| 25A172 |
Jonathan Seay v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
amendment-timing circuit-split factual-innocence habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limits section-2255 |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5008 |
Stephen T. Aguiar v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-review coram-nobis due-process factual-innocence medical-evidence sentencing-guidelines |
1. DESPITE THE RECORD SHOWING THAT PETITIONER IS FACTUALLY
INNOCENT OF DISTRIBUTING MORPHINE, DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT
ERR IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT C… |
| 24-5083 |
Stephen B. Wlodarz v. Mike Parris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations trial-by-jury |
Whether prosecutors and Petitioner's pretrial sheriff's department Custodians violation of a Scheduled trial by jury, which in all likelihood may have… |
| 23-1171 |
Terrance Guinn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation |
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), petitioner can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review,… |
| 23-7259 |
In Re Quelyory A. Rigal |
|
2024-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge due-process factual-innocence materiality-threshold newly-discovered-evidence reasonable-juror totality-of-the-evidence |
Whether newly discovered evidence, which directly undermines the reliability of the petitioner's conviction and establishes a plausible claim of factu… |
| 23-6642 |
David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation |
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| 23-5836 |
Siddhanth Sharma v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights factual-innocence legal-innocence mcquiggin-v-perkins procedural-bar procedural-default sandstrom-claim slack-v-mcdaniel |
1.) To be issued a COA : Does the claim of Factual Innocence qualify as a
debatable claim for the denial of a Constitutional Right as enunciated in
Sl… |
| 23-5447 |
Antonio Chimney v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence common-law constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence great-writ habeas-corpus laches writ-of-right |
1. May Laches be used to deny an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus that is based on Actual and Factual Innocence?
2. May the Common Law Doctrine … |
| 22-7669 |
Larenzo Gabourel v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 collateral-relief factual-innocence federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 |
May the collateral relief mechanism for Federal prisoners pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, be used to promote a claim of factual innocence? |
| 22-993 |
In Re Krishna Maharaj |
|
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review |
WHETHER, GIVEN THE CHAOS IN THE
LOWER COURTS ON THE EXISTENCE OR
SCOPE OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT NOT TO BE IMPRISONED
WHEN FACTUALLY INNOCEN… |
| 22-6527 |
William Langley, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) constitutional-challenge conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence firearm-statute guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation |
SHOULD THE COURT FIND PETITIONER'S CONVICTION FOR '924(c) et al. UNCOUNSTITUTIONAL "use" and "carry" of 924(c) a due process violation that warrants a… |
| 21-8207 |
Jamal A. Azeez v. Cedrick Robertson, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act brady-evidence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence judicial-conspiracy standing statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether The Task Falls To The Federal Courts At Some Point In The Judicial
Process, Even When A Was Person Convicted Of A Heinous Crime, Deserves
A… |
| 21-6734 |
Roger Dale Epperson v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2021-12-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-autonomy due-process factual-innocence right-to-counsel trial-strategy |
1) Does McCoy apply where the defendant made clear to counsel the objective of the defense is to maintain innocence, only for counsel to then concede … |
| 21-6242 |
Shelly Margaret Arndt v. Washington |
Washington |
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling factual-innocence fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus state-court unlawful-incarceration |
When a state court evidentiary ruling impinges on the constitutional rights of a factually innocent person, does the fundamental miscarriage of justic… |
| 21-5638 |
Davin Griffin v. J. A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence first-step-act habeas-corpus sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether the lower court courts denial of relief in a habeas corpus petition pursuant to
28 U.S.C. 2241 ON THE QUESTION OF FACTUAL AND ACTUAL INNOCE… |
| 20-7295 |
Isidro Sauceda v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appealability-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights exculpatory-evidence factual-innocence ineffective-counsel lesser-included-offense ninth-circuit reasonable-jurists willits-instruction |
I. Whether Review Is Warranted Because The Ninth Circuit Utilized An Unduly Burdensome Certificate Of Appealability Standard That Contravenes This Cou… |
| 20-5466 |
John Eldridge Cone, Jr. v. Janet Dowling, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-discretion circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-claims factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-petition harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel |
When a petitioner supplements his Constitutional claim on appeal with a colorable showing of factual innocence that was not raised in his habeas petit… |
| 20-5132 |
Antwan R. Cray v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Medium |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-innocence criminal-law due-process factual-innocence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-innocence rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether
Petitioner Is actually, Factually,
Legally, and Lawfully
Innocent of his
Rehaif
v.
United States,
139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019)
recently decided by T… |
| 19-8409 |
Thanksnieky Phuong v. Rick Hill, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
asportation criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence factual-innocence insufficient-evidence kidnapping robbery |
WHETHER THE PEOPLE SUBMITTED INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT PETITIONER COMMITTED A KIDNAPPING FOR ROBBERY, AND SINCE THE CONVICT - HERE VIOLATES PETITIONE… |
| 19-8323 |
William George Coodey v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2020-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
consent criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process factual-innocence jackson-v-virginia rape sixth-amendment |
1. Whether DNA testing that would undermine an alleged rape victim's testimony denying consent to sexual intercourse would create sufficient uncertain… |
| 19-7749 |
Andrey L. Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-review res-judicata strickland-v-washington |
I: Does the State affirmative defense of Res Judicata defeats Amendment Fifth; Sixth; Eighth, and Fourteenth of the United States Constitution?
II: I… |
| 19-6842 |
Vivek Shah v. Marcus Holmes |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-of-conviction collateral-review extortion factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition plea-agreement retroactive-statutory-interpretation section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether a federal prisoner claiming factual innocence as a result of a
new, retroactively applicable statutory interpretation by the circuit
court… |
| 19-5321 |
John R. Collins v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process factual-innocence mcquiggin-exception mcquiggin-v-perkins miller-el-v-cockrell no-trial-no-guilty-plea presumption-of-innocence procedural-rules |
Does the "actual innocence" exception/gateway in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013) require new evidence of innocence when there has never been… |
| 18A1262 |
Alexander Christian Miles v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
aedpa circuit-split factual-innocence habeas-corpus plea-agreement writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 18-6534 |
John Taylor Tyler v. Eric Wilson, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act factual-innocence federal-habeas habeas-corpus savings-clause statute-of-limitations |
When a prisoner has made a substantial showing of factual innocence -as in this case where the firearms Petitioner purportedly possessed in the furthe… |
| 18-6301 |
Darrell Lynn Dancy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-procedure district-court factual-innocence predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement unlawful-distribution |
A "serious drug offense," under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.s.c. § 924(e), is one involving manufacturing, distribution or possessing with int… |
| 18-5559 |
Travis Michael Easter v. Brigitte Amsberry, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-innocence miscarriage-of-justice recidivism recidivist-enhancement recidivist-statute sentencing-error three-strikes three-strikes-law |
WHETHER THE STATE OF OREGON'S IMPOSITION OF A TRUE LIFE
SENTENCE UNDER A THREE STRIKES SENTENCING RECIDIVIST ENHANCEMENT STATUTE IS A MISCARRIAGE OF J… |