| 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 … |