| 23A1140 |
Kenneth Kelley v. William S. Bohrer, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
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aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus state-postconviction wilson-v-sellers |
Question not identified. |
| 23-31 |
Willie James Pye v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-11 |
Denied |
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aedpa eleventh-circuit federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-decision state-court-deference statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's novel construction
of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)—under which a state prisoner is ineligible for federal habeas relief even … |
| 22-6509 |
Roosevelt Mondesir v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2254-petition 28-usc-2254 federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation reasonableness-review state-court-decision state-court-decisions wilson-v-sellers |
1. Did the 11th U.S. Circuit Court err when it interpreted your holding in Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S.Ct. 1188 (2018) to mean that "in assessing the rea… |
| 22-5476 |
John R. Wood v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment fourth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-analysis prison-conditions strickland-standard Wilson-v-Sellers |
1. Whether the state court unreasonably applied Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), when it concluded that Petitioner suffered no prejudice… |
| 21-7546 |
Ronald Scott Eddington v. Josh Tewalt, Director, Idaho Department of Correction |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-decoster wilson-v-sellers |
1. Should the Ninth Circuit or the Federal District Court of Idaho have issued a COA on Petitioner's claims based on the evidence that Idaho courts co… |
| 21-5817 |
James E. Pearson v. Bridget Hill, Attorney General of Wyoming |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-uscs-2254 constitutional-standards federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel malloy-v-hogan miller-el-v-cockrell state-court-procedure supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers |
Does the reasoning within Malloy v Hogan, 378 US 1, 10, 12 LEd2d 653, 84 SCt 1489 (1964) require specifically apply to claims of insufficiency or inef… |
| 21-5460 |
Joe Michael Luna v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split clearly-established-law federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decision statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), is a habeas court's review of a state court decision limited to an analysi… |
| 20-7932 |
Virgil Delano Presnell v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254-limitations 2254(d) appellate-procedure factual-findings federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus implicit-findings judicial-interpretation state-court state-court-findings wilson-v-sellers |
Does Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), permit a federal habeas court to assign "implicit" factual findings to a state court's order when appl… |
| 20-7185 |
John Anthony Esposito v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
11th-circuit 28-usc-2254 capital-case habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers |
1. The state habeas court in Petitioner's case issued a reasoned decision denying relief, which the Georgia Supreme Court summarily affirmed. In Wilso… |
| 20-6876 |
Leon Tollette v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254(d) eleventh-circuit federal-habeas-review harrington-v-richter ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Whether, on federal habeas review under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), a federal court may refuse to "look through" to the last reasoned state court decision, a… |
| 20-6786 |
Erica Yvonne Sheppard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection mitigation-evidence section-2254 wilson-v-sellers |
1. Does the Fifth Circuit's application of § 2254(d) —which explicitly requires deference to unreasonable state court opinions if the federal court ca… |
| 20-6605 |
Demondray D. Mayo v. Perry Russell, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition reasonable state-court state-court-reasoning statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal court reviewing a habeas petition incorrectly applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), when it rel… |
| 19-6558 |
Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-findings state-court state-court-deference strickland-v-washington trial-strategy wilson-v-sellers witness-investigation |
1. Whether Wilson v. Sellers requires faithful adherence to the last reasoned decision of a state court, or may federal courts bolster such a decision… |
| 19-6298 |
John Steven Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability federal-court-review federal-habeas-proceedings fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard state-court-deference state-habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers |
In Wilson v. Sellers, this Court instructed that a federal court should train its attention on the particular legal and factual reasons of the state-c… |
| 19-5438 |
Jimmy Fletcher Meders v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 anti-flyspecking-rule circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-law eleventh-circuit federal-court-deference federal-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review section-2254 standard-of-review state-court-decision state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's adherence to its self-styled "no-grading-papers, anti-flyspecking rule" for the application of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) i… |
| 18-9511 |
Christopher Stepp v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claims federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner is entitled to § 2254 habeas relief where the district court failed to "look through" to the state court's determi… |
| 18-8977 |
Scott E. Schmidt v. Brian Foster, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-federal-law clearly-established-law federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-review unreasonable-application wilson-v-sellers |
1. Whether this Court should summarily reverse or, at a minimum, grant certiorari, vacate, and remand in light of Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (… |
| 18-7431 |
Teddrick Batiste v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 death-penalty due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance organic-brain-damage procedural-bar state-court-deference wilson-v-sellers |
The post-conviction state court process in Batiste's case was inadequate for ascertaining the truth and lacked critical components of an adjudication … |
| 18-7149 |
Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers |
In Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), this Court explicitly stated that a federal court on habeas review must look to the actual reasoning of … |
| 18-5964 |
Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-reasoning state-court-review wilson-v-sellers |
In Wilson v. Sellers , __ U.S. __, 138 S. Ct. 1188, 1192 (2018), this Court held that when a state court issues a reasoned decision " a federal habeas… |