federal-prisoners
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-5128 | Albert Garza v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-16 | Denied | Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release covid-19-relief due-process federal-prisoners sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation | 1. Does 18 U.S.C. §4205(g) , the law on compassionate release, allowing only the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to file a Motion for relea… |
| 24-7234 | In Re David Diehl | 2025-05-16 | Denied | IFP | district-court-jurisdiction federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-successive-claims statutory-interpretation | Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … | |
| 24-6716 | Deepak Deshpande v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2244 section-2255 | (1) . Wat is the peeper mamer of ensuring flat the remedy offered in the name of section 2255 las bean adequate and effective to test the legality of … |
| 24-860 | Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-02-11 | Granted | Amici (6)Relisted (2) | district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission | Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider, in narrowly cabined circum… |
| 24-6163 | Lonnie Eugene Lillard, et al. v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2024-12-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | detention-conditions federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review section-2241 statutory-interpretation | Under Jones v. Hendrix, 599 U.S. 465 (2023), may federal prisoners challenge the manner, location, or conditions of detention through a habeas corpus … |
| 24-5570 | In Re Joseph R. Dickey | 2024-09-18 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2254 section-2255 statutory-interpretation | Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … | |
| 23-7199 | In Re Joseph R. Dickey | 2024-04-11 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence federal-prisoners habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation | Does 28 U.S.C. 2241(b)(1)'s requirement that "a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under 2254 [28 U.S.C. 2254] that w… | |
| 23-5258 | Octavius McLendon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-violations district-court-jurisdiction federal-inmates federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default statutory-interpretation | Where 28 U.S.C. § 2255 grants convicted federal inmates the right, in lieu of common law habeas corpus, to "move the court which imposed the sentence"… |
| 22-7871 | In Re Michael Bowe | 2023-06-27 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (6)IFP | 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court-procedure federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-or-successive-application statutory-interpretation | Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. … | |
| 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? |
| 22-512 | Mohamad Youssef Hammoud v. Serkou Ma’at, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2022-12-02 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-precedent circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation | Whether federal inmates who did not receive a meaningful opportunity to be heard on a substantial actual-innocence claim—because established circuit p… |
| 21-8147 | John P. Tomkins v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-06-15 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-fees due-process federal-prisoners judicial-review section-2255-motion | 1. Have the lower courts imposed too high of a standard on federal prisoners who seek a certificate of appealability following the denial of a 28 U.S.… |
| 21-6538 | In Re Kenny Blanc | 2021-12-07 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 collateral-review constitutional-law federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing | To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … | |
| 21-6539 | In Re Kenny Blanc | 2021-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing | To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … | |
| 21-655 | Max Ray Butler v. S. Porter, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2021-11-03 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | adequate-medical-care bivens bivens-remedy civil-rights constitutional-rights eighth-amendment federal-courts federal-prisoner federal-prisoners medical-care | In Carlson v. Green, 446 U.S. 14 (1980), the Court recognized a remedy under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.… |
| 21-5940 | Jovani Jacobo v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-10-12 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation | The federal compassionate-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits sentencing courts to release federal prisoners for "extraordinary and co… |
| 21-5863 | Jack Anthony Chatman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-04 | Denied | IFP | appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief texas texas-law | trial counsel claims on Drrect Appead where the Only Cpportunity of A Garrantee of Cunsel n S T abvious troth is that lawyers are necessifies ot Luur… |
| 21-5769 | Joseph R. Dickey v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2244(b) 2255 60(b) actual-innocence circuit-court-interpretation federal-prisoners habeas-corpus innocence newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation | 1. In light of the fact that actual innocence supported by newly discovered evidence acts as a de facto suspension of habeas corpus by applying 2244(b… |
| 20-8095 | Pasqual Lozano v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-05-20 | Denied | IFP | confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit petition-for-review prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing | Question not identified. |
| 20-865 | In Re Todd Britton-Harr | 2020-12-30 | Denied | 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split false-statement federal-prisoners habeas-corpus section-2244 section-2255 successive-petitions supervised-release | Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) ("[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented i… | ||
| 20-5202 | Jerome Collins v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-07-29 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | attempted-assault categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-prisoners mental-state plea-bargaining plea-of-guilty reckless-endangerment sentencing-guidelines | 1. Whether the New York offense of attempt to commit a crime qualifies as a crime of violence, and whether varying conclusions from different circuits… |
| 20-26 | Wesley Ira Purkey v. United States, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-07-15 | Denied | capital-punishment collateral-review federal-capital-prisoners federal-prisoners ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-default trevino-v-thaler trial-counsel | Whether and by what procedural mechanism federal capital prisoners who are in the analogous position of the state prisoners in Martinez and Trevino—i.… | |
| 19-934 | In Re Todd Britton-Harr | 2020-01-27 | Denied | 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-review second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation successive-petitions supervised-release | Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) ("[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented i… | ||
| 19-683 | Jermaine Lenard Moss v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2019-11-27 | Denied | retroactive change in the statutory rule that ori 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review conviction-challenge federal-prisoner federal-prisoners federal-prisoners-collateral-review inadequate-or-ineffective-remedy retroactive-effect retroactive-statutory-changes saving-clause statutory-rule | Federal prisoners generally may challenge their convictions and sentences only by filing a direct appeal and, if unsuccessful there, one petition for … | |
| 19-633 | Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-15 | Denied | Relisted (3) | 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. |
| 19-5127 | William D. Dunne v. G. J. Bissett, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggregated-sentences consecutive-sentences federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus mandatory-parole mandatory-release parole parole-eligibility pre-SRA sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation | Does pre-Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA)--"old law" — parole statute 18 USC §42.06(d) mandating federal prisoners' lease on parole absent certain… |
| 18-9453 | Vincent Pisciotta v. D. J. Harmon, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2019-05-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review buck-v-davis due-process due-process,equal-protection,habeas-corpus,buck-v- equal-protection federal-prisoners fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoners | Did the Fifth Circuit Court of appeals err when it denied Mr. Pisciottas appeal in violation of The Supreme Court decision in Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct.… |
| 18-7555 | Doiakah Gray v. Stephanie Dorethy, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2019-01-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2244 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent state-prisoners statute-of-limitations statutory-construction | 1. Are State prisoners governed by Dodd v. United States, 545 U.S.353 (2005) which governs the activation of the limitations period for newly recogniz… |
| 18-6201 | Nicholas DeAngelis v. Bruce Plumley, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-bars time-limits | The criteria in 28 U.S.C.S. §2244(d)(1) is identical to 28 U.S.C.S. §2255(f). The former per this courts holding in MóQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383… |