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24A836 Cedric Allen Ricks v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-02-28 Presumed Complete capital-case certificate-of-appealability federal-habeas-corpus fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment 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…
23-6650 Pablo Guzman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-prejudice federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus jury-instruction lockhart-precedent lockhart-v-fretwell prejudice state-court-decision supreme-court-precedent Does Lockhart v. Fretwell, 506 U.S. 364, 113 S. Ct. 838, 122 L. Ed. 2d 180 (1993), prevent federal habeas corpus relief regardless of substantive prej…
23-6223 Christopher Louis Sindone v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-habeas-corpus harassment legal-standing retaliation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6160 Kennath Artez Henderson v. Zac Pounds, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-review federal-habeas-corpus grand-jury-discrimination hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington supremacy-clause 1. Is Consistent with the Supremacy Clause, may a state refuse to follow this Court's holdings and permit indictment for a capital crime by a grand ju…
23-5418 Billy Noel Catherwood v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-circuit national-emergency public-defender standing state-corrections time-extension victim-impact Question not identified.
22-7562 Joseph Tetak v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue deference-standard federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-precedent stare-decisis state-supreme-court subjective-objective-analysis Does the doctrine of stare decisis prevail on a state supreme court's determination of a constitutional issue in the same manner as this Court's deter…
22-6177 Sanders McDaniel Carter v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa brady-vs-maryland certificate-of-appealability federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus rule-60 Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit impose an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard tha…
22-5675 Larry Gapen v. Ohio Ohio 2022-09-23 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-evidence federal-constitutional-rights federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus juror-misconduct lex-talionis state-procedural-rules When state courts prevent a capital defendant from obtaining the formal process necessary to substantiate severe constitutional violations in his tria…
21-7903 Steve Ballesteros v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied IFP 5th-amendment appellate-review attorney-ineffectiveness constitutional-limitation due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction procedural-error strickland-v-washington 1) Is it unconstitutional for state appellate courts to hinder petitioner's post collateral proceeding by holding petition pass the 1-year federal l…
21-7392 Jeffery Neil Brantley v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-privacy due-process federal-habeas-corpus financial-records habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review state-constitutional-rights supremacy-clause DOES THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE PREEMPT THE STATES FROM CREATING A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF PRIVACY THAT GRANTS WITHIN THE STATE INDIVIDUALS, LEGITIMATE EXPE…
21-6536 In Re Michael Robert Everett 2021-12-07 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief state-court-record suppression-hearing unreasonable-determination (1) Were Counsel was Ineffective when Failed to Present to the Court During Suppression Hearing than the Petitioner Teks Mamanba Nataeig Watngr when I…
21-6238 Donald Broadnax v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied IFP AEDPA aedpa-deference due-process federal-habeas-corpus hearsay hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief state-evidentiary-rules state-postconviction-proceedings Alabama prohibits a state postconviction petitioner from introducing hearsay to prove a penalty phase ineffective assistance of counsel claim. By cont…
21-6198 Billy Dean Smith v. Lynnie Einerson, Acting Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections death-penalty disadvantaged-groups due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-review prisoner-rights standing state-prisoners state-procedure When litigating a State Criminal Convictions by way of a Federal Habeas Corpus, the Indigent State Prisoner & Matter What Race, Color or Creed, Who ha…
21-5577 Terry Darnell Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split cumulative-error cumulative-error-doctrine fair-trial federal-habeas-corpus fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Does the cumulative error doctrine in the context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim apply whereby individual errors, insufficient to ne…
21-5479 Francisco Almanza-Garcia v. Rick Coursey, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-motion post-conviction-relief procedural-timeliness state-post-conviction-review statutory-interpretation Does the plain meaning of "properly filed" in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) include a timely filed motion for the determination of the state appellate court's j…
21-5440 Joseph Augustus Dixon v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 60(b) civil-procedure death-of-mother federal-habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-relief medication procedural-motion rule-60b untimely-filing "Whether the Federal Reviewing Courts abused their discretion in denying Petitioner's F.R.C.P. 60(b) when Petitioner's assertion of being on high dose…
21-5113 Michael Anthony Almendarez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied IFP article-vi constitutional-interpretation court-records due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct procedural-due-process state-court-records united-states-constitution Is a judge categorically in excess of jurisdiction to enter an order if said judge refuses to obey the interplay between Article VI, cl. 2 of the Unit…
21-5003 Don Edward Carter v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied IFP due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas-corpus federal-question habeas-corpus mental-incompetence post-conviction sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals statute-of-limitations Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, or has decidedwas…
20-8063 Darius Theriot v. Bob Vashaw, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP case-by-case-review constitutional-error federal-constitutional-error federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus merits-review plain-error state-court-ruling unpreserved-claim Whether a state court's ruling that an unpreserved claim of federal constitutional error does not meet the requirements of the "plain error" standard …
20-1367 Ethan Johnson Spruill v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied 5th-amendment 6th-amendment custodial-interrogation due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-law miranda-warnings right-to-counsel unreasonable-application Is the admission at trial, over objection, of Petitioner's statement error that lies beyond any possible fairminded disagreement when: (1) the Petitio…
20-7386 Andrew Chapnick v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation timeliness-provision 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
20-7254 Juan Valenzuela v. L. Small, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit brady-violation criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit-review police-misconduct writ-of-certiorari Whether, in affirming a district court's denial of federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), the Ninth Circuit unreasonably applied this Court'…
20-6652 Rex Duane Stephenson v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-rights criminal-trial direct-appeal federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-unanimity post-conviction-relief ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment I. Whether counsel provides ineffective assistance in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution when he fails to investigate …
20-6065 Delmar Reinheimer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act collateral-consequences collateral-consequences-of-conviction exhaustion-doctrine failure-to-advise federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Under the Sixth Amendment and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), is an ineffective assistance of counsel claim of "affirmative…
20-5652 Daniel L. Lopez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate sentencing statute-of-limitations Whether Lopez's 28 USC Section 2255(a) Motion was timely filed under Johnson v United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) as there is a split between the 8…
20-5417 Rasheed Lamar Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-habeas-corpus felony-convictions national-importance retroactive-sentencing Whether Petitioner's enhanced sentence based on a retroactively erased felony violates Due Process of Law, and the denial of a Certificate of Appealab…
19-1473 Phillip Hartsfield v. Stepanie Dorethy, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-certification contemporaneous-assertion contemporaneous-objection federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard right-to-testify state-court-requirement strickland-standard strickland-v-washington witness-testimony 1. Whether th e lower court err ed by holding that th e preju dice standard applying to ineffective assi stance of counsel claims under Strickland v. …
19-8835 Billy Joe Wardlow v. Texas Texas 2020-06-26 Denied IFP capital-murder constitutional-rights federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice procedural-default procedural-grounds state-court state-habeas-corpus wiggins-claim Mr. Wardlow's initial state habeas proceeding was essentially a sham, in which the trial court wholly allowed the prosecutor to determine the course o…
19-8770 Carl St. Preux v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 28-usc-2255 circuit-split drug-conviction federal-habeas-corpus federal-sentencing habeas-corpus mandatory-life-sentence post-conviction-relief prior-state-convictions sentencing-enhancement statute-of-limitations As such, the question presented here is whether 21 U.S.C. § 851(e), which clearly applies at and during federal sentencing proceedings, usurps and sup…
19-8018 Timothy Humphrey v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 aedpa-limitations aedpa-limitations-period antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus postconviction-relief properly-filed state-court state-court-procedure time-barred Whether an application for state postconviction relief is "properly filed" within the meaning of Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act provisi…
19-7738 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adoption civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus standing state-court-proceedings QUESTION ONE Is a case involving a state habeas proceeding by a parent, on behalf of their child, who attacks the validity of the custody of his or he…
19-7365 Tyrone Terrance Roberts v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief standard-of-review HAS THE LOWER TRIBUNAL COURT IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, THE FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APP…
19-6984 Mark A. Perez v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability federal-habeas-corpus guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception post-conviction-relief procedural-default 1 -) Does Martinez v. Ryan / 566 U.S. 1 (2012) excuse a procedural default in a Federal Habeas Corpus proceeding where Post Conviction relief Counsel…
19-6966 Kyle A. Keys v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-requirement fair-presentation federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-remedies statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the "fair presentation"/exhaustion requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the decision…
19-6833 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-relief state-court-interpretation state-federal-conflict If the highest court of a State, such a Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, holds that the State's post-conviction DNA testing provision constitutes a "post…
19-5934 Bruce Randol Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence AEDPA-statute-of-limitation constitutional-claim equitable-tolling evidence-insufficiency evidence-sufficiency federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence right-to-be-present statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals Fyrfth Civeultr erred w affir ming the lewer tribunals ruling and denied petitroner 4 gateway tlaim ef a…
19-5862 Jorge Alberto Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied IFP circuit-court deference-to-state-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-relief federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-v-washington In state habeas proceedings, Ramirez alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate for, develop and present evidence in su…
19-5711 Charles Fritsche v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings Whether this Court Should Grant this Petition, Vacate the Ninth Circuit's Certificate of Appealability Denial, and Remand the Matter for Further Recon…
19-5473 Samuel Benzant v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on the basis that the Petitione…
18-9730 Gerald S. Lepre, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split custody domestic-order federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-threat personal-liberty suspended-sentence PURSUANT TO FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS JURISDICTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. 2254 (A) FOR STATE PRISONER'S: 1. DOES A SUSPENDED SENTENCE COUPLED WITH AN ACTIVE DOM…
18-9495 Jason Jones v. Martha Underwood, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-remedy intervening-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence post-conviction-relief retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing statutory-construction Whether petitioner is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is "inadequate or ineff…
18-9417 Wade Lay v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP available-state-corrective-process certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct habeas-corpus standing state-court-determination wainwright-v-sykes PETITIONER, WUUO REPRESEUTEO HIANSELF AT TRIAL AND FILED A PO-SE APPEAL TO THE OISLAHOMNA COORT OF CRIONUINAL APPEALS ON DIRTCT APPEAL, SEEKS TO FILE …
18-9297 Jeremy Shane Hall v. John Myrick, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance professional-norms reasonableness-of-counsel record-evidence sixth-amendment state-post-conviction Whether a court can disregard record evidence of the prevailing professional norms in assessing the reasonableness of counsel's action or inaction und…
18-9217 Kirk Lurton Grummitt, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guidelines collateral-review criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statute-of-limitations (1) Whether the "right" in Johnson, which invalidated the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, triggers this statute of limitations for a…
18-8682 Sean Carter v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied IFP ake-v-oklahoma cullen-v-pinholster due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-proceedings fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage organic-brain-impairment state-court-proceedings state-court-review The evidence in the state court record suggested that Sean Carter suffers from organic brain damage. Carter's trial attorneys performed deficiently, t…
18-8386 Michael Apelt v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Amici (1)IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mental-impairment prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington When determining if a capital defendant was prejudiced by counsel's deficient performance during state sentencing, whether the federal court may bypas…
18-8174 Jack D. Hall v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied IFP brady-violation cheney-v-u.s.district-court due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus magistrate-judge townsend-v-sain writ-of-mandamus written-order Should this Supreme Court Grant Certiorari, to determine this question of first impression "Dose the specific langauge of Federal Habeas Corpus Rule 8…
18-8155 Benjamin E. Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-right constitutional-rights courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-scholars standing state-prisoner Does a state and/or federal prisoner have a constitutional right to raise a freestanding claim of actual innocence, in a federal habeas corpus proceed…
18-1079 Javier Flores Gaytan v. Michael Hardee Fourth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied actual-innocence constitutional-standard criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial summary-witness wire-recording May a State, consistent with due process, obtain a criminal conviction and 37-year prison sentence against a criminal defendant where the primary evid…
18-7610 Michael Colbaugh v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP equitable-exception federal-habeas-corpus federal-writ habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-writ texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-court-of-criminal-appeals trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rulin g, denying Petitioner a second Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedur…
18-7186 Corey Ian Weidner v. Jeri Taylor, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-rule post-conviction-review state-law state-post-conviction-proceedings strickland-standard WHETHER, WHEN A STATE POST-CONVICTION COURT DECIDES THAT COUNSEL DID NOT NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION UNDER STATE LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE, THE STATE COURT DEC…
18-7098 Amos Junior Scott v. Heriberto H. Tellez, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-statute habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective ineffective-assistance ineffective-remedy mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence nonexistent-prior-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement Whether Petitioner is Entitled to Seek Federal Habeas Corpus Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, From an Erroneous Mandatory Minimum Sentence, That Was Bas…
18-6898 Joseph C. Garcia v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied IFP 18-u.s.c.-§-3599 18-usc-3599 certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit imposed an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) stand…
18-6879 Darren Hogue v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-decision due-process federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sixth-amendment standard-of-review waiver-hearing Did the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision contravene this Court's command that a proper review of a viable Sixth Amendment claim of ineffective assi…
18-6837 Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-review collateral-attack due-process extraordinary-writ federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment state-court-review If the merits of an appeal exist and are not evaluated by a State or Federal Court of review, should a Federal court address Inaffective Assistance of…
18-6239 Sean P. Reilly v. Guelsy M. Herrera, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus heck-v-humphrey limitations-period prisoner-rights section-1983 Whether a Section 1983 Plaintiff, who diligently sought favorable termination according to the requirements of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.C…
18-6143 Oscar Rodriguez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure mental-retardation ninth-circuit summary-denial Should certiorari be granted to decide how much detail the order denying a COA should contain in order to ensure that the Circuit Court has complied w…
18-5976 In Re Jaame Amun Re El 2018-09-14 Denied IFP administrative-law banking-statutes civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations criminal-statutes due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-role legal-hermeneutics separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-drafting statutory-interpretation statutory-language statutory-meaning textual-analysis Qustin.Is t ueditat's duty toterret a ta? Question. Are Banking statutes appropriate for alleged banking violations? Can a Federal prisoner seek rel…
18-5895 Justin Lyle Izatt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process eighth-amendment federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-question gross-disproportionality habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-for-writ-of-certiorari post-conviction-relief sentencing 1. Whether the Court of Appeals committed error by denying the Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2255 petition ?
18-5666 Arthur Dennison v. Mark Hooks, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoner statutory-interpretation DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO STATE PRISONER ARTHUR DENNISON TO CHALLENGE THE DENIAL OF HIS …
18-5596 George Wallace v. Ron E. Barnes, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied IFP actual-innocence discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-findings federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus legal-standard state-court-findings state-court-procedure 1. Was the federal Court required by Federal law to accept as true any of Petitioners factual allegations that were made and supported in federal cour…
18-5572 John E. Wells, Sr. v. David Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus illegal-sentence judicial-power jury-trial res-judicata state-court-record void-judgment QUESTION 1: Does a Federal Court of Appeals deny Due Process by refusing to issue a Certificate of Appealability where the Petitioner's claims exceed …