| 25-5588 |
Terry Willis v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure judicial-involvement lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-negotiations sentencing-exposure |
The district court participated in plea discussions, in violation of Federal Rule Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1), by discussing the merits of a plea offe… |
| 24-5196 |
Nicholas Salfi v. Amy Robey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-duty effective-assistance habeas-corpus Lafler-v-Cooper martinez-exception plea-negotiations prejudice procedural-default sixth-circuit |
Whether the duty of defense counsel to provide effective assistance during plea negotiations extends to delivering counteroffers to the prosecution.
… |
| 23-7196 |
Adam Carson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights first-impression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment |
I. If the court holds a hearing to put a PLEA PROPOSAL on the record, and the Government OFFERS a 3 point deduction for acceptance of responsibility i… |
| 23-5959 |
Jason Claude Edwards v. Tristan Lemon, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
counsel-advice ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye ninth-circuit plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit majority unreasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court law by approving as reasonable a state court prejudice an… |
| 22-6764 |
Michael Ray Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lafler-v-cooper overruling padilla-v-kentucky statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
1. Whether United States v. Granados , 168 F.3d 343 (8th Cir. 1999), Has Been Overruled by Padilla v. Kentucky , 559 U.S. 356 (2010), and Lafler v. Co… |
| 21-6812 |
Manuel Gerardo Velasquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability district-court-hearing due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Lafler-v-Cooper life-sentence |
Did the Fifth Circuit court of appeals err when it refused to grant a certificate of appealability, when the record clearly showed that Velasquez had … |
| 21-5089 |
Martin Thomas Lawrence v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-exposure sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
1. Whether, in light of trial counsel's express admission that he underestimated Petitioner's sentencing exposure if he went to trial, this Court shou… |
| 20-1581 |
Malia Arciero v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether this Court holding in Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 156 (2012), is still good law, and if so, whether Arciero is entitled to relief due to defens… |
| 20-6391 |
Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2020-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic |
I. Does the requirement to prove prejudice under this Court's previous decision in Latter v Cooper, place a burden on the accused that this Court deem… |
| 19-1330 |
Michigan v. Juan T. Walker |
Michigan |
2020-06-01 |
Denied |
|
alford-plea collateral-attack criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper perjury plea-bargaining retroactivity |
Respondent maintained his innocence before trial, and testified at the evidentiary hearing ordered by the Michigan Supreme Court on his collateral att… |
| 19-7825 |
Gustavo Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-defense elements-of-offense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-test lafler-v-cooper legally-nonexistent-defense plea-bargaining prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
I. How should a court apply the "reasonable probability" test for prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and Lafler v. Cooper,… |
| 19-992 |
Greg Skipper, Warden v. Curtis Jerome Byrd |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial hypothetical-plea-offer lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining sixth-amendment trial-rights |
Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel include the right to a plea offer that was never made? |
| 19-7359 |
Danny Guzman-Correa v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-consultant lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye prejudice public-trial public-trial-violation |
1. Whether reasonable jurist could find it debatable
that Petitioner's public-trial violation warranted ..
reversal at the minimum for an evidentiar… |
| 19-7216 |
Daniel A. Ramet v. Robert LeGrande, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper legal-malpractice plea-bargaining sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
If a defense attorney advises a client to reject a favorable plea offer based on a grave miscalculation about the viability of a legal defense, has th… |
| 19-6349 |
Jarvas Jovon Brinkley v. Randee Rewerts, Warden |
Michigan |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper michigan-law sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
DECISIONS BELOW CONFLICT WITH THE DECISIONS OF OTHER U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND STATE APPELLATE COURTS, AND MISAPPLY THIS COURT'S DECISIONS IN… |
| 19-5576 |
William Taylor v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion boone-county constitutional-rights hearsay hearsay-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-effective-counsel sentencing |
I. WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL SIXTY (60) YEARS TAYLOR RECEIVED AT TRIAL WHEN ATTORNEY ALLEN LIDY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THE BOONE COUNTY TWENTY (20) YEAR P… |
| 18-9770 |
Lionel Toye v. Steven Racette, Superintendent, Great Meadows Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining plea-negotiations right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-exposure strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel |
WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD REVISIT THE CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL DURING PLEA NEGOTIATIONS WHEN COUNSEL FAILS TO DISCUSS THE PROS… |
| 18-9543 |
Lonnie Haney v. Shane Jackson, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Lafler-v-Cooper plea-bargaining plea-offer right-to-counsel time-constraints |
ARE THE LOWER COURT RULINGS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN LAFLER V. COOPER, WHERE DUE TO EXTERNAL FACTORS, DEFENSE COU… |
| 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… |
| 18-8075 |
Godwin Oriakhi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plain-error plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-filing strickland-v-washington |
Whether Lafler v. Cooper is violated when trial counsel advises a defendant to enter a guilty plea to an indictment that, on its face, violates the Fi… |
| 18-8003 |
Anthony J. Dannolfo v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper north-carolina-v-alford plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
DID DANNOLFO'S PROTESTATION OF INNOCENCE FORECLOSE HIS ABILITY OF PROVING STRICKLAND PREJUDICE UNDER LAFLER V. COOPER, OR DID THE COURTS FAIL TO GIVE … |
| 18-7494 |
Richard Dernard Bozell, Jr. v. Greg Skipper, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
blackledge-v-allison blackledge-v-perry class-v-united-states constitutional-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court-jurisdiction guilty-plea-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining procedural-cognizability supreme-court-precedent |
Whether it can be presumed given the fact that (1) the USSC in Blackledge clearly stated that guilty plea cases were cognizable for federal review?; W… |
| 18-7075 |
Patrick Martinez v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Lafler-v-Cooper parole parole-eligibility plea-bargaining reasonable-probability sixth-amendment |
Texas courts found no ineffective assistance of counsel in this criminal case where the Petitioner, Sergeant Patrick Martinez, rejected a pretrial ple… |
| 18-6463 |
Jose Gilberto Portillo v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-obligations counsel-obligations-guilty-plea critical-stage due-process guilty-pleas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper language-barrier missouri-v-frye non-english-speaker plea-bargaining plea-negotiation sixth-amendment young-defendant |
Whether the DC Court of Appeals' decision directly conflicts with and seriously undermines controlling authority of the Supreme Court on counsel's fun… |
| 18-6064 |
Robert L. Rose v. Leroy Kirkegard, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-negotiations remedies remedy sixth-amendment united-states-v-morrison |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari to clarify the appropriate remedy for ineffective assistance during plea negotiations.
Whether the remand … |