| 25-6611 |
James E. Frantz v. Andre Stancil, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-limitations constitutional-error habeas-corpus judicial-discretion substantive-claim |
1) Did the District Court error by failing to recognizing substantive claims as cognizable under habeas corpus and failing to exercise its equitable a… |
| 25-5582 |
Paul Curtis Pemberton v. Michael Miller, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction false-imprisonment indian-country treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
1. a. Whether Oklahoma Criminal Statutes May Be Enforced Against An Enrolled Member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribe within the Indian Country. If… |
| 23-6107 |
Joseph G. Cua v. Roberto A. Arias, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-error rule-60-motion time-limitations |
I WHETHER EXCEPTIONS TO THE AEDPA ONE YEAR TIME LIMITATIONS RENDERED THE DISTRICT COURT'S 2015 DISMISSAL FOR UNTIMELINESS OF CUA'S HABEAS PETITION AND… |
| 23-5990 |
Kirk A. Simmons v. Thomas Scarantino |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2241 aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure entrapment-defense federal-criminal-procedure government-fraud government-misconduct habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review |
1. Does fraud, perpetrated by the federal government during a federal criminal proceeding so as to obstruct a defendant from mounting an entrapment de… |
| 23-5829 |
Luis Rios v. Patrick Covello, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations chain-of-custody factual-predicate habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-prong statute-of-limitations |
When determining the one-year limitations period under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(D) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) for an i… |
| 22-6234 |
Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Should district courts adopt an approach that allows for the holistic consideration of all the circumstances accompanying a petitioner's late filing w… |
| 22-5910 |
In Re Mark Lewis |
|
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction equal-protection federal-criminal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus major-crimes-act subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause |
1. Whether a state court acting beyond its legislated authority - and without subject-matter jurisdiction in the first instance - can render a judgmen… |
| 22-5548 |
In Re David Moore |
|
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-court-jurisdiction successive-petition successive-petitions unconstitutional-conviction |
1. Did Congress intend to preclude as successive under the AEDPA a state prisoner habeas claim that he is held unconstitutionally upon conviction and … |
| 22-5195 |
C. Raymond Jones, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-limitations brady-violation brady-violations due-process herrera herrera-claim house-v-bell ineffective-assistance newly-discovered-evidence schulp |
1. The Supreme Court should help decide in Federal & State Court Split,to review "Newly Reliable Evidence" under Herrera House Schulp type claims. Is … |
| 21-7871 |
Clifton D. Harvin v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitations certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-of-case law-of-the-case |
Did the the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit impose an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of A Appealability standard that… |
| 21-6036 |
Brian David Hill v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitations certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus |
Where the U.S. Court of Appeals didn't properly grant a Certificate of Appealability to an improperly dismissed §2255 Motion/Case asserting Actual Inn… |
| 21-5901 |
Shawn R. Erpelding v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-judgment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief pro-se pro-se-application state-criminal-judgment |
1. Whether pro se applications to vacate and set aside a state criminal nonsupport judgment and its direct counterpart civil judgment tolls the limita… |
| 21-5558 |
William Paul Langrum, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investigation pre-trial-investigation presumption-of-prejudice statute-of-limitations strickland-standard |
1) The flntiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes a one-year statute of limitations for state inmates seeking federal … |
| 20-7982 |
Eugene Jacobs, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-grounds slack-standard statute-of-limitations |
1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit err in its reading of Slack, in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability, … |
| 20-7135 |
Lamont R. Reed v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery discovery-hearing equitable-tolling habeas-corpus postconviction-petition postconviction-relief state-court-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-tolling |
Is the AEDPA one year limitations for filing a Federal Petition statute of tolled when a State Court statutorily or equitably delays the filing of a S… |
| 20-6645 |
Joe Cervantes, Jr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-violation due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jury-trial notice-of-charges void-for-vagueness void-statutes |
1. Does AEDPA v deprive federal courts of the power and obligation to review claims—Not previously known and could NOT have been known through reasona… |
| 20-6034 |
Christopher Thieme v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-challenge equal-access-to-courts equal-protection equitable-estoppel first-time-filer habeas-corpus material-mutual-mistake suspension-clause |
When faced with a plea agreement that contained unconstitutional provisions, does the doctrine of "equitable estoppel" or "material mutual mistake" ap… |
| 19-8018 |
Timothy Humphrey v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 aedpa-limitations aedpa-limitations-period antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus postconviction-relief properly-filed state-court state-court-procedure time-barred |
Whether an application for state postconviction relief is "properly filed" within the meaning of Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act provisi… |
| 19-7555 |
In Re Eugene French |
|
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations evidence-hearing evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-question newly-discovered-evidence original-jurisdiction successive-petition |
WHETHER TRANSFER TO THE DISTRICT COURT FOR A HEARING PURSUANT TO THIS COURT'S ORIGINAL HABEAS JURISDICTION IS WARRANTED IN THIS EXCEPTIONAL CASE WHERE… |
| 19-883 |
Jason Isaiah Robinson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa-limitations anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus miller-v-alabama montgomery-retroactivity retroactive-application substantive-rules suspension-clause |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit failed to conduct the requisite threshold inquiry and impose d an unduly burdensome s… |
| 19-7280 |
David Everett Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
despite Petitioner's diligent efforts to timely f -civil-procedure aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-post-conviction statute-of-limitations timeliness |
To whether Jones' successful Florida Claim 23-80 motion created a new judgment, sufficient to restart his one-year statute of limitations and Effectiv… |
| 19-6833 |
Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-relief state-court-interpretation state-federal-conflict |
If the highest court of a State, such a Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, holds that the State's post-conviction DNA testing provision constitutes a "post… |
| 19-6726 |
In Re Billie Byrd |
|
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-filing-limitations aedpa-limitations constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-treaties subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties-with-indians treaty-supremacy-clause |
(1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions i… |
| 19-6526 |
In Re David Paul Worthington |
|
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1151-1153 aedpa aedpa-limitations article-1 article-6 criminal-procedure indian-law indian-treaties state-court-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties treaties-with-indians |
(1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of
subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions … |
| 19-6231 |
William Dean Chapman v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations circuit-split due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing fraud-upon-the-court habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart holland-v-florida kyles-v-whitley lemaster materiality miller-v-united-states plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct raines-v-united-states rule-11 standing strickland supreme-court-precedent |
1) a.Is equitable tolling warranted when access to legal files and
resources is severely hampered? Where the 4th Circuit has denied equitable
tolling… |
| 19-5684 |
In Re Kendall Dean Mitchell |
|
2019-08-23 |
Pending |
Relisted (3)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations anti-terrorism-effective-death-penalty-act criminal-procedure habeas-corpus indian-law subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties treaty-jurisdiction treaty-with-indians |
(1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of
subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions i… |
| 19-5212 |
Larey Douglas Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-amendments due-process due-process-clause habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance presumption-of-correctness state-court-proceedings state-habeas |
Did the AEDPA's 28§2254(e) legislation do away with Supreme Court precedent regarding the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause's entitlement to a full an… |
| 18-9176 |
Gregory T. Pierce v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus limitations-period mandamus mandamus-application post-conviction post-conviction-relief state-court-review state-post-conviction |
1.Under the AEDPA of Title 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2), should Petitioner's State Nunc Pro Tunc Request be considered as "other collateral review with resp… |
| 18-8000 |
Allister Freeman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts aedpa-limitations aedpa-time-limitations circuit-court-precedent civil-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-test indigent-prisoner law-library law-library-access prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant standing |
QUESTION ONE: WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PRECEDENT IN DODDS V. UNITED STATES AND ATKINS V. UNITED STATES, DENYING EQUITABLE TOLLING… |
| 18-6450 |
Justen Russell v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
28-usc-2244 aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal appellate-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mental-health-confinement mental-illness right-to-appeal state-created-impediment |
I. DOES THE COMPLETE FAILURE TO ADVISE OF HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL AND THE FAILURE OF A DEFENDANT "STATE IMPEDIMENT" SUFFICIENT TIME PERIOD IN WHICH TO TOL… |
| 18-6326 |
Terry Alfred Coxe v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington State Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights counsel-abandonment due-process equitable-tolling fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations |
WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS RULINGS' DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE
HOLDINGS IN (1) McQUIGGIN V. PERKINS; (2) CRONIC V. UNITED STATES, AND (3)
CUYLER V. SULL… |
| 18-6051 |
John Phillip Bender v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion aedpa-limitations appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review prima-facie-innocence rule-60b standing |
Did the lower court clearly err abusing its discretion applying certificate of appealability ("COA") law outside Constitutional bounds, with no clear … |
| 18-5312 |
Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-limitations aedpa-tolling circuit-court-split circuit-split dna-testing due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling federal-habeas-review finality habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-review statutory-tolling |
Does a properly filed application for post-conviction DNA testing constitute "a properly filed application for state post-conviction or other collater… |
| 18-5059 |
David Randolph Bedell v. Scott Jordan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstances fundamental-defects habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice procedural-default |
Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when determining whether Certificate of Appealability should have been issued regarding th… |