cause-and-prejudice

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25-5718 In Re Christopher J. Bradford 2025-09-25 Denied IFP aedpa cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights habeas-corpus procedural-default second-successive-petition 1. Whether the United States Court pf Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in its decision to dismiss the Petitioner 's 'application for leave to …
24-7314 Missouri, ex rel. Jeffrey Weinhaus v. Richard Adams, Warden Missouri 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus state-law summary-denial Where State law entitles a prisoner to habeas corpus review of a Constitutional claim upon a showing of cause and prejudice, does the summary denial o…
24-826 Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-04 Denied Relisted (8) aedpa cause-and-prejudice federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default Whether a federal court must apply the deferential review provisions of AEDPA to the state court's adjudication of an ineffective assistance of counse…
24A582 Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-13 Presumed Complete aedpa cause-and-prejudice circuit-split death-penalty juror-misconduct procedural-default Question not identified.
24-5807 Christopher Collings v. David Vandergriff, Warden Missouri 2024-10-22 Denied IFP brady-violation cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct The State built its death penalty case against Christopher Collings on the credibility of its primary law enforcement witness, Wheaton Police Chief Cl…
24-5756 Jonathan Leigh Sosnowicz v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice factual-development habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-prisoner Between 1948 and 2022, this Court applied the same standard for excusing a state prisoner's procedural default of a claim for relief as it applied to …
24-5662 In Re Noel Brown 2024-09-30 Denied IFP brady-violation cause-and-prejudice constitutional-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus 1. Does the discovery of evidence 'withheld at trial intentionally, by the prosecution, not allowing arresting officer to testify in a trial proceedin…
24-5589 In Re Joseph G. Aulisio 2024-09-20 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice confrontation-clause due-process eighth-amendment false-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Is it Prosecutorial Misconduct and Complicity in Perjury when a Prosecutor Concedes during closing argument.a; critical material witnesses testim…
23-7719 Justin T. Winston v. Jon Noble, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights constitutional-violations federal-claims postconviction-motion procedural-default state-law wisconsin-law Did Mr. Winston procedurally default all of his federal claims? If Mr. Winston defaulted his claims, did he show cause and prejudice? Did the Wiscon…
23-6504 Tormu E. Prall v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-error denial-of-counsel due-process habeas-corpus inequitable judicial-review lower-federal-courts rule-60(b) rule-60b 1. Is it a grievous wrong when the lower federal courts demonstrably misread and reshape a habeas corpus claim? 2. Is it time for the U.S. Supreme Co…
23-5528 Lahme Perkins v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cause-and-prejudice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-facts notice post-conviction-relief procedural-default third-circuit-court After Petitioner filed his application and memorandum of law pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254, and without ordering a response from the State, the District…
22-7481 Anthony Allen v. Illinois Illinois 2023-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-representation cause-and-prejudice constitutional-challenge constitutional-sentencing ineffective-assistance smith-vs-bailey substantive-law successive-petition I. Whether appointed Appellate Counsel's missapprehended the .law and facts by failure to brief and raise the following issues on appeal constitutes …
22-7119 Vincent Alonzo Corson v. Texas Texas 2023-03-27 Denied IFP carrier-standard cause-and-prejudice constitutional-infirmity due-process habeas-corpus mccleskey-abuse-of-writ preclusive-effect retroactivity state-court-proceedings 1. If a State Post-Conviction proceeding is conducted in a manner that does not afford an Applicant a full & fair hearing —Due Process —leaving the Co…
22-5930 Davon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation A claim not raised on direct review "may be raised in habeas [] if the defendant can [] demonstrate [] 'cause' and actual 'prejudice.'" Bousley v. Uni…
22-5155 In Re Donald Williams 2022-07-22 Denied IFP cage-v-louisiana cause-and-prejudice constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan out-of-time-appeal writ-of-appeal 1) Whether the facts of Cockeiham and Petitioner Williams are exactly the same for purpose of out of time appeal and application of Cage to their conv…
21-6879 In Re Allen Fitzgerald Calton 2022-01-18 Dismissed IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim life-sentence original-jurisdiction state-court-review 1. Whether Petitioner Ao Me Sickack Court Lor hearing gursus nt PON Combs ocainal \qaloeas yursdicion Vo rarcanked fa AHS excephional Life serene case…
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…
21-6469 Glen Campbell v. J. LaManna Second Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claims counsel-ineffectiveness criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1). Whether the District Court overlooked Constitutional Claims and Cause and Prejudice. 2). Whether petitioner was intitled to an Evidentiary Hearin…
21-6382 Askia Mustafa Raheem v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP brain-damage cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus incompetency plain-error seizure-disorder 1 Whether the lower courts violated this Court's incompetency and "right to evidentiary hearing" habeas law when they summarily denied a hearing on in…
21-5786 Jerry R. Tippett v. John Myrick, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice free-standing-constitutional-claim habeas ineffective-assistance martinez-v-ryan trial-counsel Whether it is at least debatable that in § 2254 habeas proceedings Martinez v. Ryan may not be utilized to excuse the default of an ineffective assist…
21-5127 Noel Aldana v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-review double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se procedural-bar strickland-standard strickland-v-washington untimeliness Does a meritorious claim that a pro se Petitioner raises which clearly present and meet the cause and prejudice standard addressed in the Strickland …
20-8377 Herbert Garfield Gardner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cause-and-prejudice civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process external-interference habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default standing statute-of-limitations Compelling reasons exist for the exercise of the court's discretionary juris diction. The Fifth Circuit's [COA - DENIAL] "conflicts" with prior Suprem…
20-7469 Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability because reasonable jurists would find …
20-7389 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability covid-19 covid-19-impact due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT APPLIED AN INCORRECT STANDARD OF REVIEW TO PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ("COA") ON PETITIONE…
20-7000 Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-01-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 1. In the context of a Habeas proceeding, does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence in order to pursue an independant…
20-5465 In Re Francisco Felix 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-3231 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-violations criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions procedural-default subject-matter-jurisdiction (1) WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S UNAVAILING DEFENSE OF THE INDEFENSIBLE, WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICTMENT, INADEQUATE JURY INSTRUCTIONS, AND THE CONSTRUCTI…
20-5360 Reinaldo Dennes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-violation cause-and-prejudice circuit-split cullen-v-pinholster due-diligence due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus napue-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Given the extreme facts of this case, should this Court finally turn to footnote 10 and Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion in Cullen v. Pinholster…
19-8413 Troy Pope v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice federal-law-application federal-state-comity habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-court-decision Question not identified.
19-1023 Donnie Morgan, Warden v. Vincent D. White, Jr. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) actual-prejudice cause-and-prejudice circuit-split federal-court-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default state-postconviction-counsel If a petitioner defaults an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with "some merit," does Martinez v. Ryan allow a federal court to excuse the…
19-7628 Glen Gary Guyn v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cause-and-prejudice comity due-process finality fourth-amendment fundamental-injustice incarceration search-and-seizure unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure 1.) Whether Mr. Guyn 's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures was violated. 2.) Whether the principles of comity and fin…
19-7154 In Re Corey Devon Eaton 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-infirmity due-process plea-agreement plea-agreement-involuntary plea-waiver procedural-default retroactive-relief safety-valve ISSUE I (A) WHETHER CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY INFIRMITIES, AND VIOLATIONS OF RULE 11 MAY HAVE RENDERED COREY DEVON EATON'S PLEA AGREEMENT, AND HIS PL…
19-5851 Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied IFP 2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default Is there a federal procedural rule, written or unwritten, which permits a United States Court of Appeals and/or a United States District Court to simp…
19-5746 Howard Griffith v. New York New York 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process federal-review judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-appellate-procedures state-appellate-review 1) Procedural Default is the failure to follow state appellate procedures which bars federal review of the case in the absence of showing cause for an…
18-5959 John Ingebretsen v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining post-conviction-counsel procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a request for a certificate of appealability because reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether Ing…
18-5531 Kelly E. Culver v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied IFP appellate-counsel-ineffectiveness cause-and-prejudice due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default sixth-amendment strickland-standard The questions presented are whether trial counsel's failure to offer a contemporaneous objection during trial compromised Culver's Sixth Amendment rig…
18-5519 Mark Templeton v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus parole procedural-default section-2254 standing Question not identified.
18-5458 Kevin Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice comity compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Mr. Taylor's Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine his accusers was violated when he was denied Compulsory Process. Whether Mr.…
18-5157 In Re Jose Luis Arevalo 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice cause-and-prejudice-doctrine certificate-of-appealability drug-crimes due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment jurisdiction money-laundering reasonable-doubt WHETHER THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT WAS VIOLATED IN THE CASE OF AREVALO, BECAUSE HIS PROSECUTION FAILED TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE…
18-5110 Abron Spraggins v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review cause-and-prejudice civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-decisions procedural-default state-appellate-court IS THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS REGARDING THE PROCEDURAL DEFAULT OF PETITIONER'S INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CLAIMS IN CONFLICT WITH OR …
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…