| 25-6255 |
Aaron J. Thorpe v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2025-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-ii criminal-procedure executive-power final-conviction prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers |
In our constitutional system of separated powers, Article II vests the Executive Branch with the plenary authority to initiate and terminate criminal … |
| 21-6680 |
Jemaine Monteil Cannon v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure direct-appeal final-conviction jurisdiction jurisdictional-claim mcgirt-retroactivity post-conviction postconviction-proceeding retroactivity right-to-counsel state-procedure |
1. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma , 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was announced.
2. Can a stat… |
| 20-280 |
George Georgiou v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
28-usc-1651 all-writs-act criminal-financial-penalty criminal-sentencing final-conviction post-conviction-remedy retroactive-decision unauthorized-penalty unauthorized-sentence |
Does the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, afford a post-conviction remedy for the correction of a criminal financial penalty that is unauthorized by s… |
| 18-6062 |
Ramiro Rubi Ibarra v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-exception final-conviction habeas-corpus martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default retroactive-rights retroactivity |
1. Could reasonable jurists debate whether the equitable exception to procedural default recognized in Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), should be … |
| 18-5632 |
Juan L. Leonor v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Nebraska |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-conviction habeas-corpus procedural-rule retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule vagueness |
Is the decision announced in State v. Ronald-Smith, a new susbtantive rule of law that the Federal Constitution requires to be applied retroactively t… |