| 25-690 |
Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. v. Bradley Bieganski |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-12 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit-review |
Did the Ninth Circuit fail to apply the correct deferential standard of review, as set out in 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), and also misapply this Court's prec… |
| 24-797 |
Scott Speer, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, et al. v. Jeffrey Weller, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aedpa-standard federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit-review state-court-adjudication |
1. Whether the state courts adjudicated the merits of the claim for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when the state courts expressly cited to this Cour… |
| 24-400 |
Jennifer Tom v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination employment-rights ninth-circuit-review reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act |
1) Can the Court allow the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision to stand in Tom v. Social Security Administration where the U.S. Court… |
| 24-370 |
Valley Health System, LLC, dba Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-interpretation collective-bargaining dues-checkoff labor-law ninth-circuit-review nlrb-deference |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in deferring to the National Labor Relations Board's interpretation of the National Labor Relations Act as it applies … |
| 24-5018 |
Maureen McDermott v. Anissa De La Cruz, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard batson-challenge clearly-established-federal-law darden-v-wainwright death-penalty-review due-process ninth-circuit-review parker-v-matthews prosecutorial-misconduct |
QUESTION ONE:
Every federal judge reviewing Maureen McDermott's prosecutorial
misconduct claim (four judges, including the district court and each ju… |
| 23-854 |
No Casino In Plymouth, et al. v. National Indian Gaming Commission, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carcieri-v-salazar federal-recognition gaming-ordinance indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-reorganization-act national-indian-gaming-commission ninth-circuit-review part-83-acknowledgement trust-transfer |
The Secretary of Interior has authority under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to acquire land in trust for tribes that were recognized in 1934. Ca… |
| 23-6469 |
Eric Kimble v. Chance Andes, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-habeas capital-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-health mitigating-evidence ninth-circuit-review prior-conviction rehabilitation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. This case presents the same questions as Thornell v. Jones, Supreme Court Case No. 22-982 (cert. granted, Dec. 13, 2023): Whether the Ninth Circuit… |
| 23-5819 |
Jason Green v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
clearly-established-federal-law clearly-established-law due-process forum-shopping habeas-corpus judicial-fairness lockyer-v-andrade ninth-circuit-review panetti-v-quarterman prosecutorial-misconduct |
When the prosecutor got an adverse evidentiary ruling, he dismissed and refiled the same day in a different courthouse, ensuring that a different judg… |
| 23-5658 |
James Kevin Ball v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
covid-19 covid-19-delay criminal-defendant-rights district-court due-process ends-of-justice ends-of-justice-provision jury-trial-suspension jury-trials ninth-circuit-review speedy-trial |
Whether a district court may continue to rely on emergency circumstances to delay a trial under the ends-of-justice provision at 18 USC. § 3161(h)(7)(… |
| 23-5038 |
Kurt Michaels v. Ron Davis, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (13)IFP |
aggravating-evidence appellate-review capital-case confession confession-evidence cumulative-error harmless-error harmless-error-analysis jury-deliberation jury-deliberations ninth-circuit-review |
Whether a court reviewing a cold record in a capital case may determine that the effect of an erroneously admitted confession and other improper aggra… |
| 22-982 |
Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Danny Lee Jones |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-10 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Relisted (9) |
capital-case capital-punishment credibility-findings district-court district-court-deference habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review strickland strickland-standard |
Did the Ninth Circuit violate this Court's precedents by employing a flawed methodology for assessing Strickland prejudice when it disregarded the dis… |
| 22-6174 |
Porfirio Duarte-Herrera v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
co-defendant-severance constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-instructions ninth-circuit-review severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit err when Mr. Duarte-Herrera made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right as to the inability to present… |
| 22-6145 |
Daniel Alexander Rodriguez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arizona-law burden-shifting commenting-on-silence falsely-representing-evidence ineffective-assistance misstating-law misstating-witness ninth-circuit-review prejudice-analysis prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard |
Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly applied Arizona law in finding that multiple instances of prosecutorial misconduct, including falsely representi… |
| 22-5667 |
Charles Stevens v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky comparative-juror-analysis flowers-v-mississippi habeas-corpus-standard juror-similarity miller-el-v-dretke ninth-circuit-review peremptory-strike race-based-challenge racial-discrimination |
1. Whether a state court improperly expands or modifies the standard this Court established in Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny, when it requires a … |
| 22-5601 |
Rosa Serrano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-claims-act free-speech healthcare-liability medicaid-reimbursement ninth-circuit-review standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower whistleblower-provisions |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5225 |
Craig Anthony Ross v. Ron Bloomfield, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
aider-and-abettor aiding-and-abetting cabana-v-bullock death-penalty enmund-v-florida habeas-corpus intent-to-kill jury-instructions murder-first-degree ninth-circuit-review shared-intent |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit err under Title 28, United States Code, Section 2254(d)(1) in affirming that the jury instructions given by the California Su… |
| 22-5048 |
George A. Pilola v. Craig Koenig, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpation fingerprint fingerprint-evidence napue-v-illinois napue-violation ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review prosecutorial-misconduct |
1) The failure of the prosecution to turn over the fingerprint showing no MAKE to Pilola was a violation of Brady v. Maryland;
2) The untruthfulness … |
| 21-6954 |
Robert Jurado v. Ronald Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment confession-evidence constitutional-amendments double-jeopardy mitigating-evidence ninth-circuit-review penalty-phase plea-bargaining skipper-standard |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in concluding that the California Supreme Court did not unreasonably apply federal law or unreasonably determine facts in… |
| 21-6390 |
Marcial Carrillo-Serna v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-error guidelines-calculation molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review plain-error plain-error-review prejudice sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights |
When the district court fails to calculate the guideline range at sentencing, whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to sh… |
| 21-5773 |
Alex Baah v. AT&T Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure district-court district-court-discretion motion-for-reconsideration ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review procedural-rules reconsideration timely-response untimely-response |
(1) Did the Ninth Circuit Court and the District Court completely overlooked a clear procedural rule proving that the respondents filed an untimely re… |
| 21-5140 |
Gabriel Elijah Kane Arkinson, aka Daniel Elijahkane Arkinson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accomplice-testimony acquittal-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence motion-for-acquittal ninth-circuit-review rule-29-motion witness-credibility witness-identification |
In response to Petitioner's third and final motion for acquittal under Rule 29(c) Fed. R. Crim. P. the district court ruled that standing alone the go… |
| 20-7254 |
Juan Valenzuela v. L. Small, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit brady-violation criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit-review police-misconduct writ-of-certiorari |
Whether, in affirming a district court's denial of federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), the Ninth Circuit unreasonably applied this Court'… |
| 20-540 |
David Hegland, et al. v. Nicola T. Hanna |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-23 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights congressional-acts due-process federal-grand-jury government-petitions government-redress judicial-accountability legal-standing ninth-circuit-review redress-of-grievances right-to-petition standing |
1. Do American Citizens have the right to petition their government for the redress of their grievances?
2. Is the federal grand jury an arm of that … |
| 20-484 |
Patricia L. Woods v. Robert Storms, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights de-novo-review due-process equitable-estoppel equitable-tolling fraudulent-concealment ninth-circuit-review pro-se-complaint statutes-of-limitation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit decision should be reversed and remanded because the panel erred by failing to conduct de novo review affirming the final ju… |
| 20-5077 |
Joaquin Mario Cipriano-Ortega v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship-classification citizenship-laws due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry morales-santana morales-santana-precedent ninth-circuit-review severability statutory-interpretation |
Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant … |
| 19-8757 |
George W. Gibbs v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
charge-severance child-sex-assault clearly-erroneous counsel-error criminal-procedure drug-counts ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review prejudice prejudicial-joinder severance |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's rejection of Gibbs's ineffective assistance of counsel claim was clearly erroneous when the court mistakenly concluded Gib… |
| 19-7870 |
Louis Ivester Peets v. Robert W. Fox, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus insanity-defense ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity procedural-bar schlup-gateway schlup-test |
(1) If Petitioner provided sufficient newly presented evidence for all reasonable jurors to conclude that he was "not guilty by reason of insanity"—wo… |
| 19-7514 |
Ekanem Kurfreobon Essien v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-street-gang due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit-review reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement street-terrorism-enforcement-and-prevention-act sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it denied petitioner Ekanem Kufreobon Essien's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition based on its conclusion that his … |
| 19-7329 |
Jamaar Jerome Williams v. Jo Gentry, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alibi-witnesses habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction-litigation post-conviction-relief prejudice prejudice-analysis |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it concluded Williams had failed to establish prejudice under Martinez v. Ryan because the record clearly shows W… |
| 19-6429 |
William Jovian Davis v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (7)IFP |
aedpa certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing forensic-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review pro-se strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal? |
| 19-5711 |
Charles Fritsche v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings |
Whether this Court Should Grant this Petition, Vacate the Ninth Circuit's Certificate of Appealability Denial, and Remand the Matter for Further Recon… |
| 18-9431 |
William Maurice Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity,sentencing-reform drug-distribution due-process first-step-act griffith-v-kentucky ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Does Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, (1987) apply to First Step Act of 2018?
If so did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals fail to apply Griffith … |
| 18-9380 |
Miguel Daniel Leal v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel marital-communications-privilege marital-privilege ninth-circuit-review sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights state-courts supervisory-power supreme-court-dicta |
Is United States Supreme Court dicta which interprets the U.S. Constitution authoritative and controlling on Federal and State Courts, or may Federal … |
| 18-8499 |
Nestor David Vasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-fairness courtroom-prejudice courtroom-security defendant-rights defendant-specific-security fair-trial fair-trial-rights inherent-prejudice inherently-prejudicial judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-review prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements trial-security |
1. In Holbrook v. Flynn , 475 U.S. 560, 570-72 (1986), the Court held that the mere presence of guards at a trial was not so inherently prejudicial th… |
| 18-8058 |
Joel Elias Sanchez v. Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit aedpa constitutional-rights crane-v-kentucky criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-exclusion ninth-circuit-review right-to-present-defense self-defense |
The constitution guarantees criminal defendants "a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense." Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 690 (1986).… |
| 18-734 |
Daniel G. Szmania v. E-Loan, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-dispute jurisdiction-challenge ninth-circuit-review procedural-error property-rights res-judicata standing trustee-sale |
Did the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT (Ninth) error when not enforcing a ruling of the U.S. District Court Western District of … |
| 18-6465 |
Jose Ricardo Yanez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-statute-of-limitations antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit-review ongoing-investigations pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations |
WHETHER AN ALTERNATE TRIGGERING DATE OF THE ANTITERRORISM
AND EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1996'S 1-YEAR STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS, AND EQUITABLE TOLLI… |
| 18-6342 |
Jaime Rene Lopez-Vaal v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accomplice-liability aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit-review sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness |
Whether Section 1326(b), which does not define "misdemeanors involving drugs or violence against the person," "felony," or "aggravated felony," is unc… |
| 18-6079 |
Rowan Brooks v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review state-court-proceedings |
Rowan Brooks was 65 years old on th e night in 2004 when his 68-year-old wife of eighteen years passed away. Neit her the police officer on the scene … |
| 18-5717 |
Anousone Savanh v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-expert due-process expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence ninth-circuit-review right-to-present-defense |
May a court exclude a defense expert in a criminal case for failing to possess qualifications that Federal Rule of Evidence 702 does not require, the … |
| 18-5604 |
Joe Fidel Flores v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony gang-expert-testimony jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Under the standard clearly established by this Court in Jackson v. Virginia, can a rational juror find an essential fact beyond a reasonable doubt bas… |