| 25-516 |
Thomas Mitchell Overton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-27 |
Pending |
|
aedpa-deference brady-violation constitutional-error habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment |
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA") prevents federal courts from granting habeas petitions for constitutional violations regar… |
| 25-5315 |
Kayle Barrington Bates v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-deference article-iii circuit-court-review constitutional-interpretation federal-courts habeas-corpus |
Whether Article III courts unconstitutionally abrogate their duty to interpret the federal Constitution when deferring to state courts under 28 U.S.C.… |
| 24-6579 |
Tony Barksdale v. Steve T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability effective-assistance habeas-corpus judicial-review state-proceeding |
1. Does a brief written by the prosecution in a State habeas proceeding, and then rubber-stamped by State judges, qualify as a judgment entitled to de… |
| 24-5163 |
Thomas Leo Springs v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa-deference capital-punishment habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasoned-state-court-opinion state-court-review strickland-prejudice strickland-standard |
(1) Whether a federal court applying AEDPA deference to a reasoned state court opinion may ignore the explanation provided by the state court and inst… |
| 23-6755 |
Robert Ybarra, Jr. v. William Gittere, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-deference atkins-v-virginia death-penalty federal-habeas habeas-corpus intellectual-disability state-court-deference state-court-review supreme-court-review |
Robert Ybarra, Jr., is on death row in Nevada. He is intellectually disabled.
During a state court hearing on his claim under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 … |
| 23-682 |
Alabama v. Marcus Bernard Williams |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
AEDPA-deference habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits merits-review procedural-grounds state-court-adjudication |
While Melanie Rowell and her two toddlers slept, Marcus Williams broke into her house, crept up the stairs, climbed into Melanie's bed, strangled her … |
| 22-7005 |
Lino Alberto Chavez v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference anders-review anders-v-california federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-appeals post-conviction-relief smith-v-robbins state-court-procedure state-court-procedures |
1. When a state court decision holds that "no Anders-type review is required" in an instance in which all parties concede that Anders applies, and no … |
| 22-6629 |
Keith Edmund Gavin v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-deference federal-constitutional-claim habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-decision state-court-review state-law-evidentiary-rule strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (""AEDPA")
provides that habeas relief "shall not be granted with respect to any claim that … |
| 22-6242 |
William Burke v. Jerry Jefferson, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act cumulative-errors due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-trial-rights right-to-jury-trial strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and all previous courts, fail to adhere to the 'required' standard of review set forth in Strickland v. Wash… |
| 21-7513 |
Jonathan Carvalho v. Steven Kenneway, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Shirley |
First Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference antiterrorism-effective-death-penalty-act arbitrary-decisions constitutional-reliability due-process judicial-discretion legal-standard lower-courts supreme-court trial-court-procedure |
Does the Supreme Court's leeway, and the Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA") deference, for lower courts to determine due process viol… |
| 21-6752 |
Franklin McPherson v. William Keyser, Jr., Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
AEDPA-deference cause-and-prejudice circuit-split de-novo-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default |
1. Does de novo review or AEDPA deference apply when a habeas petitioner advances a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel as cause to excuse a pr… |
| 21-6238 |
Donald Broadnax v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
AEDPA aedpa-deference due-process federal-habeas-corpus hearsay hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief state-evidentiary-rules state-postconviction-proceedings |
Alabama prohibits a state postconviction petitioner from introducing hearsay to prove a penalty phase ineffective assistance of counsel claim. By cont… |
| 21-444 |
Andre Lee Thomas v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (22) |
aedpa-deference capital-punishment fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias racial-bias schizophrenia supreme-court-precedent voir-dire |
Under this Court's clearly established precedent, was Petitioner Andre Thomas —an African American man who, during a schizophrenic episode, killed his… |
| 20-1613 |
John Wayne Collins v. James David Green, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
aedpa aedpa-deference clearly-established-law criminal-joinder federal-constitutional-claim federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-proceedings state-supreme-court unreasonable-application |
1. Whether de novo review instead of deferential review under AEDPA applies where a state supreme court's analysis was not conducted deliberately as a… |
| 20-6338 |
James H. Smith v. Brian Cook, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-deference confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-charges deficient-performance federal-claim ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-misconstrue trial-court |
1). Can an attorney demonstrate deficient performance in representing a client while also facing serious criminal charges in the same court.
2). Shou… |
| 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.… |
| 19-7284 |
Bobby Y. Wallace, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federalism gross-disproportionality habitual-offender insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review no-evidence proportionality-review sentencing state-court-decisions |
The Supreme Court of Louisiana has a demonstrable, decades-long history of substituting in word and deed a "no evidence" standard for the "insufficien… |
| 19-6346 |
Paul Malone v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment aedpa aedpa-deference attorney-perjury due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-disorders perjury plea-voluntariness strickland-v-washington trial-attorney-perjury |
1. Does deference provided from AEDPA and Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 (1984) apply when there is evidence of trial attorney perjury before the… |
| 19-5695 |
Riodejuonerol Hudson v. Charles Bradley, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-deference appellate-counsel appellate-procedure complete-defense due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction sixth-amendment standard-of-review |
I. Ohio has a two step procedure under Ohio App R 26 when one claims the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. First, there must be a timely "a… |
| 18-9676 |
Randy Ethan Halprin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254(d)(2) aedpa aedpa-deference capital-punishment-eligibility certificate-of-appealability enmund-v-florida habeas-corpus lockett-v-ohio merits-review procedural-default tison-v-arizona |
In light of these decisions, the Fifth Circuit's denial of Randy Halprin's motion for a COA gives rise to the following questions:
1. Has the Fifth C… |
| 18-1421 |
Nassau County District Attorney's Office v. Mark Orlando |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (23) |
aedpa aedpa-deference bruton-v-united-states confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation deferential-review habeas-corpus murder-conviction state-court-deference supreme-court-precedent teague-v-lane tennessee-v-street |
1. Did the Court of Appeals violate the deferential review requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) by setting aside a state murder conviction based on its… |
| 18-8341 |
Louie M. Schexnayder, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP |
aedpa-deference judicial-federalism judicial-proceedings judicial-review pecuniary-interest prisoner-rights pro-se-petition pro-se-prisoners state-court-decision statutory-interpretation supervisory-power writ-application writ-applications |
Could jurists of reason debate whether to apply AEDPA deference to a state court decision arising out of a secret, thirteen-year-long policy to deny a… |
| 18-8321 |
Noah Richard Lovell, III v. Noah Nagy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process free-standing-innocence-claim habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review signing-statement standing supreme-court teague-v-lane |
L SHOULD THE SIXTH CIRCUIT HAVE GRANTED
A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER A FREE STANDING
CLAIM OF INNOCENCE IS A CONSTITUTION… |