| 25-6350 |
Samuel J. Barrett v. Walter Tripp, Warden, Wyoming Department of Corrections State Penitentiary, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights court-procedure covid-pandemic effective-counsel public-trial sixth-amendment |
I. If a state denies a defendant a public trial by implementing a defective trial structure mech anism to limit the spread of a pandemic at the expens… |
| 25-6207 |
Mark Eugene Benton v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights effective-counsel fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sixth-amendment vehicle-search |
1) Was the search of the petitioners vehicle, on 12-31-2020, lawful under the 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution, as well as Montana Cnst… |
| 25-5238 |
In Re Dennis Griffith |
|
2025-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel fair-trial legal-access |
Does cl iHValiJ usurer ot Counsel hearing and no access to fke. Courts, don^ aJ+k etker ~
pcetrid violations o'? Conrhtutiond rigkts 5cJ Compulsory p… |
| 25-101 |
J. M. F. v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction |
Connecticut |
2025-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conflict-of-interest criminal-defendant effective-counsel legal-malpractice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the threat of a civil action by a criminal defendant against his attorney is a per se denial of the right to the effective of counsel guarante… |
| 24-954 |
Anthony Vetri v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-03-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conflict-of-interest criminal-defense cronic-standard effective-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
1. To show a violation of the right to conflict-free counsel when represented by multiple attorneys, only some of whom are conflicted, must a defendan… |
| 23-6839 |
Donte Johnson v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-strategy effective-counsel expert-testimony false-confessions ineffective-assistance police-interrogation sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard |
Did the Nevada Supreme Court deprive petitioner of his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel by analyzing counsel's ineffective performance as me… |
| 23-6487 |
Simeon Bozic v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel marbury-v-madison martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief shinn-v-ramirez state-procedural-rules |
Do the Shinn v. Ramirez, 142 S. Ct. 1718, 596 U.S. 1. (2022), and Martinez v. Ryan, line of cases require the State to provide a post-conviction petit… |
| 23-6238 |
William Jarvis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation confrontation-clause due-process effective-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment third-party-guilt |
1. Whether the Fifth Amendment right to be free from the compulsion to make self incriminating statements includes the right to not be required to pro… |
| 23-6075 |
William Phillip Neidinger v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-remedy constitutional-interpretation due-process effective-counsel identity-rights judicial-defect judicial-review jury-selection mandamus presumption-of-innocence selective-prosecution |
Is Not having actual availability of Effective Counsel and actual Presumption of Innocence, particularly in cases deriving from previous judicial defe… |
| 22-941 |
Hatem Saied v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2023-03-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
13th-amendment benefits bias constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel employer-liability medical-care workers-compensation |
1. In light of the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, should the employer who failed to provide medical care to the injured worker be responsibl… |
| 21-7875 |
Freya D. Pearson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-right direct-appeal due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance notice-of-deficiency notice-of-withdrawal notice-requirement prosecutorial-misconduct tax-deficiency |
Does a defendant have a Constitutional Right to Effective Counsel from beginning to end, while in their Direct Appeal? And if that defendant has not w… |
| 21-7135 |
Daniel Joseph Dawson v. Jeremy Larson, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel eighth-circuit supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari |
(1)Whether acircuit court candeny acertificate ofappealability when theApplicant has
made asubstantial showing ofthedenial ofimportant constitutional … |
| 21-6437 |
J. S. v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance right-to-appeal sixth-amendment |
1. Did J.S. have a Fourteenth Amendment right to be advised by the Court of his right to appeal?
2. Did J.S. have a right to appeal out of time, beca… |
| 21-5997 |
Jeremiah Ybarra v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process effective-counsel fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment |
WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT OR INDICTMENT
WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIG… |
| 21-5655 |
Timothy Dean Leners v. Wyoming |
Wyoming |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal sixth-amendment |
ONE: Was Defendant's 6th Amend. right to Effective Counsel violated when 1st chair appointed counsel testified at W.R.A.P. 21 hearing for new trial th… |
| 21-5277 |
Samuel Eaddy v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge disabilities due-process effective-counsel jurisdictional-time-limits mental-health mental-health-disability post-conviction-relief procedural-requirements |
Individuals are guaranteed the right to effective counsel at trial. These rights mean nothing if attorneys are not held to task as to their stewardshi… |
| 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… |
| 20-7544 |
Demian Dominguez, aka Demain Dominguez v. Brian E. Williams, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause-of-death certificate-of-appealability effective-counsel ninth-circuit prejudice procedural-default reasonable-jurists |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's order denying a certificate of appealability was clearly erroneous where reasonable jurists could disagree as to whether D… |
| 20-7364 |
James Baldwin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance mental-disability sixth-amendment |
1. Whether Appellant was denied rights under the
Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United
States Constitution to effective trial counsel and
w… |
| 20-7316 |
Jose Luis Morales v. Stuart Sherman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-review district-court-discretion effective-counsel first-appeal post-conviction post-judgment-appeal sixth-amendment state-statutory-right statutory-right |
1. Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel on appeal apply to when the appeal takes place years after conviction and the defendant had a s… |
| 20-5944 |
In Re Gerald M. Calmese |
|
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus identity-theft jurisdiction sixth-amendment |
1. Was the Eidere tresrs toblishThe "Anoter Person. in RDiRn Ent of Pantiff which The LAS COnUCED of Lakno thie I 2
2. Ds the cot betore which the Pe… |
| 19-8824 |
Keith Newton v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process effective-counsel evidence jury-instructions statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 19-8435 |
Jerome Lemeal Williams v. Wendy Duffy, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel equal-protection judicial-bias procedural-due-process speedy-trial unlawful-touching |
I have a birth certificate .identification .social security card and was born in in the United States. I've went to prison for a crime I didn't commit… |
| 19-8081 |
Juan Isaac Flores v. California |
California |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
benefits constitutional-rights counsel-performance effective-counsel ineffective-assistance plea-agreement sentencing sixth-amendment |
(1) Was my Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel violated by Attorney Kovtun s ineffectiveness(2) Is the process that preceded the May 3, 2018 pl… |
| 19-7954 |
Steven M. Leonhart v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
competent-counsel constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain plea-bargaining sixth-amendment strategic-benefit |
Is defense counsel who makes a plea bargain that fails to give his client a substantial strategic benefit acting as competent and effective counsel as… |
| 19-7496 |
Garry Dean Stroner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights discrimination due-process effective-counsel fair-cross-section fair-trial impartial-jury intentional-exclusion jury-composition jury-selection presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct systematic-exclusion |
1. Petitioner's trial counsel obtained the jury list two days prior to the day of jury selection. On the day of trial entire panel of sixty-five (65) … |
| 19-7417 |
Corey Michael Edwards v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering constitutional-challenge criminal-history effective-counsel predicate-offense predicate-offenses prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Can a the breaking and entering of outbouildings (ie. storage Sheds), that were visably and actually padlocked from the outside, where no reasonable p… |
| 19-6780 |
Darius Kinney v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-box-rule ohio-appellate-rules sixth-amendment time-limitation time-limits |
A) Were Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights violated when appellate counsel failed to: 1) Notify Petitioner (of his appellate rights) in a timely mann… |
| 19-6637 |
Gregory Cooper v. Katy Poole, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process effective-counsel judicial-discretion right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction takings |
Can a defendant be stoped from Confronting his
accusers and witnesses with o ther testimony
when the sth Amendment to the li.s. Const. Provides
for Du… |
| 19-525 |
Steve Cooley, et al. v. National Abortion Federation |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights contempt contempt-sanction criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel effective-counsel preliminary-injunction sanctions sixth-amendment younger-abstention |
How can a state court criminal defendant enjoy his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel when his state court criminal counsel have been held in … |
| 19-5778 |
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel equal-protection manifest-injustice plea-agreement right-to-effective-counsel rule-11 sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent |
1). Whether Smadi in this Case would suffer a manifest injustice and an extreme hardship by serving several extra years in prison absent such relief i… |
| 18-9630 |
Michael Mancil Brown v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment 6th-amendment,effective-counsel,mistrial,closing-a closing-arguments constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel mistrial sixth-amendment trial trial-rights |
Was the Petitioners 6th Amendment Righ ts to effective counsel violated when Petitioner's Attorney refused a mistrial offer by the Court without consu… |
| 18-8920 |
Charles Franklin Glasscock v. Jeri Taylor |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus impartial-jury memorandum-decision ninth-circuit supreme-court |
Does the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision, affirming the denial of habeas corpus relief, contravene this Court's commands regarding the vital guara… |
| 18-8715 |
Quillie Merle Spray v. Kelly A. Ryan, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Shirley |
First Circuit |
2019-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure effective-counsel fair-trial insanity-defense mental-evaluation sixth-amendment |
Whether the Court of Appeals correctly decided an important question of constitutional law: that the Petitioner was denied his right to effective coun… |
| 18-8066 |
Roger E. Magana v. Ron Credio, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus impartial-jury ninth-circuit sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
Does the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision contravene this Court's rulings affirming the guarantees of effective counsel and an impartial jury for a… |
| 18-7772 |
Antonio Franklin v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel execution-date habeas-corpus right-to-counsel |
Is the right to effective representation critical during which time the State moves for an execution date?
Does the constitutional right to effective… |
| 18-7644 |
Carlos Benitez v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review conflict-of-interest constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel evidentiary-hearing habeas habeas-corpus legal-claim right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-appealability standard-of-review |
Did trial counsel have a conplict of interest by simulttanecusly representing Me. Benitez and a defense witness, violating Mir. Benitez's Sixth Amendm… |
| 18-7199 |
Adelmo A. Fauntleroy v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2018-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel incarceration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
1). Did the Court have sufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict the petitioner under the Sixth Amendment by the U.S.A.
2).Was the low… |
| 18-6621 |
Aloeng Kelly Vang v. Tom Roy, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel effective-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudice-prong sixth-amendment state-law straight-plea straight-pleas trial-rights ultimate-authority |
Where offers of straight pleas to the district court is permitted under state law, does state criminal defendants receive their Sixth Amendment right … |
| 18-6558 |
Anthony James Merrick v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-counsel attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel evidence-exclusion false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-testify trial-procedure |
1. Mr. Merrick alleged he was denied his constitutioncl right to testify in his trial in both the guilt and aggrauation phases. In the guilt phase, Mr… |