| 25A772 |
Jason A. Czekalski v. William L. Wrenn, Individually, and as former Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. |
First Circuit |
2026-01-05 |
Application |
|
appellate-jurisdiction extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure mandate-issuance panel-review petition-for-rehearing |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6296 |
Emmanuel Folly v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-12-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitration-findings civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-litigant |
1. Whether systemic barriers preventing a pro se litigant from securing counsel, where stigma
impedes representation, constitute "extraordinary circu… |
| 25A621 |
Chad Henry Jones v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Application |
|
appellate-review appointed-counsel extraordinary-circumstances petition-for-certiorari pro-se withdrawal |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6019 |
Juan Mendez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure death-threats extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus plea-coercion sentence-reduction |
1. Did both the United States District Court and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal 3-judge panel fail to properly execercise its permissible authority to … |
| 25A470 |
Chase Hunter v. Joanne Auclair |
Massachusetts |
2025-10-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review constitutional-question due-process extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-litigation state-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25A433 |
Roberto Corral v. Arrow Electronics, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure extraordinary-circumstances medical-issues pro-se procedural-default second-circuit |
Question not identified. |
| 25A345 |
Dennis Michael Hogan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-remedies extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-filing section-3553a section-3582 sentence-reduction |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5690 |
Adam Jay Stone v. Patwin Horn, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus legal-diligence statute-of-limitations |
In a federal habeas corpus case, an appellant who has missed the one-year filing deadline due to extraordinary circumstances beyond their control may … |
| 25A325 |
Delmart Edward Vreeland v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2025-09-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review certiorari-petition due-process extraordinary-circumstances illegal-sentence jurisdictional-defect |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5480 |
Sean L. Hagins v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-27 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-precedent compassionate-release extraordinary-circumstances legal-error manifest-injustice sentence-classification |
1) Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by failing to address the misapplication of binding circuit precedents in Sean L. Hagins* Motion for com… |
| 25A187 |
Simon Hessler v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-08-15 |
Denied |
|
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations |
Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether the circumstances present in
this case present an extraordinary circumstances sufficient to extend the… |
| 25-5019 |
Chat Lowe v. Palm Tran, et al. |
Florida |
2025-07-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-dismissal counsel-dereliction equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances procedural-rights statute-of-limitations |
1) . Should litigants cases be dismissed with prejudice for dereliction of
responsibilities on part of their Counsel and no fault or doing of the lit… |
| 24-7243 |
Dieudruch Emmanuel v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances marital-privilege prejudicial-evidence probative-value witness-testimony |
WHETHER THE MARITAL PRIVILEGE WARRANTS LIMITING THE WIFE'S TESTIMONY UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN FAILURE TO DO SO WILL ALLOW HIGHLY PREJUDI… |
| 24-6920 |
Bobby B. Kirkendoll v. Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus interstate-agreement-detainers-act non-party-state temporary-custody |
WHETHER THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT DETAINERS ACT (IAD) 18 U.S.C. App § 2 PROVIDES
AN EXCEPTION CLAUSE UNDER V(g) PROVIDING DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS FOR … |
| 24-6742 |
Keeba Harris v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus state-remedies |
1. Is there a violation of Act 3, § 2, ¶ 13 and the Byprovement of the Federal Constitution by Convict and Sentence A defendant PETITIONER FOR AN WRIT… |
| 24-6309 |
Timothy DeFoggi v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment direct-harm extraordinary-circumstances sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines u.s.c.-3582 |
1) As applied to Acquitted Conduct, whether the lower court erred in improperly denying a finding of "extraordinary and compelling" under U.S. Sentenc… |
| 24-6131 |
Kristopher Jacob Freda v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release discretionary-relief extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentencing-reduction |
1) If the petitioner is really scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared,… |
| 24-6078 |
Michael Andrew Peterson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions extraordinary-circumstances jurisdiction legal-opinion petition supreme-court |
Does an unprecedented miscalculyrion by the state Supreme Cours ehveF Deputy Cleck of the PeTsTIONERS StCAarVkK]S oF Limit arons Satishy the ~extkraor… |
| 24A198 |
In Re Gavin B. Davis |
|
2024-08-23 |
Denied |
|
bail-pending-appeal extraordinary-circumstances federal-appellate-review prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 24A28 |
Peyman Roshan v. Melanie J. Lawrence, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari extraordinary-circumstances ninth-circuit pro-se supreme-court-rules time-extension |
Question not identified. |
| 23-1259 |
BLOM Bank SAL v. Michal Honickman, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
amendment-standard civil-procedure district-court extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality-of-judgments judgment-finality rule-15(a) rule-60(b)(6) second-circuit |
Whether Rule 60(b)(6)'s stringent standard applies to a post-judgment request to vacate for the purpose of filing an amended complaint. |
| 23A1033 |
In Re Rosalind Holmes |
|
2024-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
abuse-of-discretion conflicts-of-interest extraordinary-circumstances judicial-misconduct mandamus pro-se |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7452 |
In Re Ramsey Randall |
|
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-appeals first-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-rights standing |
1) Did the US Appeals court Abuse their discretion in its delay and subsequent denial of mandamus relief to the Kendall "<
2) Does the Novelty doctri… |
| 23-7351 |
Rolandas Milinavicuus v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-claim constitutional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations |
1. Does A Habeas Corpus Petitioner Under The Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals Suffer Unreasonable Application Of Ruling Contrary To The Facts Present… |
| 23A872 |
Emanuel Mois v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-01 |
Denied |
|
§-2255-motion covid-19 extraordinary-circumstances legal-access pandemic-limitations procedural-ruling |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6639 |
Omar Sierre Folk v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cert-denial civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances judicial-decision legal-standard procedural-ruling rule-60(b)(1) rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b supreme-court-rule |
1. Whether Lower Court Misapplied Cert. Denial On 10/5/15 Was A Judicial decision Rendered Erroneous By Subsequent Legal Or Factual Changes Also Quali… |
| 23-6525 |
Michael Dukes v. E.M.S.A. HSA Stephanie Wood, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure court-proceedings due-process evidence extraordinary-circumstances judicial-procedure legal-standard material-evidence obstruction obstruction-of-justice standing |
DOES OBSTRUCTION PREVENTING DISPOSITIVE
MATERIAL EVIDENCE FROM BEING PRESENTED IN
COURT CONSTITUTE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES? |
| 23-6444 |
David D. Madriz, Jr. v. Adam Aron, et al. |
Delaware |
2024-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chancery-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances interlocutory-appeal standing stockholder-litigation supreme-court-procedure |
Whether the Supreme Court of Delaware failed to follow Delaware Chancery Court's procedures of and whether this court was required to consider scope o… |
| 23-6381 |
Roy Jackson v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence extraordinary-circumstances guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing |
(1). IS GUILTY PLEA CONSTITUTIONALLY INFIRM BASED ON INADEQUATE AND DEFECTIVE BOYKIN COLLOQUY RECORD
(2). IS GUILTY PLEA CONSTITUTIONALLY INFIRM INTE… |
| 23A414 |
Monterial Wesley v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review discretionary-authority extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Question not identified. |
| 23-354 |
Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction under section … |
| 23-5624 |
Charles M. Porter v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion law-enforcement probable-cause trial-court-error warrantless-arrest |
The sole point of this petition is the fact that Petitioner was arrested without probable cause. Hence, therefore, the warrantless arrest was unlawful… |
| 23-147 |
Leander Mann v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
|
aedpa-statute circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus habeas-petition statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether equitable tolling stops the clock on the AEDPA statute of limitations during periods of extraordinary circumstances, as the Second and Elev… |
| 23-5280 |
Robert A. Griffin v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60-motion |
1) WHETHER MR. GRIFFIN IS ENTITLED TO A COA BECAUSE JURISTS OF REASON WOULD FIND THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON MR. GRIFFIN'S FEDERAL RULE 60(b)(6) MO… |
| 23-5132 |
Alfredo Gonzalez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release covid-19-risk district-court extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances incarceration medical-vulnerability SARS-CoV-2 scientific-assumptions |
May a district court rely upon its own medical or scientific assumptions about the risks associated with a novel virus such as SARS-CoV-2 to conclude … |
| 23-5008 |
Michael Bien v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-court covid-19-tolling district-court extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus hearing new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b |
Whether a United States District Court's ruling to deny a §2254 Certificate of Appealability should be vacated by the Circuit Court when Rule 60(b) ne… |
| 22-7410 |
Reynaldo Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2253 antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus |
This case present an important nationwide issue concerning what
constitues an expeditious remedy and/or a prompt hearing under
28 U.S.C. §2254. The … |
| 22-7303 |
Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-law-change first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 22-7234 |
Gerald Wayne LeBeau v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus procedural-ruling standing |
QUESTION ONE: WAS THE COURTS PROCEDURE RULING PROPER IN DENYING LEBEAU'S EQUITABLE TOLLING?
QUESTION TWO: WAS THE COURTS PROCEDURE RULING PROPER IN D… |
| 22-7171 |
Aczel Cardena-Sosa, aka Jesus Garcia, aka Jorge Cardenas-Sosa, aka Gasel Sosa, aka Jorge Cardenas v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights clean-water-act due-process extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act pfoa-contamination pfos-contamination standing |
(1) Whether Certiorari should be granted to determine whether Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 54 (U.S. June 27, 2022) govern Civil Litigation … |
| 22-928 |
Roger Swartz v. Board of Trustees of University of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-23 |
Denied |
|
academic-freedom civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances scienter state-action state-actor university-funding |
1. When effectively unrestricted research funding —requiring nothing more than a yearly progress update —by the state enables a party such as a Univer… |
| 22-6911 |
In Re Bradley M. Cunningham |
|
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-defendant due-process extraordinary-circumstances pretrial-detainee standing state-law void-judgment |
Is the Petitioner entitled to benefit from existing state law and state
supreme court decisions that all clearly provide for a finding of VOID JUDGME… |
| 22-783 |
Victor J. Orena v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 concepcion-v-united-states district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
In Concepcion v. United States, — U.S. -, 142 S. Ct. 2389, 2404 213 L. Ed. 2d 731 (June 27, 2022), this Court held that the First Step Act "allows dis… |
| 22-6448 |
Rickey Thompson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-review civil-rights compelling-circumstances compelling-reasons due-process extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion legal-standard petitioner-relief relief standing |
Whether extraordinary and compelling reasons exist in granting Petitioner relief in this case? |
| 22-6291 |
Jimmy R. Davis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas statute-of-limitations |
I. Whether it is inconsistent with Slack v. McDaniel, 539 U.S. 413 (2008) for a Court of Appeals to have declined to issue Certificate of Appealabilit… |
| 22-5984 |
Kenneth Wilbert Brown v. Brad Adams, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-communication civil-procedure court-delays diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances legal-diligence pandemic-impact related-cases |
1) How can a defendant be deemed not to have "Been pursuing his rights dilligently ," when he is actively litigating 3 cases simultaneously that are a… |
| 22-5894 |
Terrence Gibbs v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law, which dramatically altered sentencing exposure for those later sentenced, comprise "extraor… |
| 22-5736 |
Ernesto Salgado Martinez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
buck-davis buck-v-davis discovery due-process extraordinary-circumstances gonzalez-crosby gonzalez-v-crosby napue-v-illinois napue-violation rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b6 |
I.
Whether the district court abused its discretion by denying
Martinez's Rule 60(b)(6) request to reopen the judgment in order
to compel discovery wh… |
| 22-5552 |
Robert Budwilowitz v. Marc Nichols Associates, et al. |
New York |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment extraordinary-circumstances judicial-efficiency motion-for-leave new-york-procedure ross-factors standing |
• Is the dismissal of the motion for leave to appeal by the New York State Court of Appeals (see 2022 NYSlip Op 60107) inconsistent?
• Is N.Y. Comp. … |
| 22-5556 |
Mehmet Ali Whicker v. Washington |
Washington |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitrary-action arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances jury-instructions legal-procedure standing state-court sua-sponte |
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| 22-5485 |
Juan Daniel Cano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas, Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure diligence district-court due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit habeas-corpus standard-of-review |
Did thh Fifth Circuit erred in adapting to the district court finding that petitioner failed to show both that he pursued habeas relief diligently and… |
| 22-5161 |
Antonio M. Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider nonretroactive changes in sentencing law in determining whether a defendant has shown "extraordinary and compell… |
| 22-5049 |
Percy Love, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
artuz-v-bennett covid-19 covid-19-exception diligence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-tolling-doctrine habeas-corpus procedural-timeliness statutory-interpretation |
Whether an extension to file a 2255 petition is "properly filed" under Artuz v. Bennet?
Where petitioner was pursuing his rights diligently during th… |
| 21-8206 |
Noble Laverne Bennett v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing sentencing-review |
I. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT TO DENY BENNETT'S APPEAL WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD?
II. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE LOWER CO… |
| 21-1414 |
Barton Ray Crandall v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(A) 18-usc-924(c) criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018
amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has
shown … |
| 21-7695 |
Allen Wayne Hatcher v. Anna Valentine, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus limitations-period prisoner-diligence prisoner-rights procedural-sufficiency |
560 U.S. 631 (2010) Florida / Holland Under can I. v. extraordinary circumsatnces be established by the same facts that establish a prisoner's diligen… |
| 21-7644 |
Mario Reynoso, aka Mario Hernandez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointment-of-counsel court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-appeals federal-circuit-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-remedy mandate-recall recall-of-mandate writ-of-certiorari |
(1). WHAT REMEDY IS AVAILABLE FOR PETITIONER WHEN HIS COURTAPPOINTED (CJA) ATTORNEY FAILED TO INFORM, ADVICE OR FILE
A TIMELY PETITION FOR A WRIT OF … |
| 21-7510 |
Ramon Lopez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Criminal Defendants may use the "recently amended"
Compassionate Release Statute [18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582(c)(1)(A)]'to
reduce or correct an exce… |
| 21-7366 |
Raymond L. Rogers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-court-of-appeals ineffective-assistance mandate-recall tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
(1). WHAT REMEDY IS AVAILABLE FOR PETITIONER WHEN HIS COURTAPPOINTED (CJA) ATTORNEY FAILED TO INFORM, ADVICE OR FILE
A TIMELY PETITION FOR A WRIT OF … |
| 21-7254 |
Stephen C. Hanf v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights COVID-19-pandemic criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus molestation-charges standing trial-procedure |
Whether the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies as an extraordinary circumstance for equitable tolling in the instant cases consistent with Carter v United St… |
| 21-7238 |
Holli Wrice v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) allows district courts to reduce a defendant's sentence, based on a finding of extraordinary and compelling reasons, afte… |
| 21-6861 |
Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adolescent-brain compassionate-release extraordinary-circumstances mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimums neuroscience neuroscience-evidence procedural-error section-3553 section-3582 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform |
Whether Booker's invalidation of the mandatory sentencing regime, and post-Booker neuroscience facts about the adolescent brain constitutes extraordin… |
| 21-6862 |
In Re Daniel Jones |
|
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-relief federal-courts filing-requirements judicial-procedure mandamus prisoner-rights standing |
1. IS PETITIONER ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE RELIEF INCLUDING MANDAMUS FROM THIS COURT TO PROTECT HIS RIGHT TO PETITION THE COURTS WHERE A MANIFEST INJUSTIC… |
| 21-991 |
Diana Berber v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-precedent klapprott-v-united-states liljeberg-v-health-services-acquisition-corp manifest-injustice rule-60-motion |
Did the Court of Appeals, despite the presence of the requisite "extraordinary circumstances", by affirming the District Court's denial of Petitioner … |
| 21-6692 |
Alex D. Ramos v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-905 |
Nathaniel Rimpson, III, Charles Scott, and Carl Buggs v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-767 |
Clinton Williams v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-568 |
Jason Jarvis v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-law criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-law federal-law-change judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 21-6015 |
Robert Lee Walden v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-v-florida legal-precedent reasonable-diligence unsettled-circuit-law |
Equitable tolling is available to excuse an untimely claim for habeas relief if a petitioner shows extraordinary circumstances and reasonable diligenc… |
| 21-551 |
John J. Watford v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018
amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has
shown … |
| 21-5852 |
Jay Warren Arnold v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims constitutional-rights de-novo-review due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas pro-se-litigation procedural-inquiry state-collateral-review |
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a COA in this Cause by applying Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) in a vague and conclusory ma… |
| 21-479 |
Nicole K., by Next Friend Linda R., et al. v. Terry J. Stigdon, Director, Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention abstention-doctrine administrative-process circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-court-discretion federalism judicial-proceeding procedural-jurisdiction |
Whether a federal court "has discretion to put any federal proceeding on hold while a state works its way through an administrative process," as the S… |
| 21-5787 |
In Re Randall Thomas McArty |
|
2021-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus parole sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Whethe the prima fai requiement in 28uss 2244() wud funtion
enn renen ennt f a sentn ot ld l dee etio
of nelease or paude.
2). Whether 28 usc 246 … |
| 21-5275 |
Alan Gregory Ender v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appealability attorney-abandonment civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances notice-of-appeal rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) |
1. Petitioner filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion for relief from a final judgment based on attorney abandonment after learning th… |
| 21-5104 |
John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … |
| 20-8085 |
Michael James Barnes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 20-7962 |
Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-05-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-claims covid-19 dna-evidence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-grounds |
a. Should courts Procedurally time-bar a pro se inmetes habeas Corpus then a priser official with a sericus health illness, such as COVTD ~ 19, is Tes… |
| 20-7832 |
Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
What qualifies as 'extraordinary and compelling circumstances under a Motion for Compassionate release, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)?
(2) Does the lower c… |
| 20-7634 |
Nevia Abraham v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
appeals-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure district-court extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction motion-review rule-60b |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to review the
District Court's February 13, 2019 Order granting Petitioner's Federal Ru… |
| 20-6266 |
Mario Salas v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-power case-error civil-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-review rule-60b standing |
1. Question in reviewing the merits of Rule 60(b)(6). Motion is whether the unique fact of Petitioner's case reveal extraordinary circumstances justif… |
| 20-5965 |
Vito A. Pelino v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-reopening civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-courts judicial-discretion rule-60(b) rule-60b state-courts substantive-claim |
Whether jurists of reason can debate that repeated decisions to ignore (not dismiss or deny) a substantive claim constitutes sufficiently "extraordina… |
| 20-5827 |
Michael R. Spengler v. Alex Villanueva |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody-claims due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus legal-abuse petition-review standing |
Federal Habeas book oN the lexIs Nexis touckcreen Here At the JAil (by MAtthew BeNdeR) 28usC 2241-autharizes "other specIAl ciranstances CrEAHING A su… |
| 20-5624 |
Juan Francisco Vega v. Chad Poppell, Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
§2254-petition certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-discretion extraordinary-circumstances false-imprisonment habeas-corpus sexually-violent-predator successive-petitions |
WHETHER JURISTS OF REASON COULD DEBATE THAT THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY NOT GRANTING A COA
WHERE THE UNDERLYING CLAIM OF THE… |
| 20-5510 |
Robert L. Pernell, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 direct-appeal equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default supreme-court-precedent |
I. WHETHER THE GOVERNING PROVISIONS IN THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PRECEDENT CASE LAW, IN RE GODDARD, 170 F.3d 43541999), HAS UNLAWFULLY CREAT… |
| 20-5527 |
Mark Benton v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa attorney-abandonment capital-cases circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus |
1). When this Court issued Holland v. Florida, 130 S.ct. 2549 (2010), decision, is this Honorable Court intent to apply Hollando to "Capital cases onl… |
| 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 |
Denied |
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… |
| 20-5111 |
James Earvin Sanders v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review rare-and-exceptional-circumstances statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-provision |
If a petitioner can demonstrate that he falls under a built-in tolling provision as described in 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(1)(A)-(D), does he also need to de… |
| 20-16 |
Edward Wayne Binns v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process eeoc-complaint equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances res-judicata standing title-vii |
WHETHER AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION COMPLAINT FILING, IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WOULD BE TIMELY FILED FOR A TITLE 7 ACTION, U… |
| 19-8762 |
Percy St. George v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-timeliness statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER REASONABLE JURIST COULV DEBATE THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT
OF APPEALS ADOPTION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING THAT
APPELLANT'S PETITION WAS UN… |
| 19-8219 |
Juan Gilberto Medrano v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas federal-petition habeas-corpus legal-question ninth-circuit timeliness |
(1) Was Petitioner's 2016 Petition filed in a timely manner?
(2) Does the dismissal of a protective federal habeas petition prior to the decision in … |
| 19-7928 |
Al Prince v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief |
WHETHER A STATE CREATED DELAY OF UNINFORMED NOTIFICATION THAT A SECOND AMENDED (CORRECTED SENTENCING)JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION HAD BECOME FINAL AND RIPE … |
| 19-7892 |
Frank Roark v. New York |
New York |
2020-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules judicial-procedure new-york-law standing |
1. Is Frank Roorith the BAR part and whlly in and of His other in and of Anger 2 YES
2. Is Fronk Roor the BABin pert and undly iy ond K Ys matter in … |
| 19-7798 |
Pablo Cantu Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances mootness patent-law standing takings |
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| 19-7645 |
Ramiro F. Gonzales v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure decisional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-courts federal-rules gonzalez-v-crosby rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b6 split-among-circuits standing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a change in decisional law may constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifying relief under Rule 60(b)(6). |
| 19-7380 |
Dino Constance v. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection extraordinary-circumstances fourteenth-amendment mandamus mandamus-relief ninth-circuit post-conviction-review tenth-circuit |
I. Did the Ninth Circuit's unique five-part test for Mandamus relief cause a Fourteenth Amendment 'Equal Protection' violation? Are Equal Protection v… |
| 19-7087 |
Anthony May v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances ineffective-assistance low-iq manifest-injustice mental-retardation |
1) WHETHER PETITIONER'S "MENTAL RETARDATION" AND "LOW IQ" "EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES" IN WHICH "EQUITABLE TOLLING" SHOULD BE APPLIED TO AVOID A MANI… |
| 19-6954 |
Jerry Scott Camp, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
coa department-of-corrections disability due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus medical-condition medical-disability procedural-barriers sec-2254 section-2254 statute-of-limitations |
1. Should an inmate, who has shown that he was prevented by the Departement of
Corrections (the State) from timely filing his Sec. 2254 petition, and… |
| 19-6860 |
In Re Lee Hall |
|
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
biased-juror capital-case capital-punishment due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review juror-bias original-jurisdiction structural-error |
Whether the structural error of service of by biased juror in a capital case, discovered on the eve of execution, presents extraordinary circumstances… |
| 19-6740 |
Glendal Rhoton v. Richard Brown, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process e-filing extraordinary-circumstances fraud fraud-upon-court habeas-corpus notification-delay rule-60-b rule-60b |
The District Court mandated that all prisoner communications to and from the Court be transmitted via the E-Filing system. The prison's legal libraria… |
| 19-6540 |
Howard Grant v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure civil-procedure clay-v-united-states criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances final-judgment-rule forgery habeas-corpus indictment standing |
QUESTION ONE:
Is a 28 USC SEC. 2255 MOTION premature if filed less than 90 days after the
appellate court enters its judgment in accordance with the … |
| 19-6426 |
John Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure district-court extraordinary-circumstances finality finality-exception legal-standard relief-from-judgement relief-from-judgment timely-filing timely-motion |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief from judgement where he files a motion in a timely fashion and provides the district court with extraordinary… |
| 19-481 |
In Re R. C. "Rick" Lussy |
|
2019-10-10 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-code elections extraordinary-circumstances free-speech judicial-procedure misconduct non-delegation-doctrine public-office standing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 19-6222 |
Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. K. Harrington, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-errors due-process extraordinary-circumstances free-speech judicial-oversight mandate-recall pro-se-prisoner public-policy standing |
1) WIFETHER PRO-SE PRISONER CAN BE DENTED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT BASED ON COURT ERRORS
2) WHETHER DISTRICT COURT'S ERRORS AND OVERSIGHT CREATED EXTRAO… |
| 19-6081 |
Robert Wayne Gillman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-proceedings due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance initial-review standing statute-of-limitations |
1. Is this instant case before the Court to answer the question left open in Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 115 L.Ed.2d 640 (1991)… |
| 19-5755 |
Billy Jack Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
60b-motion change-in-law civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure finality habeas-corpus rule-60b statutory-representation statutory-right-to-counsel structural-defect |
I. Whether in ruling on a 60(b) motion for relief from judgment, a court can consider "a change in the law" as one of many wide-range of factors, in d… |
| 19-5580 |
In Re Sebastian Eccleston |
|
2019-08-13 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1651 appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-writ federal-prisoner judicial-discretion mandamus post-conviction statutory-interpretation writ-of-mandamus |
In 2016, Sebastian Eccleston, a federal prisoner, filed a motion in the court of appeals requesting authorization to pursue a second or successive pos… |
| 19-5557 |
Josiah English, III v. Theodore Campagnolo, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-jurisdiction irreparable-harm ninth-circuit standing state-officials younger-abstention |
Did The U.S. District Court of Arizona err in dismissing Josiah English I to state a claim in his civil Rights action, in view of the extraordinary ci… |
| 19-5526 |
Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction |
FRANCES LAKE 855YEARS OLD WIDOW OF MELVIN LAKE, VETERAN. HAS SPENT 9 YEARS SINCE BEING MEDICALLY APPROVED FOR EXPENSES WERE WITHIN MAPR. RIGHT ARM HAS… |
| 19-5492 |
Brian Jermaine Washington v. Jennifer Saad, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa civil-procedure counsel-error diligence extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance limitations-period pro-se procedural-default statute-of-limitations |
three monthsextraordinary Circumstance if counsel filed
AEdP^' s limitations period expired?
duoare Of the AtoP Als lima motion,1s it an
after the
… |
| 18-9680 |
Elester Middlebrook v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appeals certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings reopening rule-60b statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction unresolved-claims |
QUESTION 1
an extraordinary This Court holds that factual innocence equates to
circumstance that overrides a statute of limitation. McQuiggin v. Perk… |
| 18-9576 |
Alvin Weekly v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence blockburger-v-united-states cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy eighth-amendment extraordinary-circumstances rule-60(b) rule-60b sentencing-review |
1. Does the Court of Appeals commit clear error when declining to hear a defendant's claim of serving an unlawful sentence in violation of the Constit… |
| 18-9457 |
Edwin D. McMillan v. Ron Rackley, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-u.s.c.-2244(d)(1) 28-usc-2244 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure habeas-corpus state-impediment statutory-interpretation |
DOES STRICT CALCULATION OF TIMELINESS AFTER FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CURCUNSTANCES CREATED BY A STATE IMPEDIMENT TO FILING 28.U.S.C. SECTION 2244(D)(1… |
| 18-9265 |
Juan Ramon Meza Segundo v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa capital-case circuit-split extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas federal-habeas-proceedings federal-procedure gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus merits-review procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b section-3599 |
1. Does a district court's denial of Section 3599 representation services under the wrong legal standard constitute a defect in the integrity of the p… |
| 18-8985 |
Michael Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split eighth-circuit extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-variance gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion major-departure minor-departure sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-review sentencing-variances standard-of-review |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's test that "extraordinary variances do not require extraordinary circumstances" conflicts with this Court's mandate "that … |
| 18-8958 |
Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication AEDPA equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-claims state-created-impediment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations |
WHETHER PETITIONER HAS DEMONSTRATED AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE WARRANTING EQUITABLE TOLLING OF THE AEDPA STATUTE OF LIMITATION?
WHETHER PETITIONER… |
| 18-8772 |
Ellery Bennett v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-law-library pro-se pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations |
1. According to the pro se petitioner's undisputed affidavit filed in the district court, he did not know about the habeas corpus statute of limitatio… |
| 18-8685 |
Ervin Thomas v. Cathy A. Jess, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-district-court habeas-corpus pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing time-bar |
Whether a federal district court should deny petitioners petitions for a of writ of habeas corpus as untimely and failed to issue a certificate of app… |
| 18-1073 |
Tara King, et al. v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights content-based-regulation content-based-restriction due-process extraordinary-circumstances first-amendment free-speech irreparable-harm mandate-recall standing supreme-court-precedent takings |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it refused to recall its mandate after this Court explicitly abrogated its opinion by name.
2. Whether a l… |
| 18-8000 |
Allister Freeman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts aedpa-limitations aedpa-time-limitations circuit-court-precedent civil-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-test indigent-prisoner law-library law-library-access prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant standing |
QUESTION ONE: WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PRECEDENT IN DODDS V. UNITED STATES AND ATKINS V. UNITED STATES, DENYING EQUITABLE TOLLING… |
| 18-7117 |
Charles J. Mayberry v. Michael A. Dittman, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-v-florida mental-incompetency statute-of-limitations |
Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals contravenes this Court's precedent in Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. 631 (2010), by ruling t… |
| 18-7048 |
Jimmy Lawrence Nance v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances fourth-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel |
WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY BY FAILING TO ASSES THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES PRESEN… |
| 18-6471 |
Anthony Cardell Haynes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit-review finality gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez merits-review rule-60(b) rule-60b strickland substantiality trevino-standard |
1. Did the Fifth Circuit majority err in finding that there were no "extraordinary circumstances" and that the claim was not sufficiently "substantial… |
| 18-6435 |
John Rogers v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability collateral-review constitutional-right-to-counsel direct-appeal due-process extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel |
Whether the State of Louisiana stripped John Rogers of his Constitutional Right to Representation by counsel on his claim of "ineffective assistance o… |
| 18-6400 |
Tarvares James Watson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law state-law-procedural-principles state-procedural-law |
WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION
IN OVERLOOKING THE RELEVANT STATE LAW PROCEDURAL PRINCIPLES
UNDERLYING PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL … |
| 18-6394 |
Jimmy Steele v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection extraordinary-circumstances gatekeeping-provision habeas-corpus intervening-change-in-law retroactivity second-motion successive-petitions |
In denying Steele's Second-in-time §2255 motion, did the lower court(s) err in there finding that the district court lacks jurisdiction to hear Steele… |
| 18-6211 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. San Diego County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
abstention-doctrine bad-faith-prosecution civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-error due-process exhaustion-of-remedies extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus paredes-v-atherton perez-v-ledesma prosecutorial-bad-faith standing younger-abstention younger-v-harris |
Whether the district court erred in failing to consider Petitioners claim under the Abstention Doctrine, YOUNGER V HARRIS 401 US 37 (1971), Prosecutio… |
| 18-5727 |
Andre K. Clarke v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-principles attorney-error buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus limitations-period miller-el-v-cockrell |
I. Whether Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. 266 (2012) requires
importation of agency principles into the equitable tolling context, such that it
alters thi… |
| 18-5689 |
George Bridgette v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-requirements right-to-counsel substitute-counsel |
1. whethes district count failuse to nppoint substitute Counsc to Continve t repcesent Petitonerin the evideatinyharing aftes ceming the assign Counse… |
| 18-5059 |
David Randolph Bedell v. Scott Jordan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstances fundamental-defects habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice procedural-default |
Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when determining whether Certificate of Appealability should have been issued regarding th… |