Self-representation

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25A875 Telina Fuller v. Hector Sanchez, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-04 Denied competency-hearing constitutional-violation due-process godinez-standard self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.
25A872 Djavon Holland v. United States Third Circuit 2026-02-03 Denied appellate-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.
25-6476 Demond Depree Bluntson v. Texas Texas 2026-01-05 Pending IFP faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment This case presents important issues concerning the Sixth Amendment right to represent oneself in a criminal proceeding and the fair administration of …
25-708 Rupert Baptiste v. Fatou Jallow Third Circuit 2025-12-18 Denied due-process fourteenth-amendment haines-v-kerner judicial-act pro-se-rights self-representation The United States Constitution grants certain inalienable rights to its citizens. The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment is to protect people from be…
25-6170 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana, et al. Louisiana 2025-11-19 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process jurisdictional-error pro-se-representation self-representation 1. WHETHER THE STATE APPELLATE COURT COMMITTED PLAIN JURISDICTIONAL ERROR WHEN GRANTING STATE APPELLEE'S MOTION FOR EXTENTION AFTER FILING DEADLINES H…
25-6071 Anna Joy Eltgroth v. Edward Aaron Pierson Pennsylvania 2025-11-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process legal-accommodation protection-from-abuse self-representation 1) Does the only modernly developed 1994 PA Protection from Abuse Act constitute a serious enough civil matter to warrant a consideration of specific…
25A396 Robert Tatum v. Chris Stevens Seventh Circuit 2025-10-06 Denied alibi-defense complete-defense due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.
25-324 Richard William Kleinhammer v. California California 2025-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment self-representation sixth-amendment Self representation for a postconviction collateral appeal was denied applying People v. Scott as a policy which is at loggerheads with actual innocen…
25-5326 Geneva Langworthy v. Supreme Court of New Mexico New Mexico 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-access disability-rights due-process judicial-bias legal-representation self-representation 1. Can a judge with a personal bias against a party, deny that individual access to the courts as a punishment for disrespectful language in her plead…
25-5309 Tedor Davido v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-08 Pending IFP criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony probable-cause self-representation warrant-exception 1. In light of this Court's recent grant of certiorari in Case v. Montana to resolve the question of whether the emergency aid exception to the warran…
25-5234 Cathy E. Butler v. Estate of Dana Grace Butler, Deceased, et al. Florida 2025-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment open-courts probate-administration self-representation 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Fla. Const, art. I, §§ 9 & 21 require meaningful notice, hearing, and written findings be…
24-7497 Michael Marion Cotham v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process faretta-right ineffective-assistance self-representation I. Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision was "contrary" to Faretta v. Arizona, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)…
24-1272 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations first-amendment-retaliation judicial-immunity self-representation separation-of-powers sixth-amendment-rights 1. First Amendment Retaliation: Did the lower courts, including District Judge Mark R. Hor- nak and the Third Circuit in its August 8, 2024, judgme…
24A1208 Frank Marshall, et ux. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-06-09 Presumed Complete court-procedure due-process legal-standing litigation-rights pro-se self-representation Question not identified.
24-7301 Dennis J. Rydbom v. Jonathan Frame, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-rights defense-strategy hybrid-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Rydbom sought self-representation to gain strategic control of his criminal defense. Judge Reed insisted that represented defendants already control t…
24-7175 In Re Kevin Ogden 2025-05-12 Denied IFP appellate-review due-process jurisdiction legal-standard self-representation trial-rights Did The Supreme Court Of New Mexico Lack Jurisdiction To Rule And Convict The Petitioner Prior To Trial? Did The Supreme Court Of New Mexico Apply Th…
24-7136 DeWayne Lee Waldrup v. Texas Texas 2025-05-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel self-representation trial-procedure Question not identified.
24-7029 DeNeal Lee Smith v. Jeff Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-right self-representation sixth-amendment Can a criminal defendant invoke his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation under Faretta after an equivocal request? Did the United States Cour…
24-7000 Avery B. Crawford v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus self-representation Whether the Fifth Circuit failed or abandoned it's Constitutional duty to review Mr. Crawford's Certificate of Appea ;ability (COA) process, because h…
24-6642 Hubert Glenn Sexton, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights counsel-waiver due-process self-representation sixth-amendment Under Tennessee law, defense counsel in criminal trials has the power to make strategic decisions, including decisions to exercise or waive rights gua…
24-6636 Kerbet Dixon v. New York New York 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process pro-se-defendant prosecutorial-tactics self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation In Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 818 (1975), this Court found that the Sixth Amendment "constitutionalizes" a pro se defendant's right "in an a…
24-5876 Norma Ortiz Fernandez v. La Clinica California 2024-10-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing self-representation 1) Whether the Due Process Clause applies to self-represented parties, which is a self-executing constitutional right and needs no enforcement statut…
24-5815 Joseph S. Addison v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion 1. What bright line indicates whether a defendant has clearly and unequivocally invoked their right to conduct their own defense? 2. Can a trial-cour…
24-454 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. California 2024-10-22 Denied bankruptcy-court civil-procedure due-process emotional-distress judicial-conflict self-representation 1.) Should Due Process of Law as mandated by the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment be afforded to self-represented litigant Plaintiff re…
24-5746 In Re Trey Tarell Bradley 2024-10-11 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus self-representation state-court-procedure Can a State summarily deny a defendant's right to self-representation and subsequently bar a constitutional challenge to such because of the defendant…
24-5634 Camille A. Abboud v. Iryna Abboud Florida 2024-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct parental-rights self-representation Where Florida 7th (Seventh) Judicial Circuit Judges AND the U.S. Middle District of Florida REPEATEDLY VIOLATED the Petitioner 's the US & FL Constitu…
24-5319 Marlin Lee Gougher v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-colloquy self-representation sixth-amendment Does a .defendant that gave a lucid, literate, articulate answer that the District Court Judge did not like during a Faretta dolloquy precludes self-r…
23-1318 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. California 2024-06-18 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process emotional-distress judicial-recusal recusal self-representation standing 1.) Should Due Process of Law as mandated by the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment be afforded to self-represented litigant Plaintiff re…
23-7009 Warren Simpson v. Alan Simpson Arizona 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-counsel liberty pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trustee 1) Should every US citizen, on the defensive side of any adverse legal issue, be provided council if they wish such and cannot afford or find; and com…
23-6975 D'Amantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio 2024-03-13 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen trial-court Can a trial court deny a criminal defendant the right to self-representation solely because he was designated a sovereign citizen?
23-6961 Jacob Smith v. John Henley, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation X £r*'ifb A^edq-e^ The Trial frosecaiot lia\ fdhcor\cl\idt~ r^i 4w sh>f% fKe Bo/de/n of froofi kr^cj 7W MfSroiiU faM fa &) y^eee/vf eyfde/\ceprove My …
23-6908 Shawn Christy v. United States Third Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judgment-of-acquittal judicial-discretion judicial-error pro-se right-to-counsel self-representation sentencing-review 1. Did the district court error in not permitting Mr. Christy to represent himself? Suggested Answer: Yes. 2. Did the district court error in not gra…
23A526 Jacob Smith v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-right criminal-procedure faretta-right preliminary-hearing self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.
23-6211 Bernard Antoine Hardrick v. Michigan Michigan 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-enterprise due-process evidence-sufficiency exclusion jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation trial-court-error I. Did The Trial Court Violate Petitioner's Right To Be Present Right To Counsel, And Right To Self-Representation When It Improperly Excluded Petitio…
23-5857 Jeremy Moody v. Georgia Georgia 2023-10-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP autonomy-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation trial-court-discretion 1. Whether a guilty plea inherently waives claims that the trial court violated a defendant's autonomy-based rights, such as the right to self-represe…
23-5574 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process notice-requirement self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation Question not identified.
23-5436 Christopher J. Barnett v. David Guten, District Judge, District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-petition self-representation supreme-court timeliness writ-of-certiorari Does representation access the Sixth Amendment person who has dismissed a body affirm profit have timely filed the Petition to See-k Appeal? If a Judg…
23-5115 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-17 Denied IFP counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process fund-seizure hearing-requirement luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel seizure-of-funds self-representation A. Whether a court may rule on a request for self-representation based solely on the existing record or whether it must hold a hearing and question th…
22-7829 James Platte, Jr. v. Sarah Schroeder, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process hybrid-representation judicial-discretion self-representation standing trial-court DID THE TRIAL COURT'S SUBSTITUTION OF HYBRID REPRESENTATION OVER SELF-REPRESENTATION VIOLATE PETITIONERS CONSTITUTION RIGHTS?
22-1120 Paula Parisi v. Peter C. Anderson, United States Trustee for Region 16 Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-chapter-11 28-usc-158 bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal chapter-11-proceeding debtor-in-possession district-court-jurisdiction self-representation sua-sponte sua-sponte-designation united-states-trustee In a case originating under 11 U.S.C. chapter 11, § 1101- 1193, does a U.S. district court sitting in its capacity under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (a) have disc…
22-7266 Levar Lee Spence v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-04-13 Denied IFP appeal-rights appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus self-representation statutory-authorization statutory-interpretation I. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision provide the necessary warrant of authority to Subsume the Constitutional Writ of Habeas Corpus ad sobti…
22-6660 Winnie Diggs v. Martin Schmidt, et al. Colorado 2023-02-01 Denied IFP court-procedure due-process fair-treatment intentional-prolonged-suffering judicial-fairness judicial-resources legal-remedy perjury-deception res-judicata self-representation self-represented-litigants RES JUDICATA MARES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANTS to be treated fairly. Res judicata promotes repose and the finality of judgments, a re…
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…
22-6397 Alex Daniel v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP ake-v-oklahoma appointed-counsel britt-v-north-carolina due-process fundamental-fairness griffin-v-illinois indigent-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment In Farretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 833-34 (1975), this Court recognized that the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees cr…
22-6276 Lester S. Barney v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se-representation self-representation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington 1. Whether, because the state court unreasonably determined that Lester S. Barney ("Barney") did not clearly and unequivocally assert his right to pro…
22-464 United States v. Saleem Hakim Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied appellate-review automatic-vacatur criminal-procedure judicial-discretion pretrial-procedure right-to-counsel self-representation structural-error Whether a defendant's erroneous pretrial self-representation categorically constitutes structural error, thereby requiring automatic vacatur of the co…
22-5926 Charles Chitat Ng v. California California 2022-10-27 Denied IFP confrontation-clause due-process extradition-hearing fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-representation sixth-amendment stun-belt I. WAS PETITIONER DEPRIVED OF DUE PROCESS AND HIS RIGHT OF SELF REPRESENTATION UNDER THE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS BY THE TRIAL COURT'S …
22-5851 Siaosi Vanisi v. William Reubart, Acting Warden Nevada 2022-10-17 Denied IFP competency criminal-procedure double-jeopardy gross-negligence intent-requirement mental-competency oregon-v-kennedy self-representation 1. Does gross negligence on the part of the State satisfy the intent requirement as set forth in Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667 (1982) so that double…
22-5287 Gregory Edwin Dunn v. County of Santa Cruz, California Ninth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigence privileges-and-immunities self-representation Whether indigence should be deemed a suspect or quasi-suspect class under the Equal Protection Guarantee of the 5th amendment and the Due Process Clau…
22-5153 Ramon A. Boyce v. Ohio Ohio 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication prejudice pro-se-defendant self-representation trial-court trial-court-discretion 1.) Has a criminal Defendant's constitutional right to self-representation been violated by a trial court, if that court unreasonably delays the Defen…
22-5134 Bart J. Tarulli v. Ameriprise Financial Services Second Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-discretion legal-violations merit-based-decision preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness self-representation standing 1) Does the court believe that ' cheating', and violating established law/rules must be addressed with an imposition of the clear penalties so listed…
21-8063 William Lee Wright Jr. v. California California 2022-06-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta faretta-motion judicial-discretion self-representation timeliness totality-of-the-circumstances 1. Whether, as the majority of jurisdictions hold, a request for self-representation under Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), is timely if ma…
21-8027 Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency conflict-of-counsel counsel-conflict faretta-colloquy faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court-discretion Does the Sixth Amendment require a trial court to conduct a competency colloquy, pursuant to this Court's holding in Faretta v. California, where a de…
21-7913 William Earl Sweet v. Florida Florida 2022-05-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error self-representation timeliness 1. Whether the Petitioner's right to self-representation was violated when the trial court denied the Petitioner's request to proceed pro se and the F…
21-7904 Vladimir Duarte v. New York New York 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard faretta-v-california self-representation sincerity sixth-amendment unequivocal-request waiver-of-counsel When a defendant makes an "unequivocal" request for self-representation, the court must, under Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 835-836 (1975), pe…
21-7844 James R. W. Mitchell v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-appointment court-discretion criminal-defendant criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment In Faretta v. California , 422 U.S. 806 (1975), this Court held that a criminal defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to represent himself at trial. I…
21-7724 Anthony Fields v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment court-of-appeals evidence-suppression Faretta-v-California fourth-amendment Koon-v-United-States legal-error precedent-interpretation self-representation traffic-stop 1. Whether the court of appeals' decision affirming the denial of Petitioner's request to exercise his right to self-representation while ignoring com…
21-7631 Johnell Lee Carter v. Hunter Anglea, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process pro-per pro-per-status right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court denied Petitioner's right to self representation by concluding Mr. Carter's opting for pro per status was made too close to th…
21-7633 Charles Awusin Inko-Tariah v. United States District of Columbia 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forced-medication government-misconduct judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-treatment pro-se-representation self-representation 1. Was the Supreme Court ruling in Faretta vs California violated or trampled by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circu…
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 …
21-7348 Andrew Prescott v. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District Illinois 2022-03-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process ex-parte-communication fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal self-representation sixth-amendment Do the 6th Amendment; Section 1 and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; 28 U.S. Code § 1654, and state laws or provisions, grant individuals not only the…
21-7231 Caleb L. McGillvary v. New Jersey New Jersey 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-inquiry Faretta-motion right-to-counsel self-representation waiver 1.) If Defendant's motion to self-represent is denied without a Faretta inquiry, does his cooperation thereafter with defense counsel constitute a wai…
21-1147 Yehoram Uziel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights discrimination due-process judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct legal-extortion self-representation self-represented-litigant standing Can a judge ignore a party' challenge to his impartiality, maintain jurisdiction and abuse his adjudicative authority to extort the challenging party …
21-7161 Deja Paschal v. Connecticut Connecticut 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equivocal-request right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment waiver Whether a defendant's request for self-representation, made in the context of expressing frustration with appointed counsel and requesting new counsel…
21-7120 David John Telles, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony grooming-expert-testimony malingering mental-disorder mental-disorder-defense self-representation standard-of-review 1. What is the correct standard for reviewing denied motions for competency hearings, under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(a) and constitutional due process? Is rev…
21-7001 Adam J. Tenser v. Beth Silverman, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-representation civil-rights due-process fairness judicial-interpretation legal-solicitude liberal-construction pro-se self-representation slander standing Whether this Court's articulation of the pro se liberal construction rule in Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 529 (1972) implies a general withdrawal of the…
21-6715 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation psychotherapist-patient-privilege self-representation subpoena-validity Question not identified.
21-871 Louisiana v. David H. Brown Louisiana 2021-12-13 Denied capital-case death-penalty faretta-right faretta-v-california mccoy-v-louisiana self-representation structural-error trial-counsel Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in vacating the three death sentences imposed on the respondent when the trial court granted respondent's re…
21-6556 Richard Bernard Grundy, III v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california fifth-amendment judicial-discretion self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the District Court deprived Richard Grundy of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rig…
21-6393 Michael Lawrence Woodbury v. Florida Florida 2021-11-23 Denied IFP competency-standard due-process fourteenth-amendment indiana-v-edwards mental-illness self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the Florida Supreme Court, rather than applying a heightened standard for competency to represent oneself for defendants with severe mental il…
21-634 Zachariah Brian Wright v. Indiana Indiana 2021-11-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) criminal-procedure due-process equivocal-invocation high-penalty-case intelligent-waiver judicial-discretion right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment In Faretta v. California, this Court held that the Sixth Amendment protects the "fundamental" right of a criminal defendant to "conduct his own defens…
21-6048 Shakina Ortega v. Higgs Fletcher and Mack LLP, et al. California 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-court racial-discrimination self-representation self-represented summary-judgment 1. Whether the Court of Appeals ' decision to uphold the granting of the summary judgment motion when discovery was not complete, in conflict with the…
21-5959 Darwin J. Fifield, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied IFP civil-rights coerced-statement counsel-ineffectiveness due-process excessive-force fifth-amendment fourth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement self-representation sixth-amendment Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later stat…
21-5701 Michel Cherfrere v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP competency competency-examination criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial standby-counsel Do United States Supreme Court supported any Defendant who competent have right to represent himself in the criminal case at the jury trial. Do United…
21-5682 Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing mckaskle-v-wiggins right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standby-counsel Most federal courts of appeal require that defendants are aware of the "dangers and disadvantages" of self-representation prior to waiver of their Six…
21-5614 In Re James Williams 2021-09-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error [1]. Does the District Courts arbitrary denying defendant Sixth Amendment Constitutional Right to Self-Representation on initial 2255 constitute extra…
21-5538 Michael Joseph Edmondson v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel In this case, the United States Court of Appeals per curiam affirmed denial of Petitioner's appeal for habeas corpus relief. Petitioner contends that …
20-8378 Michael R. Gore, Jr. v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP criminal-procedure faretta self-representation sixth-amendment voir-dire waiver I. IS THE RIGHT TO SELF-REPRESENTATION VIOLATED WHEN A DEFENDANT IS NOT AFFORDED VOIR DIRE UNDER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN FARETTA V. CALIF…
20-7986 Kevin Dunbar v. Arizona Arizona 2021-05-11 Denied IFP attempted-first-degree-murder consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-weighing kidnapping self-representation supreme-court-precedent Was the petitioner's aggravated sentences was in violation of due process and conflicts with the United states Supreme Court holdings in Apprendi V. N…
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…
20-7834 Steven Cooper v. Florida Florida 2021-04-22 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-rights criminal-mischief criminal-procedure due-process grand-theft mandamus pro-se-representation self-representation trespass • Whether it is unconstitutional for a defendants ' pro per Motion to Discharge Counsel and Waiver of Right to Counsel to be dismissed for the only r…
20-7812 Clive Patrick Bowen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuance criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment 1. Does a district court violate the Sixth Amendment or otherwise err when it grants a defendant's motion to represent himself shortly before trial bu…
20-7729 Casey Rose v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing confrontation-clause cooperating-witness cross-examination due-process impeachment indiana-v-edwards self-representation witness-impeachment Whether the termination of cross-examination of a cooperating with incentives to lie prior to being able to impeach the witness violated the confronta…
20-7573 Merrickio D. Harris v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process fundamental-fairness judicial-review self-representation structural-error 1) Whether the Nebraska State Courts committed structural error and violated the Petitioner's Federal Constitutional Rights to Self Representation and…
20-7539 Schenvisky James v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process faretta-warning free-speech right-to-counsel self-representation standing waiver-of-counsel FOR A STATE PRISONER TO RAISE THE OCCURRENCE OF A JURISDICTIONAL I. IS IT PERMISSIBLE DURING HABEAS CORPUS S REVIEW IF THE PETITIONER COURT PROCEEDING…
20-7354 In Re Michael Robinson 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct mandamus self-representation The issue here goes beyond a miscarriage of justice. It's lower courts ' and it's officers as such in this case District Attorney Matulewicz blatant …
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…
20-7236 Vincent E. Boyd v. Dylon Radtke, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability court-procedure due-process legal-representation pro-se-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right standby-counsel Should courts have to clearly define, on the record, the proper role of standby counsel in the proceedings? In other words, should courts engage in a …
20-1140 Angela W. DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied appeal appeal-rights civil-procedure consolidation due-process final-judgment pro-se-litigant rule-42-consolidation rules-enabling-act self-representation substantive-right substantive-rights 1. Whether a Rule 42 consolidation can deprive a party of a substantive right —the right to an appeal from a final judgment —when the Rules Enabling A…
20-7063 Pablo Damiani-Melendez v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-challenge self-representation sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Question not identified.
20-6916 Stephen M. Patterson, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process edwards-standard indiana-v-edwards mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel 1. Whether Edwards' heightened competency standards apply when a court grants a borderline competent and mentally ill defendant's request to represent…
20-929 Neil J. Gillespie v. Florida Florida 2021-01-11 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california forced-counsel habeas-corpus right-to-self-representation self-representation state-proceedings Can a writ of habeas corpus free a criminal defendant in state criminal proceedings from being restrained by forced appointment of counsel prohibited …
20-6751 Roger Darryl Waldrep v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-evidence civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance self-representation sixth-amendment voluntariness-of-plea 1F Does this Supreme Court Grant and Honor CIVIL RIGHTS to all Arizonans and US Citizens? If so, is Habeas Keelief and Remedy thus appropriate to any …
20-6709 Lance Hundley v. Ohio Ohio 2020-12-28 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-sentencing constitutional-review death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-determination mental-health self-representation sixth-amendment 1.Do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbid a trial court from allowing a capital defendant with a questionable mental he…
20-6592 Edgar Gomez v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process faretta-right habeas-corpus right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness (1) Was Petitioner's denied his right to self-representation pursuant to Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975) when the trial court denied the re…
20-6497 Andrey Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts appellate-review civil-forum civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-review self-representation The issue here goes beyond a miscarriage of justice. It's lower court's blatant and outright refusal to administer justice, when law warrants otherwis…
20-6240 Kyle Brandon Richards v. Kristopher Taskila, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied IFP aspergers-syndrome cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process mental-health self-representation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-proportionality (1) MR RICHARDS WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO SELF REPRESENTATION BY THE TRIAL COURTS SUMMARY DENIAL OF HIS TIMELY REQUEST TO GO PRO SE…
20-6110 Samuel Hogans v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-procedure trial-proceedings Under the Sixth Amendment, is it constitutional for a competent criminal defendant to be denied the fundamental right to self-representation when the …
20-6061 Whittier Buchanan v. California California 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistant-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation standby-counsel trial-transcripts witness-testimony I wish foR thE couat to decide clearly Whether My Soblic Defordon is lloived to assist the D.A. aftor the judge Relioved hen from her doties of sPRese…
20-5760 Daniel Carl Frederickson v. California California 2020-09-21 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-rights defense-counsel faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana plea-of-guilty self-representation sixth-amendment Does a state statute that requires the consent of defense counsel before a defendant in a capital case can enter a plea of guilty violate the Sixth Am…
20-5708 Fagbemi Miranda v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-rights fundamental-decision fundamental-decisions legal-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-strategy Does the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to make fundamental decisions about his case include the right to choose which defense to present at trial?
20-5676 Leon Venegas, Jr. v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence faretta-inquiry ineffective-assistance jury-selection self-representation timely-request I. DOES A STATE TRIAL COURT DEPRIVE A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT OF HIS/HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SELF REPRESENTION WHEN THEY DENY THE DEFENDANTS UNEQUIVOCA…
20-5327 Thyochus A. Huggins v. California California 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process faretta-v-california self-representation AkH^A iKmA- Qx\& ..jhavrilAfat..V. C&Vtfbv-Y\io . ^7? nc,,_ , . iiaci^Ly q>p ,..^ol,jba.OL\..^iMir\ , UV\ft^\VO< iWt Jftju JkJ^\AjQc4r v^sL^>\ciz_^m4-…
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…
20-5085 Joe Edward Johnson v. California California 2020-07-16 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5)IFP batson-challenge criminal-procedure due-process faretta-motion faretta-v-california jury-selection legal-timeliness self-representation timeliness totality-of-circumstances 1. Whether, as the overwhelming majority of jurisdictions hold, a request for self-representation under Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), is…
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-…
19-8560 Ricardo Noble v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-05-28 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure court-order criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-appeal motion-correction self-representation sentencing transcript transcript-error DID COURT ERR AND ABUSE DISCRETION BY ERRONEOUSLY QUASHING AS UNTIMELY PETITIONER'S OWN MOTION (POCKETED OWN MOTION) APPEAL OF TRIAL COURT'S 08/8/2°/8…
19-8428 Marc Wyatt v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-market-value fifth-circuit legal-counsel replacement-cost right-to-self-representation self-representation QUESTION ONE: IF THE RECORD IS VOID OF MARC TRACE WYATT BEING LEGALLY APPOINTED COUNSEL, DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ERR IN DETERMINING THAT HIS CODE OF C…
19-8266 James Heard v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-15 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trial-court 1. Whether the trial court erred in denying James Heard's pre-trial motion to proceed pro Se? 2. Whether the appellate court unreosonably applied the…
19-8247 John Wilson v. Florida Florida 2020-04-13 Denied IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-procedure mental-competency self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-court-discretion WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT WAS OBLIGATED TO DETERMINE THE MENTAL COMPETENCY OF A DEFENDANT BEFORE GRANTING HIM THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT HIMSELF AT TRIAL IF…
19-8039 Jeffrey Clark v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-03-18 Denied IFP counsel-conflict criminal-trial death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment faretta-waiver jury-trial right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment Mr. Clark represented himself at trial because his lawyer planned to concede his guilt of second-degree murder. The Louisiana Supreme Court held the F…
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…
19-1052 Andre G. Dewberry v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure guilty-plea self-representation sixth-amendment waiver Whether a guilty plea waives a challenge on appeal to the denial of a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to represent himself.
19-7747 Christopher Robert Sueiro v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment interlocutory-appeal self-representation sixth-amendment 1. Whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and the collateral order doctrine, a criminal defendant may appeal an interlocutory order denying the defendant's r…
19-877 Asmerom Gebreselassie v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel right-to-present-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment DID THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FAILING TO GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON ANY OF THE FOUR ISSUES PRESENTED REGARDING FUNDAMENTA…
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation 1) Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment t…
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 …
19-6912 David Abara v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal competency competency-exam criminal-procedure faretta-canvass irreconcilable-conflict right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court SHOULD THIS COURT ADDRESS, IN QUESTION OF FIRST-IMPRESSION, WHETHER IT VIOLATES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR A TRIAL COURT TO FORCE A DEFE…
19-6700 Abid Naseer v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisement appellate-review district-court right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standard-of-review waiver 1. Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals applied an incorrect standard in concluding that Petitioner knowingly and intelligently waived his Sixt…
19-6525 Sean Trent Barnes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing sentencing-enhancement The issue subsuming all other issues in this appeal is whether I. or not, Mr. Sean Trent Barnes, while incarcerated in pre-trial cus tody as a federal…
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…
19-6458 Torrence E. Davis v. Arizona Arizona 2019-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP conditional-demand constitutional-rights criminal-procedure equivocal-invocation equivocal-request faretta-right faretta-v-california judicial-discretion new-counsel pro-per right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right trial-court-advisement waiver-of-counsel In Faretta v. California, this Court held that criminal defendants have the right to represent themselves in criminal prosecutions. Faretta v. Califor…
19-6445 Lewellyn Charles Cox, IV, aka Sho, aka Showtime, aka Showtyme v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea harmless-error harmless-error-analysis ineffective-assistance right-to-self-representation self-representation self-representation-at-sentencing sentencing structural-error (1) Whether denial of a right to self-representation during sentencing is subject to harmless error analysis as held by the Ninth Circuit, or subject …
19-6406 Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-10-28 Denied IFP conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel I. WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT OPINION IN AFFIRMING THE NEBRASKA LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO …
19-6234 Kelvin Melton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process self-representation Whether an appellant has the right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
19-6266 Willie Jones, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-among-courts constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure dilatory-conduct dilatory-purpose dilatory-purposes faretta-right faretta-v-california federal-courts self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-self-representation state-courts Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's Faretta claim, which permitted the district court to deny it after determining that Petitioner had…
19-6165 Ricky G. Davis v. Virginia Virginia 2019-10-04 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process pro-se pro-se-representation probation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment standing CAN VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONALLY HALE A PERSON INTO ITS CRIMINAL COURTS AND THERE FORCE A LAWYER UPON HIM, EVEN WHEN HE INSIST THAT HE WANTS TO CONDUCT H…
19-6096 Jerry Simmons v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biased-judge constructive-denial constructive-denial-of-assistance-of-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-bias right-to-counsel right-to-present-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error structural-error-doctrine Whether the decision by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals contrary to, or involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established F…
19-5950 Roberto Medina-Martinez v. Arizona Arizona 2019-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation motion-to-change-counsel right-to-counsel self-representation standing I'm Innocent on my Case- I doit understand why the Chonge of Coursel Shey denied me thru out my entire Case- Ther took me 2,5 Years to Triol with a la…
18-9471 Joseph John Viola v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-29 Denied IFP appellate-review collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactivity self-representation state-supreme-court Nine years ago, the State of Arizona in reaction to its becoming aware of an unrelated investigation of petitioner Giuseppe Viola, involving his autom…
18-9308 Clarence Scranage, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner waived his Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights to Counsel, by being forced to represent himself by the lower Court, pro-se, without th…
18-9196 Delano Marco Medina, aka Michael David Allen Bell, aka William Anders Bryant v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense barker-factors cell-site-location-information constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reason-for-delay self-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial In a Sixth Amendment Constitutional speedy trial analysis, will the second factor, the Reason-for-Delay weigh against the government when it intention…
18-8777 Salim Abdu Gould v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction I. Did Trial Counsel Error in Denial of Pretrial Motions Prose Before the Appointment of Counsel? If Motions Entertained Pro Se, Does Petitioner bear …
18-8724 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics motions pleadings procedural-rules right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have any duty to ensure that a defendant's right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—rep…
18-8639 Anthony Franklin v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection faretta-hearing faretta-v-california habeas-corpus pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment third-circuit third-circuit-law Whether the district court err in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner, and by Holding that Petitioner's multiple interjections did not amoun…
18-8551 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Arizona Arizona 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure-appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard motion-for-relief self-representation standing timeliness Whether or not, the Court of Appeal, state of Arizona, Correctly denied Appellant's Motion To Dismiss, his Appeal, Submitted pursuant to Arizona Rules…
18-8439 Richard Larry Lacey v. Oregon Oregon 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP courtroom-removal defendant-misconduct forfeiture misconduct right-to-representation self-representation sixth-amendment trial-rights waiver waiver-forfeiture Does a self-represented defendant waive or forfeit his Sixth Amendment right to representation, when the defendant intentionally engages in misconduct…
18-8427 Malcolm Roy Evans v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion judicial-inquiry right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-representation WHETHER A TRIAL COURT MAY SUMMARILY PROHIBIT AN ACCUSED FROM TESTIFYING IN HIS OWN DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL MERELY FOR STATING TO THE JURY HIS BELI…
18-8370 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-procedure ninth-circuit self-representation What procedural safeguards are afforded to federal criminal defendants when an Appellate Court panel exercises its discretion in deciding whether or n…
18-1098 Daniel E. Witte v. Jayden H. Huynh, nka Jayden Scacco Utah 2019-02-22 Denied 14th-amendment civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech pro-se-representation self-representation strict-scrutiny In Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 829-32, 830 n.39, 833-34, 834 n.46 (1975), this Court held that state courts may not compel pro se litigants i…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation At the end of Henry Bryant's direct appeal the government informed his appointed attorney (Sheryl Lowenthal) that the lead investigator had been disci…
18-8113 Troy Arnaud v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client client-autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-representation sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether Arnaud was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel. Whether Arnaud's trial counsel violated client autonomy. …
18-8028 Ronald Reel v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions reasonable-doubt self-representation speedy-trial 1. Petitioner deprived oF his 5th Amendment right to the Reasonable Doubt Cluase. 2.Petitioner 6th Amendment right to a Speedy trial was Violated. 3.P…
18-8011 Kevin Kerr v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Eighth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1988 6th-amendment civil-rights competency criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech pardon pro-se-appearance psychological-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment standing 1. AS CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTUAL INNOCENCE OF ONE INDIVISIBLE NATION, TO WIT: THE HIGHER-SELF PARDONING OF THIS PETITIONER'S DEIFIC LIFE-RIGHT TO "THE…
18-7905 Christopher A. Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indiana-v-edwards medical-condition medical-resuscitation medication mental-competency pro-se-representation self-representation "Does a higher standard exist for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial, than for competency to stand trial, in a case wherein a criminal…
18-7754 In Re Archie Cabello 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-procedure pleadings right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation rule-11 self-representation Does a trial judge have any duty to ensure that a defendant's right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—rep…
18-7694 Raymond Crespo v. New York New York 2019-01-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process faretta-v-california judicial-discretion legal-timeliness pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation timeliness "How soon in the criminal proceeding must a defendant decide between proceeding by counsel or pro se?" Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 852 (1975)…
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure FX ONS _JUSTiCe so eloQuent ly pot Veo "Lest We SEHe WWISTI Ch ONL DAT TR AROUND ) Sttouks THE UNE@ViVOCA RLGKT TO RENRESENT ONES SEIF OR HAVE COUNSe|…
18-7196 Edward Allen McElroy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process faretta-hearing faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sentencing supervised-release waiver-of-counsel Where a defendant is charged in federal court with possession and production of child pornography, the maximum punishment for which carries a lifetime…
18-6940 Dalray Kwane Andrews v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure dilatory faretta-right faretta-v-california habeas-corpus self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court (1) Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that Faretta "clearly established," for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), that a request for self-represent…
18-6871 Archie Cabello v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion right-to-counsel rule-11 self-representation Does a Trial Judge have any duty to ensure that a defendants right to counsel of choice is protected? When a defendant asserts his right to self—repr…
18-6219 Melissa May v. Continental Towers Condominiums Association, et al. Kentucky 2018-10-04 Denied IFP access-to-justice accessibility civil-procedure civil-rights court-accommodation disability-discrimination due-process legal-procedure reasonable-accommodation self-representation standing Did the state of Kentucky not facilitate discrimination of Ms. May entirely, because of her disability? Furthermore was it reasonable in US democracy…
18-5984 Murad H. Beyah v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus self-representation standing 1. Whether where PoSe (Self-Representation Defendant, HASAe MURAD oSIRIS A BEYAH ChETME, "HASAN MURAD" COMPLnd he had a PRETRIAC DETENTIal lawsuit ot …
18-5946 William A. Parrish, Jr. v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights court-of-appeals due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel grand-jury-selection indigent indigent-defendant indigent-litigant judicial-discretion perjured-testimony pro-se right-to-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial transcript trial-transcript Did the State Court of Appeals have the authority to deny a pro se indigent litigant a copy of his trial transcript because he choose to represent him…
18-5910 Curtis Dee Packard v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation public-defender right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court withdrawal-of-counsel Whether both the trial court and the State's Public Defender's Office invited error and erroneously denied the Petitioner his 6th Amendment rights to …
18-5871 Samuel Posa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process eleventh-circuit self-representation tharpe-v-sellers 1.) Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability relying on incorrect facts offered by the…
18-5738 Bill Paul Marquardt v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction capital-collateral-regional-counsel collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-claims self-representation Whether the three collateral-order-doctrine conditions are satisfied and the U.S. Court of Appeals can take jurisdiction on in pro se claims, where th…
18-238 South Carolina v. Lamont Antonio Samuel South Carolina 2018-08-23 Denied court-of-appeals criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process ethics faretta-v-california judicial-conduct judicial-discretion judicial-integrity self-representation sixth-amendment unethical-conduct Did the South Carolina Supreme Court err when it held — in conflict with many federal courts of appeals — that a trial court may not deny a criminal d…
18-5724 Juan Concepcion v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP brown-vs-board case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-judgment due-process Equal-protection Gideon-v-wainwright gideon-vs-wainwright ineffective-counsel legal-petition Self-representation speedy-trial statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Did the court of common pleas acquire jurisdiction ab initio? Did the state provide purported representation resulting in gross ineffective counsel? …
18-5679 William J. O'Brien, III v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court trial-procedure waiver waiver-of-counsel Was not William O'Brien, III denied his Sixth Amendment Right to counsel when the trial court refused to appoint a lawyer for him at the hearing at wh…
18-126 Paul Grimstad v. Deschutes County, Oregon, et al. Oregon 2018-07-27 Denied Response Waived citizenship-privileges constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure oregon-appellate-courts right-to-petition self-representation state-court-procedure While appealing an Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals decision in the Oregon Appellate Courts, I, Paul Grimstad, have experienced several abuses of my c…
18-5270 Steven Lynn Deem v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurists-of-reason merits-hearing procedural-standard self-representation Did the Fifth Court of Appeals abuse it's discretion when it denied the Petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability (COA) because Deem fail…
25A240 Deshawn Demarcus House v. Jeff Long, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied due-process faretta-hearing ineffective-assistance pro-se self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.