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24-6496 In Re Maestro M. Faison, aka Maestro Matthew Faison 2025-02-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP collateral-review constitutional-rule eleventh-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus supreme-court-retroactivity 3) . The United States Appeals Court, Eleventh Circuit, has created a Questions " resolving clause [?]: 4) . The United States Appeals Court Eleventh…
23-5544 Juan L. Leonor v. Nebraska Nebraska 2023-09-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rule due-process federal-law judicial-legislation procedural-rule retroactive-review retroactivity substantive-decision substantive-rule supremacy-clause Whether the Federal Constitution prohibits a state court from denying consideration of a federal claim brought after petitioner's convictions became f…
23-5146 Santos Rosales Martinez v. Iowa Iowa 2023-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence constitutional-rule habeas-corpus iowa-constitution iowa-courts judicial-discretion new-rule-of-law schlup-test schlup-v-delo schmidt-v-state 1. Whether the Iowa Courts have failed to properly adjudicate the Petitioner's actual innocence claims as currently explained in Schlup v. Delo 513 U…
22-7041 Deandre Markee King v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence collateral-attack-waiver constitutional-rule criminal-law criminal-procedure habeas-corpus plea-bargaining retroactivity The vast majority of federal criminal cases end in a guilty plea. And in many of those pleas, the defendant promises not to file a future 28 U.S.C. § …
21-6750 Claude Jerome Wilson, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-rule habeas-corpus johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing-enhancement violent-felony In Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), this Court invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, but left intact the two…
21-5542 Camilo Jose Arango Latorre v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2021-08-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rule discriminatory-act due-process fair-trial perjured-testimony reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. Certiorari requesting revision of the Honorable Supreme Court of Puerto Rico of January 12, 2021. Declaring there has been no such motion in retria…
21-5268 Ambus Ray Davis, III v. Nick Ludwick, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rule criminal-procedure direct-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retrospective-application united-states-constitution 1. WHETHER ALL NEWLY DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO JUDGMENTS OF CONVICTIONS NOT YET FINAL AND PENDING …
20-1686 Bobby Lee Hampton v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2021-06-04 Denied collateral-review constitutional-rule criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity right-to-counsel teague-v-lane In 2018, this Court held in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500, that "a defendant has the right to insist that counsel refrain from admitting guilt e…
20-251 Willie Gipson v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-09-01 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rule criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent Ramos-retroactivity Ramos-v-Louisiana retroactivity state-collateral-review Teague-framework Teague-v-Lane Whether this Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020), applies to cases on state collateral review, where the State follows the …
20-5334 Dennis K. Kieren, Jr. v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada Ninth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law constitutional-rule due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit should have granted a Certificate of Appealability on the district court's denial of Kieren's motion to amend his petition w…
19-8838 Magdaleno Medina, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255h aggravated-assault-as-violent-felony armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states constitutional-rule johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-barrier section-2244b4 successive-motion violent-felony williams-v-united-states 1. In Texas, a defendant is guilty of aggravated assault if he recklessly causes another person to suffer serious bodily injury (or if he recklessly c…
18-9670 Charles L. Trice v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 9th-amendment conflict-in-circuits constitutional-rule due-process due-process-interpretation eleventh-circuit-conflict griffith-v-kentucky ninth-amendment second-amendment self-defense self-defense-right weiand-decision The Florida Post-conviction Court Unreasonably Applied Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 107 S. Ct. 708 (1987), in Determining That Trice's Convicti…
18-5735 Harry Lonzo-Bolton Ervin v. Michigan Michigan 2018-08-23 Denied IFP apprendi-alleyne-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rule criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity sentencing sentencing-range sixth-amendment teague-v-lane Pursuant to the intervening Constitutional rule announced in Montgomery v Louisiana, 577 US ; 136 S Ct 718 (2016), which clarified the retroactivity j…
18-217 Randall Mathena, Warden v. Lee Boyd Malvo Fourth Circuit 2018-08-20 Granted Amici (13)Relisted (9) collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rule criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-v-lane Did the Fourth Circuit err in concluding—in direct conflict with Virginia's highest court and other courts—that a decision of this Court (Montgomery) …
18-5117 Glendrict Frazier v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-motion anders-v-california appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rule criminal-procedure direct-appeal direct-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance retroactivity Did the Appeals Court Follow the Ruling in Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 328, 107 S.Ct. 708 (1987)(holding that on direct review a new constitut…
18-5030 Shawn Williams v. Jeff Norman, Warden Eighth Circuit 2018-06-28 Dismissed IFP congress constitutional-rule due-process evidence habeas-corpus reasonable-doubt supervisory-authority ThESE questions suggest to this Court, its interpretation of Abuse of the writ doctrine should not be contined to HAbeAS Corpus prOcEdures void on its…