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25-5699 In Re Mark Woods 2025-09-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation suspension-clause 1. Did the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the suspension clause of the United States Constitution Art.I, section 9,cl…
25-5575 Kevin Don Foster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split federal-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review state-prisoner Whether the Courts of Appeal may dismiss an appeal by a state prisoner on habeas review when a circuit judge votes to grant a certificate of appealabi…
24A691 Christopher E. Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-15 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appeals post-conviction time-extension Question not identified.
24-686 Dustin Young v. John R. Swaney, Sheriff, Madison County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-rights federal-appeals habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether a certificate of appealability may be granted under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) when the issue that the petitioner wishes to present on appeal has bee…
24A597 Deonta Lowe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appeals legal-complexity post-conviction Question not identified.
24-5624 Omar Jorge Valle Estrada v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure federal-appeals fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The circuits are split on whether a request for a lower sentence preserves for review a claim that the district court has not adequately explained a s…
24-5566 Curtis Hunter v. Lieutenant Morris, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-appeals habeas-corpus Where defendant only administers tests, X-Ray, MRI which revealed the only solution is a Total Knee Replacement, and failed to perform the surgery, th…
24A135 Eric Robert Rudolph v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-06 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-split eleventh-circuit federal-appeals legal-complexity post-conviction Question not identified.
24-5104 Anthony Mungin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied IFP appeals-court district-court due-process federal-appeals federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard statute-of-limitations Whether the prohibition on a federal district court's ability to dismiss a federal habeas corpus petition—or a claim or claims in a federal habeas cor…
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…
23-6395 In Re Daniel Lee Beckley 2023-12-28 Denied IFP all-writs-act appellate-procedure federal-appeals filing-deadline houston-v-lack incarcerated-person mandamus prison-mail prisoner-litigation pro-se-filing supreme-court-mandate timely-filing In Houston v. lack , 487 U.S. 266,108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), this Honorable Court held that when an incarcerated person submits his/her l…
23-533 Jack Jordan v. Department of Justice District of Columbia 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure due-process federal-appeals fraud judicial-misconduct misconduct rule-60-motion standing summary-action summary-affirmance 1. Whether a US. Court of Appeals may preclude appellant's filing of any brief and presentation of any oral argument by merely asserting the vague con…
23-5589 Sara Elyas v. Edward Johnston, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-1257 certiorari civil-procedure federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction judicial-review judiciary-act-1789 jurisdiction standing state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court Petition for writ certiorari to United State Court of Appeals. Motion for certiorari to US COURT OF KCLERK I am Petition to US SUPREM Court to review…
22-7308 Jose Alfredo Solis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appeals guidelines-range harmless-error sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines "are not only the starting point for most federal sentencing proceedings but also the lodestar." Molina-Martinez v. Uni…
22-1014 Estate of Rex Vance Wilson, et al. v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure district-court exceptions federal-appeals federal-procedure issue-preservation judicial-discretion legal-arguments preservation-of-claims standard-of-review 1. Where a plaintiff adequately argues and preserves a federal claim or a state law claim before the district court, may the plaintiff advance new arg…
22-6939 Francisco Flores v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-appeals federal-review habeas-corpus mailbox-rule procedural-default Can a Clerk of a federal appellate court refuse to file a pleading by a State habeas petitioner seeking a Panel Rehearing from the denial of an applic…
22-5166 In Re DeVinche Javon AlBritton 2022-07-22 Denied IFP appeals constitutional-law due-process federal-appeals federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review mandamus procedural-standard standing (1) Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit evaluating a 28 U.S.C. § 2244 Motion for authorization to file a Second or Succes…
21-8211 Richard Vincent Letizia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extradition federal-appeals habeas-corpus identity-dispute 1) In the State of Texas, County exhumed without first necessary third judicial to confirm hundreds Identity? Proved by his SWAT testimony and Sworn …
21-7645 Alimamy Barrie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-appeals federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-review plain-error procedural-default re-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines successive-filing Should an Error be Corrected in a Motion under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 52b, when the Conditions of US v. Olano are met, even if the I…
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 …
20-6435 Christopher Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-sentencing constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appeals federal-courts judicial-precedent north-carolina-pearce north-carolina-v-pearce sentencing-doctrine Whether the aggregate sentencing doctrine adopted by various Federal Courts of Appeal violates the rule set forth in North Carolina v. Pearce?
20-6217 Adrian Rangel v. Steven P. Meyer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process federal-appeals federal-courts judicial-review legal-procedure state-courts trial-rights Did Petitioner Adrian Rangel receive "meaningful due process " from the Tippecanoe County, Indiana Superior Trial Court 2, the Indiana Court of Appeal…
19-8605 Courtland Barnes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-sentencing district-court federal-appeals federal-sentencing-guidelines fourth-circuit mitigating-evidence sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Whether the district court's reliance on the child pornography guideline and the mitigating evidence Petitioner offered to the court require the vacat…
19-1245 Samuel Kwushue v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit federal-appeals habeas-corpus section-2255 Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability (COA) to review the denial of Peti…
19-7987 Ashley R. Hambright v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure driving-while-intoxicated due-process dui evidence evidence-sufficiency federal-appeals intoxication magistrate-review military-jurisdiction stare-decisis sufficiency-of-evidence Petitioner, ASHLEYR. HAMBRIGHT, appealed her twelve months of supervised probation for driving while intoxicated ("DWI") on the grounds of a military …
19-6958 Renee L. McCray v. Samuel I. White, P.C., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied IFP bona-fide-error civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit jerman-v-carlisle rehearing standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it denied the Petitioner's petition for rehearing, when the United States District C…
19-6383 Nelli Kesoyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals adopt an erroneous interpretation of U.S.S.G. § 2J1.3(b)(3)?
19-6195 Alejandro Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure equal-protection federal-appeals pro-se-petition retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-review unconstitutionally-vague united-states-courts united-states-v-davis vagueness (1) DOES THIS COURTS DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. DAVIS 588 U.S. 139 S.Ct.2319 (2019) HOLDING THAT 18.U.S.C S 924()(3)(B) IS ALSO UNCONSTITUTIONALLY V…
19-5945 Timothy Eugene Sampson v. Cathy M. Garrett, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review pleading-standards procedural-dismissal sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standing I. THe Astinat CouT Enraned in Drsaissing the Complannt TO Heck bAe And 4 CAW lelanT A wriT of CenTiORtRi ? II. Did the DistTa covl enreR in necanfrE…
19-5272 Pereneal Kizzee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeals criminal-procedure-error-correction criminal-sentencing federal-appeals federal-law felony-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession guidelines-enhancement judicial-discretion judicial-integrity plain-error plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it refused to exercise its discretion to correct the forfeited error that seriously affected the f…
19-5257 In Re Vincent Johnson 2019-07-19 Denied IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules-60-b-6 clerk clerk-filing due-process federal-appeals federal-courts judicial-procedure jurisdiction motion motion-for-relief relief-sought rule-60-motion sixth-circuit standing 1. Whether the clerk for the Sixth Circuit Debbrah Hunt should be order to file movant's R. 60(b)(6) motion. 2. Whether the Sixth Circuit court of Ap…
18A1298 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Paul Penzone, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete court-order federal-appeals jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit procedural-timeliness rehearing-denial Question not identified.
18-8585 Zhordrack Bloodywone v. Joseph Bellnier, Superintendent, Marcy Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process privacy right-to-counsel 6th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel trial-court (4) why Rox cee New My OK Cake Pepa Rte uh of CoRReOtious Aud Lem wuwrty fu par} Sion made Nu wdious Ate pa Gut Fhe Bey lun iv Hf ey pRokecution fu Ye…
18-7688 Vincent Johnson v. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Sixth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP appeal-proceedings appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure coa-process due-process federal-appeals integrity-of-proceedings integrity-of-process judicial-review procedural-motion rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Whether a R. 60 (b) motion can be first presented at the Federal Appeals level to attack a defect in the integrity of the COA process of the appeal pr…
18-5608 Andres Mata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus judicial-determination procedural-review state-appeals state-court-review Whether a federal court of appeals' determination that a habeas petitioner failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional righ…
18-5547 Jose Estrada-Corrales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 appeal certiorari criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals remand retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand in light of Chavez-Meza v. United States, __U.S.__, 138 S.Ct. 1959 (June 18, 2018)…