| 24-5251 |
Keith Vernon Davis v. David Close, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Granted |
IFP |
counsel-conflict due-process judicial-determination probable-cause property-seizure sixth-amendment |
1. WHETHER AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL DETERMINATION WAS MADE OF PROBABLE CAUSE OR A WARRANT ISSUED 1/22/2017 AT INCIDENT No. 20170122M1328 PRIOR TO ENTRY… |
| 22-176 |
James Burkhart v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 adverse-effect conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment |
Under Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), to establish a Sixth Amendment violation, a defendant must prove that his lawyer had an "actual conflic… |
| 21-8027 |
Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency conflict-of-counsel counsel-conflict faretta-colloquy faretta-v-california pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment timeliness trial-court-discretion |
Does the Sixth Amendment require a trial court to conduct a competency colloquy, pursuant to this Court's holding in Faretta v. California, where a de… |
| 21-6156 |
Vilasini Ganesh v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
calendar-management conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict counsel-substitution criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process sixth-amendment substitution trial-court-discretion |
A. Do Sixth Amendment safeguards require trial courts to inquire into existing conflicts between counsel and the defendant before a trial court may de… |
| 19-8039 |
Jeffrey Clark v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
counsel-conflict criminal-trial death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment faretta-waiver jury-trial right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment |
Mr. Clark represented himself at trial because his lawyer planned to concede his guilt of second-degree murder. The Louisiana Supreme Court held the F… |
| 18-7083 |
Sylvia Ogbenyeanu Walter-Eze, aka Sylvia O. Okam v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-standards constructive-denial-of-counsel counsel-conflict critical-stage fundamental-fairness ninth-circuit presumed-prejudice structural-error waiver |
Whether, when the Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit, found that "both the threat of fees and the threat of potential sanctions created a conflict … |
| 18-6680 |
Roberto Moreno Ramos v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
calderon-v-thompson circuit-court conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice standard-of-review |
Given that Petitioner Moreno Ramos requested the circuit court recall its mandate solely to address a defect in the integrity of his habeas proceeding… |
| 18-360 |
Ronald Bergrin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
competency-test conflicts-of-interest counsel-conflict criminal-investigation due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,competency,conflict dusky-standard dusky-v-united-states right-to-counsel stand-trial standard-of-review structural-error |
Does the competency test established in Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), permit a finding of incompetency to stand trial based on the accu… |