| 23-690 |
Brant Putnam, et al. v. Timothy Ryan |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 adverse-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech investigation medical-staff qualified-immunity standing |
This Court has frequently reversed erroneous denials of qualified immunity before trial, especially when lower courts have defined clearly-established… |
| 22-6195 |
Kenneth W. Shelton v. Edward Bickham, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
alibi counsel-performance criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation investigation-failure legal-procedure motion-to-quash |
Was counsel's performance deficient when counsel failed to conduct an independent investigation concerning the time Petitioner was not present at the … |
| 22-5216 |
Ray Salazar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation mental-competency sixth-amendment |
1. The question is: Did al Counsel ably Commabonal chan Assistance of Counsel Undertee SAM Htodeiont in tveir Guraveess of SelaZavs Mortal Heal isues … |
| 22-5034 |
Josef Cadwell v. Broderick Flescher, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
disciplinary-action imminent-risk investigation prea-grievance prison-rape-elimination-act sexual-abuse |
Question not identified. |
| 21-7194 |
Mainor Canales v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investigation post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment trial-preparation witness-investigation |
1. INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?
a. COUNSEL DID NOT PROVIDE CONSTITUTIONALLY EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE WHEN HE FAILED TO CONDUCT REASONABLE INVESTIGAT… |
| 21-1165 |
Janhoi Cole v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment investigation officer-conduct rodriguez-rule rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop unrelated-crimes |
Whether the extension of a traffic stop for an officer to ask detailed questions about the driver's travel plans violates the Fourth Amendment rule in… |
| 21-6716 |
Fernando Romero v. Neil McDowell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion counsel-appointment district-court-discretion expert-opinion ineffective-assistance investigation pro-se right-to-counsel state-court-claim |
Whether the district court abused its discretion by denying petitioner's motion to appoint counsel when petitioner presented a substantial claim of in… |
| 21-6487 |
Lisa Marie Cano v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof civil-procedure court-of-appeal court-of-appeals evidence historical-facts inevitable-discovery investigating-officer investigation verification |
Whether a court of appeal's inference regarding the future course of an investigation, unsupported by testimony from the investigating officer or by e… |
| 21-6258 |
Ramiro Romero v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
andrus-v-texas appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation strickland strickland-standard |
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| 21-5963 |
Norris Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment habeas-corpus investigation right-to-silence self-incrimination |
1. When a defendant in an investigation says "No" is it a 5th amendment violation. When does the investigation stop?
2. When new evidence is made ava… |
| 21-5558 |
William Paul Langrum, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investigation pre-trial-investigation presumption-of-prejudice statute-of-limitations strickland-standard |
1) The flntiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes a one-year statute of limitations for state inmates seeking federal … |
| 20-1554 |
Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release |
This petition for a writ of certiorari raises a matter of exceptional importance — whether or not a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the pu… |
| 20-1314 |
Joshua Gregory Richardson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation legal-procedure paid-citation sixth-amendment traffic-stop unlawful-search |
Whether Counsel's decision not to suppress evidence unlawfully seized from a traffic stop because a traffic citation was paid, then relying on that pa… |
| 20-1306 |
Alan Dale Walker v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2021-03-19 |
Denied |
|
capital-case capital-punishment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation mitigation-evidence psychological-trauma sixth-amendment tactical-decisions trial-counsel |
1. Did the Mississippi Supreme Court fail to adhere to this Court's Sixth Amendment jurisprudence requiring counsel in a capital case to conduct a tho… |
| 20-7226 |
John R. Scannell v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
disciplinary-proceedings first-amendment fourteenth-amendment investigation judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction obstruction res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court unlawful-practice |
1. Did the Washington State Supreme Court have jurisdiction conduct original disciplinary proceedings against Scanned for obstruction into an investig… |
| 20-6608 |
Zachary Michael Patten v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-defense investigation medication mental-health search-and-seizure |
I. Pettioner was denied his constititonal right to the effective assistance of counsel, where in spite of pettoners eftensive mentd health history and… |
| 20-792 |
Melinda Beazley Pearson v. City of Augusta, Georgia, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination investigation loudermill-hearing neutral-decisionmaker pretext pretext-analysis public-employment summary-judgment |
Was it error for the panel to affirm a grant of summary judgment, finding due process had been provided where a challenged demotion had been effected … |
| 20-6211 |
Michael Anthony Robbins v. California |
California |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
due-process investigation juror-bias jury-trial racial-bias sixth-amendment |
This Petition presents the following related questions under the Sixth Amendment's jury trial guarantee:
1. What constitutes juror bias for purposes … |
| 19-1379 |
Andrew McKinley v. Christopher Lee-Murray Bey |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-16 |
Dismissed |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection fourth-amendment investigation investigatory-detention law-enforcement pre-contact qualified-immunity race race-discrimination |
Does the Equal Protection clause require an officer who initiated a pre-contact investigation for non-race-related reasons to break off the investigat… |
| 19-1332 |
Tonya Knowles v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5-usc-2302 5-usc-2302-(b)(8)-(9) agency-investigation agency-official burden-of-proof investigation prohibited-personnel-practice protected-disclosure retaliation retaliation-motive whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1. When an Employee makes a protected disclosure, regarding a Prohibited Personnel Practice which falls under statue 5 USC 2302 (b)(8) -(9), against a… |
| 19-7205 |
Robert W. Johnson v. Progressive Corporation Insurance Company |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
accident accident-scene civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance investigation standing |
Was given fair hearing for the actions pending by Appellees?
Was initial investigations & pictures of accident scene accurate?
What street location … |
| 19-7025 |
Michael Feliciano v. George Miller, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Waymart, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carrier due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eyewitness eyewitness-testimony in-re-winship ineffective-assistance investigation jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard |
1. Is the State court of last resort and U.S. Court of Appeals decision which denied petitioner's claim that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment ri… |
| 19-773 |
Ann Merlino, et al. v. Cara Buonincontri |
New York |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-investigation hearing investigation judicial-conduct state-court state-court-judge |
Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United States Constitution, 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment for a State Court Judge to conduct a … |
| 19-6731 |
Travell Henry v. Patrick Warren, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment trial-strategy witness witness-testimony |
I. WAS MR. HENRY 'S TRIAL COUNSEL, PATRICK NYENHUS, FAILED TO PROVIDE CONSTITUTIONALLY EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?
A). Counsel was ineffective w… |
| 19-6181 |
Mark Robertson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3599 6th-amendment death-penalty federal-courts habeas-corpus investigation judicial-review meaningful-representation representation representation-services sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
(1) Did the district court deny Mr. Robertson the meaningful representation informed by investigation to prepare a habeas corpus application to which … |
| 19-446 |
VF Jeanswear LP v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (6) |
charge-of-discrimination discrimination-charge eeoc employment-law equal-employment-opportunity-commission investigation investigative-authority private-litigation right-to-sue title-vii |
1. Whether Title VII authorizes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue investigating a charge of discrimination after the Commission … |
| 19-5536 |
Gabriel Vashon Seay v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel investigation legal-investigation plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Where Strickland v. Washington, serves as the current case law protecting an accused's right to fair and competent assistance of legal counsel, there … |
| 19-5306 |
Born Murray v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights detention fourth-amendment investigation investigative-detention law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion seizure time-frame traffic-stop |
Where a police officer admittedly abandons the initial basis for a traffic stop to pursue a new investigation unsupported by reasonable suspicion, doe… |
| 18-9075 |
Ponce D. Howard v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure conflict conflict-of-evidence declaration-conflict declarations investigation investigation-findings magistrate-judge procedural-review summary-judgment workplace-policy |
Did the Magistrate Judge assigned to the case for the United States Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the District Court, and the Eleventh Cir… |
| 18-8396 |
Mary Jo Weidrick v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 5th-amendment-right-to-counsel 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-counsel adversarial-process civil-rights constitutional-violation counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment investigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing terrorism terrorism-investigation |
Whether Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel are "attached" or otherwise violated during this "adversarial" 29+ years of terrorism… |
| 18-796 |
Bruce Alexander v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
accountability attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process equal-protection government-accountability investigation judicial-procedure municipal-governance official-accountability standing |
Did the Western District Court erred in not allowing ALL parties to respond to the original complaint?
Did the Western District Court erred in not al… |
| 18-7091 |
Steven Anthony Butler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing competence competency-evaluation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation judicial-process judicial-review mental-competence mental-health mitigating-evidence procedural-fairness |
1. When, in reviewing the two-part claim that trial counsel was ineffective both for
failing to provide known, relevant information to mental health e… |
| 18-440 |
Edward Michael Nero, et al. v. Marilyn J. Mosby |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity advocacy-function civil-procedure civil-rights due-process investigation investigatory-materials law-enforcement legal-advice probable-cause prosecutor prosecutor-investigation prosecutorial-immunity standing |
Whether a prosecutor is acting as an "advocate"
and is entitled to absolute immunity when the
prosecutor performs an investigation and provides
those … |
| 18-265 |
Micah Patterson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Virginia |
2018-08-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
adversarial confrontation constitutional-rights due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation sixth-amendment virginia-supreme-court |
A. Did the Virginia Supreme Court err by effectively affirming a lower court holding that denied relief for Patterson's ineffective assistance of coun… |
| 18-218 |
Trey Beam v. Robert F. Abercrombie, Jr. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
|
11th-circuit civil-rights due-process investigation misdemeanor probable-cause qualified-immunity willful-failure |
Whether an officer may lose qualified immunity based upon the allegation of "willful" failure to investigate even when the officer has established at … |
| 18-5255 |
Jerome Gibson v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-claim brady-v-maryland credibility de-novo-review due-process evidence-suppression investigation kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-test police-investigation reliability suppressed-evidence witness-credibility |
In de novo review of a Brady claim, where the Commonwealth suppressed evidence of inducements provided to its witnesses, may a court find the suppress… |