appointment-of-counsel

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24-5102 Alexi Hinojosa Matos v. Texas Texas 2024-07-18 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel writ-application Due to the gross nature of trial counsel's errors, and the miscarriage of justice due to prosecutor's misconduct, should the Court of Criminal Appeals…
23-6833 Jason Matthew Karr v. Colorado Colorado 2024-02-26 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel clearly-established-federal-law colorado-supreme-court constitutional-review due-process-rights evidentiary-hearing federal-law-application ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Colorado Supreme Court held the Petitioner to a standard for pleading deficient performance and prejudice in his claims of Ineffective Ass…
23-6698 Reginald Harris v. FNU Watson, Hillsboro Police Officer, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process indigent-status mental-health mental-health-commitment prisoner-litigation section-1983-claim standing Whether I.F.P., on-duty Department of Transportation Employee unlawful unwarranted mental health committment civil claim, should be afforded appointme…
23-5915 Keith Alexander v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process evidence habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-error standard-of-review Question not identified.
23-5855 Regina Tate v. Hamilton County Election Commission Sixth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-counsel pro-se-litigant standing Whether the Dismissal should be reconsidered for failure to appoint legal counsel
23-5065 Mario Reynoso v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-07-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process methamphetamine-distribution standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari DID THE TENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERROUNEOUSLY FIND THAT THE COURTS LACKED SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND THAT YOUR PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR APPO…
22-7268 Derek Sloane v. Robert L. Langley, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules imminent-danger imminent-danger-exception in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule THAT THIS ACTION SHOULDN'T HAD BEEN DISMISS BECAUSE APPELLANT HAS THREE STRIKES AND IF SO, WHETHER HE IS ENTITLED TO IN-VOKE THE IMMINENT DANGER EXCEP…
22-7169 Scott Teevan v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-03-31 Denied IFP actual-innocence appointment-of-counsel circuit-split counsel-appointment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance perjury standard-of-review Will, this court resolve a circuit split regarding the Standard of Review used for actual innocence? Should this court grant habeas litigants the abi…
22-6251 Onofre Tommy Serrano v. California California 2022-12-07 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review medical-treatment reasonable-time-to-consult right-to-counsel 1. Why did the Court of Appeal court issue a pro-forma component, 0902, in Appel v. National, that Appellant could not file a defendant's request-Auth…
22-5233 Carina Conerly v. Yee Yang, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing 1. Whether The Ninth Circuit Abused Its Discretion By Not Finding That The Lower Eastern District Court Erred By Taking Away Petitioner's Informa Paup…
21-8265 Michael S. Gorbey v. United States District of Columbia 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel compassionate-release constitutional-rights covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-8078 Daniel Taylor v. Leslie Fleming, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pro-se standing Question not identified.
21-7924 Timothy S. Smith v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Eighth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process pro-se standing Question not identified.
21-7644 Mario Reynoso, aka Mario Hernandez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-appeals federal-circuit-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-remedy mandate-recall recall-of-mandate writ-of-certiorari (1). WHAT REMEDY IS AVAILABLE FOR PETITIONER WHEN HIS COURTAPPOINTED (CJA) ATTORNEY FAILED TO INFORM, ADVICE OR FILE A TIMELY PETITION FOR A WRIT OF …
21-6508 Daniel Jones v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion motion-for-counsel pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT. OF APPEALS DECISION ERR AS A MATTER OF LAWIN DISMISSAL OF APPEAL PURSUANT TO 25 U.S.C.§ 1915(e), BASED SOLELY ON DEN…
21-5962 Charles Nemon Vandross v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process standing supervision-of-lower-courts I. Certiorari should issue to resolve whether the USCCA has denied and is denying Petitioner access to the courts, during Indigent Petitioner's United…
21-5942 Michael Woolen v. California California 2021-10-12 Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-due-process sentencing-guidelines DEPRIVATIONS OF EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAWS, FAILURE TO APPOINT COUNSEL TO ADA PETITIONER WITH 8TH GRADE COGNITIVE FUNCTION PREDICATED PROCEDURAL DUE PRO…
21-5187 Patricia A. McColm v. Trinity County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access disability-accommodation disability-accommodations dismissal-with-prejudice due-process pre-filing-order pro-se 1. To avoid erroneous deprivation of constitutional rights, including right of access to the court; should this Court determine that pro se plaintiff …
21-5170 Patricia A. McColm v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Dismissed IFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights counsel-appointment court-procedure disability-accommodation dismissal-with-prejudice due-process exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion medically-verified-limitations ninth-circuit standing 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in not finding an appropriate issue for appeal, where the magistrate judge failed to find that medically verified permane…
20-7888 James Arthur Ross v. Steven Shelton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion medical-treatment pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness standing summary-judgment 1. Did the District Court abuse it's discretion by refusing to even request the appointment of counsel in this case? 2. Was the District Court wrong…
20-7184 Mitchell Wagner v. Archie D. Scarborough, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-complexity legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing IS if A Violation of The Petii Loner 's Cons fI futioNA L Rims To Counsel WhEN APPelle Te Court FaILs To Recognize an Already Approved and accepted …
20-6535 Levi Ruffin v. United States District of Columbia 2020-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-representation judicial-interpretation procedural-default standing state-court I would like to be able to have a lawyar uppointed to me on this matter because of my income Im asking for the courts to provide me with one. so I con…
20-6341 Jason Harriman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-inquiry appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-rights court-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Whether a defendant's 6th Amendment right to counsel of choice extends to an indigent defendant who has appointed counsel. 2. The extent of the ad…
20-5327 Thyochus A. Huggins v. California California 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process faretta-v-california self-representation AkH^A iKmA- Qx\& ..jhavrilAfat..V. C&Vtfbv-Y\io . ^7? nc,,_ , . iiaci^Ly q>p ,..^ol,jba.OL\..^iMir\ , UV\ft^\VO< iWt Jftju JkJ^\AjQc4r v^sL^>\ciz_^m4-…
19-8481 Ronald D. Veteto v. Dewayne Estes, Warden, et al. Alabama 2020-05-15 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-provisions Did the trial judge violate Petitioner Vetero's Due Process and Equal Protection rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, United States Constitu…
19-8428 Marc Wyatt v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-market-value fifth-circuit legal-counsel replacement-cost right-to-self-representation self-representation QUESTION ONE: IF THE RECORD IS VOID OF MARC TRACE WYATT BEING LEGALLY APPOINTED COUNSEL, DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ERR IN DETERMINING THAT HIS CODE OF C…
19-8134 James Ricky Ezell v. Damon Hininger, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-remedies pro-se-plaintiff retaliation Whether the Tenth Circuit has jurisdiction to consider Denying of plaintiff prisoner in custody of Department of Corrections housed in private prison …
19-6905 John Alan Conroy v. Cliff Harris, Sheriff, Pecos County, Texas, et al. Texas 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-consideration-of-evidence appointment-of-counsel brady-v-maryland brady-violation continuing-duty-of-federal-government criminal-procedure discovery discovery-rules dismissal-with-prejudice due-process evidence-withholding federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure in-camera-review michael-morton-act plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-16-federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure state-law-enforcement state-law-enforcement-compliance (1) After a. criminal defendant's plea of guilty, if it is later found that the government did not live up to the requirements - of discovery, is the…
19-6196 Frank D. Monsegue, Sr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-appeal right-to-be-informed standing a warrantless arrest, without search or warrant to enter a home without exigent circumstances is a constitutional violation under the 4TH Amendment?. …
19-5784 Michael Villecco v. Daniel W. Stark, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine counsel-appointment district-court-order due-process interlocutory-appeal standing Whether the collateral order doctrine permits the immediate appeal of a district court order denying the appointment of counsel in civil cases.
19-206 In Re Melba L. Ford 2019-08-16 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appellate-relief appellate-review appointment-of-counsel court-access due-process en-banc-circuit fraud judicial-procedure meaningful-access-to-courts separation-of-powers substantive-due-process unrepresented-litigants unsigned-orders I. When Circuits issue unsigned orders denying appellate relief to unrepresented litigants, which orders address no issue raised and provide no explan…
19-5453 Juan Pablo Revelo Salcedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance judicial-access motion motion-to-substitute-counsel poverty poverty-affidavit pro-se-litigation redress right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified.
19-5031 Efrain Ismael Conde v. Arizona Arizona 2019-07-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-court appointment-of-counsel credibility-of-witness due-process due-process-materiality-standard fourteenth-amendment materiality-standard newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief witness-credibility (1) Does the Due Process Clause of the Federal Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment entitle a convicted prisoner serving a 25-to-life sentence with add…
18-8945 Lorraine Black v. Life Unlimited, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection retaliation standing appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process sixth-amendment standing 1. Did Appellants Court ERR By acknowledging TO Reply not Brifing The Documents presented the of Lof appearance legel Repreen tation? 2. Did Appenlts…
18-7998 Bobby Charles Byrd v. W. W. Lindsey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied IFP ada-accommodation appointment-of-counsel civil-rights disability-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant rehabilitation-act As a Recipient of Federal Funds, Do United States District Courts have an Obligation under the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") and Rehabilitat…
18-7752 Mohan A. Harihar v. US Bank NA, et al. First Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 appointment-of-counsel circuit-panel-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-complexity pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation recusal standing 1. Whether the replacement Circuit Panel repeatedly refused to address/clarify Jurisdiction issues, ultimately dismissing the referenced appeal when t…
18-7531 John Paul Galbraith v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 18-usc-3006a 28-usc-2254-rule-8 appeal appointment-of-counsel circuit-justice criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-of-1964 due-process evidentiary-hearing indigent-prisoner right-to-counsel The following questions effect prisoner's nationally: Whether, after an indigent prisoner is granted appeal, a circuit justice has the descretion to…
18-7366 Frederick Gray v. Patricia Sorrels, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions THGMSELUES ARE MST ARMS OF THE STATE AMO THE STATE OR DEPARTMENT WAS NOTLIST GD AS A DEFEUOANT EO EEE E DT PLAINTIFF CRAY WMEN WE REFUSED TS MEDICATE…
18-7339 Earl Reyes v. Michael Duggan, et al. District of Columbia 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-amendments court-access due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment intentional-discrimination judicial-discretion seventh-amendment Whether the alleged facts that Defendant Duggan intentionally discriminated against Reyes (suspect class) whereby impeding the timely filing of his pe…
18-6967 Michael Danilovich, aka Sealed Defendant 2, aka Mike Daniels, aka Fat Mike, aka Mike D v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation qualified-reappointment reappointment-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment The question presented is whether an indigent defendant has a qualified right to reappointment of counsel.
18-6314 Vilaychith Khouanmany v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appointment-of-counsel career-offender civil-rights,due-process,criminal-procedure,senten criminal-procedure due-process excessive-sentences habeas-corpus pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process right-to-bail right-to-counsel sentence-enhancements sentencing speedy-trial Is Dertyincj Appealbity of case no.17-1243 when the issues of career offender, enhancements of my priors and excessives sentences, and was unfairly de…
18-6110 Mikal Mahdi v. South Carolina South Carolina 2018-09-28 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty death-sentence habeas-corpus indigent-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-history right-to-counsel sixth-amendment south-carolina-supreme-court state-court Question not identified.
18-5949 Charles Litton Morris v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254-d-1-2 appointment-of-counsel brady-strickland-constitutional-claims claims-ignored constitutional-violation district-court-failure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence judicial-bias personal-jurisdiction plea-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause supremacy-clause-conflict-preemption Judicial 15-16 District Court failure to comply with 28 U.S.C.636 16-17 claims ignored by the District Court.17-18 State Probationary Split Sentence…
18-5419 Kevin Griffin v. Thomas DiNapoli Second Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis sixth-amendment standing Was petitioner erroneously denied in forma pauperis even though granted by the state courts and the Northern District Court. Was petitioner erroneous…