parole-eligibility

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24-6793 Steve Dismore v. Kentucky Parole Board, et al. Kentucky 2025-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing ex-post-facto garner-v-jones kentucky-law parole-eligibility I. Does the fact that Kentucky treats parole as "a matter of grace or gift to persons deemed eligibl e" exempt rules relating to the timing of Kentuck…
24-5833 Douglas Fauconier v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2024-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parole-eligibility section-1983 strict-scrutiny A. Did the substantive component of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments ' Due Process Clauses require the United States Court of Appeals for the Four…
24-5444 Delano Medina v. Jennifer Murphy, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-09-04 Dismissed IFP detention-challenge habeas-corpus judicial-remedy parole-eligibility section-1983 sentence-miscalculation In 1973, this Court announced an exception to the broad language of § 1983 when it held that a prisoner must bring a suit for equitable relief that ch…
23-692 Zachariah Minix v. Kentucky Kentucky 2023-12-27 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment parole-eligibility plea-agreement plea-withdrawal Petitioner, Zachariah M. Minix (Minix), appeals as a matter of right from an Adair County Circuit Court Judgment and Sentence on Plea of Guilty that i…
23-6300 Richard Paiva v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2023-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-protection due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration parole parole-eligibility sentence sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are the protections of the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause triggered, when an incarcerated person has a statutory right to be parole-eligible during…
23-6076 Timothy Ricardo Pedraza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion liberty-interest parole parole-eligibility statutory-interpretation texas 1. The question is whether a .State or US Court of Appeals abused its discretion and/or committed plain error for a misapplication of state law (stat…
22-7280 Richard Ralph Martinez v. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-04-13 Dismissed IFP criminal-procedure determinate-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus indeterminate-sentencing judicial-review life-sentence new-mexico parole parole-eligibility sentencing 1. Whether Petitioner's allegations of violation, abridgment and denial of his constitutional rights by the named defendants' ignoring and violating t…
22-7229 Manuel Ovante, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona 2023-04-06 GVR IFP capital-murder due-process guilty-plea judicial-misrepresentation lynch-v-arizona parole parole-eligibility sentencing simmons-v-south-carolina 1. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the decision below, and remand this case, as it did with six similarly situated petitioners in Burns v. …
21-7052 Lewis Taylor, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing meaningful-opportunity parole parole-eligibility rehabilitation-consideration sentencing solem-v-helm Whether, given the rarity of the grant of parole in Florida and Florida's failure to take a juvenile offender's maturity and rehabilitation adequately…
21-6695 John Scott Cramer v. Missouri Missouri 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-consequences counsel-advice criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole parole-eligibility sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment protects criminal defendants who rely on defective advice from counsel regarding critical, non-deportation collateral cons…
21-6479 Earnest Lee Langston v. Don Phillips, Chairman, Missouri Board of Probation and Parole Missouri 2021-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP board-of-probation declaratory-judgment due-process fraud hearing judicial-review missouri-statute parole parole-eligibility procedural-fairness state-statute substantive-due-process 1) WHETHER THE MISSOURI BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATED PETITIONER'S SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS BY APPLYING A NEW PAROLE STATUTE, SECTION 5…
21-225 Ashley Mere Howard v. Texas Texas 2021-08-16 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) credibility-determinations criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole-eligibility plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal I. Does the state court's decision that petitioner cannot challenge her murder conviction based on her original counsel's failure to inform her of the…
20-1304 In Re Rexford Tweed 2021-03-19 Denied conflict-with-constitution constitutional-violation due-process florida-sentencing-statute habeas-corpus indefinite-sentence indeterminate-sentence parole-eligibility sixth-amendment There exists exceptional circumstances of a United States Constitutional magnitude, wherein, based on substantive United States Supreme and other Fede…
20-34 Anthony Thomas Grimes v. Kentucky Kentucky 2020-07-16 Denied Response Waived criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel parole-eligibility plea-bargaining plea-negotiation prejudice-standard sentencing sentencing-information sexual-offender-registration sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether the Kentucky Court of Appeals has diminished and violated the federal constitutional guarantee of effective assistance of counsel in the pretr…
19-1358 Michigan v. William Larenzo Shoulders Michigan 2020-06-11 Denied Response Waived alleyne-v-us criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing indeterminate-sentencing jury-determination jury-trial michigan-law michigan-supreme-court parole parole-eligibility sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment In Michigan's "indeterminate" sentencing scheme, judgments of sentence contain two numbers: the minimum number of years the defendant will have to ser…
19-8355 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-24 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection federal-grants federal-statute parole parole-eligibility prisoners-rights private-prisons sentencing-rules state-corrections truth-in-sentencing PREFACE TO QUESTIONS PRESENTED: Prisoners, by the very nature of their circumstances, are more than merely similarly situated; they are exactly situat…
19-8303 Wadress Metoyer, Jr. v. Delynn Fudge, in Her Individual and Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-04-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process liberty-interest parole parole-eligibility sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range truth-in-sentencing Did the 1997 Oklahoma Legislature mandate in its statutory language, phrases provisions, design, purpose and intent in House Bill 1213 effective date …
19-1100 Leroy D. Cropper v. Arizona Arizona 2020-03-09 Denied Amici (2) capital-punishment death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions parole-eligibility parole-ineligibility simmons-v-south-carolina sixth-amendment Whether a death sentence may be carried out when defense counsel unreasonably fails to inform the jury of parole ineligibility under Simmons v. South …
19-6518 Eric Burgie v. Arkansas Arkansas 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-robbery civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process jurisdiction mental-fitness mental-health parole parole-eligibility sentencing sentencing-scheme Mr. Bugie filed a section lugo-ill ca petition to corfense and ane appled Miller to an 18-year old. Mr. Burgse sk this court to anwer whether or not t…
19-6358 In Re Morris J. Warren 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto parole-eligibility retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-regulations statutory-interpretation DOES DANIEL v. FULWOOD, CASE NO. 12-5327/CITATION 766 F. 3d 57 (D.C. CIR. 2014), APPLIES TO MY PAROLEBLE SENTENCE, WHERE WHICH WAS GIVEN DECEMBER 18, …
19-6254 Christopher T. Shanahan v. Idaho Idaho 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mitigating-factors parole parole-eligibility 1. Does a juvenile life sentence, with parole eligibility after a lengthy term for years, in a state with no guarantee that the mitigating qualities o…
19-5859 Edward Wesby v. Florida Florida 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment miller-standard miller-v-alabama parole parole-eligibility Whether Florida's current parole system provides a meaningful opportunity for release to juvenile offenders sentenced to life imprisonment with eligib…
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…
19-5127 William D. Dunne v. G. J. Bissett, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregated-sentences consecutive-sentences federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus mandatory-parole mandatory-release parole parole-eligibility pre-SRA sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation Does pre-Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA)--"old law" — parole statute 18 USC §42.06(d) mandating federal prisoners' lease on parole absent certain…
18-9626 In Re Rexford Tweed 2019-06-11 Dismissed IFP capital-punishment constitutional-violation due-process due-process,eighth-amendment,florida-constitution, eighth-amendment habeas-corpus indefinite-sentence life-sentence minimum-mandatory parole parole-eligibility sentencing-statute IS PETITIONER'S FLORIDA CAPITAL LIFE PRISON SENTENCE WITH A 25 YEAR MINIMUM MANDATORY FOLLOWWED BY ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE §775.0…
18-9525 Mark A. Harris v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility credibility-determination criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole-eligibility plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Extending Strickland v. Washington's general prejudice standard for ineffective assistance of counsel claims to ineffective assistance of counsel stem…
18-8922 In Re Efrain Campos 2019-04-19 Denied IFP due-process fraud habeas-corpus parole parole-eligibility plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Was Petitioner Efrain Campos Denied A Fundamentally Fair Guilty Plea Procedural Execution, By The With Holding Of Information By The Assistant Distric…
18-8704 Brandon Keith Alexander v. Texas Texas 2019-04-04 Denied IFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing non-homicide-offense non-homicide-offenses parole parole-eligibility sentencing Whether sentencing a juvenile non-homicide offender to 60 years without the possibility of parole violates the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruet…
18-1267 Angela Rene Leeman v. Arizona Arizona 2019-04-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama non-homicide-offenses parole-eligibility parole-restriction proportionality proportionality-review 1. Whether Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010), applies with the equal force to consecutive sentences for non-homicide offenses that work in the agg…
18-8116 Budry Michel v. Florida Florida 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment,federal-habeas,state-court,merits federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing merits parole-eligibility plain-language standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts 1. The Florida Supreme Court held, contrary to the plain language of this Court, and contrary to the holdings of the high courts of other states, that…
18-7955 Antoine Deshawn Barnes v. David Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied IFP constitutional-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentences criminal-sentences-parole due-process early-release non-violent-offenders parole parole-considerations-hearings parole-eligibility parole-hearings sentencing statute violent-offenses CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT "NON-VIOLENT" OFFENDERS, SO STIPULATE EARINGS, AN PAROLE CONSIDERATION FOR WHO RECIEVE A DETERMINATE SENTENCE, DO NOT NEED A …
18-7917 Najee Sharif Wilkins v. Michigan Michigan 2019-02-12 Denied IFP confrontation-clause cross-examination eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana parole-eligibility witness-testimony Petitioner was sentenced to 45-100 years concurrent to 10-40 years for second-degree murder and perjury committed when he was under the age of 18 whic…
18-7827 Roger L. Kaufman v. Paul S. Kemper, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto federal-guidelines parole parole-eligibility sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers state-prisoner Whether a state prisoner is entitled under the Due Process Clause, and the Separation of Powers Doctrine of the United States and Wisconsin Constituti…
18-7803 Dennis Hegstrom v. Florida Florida 2019-02-07 Denied IFP eighth-amendment homicide late-adolescent late-adolescent-offender mandatory-life-sentence miller-v-alabama neuroscience-evidence parole parole-eligibility sentencing Is It Time to Extend the Eighth Amendment Protections Enunciated in Miller v. Alabama to Late Adolescent Homicide Offenders Like Hegstrom (i.e., 18 to…
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…
18-680 Erica Huss, Warden v. Loren Robinson Sixth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied criminal-procedure due-process federal-law habeas habeas-corpus jury-right parole-eligibility sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether it is clearly established federal law, as is required to grant relief in a federal habeas case, that the Sixth Amendment jury right applies…
18-6000 Angel Barreiro v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights de-facto-life-sentence due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court life-sentence parole parole-eligibility parole-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-scheme Whether all 4,626 pre-1994 parole eligible Inmates in the State of Florida whom all are equally situated under the statutory schemes and criteria's of…
18-5737 Richard Delain Kyles v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP circuit-principle discretionary-rules due-process ex-post-facto judicial-review legal-standards parole parole-board-policy parole-eligibility parole-suitability retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation The Court of Appeals has adopted and applied a "Fifth Circuit Principle" that "changes in the discretionary. ules, affecting. parole suitability canno…