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25-6587 Jett Garriott Adams v. Dan Shannon, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ake-v-oklahoma harmless-error-analysis indigent-defendant psychiatric-assistance sanity-defense sixth-amendment 1. When this Court held in Ake v. Oklahoma that an indigent defendant must make a threshold showing that their sanity would be a significant factor at…
25A754 Martez Abram v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-12-30 Application appellate-review constitutional-rights direct-appeal indigent-defendant mississippi-supreme-court supreme-court Question not identified.
25A697 Tra'ven Boyer-Letlow v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-15 Application counsel-of-record criminal-conviction federal-appeal indigent-defendant petition-for-certiorari sixth-circuit Question not identified.
25A471 Hasib Bin Golamrabbi v. California California 2025-10-24 Application indigent-defendant law-library-access legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
25A438 Demond Depree Bluntson v. Texas Texas 2025-10-16 Presumed Complete capital-murder certiorari death-row due-process eighth-amendment indigent-defendant Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision upholding the trial court's denial of Mr. Bluntson's request to represent himself because he allegedly…
25-5677 Juan De Dios Alvarez-Romero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP §-2255 direct-appeal evidentiary-hearing indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance pro-se-motion Whether, if an indigent and incarcerated defendant with minimal education and no ability to comprehend English, for the first time on direct appeal wi…
25A215 Gary David Green v. Texas Texas 2025-08-22 Presumed Complete certiorari death-row death-sentence due-process indigent-defendant texas-criminal-appeals Question not identified.
24A954 Altony Brooks v. Sergeant Sheila Johnston, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-04-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-justice due-process equal-protection indigent-defendant Question not identified.
24-6828 Eric W. Strong v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied IFP constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-defendant no-merit-appeal I. On a no-merit appeal conducted pursuant to Anders v. Cal., does due process and equal protections require an indigent defendant be provided his att…
24-5959 Robert Ellis v. New York New York 2024-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP assigned-counsel attorney-client-relationship continuity-of-representation court-discretion indigent-defendant sixth-amendment When counsel has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant, has developed a close working relationship, and faces no obstacles to continuing th…
24-436 Robert James Rainey v. Colorado Colorado 2024-10-18 Denied Response Waived appointed-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees the defendant the same right to continued represent…
24-5601 In Re David Wayne Nelson 2024-09-20 Denied IFP appeal-waiver constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel indigent-defendant procedural-due-process right-to-counsel In the Court's Holding that prejudice is presumed regardless of an appeal waiver in a state criminal case, Garza v. Idaho, 586 U.S. 232 (2019) also me…
23-7436 Eagles Denashu Begay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 appeal criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance pro-se-claim right-to-counsel If an indigent, incarcerated federal defendant, for the first time on direct appeal, raises a colorable claim of ineffective assistance by his distric…
23-1096 William Allen Davis v. Colorado Colorado 2024-04-09 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) affluent-defendants appointed-counsel constitutional-rights continuity-of-representation criminal-procedure indigent-defendant indigent-defendants lower-court-split right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees the defendant the same right to continued represent…
23-6390 Jose Guadalupe Ramirez v. Illinois Illinois 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP adolescent-brain-development due-process expert-assistance indigent-defendant mandatory-life-sentence right-to-present-defense sentencing Does a trial court deprive an indigent defendant of due process and the right to present a defense by failing to appoint an adolescent brain developme…
23-6283 Stacy Anthony Mitchell v. Arkansas Arkansas 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP choice-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Does a trial court's denial of an indigent criminal defendant's choice of privately retained counsel, who is ready, willing, and able to proceed to tr…
23-6007 Daniel A. Rocha v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance procedural-rules time-limitations Does Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353 (1963), and its progeny, require a state court to advise an indigent defendant of the procedural rules and ti…
23-5393 Shaun N. Taylor v. Illinois Illinois 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP ake-v-oklahoma criminal-procedure due-process expert-appointment expert-witness fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant insanity-expert mental-competency mental-health right-to-counsel I. Do this Court's decisions in Ake v. Oklahoma and McWilliams v. Dunn require the appointment of a second insanity expert for an indigent defendant w…
23-5237 Jordan Cole Laws v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-discretion criminal-procedure factual-findings indigent indigent-defendant justice-for-victims-of-trafficking-act sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Did the district court err when it imposed a $5,000 special assessment, pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 18 U.S.C. § 30…
23-5013 Brian Jury v. Ohio Ohio 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP brady brady-violation civil-rule-60b due-process evidence evidence-suppression indigent-defendant new-trial new-trial-motion possession suppression This case poses a pressing issue of national importance. Did the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals impose an improper and unduly burdensome standar…
22-7888 Desean Lamont Thomas, nka Pharaoh El-Forever Left-I Amen El v. Minnesota Minnesota 2023-06-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process economic-barrier expert-testimony expert-witness indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se strickland-standard 1.Q) If a state conditions satisfying Strickland's first prong, on the testimony of two privately funded expert witnesses against a indigent pro se pr…
22-6891 Joseph Dingler v. Texas Texas 2023-02-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech indigent-defendant post-conviction-relief standing takings trial-transcript voting Question not identified.
22-6812 Ernest Luther Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure indigent-defendant mental-health mental-illness restitution social-security social-security-disability 1. Did the District Court err when it ordered defendant Taylor to pay interest on a $7500.00 restitution obligation, where the evidence showed that he…
22-6691 Hugues-Denver Akassy v. Michael Kirkpatrick, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-charges criminal-indictment due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant judicial-procedure rape-case standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Can a court with lack of subject matter jurisdiction permit trumped-up criminal charges and indigent defendant to stand trial on charges not made in i…
22-6397 Alex Daniel v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP ake-v-oklahoma appointed-counsel britt-v-north-carolina due-process fundamental-fairness griffin-v-illinois indigent-defendant self-representation sixth-amendment In Farretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 833-34 (1975), this Court recognized that the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees cr…
22-5172 Glen Torres v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-counsel constitutional-right counsel-of-choice disqualification indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-representation Does the Sixth Amendment right to choose one's attorney apply to private and pro bono co-counsel?
21-8248 Lorenzo Newborn, Karl Darnell Holmes, and Herbert McClain v. California California 2022-06-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appointed-counsel court-appointment criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendant indigent-status right-to-counsel supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
21-7561 Ana Duarte-Pineda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-review conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance pro-se-response sixth-amendment sua-sponte-replacement If an indigent criminal defendant's pro se response to a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), alleges ineffective assistance o…
21-7026 Nehemias Samayoa v. United States District of Columbia 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-withdrawal civil-rights coercion dual-sovereignty due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-jurisdiction indigent-defendant standing state-court-judgment When a federal court enters a judgment without proper jurisdiction, does it reach an opinion that would justify a recall of mandate?
21-5978 Derek Levert Hall v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure indigent-defendant pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel waiver The federal courts of appeals are about evenly split over whether an indigent criminal defendant's waiver of trial counsel requires a clear and unequi…
21-5531 Garlin Raymond Farris v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-principles appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process excusable-neglect indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pioneer-investment-services procedural-hurdles sixth-amendment The question presented, on which the federal appellate courts are currently divided, is whether appointed counsel's misconduct can serve as excusable …
21-5305 Alejandro Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split constitutional-consideration constitutional-law criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fine-assessment indigent-defendant judicial-discretion Anyone can go to prison, but not everyone can pay a fine. The district court here imposed a $4,000 fine against Mr. Rosales-Gonzalez, an indigent, non…
21-5276 William H. Bransford v. Dan Winkelski, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-standard appellate-counsel civil-commitment dna-evidence due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining 1. Should pre-A-EDP-A standard of a 2.8 4-.§2254 petition apply when an indigent defendant has been U.S.C. constructively abandoned by appointed appel…
20-7288 Nazari Vasilich Cam v. Oregon Oregon 2021-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment halbert-v-michigan indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sua-sponte-appointment swenson-v-bosler Whether a state appellate court must appoint counsel sua sponte for an indigent criminal defendant who represents himself at trial, files a notice of …
20-7009 Mark Rudolph Arsenio Reed v. Robert Toole, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant motion-in-arrest sixth-amendment standing Georgia state law O.C.G.A. 17-9-61 provides the following: (a) When a judgement has been rendered, either party may move in arrest thereof for any def…
20-6341 Jason Harriman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-inquiry appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-rights court-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Whether a defendant's 6th Amendment right to counsel of choice extends to an indigent defendant who has appointed counsel. 2. The extent of the ad…
20-5119 Wayne Powell v. Ohio Ohio 2020-07-21 Denied IFP death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment expert-funding hurst-v-florida indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief sixth-amendment 1. Does Ohio's postconviction process allow indigent defendants a substantive opportunity to develop claims that comport with Ohio's collateral review…
19-8847 Michael D. Nixon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3006A constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness funding-denial geo-location indigent-defendant sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Michael D. Nixon's constitutional rights were violated when the District Court failed to grant him, an indigent defendant, funding for a geo-l…
19-8382 Christopher Ewing, aka Alex Christopher Ewing v. Nevada Nevada 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process extradition extradition-hearing fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act's guarantee that defendants have the right to "demand and procure counsel" requires state courts to appoi…
19-8300 Clark Milton Hyden v. Georgia Georgia 2020-04-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP barker-framework barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-appeals due-process fairness-and-prejudice indigent-counsel indigent-defendant speedy-trial Did the delay in Petitioner's first appeal as of right from his criminal conviction violate the Due Process Clause?
19-8305 Kinsley Ononuju v. Virginia Virginia 2020-04-19 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigence indigent-defendant transcript transcript-cost On Equal Protection Clause; Whether Supreme Court of Virginia erred in refusing to find any unconstitutionality in VA Code § 19.2-165 that only mandat…
19-8052 Mohamed A. Almahmmody v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP the legal issue being raised appears to be: appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigency indigent-defendant pro-bono-representation right-to-counsel transcript trial-transcript Question not identified.
19-7758 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-rights misdemeanor-conviction right-to-counsel Whether the state court's dismissal of the appeal from misdemeanor conviction, despite the lack of assistance of counsel on appeal, violates the Equal…
19-7743 Robert Paul Langley, Jr. v. Oregon Oregon 2020-02-24 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel attorney criminal-procedure marion-county-circuit-court oregon-supreme-court state-court-procedure breakdown-in-communication criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified.
19-7537 Donald Alexander Spice v. Michigan Michigan 2020-02-05 Denied IFP appeal court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-defendants transcript transcript-access transcripts QUESTION I WHETHER ICR S.433(C) <3) IS UNCONSTTIOTTONAL AS IT VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION M© DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OP THE FOURTEENTH AMENDME3ST AND T…
19-871 Raheem Chabezz Johnson v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden Virginia 2020-01-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ake-v-oklahoma due-process indigent-defendant mcwilliams-v-dunn mental-health mental-health-expert sentencing sentencing-phase Whether an indigent defendant who seeks the appointment of a mental conditions expert to assist in the sentencing phase of his trial is denied due pro…
19-7093 Oscar Ibarra v. Nick Ludwick, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance murder right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. Does the Sixth Amendment permit an office to represent an indigent defendant in a First Degree Murder case if the office previously represented bot…
19-6555 Courtney Johnson v. United States Third Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ability-to-pay appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fine-imposition fines indigent-defendant judicial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT ERRS BY IMPOSING A FINE UPON AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT, REPRESENTED BY APPOINTED COUNSEL, WITHOUT MAKING ANY INQUIRY INTO THE DEF…
19-6477 Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 ayestas-v-davis clemency-request death-penalty exhaustion-requirement expert-services federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indigent-defendant state-remedies In 18 U.S.C. § 3599, Congress created a right for indigent death-sentenced state prisoners to obtain legal and expert services, including services in …
19-6271 Gary Patrick Lewis v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-16 Denied IFP affidavit-of-indigency appointed-counsel arson-conviction criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigency indigent-defendant michigan-court right-to-counsel state-appellate-defender state-court-appeal Question not identified.
19-6259 Keino S. Chrichlow v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied IFP abandonment-of-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing 1. whether or not an indigent defendant is entitled to equitable tolling, where he was in fact denied the right to challenge his sentence and convicti…
19-6213 Marcus Bartholomew Booker v. Texas Texas 2019-10-08 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-habeas post-conviction-habeas-corpus right-to-access state-court-proceedings trial-ineffectiveness trial-records Does an indigent defendant have a right to access to a free Clerk's and Reporter's Records in a state post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding when th…
19-5775 Richard James Soldan v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-03 Denied IFP anders-brief anders-procedure appellate-counsel appellate-review court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process first-tier-review indigent-defendant michigan-court-of-appeals michigan-procedure plea-bargaining right-to-counsel MAY THE TRIAL COURT REFUSE TO APPFOINT SUSTITUTE APPELLATE COUNSEL TO AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT CONVICTED ON HIS PLEA WHO SEEKS ACCESS TO FIRST TIER REVIE…
19-5644 Keith Stuart Cumbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP criminal-procedure does-judicial-confession double-jeopardy due-process due-process-clause fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus indigent-defendant judicial-confession legal-assistance legal-assistance-clause sixth-amendment without-prior-appointment-of-counsel without-waiver Despite lower court COA denial, should this Court consider, or remand for consideration, habeas claims: a. Does judicial confession in this case, with…
19-5638 Jeffrey E. Lee v. Florida Florida 2019-08-19 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP betterman-v-montana constitutional-rights criminal-procedure delay due-process indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-delay standard I. IN THE WAKE OF THE QUESTION LEFT OPEN BY THE COURT IN BETTERMAN v. MONTANA . 136 S.CT. 1609 (2016), DOES THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE CREATE AN ENTITL…
18-9843 Freddie Lee Fountain v. Texas Texas 2019-06-27 Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant indigent-defense procedural-protections A United States citizen accused of crime upon American soil retained no constitutional rights or procedural protections of any value during the crimin…
18-9623 Robert William Wazney v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-relief asset-freezing constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidence indigent-defendant PREFACE: In tFis case Defendant argues tFe Plaintiff refused mortgage payments from Defendants wife tFen came after tFe Defendant for tFe Money. TFe D…
18-9180 Cesar Arce-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure garza-v-idaho indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining pretrial-proceedings right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. Does a Sixth Amendment claim of ineffectiveness of assistance of counsel during pretrial proceedings survive a general waiver of the right to appea…
18-8818 Cornell D. Reynolds v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appeal appellate-rights appointed-counsel attorney-client attorney-compensation conflict-of-interest due-process indigent-defendant indigent-defense statutory-provisions Should the conflict of interest doctrine be extended to include financial conflicts between attorney and client; and/or Whether a state creates a fat…
18-8506 Jose Jaime Lopez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-846 7th-circuit 7th-circuit-precedent 851-colloquy abuse-of-statute appellate-review attempt-charge attempt-conviction civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-deal due-process indigent indigent-defendant indigent-status prior-conviction reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel seventh-circuit speculation standing substantial-step WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL BY THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT'S FAILURE TO APPOINT COUNSEL AFTER PETITI…
18-8172 Corinthian Bostic v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-withdrawal conflict-of-interest due-process fifth-amendment indigent indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance motion-to-withdraw pre-trial-hearing pre-trial-motion right-to-appeal Did the pre-trial judge abuse its discretion by denying Bostic's appointed attorney's motion to withdraw where Bostic and his trial counsel had a conf…
18-6967 Michael Danilovich, aka Sealed Defendant 2, aka Mike Daniels, aka Fat Mike, aka Mike D v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant legal-representation qualified-reappointment reappointment-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment The question presented is whether an indigent defendant has a qualified right to reappointment of counsel.
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…
18-6457 Abel Puente v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant retained-attorney right-to-discharge-counsel sixth-amendment WHETHER THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND TO COUNSEL OF CHOICE, WHICH ALSO PROVIDED THE RIGHT TO DISCHARGE COUNSEL, WIL…
18-5946 William A. Parrish, Jr. v. Lyneal Wainwright, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights court-of-appeals due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel grand-jury-selection indigent indigent-defendant indigent-litigant judicial-discretion perjured-testimony pro-se right-to-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation speedy-trial transcript trial-transcript Did the State Court of Appeals have the authority to deny a pro se indigent litigant a copy of his trial transcript because he choose to represent him…
18-201 Parviz Montazer v. Parvin R. Montazer California 2018-08-15 Denied appellate-counsel appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-protections criminal-contempt criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel sixth-amendment transcript-costs 1. Is not an appellate court required to appoint counsel to an indigent in a criminal case? if so, is not an indigent appellant entitled to the cost o…
18-5418 Kenneth Green v. Colorado Colorado 2018-07-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process federal-questions fourth-amendment indigent-defendant march-7-2014 motion plea-bargaining right-to-appeal transcript written-motion Does state have a constitutional authority in the case of warrantless arrest with no probable cause determination by a neutral and detached magistrate…