| 24-6989 |
Darrel Eston Lee v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mitigation-investigation post-conviction-relief strickland-standard williams-v-taylor |
In Williams v. Taylor , 529 U.S. 420, 432 (2000), the Court ruled that the provisions that limit the admissibility of evidence in federal habeas under… |
| 23-604 |
Leon Phillip Jacob v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
|
habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mitigating-evidence prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor |
Whether the Texas courts' prejudice analysis defies this Court's precedents in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); Williams v. Taylor, 529 … |
| 23-5277 |
Sergio Ochoa v. Oak Smith, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
background-investigation capital-punishment capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence neuropsychological-deficits post-traumatic-stress post-traumatic-stress-disorder strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor |
In Ochoa v. Davis, the Ninth Circuit endorsed trial counsel's presentation of a "family sympathy" defense at the penalty phase of Sergio Ochoa's capit… |
| 20-5941 |
Charles Victor Thompson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (5)IFP |
28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) aedpa-deference capital-punishment constitutional-claim federal-habeas habeas-corpus Massiah-claims punishment Sixth-Amendment state-court-review Williams-v-Taylor |
I. Did the circuit court err in holding that a federal habeas court may never hold a hearing on a punishment issue without first considering 28 U.S.C.… |
| 19-8904 |
William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2020-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
death-penalty ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington traumatic-brain-injury wiggins-v-smith williams-v-taylor |
1. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court's opinion contravened Williams v. Taylor and Wiggins v. Smith by failing to find deficient performance where coun… |
| 18-8857 |
Jeffrey A. Weisheit v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances penalty-phase strickland-standard strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor |
1. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court contravened Strickland by acknowledging counsel made mistakes, but not finding them to be deficient performance e… |
| 18-7312 |
Danny D. Tran v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coerced-confession criminal-procedure due-process in-re-gault ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-confession juvenile-rights postcard-denial strickland-standard williams-v-taylor |
MAY THIS COURT'S DECISION IN STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES THE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?
MAY THIS COURT'S DECISION IN IN R… |
| 18-5971 |
Donavan T. Fortin v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-principles judicial-review ninth-circuit state-court state-law state-law-interpretation williams-v-taylor |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision, which interpreted state law contrary to the state court's ruling, conflicts with Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62… |