment? 3. Whether of not the …
21-5278 Kevin T. Heard v. Illinois Illinois 2021-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-testimony fair-trial sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Question not identified.
21-5273 Jerry L. Wheeler v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-notice trial-counsel witness-testimony 1. Whether titled CFf^iwc, t9<JJiS^wc6 OF Counsel*, UjKefJ Trial CauffSgL. FaU<uH To Qh<tripi£jT t Call H) Testify fTk& 2-3 gyz* uj )+cJ£6<} bJKo Sl*f…
21-5257 Jermaine Latwone Haynes v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial ineffective-assistance self-defense sentencing-mitigation Was Petitioner Denied His Constitutional Right To The Effective Assistance Of Counsel and A Fair Trial Proceeding, Pursuant To U.S. Const., Amends Vi,…
21-5253 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation I ENTER THIS COURT WITH "CLEAN HAND" AS A HONORABLY DISCHARGED QUALIFIED SUBMARINER, WHO POSSESSED A QUALIFIED SUBMARINE INSIGNIA. (THIS MILITARY AWAR…
21-5247 Wallace Hammerle v. Dylon Radtke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel innocence judicial-review venue-change 1. why did the Eastern District Court and Seventh Circuit Court . overlook and deny my appeal on DNA testing that I have a Constitutional right to, t…
21-5225 Raymond Lumsden v. Texas Texas 2021-07-27 Denied IFP ake-v-oklahoma dna-evidence dna-expert due-process expert-witness-fees fair-trial indigent-funds ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Did the trial court deny Petitioner a fair trial by refusing indigent funds for a DNA expert to assist the defense and testify at trial under Ake…
21-5198 Dustin Trevino Lawrence v. Ohio Ohio 2021-07-27 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-judge judicial-bias manifest-weight manifest-weight-of-evidence proportionate-sentencing reasonable-doubt sentencing 1. When a judge openly admits bias against an appellant in which he was not only the trial judge but also the sentencing, shouldn't the remedy afforde…
21-5208 Samuel W. Wani v. George Fox University, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion causation discovery discovery-violation expert-testimony fair-trial insurance-policy medical-malpractice medical-records standard-of-care 1) Wani's failure to provide expert testimony regarding the standard of care and causation. I did provide expert testimony regarding the standard of c…
21-5117 Christopher Allan Allred v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial jurisdiction jury-selection standing 1o Does the U.s. Constitution allov for Grand Juries in state Criminal cases? 2. Per the Hurtao v. California ruling, can states, if they so choose, …
21-5050 Kristopher Love v. Texas Texas 2021-07-09 Denied Relisted (12)IFP court-of-criminal-appeals death-penalty due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection racial-bias sixth-amendment I. Whether Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals, the only court of last resort reviewing direct appeals in death penalty cases has decided an important fe…
21-5037 Derrick Vaughn v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial in-court-identification prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Should the Court grant certiorari to determine whether improper in-court identifications performed at the behest of the prosecution deprived Petitione…
21-5036 Mark McCune v. PHH Mortgage Corporation, et al. Arizona 2021-07-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial property-rights standing Did the Arizona courts make a correct decision denying a Stay and injunction when there is no loan on 2131 n Frannea , and denying my constitutional r…
21-20 Jack Albert Chappell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response Waived brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-disclosure evidence-handling fair-trial government-witness prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), does prosecutorial misconduct and mishandling of evidence constitute a Brady violation when the Governmen…
21-5026 Kevin L. Martin v. Ashlynn Ledford Seventh Circuit 2021-07-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-8435 Vladimir Eugene v. Florida Florida 2021-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment hearsay ineffective-assistance non-hearsay-purpose I. WHETHER OTHERWISE INADMISSIBLE NONTESTIMONIAL HEARSAY, WHICH FALLS WITHIN NO STATUTORY HEARSAY EXCEPTION, ADMITTED FOR NON-HEARSAY PURPOSE AND THER…
20-8421 Braulio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 911-call armed-career-criminal body-camera body-camera-footage constitutional-rights'\n'Issue 4 criminal-history criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 2 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 3 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 4 enhancement evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment firearm fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statements statutory-interpretation witness witness-testimony 1. Whether Mr. Perez's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when his motion to suppress the firearm was denied? 2. Whether Mr. Perez's Fifth Amendme…
20-8430 Samuel Gayden v. Illinois Illinois 2021-06-24 Denied IFP chain-of-custody criminal-procedure dna-evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lay-opinion prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure witness-identification I Whether the State misused DNA evidence to link Petitioner to the weapon used in the offense, and to alleged threatening letters sent from the Cook C…
20-1777 Willard Hall v. Edward Bickham, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied 6th-amendment community-representation due-process effective-assistance fair-cross-section fair-trial fifth-circuit impartial-jury jury-composition probable-cause (1) Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana properly concluded…
20-8331 Charlene Walker Rosa v. Michael J. Satz, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-17 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP attorney-client-confidentiality civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
20-8314 Timothy Brewer v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability child-psychology constitutional-rights evidence fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in refusing to grant petitioner a COA to appeal from a judgment of the District Co…
20-8244 Abdul S. Aziz v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19-impact due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel perjured-testimony plea-negotiations police-misconduct pro-se-brief 1) Was error Committed by the Appellate Division when it neglected to consider Appellant 's Pro- Se Supplemental Brief, or to file said brief conside…
20-8227 Trevor Anderson v. Lynn Lilley, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial implicit-bias prosecutorial-misconduct summation visual-presentation 1. Can a prosecutor's display of a visual presentation during summation activate implicit biases, and if so, does the activation of those biases depri…
20-1681 Shelton Barnes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied Response Waived criminal-intent due-process fair-trial fifth-circuit medicare-billing obstruction obstruction-statute rule-of-lenity sufficiency-of-evidence (1) Does the Panel Decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, rendered October 28, 2020 (979 F.3d 283 (5th Cir. 2020), WL 6…
20-1669 Robert Gene Will, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Relisted (2) discovery fair-trial federal-habeas federal-law gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus judicial-procedure merits procedural-default rule-60(b) 1. In the federal habeas context, Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524 (2005), held that a post-judgment motion for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Pro…
20-8178 Heena Shim-Larkin v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-455 due-process equal-protection fair-trial good-faith-standard judicial-bias judicial-recusal mandamus-appeal objective-standard pro-se-litigant recusal 1. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal's criticism regarding the infamous Chicago 7 trial includes that "in comparable situations, the judge likely to…
20-8168 Ross Colby v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial juror-sympathy jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the statements of a prosecutor invoking juror sympathy and telling the jury that it has a duty to convict violate the defendant's Sixth Amendm…
20-8099 Joseph Reinwand v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment testimonial-statements 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Failed to Apply the Law on Deceased out-of-court testimonial Statements by a Non-testifying Witness. T…
20-8095 Pasqual Lozano v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied IFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit petition-for-review prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Question not identified.
20-8088 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Minnesota Minnesota 2021-05-20 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance post-conviction prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-v-washington QUESTION ONE: WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN THE DENIAL OF APPELLANTS MOTION TO VACATE THE JUNE 15, 2018, NOVEMBER 29, 2018, AND FEBRUARY 05, 2019…
20-8086 Jack E. Allen v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-05-20 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exoneration fair-trial false-imprisonment federal-crimes fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment wrongful-conviction I) DOES THE PETITIONER DESERVE ANOTHER TRIAL BASED UPON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS? 2) DOES THE PETITIONER CLAIM HIS TOTAL INNOCENCE BASED UPON…
20-8054 Joseph Reinwand v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Failed to apply the Law Deceased out-of-court testimonial Statements by a Non-testifying Witness. Ther…
20-1585 Donnahue George v. William Snyder, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial government-agency illegal-seizure pro-se-litigation property-rights standing 1. Are Pro se litigants entitled to the same interpretation and protections of the law when the opposing party is a government agency as litigants rep…
20-8000 Natalie Marie Keepers v. Virginia Virginia 2021-05-12 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury interrogation-tactics jury-selection miranda-warnings peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment 1. Whether a trial court's refusal to remove a potential juror who admits she cannot be certain she can be fair violates the Sixth Amendment guarantee…
20-7992 Noah Drake Primeaux v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions non-unanimous-jury prosecutorial-misconduct ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that the holding in Ramos v. Louisiana would apply to persons on Direct Appeal concerning the non-unanlmous jury…
20-7971 Derek A. Rivera v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure directed-verdict due-process expert-testimony fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions murder-conviction sufficiency-of-evidence RIVERA WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY OTHER-ACTS EVIDENCE THAT HAD NO PROPER PURPOSE AND THUS ENCOURAGED THE JURY TO CONVICT HIM ON AN IMPROPER CHARACTER-…
20-7930 Oscar Smith v. Tennessee Tennessee 2021-05-05 Denied IFP death-penalty death-sentence due-process fair-trial fundamental-rights juror-bias juror-misconduct procedural-rules state-court-proceedings Whether a state court violates the federal due process rights of a death sentenced prisoner who has asserted a colorable claim of juror bias and/or mi…
20-1543 Adam P. McNiece v. Town of Yankeetown, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response Waived bill-of-attainder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment municipal-law notice redress-of-grievances self-representation statutory-reference 1. Can a violation of law or code be charged and tried without any statutory reference of code chapter and section indicated? 2. Will a trial be fa…
20-7901 Chalin Merrihew v. Florida Florida 2021-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation "fiuip cOV'£- vv \a&* €^eryBvv^ Ivovaj kfS wC+Mr^w- 1 akes 4WW Av ,-eUW A® '^ v3 cWr^-fW kfs \(A4k ' " v— X ^7' y~cuc w\ S^zUACe^ 4® t>£> XuC)Aern'eA …
20-7893 Anthony Edward Bridget v. California California 2021-04-29 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy D.N.A EVidENCE; is it fAiR ANEWly DISCOVEREd fOR thE diStRit AtHORNEY's D-N.A ExpERT (WhO hAPPEN tO WORK fOR thE ORANgE CONTy CRIME LAb) to conduct A …
20-7882 Taurean Potter v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Government's use of and failure to correct the false and misleading testimony of one of their witnesses violated Petitioner's Constitution…
20-7865 Terry Lee Froman v. Ohio Ohio 2021-04-27 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-duty death-penalty fair-trial jury-selection racial-bias structural-error voir-dire 1) Does trial counsel have an obligation to conduct a meaningful and comprehensive voir dire as it relates to racial bias, explicit or implicit, of ju…
20-7840 Thomas Robert Lane v. Alabama Alabama 2021-04-26 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony fair-trial reliable-conviction reliable-sentence In a capital case, does the admission of expert testimony from a witness regarding a subject outside his area of expertise violate a defendant's Fifth…
20-7806 Zacharias Christopher Lee v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights discovery-manipulation due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury sentencing sixth-amendment 1. THE FOURTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION FINDING REASONABLENESS IN THE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY THE DISTRICT COURT IS CONTRARY TO THE FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS C…
20-1465 Chang Wang, et al. v. Terilyn Carter-Garrett, et al. California 2021-04-20 Denied civil-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias Whether the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution were violated to deny Petitioners a fair tria…
20-7768 Byron L. Hagans v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment Does it violate a defendant's Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights to be present at trial when he is not informed of the consti…
20-7758 Benjamin E. Vance v. Frank B. Bishop, Jr., Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP batson-challenge constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination Did the lower courts violate Petitioner's Constitutional rights under the 14 Amendment to Due Process, Equal Protection clause, and U.S. Amendment VI;…
20-7767 Zonta Tavarus Ellison v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights due-process enactment-of-2255 fair-trial resentencing ThIS CASE pRESENMPRtANt NATONWI SUESCONCERNiNg WhAtCONSESA UNDER 28 U.S. C.$2AS5. THEQUESTION, Of WhAT CONSTiTUTES "FUNCAMENTAL FAiRNESS" hAS GONE UN…
20-7735 DeAndre Harris v. Michigan Michigan 2021-04-14 Denied IFP advocacy-appearance constitutional-challenge due-process evidentiary-breach evidentiary-issues fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias judicial-impartiality prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion I. Did the trial court's questioning of multiple witnesses that essentially advocated strengthen the prosecution's and pierce the veil of Case judicia…
20-7755 Wilbert James Veasey, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-regulations constitutional-rights due-process evidence fact-finding fair-trial judicial-proceedings jury-instructions sixth-amendment (1) Did District court's Jury instruction impermissibly impair and redirect the jury's considerations of the evidence by adding word from Civil Regula…
20-7746 Miguel Angel Mendoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process fair-trial mens-rea sentencing 1. Whether 21 U.S.C. § 960, which carries a ten-year mandatory-minimum sentence for "knowingly" importing a controlled substance if that substance is …
20-7713 Anthony Keenan Sharp v. Lawrence Long, Judge, Second Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence fair-trial freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-misconduct unlawful-search-and-seizure ntain within PlaInTiFE Request Fon Admission ano H qIntIFE FiNST REGUEST FOR PRodUCtIOn OF Documents LocedUReS aS FoUnd UndeR SDCLS3 19-19-4O/ET SEG.G…
20-7702 Covia Dzell Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-errors fair-trial fourth-circuit-review ineffective-assistance right-to-present-defense sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Whether trial counsel's ineffective assistance deprived Mr. Smith of the right to offer evidence in his defense. II. Whether the district court's …
20-7669 Moses Jackson v. Alabama Alabama 2021-04-06 Denied IFP alabama-supreme-court due-process fair-trial innocence newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment 1. DID THE ALABAMA CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEALS ISSUE A "BLANKED JUDGEMENT" COVERING UP A CRIME COMMITTED BY PRESIDING JUDGE, MARY B. WINDOM OF THE ALABA…
20-7653 Jeffrey Denton v. John Davids, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence procedural-gateway prosecutorial-misconduct trial-confidence Whether it can be presumed given the facts underlined in Schlup v Delo 513 US 298; 115 SC 851 (1995), Holland v Florida 560 US 631; 130 SC 2549 (2010)…
20-7647 Gerti Muho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-justice-system evidentiary-admissibility fair-trial fifth-amendment financial-disability pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment witness-subpoena Because the deprivation of essential, singular witness testimony supporting an indigent defendant's theory of defense violates the right to compulsory…
20-7638 Cesar Gomez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied IFP constitutional-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial grand-jury harmless-error indictment-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct 1) In adopting the 12th Court of Appeals opinion, who used the State's 'harm analysis'' standard, did the U . S . Dis t. Court apply the harmless- err…
20-7582 Lonzell Green v. California California 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-review fourteenth-amendment procedural-challenge standing state-court writ-of-certiorari (1) pzp iTt<r-ST&rg C.omii _t^s) VX£'la-tit PfTOXoMT«- Due - f>flj>t£ss Pro)recrreo (Lz&tt-TCi.) Lt LjVpwUy'6LV PlTnj'u/LLT) Tcir^bjv'v ( de Ur gjJ/u-…
20-7564 Emem Ufot Udoh v. United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief recantation witness-recantation Whether Honorable District Judge Paul A. Magnuson Failed To Consider Petitioner's Habeas Claim Titled Or Styled As: Ground Four - Argued as Ground Tw…
20-1347 Selvin Eduardo Zecena-Valdez v. Nevada Nevada 2021-03-25 Denied confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial prior-bad-acts reverse-404(b) sexual-assault Whether the Supreme Court of Nevada's interpretation and application of Nevada Revised Statute ("NRS") 48.045(2) deprived Mr. Zecena of his right to a…
20-1308 Roger D. White v. Super Gasoline, Inc., et al. Virginia 2021-03-19 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection racial-discrimination voir-dire Where the trial court engages in tainting a jury (especially during voir dire) making it clearly pro-defense by punishing pro-plaintiff potential juro…
20-7514 Aimee Johnson v. St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias child-welfare civil-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-allegations ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias parental-rights recusal Can a judge preside over a case when he or she is biased? Or when they are friends with the parties involved? Can a person have a fair trial when they…
20-7462 Anthony Kirkland v. Ohio Ohio 2021-03-17 Denied IFP capital-defendant death-penalty fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment I. Are a capital defendant's rights to a fair trial by an impartial jury, as guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments, denied when on…
20-7325 Eric Todd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cross-examination disclosure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment government-misconduct witness-testimony Did the timing and method of the Government's disclosure violate Todd's Fifth Amendment to right to a fair trial, by preventing Todd from finding and …
20-7273 Patrick Roger Brigaudin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment iOhLtbtr flu pr&seci&.t'ofa thctcjfd to cl, dtftndanf that- he lO&tL'ld. rectrVe. h'-ft 5-cofence (f ht d:d not accept cl p{tQ_ tf-f fer cLto (td. h<…
20-7270 Keith D. Barmore v. Sonja Nicklaus, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-manslaughter jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct Whether Petitioner was deprived of his due-process of law, and a fair trial, where the trial court never orally read the jury instructions to the jury…
20-7251 Eric Lyle Williams v. Texas Texas 2021-02-25 Denied Amici (1)IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fair-trial prosecutor-bias prosecutorial-misconduct recusal structural-error (1) Does the participation of a conflicted and recused prosecutor in a death penalty trial violate due process? (2) Does the undisclosed participatio…
20-7249 Derrick Miles v. Illinois Illinois 2021-02-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-appeal due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure witness-identification 1). Whether the State of Illinois Appellate Court ruling denying petitioner's claim, where his murder conviction must be reversed, where his convictio…
20-7240 Joseph A. Hollahan v. Illinois Illinois 2021-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights courtroom-privacy due-process evidence-examination fair-trial jury-deliberations jury-room non-juror-presence public-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Does the right to private and secret jury deliberations apply only in the jury room?
20-1164 Donald E. Boyd v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process fair-trial fair-trial-rights involuntary-medication psychotropic-drugs right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment xanax-dosage 1. Whether the State of New Jersey's administration of unreasonably high doses of the controlled psychotropic drug Xanax (i.e., dosages four times the…
20-7203 Chiron Sharrol Francis v. Texas Texas 2021-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-clause crane-v-kentucky crime-scene-evidence due-process evidence-authentication evidence-preservation fair-trial right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment 1. The police violate State criminal law, Federal and State regulations, and their own procedures and policies in disposing of and failing to preserve…
20-7139 Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado Colorado 2021-02-12 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel substitute-counsel 1. Whether the Appellate Court abused its discretion in denying Mr. Anderson's request for the appointment of substitute Counsel since defense Counsel…
20-7080 Jimmy Lloyd Alexander v. California California 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-seizure fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
20-7066 William Echols v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP allied-offenses case-joinder confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence-sufficiency fair-trial joinder trial-fairness WHETHER ECHOLS WAS DENIED A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL DUE TO SEVERAL MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL AND DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS THAT INCLUDED AN IMPROPER JOINER O…
20-7059 Glen Thomas Dotson v. Dewayne Hendrix, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment grand-jury prosecutorial-misconduct right-against-self-incrimination witness-testimony Was the petitioner deprived of a fair trial when the only Government witness to incriminate him lied to the jury that the defendant appeared before th…
20-7054 Paul E. Weber v. Amy Arnott Quinlan, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-U.S.C-§1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief postconviction-remedy section-1983 state-action Is the refusal of state officials to afford a defendant existing postconviction remedies actionable under 42 U.S.C. §1983? Is 42 U.S.C. §1983 the pro…
20-7031 Jose Diaz, aka Cano v. United States Second Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial juror-deliberations juror-misconduct jury jury-instructions jury-misconduct trial-court-inquiry trial-procedure Should this Court, in order to safeguard a defendant's rights to due process and a fair and impartial jury, clarify the extent to which a trial court …
20-6981 Phillip Jay Walter, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment appellate-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-appeal pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment venue 1) Is an Appellate Court duty bound to ensure that an appellant —Represented or Pro Se—is afforded a full, fair, & meaningful appeal, to inlcude: Ini…
20-6952 In Re Russell Adam Pelletier 2021-01-26 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-fraud prosecutorial-misconduct standing 1) Does the exceptional circumstances within ihis Writ reach the level required tor Court to use Its discretionary powers ? 2) Does ignorance of the …
20-992 John Vigna v. Maryland Maryland 2021-01-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process fair-trial harmless-error In this criminal case, the Maryland court, in a trial for sexual abuse of a child, excluded evidence of the petitioner's character trait of appropriat…
20-6896 Phillip A. Benjamin v. Florida Florida 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection sixth-amendment witness-testimony 1. Did the Trial Court err when limiting the testimonies of the defense witness from testifying of vital information, therefore, hindering the Defenda…
20-6892 Vashaun Williams v. Illinois Illinois 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment compelled-testimony constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions self-incrimination sixth-amendment 4he U^e^lc'i^erAfeasor 4o Calf D^Pe^SC. a [/lo/aJ't'ojO o\ b&fh A" Q/^A /VA^ejuAbeAs Pcl coi-f-yjsSS Cr -jP23) |a)\\hoiA XoooL/Ap -Me u)eplAby -fhe. …
20-6890 Chong Leng Lee v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-01-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-rights brady-violation court-reporter-act criminal-procedure dismissal due-process evidence-destruction fair-trial transcripts 1. IS DISMISSAL AVAILABLE TO REMEDY A BRADY VIOLATION AND ALSO DID CHONG ESTABLISH A BRADY VIOLATION THAT WARRANTS DISMISSAL? 2. DOES A YOUNGBLOOD VI…
20-6871 Angnem Green v. New York New York 2021-01-13 Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Petitioner an African-American man, was tried for the crime of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, namely cocaine. During the prosecutor's closin…
20-6844 Jose Angel Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay rule-of-completeness video-evidence Is a Defendant denied a Fair Trial when a District Court Finds that additional video evidence is admissible under the Rule of Completeness to prevent …
20-6843 Cedryck Davis v. Illinois Illinois 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial identity identity-evidence other-crimes-evidence reasonable-doubt witness-testimony Whether Cedryck Davis's convictions for the attempt murder of Naja and Shawn Harringon should be reversed because the prosecution failed to sustain it…
20-6796 Simon A. Sanchez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure deadly-weapon due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions Whether Trial Counsel failure to object a factual withholding with Guilty modifications in two (Pharenteticals) of Jury instructions, prevented Juror'…
20-6654 Gabino Romero v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment chain-of-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-rulings fair-trial jury-instructions prejudice search-and-seizure standing Whether the District Court of the United States was warranted in dismissing and converting research prior to bench hearing. Whether the District Cour…
20-6624 Aaron Michael Aguilera v. California California 2020-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-rights due-process fair-trial harmless-error jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence right-to-testify structural-error 1. Consistent with a criminal defendant's fundamental right to testify in his or her own defense — as well as the right to present a complete defense,…
20-6597 John Aguilar v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial guilt ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony I. Is a Defendant denied the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and ultimately a fundamentally fair trial as guaranteed by the Un…
20-6554 Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-anonymity jury-selection presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment (1) whether cloaking jurors in anonymity impermissibly impairs the presumption of innocence and the right of the accused to an impartial jury and (2) …
20-6530 Jamel Mobley v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-preservation appellate-process constitutional-ineffectiveness fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-trial-standard right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel 1. Whether trial counsel can be constitutionally ineffective under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) for failing to preserve an issue for …
20-6514 Jimmy Ray Weatherholt, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2020-12-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process fair-trial judicial-conduct recusal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel The Sixth Amendment provides that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to have the assistance of counsel for his d…
20-6438 Hector D. Molina v. Robert W. Fox, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-liability due-process fair-trial gang-conspiracy habeas-corpus natural-and-probable-consequences premeditated-murder Whether conviction for premeditated murder committed by others while the defendant was incarcerated based on the natural and probable consequences of …
20-6367 Kissinger St. Fleur v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied IFP appellate-review buyer-seller-transaction cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions Did the district court and the Eleventh Circuit deny Mr. St. Fleur a fair trial when it failed to give buyer-seller instructions to the jury?
20-6339 George B. Larsen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied IFP bad-faith-defense bank-fraud due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment Where a United States district court's bank-fraud jury instructions erroneously omit a factually supported bad-faith defense — which is an absolute de…
20-6325 Krystal Megan Delima v. Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC Eighth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct motion-for-new-trial preponderance-of-evidence transcript-irregularities 1. Whether a Motion for a New Trial, FRCP Rule 59, should had been granted? 2. Whether Jury 's Verdict, went against Preponderance of Evidence due th…
20-6315 Darris Altony Newsome v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied IFP criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause sixth-amendment victim-testimony witness-testimony 1. Did the Courts erred in the opinion that petitioners DELEON WAS dismissed Muary unauthorized And successive, And denied relief oof ACEGABAL qpeuids…
20-6254 Roberto Yoquigua Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment confidentiality criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process duress-defense fair-trial fifth-amendment pre-trial-disclosure sixth-amendment testimonial-confidentiality Whether and to what extent the Fifth and Sixth Amendments permit a defendant to keep all of the details of his duress confidential before trial, or wh…
20-6245 Jovon C. Davis v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-selection sixth-amendment trial-counsel T. WHERE PETITIONER'S SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AS WELL AS MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION OF 1963, ART.I, §2…
20-6231 Mark Zavala v. Kim Holland, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang-enhancement sentence-enhancement street-terrorism-act unitary-proceeding Does the trial of a sentence enhancement allegation under California's Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act in a unitary proceeding with th…
20-6171 Kenneth Emanuel Baptiste v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-10-29 Dismissed IFP capital-murder capitol-murder constitutional-error due-process fair-trial jury-instruction jury-instructions reconsideration severance-motion stolen-property trial-procedure Was instructing the Jury with CALJIC No. 2.15 in error.and denied the Petit ioner "Due Process" of Federal Constitutional Demensions .Because he was b…
20-6036 Torrey Washington v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct evidence never prove goilt Beyond a Reasonable doubt? Atornery when She vouched that her experts Was telling the troth and did this deny the Petihoer…
20-6025 Steven McManus v. Mary Vann, Superintendent, Altona Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied IFP burden-of-proof emotional-appeals evidence-mischaracterization fair-trial inflammatory-statements prosecutorial-misconduct vouching witness-vouching Whether the cumulative effect of the prosecutor continually referencing matters not in evidence; her vouching for her witnesses; her acting as an unsw…
20-5923 Charles Don Flores v. Texas Texas 2020-10-06 Denied Amici (2)IFP constitutional-fairness death-penalty due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial hypnosis investigative-hypnosis law-enforcement-procedure police-investigation In Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44 (1987), this Court found that, although "hypnotically refreshed" testimony was "controversial," the dangers associate…
20-5921 Joseph J. Craig v. Kansas Kansas 2020-10-05 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instruction kansas-supreme-court voluntary-intoxication Did the Kansas Supreme Court deny the defendants rights to a fair trial under the Due Process Clause when it should have ruled the defendant was entit…
20-5908 Mikel Clotaire v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit-precedent fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mug-shot-admission presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision to admit a mug shot in a criminal trial absent a need for the evidence splits with well-established Sixth Circ…
20-5834 Jose Rufino Garcia-Chicol v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial foreign-national language-rights standing translation-services i) Should the Second plus Guarantees Protections of 1 Foreign Civilized Under the Freches, Constituted, and States of the United States of America in …
20-5782 Harold Warren v. Indiana Indiana 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-prong sixth-amendment standard-of-review stare-decisis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals' precedent published in Warren v. State, 2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 143 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020) addressing Warren's Ineffe…
20-5707 Ruth Ellen Reeves v. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial institutional-abuse medical-ethics military-intervention patient-rights standing 1. Is it legal for a court to render judgment on a case before the case is heard from the Plaintiff and/or the Defendants? 2. Is it legal for a medic…
20-5698 Adrian Hernandez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection post-conviction procedural-default racial-bias standing state-court A. Is a petitioner deried a fair trial when a juror B Is counsel ineffective if he does not raise the fact that A Petitioner was dheried a fair trail…
20-5682 Simon F. Ranteesi v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony fair-trial ineffective-counsel jury-instructions medical-malpractice mental-state prosecutorial-misconduct (1) Was Petitioner denied his Human and Civil Rights Under the First, fifth, sixth, eight, and fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,…
20-5644 Jonathan Limary v. Maine Maine 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights defense-of-others fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection self-defense sixth-amendment voir-dire Did the lower court deny Jonathan Limary the right to a fair and impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, by denyin…
20-5613 Keith Bernard Smith v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraneous-contact fair-trial juror-misconduct jury remmer-v-united-states sixth-amendment trial-fairness DID THE TRIAL COURT INTERFERE WITH PETITIONER'S STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR JURY TRIAL WHEN SHE REFUSED TO HOLD AN EVIDENTIARY H…
20-5619 James Allen Minyard v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-09-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP competency-hearing due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment harmless-error prejudice structural-error trial-rights There was a bona fide doubt as to Petitioner's competence to be tried, due to him becoming stuporous and non-responsive in the second day of his two-d…
20-5564 Antonio U. Akel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP brown-opinion Brown-v-Board due-process Eleventh-Circuit fair-trial recusal recusal-statute resentencing sentencing WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S REFUSAL TO CONDUCT A FULL RESENTENCING WITH THE DEFENDANT PRESENT RENDERS THE P…
20-5520 Michael Williamson v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial hearsay hearsay-statements right-to-witnesses sixth-amendment witness-exclusion 1) Was Michael Williamson afforded a fair trial and right to confront his accusers or right to witnesses in his favor when the trial court excluded …
20-5468 Corey Manning v. Michigan Michigan 2020-08-24 Denied IFP competency-hearing competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-stages due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure right-to-be-present supreme-court-precedent trial-presence 1.) WHETHER DEFENDANT-APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AT ALL CRITICAL STAGES OF TRIAL WHERE HE WAS INTENTIONALLY NOT SUMMO…
20-5425 Rasheen J. Gamble v. New York New York 2020-08-20 Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cumulative-error dna-evidence due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct I. WAS DEFENSE COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR CONSENTING TO THE PROSECUTOR'S EXTREMELY UNTIMELY REQUEST FOR A DNA SAMPLE —A MOVE THAT THE APPELLATE DIVISI…
20-5368 Usman Oyibo v. Huntington Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP biological-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial judicial-misconduct legal-standing standing takings SINCE PETITIONER HAS NOT HAD A REAL JUDGE IN ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS NOR CAN THEY DISPROVE LOGICALLY THAT A CHILD IS INFALLIBLY RELATED TO…
20-5357 Anthony Collymore v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process due-process fair-trial immunity prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination statutory-immunity witness-immunity Whether the petitioner's rights to due process of law, compulsory process and fair trial were violated, and whether the petitioner should be required …
20-5324 In Re Jeremiah Ybarra 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial false-evidence false-statements false-testimony law-enforcement warrant-validity IS PETITIONER'S INNOCENCE OF THE MILLED OFFENSE? WAS THE CRIMINAL PROCESS ABUSED, WHEN FALSE STATEMENTS WERE HELD TO APPLY FOR MURDER WARRANT? Was f…
20-5294 Byron Becton v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination Did the prosecutor's misconduct deprive the petitioner of a fair trial that violated petitioner's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights against self-i…
20-129 Muhanad Elfatih M. A. Badawi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence foreign-terrorist-organization material-support old-chief old-chief-precedent rule-403 terrorism-evidence Whether graphic evidence of terrorism, admitted without the balancing test required by Fed. R. Evid. 403 and Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172,…
20-5282 Alla A. Zorikova v. Realvest, Inc. Missouri 2020-08-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial falsified-facts foreign-corporation judicial-discretion missouri-statutes usurious-interest weight-of-evidence Did Circuit Court denied Petitioner's Constitutional right for fair Trial by entering judgment against the law, weight of evidences and facts? Did So…
20-5257 Jimmy McLain Moore v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment law-enforcement right-to-confrontation sixth-amendment witness-communication 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to decide an important Federal Question regarding the right of a Defendant to confront witnesses …
20-101 Lloyd Harris v. Maryland Maryland 2020-08-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (14) actual-prejudice balancing-test constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial preindictment-delay prejudice-analysis prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-motive Where preindictment delay has caused actual prejudice to the accused's ability to defend himself, does the Due Process Clause require (1) the defendan…
20-5137 Antoine Dewayne Myles v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias pre-sentencing pro-se-representation self-representation suppression suppression-of-evidence wire-tap-interception 1. Whether the district court violated the defendants Due Process right to a fair in an impartial, tribunal where the district court presentenced defe…
20-5145 In Re Charles Talbert 2020-07-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion post-conviction-review prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
20-5129 David Aziel Sheer v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment I. WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE SIXTH CIRCUITS DECISION IN DENYING PETITIONER A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALA…
20-5127 Thomas Eric Espinoza v. Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence confrontation-clause constitutional-error due-process expert-examination fair-trial habeas-corpus lab-evidence right-to-present-defense scientific-evidence witness-testimony Question not identified.
20-5116 Steven B. Anderson v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-trial demonstrative-evidence due-process fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct I. Did The State Prosecutor Violate Petitioner's Constitutional Right To Due Process By Presenting Known False Testimony And By Using Inconsistent The…
20-5109 Ganaa Otgoo v. Illinois Illinois 2020-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-between-state-court-decisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights legal-review reasonable-doubt state-court state-court-actions wrongful-conviction 1) Grant Certiorari to decide legal questions whether State Court actions denied Petitioner's Rights under Federal Law, denied Petitioner "Fair and Im…
20-5038 Reza Olangian v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility due-process fair-trial government-informant government-witness trial-procedure truthfulness witness-availability witness-credibility witness-testimony 1. Is a defendant deprived of a fair trial when government witnesses are invited to comment on his credibility and candor, and when he in turn is aske…
20-5025 Eddie Matthew Amos v. Tommy Bowen Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP convicted-felon criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial felon-in-possession firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense (Ground One): Is a criminal defendant, who is also a previously convicted felon, denied a fair trial and the effective assistance of counsel when de…
20-6 William Burke v. Progressive Gulf Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial insurance insurance-claim legal-manipulation maritime-jurisdiction maritime-law seventh-amendment summary-judgment This case involves a simple insurance claim to Progressive Gulf Insurance made by William Burke when his boat sank in January 2018. Progressive manipu…
20-5050 Ezra Leslie v. New York New York 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct reversal sixth-amendment structural-error 1. Petitioner, [Ezra Leslie], was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his paramour. Leslie maintained his innocence and informed his cou…
19-8909 Grant Ruffin Haze v. Katy Poole, Administrator, Scotland Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-presentation exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel witness-tampering I. Didhe prosctiinteninalandepead oa wie ah ht mail cnaattonio o tialta tn t e I. Didcunses filuto prsentvidenc Petitner's milliondoll I-Phone case …
19-8897 David Lee Smith v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge covid-prison-conditions due-process emergency-relief fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-petition sentencing sentencing-review ARE PRO-SE PETITIONER'S ENTITLED TO COURTS' LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR COURT PAPERS OR FAIR AMENDMENT? IF PROSECUTOR PRESENT ED NO EVIDENCE PETITI…
19-8883 Nathan E. Gundy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial judicial-discretion standing trial-rights 1. Whether The 6X Amendment of The United States Constitution Bids are Guaranteed TO O Farr Thlah TA alk erimwale ProsecahAs or Gust wheal a Sudge dee…
19-8856 Jason L. Brown v. Lisa M. Brown Third Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process fair-trial free-speech judicial-management prosecutorial-misconduct standing I Is it Sair Sor the Lower Courts to Deney my child and I rights to the Couts, and refer to us as Jodical IWaste, and Judicial Iarrassment Does a par…
19-8836 Bobby Ray Culpepper v. Texas Texas 2020-06-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-bias judicial-error legal-remedy prejudicial-error standing structural-error trial-procedure 1. Was Petitioner giving a Fair Trial, or was Petitioner's trial a total oxce because of Structural Error! and Petitioners Trial Counsel, betore Petit…
19-8812 Alfonso Pineda-Hernandez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-question constitutional-rights court-interpretation criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process fair-trial interpretation translation translation-rights Under what circumstances does a live, in-court translation violate a criminal defendant's due process rights?
19-8795 Jeremia Joseph Loper v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP adversarial-testing appellate-counsel appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance procedural-default 1. Was Mr. Loper denied the right to a fair trial and the effective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney failed to investigate readily availa…
19-8772 Mario Torres v. Mike Hansen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 brady-violations civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment discovery discovery-deprivation due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial Whether Contra Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant, the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surr…
19-1405 Matthew Jacobson v. Butterfly Blaise, et al. New York 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived confrontation-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fundamental-fairness privilege-and-immunities public-university student-disciplinary-proceeding student-discipline Whether the Due Process, Equal Protection and Privilege and Immunities Clauses of the United States Constitution, and the Constitutional Guarantees of…
19-8769 Daryll Shumake v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-report jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court Question not identified.
19-8696 Frank DiTomasso v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial free-speech ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing standing ,and there is not even an attempt to sked for,e.g.pictures or video, 2 get any picturer or videos? .There is a bold lie Tald to the grand jury in firs…
19-8731 Edson Gelin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP buyer-seller criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence-law fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions theory-of-defense WHETHER THE DEFENSE IS ENTITLED TO A BUYER-SELLER JURY INSTRUCTION WHEN THE INSTRUCTION IS PART OF THE THEORY OF DEFENSE AND OTHERWISE NECESSARY FOR A…
19-1372 Angel M. Ayala-Vazquez v. United States First Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial fifth-amendment judicial-proceedings perjured-testimony sixth-amendment standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower courts so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower court, …
19-8657 Manoj Kumar Jha v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial fair-tribunal judicial-bias post-conviction-collateral-motion post-conviction-relief section-2255-motion The first question deals with circumstances under which an evidentiary hearing may be warranted, including the level of burden a petitioner must meet …
19-8650 Sebastian Albert Campbell v. Maryland Maryland 2020-06-09 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-tools due-process fair-trial legal-standard right-to-counsel self-representation trial-fairness Did the state of Maryland err by utilizing an improper legal standard in its determination that compelling Petitioner to relinquish his right to self-…
19-8607 Derrick Thompson v. Patrick Griffin, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause fair-trial forensic-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements Does the Confrontation Clause permit the prosecution to introduce testimonial identification statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst through t…
19-8547 Joseph D. Blueford v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-05-27 Denied IFP appellate-review due-process fair-trial harmless-error impartial-tribunal judicial-discretion jury jury-competence sixth-amendment Does a petitioner have the right to a fair and impartial trial when a juror does not hear or understanding the evidence being provided?
19-8542 Brian Lamar Brown v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial harmless-error jury-instructions legal-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct during closing arguments?
19-8529 Darryl Cain v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance judicial-review procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility ftlMWS ckifij MfyCuloi Opim&if) $ VwVmj -for M Woj UirWw todibili^ m \m\4 mpws/VVnWbd fip^ 1mtm mm ■«4iwfie OounSe 'ivauiYi^t. 3* WWW 4W personal Dpmi…
19-8502 David Beverly v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility criminal-procedure facebook facebook-evidence fair-trial other-crimes-evidence plain-error plain-error-doctrine prior-bad-acts prior-conviction rap-lyrics 1. To determine whether petitioner was denied a fair trial when the State presented irrelevant evidence that he posted on Facebook violent rap lyrics…
19-8479 Bernard J. Fleming v. United States District of Columbia 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial personal-opinion prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching vouching witness-credibility When do comments by a prosecutor in her final and rebuttal arguments to the jury in a criminal case that affirm the veracity of the government's chief…
19-8468 Janice M. Shufford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-charges criminal-history due-process evidence evidentiary-exclusion fair-trial indictment-defects judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility This case presents two issues. First, did the court of appeals properly affirm the trial court and hold that it did not err in prohibiting the defense…
19-8425 Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado Colorado 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process fair-trial jailhouse-informant jury-trial prejudicial-evidence I. whether the district court erred when it improperly limited the scope of cross-examination of the jail house informant, thereby denying Mr. Anderso…
19-8407 Mauro Ramirez v. Florida Florida 2020-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection evidence fair-trial forensic-evidence scientific-reliability I. Whether the State must establish the reliability and accuracy of the ki liastruwtffefiirn used for electrophoresis and ether preliminocry pN/A anal…
19-8379 Herbert Burgess v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial judicial-bias judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct trial-bias witness-credibility I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT DENIED HERBERT BURGESS HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DEFENSE. TRIAL IN VIOLATION OF ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT…
19-1218 Marcus Lee Robinson v. Colorado Colorado 2020-04-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-trial plain-error prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination racial-prejudice Petitioner is an African-American man who was tried for sexually assaulting a white woman. During the prosecutor's opening statement, she gratuitously…
19-8264 Paul M. Gordon v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights constitutional-violation due-process fair-trial judicial-procedure legal-standard mental-competency mental-incompetency sentencing I. Mental Incompetency The law states that no person with mental diseare or defect shall be sentenced for commission of an offence as long as such inc…
19-8233 Reynaldo Alberto Cantu v. Texas Texas 2020-04-09 Denied IFP bias constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-bias juror-misconduct remand trial-procedure Whether The Texas High Court Error, denying Petitioner the Right to a "fair and impartial trial" failing to Remand Case back to the trial court, after…
19-8213 Jesus Rodriguez v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied IFP collateral-review cullen-v-pinholster due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan pinholster-ruling sixth-amendment 1. Whether receiving inadequate representation at a first collateral review proceeding that causes the material facts of an ineffective assistance cla…
19-8091 Vernon Wayne Officer v. Washington Washington 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process fair-trial ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure D IS iT NOT TRUE ON OCT 12 2O1A, I WAS DENIED RE-ADONTMENT OF COUNSEL, DURING JURY TRIAL, NOT BECAUSE OF DELAY IN TRIAL? BOT BECAUSE I SIQNED RE-APPOI…
19-8078 Brandon L. Banks v. Illinois Illinois 2020-03-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-safeguards counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury sixth-amendment Was Petitioner denied Due Process of law for trial by an impartial jury and for equal protection of the law when the Appellate Court applied an unreas…
19-8021 Henry L. Jackson v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP destruction-of-evidence due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge vehicle Issue 1: DESTRUCTION of EVIDENCE Whether the state violated petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and a fair trial when it released p…
19-7992 Glenn Sinatra Davis v. Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as Trustee for Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust, Series 2005-BC3 Alabama 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights continuance court-motion discovery due-process equal-protection fair-trial fairness judicial-fairness justice legal-procedure notice notice-of-motions notice-of-rights Whether a Citizen of the United States, have a right to "Due Process " under the law. Whether the fundamental principle of Fairness and Justice in al…
19-7969 Embery J. McBride v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conviction cruel-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial fraud fundamental-fairness indictment-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection presentment sentencing special-presentment standing WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD GRANT THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ON THE FOLLOWING Q…
19-7960 Reginald Edward Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment prejudicial-evidence prison-garb shackles Is displaying a picture of a defendant shackled, handcuffed, in prison garb and being held by prison staff, over objection, still more prejudicial tha…
19-7925 Ronald O'Rourke v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied IFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-conduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment suppressed-evidence trial-court-discretion WHETHER THE Trial Court Abused Discretion in allowing a Rage, Hansa h tlie Oe 2 a, MLN ae AoUurs. is a samt ot OSs stylte of Coupse/ Sok ALling to GQ …
19-7868 Steven B. Turner v. Mike Kemna Eighth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment trial-fairness In Missouri, it is an ensuing plea of guilty that implicates the constitution. A criminal defendant cannot succeed on a post-conviction claim of ineff…
19-7831 Jose Antonio Cortez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction standing statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
19-7819 Shamsuddin Dost v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-testimony confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial sixth-amendment undercover-agents Is it a violation of the Sixth Amendment to U.S. Constitution, which affords an accused the right to confront his or her accusers, for a court to allo…
19-7795 Robert Alan Foster v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery-violation due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination school-desegregation sixth-amendment standing voting-rights Question not identified.
19-7769 Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied IFP 6th-amendment competency competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation law-enforcement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation If yourrepresenting yourself do you think I'm Competent to Stand trial or Sign a plea If you had Fecent Surgery of having Part of your Intestine remov…
19-7765 William Reyes v. Robert Ercole, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254 conviction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus perjury prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-likelihood section-2254 witness-testimony Is a defendant deprived of his right to due process of law when he would not have been convicted had perjury not been introduced at his trial? The qu…
19-7724 Byron R. Barker v. Texas Texas 2020-02-20 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-rule-403 extraneous-offenses fair-trial texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-criminal-procedure texas-rules-of-evidence Does the introduction of extranseous offenses, pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 violate the right to a fair trial and shift …
19-7690 Devell Short v. Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greensburg, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-rights castle-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct jury jury-contamination jury-misconduct WHETHER A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE OCCURRED, DUE TO A MISTAKE AND BECAUSE OF A BREAKDOWN IN THE JUDICIAL OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS, WHEN IT FAILE…
19-992 Greg Skipper, Warden v. Curtis Jerome Byrd Sixth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Amici (1) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial hypothetical-plea-offer lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sixth-amendment trial-rights Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel include the right to a plea offer that was never made?
19-7547 Phillip Boyd Cashion v. Texas Texas 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination trial-procedure Should the Petitioner's trial structure have been free from the fundamental unfairness of having the prosecutor tell the jury on two occasions that "y…
19-7496 Garry Dean Stroner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights discrimination due-process effective-counsel fair-cross-section fair-trial impartial-jury intentional-exclusion jury-composition jury-selection presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct systematic-exclusion 1. Petitioner's trial counsel obtained the jury list two days prior to the day of jury selection. On the day of trial entire panel of sixty-five (65) …
19-7451 David Keith Rogers v. California California 2020-01-30 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-hearing constitutional-rights court-discretion discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial hearing judicial-procedure juror-misconduct legal-review Question not identified.
19-7487 Jonathan Blades v. United States District of Columbia 2020-01-29 Denied Amici (3)IFP courtroom-access courtroom-proceedings due-process fair-trial public-trial right-to-public-trial sixth-amendment standing trial-transparency voir-dire white-noise Does barring members of the public from hearing trial proceedings, without any special justification or findings, violate the right to a public trial …
19-7477 Raul Mejia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fair-trial fourth-amendment franks-hearing search-and-seizure trial-fairness warrant warrant-validity Was petitioner's truck illegally searched due to an invalid warrant? Was petitioner improperly denied a Franks hearing? Did Officer Carbajal testify a…
19-7442 Andrew Lee Williams v. Texas Texas 2020-01-27 Denied IFP confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-article-38.41 due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment indefiniteness sixth-amendment vagueness 1. Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' recent holdings in ANDREW LEE WILLIAMS v. STATE, No. PD-1199-17 (Tx.Crim.App.- October 9, 2019), regar…
19-7349 Angel Osornio v. Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-review standing Dwhy am I a lake Staks Chan ic het bee protecte under the constifthn? 2 the Wrino Staks? Worl ere my e th a the dunt fake the menty of anπ casl h Se…
19-7294 Mohammed Kwaning v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence fair-trial hearsay hearsay-testimony judicial-error jury-trial material-evidence preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Government officials conduct violated constitutional rights? where;Petitioner's (a) The District Court failed to disclose material eviden…
19-7272 Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment trial-fairness 1. Did the petitioner receive Constitutional effective assistance of trial Court counsel at trial Court answers? YES Appellant answers: NO 2. Did the…
19-7227 Santos Reyes-Villatoro v. United States Third Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP consciousness-of-guilt due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial false-evidence giglio-v-united-states judicial-review napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial trial-fairness 1. In light of this Court's well established rulings in Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) and Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), as to…
19-7208 Gbenga Benson Ogundele v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP chapman-standard confrontation-clause due-process evidence fair-trial federal-rule-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence government-evidence sixth-amendment Whether voluminous amounts of substantive evidence containing prejudicial opinions of government agents held to be erroneously admitted under Federal …
19-7174 John H. Stewart v. William Honsal, as Public Administrator of Humboldt County, California, et al. California 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP domestic-violence due-process evidence-admission fair-trial hearsay judicial-notice property-rights 1. Was Petitioner's federal constitutional right to due process of law violated by an unfair trial in which the trial Judge ruled "that any documents …
19-843 Daniel K. Holtzclaw v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-01-06 Denied defense-counsel-exclusion dna-evidence due-process ex-parte-hearing exculpatory-evidence expert-witness fair-trial forensic-expert in-camera-hearing materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct 1. DNA evidence played a central role in this sexual assault case, in the form of a "match" between DNA from a complaining witness and the major contr…
19-7166 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio 2020-01-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts age-discrimination civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial pro-se standing Were Petitioner's due Process Rights denied, because she is a 97-year-old, female PRO se litigant? Did A PRO Se litiGANt Receive A faiR DAY IN the Lo…
19-7108 Devell Moore v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection ninth-circuit peremptory-challenges purkett-v-elem trial-procedure Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability on Moore's claim he was denied equal protection of the law, and a fair trial…
19-7084 Andrew Haley Morcombe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process fair-trial international-kidnapping international-parental-kidnapping jury-instructions state-law state-law-definitions statutory-interpretation Whether the failure of 18 U.S.C. § 1204, the International Parental Kidnapping statute, to define the term "domestic violence" for purposes of an affi…
19-7069 Lee Alvin Vincent v. Brian E. Williams, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment actual-bias co-defendant due-process evidence-presentation fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-jury implied-bias juror-bias jury-bias sexual-infatuation Whether a juror's love for an adverse party (co-defendant) constitutes actual or implied bias and thus violates the defendant's right to an impartial …
19-7039 Kevin Lee Beam v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violation constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fetal-dna miranda-rights right-to-fair-trial self-incrimination sentencing-statute Does the misguided destruction of exculpatory fetal DNA tissue evidence belonging to the victim by the Respondent constitute a "Brady Violation" where…
19-7026 James W. Guy v. Ohio Ohio 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material civil-procedure civil-rights continuance discovery-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial first-amendment free-speech self-representation self-representing-defendant standing untimely-discovery (1) Did a trial judge deny a self-representing defendant his due process right to a fair trial when the State disclosed untimely discovery documents …
19-7015 In Re Michael F. Harris 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury state-actors witness-tampering (1). Whether, in fairness to judicial proceedings, can an attorney of record brazenly ignore his client's instructions during the Direct Appeal proces…
19-7012 Robert Eugene Hardesty v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process due-process-fair-trial,evidence,michigan-rule-of-e due-process,insufficient-evidence,5th-amendment,6t effective-assistance-of-counsel,fair-trial,6th-ame fair-trial insufficient-evidence michigan-constitution-1963-article-1-section-17 michigan-rule-of-evidence-404(b) us-constitution-amendments-v-xiv Is The Admittance Of Irrelevant And Prejudicial Bad Acts Evidence Under The Guise Of Michigan Rule Of Evidence 404(B) A Violation Of Due Process And A…
19-6971 Comfort Delando Roberts v. Texas Texas 2019-12-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment THE "TOTALITY OF REPRESENTATION" SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE OF,COUNSEL, RONALD D. ZIMMERMAN WAS OBJECTIVELY DEFICIENT AND THEREBY DENIED APPELLANT HIS SIXT…
19-786 Willie Kipyego Butia v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-19 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Is due process violated where the trial judge instructs the jury using words not found in the statute and in such a way that clearly expands the statu…
19-7005 Johnnie Lewis Wood v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment-due-process 6th-amendment-rights conviction fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-verdict material-misrepresentation sixth-amendment Was Petitioner's Sixth And Fourteenth Amendment rights violated when the state and state witnesses presented false testimony and prevented a fair subm…
19-7000 David Constance v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crawford-v-washington fair-trial fourteenth-amendment hearsay-testimony impartial-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence sixth-amendment Reasonable jurists would determine that Mr. Constance was denied a fair and impartial trial with the State Courts denial concerning hearsay testimony;…
19-6957 Venise Metayer v. Florida Florida 2019-12-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-hearing DID THE TRIAL/LOWER COURT CREATE A MANIFEST INJUSTICE WHEN IT ALLOWED THE PETITIONER TO PLEA TO CHARGES THAT VIOLATED DOUBLE JEOPARDY LAWS, WHEN THE T…
19-6956 Thomas H. Outland v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-12-16 Denied IFP confrontation-clause credibility criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-impeachment due-process evidence evidence-rules fair-trial impeachment jury-instructions prior-convictions right-to-present-a-defense 1. DID THE NEW JERSEY STATE COURT ENDORSE THE USE OF N.J.R.E. 806 AS A VEHICLE FOR IMPEACHING NON-TESTIFYING CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS WITH THEIR PRIOR CONV…
19-6856 James W. Riley v. Delaware Delaware 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-punishment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-considerations fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial sentencing sentencing-discretion Should this court extend Its Hurst v. Florida ruling to the pre-trial and trial stages of capital murder case where it is shown that the Judge's sente…
19-6844 Fabian Santiago v. Arthur F. Hill, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Illinois 2019-12-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-adjudication ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-representation right-to-counsel A.) The Petitioner presents the inquiry into the U.S.Ct, whether the refusal of the legftl rep resentative (sic) of the ftetitioner durirg arraignment…
19-696 Dan Haendel v. Anne Reed, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response Waived alford-plea due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment heck-v-humphrey interception-act law-enforcement suppression-motion virginia virginia-interception-act 1. Does Heck v. Humphrey bar Appellant's federal court review of the constitutionality of actions by local Virginia investigative and law enforcement …
19-6831 In Re Fredrick Wroten 2019-12-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment judicial-obligation petition petition-for-redress redress unilateral-contract When the State and Federal appellate courts ignore and/ or refuse to respond to a denial of a fair trial claim/ does it violate and/ or abridge the Ap…
19-6660 Ronald Fay Schermerhorn, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP appellate-review confrontation-clause court-of-appeals due-process ex-post-facto fair-trial habeas-corpus statutory-law When Opinion reflects Appellate Court relies on States Findings, ..and Litigant has asserted, States Findings are not entitled to deference because, p…
19-6645 In Re Morgan Allen Armstrong 2019-11-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process fabrication-of-evidence fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing Question not identified.
19-6636 Gregory Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-reasonableness I. WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATED MR. WILLIAMS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, IN IT'S IMPROPER DIRECT QUESTIONING AND ILL-ADVISED POINTING OF …
19-6608 Steve Romero v. Mike McDonald, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP de-novo-review fair-trial habeas habeas-corpus impartial-jury ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-bias procedural-history sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington This non-capital habeas case arises out of Steve Romero's 2006 conviction in the state court of California for attempted murder and the Ninth Circuit'…
19-6597 Thiodore Igorovich Galitsa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility criminal-history criminal-procedure-due-process cross-examination dismissed-case dismissed-charges due-process fair-trial false-statements illegal-reentry prior-arrests prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness Was Mr. Galitsa denied his right to a fair trial by the government's repeated questioning about allegations from a case dismissed for lack of evidence…
19-6595 Raymond Tavelle Holmes v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP cell-phone civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-636 due-process fair-trial florida-statute-934.23 fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel inevitable-discovery magistrate-judge objection procedural-error report-and-recommendation search-and-seizure severance similar-fact-evidence sixth-amendment standing third-party warrantless-search Whether the failure to sever counts deprived the P Whether the warrantless search and seizure of text williams-rule (1). Whether this Court should exercise its discretionary certiorari jurisdiction and grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand the case…
19-6592 Monir George v. Dana Metzger, Warden Third Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Crtifhed Mentil I Defendanis e o ONE: whither a wive is Right Fo Jy Tral Tw who Cn Ao Fo The ert I nt To T Reqes Tr he Dee I THeir pleas. T Constttn…
19-6591 In Re Kenneth Uncapher 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury jury-bias jury-misconduct mistrial newly-discovered-evidence victim I. Was the Petitioner denied a fair trial where a member of the jury told the judge he was accosted outside of the courtroom by members of the victim'…
19-6567 Danny Lee Hill v. Ohio Ohio 2019-11-08 Denied IFP bite-mark-evidence constitutional-rights conviction death-penalty death-sentence due-process expert-testimony fair-trial habeas-corpus scientific-evidence Bite-mark comparison evidence was the foundation of the State's case that convicted Petitioner Danny Lee Hill of murder and sentenced him to death. Th…
19-602 Chesley Eugene Saunders v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response Waived attorney-client-relationship confidential-information criminal-trial due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fundamental-fairness judicial-bias judicial-recusal professional-misconduct recusal sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution and the Constitutional Guarantees of a Fundamentally Fair Trial permit a criminal …
19-6535 Clarence Fry v. Ohio Ohio 2019-11-06 Denied IFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment right-to-testify rock-v-arkansas self-representation sixth-amendment trial-counsel Is it unconstitutional for any Court to deny the Constitutional right to testify in one's own defense by placing the burden of making such desire know…
19-6463 Michael A. Albert v. New York New York 2019-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment outrageous-conduct police-agent right-to-present-defense sexual-inducement voluntariness Question 1: In the Appellate Division, Fourth Department's order, both the decent and majority agreed that Ms. Sheritta Jefferson was an agent of the …
19-6381 Anthony Tyrone Brown v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-activity-evidence witness-testimony I. DID THE TRIAL JUDGE VIOLATE THE PETTIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL AND IMPARTIAL JUDCE. TO NSURE DUE PROCESS, AND FOR THE JUDGE TO AVOI…
19-6380 Emerson L. Beverly v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fair-trial-14th-amendment fair-trial-6th-amendment fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct red-herring sentencing-review sixth-amendment I. DID THE PROSECUTOR 'S REPEATED REFERENCE TO PETITIONER 'S DEFENSE AS A "RED HEARING " CONSTITUTE MISCONDUCT THEREBY DENYING PETITIONER A FAIR TRI…
19-6330 Vicki Corona v. Mariyam Gasparyan California 2019-10-22 Denied IFP 1st-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment judicial-misconduct legal-remedy malice petition-clause remedy standing Where actors of a Superior Court, including the Judge, defense attorney, and clerks, violate the rule of law as announced in the Due Process Clause, a…
19-6322 Kelvin Miles v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-vs-united-states apprendi confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial hearsay sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors 1. DID THE PRE-TRIAL DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE BY THE STATE DENY THE PETITIONER HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR TRIAL, THUS DENYING HIM THE ONLY EV…
19-6283 Daryl Scott v. United States District of Columbia 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process fair-trial government-misconduct judicial-integrity mesarosh-v-united-states military-justice post-conviction-relief post-trial-discovery witness-credibility Is the widespread fabrication and destruction of false DNA evidence by a government chemist for use at trial against U.S. servicemembers, and the fail…
19-6257 Lamar Lovett v. Texas Texas 2019-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdiction public-trial sixth-amendment standing takings Isthe5taAmerdnent 841 Moan L2802040 ehutaborrpgc. froter wues dore toSoWMe sheicdmend Pare On 1O-vo Fe oNna themt DMO 0hn Ca#P-10C-10202992 8-24-11.80…
19-6237 Terry G. Watson v. Chantay Godert, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-10-10 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Respondent Daniel Redington, Warden, Northeast Correctional Center through counsel of record have been untruthful, in all the courts > denying Petitio…
19-6180 Dannie Joe Farnum v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied IFP child-competency confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial hearsay prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial 1. Whether the trial court violated a defendant's right to due process by admitting the prior statements of a 4 year old child without any inquiry int…
19-449 In Re Arthur Edward Ezor 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment writ-of-mandate 1. Was it was a denial of procedural and substantive due process for the lower Court to not order dismissal of the subject criminal case with prejudic…
19-6145 Anthony Mark Smith, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2019-10-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial hearsay precedent standard-of-proof victim-testimony In light of the decisions in Jackson v Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), whether the trial court erred in finding the petitioner guilty beyond a reasonab…
19-6091 James L. Toney v. Heath Dickson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review cover-up discovery due-process evidence fair-trial federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance marshals ncic procedural-default standing state-court-review 1.Why th cse as fidand it tms from201 nt 2017 2. To Keep fming the of cheating the State of Arkansas Cheating Scandle and the the Government for: Col…
19-6070 Malcom McClenon v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied IFP appeals appellate-review batson-challenge constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-circuit habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review sufficiency-of-evidence 1. IS RELIEF DUE. TO AN CONVICTION I DEVOIN OF THE RUDIMENTARY DEMANDS OF FAIR PROCEDURE ? 2. DOES BATSON" DEFY A HARMLESS-ERROR ANALYSIS? BJ DOES A…
19-394 Sergio Mejia-Duarte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process extradition-treaty fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence fre-403 fre-404(b) hearsay-evidence international-extradition international-law treaty unrelated-murder I. WHETHER A CRUCIAL MANDATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HONDURAS WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE PROSECUTION AT TRIAL…
19-6052 Rafie A. Lee v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial federal-court fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus judicial-review state-court state-court-proceedings 1) Whether Petitioner was denied "Fundamental Fairness " in the State Court Proceedings? 2) Whether State and District Court erred in denying Petitio…
19-5967 Cameron Thomas v. Nevada Nevada 2019-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-amendments due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness sixth-amendment trial-court-narrative 1. Whether the Nevada Supreme Court committed error when it failed to address Thomas' contention that his right to fundamental fairness was violated w…
19-5980 In Re Sang Hing Wong, Jr. 2019-09-17 Denied IFP attorney-misconduct body-worn-camera case-file civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery due-process evidence-destruction fair-hearing fair-trial prejudice Question not identified.
19-5947 Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement perception-of-guilt substantial-guilt trial-defense witness-tampering If defense counsel omits the necessary trial defense and thereby sustains a perception of substantial guilt so that the substantial guilt mas dependen…
19-330 Harshad Shah v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bribery-trial civil-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-jury plain-error-review racial-animus sixth-amendment structural-error trial-by-jury 1. Is it structural error and a denial of the Sixth Amendment right to "trial by an impartial jury" when the government expressly uses racial animus i…
19-303 Arthur Rodriguez Bautista v. Texas Texas 2019-09-05 Denied appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-judge ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Whether the trial judge's repeated improper comments throughout the trial demonstrated his bias in favor of the prosecution and denied Petitioner d…
19-5780 Marvin Robinson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner's trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution? and Whether Petitione…
19-5716 Karl Heinz Dupuy v. Unknown Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-opinion fair-trial innocence medical-records mental-state post-conviction-discovery self-defense standing was the life of my Pregnant comfanion & being protected from imminent danger trom burg lary& Abducic with real threat by two YoUne men in their posses…
19-5712 Ivan Lee Vasquez v. California California 2019-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights content-based-messaging fair-trial fourteenth-amendment inherently-prejudicial sixth-amendment trial-spectator-conduct 1. May trial spectator conduct, in the form of content-based messaging, be "'so inherently prejudicial as to pose an unacceptable threat'" to the fair…
19-5605 Stephen Alan Macomber v. Kansas Kansas 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment state-action use-of-force 1. 'Olb'THE COURTS, "Tb fe'DE ' ft 9^)ec\Ficl OS^-DF-'C )'=k'vx-^' FftRCe: -ceirsw^ncO X^stb'Actic^ lower Ttt^ l5u£D£b or orocF TOR "YHE STf^S /Fb \…
19-5655 Chadwick N. Barner v. Illinois Illinois 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial illinois-supreme-court-rule-431(b) impartial-jury jury-selection post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment voir-dire 1) CAN A SPECIFIC TRIBUTE TO KILL BE INFERRED BASED ON THE ACT OF PUSHING A PERSONS HEAD UNDERWATER? 2) CAN THE STATES PRESENTATION OF NONCUMULATIVE …
19-5639 Kirby D. Crawford v. Georgia Georgia 2019-08-19 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process evidence-of-proof evidentiary-standards fair-trial grand-jury indictment judicial-error legal-procedure petitioner standing trial-court Whether the trial Court erred to charge my he UE n__I sued__ wot aves sAessed Aaa SS! N. tac. 1__Of8 Ye by "the _gaches prior 4s _oe at tetal 2 cach _…
19-5442 Shanta G. Phillips-Berry v. Kenner Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process due-process evidentiary-requirements fair-trial judicial-discretion jury jury-trial legal-standards standing trial-procedure 1. What if district court abused its discretion by not relying on the erroneous legal premise that a citizen(s) of the state of Louisiana and this gre…
19-5449 Richard Shelley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-strike sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-fair-trial WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN FINDING THAT SHELLEY FAILED TO OBJECT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF A PEREMPTORY STRIKE, THEREBY CAUSING AN 5th AMEND…
19-5468 Tara Glass v. United States Third Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications fair-trial judicial-complaint judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct liberty-interest liberty-interests right-to-marry supervised-release This case presents a fascinating issue of first impression at the intersection of constitutional due process and the confidential judicial complaint r…
19-5482 Joann Jefferson v. OneWest Bank, FSB New Jersey 2019-08-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation discovery due-process equal-protection estate-rights fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding pro-se-representation procedural-due-process property-rights standing trial-procedure 1. Can Pro Se Legatees, Heirs, Executors, Estate Representatives, Devisees, successors, in a foreclosure pendency, (a new defendant, in an ongoing lit…
19-5459 Edward Lee Carter v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-judge judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1S 0 (§LiMiNal defendant Constftutfonaly entitle to a Fate Trial From ow Partial Sudae WHO TS NOT CORRUET to Preside and Cule aver his Trial Court Pro…
19-126 Gary A. Oram, Jr. v. City of Dillon, Montana, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985 civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial judicial-resolution liability magistrate-jurisdiction private-citizen section-1985 standing 1. Are the Courts able to find a judicial resolution in a §1985(3) claim against one private citizen, after all other individuals in the action are re…
19-5352 Hal Bernard Black v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-liability notice-requirement procedural-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
19-5317 Alonzo Vernon v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review chapman-v-california constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial harmless-error jones-v-stinson sixth-amendment Whether the Second Circuit's decision in the instant case created a conflict with the Court's decision in Chapman, supra? Further, whether the Second…
19-5281 Ronald Wesley Jiles v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-23 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-right jury-bias jury-instructions prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination WHETHER A DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO EXERCISE HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT WHILE IN OPEN COURT, COMMENTED ON BY THE PROSECUTION TO THE JURY DURING CLOSING WAS …
19-5266 Clarence E. Scott, Jr. v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Whether the district court ruling that Petitioner was not denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel, due process of the law and right…
19-5231 James D. Thomas, Jr., aka Wayne Thomas v. New York New York 2019-07-18 Denied IFP appeal burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-rulings fair-trial jury-instructions prejudicial-error prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence trial-court .Should this court vacate the conviction where the petitioner failed to preserve the issue and the trial court denied defendant's Motion to set aside …
19-5224 Lee Chang v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation due-process evidence evidence-translation evidentiary-hearing fair-trial fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement sixth-amendment Was Recorded Evidence By Law Enforcement and Presented By The Prosecutor Given In A Timely Manner As Well As Can It Be Considered A Brady Violation D…
19-5172 Jesus Hilario-Bello v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process economic-loss fair-trial hobbs-act intangible-asset judicial-intervention physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) because it can be committed without using physical force, by causing the …
19-5146 Isiah Edward Gilliam v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-11 Denied IFP discovery discovery-violation due-process fair-trial habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions mistrial prior-convictions prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense WAS MR. GILLIAM DENIED DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE PROSECUTION FAILED TO PROVIDE TIMELY DISCOVERY AS REQUIRED? WAS MR. GILLIAM DENIED THE R…
19-5053 Brandon M. Hicks v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct plea-bargaining sentencing separation-of-powers sixth-amendment 1) Whethe tn heen o Conion in context with his intent at sentenciny, is a violatiken of the Separation of powers doctrine, in the United States Consti…
19-5017 Shanta Phillips-Berry v. Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process equal-protection evidence-presentation fair-trial judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-procedure standing 1. The district court abused its discretion by not relying on the erroneous legal premise that a citizen(s) of the state of Louisiana and this great c…
19-5022 Brian K. Banks v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 404(b)-evidence appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-error louisiana-supreme-court prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review I. Did the Louisiana Supreme Court Error, when it allowed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to contradict its own prior rulings by overruling the Dis…
18A1366 Julio Mario Haro-Verdugo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-27 Presumed Complete conflict-of-interest constitutional-violation fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Question not identified.
18-9834 Carlos Alberto Ochoa-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error cumulative-error due-process fair-trial federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct rule-18 sentencing sixth-amendment venue venue-challenge 1. Whether the district court violated Appellant's right to due process, and his Sixth Amendment right to affair trial, where' the district court 'lac…
18-9828 Dylan Magluilo v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflicting-decisions constitutional-law due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review public-interest reasonable-doubt Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Dylan Magluilo right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving. Conflicting Decisions …
18-9820 Jonathon Loyd Edick v. Michigan Michigan 2019-06-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias legal-prejudice prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-procedure I petitioner entitled to relief where Wis constitutiove rights are were viclated by receivling Ineffertive Asststal of cousel at the trial court level…
18-9771 Dennis William Robinson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression fair-trial iada-violation jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial suppression-of-evidence Did State Court violate Petitioner's constitutional rights to due process, to a fair and impartial trial, and to effective assistance of counsel, in t…
18A1350 Yuzef Abramov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete counsel-of-choice fair-trial gonzalez-lopez retained-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Question not identified.
18-9711 David Meyers v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fail-to-strike-testimony fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intrinsic-fraud perjury post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Was it Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Attorney Paul Roskin failure to move to strike evidence of drug lord Maurice Rives and Shereasa McDaniels …
18-9748 George Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-procedure discovery due-process fair-trial guilty-plea informant plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-disclosure withdrawal-of-plea GIVEN GOVERNMENT DISCOVERY DISCLOSURE PRACTICES RELATING TO ITS USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS, DOES THE "FAIR AND JUST REASON" STANDARD FOR WITHDRAWA…
18-9746 Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Georgia 2019-06-20 Denied IFP capital-case criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial intent jury-instructions prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether a prosecutor may secure a death sentence by presenting knowingly false and/or misleading argument to the jury that argues falsehoods about the…
18-9706 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois 2019-06-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-concealment evidence-disclosure fair-trial judicial-access judicial-procedure mandamus material-facts rules-and-regulations standing state-procedure transparency THE CONSTITUTION of THE UNITED STATES AND PETITIONERS Rights thereof For the state to CONCEAL EVIDENCE IN FILES THAT ARE INVISIBLE TO THE JUDICIAL ACC…
18A1332 Norge Manduley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete constitutional-violation due-process fair-trial lesser-included-offense post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines Question not identified.
18-9716 Andrew J. Hunter, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure defense-rights due-process fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel subpoena-power Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Andrew Hunter's right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving, Conflicting Decisions…
18-9728 Sung Ho Park v. Tammy Foss, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP confession due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance interrogation involuntary-confession lesser-included-offense physical-incapacitation police-interrogation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel I. Whether Park, Who Was Physically Incapacitated When The Police Interrogated Him, Could Not Make A Voluntary Statement; Whether Trial Counsel Render…
18-9625 Lawton Frederick Tyson v. Texas Texas 2019-06-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial grand-jury habeas-corpus jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct WERE PETITIONER'S "DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS" RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES & IMMUNITIES VIOLATED, WHEN THE TRIAL COURT HAD "TRIED, CONVICTED AN…
18-9605 Don Ferguson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-11 Denied IFP 7th-amendment compelled-speech content-neutrality criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech government-regulation jury-instructions private-entities Whether A Great Public Importance Exists Of Florida Courts' Denied Pro Se Petitioner's Representing Himself At Jury Trial, Of His (7th) Amendment Cons…
18-9566 Jason Brady Sain v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-06-06 Denied IFP closing-arguments credibility due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment theory-of-the-case witness-credibility 1. WAS PETITIONER'S SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL VIOLATED WHEN THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED PLAIN AND OBVIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL ERRO…
18-9519 Michael Wesley v. New York New York 2019-06-03 Denied IFP alvarez-v-united-states constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-witness-perjury griffin-v-united-states petitioner's right to have newly-discovered-eviden sixth-amendment united-states-v-biberfeld washington-v-texas witness witness-perjury (1). A Petitioner Rights to have a Witness in his favor is protected by the "Due Process of Law Clause" and the Fifth ,Sixth, Fourteenth, amendment. S…
18-1506 Julian Martin v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) co-defendant-statement confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence fair-trial hearsay reliability-of-evidence right-to-confront-witnesses sixth-amendment Whether the District Court's express reliance on an out-of-court statement of a non-testifying co-defendant as a basis for finding the defendant guilt…
18-9509 Robert Lehmann v. Scott Kernan, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-v-youngblood bad-faith-exception brady-v-maryland due-process evidence evidence-preservation fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct scientific-evidence scientific-testing strickland-v-washington With the advancement of scientific testing methods of biological evidence, is the "bad faith" exception to the failure to preserve evidence carved out…
18-9504 Rahmat Jevon Barrett v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protection criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,due-process,sixt post-conviction-relief To what extent does the Constitution prohibit conviction and punishment of an accused whereby trial counsel failed to raise exculpatory evidence durin…
18-9397 Miguel Angel Barron v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fair-trial fourth-amendment jury-instructions probable-cause relevance search-and-seizure self-defense warrantless-search 1. CAN A STATE TRIAL COURT INSTRUCT A JURY WITH AN INSTRUCTION THAT REDUCES THE FAIRNESS CONTAINED IN THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSES? 2. CAN A STATE TRIAL C…
18-9310 Roberto Nieto Cruz v. Texas Texas 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process extraneous-evidence extraneous-offense-testimony fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard I. The Court of Appeals erred by misapplying the first prong, and failing to consider the second prong, of the Strickland standard, with respect to th…
18-9261 Calmer Cottier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)IFP constitutional-rights cooperating-witness due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-deliberation prosecutor-stipulation prosecutorial-misconduct stipulation truthfulness witness-credibility witness-testimony When the only evidence offered to support a murder conviction is the testimony of the government's cooperating witnesses, does it violate the Constitu…
18-9214 Jessie Livell Phillips v. Alabama Alabama 2019-05-09 Denied IFP autopsy-photograph capital-murder capital-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment reliable-conviction reliable-sentence In a capital case, does the admission of a gruesome and completely unnecessary internal autopsy photograph, lacking any probative value, and showing t…
18-9120 Russell Frey v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-assault cumulative-error due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-issues fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial prejudice right-to-counsel 1.)Does the defendant Russel' Frey deserve a new trial or conviction vacated based on counsels overall health and his performance overall violated def…
18-1379 Jeremy J. Godwin v. David Davey, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment certificate-of-appeal constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus prior-bad-acts prior-conviction profile-evidence propensity-evidence Was the decision of the Ninth Circuit to deny a Certificate of Appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) under the standards set forth in Miller-El v. Co…
18-9045 Kevin Robinson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-assistance jury-impartiality self-incrimination sixth-amendment Are trial attorneys obligated to protect every fundamental right entitled to defendants under the United States Constitutional Amendments? If so, did …
18-8972 Wardell Nelson Joiner, Jr. v. John Sutton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial false-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus schlup-standard schlup-v-delo time-of-death wrongful-conviction Did the courts below err in applying this Court's decision in Schiup v. Delo to hold that Petitioner's compelling new evidence, though presenting at t…
18-1313 Michael Moran v. California Ninth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights cumulative-effect cumulative-error due-process fair-trial in-custody-statements miranda miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel right-to-present-a-defense Could a jurist of reason find that the state court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law in determining that admission of petitioner's …
18-8825 Timeiki Hedspeth v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process evidentiary-rulings fair-trial federal-sentencing-guidelines offense-level reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. Did the District Court use an incorrect criminal history category to sentence Ms. Hedspeth? 2. Did the District Court use an incorrect offense lev…
18-8800 Stephen R. Winn v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-expert-testimony due-process evidence expert-witness fair-trial judicial-discretion testimony Question not identified.
18-8776 Tam Le v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-04-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights daubert-standard due-process expert-testimony fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel non-unanimous-jury sixth-amendment Reasonable jurors would determined that Mr. Le was convicted by a non-unanimous jury in violation of his rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth…
18-8732 Leonoris Miller v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-victim criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus jury jury-deliberations video-evidence video-interview 1. Whether permitting the jury to review child victim's video interview during deliberations, which included, the child's description of a hopeful fri…
18-8715 Quillie Merle Spray v. Kelly A. Ryan, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Shirley First Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure effective-counsel fair-trial insanity-defense mental-evaluation sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided an important question of constitutional law: that the Petitioner was denied his right to effective coun…
18-8678 Mizell Campbell, Jr. v. The Florida Bar Florida 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights disbarment disciplinary-proceedings due-process fair-and-impartial-tribunal fair-trial fair-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-misconduct marshall-v-jerrico racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether an African-American lawyer facing disciplinary proceedings was deprived of his rights to Due Process and a Fair and Impartial Tribunal under t…
18-8644 Emanuel L. Finch, Sr. v. Bradley Graham, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-clause,compulsory-process,miranda-ri consent-to-search constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial materiality-of-false-testimony miranda-rights sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence weight-of-evidence Whether it is a question of Law for the Supreme Court of the United States to determine the conduct complained of? Whether the Petitioner have a Cons…
18-8651 Robert Butrim v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence Whether the District Court's failure to address all the issues presented in the Habeas Corpus Petition deprived the Movant of a full review by the Cir…
18-8652 Ammar Asimfaruq Harris v. Nevada Nevada 2019-04-01 Denied IFP 5th-amendment capital-case constitutional-error due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment harmless-error jury sixth-amendment Whether Mr. Harris' rights under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth amendments to a fair trial by jury were violated when the Nevada Supreme Court incorr…
18-8638 Michael Bennefield v. Georgia Georgia 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-safeguards criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial guilt-determination jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect plea-bargaining plea-proceedings procedural-validity standing structural-defects When Structural Jurisdictional defects prevent a fair proceeding, can any reliable determination of guilt or innocence be deemed fair? When the Plea …
18-8587 In Re Christopher Stegawski 2019-03-27 Denied IFP 21-cfr-1306.04 21-usc-802 21-usc-841 allocution chronic-pain-treatment cross-examination due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel medical-expert strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-fairness united-states-v-moore witness-testimony Was the trial fair when: - prosecution took 5 days of testimonies and defense none - key defense witnesses were not investigated pretrial - court deni…
18-8573 Early A. Atterberry v. John Varga, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure-rule-52b due-process equal-protection fair-trial harmless-error jury-prejudice new-trial other-crimes-evidence rule-52b standing Whether the Court erred in properly applying Rule 52(b) to the issue of Harmless Error raised by the petitioner during the numerous appeals pursued. …
18-8574 William Burton v. Delaware Delaware 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-of-not-guilty prosecutorial-evidence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Did petitioner's attorney provide ineffective assistance of counsel that violated petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to a fair trial a…
18-8571 Javier Pellecer v. California California 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cumulative-error due-process fair-trial gang-evidence impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel I. WHETHER THE SPECAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND GANG EVIDENCE ARE UNSUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, DENYING PETITIONER DUE PROCESS OF LAW. II. WHETHER THE …
18-8564 Kelvin Wayne Heath v. Melinda K. Braman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP automatic-reversal compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct uniform-act-on-production-of-out-of-state-witnesse witness-tampering Did trial court abuse discretion by allowing text messages that's erased? Was Trial Counsel ineffective? Was 6th Amendment violated specifically Con…
18-8544 Keith J. Myles v. Florida Florida 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-jury jury standing DA). Wthy was a"sketch" made up, after there was negative Is or noI's rom the photo line-up? This represents a departuve from a Far Trtal" a ~,λ ror S…
18-8527 Rene Rivera v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial foreign-born-national intellectual-disability language-barrier miller-el-v-cockrell post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-relief slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida apply an inc…
18-8499 Nestor David Vasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-fairness courtroom-prejudice courtroom-security defendant-rights defendant-specific-security fair-trial fair-trial-rights inherent-prejudice inherently-prejudicial judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-review prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements trial-security 1. In Holbrook v. Flynn , 475 U.S. 560, 570-72 (1986), the Court held that the mere presence of guards at a trial was not so inherently prejudicial th…
18-8462 William James Truesdale v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence fabricated-evidence fabrication-of-evidence fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-error Whether the erroneously admitted evidence reviewing sufficiently material to provide the basis for conviction or to remove a reasonable doubt that wou…
18-8470 Tommy Lee Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial judicial-conduct sentencing Tommy Lee Jones was convicted of advertising, distribution, and receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2251(d) and 2252A(a)(2), and h…
18-8374 Naykima Tinee Hill v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial findings-of-fact habeas-corpus harmless-error identification-expert ineffective-assistance right-to-present-defense strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Michigan Supreme Court was objectively unreasonable in application of harmless error analysis and made objectively unreasonable findings o…
18-8319 Jason Ray Flick v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion change-of-venue fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity sixth-amendment I) Was petitioner denied a fair trial by trial courts abuse of discretion? II) Was petitioner denied effective assistance of counsel when counsel fai…
18-8276 Derek Sample v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process due-process,fair-trial,impartial-jury,lesser-inclu fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense right-to-be-present trial-rights Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability on His Claim that the State Court Violated the U…
18-8217 Marvin Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process enterprise enterprise-membership fair-trial jury-instructions racketeering racketeering-act violent-crime 1. Whether in order to be legally sufficient, evidence supporting a conviction of violent crime in aid of racketeering must demonstrate that the defen…
18-8207 Wayland Lynn Dilts v. Michigan Michigan 2019-03-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-closure criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness new-trial public-trial secret-trial sixth-amendment trial-fairness During Petitioner's jury trial, in state court, the prosecutor requested that the trial court "close the courtroom For that reason, the trial court th…
18-8154 Deondre D. Romero v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP and whether ineffective assistance of counsel dep due-process fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment victim-credibility witness-credibility Whether Petitioner's Foujteenth Amendment. right to a. fair and impartial trial was violated 'then the proseatftr elicited false testimony from the vi…
18-8149 Michael Achilles Fries v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial free-speech fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the State have a Constitutional duty to bear the burden of proving that an error in enforcement in order to obtain a conviction, and/or a fair vo…
18-8118 Alvin Davis, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment witness-tampering Was the Petitioner, Alvin Davis, Jr. denied a fair trial, by violations and conflict of state and federal law, Batson v Kentucky, Brady v Maryland, an…
18-8074 Javonte T. Morgan v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP challenge-for-cause civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-proceedings jury-selection peremptory-challenges standard-of-review standing sufficiency-of-evidence Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Javonte Morgan's right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving Conflicting Decisions…
18-8054 Michael Kenneth Young v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment crack-cocaine-seizure criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder fair-trial firearm-seizure fourth-amendment joinder motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure severance traffic-stop 1. Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in upholding the denial of Petitioner Michael Young's motion to sever his unrelated charges arising out…
18-7904 Spassky Alcequiecz v. Kelly A. Ryan, Warden First Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter manslaughter-instruction sixth-amendment WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, DUE TO INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE COUNSEL'S ABANDONEMENT ON A MANSLAUGHTER OF …
18-7877 Lester Roger Decker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-performance constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was defendant's attorney's role to fulfill his advisory position to his client ineffective, thus violating client's right to Due Process?
18-7884 Paula Villalva-Patricio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pertinent-information right-to-testify sixth-amendment testify translation-of-proceedings 1. Whether the Defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel when Appellant wished to testify or otherwise introduce pertinent information and …
18-7873 Troy Sierra v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel right-to-counsel rights-advisement sixth-amendment Why did the U.S. government allow Del. Deluca to arrest and detain Petitioner at the Orlando County Jail on December 30. 2007 without counsel? Why was…
18-7858 Arif Majid v. Jeff Noble, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct religious-prejudice trial-fairness Whether a prosecutor's appeals to religious prejudice in closing argument and throughout trial to inflame the passions of the jury embody animus or of…
18-1029 Sujit Ghosh v. DISH Network L.L.C. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-process arbitration-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial non-party non-party-participation party personal-guaranty standing Can a "Non-Party" of an Arbitration Process get equal Privileges and Rights like a "Party" as per the laws of the United States and its Constitution, …
18-7825 Trevonte Jenkins v. Ohio Ohio 2019-02-07 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial flawed-process identification in-court-identification state-witness witness-testimony IS A PETITIONER DENIED DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND A FAIR TRIAL WHEN IDENTIFICATION WAS AT ISSUE AT TRIAL AND THERE WAS A FLAWED PROCESS RELATED TO A FIRST…
18-7834 Brent William Bogseth v. Michigan Michigan 2019-02-07 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deliberation due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment murder premeditation prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination I. If there is no evidence to show that a defendant actvally Committed the offense of Murder Can premedifation and deliberation then exist as the lowe…
18-7843 Patrick K. Gibson v. Jeri Boe, Superintendent, Clallam Bay Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review ninth-circuit sixth-amendment Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals error in denying a Certificate of Appealability, where petitioner presented clear factual evidence, supported b…
18-7796 Domineque Ray v. Alabama Alabama 2019-02-06 Denied IFP brady-disclosure brady-evidence brady-v-maryland due-process fair-trial incarceration incarceration-records institutional-files mental-health-records postconviction-relief star-witness statute-of-limitations A. Does Brady v. Maryland require the State to obtain and produce to the defense all available prison or other incarceration or institutional files co…
18-7758 Mary Cummins v. Amanda Lollar Texas 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judge-selection judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-selection texas-courts trial-fairness visiting-judge visiting-judges Is a trial by a visiting Judge according to Texas regulations a fair trial? Has Mary Cummins been deprived of due process by use of a retired Texas v…
18-7771 Tommy Wayne Brotherton v. Jay Cassady, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-violation due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights motion-to-suppress sixth-amendment suppression-hearing videotaped-statements 1. Whether (for any one and or all reasons stated herein) petitioner was denied his rights to due process and a fair trial under the Sixth and Fourtee…
18-7757 William Davenport v. James Falk, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied IFP criminal-procedure dna dna-evidence dna-testing due-process evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel res-gestae witness-identification I. Whether trial court erred in admitting evidence of DNA testing from mixed samples. II. Whether trial courts abuse of discretion violated Applicant…
18-7626 Gregory Haynes v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice second-degree-murder self-defense trial-court-error Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial when the trial court made multiple comments that reflected…
18-7634 Lincoln E. Fox v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-error fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel victim-testimony witness-testimony I) Reasonable jurists could debate whether the trial court's admission of a videotaped statement of the victim in violation of Evid.R. 803(4) denied A…
18-7635 Harold Hall v. Alabama Alabama 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic 1) Whether Mr. Hall was denied effective assistance of counsel required by the federal constitution' sixth Amendment when his trialcounsel refused o p…
18-7651 Eric Steve Anderson v. California California 2019-01-29 Denied IFP antagonistic-defenses conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fair-trial jury jury-trial severance severance-motion Did this trial court's denial of petitioner's severance motion as to co-defendant Randy Lee and its subsequent acquittal of Lee on the conspiracy char…
18-7653 Lonzo Bonner v. Michigan Michigan 2019-01-29 Denied IFP brady-material due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel perjured-testimony probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN THE PROSECUTION DELIBERATELY W…
18-7590 Joshua Jacobs v. Texas Texas 2019-01-28 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment bias constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-and-impartial-jury fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-discretion jury-selection trial-counsel trial-procedure voir-dire I. When trial-judge-imposed limitations on voir dire interfere with trial counsel's ability to identify veniremembers whom may be challengeable for ca…
18-7582 Ralph Nicholas Canete v. Chuck Keeton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment material-evidence sixth-amendment MAY THE DESTRUCTION OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE BY THE GOVERNMENT VIOLATE PETITIONERS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS GUARANTEED BY THE FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS,…
18-7455 Josue Israel Sanchez v. California California 2019-01-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial government-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Is the Californa Leaal Systan allowed to tyranate Prosecution, Conviction. and the appeal of ar innocent mon. with imownity Because the vest of the go…
18-7469 David Valenzuela Arzate v. James Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-trial gang-evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-provisions 1. Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse discretion or err in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability? 2. Could a reasonable jurist …
18-7452 Herminio Garcia-Carillo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process due-process,equal-protection,immigration,prejudice equal-protection fair-trial free-speech immigration immigration-bias impartiality jury-selection prejudice voir-dire Whether the district court abused its discretion in rejecting Garcia's proposed voir dire questions regarding potential racial and ethnic bias against…
18-7318 Jesus Gomez v. California California 2019-01-09 Denied IFP burglary criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment uncharged-burglaries Whether admission of evidence of uncharged burglaries violated petitioner's rights to a fair trial and due process of law under the Fifth and Fourteen…
18-7231 Mark J. Avery v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial good-faith good-faith-defense money-laundering specific-intent trust trustee-liability wire-fraud Where the defendant, trustee of a private trust charged with wire fraud and money laundering based on his non-disclosure and misspending involving tru…
18-7224 Jose Alejandro Acuna Valenzuela v. Arizona Arizona 2019-01-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial heightened-reliability impartial-jury juror-bias jury-selection motion-to-vacate prosecutorial-misconduct I. Whether the trial court violated Mr. Acuna's constitutional rights to a fair and impartial jury, to due process, to heightened reliability, and to …
18-7189 George Leslie Manlove v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights credibility due-process fact-finding fair-trial jury-role leading-questions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury witness-credibility WAS PETITIONER DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, BECAUSE THE PROSECUTOR'S CALCULATED, SUSTAINED, AND IMPROPER USE…
18-7100 Brian Simmons v. Michael Capra, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-on-the-court ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review perjured-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct Whether, petitioner's justification defense was lost amoungest the volume of prosecutors use of false or perjured testimonies that went uncorrected. …
18-7145 William Sadowski v. Randy Grounds, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-impartiality police-presence Whether the presence of uniformed police officers during a trial involving the death of a police officer violates a criminal defendant's right to due …
18-7021 Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the "Equitable Tolling" in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public …
18-7025 Tyree Marquez Burt v. California California 2018-12-13 Denied IFP coercion due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hung-jury judicial-instruction jury-coercion jury-instructions trial-procedure Under long standing precedent from this Court, although a trial judge may instruct a deadlocked jury about its duty to deliberate, it cannot coerce a …
18-753 Robert Stephen Couturier v. Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied arrest-warrant bench-trial certificate-of-appealability due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance judicial-impartiality Did the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals error when it denied The Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability? Is a Defendant denied the right to a fair tr…
18-6815 Micheal Jerrial Ibenyenwa v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining procedural-default right-to-counsel sentencing QUESTION 1: IS A COA MANDATED IF A PETITIONER DEMONSTRATES THE STATE ARRIVED AT A DECISION CONTRARY TO AND A UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF STRICKLAND AN…
18-6742 Albert Uriah Mathis v. North Carolina North Carolina 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct Can a judge order a mistrial in a case simply, so he may attend a Dr. appointment? Can a fair trial be had when a deadline of 5pm the same day is pla…
18-6743 Robert J. Kulick v. Leisure Village Association, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial free-speech hoa-governance legal-malpractice perjury rooker-feldman-doctrine standing is theRookerLFeidrñandoctrine constitutional when it fails, "to protect individual rights under the Constitution. . . the purpose of the U.S. Supreme …
18-6752 David McGuire v. Ohio Ohio 2018-11-20 Denied IFP brady-violation brady-violations criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process evidence-disclosure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment police-misconduct remedies When a discovery violation is discovered mid-trial, does a remedy that fails to order the disclosure of the withheld evidence violate the Due Process …
18-6724 Roger Lee Ozier v. Shirlee Harry, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review armed-robbery bank-robbery confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination eyewitness-testimony fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence probable-cause sixth-amendment THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL WAS INSUF- FICIENT TO SUSTAIN MR. OZIER'S CONVICTION FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND BANK ROBBERY. PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS RI…
18-6683 Cody Sakoman v. California California 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure jury jury-deliberation readback sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether a defendant was denied his rights to a fair trial and to due process of law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when the trial co…
18-6691 Delilah McCurtis v. Maggie Burke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-consistent-statements prior-inconsistent-statements witness-testimony WHERE PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL WHERE THE STATE INTRODUCED EACH OF THREE KEY STATE WITNESSES PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS WHICH WERE UNNECES…
18-6700 Michael DePietro v. Allstate Insurance Co., et al. New Jersey 2018-11-14 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal case-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial judicial-bias legal-reconsideration motion-denial new-trial reconsideration standing trial-fairness Judge Jose Fuentes his opinions of my case are all denials. The first one on October 26, 2015 he denied me case law. Then on October 20, 2017 he denie…
18-6656 Timothy Kyle Prince v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment suggestive-identification suggestive-procedures unreliable-identification witness-identification WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED OF HIS SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL, DUE PROCESS, WHERE BOTH GREGORY AND BRENDA RUSHLOW'S IN-CO…
18-607 Jon Roozbeh Vazeen, aka Hassan Vazin v. Michelle Smith Vazin Tennessee 2018-11-08 Denied asset-dissipation civil-rights due-process evidence-tampering fair-trial free-speech galileo-style-prosecution national-science-foundation patent property-rights scientific-prosecution standing takings trial-court-overreach Does a trial court have any rights to prosecute a scientist, in reminiscence of Galileo's prosecution, for his/her forward-thinking science when the s…
18-6610 Mark Johnson v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-perpetrator coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusion-of-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution successive-petition Question not identified.
18-6636 James Edward Griffin v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang jury-instructions misconduct motorcycle-gang prosecutorial-misconduct 1.Was appellant deprived of a fair trial and due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when the trial court …
18-6538 Steven Bernard Sydnor v. Kevin Hampton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fair-trial jackson-v-virginia miranda-rights miranda-warning sufficiency-of-evidence Claim 1. Whether defendant's Constitution 5th and 14th Amendment rights were violated by the trial court denial of defendant's Motion to Suppress stat…
18-564 Rosemary L. Decosimo v. Tennessee Tennessee 2018-10-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment forensic-science fourteenth-amendment impartiality law-enforcement sixth-amendment standing Whether the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United S…
18-6516 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Happy Valley Municipal Court, Oregon Oregon 2018-10-31 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-error jurisdiction municipal-court sentencing zoning-violation Was the trial court Clackamas State of Oregon's judgment sentence Municipal Court dated 01/26/2017 in favor of respondent Happy Valley Municipal Court…
18-6524 Brian Thomas, aka O'Brian A. Thomas, aka Thomas A. O'Brian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard berger-standard berger-v-united-states berger-v-us due-process fair-trial fifth-circuit harmless-error judicial-review jury-bias jury-misconduct procedural-violation prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review WHETHER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURTS VIOLATED BERGER V !JS AFTER IT CONCEDED THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAD OCCURED BUT DECIDING THAT IT WAS "IMPLAUSIBLE THAT IT…
18-6485 Richard Elliott Cain v. Washington Washington 2018-10-29 Denied IFP 6th-amendment character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence due-process evidence fair-trial jury-instruction jury-instructions propensity-evidence search-warrant WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO GIVE THE JURY A LIMITING INSTRUCTION AFTER PERMITTING CHARACTER AND PROPENSITY EVIDENCE TO BE INTRODUCED A…
18-6361 Bob Lee Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial harmless-error hearsay hearsay-exception involuntary-intoxication judicial-bias judicial-ethics present-sense-impression specific-intent standard-of-review Whether the District Court's demonstration of bias against the defense in violation of the Judge's ethical canons and in front of the jury impeded Mr.…
18-6362 Edwin Darrell Lett v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights continuance counsel criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment state-procedure trial WHETHER THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS AND JUDGMENTS ARE FINAL UNDER 28 U.S.C. SECTION 1257. WHETHER CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF THE INDICTM…
18-6351 Raymond Baker v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-testimony corroboration corroboration-of-accomplice-testimony due-process due-process-rights fair-trial impartial-jury juror-misconduct jury-misconduct post-verdict post-verdict-inquiry 1. Whether, as a means of protecting a defendant's rights to due process and a fair and impartial jury, the Court should clarify whether, when a defen…
18-6326 Terry Alfred Coxe v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington State Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights counsel-abandonment due-process equitable-tolling fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS RULINGS' DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE HOLDINGS IN (1) McQUIGGIN V. PERKINS; (2) CRONIC V. UNITED STATES, AND (3) CUYLER V. SULL…
18-6309 Warren Justin Hardy v. California California 2018-10-12 Denied IFP comparative-analysis equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination racial-overtones sixth-amendment Whether, in a case with racial overtones, the California Supreme Court's refusal to conduct a meaningful comparative analysis, or infer a likelihood o…
18-6273 Antoine Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-exclusion fair-trial fifth-amendment government-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error sixth-amendment Whether the Lower Court Misapprehended its Abuse of discretion when the lower court excluded evidence of the Government witness, which evidence was pu…
18-6197 Juan Francisco Medina Ortiz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protections due-process exhaustion fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus labeling state-courts 1. Whether a claim made in th e habeus corpus petition that is substantially the same and invoke s the same constitutional protections, but labeled di…
18-6182 Randolph Moore v. Nevada, et al. Nevada 2018-10-02 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland capital-murder capital-punishment crucial-evidence due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus outcome-of-trial prosecutorial-misconduct withheld-evidence witness-tampering While prosecuting Randolph Moore for capital murder, the prosecutors in this case relied heavily on testimony from Angela Saldana —the only State witn…
18-6186 Alvin Gaitan Benitez, aka Pesadilla, aka Lil Pesadilla, aka Lil Tuner, aka Tooner, aka Lil Tunnel v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP antagonistic-defense antagonistic-defenses codefendant criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial interstate-commerce jurisdiction jurisdictional-element motion-for-severance severance I. WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DENIAL OF A I MOTION FOR SEVERANCE BY ALVIN BENITEZ FROM CODEFENDANT MANUEL GUEVARA WHERE GUEVARA …
18-6152 M. E. D. v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-10-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-endangerment criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law fair-trial jury-instruction jury-instructions other-wrongs-evidence second-degree-child-endangerment victim-testimony witness-testimony (1) DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE PEIITIONER"S RIGHT UNDER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE COURT FAILED TO INSTRUCT THE JURY PROPERLY ON…
18-6124 Sherman Washington, aka Sherman Lance Washington v. Carmen Denise Palmer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial fair-trial-denial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mre-404b other-bad-acts other-bad-acts-testimony res-gestae sixth-amendment WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL BY THE ADMISSION OF IRRELEVANT OTHER BAD ACTS TESTIMONY; THE EVIDENCE WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE UNDER EITHER MRE 4…
18-6058 Donald Lee Reeves, III v. California California 2018-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial felony-murder insufficient-evidence intent robbery special-circumstance I. Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated when he was convicted of robbery in Count 4 based upon insufficient evidence th…
18-372 Ryan Joe Coddington v. Nevada Nevada 2018-09-21 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality prosecutor-conflict prosecutorial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct recusal Is a criminal defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial before a fair and impartial tribunal denied when the tribunal is linked by marriage to …
18-6020 Stefan Rodgers v. Darrell Miller, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure consideration due-process fair-trial judicial-review legal-standards rule-10 standing supreme-court-procedure tribunal-fairness tribunals Each and every point is stated within the petition for writ of certiorari. Did each of the tribunals rule fairly within the Consideration of Rule 10 (…
18-5983 Louis Charlton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process fair-opportunity fair-trial impartial-jury present-defense sixth-amendment trial-by-jury trial-rights Was Petitioner denied the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a trial by an impartial jury when he was not allowed a fair opportunity to present his defense …
18-335 Nathaniel Teamer v. Scott Lewis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-bias jury-instructions south-carolina state-court supreme-court truth-seeking Does the South Carolina Supreme Court's acceptance of judges instructing the jury that its "sole objective is to simply reach the truth of the matter"…
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…
18-5911 Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Department of Justice, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-redaction child-abuse child-abuse-neglect child-abuse-or-neglect court-of-appeals fair-trial federal-procedure minor-plaintiff minor-protection ongoing-case ongoing-federal-case plaintiff-rights redaction trial-fairness 1) Whether a plaintiff can have his case redacted in accordance with laws and regulations about disclosure if; it contains information about a minor t…
18-5912 Robert Kimmell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-disclosure drug-offense due-process fair-trial informant informant-disclosure jury-instructions lesser-included-offense relevance verdict-form witness-disclosure Did Kimmell establish that disclosure of the informant was relevant and helpful to his defense, or essential to a fair determination of his cause? Di…
18-291 Gul Jaisinghani v. Anil Sharma, et al. California 2018-09-07 Denied Response Waived bank-fraud constitutional-rights due-process duplicative-damages fair-trial joint-venture substantive-due-process supremacy-clause witness-exclusion 1. Given that a conspiracy to commit bank fraud is clearly illegal under federal law, as highlighted in the recent Manafort case, does a state's enfor…
18-5905 Cortez Moore v. Illinois Illinois 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-bias officer-testimony opening-argument prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment testifying-officers witness-credibility Whether the State of Illinois deprived Cortez Moore of a fair trial where during opening argument it repeatedly characterized the testifying officers …
18-5863 Corey E. Johnson v. Butler Law Firm Fourth Circuit 2018-09-04 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review procedural-error statute-of-limitations IS THERE HIELP FOR A LONE PETITIONER AND DTHERS SIMI- LARLY SITUATED; DENIED" THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DUE TO NO FAULT OF HIS OWN, ABANDONED BY A DC …
18-5868 William David Cannon v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cumulative-prejudice due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard When a reviewing court on collateral appeal #1 dismisses as "non-cognizable under law" a Cumulative Effect/Aggregate Prejudice claim, asserting multip…
18-5824 James Eugene Larive, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery due-process entrapment evidence fair-trial fourth-amendment parallel-construction search-and-seizure traffic-stop 1.THE RIGHT TO A FAIRTRIAL , " PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION" THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY " FOUTH AMENDMENT" THE TRAFFIC STOP. ENTAPMENT.
18-255 George Briscoe v. Texas Texas 2018-08-28 Denied criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process fair-trial indictment indictment-amendment indictment-modification jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-procedure vagueness Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has…
18-5751 William Burke v. Georgia Georgia 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-process constitutional-fairness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-review fair-trial judicial-review jury-instructions post-conviction-review prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy At what point does it become fundamentally unfair to 'adjust the charges to the evidence'? In this instance, the State adjusted the charges, and by ex…
18-5676 Ernest Morris v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP cell-phone-records cell-phone-tower-records constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy duress-defense fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing suppression trial-counsel unqualified-counsel I. Did counsel provide ineffective assistance of counsel where Direct appeal counsel abandoned the suppression of cell phone tower records after the…
18-5700 Jerry Docaj v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions manslaughter miranda-rights passion-provocation sixth-amendment Mr. Docaj seeks leave to appeal the following issues: 1) Whether the jury instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter misstated the law, unconsti…
18-5653 Pamela Lynn Bravebull v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP cross-examination due-process evidence-rules expert-witness fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence fifth-amendment sixth-amendment structural-error venireperson 1. Evidence upon which the jury may rely in convicting a defendant must come through qualified sworn witnesses, not through a colloquy with a venirepe…
18-5657 Terence Passmore v. Dan O'Fallon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias jury-selection sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-fair-trial Whether the presence of a juror who has expressed a belief that the petitioner is guilty rendered his trial unfair and in violation of the Sixth Amend…
18-5659 David Edward Cavalieri v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cumulative-review evitts-v-lucey first-amendment-right-of-appeal mathews-v-eldridge procedural-due-process strickland-v-washington adversarial-trial cumulative-review evitts-v-lucey fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington On an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim the State Habeas court have a Us Constitutional Review of allasserted errors andomissions, and thereby t…
18-5562 Albert Norman Pierre, Sr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied IFP circuit-court-split circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial innocence perjured-testimony prosecutorial-knowledge prosecutorial-misconduct recantation victim-recantation Whether petitioner, who maintains his innocence, was denied due process and a fundamentally fair trial base on victim's false testimony and post-trial…
18-5524 Farrell Rochelle v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Whether the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying C.O.A. to trial counsel being ineffective for filing to file a motion for continuance to …
18-5556 Joseph D. Barnes v. Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-acts bad-acts-evidence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-evidence due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel other-crimes-evidence quadruple-offender speedy-trial state-court-discretion statute-of-limitations 1. Whether reasonable jurists would have found that the district court denied Mr. Barnes a fair trial when It allowed other crimes evidence and/or bad…
18-5558 Joseph William Atwell v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment WHETHER THE STATE DEPRIVED PETITIONER OF HIS GUARANTEED RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN IT PERMITTED THE PROSECUTION TO INTRODUCE TO THE TRIAL JURY A BUNCH…
18-5570 Ilich Vargas v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County California 2018-08-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-informants due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment (4) District attorneys/prosecutors have a free standing obligation to investigate and inquire into backgrounds of criminal jailhouse informants, inclu…
18-5491 Glen Hughie Lovin, Jr. v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudicial-evidence sentencing (1) Ground 1: The evidence was not sufficient to prove the State charged the offense of an irrelevant and constitutionality of the conviction, duly as…
18-5513 My Van Tran v. Ed Sheldon, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence fair-trial interpreter jury language-access manifest-weight-of-evidence other-acts-evidence Did the trial court err in failing to sanction the state for failing to timely provide Appellant with discovery essential to Appellant's case? Did th…
18-5514 Robert Allen Wilkins v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure counsel due-process evidence sanctions standing due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment The Circuit Court arrod tuopuapp uoym Procseing b4 Wilkns was wearing his untform whon apow 9y Jail Counsdlor for the a tinly obrection 6etoro /011 do…
18-5446 Allan Latoi Story v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied IFP brady-violation civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the State violated Story's Fourth, and Fourteenth, Amendment Constitutional rights, When the Waco Police lied on a Affidavit for Arrest Warran…
18-154 Roderic Rooks v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial fifth-amendment franks-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-available-evidence pretrial-motion prosecutorial-misconduct I. WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT CERTIORARI BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ERRED IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO PERMIT…
18-5433 Helen Atkins v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-testify sixth-amendment speedy-trial 1. WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED HER RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN THE TRIAL COURT OVERRULED HER OBJECTION TO PROSECUTOR'S CLOSING ARGUMENT AND WAS THE PETIT…
18-133 Teddy Moore v. Christopher Bramwell, et al. New York 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-arrest impartial-judiciary judicial-misconduct jury-trial malicious-prosecution state-court-jurisdiction state-court-review Whether the State Supreme Court of King County NY, The Supreme court appellate division second NY, and the Court of Appeal of the state of New York, v…
18-143 Sandra Lee Bart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review conspiracy conspiracy-conviction due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing fair-trial government-witness juror-misconduct jury-misconduct precedent sixth-amendment substantial-evidence 1. Did the Eighth Circuit fail to follow its own precedent, and rule contrary to other Appellate Circuits and the United States Supreme Court when it …
18-5394 Casey Peebles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP coconspirator-statements confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rule fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay hearsay-exception sixth-amendment In Petitioner's jury trial on federal drug offenses, the district court allowed a prosecution witness to testify to out-of-court statements made by a …
18-5403 Leroy Dean Dennis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-07-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment capital-case constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-testimony jurisdiction oklahoma-constitution-article-2-section-20 reasonable-doubt title-18-usc-section-3432 witness-endorsement IN A CAPITAL CASE, IS A DEFNDANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED UNDER THE MANDATE OF THE OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 2, § 20 WHICH IS IDENTICAL T…
18-5379 Marilyn Kaye Freeman v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied IFP appellate-counsel california-supreme-court due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-disqualification precedent state-court-proceedings supreme-court-review trial-counsel Whether reinstatement of a previously disqualified judge deprived appellant of due process and a fair trial? Whether trial or appellate counsel rende…
18-5360 Curtis L. Clinton v. Ohio Ohio 2018-07-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure eighth-amendment equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment racial-stereotype racial-stereotypes racial-stereotyping sixth-amendment 1. Whether a defendant's rights to the effective assistance of counsel, a fair and impartial jury, to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, and t…
18-5301 Cahlan Clay v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination defendant-rights defense-strategy due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-trial trial-procedure witness-examination Whether a court may dictate the manner by which a defendant presents his case to the jury by forcing defense counsel to rely exclusively on the cross-…
18-5199 Keith Warren Lewis v. Rachelle Hadari New Jersey 2018-07-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights court-procedure custody custody-evaluation due-process fair-trial family-law medical-expert mental-health partisan-expert trial-fairness Whether in custody cases a court can force one party to be evaluated by the opposing party's private medical expert. Is this an unconstitutional abuse…
18-53 Lance Dillard, aka Double v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-safeguards criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial internet-access internet-publicity judicial-controls juror-misconduct jury-instructions prejudicial-publicity sixth-amendment Whether the judicial controls utilized in a criminal trial were so constitutionally inadequate to deter or prevent jurors from accessing prejudicial p…
18-5118 Shane K. Floyd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fairness jury-deliberations jury-selection presumption-of-innocence racial-bias sixth-amendment strickland-standard Implicit bias threatens the very foundation of the criminal justice system. Wasn't the judicial system built on fairness; the right to a fair trial; t…
18-5125 Kenneth Lee Foster v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-remedy procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60(b) Whether Petitioner was deprived of a fair opportunity to seek relief through 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and whether Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro…
18-5128 In Re Gigi Fairchild-Littlefield 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process due-process,fair-trial,false-evidence,directed-ver equal-protection fair-trial false-evidence judicial-misconduct jury-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct trial-manipulation Is the deliberate manufacturing of false evidence and manipulation of trial transcripts, and court documents, including the jury verdicts, to support …
18-5132 Jonathan Arn Bryant v. Florida Florida 2018-07-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment custodial-interrogation due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury right-to-counsel self-incrimination self-incrimination-rights sixth-amendment voir-dire 1. Whether the State of Florida's use of Bryant's custodial statements against him at trial violated Bryant's Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment r…
18-5007 David Lemoe Tua v. California California 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial gang-enhancement insufficient-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct severance sufficiency-of-evidence trial-severance Whether the state court's refusal to sever Petitioner's trial from that of his codefendant and refusal to sever the gang enhancement allegations viola…
18-5005 Lawrence Dawkins v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation conflict-between-circuits due-process fair-trial material-evidence napue-giglio napue-violation Napue/Giglio-violation suppression-of-evidence Is there a reasonable probability that had the Brady and Napue/Giglio violation been disclosed, the outcome of the trial would have been different? W…