| 25-5528 |
Arthur L. Vitasek v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arguable-claims criminal-defendant habeas-relief judicial-jurisdiction magistrate-determination ninth-circuit-procedure |
Under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), whether the Magistrate, the District Court Judge, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lost jurisdiction t… |
| 24-6513 |
Tavon Johnathon Magee v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2025-02-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-claims effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-standard habeas-relief sixth-amendment |
I. HAS PETITIONER MAGEE MADE A PROPER SHOWING OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE TO HAVE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS ADDRESSED ON THE MERITS?
II. WHETHER THE SUPREME … |
| 24-6328 |
Donald East v. Marty Jackley, Attorney General of South Dakota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence criminal-conviction exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea habeas-relief ineffective-assistance |
Whether when a factual basis supporting a conviction pursuant to a criminal statute is verifiably false the defendant can still be convicted without a… |
| 24-5271 |
Claude P. Lacombe v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
guilty-plea habeas-relief ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing strickland-prejudice |
1. Under Puckett v. United States , 556 U.S. 129 (2009) and Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619 (1993), a petitioner seeking habeas relief from a sente… |
| 24-5216 |
Ricky Mendoza v. William Sullivan, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief harmless-error sixth-amendment witness-testimony |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner's claim that the state trial court deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to… |
| 23-6848 |
Stewart Smith v. Laurel Harry, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
bias certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel partial-pcra-jurist pro-se procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct |
WAS PETITIONER'S GUILTY VERDICT OBTAINED AND SUSTAINED IN VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, BIAS,… |
| 23A672 |
Samuel Fields v. Scott Jordan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
confrontation-clause constitutional-violation extrinsic-evidence habeas-relief jury-deliberation sixth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6230 |
Danille Morris v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attorney-client-confidentiality attorney-client-privilege guilty-plea habeas-corpus habeas-relief plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment tollett-interpretation tollett-v-henderson |
When a defendant pleads guilty, does Tollett v. Henderson, 411 U.S. 258 (1973), preclude the defendant from collaterally attacking the sentence becaus… |
| 23-312 |
Lee E. Stephens, Jr. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-relief impeachment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prior-convictions resentencing right-to-testify sentencing unconstitutional-convictions |
1. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether habeas relief and re sentencing is required when a defendant's sentence was premised on prior convi… |
| 23-5009 |
Joseph Ray Jordan v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals certificate-of-appealability claims-adjudication collins-v-miller habeas-corpus habeas-relief judicial-review jurisdictional-defect procedural-dismissal rule-60b section-2255 |
A. Is a judgment denying habeas (or Section 2255) relief final and complete "as to
all causes of action," as required by Collins v. Miller, 252 U.S. … |
| 21-1587 |
Tim Shoop, Warden v. Jeronique D. Cunningham |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (6) |
aedpa circuit-precedent evidentiary-hearing federal-evidence-rule federal-law habeas-relief sixth-circuit state-court-ruling |
1. AEDPA generally prohibits courts from awarding habeas relief to state prisoners. It lifts that prohibition with respect to prisoners in custody bec… |
| 21-1268 |
Joe Clarence Smith, Jr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-18 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty death-row eighth-amendment habeas-relief method-of-execution section-1983 |
1. Whether Mr. Smith's method-of-execution challenge is cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
2. Whether a method of execution involving 44 years of mos… |
| 21-6720 |
Ali Al-Maqablh v. Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa appellate-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mixed-question state-law |
i. When enacted the AEDPA, did Congress intend to grant habeas petitioners, who surmount AEDPA's strict standards, a complete habeas relief, or just t… |
| 21-6664 |
Robert Breest v. John M. Formella, Attorney General of New Hampshire |
First Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-error due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sullivan-v-louisiana |
In light of this Court's holding in Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275 (1993); and, Massaro v. United States, 123 S.Ct. 1690 (2003; as well as United… |
| 21-6192 |
Benjamin Joseph Langford v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process habeas-relief iowa-robbery-statute johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation three-strikes united-states-v-johnson |
Whether Mr. Langford was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his "three strikes" mandatory life sentence, pursuant to United States v. John… |
| 21-475 |
Deanna Brookhart, Warden v. Kenneth Smith |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-2254 appellate-review evidence-sufficiency evidence-weighing federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-court-deference |
Respondent Kenneth Smith has been tried and convicted on three separate occasions for Raul Briseno's murder. During the last two trials, the jury hear… |
| 20-7759 |
Roderick Williams v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-relief |
I. Does The Failure of The State To Turn Over Evidence Prior To Trial Automatically Result In A Brady Violation Warranting The Grant Of Habeas Relief?… |
| 20-5448 |
Antonio Williams v. William J. Pollard, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-standards antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance interest-of-justice newly-discovered-evidence |
1. Whether federal courts should or must consider the
restrictive standards for granting habaes relief under
the Antiterrorism and Effective Death P… |
| 19-1302 |
David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. George Russell Kayer |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-20 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (9) |
aedpa aedpa-standard comity de-novo-review federalism habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit rule-of-law sixth-amendment standard-of-review |
Did the Ninth Circuit violate 28 U.S.C. § 2254's deferential standard, and employ a flawed methodology this Court has repeatedly condemned, when it gr… |
| 19-8046 |
Michael Anthony Cervantes v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation witness-testimony |
WAS PETITIONERS CONVICTION SUSTAINED IN VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS WARRANTING HABEAS RELIEF WHERE THE DISTRICT
THE INJUSTICE THAT RESOULTS FRON THE CON… |
| 19-1023 |
Donnie Morgan, Warden v. Vincent D. White, Jr. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
actual-prejudice cause-and-prejudice circuit-split federal-court-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default state-postconviction-counsel |
If a petitioner defaults an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with "some merit," does Martinez v. Ryan allow a federal court to excuse the… |
| 19-6934 |
Dexter Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
buck-doctrine buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability fifth-circuit gonzalez-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel rule-60(b)(6) successive-petition successive-petitions |
1. Whether the Fifth Circuit has misinterpreted Buck by requiring Mr. Johnson to plead a meritorious claim for habeas relief in his Rule 60(b)(6) moti… |
| 19-6357 |
James Alton Turner, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 acca-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process,criminal-procedure,sentencing,acca,joh elements-clause habeas-relief johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies |
(1)
Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner residual clause to determine that his prior offenses were violent felonies, be… |
| 19-5824 |
William Alan Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-circuit appellate-review certificate-of-appealability deadly-weapon due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief habeas-relief-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default |
Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Ciruit err in it's ! .
denial of a certificate of appealability to review the U.S.
District Court's denial… |
| 19-5658 |
Eric C. Burgie v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel standing state-collateral-review state-post-conviction-proceedings state-proceeding |
this court to answer whether the due process clause requires appointment of counsel to those prisoners where state collateral review is the first oppo… |
| 19-91 |
Michele Buckner, Warden v. Robert W. Allen |
Missouri |
2019-07-18 |
Denied |
|
consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-relief juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole parole-eligibility |
Under the Eighth Amendment, may a State sentence a juvenile offender convicted of multiple crimes to multiple consecutive terms of years in prison und… |
| 18-9511 |
Christopher Stepp v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claims federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner is entitled to § 2254 habeas relief where the district court failed to "look through" to the state court's determi… |
| 18-9450 |
Angela Pizzarelli v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-relief jurisdiction notice notice-requirement procedural-default standing state-court time-limitation |
DOES THE FAILURE OF THE STATE COURT CLERK'S OFFICE TO NOTIFY PETITIONER OF THE COURT'S DECISION ON APPEAL CONSTITUTE RELIEF?
SHOULD EQUITABLE TOLLING… |
| 18-8942 |
Jeffrey Akard v. Robert E. Carter Jr., Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
412-Rape-Shield-law-conflict Brady-materials brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence Fifth-Amendment-Due-Process habeas-corpus habeas-relief impeaching-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rape-shield-law sentencing-claims strickland-standards |
Was Petitioner's 94 year sentence for rape related charges, based only on accuser's testimony, in violation of Fifth Amendment Due Process rights warr… |
| 18-8832 |
Annamalai Annamalai v. Darrin Harmon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights custody district-court due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief illegal-custody jurisdiction legal-procedure standing warden-authority |
Whether the district court 'illegally' suspended Habeas Relief(s) for Annamalai Annamalai and or did not dispose of Annamalai Annamalai's habeas relie… |
| 18-287 |
Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison v. Frederick Michael Baer |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act deferential-review habeas-corpus habeas-relief indiana-supreme-court ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Did the Seventh Circuit violate the deferential review requirements of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by disregarding the reasoned … |
| 18-261 |
Jose Guadalupe Cebreros v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
|
21-usc-841-b-1-a 21-usc-841(b)(1)(a) california california-proposition-47 drug-offense-enhancement federal-recidivist-sentence-enhancement federal-sentencing habeas-relief prior-state-felony-drug-offense recidivist-sentencing retroactive-drug-sentencing-reforms state-law-interpretation |
Is a federal recidivist sentence enhancement based on a prior state "felony drug offense" under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) invalidated when the underlyi… |
| 18-5475 |
Johnaton Sampson George v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus habeas-relief habeas-relief-eligibility johnson-v-united-states procedural-eligibility procedural-requirements residual-clause substantive-eligibility substantive-requirements |
To establish both procedural and substantive eligibility for habeas relief under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), a petitioner must s… |