| 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… |
| 25-5164 |
Pierre Alexander Amerson v. Leslie Cooley Dismukes, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-representation due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-intervention plea-negotiations |
Whether A post-conviction attorney should have been stopped from proceeding with ex parte exploratory and ask a disproportionate, the subsequent given… |
| 24-7304 |
Eric Alonzo Windham v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure judicial-participation plain-error-review plea-negotiations safety-valve-eligibility |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's plain error review properly considered the full record under United States v. Davila, 569 U.S. 597 (2013), or wrongly l… |
| 24-7220 |
Barry Ray Knight v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-charging defendant-rights due-process plea-negotiations prosecutorial-discretion vindictive-prosecution |
Can prosecutors evade vindictiveness claims any time they make a new charge against a defendant after the breakdown of plea negotiations, no matter th… |
| 24-6329 |
George Ivory v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations rule-15 |
While pursuing habeas relief on an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel theory, George Ivory learned that the Government materially misrepresented the st… |
| 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.
… |
| 23-7650 |
Samuel Cuellar v. Jeff Tanner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-violation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing |
I. PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO REINSTATEMENT OF PLEA OFFER WHERE COUNSEL FAILED TO INFORM HIM DURING PLEA NEGOTIATIONS THAT IF HE WAS CONVICTED UNDER MC… |
| 23-6379 |
Terrence LaFaive v. Records Custodian, Waukesha County District Attorney |
Wisconsin |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-work-product civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-negotiations public-records standing |
1. Does the Common-Law exception recognized in State ex rel. Richards v. Foust
- that doesn't require a response from a Records Custodian to a public… |
| 23-6225 |
Michael Ramsey v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process negotiation-strategy plea-bargaining plea-negotiations right-to-claim-innocence |
Does Petitioner give up the right to claim innocence as a bargaining tool during plea negotiations? |
| 23-6207 |
Ottis J. Cummings Jr., aka Ottis Junior Cummings, aka Otis Cummings, aka Ottis J. Commings, aka Otis J. Cummings v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2023-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations sex-discrimination standing trial-counsel |
A). . . . Whether the Court aos denied Se + Maer Tutisdie~
Hon" proceedings due to otatolly Mckay sexh? |
B). . . .Whebher Yro iadielmnent aos, orren… |
| 23-5248 |
Nikolas Gacho v. Tyrone Baker, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment |
1) Should the 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals have issued a certificate of
appe&libility to petitioner Nikolas Gacho where his ineffective assistance of
… |
| 22-7656 |
In Re Brad Edmonds |
|
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment gps-tracking habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations privacy search-and-seizure standing |
Whether the United States court of Appeals previously addressed GPS tracking warrant and in conflict with a lower court of appeals and Supreme court?
… |
| 22-7426 |
George Donald Hatt, Jr. v. Washington |
Washington |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel informed-consent informed-decision mandatory-minimums offender-score plea-bargain plea-negotiations trial-strategy |
Does effective assistance of counsel in a plea bargain context require that counsel actually and substantially assist a client in deciding whether to … |
| 22-7378 |
Patrick Ellis Cochran v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Petitioner experienced extreme prejudice for 7 months while held in continous custody _2_ .counties away, waiting to answer charges — in Fairfax Count… |
| 22-781 |
Fabio Ochoa v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-effect brady-violation conflict-of-interest cuyler-v-sullivan due-process giglio-material ineffective-assistance multiple-counsel plea-negotiations |
1. On review of petitioner's claim of ineffective
assistance based on counsel's conflict of interest in plea
negotiations, the Eleventh Circuit conclu… |
| 22-6240 |
Robert Dale Hines v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
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| 22-5364 |
Quartavious Davis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel Sixth-Amendment Strickland-v-Washington |
Does a criminal defense attorney provide prejudicially ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to initiate plea negotiations with the prosecutors… |
| 22-5283 |
Gerald Funk v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consequences constitutional-rights guilty-plea guilty-plea-negotiation ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations plea-offer sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy |
1. Whether trial counsel's Sixth Amendment duties to a client during the
guilty-plea negotiation stages require him to affirmatively assist a
client i… |
| 22-5074 |
Kurtis D. Worley v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief seizure settlements |
1. Whether Petitioners lost Conviction Petition
2. Whether Trial Counsel Rendered Ineffective Assistance of Counsel lhere he falled to advance the Ar… |
| 21-6074 |
Nikolas Gacho v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-admonishment plea-negotiations prejudice sixth-amendment |
I.
Does a plea admonishment cure all prejudice and preclude
a defendant from challenging counsel's representation
during the plea negotiations process… |
| 20-8244 |
Abdul S. Aziz v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19-impact due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel perjured-testimony plea-negotiations police-misconduct pro-se-brief |
1) Was error Committed by the Appellate Division when it neglected to consider
Appellant 's Pro- Se Supplemental Brief, or to file said brief conside… |
| 20-7965 |
Jeffrey Ray Sundwall v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-05-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief |
Question not identified. |
| 20-7583 |
Thomas Mark Hild v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment autonomous-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-justice defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel habitual-criminal plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prior-convictions |
1) Given this Court has ruled that our criminal justice system is largely
a system of pleas rather than trials, is there a constitutional
requirement … |
| 20-6361 |
Robert L. Davis v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-review standing weight-of-evidence |
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| 19-7868 |
Steven B. Turner v. Mike Kemna |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment trial-fairness |
In Missouri, it is an ensuing plea of guilty that implicates the constitution. A criminal defendant cannot succeed on a post-conviction claim of ineff… |
| 19-6659 |
In Re Arturo Rodriguez Ornalez |
|
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rule-11 sentencing structural-error |
WHETHER CONSTITUTION AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS AND RULE 11 VIOLATIONS MAY HAVE RENDERED ARTURO RODRIGUEZ ORNALEZ'S SENTENCE AND CONVICTION CONSTITUTION… |
| 19-6141 |
Donnie Ray Jose v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process judicial-discretion plea-negotiations prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions trial-strategy |
When a federal prosecutor concedes a serious discovery violation shortly before trial, should the district court's response take into account, among o… |
| 19-5965 |
Robert Jessie Hill v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing |
(A). When a defendant pleads guilty to a charge, in addition to the "direct" and "collateral" consequences of the party does the Fourteenth Amendment … |
| 19-5949 |
Marcelino Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 district-court federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rule-11 substantial-rights |
1) When a district court violates Rule 11(c)(1) of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure by interfering in plea negotiations, can a
defendant ordina… |
| 19-5728 |
Kristin L. Hardy v. Kelly Santoro, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel performance-prong plea-negotiations sentencing-exposure state-court |
(1) Whether a federal appel late court fai ls to provi de legitimate federal
habeas revi ew when i t rejects an i neffecti ve assi stance of counsel c… |
| 19-5023 |
Jason Keith Walker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-v-united-states brady-violation due-process fifth-amendment giglio-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel napue-v-illinois plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sixth-amendment |
1. Whether the petitioner, Jason Keith Walker, is entitled to a certificate of appealability on his claim that his trial counsel provided ineffective … |
| 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… |
| 18-9438 |
Nathaniel Woods v. Cynthia Stewart, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,ma ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan plea-bargaining plea-negotiations trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler |
Could reasonable jurists disagree with the district court's rejection of Mr. Woods' claim that Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), and Trevino v. Tha… |
| 18-8961 |
Dion Thomas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion blackledge-v-allison civil-rights district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-hearing-discretion habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ins-v-phinpathya plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rose-v-lundy sixth-amendment standing unsworn-statements |
QUESTION # ONE: Whether the District Court abused it's discretion by failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing by relying upon the unsworn statements … |
| 18-8433 |
Emond Durea Logan v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-proceedings effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington totality-of-circumstances |
Whether a defendant may be entitled, at least under some circumstances, to relief as a result of an attorney's ineffective assistance, even if another… |
| 18-8012 |
Tasha Michelle Blackburn v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-communication criminal-procedure due-process duty-to-advise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-acceptance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations professional-responsibility sixth-amendment |
What donstitutes communicating a plea, and does counsel have an obligation to recommend accepting a plea, or rejecting a plea and proceeding to trial? |
| 18-7172 |
Tomas Marco Keen v. Washington |
Washington |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disclosure due-process exculpatory-evidence plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct |
1. Does the prosecutor have a duty to disclose exculpatory information relating to threatened--but not filed--charges during plea negotiations?
2. Do… |
| 18-6949 |
Eric A. Klein v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
critical-stages federal-felony johnson-v-zerbst limited-appearance plea-negotiations pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel |
QUESTION I
Whether in Federal Felony case because of the 6th Amendment of Bill of Rights where the Defense Arraigment Counsel made a "Limited Appeara… |
| 18-6847 |
Sergio Antonio Haro v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing government-agent-reports impeachment impeachment-of-credibility magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-plea-negotiations plea-negotiations prejudice pro-se pro-se-habeas sixth-amendment |
I Was the petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel's failure to effectively use gover… |
| 18-6689 |
Israel Sanchez v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations pleading-standard supreme-court-precedent |
Is California's stringent pleading standard to allege a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations contrary to the governing … |
| 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 … |
| 18-106 |
John R. Turner v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-procedure dual-sovereignty formal-charges plea-bargaining plea-negotiations pre-charge pre-indictment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
I. Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches when the prosecutor conducts plea negotiations before the filing of a formal charge.
II. Whe… |