brady-violations

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-424 Patricia Ashton Derges v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-violations due-process judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether seven constitutional violations — including violations of the Fourth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments — over 120 Brady violations, and more t…
23-7782 Jake Paul Heiney v. Heidi E. Washington Sixth Circuit 2024-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violations certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause cross-examination-limitations expert-witness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence 1. To convict, the statute required the medical provider to be engaging in "sexual contact " which was "medically recognized as unethical or unaccepta…
23-1013 Dalibor Kabov and Berry Kabov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied brady-violation brady-violations drug-trafficking invited-error invited-error-doctrine jury-instructions napue-violation napue-violations ruan-v-united-states section-841 state-of-mind 1. Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand as to Petitioners' drug distribution convictions in light of Ruan, or in the alternative, grant…
22-7266 Levar Lee Spence v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-04-13 Dismissed IFP appeal-rights appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus self-representation statutory-authorization statutory-interpretation I. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision provide the necessary warrant of authority to Subsume the Constitutional Writ of Habeas Corpus ad sobti…
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 …
21-6604 Andre Bowers v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violations constitutional-rights criminal-justice due-process faulty-investigative-practices first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct systemic-racism wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions 1. There is a proven systematic pattern of wrongful conviction around the Nation based on prosecutorial/police misconduct, and ineffective assistance…
21-6519 Jesse Driskill v. Missouri Missouri 2021-12-06 Denied IFP brady-violation brady-violations constitutional-claims constitutional-review due-process evidence-destruction factual-findings independent-review prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct witness-testimony I. Whether Missouri's verbatim adoption of the prosecution's factually deficient findings without independent review – contrary to Jefferson v. Upton,…
21-6017 Charles Louis v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-19 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct state-habeas Why Dod the majority below err in applying this Courts deeisias W Schlup Vv, Dela and Kyles v. Lihitley 4 held that Poti Foner's compelling New evicle…
21-5285 In Re Ivar Voits 2021-08-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence brady-violations constitutional-claim due-process exceptional-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct Does it appear that Petitioner Mr. Voits lacked an "adequate and effective " opportunity to test the validity of his constitutionally substantial actu…
19-8772 Mario Torres v. Mike Hansen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 brady-violations civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment discovery discovery-deprivation due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial Whether Contra Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant, the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surr…
19-7004 Mario Torres v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP blanket-policy brady-violations criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence federal-law ineffective-assistance plea-agreement policy right-to-counsel unreasonable-application Whether Contra Costa County California's blanket policy of depriving a criminal defendant, the facts and the evidence (exculpatory or otherwise), surr…
19-5650 James Michael Williams v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violations certificate-of-appealability due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct second-jury-trial 1.) Whether the Minth Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals erred in denying Certificate of Appealability to Petitioner, on the Ground Of Error concerning t…
18-6752 David McGuire v. Ohio Ohio 2018-11-20 Denied IFP brady-violation brady-violations criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process evidence-disclosure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment police-misconduct remedies When a discovery violation is discovered mid-trial, does a remedy that fails to order the disclosure of the withheld evidence violate the Due Process …
18-6214 Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Amici (1)IFP brady-violation brady-violations california-habeas cullen-v-pinholster death-row eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus materiality materiality-test ninth-circuit prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Whether this Court should clarify that under Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86, 98 (2011), when the federal habeas courts evaluate the summary den…
18-6155 Christian Lemus Cerna, aka Leopardo, aka Bago, aka Vago, aka Gatito, aka Christian Josue Lemus Alfaro v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-evidence-disclosure brady-violation brady-violations court-of-appeals criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-sentencing evidence-admission false-testimony jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses mandatory-life-sentence severance-of-defendants uncharged-conduct-evidence uncharged-murder-evidence 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's decision to deny the renewed motion for a new trial and in refusing to conduct…
18-5387 John Garrett Smith v. Washington Washington 2018-07-30 Denied IFP brady-violations civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution standing (1) Cana State intertionally fail to vires hostility State of its scienter of fraud, yet procead against MS sans-jurisdictional aothority to falsely o…
18-5337 Shawn Johnson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violations certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-concession prosecutorial-misconduct recantation recanted-testimony self-defense witness-recantation Shawn Johnson was arrested inmg, in self-defense for shoot in grz jjYj a, k4 wccu#'$ He has credible evidence that he is actually innocent of this cri…
18-50 Linda Carty v. Texas Texas 2018-07-09 Denied Amici (3) brady-violation brady-violations capital-case capital-murder constitutional-error constitutional-errors cumulative-error cumulative-prejudice due-process habeas-review heightened-scrutiny strickland-standard strickland-violation 1. Whether the Constitution requires a court on habeas review in a capital case to assess cumulatively the prejudice caused by multiple constitutional…