| 25A440 |
Meelad Dezfooli v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-17 |
Application |
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counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 25-281 |
Patrick Byrne v. US Dominion, Inc., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice defamation due-process fifth-amendment protective-order |
1. In a civil defamation case where a discovery protective order is filed to shelter evidence of crimes, does a District Court err in affirming the di… |
| 24-6774 |
Alberto Rivera v. Tim Thomas, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-of-choice critical-stage law-enforcement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitute-counsel |
Can law enforcement officials refuse to honor a defendant's request for the presence of their retained counsel at a "critical stage" without a counter… |
| 24-6495 |
Billy Joe Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice guilty-plea sixth-amendment structural-error |
Whether a defendant who is erroneously denied his Counsel of Choice in Violation of the Sixth Amendment, which is structural error, waives his right t… |
| 24-213 |
Willis Franklin v. California |
California |
2024-08-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
client-autonomy counsel-of-choice fourteenth-amendment mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment trial-continuance |
Was petitioner denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to retained counsel of choice when the trial court failed to continue the trial during… |
| 23-7603 |
Anthony Tyrone Brown v. James Corrigan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law agency-determination civil-rights constitutional-interpretation counsel-of-choice due-process fraud fraud-statute judicial-review misconduct transcript |
The brid' Court Lomenitted FRRUD On) THE COURT 4 when
The Cour f Change the Priel transeriptS of phe porobsen oO
li hedrad 46 Caonsel Len fekourecf an… |
| 23-1241 |
Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice disqualification due-process ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding fifth-amendment prosecution-witness right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
I. Does it deny a defendant due process of law to disqualify trial counsel based on a purported conflict of interest following the ex parte considerat… |
| 23-7464 |
Michael Grady v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-split conflict-of-interest constitutional-right constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice disqualification-of-counsel eighth-circuit |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's decision to uphold the disqualification of Petitioner's counsel of choice despite Petitioner's willingness to knowingly a… |
| 23-7185 |
Lawrence Northern v. Lizzie Tegels, Warden |
Wisconsin |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure counsel-of-choice direct-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-v-machner strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Is State v. Machner Unconstitutional? Subsumed within this question is a subsidiary question: Have Alabama, Texas, Wisconsin and the Eleventh Circu… |
| 23-5702 |
Ian A. Milaski v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
arbitrary-and-unreasonable continuance counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court |
Whether the trial court's arbitrary and unreasonable denial of a continuance (i.e., "I have full confidence in [current defense counsel's] ability to … |
| 23-5686 |
David Calhoun v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment government-misconduct harmless-error kotteakos-v-united-states procedural-default sixth-amendment |
Could jurists of reason debate the district court's resolution or conclude the issue presented is adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further… |
| 23A288 |
DeAndre Gordon v. Harold May, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability counsel-of-choice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel joinder-of-cases sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5115 |
Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process fund-seizure hearing-requirement luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel seizure-of-funds self-representation |
A. Whether a court may rule on a request for self-representation based solely on the existing record or whether it must hold a hearing and question th… |
| 22-1065 |
John Paul Gosney, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asset-forfeiture asset-restraint counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte-order forfeiture-statute grand-jury right-to-counsel traceability |
I
Whether United States v. Monsanto, 491 U.S. 600
(1989), and/or Kaley v. United States, 571 U.S. 320
(2014), should be overruled or at least modified… |
| 22-749 |
Andre Dow v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2023-02-09 |
Denied |
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6th-amendment attorney-client-privilege counsel-of-choice due-process fair-trial first-amendment prejudice sixth-amendment us-v-gonzalez-lopez |
1. Whether Mr. Dow's Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice was violated and prejudice should have been presumed by the lower court in light of th… |
| 22-5240 |
Robert C. Del Cid v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-taint counsel-of-choice due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mailbox-rule standing voir-dire |
I. WHETHER OR NOT THE EQUITABLE TOLLING, THE MAILBOX RULE ENTITLES PETITIONER FOR RELIEF WHEN THE SUPREME COURT, AS WELL AS THE LOWER COURTS ACCORD DE… |
| 22-5172 |
Glen Torres v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
co-counsel constitutional-right counsel-of-choice disqualification indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-representation |
Does the Sixth Amendment right to choose one's attorney apply to private and pro bono co-counsel? |
| 21-7536 |
Ramonta Forte v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment counsel-of-choice discretion due-process federal-law habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sentencing |
1. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT CORRECTLY DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT SENTENCING IS NOT CLEARLY ESTABLISHED FEDERAL LAW?
2. WHETHER THE DIS… |
| 21-7492 |
In Re Jonathan Manwell |
|
2022-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review confrontation constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel forensic-evidence impartial-tribunal |
DOES PETITIONER HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LOCATED AND CONFISCATED EXCULPATORY FORENSIC EVIDENCE, TRANSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR A MEANIN… |
| 21-949 |
George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. v. Samuel Randolph |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
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continuance continuances counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure forfeiture right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court waiver |
Whether this Honorable Court should grant review to decide an important question of federal law—whether a criminal defendant can forfeit or waive his … |
| 21-6537 |
Stephen Condon Peters v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
asset-forfeiture asset-restraint counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process financial-conflict luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Does it violate this Court's holding in Luis U. United States and the Sixth Amendment, where the trial court deprives a defendant of the use of untain… |
| 21-5686 |
Tobias Soto-Melchor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlling-precedent counsel-of-choice ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-rule right-to-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-delay |
What is the proper standard for evaluating a defendant's request to exercise his or her Sixth Amendment right to substitute retained counsel of choice… |
| 21-355 |
In Re Larry Klayman |
|
2021-09-07 |
Denied |
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bar-admission bar-discipline client-interests constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice disciplinary-proceeding due-process legal-ethics presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel |
1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ("Eleventh Circuit") err by denying Larry Klayman, Esq. ("Mr. Klayman") admission pending th… |
| 20-8223 |
Weldon Boyce Bridges v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights constitutional-violations counsel-of-choice due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-coercion right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-criminal-procedure |
Can the State District Court convict petitioner without "paid" counsel of choice at pre-trial, plea, arraignment, and evidentiary hearings, With a out… |
| 20-1071 |
West Virginia, ex rel. June Yurish, et al. v. Laura V. Faircloth, Judge, Circuit Court of West Virginia, 23rd Judicial Circuit, et al. |
West Virginia |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
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6th-amendment conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process joint-representation sixth-amendment standing supremacy-clause |
Whether a state precedent which uses a state rule of procedure to disregard its own test for balancing the Constitutional interests implicated by a pr… |
| 20-6912 |
Roy L. Rambo, Jr. v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
asset-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice due-process pretrial-restraint retroactivity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Did this Court's holding in Luis v. United States, 578 U. S. 194 L. Ed. 2d 256 (2016) simply clarify a Federal civil asset forfeiture statute by deter… |
| 20-6906 |
Charles Hamilton v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-restrictions counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-rights federal-law sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review |
1. Whether a State Court's erroneous denial of a
criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to
be represented by counsel of choice, resulted
in a d… |
| 20-5475 |
Archie Cabello, aka Archibaldo Cabello, aka Archie Cabello, Jr., aka Archie P. Cabello, aka Arquimedes Cabello, aka Archie Palumbo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-24 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
60(b)(4) 60(b)(6) constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-law plea-petition right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
1) When thegovernment moves to strip a defendant of hiscounsel
of choice,does the court have any obligation to hold
to inquire and determine what the… |
| 19-1071 |
Gerald Claude Carlson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure delay due-process inconvenience judicial-discretion motion-to-terminate right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review supervisory-powers |
1. Whether the Carlson Court's Memorandum Opinion conflicts with other Ninth Circuit opinions holding that a finding of substantial or undue delay is … |
| 19-877 |
Asmerom Gebreselassie v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel right-to-present-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment |
DID THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FAILING TO GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON ANY OF THE FOUR ISSUES PRESENTED REGARDING FUNDAMENTA… |
| 19-6735 |
Kwok Cheung Chow, aka Raymond Chow, aka Ha Jai v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-principles counsel-of-choice courtroom-closure government-interest governmental-interest harmless-error overriding-interest public-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
1. In Presley v. Georgia, 558 U.S. 209 (2010), this Court held the right to a public trial in criminal cases extends to the entire trial, and any clos… |
| 19-556 |
Lucas Allen Newnam v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
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bad-faith-inquiry bright-line-test continuance continuance-request counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-delay |
In every jurisdiction in the United States- both federal and state- there is a balancing test for deciding whether a court's decision to deny a contin… |
| 19-6406 |
Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel |
I.
WHETHER OR NOT THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT OPINION IN AFFIRMING
THE NEBRASKA LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER THE SIXTH
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO … |
| 19-6335 |
James Morris Balagia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine counsel-of-choice disability-accommodation interlocutory-appeal legal-review reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act rehabilitation-act-of-1978 right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Does United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, 548 U.S. 140, 126 S.Ct. 2557, 165 L.Ed.2d 409 (2006) abrogate Flanagan v. United States, 465 U.S. 259 (1984) and… |
| 19-392 |
Martin A. Armstrong v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
asset-forfeiture asset-freezing civil-enforcement constitutional-right-to-counsel counsel-of-choice criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process parallel-civil-enforcement parallel-proceedings personal-property property-rights right-to-counsel |
1. Whether the constitutional right to counsel of choice extends to cases where a criminal defendant's assets are frozen as part of a parallel civil e… |
| 19-256 |
Yuzef Abramov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-powers counsel-of-choice due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause necessary-and-proper necessary-and-proper-clause sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation treaty-power |
I. Whether it is constitutional to extend 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) to noncommercial conduct allegedly committed by a foreign citizen and resident against o… |
| 18A1350 |
Yuzef Abramov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
counsel-of-choice fair-trial gonzalez-lopez retained-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error |
Question not identified. |
| 18-9442 |
Donald Loston v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-efficiency judicial-integrity reversible-error right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-trial-court trial-court-discretion |
Whether a state trial court denial of counsel of choice is reversible error when no threat against the interest of judicial integrity and efficiency w… |
| 18-8871 |
Roy L. Rambo v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act asset-freezing counsel-of-choice criminal-prosecution due-process personal-assets sixth-amendment state-court-ruling |
1. Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice was violated when a state court issued an order which froze the defendant's lawfully acquire… |
| 18-8713 |
Briand Williams v. California |
California |
2019-04-05 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment code-of-civil-procedure constitutional-violation counsel-of-choice due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance marsden-hearing plea-bargaining procedural-rights right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment |
Does a Defendant have a right to replace his privately retained choice of counsel at anytime during the trial court proceeding even up to and at the a… |
| 18-8572 |
Christopher Jones v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
community-control-violations community-controller constitutional-interpretation continuance counsel-of-choice due-process judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-counsel speedy-trial statutory-analysis unconstitutional-conditions unrepresented-defendant violation-proceedings |
1. Whether there i8 wilthin the minimum requirements of due process, a minimum set of guidelines to be considered by a Court, in olation proceedings, … |
| 18-8230 |
Montgomery Carl Akers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction legal-obstruction record standing |
DOES HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE TO HAVE HIS CASE HEARD BY THE DISTRICT COURT AND APPELLATE COURT BASED U… |
| 18-7965 |
Daniel Stewart v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights counsel-of-choice due-process fourth-amendment Fourth-Amendment-Claim Miranda-Rights probable-cause Right-to-Counsel rodriguez-v-united-states search-and-seizure standing Suspicionless-Surveillance warrantless-search Warrantless-Searches |
WHETHER THE WARRANTLESS SEARCHES OF PETITIONER'S
PERSON, AND HIS MOTOR VEHICLE, WERE IN CLEAR VIOLATION
OF HIS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AS ENUNCIATED … |
| 18-7299 |
Leon Tony Parker, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice counsel-withdrawal court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion motion-resolution motion-to-substitute motion-to-substitute-counsel motion-to-withdraw record-keeping right-to-counsel trial-court-discretion trial-fairness |
The Petitioner sought to withdraw counsel because of a legitimate conflict in counsel's representation; and then, two months later, sought to substitu… |
| 18-7254 |
Alvin E. Thomas v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment actual-prejudice automatic-reversal collateral-review counsel-of-choice fundamental-unfairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error |
In Weaver v. Massachusetts, 137 S. Ct. 1899, 1911-12 (2017), this Court left open the question of whether a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel… |
| 18-7174 |
Shawndell Everson v. New York |
New York |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice due-process effective-assistance ineffective-counsel public-trial sixth-amendment trial-rights |
Shawndell Everson was 32 years old when he was sentenced to 143 years (the equivalent of a life sentence ), for allegations of running a "looseknit" o… |
| 18-6560 |
Wendell Weaver v. Walter Nicholson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure disqualification eyewitness-testimony ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-alternatives right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-court wheat-v-united-states |
Does Wheat v. United States, 486 U.S. 153 (1988) clearly establish that trial courts must consider reasonable alternatives before disqualifying a crim… |
| 18-6457 |
Abel Puente v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant retained-attorney right-to-discharge-counsel sixth-amendment |
WHETHER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND TO COUNSEL OF CHOICE, WHICH ALSO PROVIDED THE RIGHT TO DISCHARGE COUNSEL, WIL… |
| 18-5291 |
Martin Louis Ballard v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deprived him of his right under the Sixth Amendme without any hearing 5th-amendment 6th-amendment bank-account bank-account-seizure civil-rights counsel-of-choice due-process fifth-amendment pretrial-seizure procedural-due-process seizure sixth-amendment |
Whether the pretrial seizure of petitioner's bank account, without any hearing, deprived him of his right under the Sixth Amendment to the United Stat… |