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25-6666 Daniel Carlos Garcia v. Chad Bianco, Sheriff, Riverside County, California Ninth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending IFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-claim double-jeopardy habeas-petition penal-code younger-abstention 1. Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's habeas petition on Younger abstention grounds without addressing the threshold question…
25-6630 In Re Anthony Tyrone Campbell, Sr. 2026-01-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus penal-code senate-bill-775 (1) In light of a newly post conviction law, as established under California Senate Hill Vo. 775, could petitioner lawfully remain convicted of an a…
25-5879 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice-act (1) Lower Courts violated United States Constitution 14th Amendment Due Process Right To State Created Liberty Interest To newly enacted 2020 Californ…
24A534 Isaac Garcia Bracamontes v. California California 2024-12-03 Presumed Complete appellate-review constitutional-rights court-of-appeal criminal-appeal direct-appeal penal-code does the holding of the California Supreme Court in People v. Villatoro, 54 Cal.4th 1152, 1165-1168 (2012) (now embodied in California Criminal Jury I…
24-5496 Jose Manuel Galan v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied IFP child-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jury-instructions penal-code 1. Did the admission of evidence of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome ("CSAAS") violated Petitioner's due process rights? 2. Did the trial co…
23-7808 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-06-26 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice racial-justice-act state-created-right (1) Does the newly enacted 2020 California Racial Justice Penal Code section 1473(f) line 8-10 creates a United States Constitution 14th Amendment Due…
23-6806 Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied IFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process jury jury-impartiality justice-system obstruction-of-justice penal-code pre-trial trial-rights WHEN DOES PENAL CODE 2I.OZ ADULTERATE THE Justice system ,jMstructir /a due process , A WRTRtAL AMD AN IMPARTIAL JURY ?r
23-584 Robert R. Snyder v. California California 2023-12-01 Denied Relisted (2) arbitrary-enforcement armed-intent constitutional-vagueness due-process eighth-amendment legislative-intent penal-code rosemond-substantive-holding second-amendment sentencing-enhancement standardless-legislation vagueness • Should California Penal Code § 12022.53 be struck down and voided as vague and standardless legislation? Does petitioner's conviction serve as an ex…
22-7046 Valdamir Fred Morelos v. California California 2023-03-21 Dismissed IFP autonomy-right capital-defendant capital-defendants counsel-consent due-process guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana penal-code penal-code-section-1018 right-to-autonomy sixth-amendment Does California's Penal Code Section 1018, which bars a capital defendant from pleading guilty without the consent of his counsel, violate capital def…
22-5941 Albert L. Watson v. Stu Sherman, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process en-banc-hearing ninth-circuit penal-code procedural-rules reasoned-opinion sixth-amendment state-law state-penal-code I. WAS THE DISTRICT COURT'S USE OF STATE PENAL CODE JUSTIFYING VIOLATION OF SIX AMENDMENT A CORRECT APPLICATION OF STATE LAW ? II. WAS THE NINTH CI…
21-7643 Daniel Trejo v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process duress fourth-district-court jury-instructions penal-code statutory-interpretation Mr. Treso was convicted in large Part vPON evidence made up bu the victim mother and manipulated by her Mr. Treso respectfully petitions this court Fo…
21-7537 Leonardo Gutierrez v. Texas Texas 2022-04-05 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process extraneous-evidence facial-challenge judicial-jurisdiction jury-trial penal-code ramos-v-louisiana ISSUE ONE: Texas Penal Code §21.02 is Whether, in light of Ramos v. Louisiana unconstitutional on its face? ISSUE TWO: Whether a trial court has jur…
21-7223 Angel DeLara v. California California 2022-02-28 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-determination jury-trial penal-code sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law, by permitting sentencing Judges to impose enhanced sentences based on their determination of facts no…
21-6230 In Re Billy John Roberson 2021-11-10 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code How could I receive an Guilty Verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of this supposed incident, I, Billy John Rooerson, did no…
21-5846 Luke W. Cain v. California California 2021-10-01 Denied IFP constitutional-permissibility criminal-punishment double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent multiple-offenses multiple-punishments penal-code sentencing GENERALLY, A FEDERAL COURT MAY NOT REVIEW A STATE COURT SENTENCE THAT IS WITHIN THE STATUTORY LIMITS. IT MAY VACATE A SENTENCE, HOWEVER IF IT WAS IMPO…
21-5578 Guy Don Minze v. Texas Texas 2021-09-03 Denied IFP court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-facts jurisdiction notice penal-code prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vindictiveness standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence tex-r-app-p Did the Court of Appeals err in failing to base its Opinion on the evidentiary and adjudicated facts in the record i.e. the Trial Court's "judgment of…
21-5299 John Johnson, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-08-04 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 desciminate who is an<d.who is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing…
20-146 Mark Henry Benavides v. Texas Texas 2020-08-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process human-trafficking overbreadth penal-code statutory-interpretation vagueness WHETHER SECTION 20A.03 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
19-8282 In Re Robbie Gene Watson, Jr. 2020-04-17 Denied IFP arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-law discriminatory-enforcement due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review penal-code sufficiency-of-evidence vagueness Did reasonable jurist debate whether Penal Code section 206 is Constitutionally void for purported vagueness because it is capable of arbitrary and di…
19-7879 Luis D. Rivera-Carrasquillo, et al. v. United States First Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence first-degree-murder penal-code plain-error puerto-rico-penal-code racketeering sentencing-enhancement violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering 1. Is first degree murder, as broadly and idiosyncratically defined under the 2004 Puerto Rico Penal Code: (a) included in the category of "murder" as…
19-7859 Marlon Blacher v. California California 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-seizure civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process due-process judicial-procedure neutral-hearing penal-code property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Is it not true that in view of the matters brought to be heard (see APPENDIX A-1a.) the Courts Summary denial is Unreasonable and advance the an Ac…
19-692 Sunil Deo v. California California 2019-12-02 Denied Amici (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process federal-law fifth-amendment penal-code property-rights state-law takings takings-clause 1. Does California's application of Penal Code section 115 to deprive lienholders of their property, which conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent…
19-6450 Sherif Sayed Mahmoud v. Texas Texas 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutionality content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech penal-code standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions texas-penal-code 1. Whether Section 33.021 of the Texas Penal Code is a content-based restriction. The courts of appeals continue applying the incorrect standard of re…
19-6407 Derran Smiley v. California California 2019-10-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance penal-code post-conviction retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing state-court-ruling 1) APPELLANT OFFENSES WERE COMMITTED IN 2004, BUT, IN 2006 PENAL CODE § 667.6(d) WAS AMENDED AND INCREASED THE PUNISHMENT WHILE CHANGING THE VIOLATING…
19-5370 Pedro Medina Castillon v. California California 2019-07-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction harmless-error heat-of-passion jury-instructions penal-code preemption standing state-law-claim subject-matter-jurisdiction vagueness presentedquestion (s)IV.this Honorable from theand/or petition sCastillon wishesPetitioner Pedro Medina review this Stateand in distinguishing and/or …
19-5199 Billy John Roberson v. Rowlett Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights absence-from-crime-scene aggravated-assault-elements assault-elements burden-of-proof conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence penal-code second-amendment sentencing-issues standing texas texas-penal-code 1. How could I receive an Guilty Verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of this supposed incident, I, Billy John Roberson, di…
18-9285 Dean A. Schwartzmiller v. California California 2019-05-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech overbreadth penal-code sixth-amendment vagueness void-for-vagueness Is California Penal Code § 288 void for vagueness and over-breadth and contrary to the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Con…
18-8975 Derran Smiley v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto kidnapping kidnapping-enhancement one-strike-statute penal-code retroactive-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) WAS PETITIONER SMILEY WRONGFULLY CHARGED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED WITH BREAKING A SPECIFIED STATUTE, (PC:607, GCD)), WHICH CHANGED THE LEGAL CONSEQ…
18-7114 Earle D. Williams v. California California 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-kidnapping asportation constitutional-vagueness criminal-law dimaya-precedent due-process kidnapping penal-code sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether California Penal Code Section 209(b) is unconstitutionally vague under Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018), as applied to …
18-5484 William N. Washington v. California California 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing custody-credits due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus original-sentence penal-code penal-code-1170.18 proposition-47 resentencing safe-neighborhoods-act sentencing sentencing-discretion WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO RECALCULATE ALL DAYS OF CUSTODY FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL JUDGMENT, AND ONLY AWARDED CUSTODY CREDITS FROM …