evidentiary-rule

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-640 Five Star Automatic Fire Protection, L.L.C. v. Department of Labor Fifth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied burden-shifting civil-rights class-action due-process evidentiary-rule fair-labor-standards-act overtime-pay representative-testimony wal-mart-v-dukes 1. In Wal-Mart v. Dukes, this Court rejected "Trial by Formula" in disapproving the use of representative testimony for certification of Rule 23 class…
21-5405 George A. Luna v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause domestic-violence due-process evidentiary-rule federal-jurisdiction forfeiture-by-wrongdoing hearsay-exception pleadings standing witness-unavailability Under Giles v., California can a State constitutionally introduce a murder victim's out. of court statements to others about defendant's abuse/ pursua…
20-6718 Jason J. Johnson v. California California 2020-12-29 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-rule judicial-discretion legal-standard newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief standards-of-review trial-procedure 1. Under the "newly discovered evidence rule" does not evidence discovered after conviction, such as evidence the movant could not have possibly disc…
18-9725 Jose Munoz v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-rule hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement vagueness Whether the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague. Whether a Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a…
18-5598 John J. Moore, Jr. v. Michael Stephan, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-rule evidentiary-rules fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pcr-hearing post-conviction-relief presumption-of-correctness sixth-amendment Whether the State Court's determination of factual issues is or should have been presumed correct. And whether Petitioner sustained his burden of over…