abuse-of-writ

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5864 Rodney E. Barnett v. Arkansas Arkansas 2025-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-writ brady-violation confrontation-rights due-process ends-of-justice witness-perjury 1. Does the "ends of justice " doctrine warrant abuse of writ defense by state be excused in this Sept. 4,2025 Arkansas Supreme Court Order? 2. Did …
24-6541 Bartholomew Granger v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-02-11 Denied IFP abuse-of-writ criminal-procedure federal-constitutional-law habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief state-law-ground 1. Whether the CCA's otherwise unexplained ruling that abuse of the writ under Article 11.071, section 5, precluded post-conviction relief is an adequ…
23-7206 David Eugene Matthews v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied IFP abuse-of-the-writ abuse-of-writ aedpa equitable-powers habeas habeas-corpus initial-petition sixth-circuit successive-petition unexhausted-claim unripe-claim For over three decades, the Court has applied the abuse of the writ doctrine to determine if a second-in-time habeas petition is an initial or success…
23-1044 Juan Balderas v. Texas Texas 2024-03-21 Denied abuse-of-writ brady-violation competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review Whether, in light of these circumstances, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal s' summary determination that Juan Balderas's subsequent petition failed …
23A709 David Eugene Matthews v. Laura Plappert, Interim Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-02-01 Presumed Complete abuse-of-writ aedpa banister-doctrine habeas-corpus sixth-circuit successive-petition Question not identified.
21-5025 James Galen Hanna v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 abuse-of-writ banister-v-davis due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-law second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition 1. When a petition for writ of habeas corpus presents claims that do not constitute an "abuse of the writ," is it a "second or successive" petition un…
20-1710 Zafar Bakhramovich Yadigarov v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-writ appellate-procedure coram-nobis delay due-process judicial-discretion legal-diligence legal-standards procedural-standard sound-reasons writ-of-error As petitions for writs of error corum nobis are not subject to any formal deadlines nor any statutes of limitations, the nation's courts generally den…
19-407 Alexander Christian Miles v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-the-writ abuse-of-writ aedpa contract-law criminal-charges criminal-procedure plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief 1. Whether the abuse of the writ doctrine or the AEDPA precludes a successive petition for post conviction relief when the government, years after a d…
18-9690 Curt M. Lockett v. Florida Florida 2019-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-writ actual-innocence carrier-standard constitutional-claims due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus innocence-claim post-conviction-review procedural-error successive-petitions Q1: Should a habeas petitioner's claims of actual innocence, supported by the face of the court record, be subject to deference of abusive or successi…