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25-6180 David Craig Milam v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court guilty-plea judicial-discretion plea-withdrawal sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Petitioner's motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
25-6100 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights identity-theft judicial-misconduct plea-withdrawal statute-of-limitations video-testimony (1) Whether Petitioner was induced to take a plea agreement when Judge T. Michael Scolnghts stated "The Court... we go through all this, tell these ot…
25-5621 Ja'Kroi Allen Banks v. Texas Texas 2025-09-12 Denied IFP critical-stage due-process ineffective-assistance plea-withdrawal pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment Ja'Krai Banks filed an 11.07 on August 23, 2019. Banks received an affidavit from Private Investigator James McKay in March of 2020. Banks used McKay'…
24A649 Cristian M. Loga-Negru v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2024-12-31 Presumed Complete ineffective-assistance jurisdiction newly-discovered-evidence plea-withdrawal postconviction-motions pro-se Question not identified.
24-5595 David Tran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plea-withdrawal voluntariness If a guilty plea was not entered into knowingly and voluntarily, may it be withdrawn under without inquiry into other factors?
24-5282 Darrell Gunn v. New York New York 2024-08-08 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance plea-withdrawal sentencing WHETHER APPELLANT COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE FOR STRONG APPELLATE CLAIM THAT A WITHDRAWAL OF GUILTY PLEA WAS MADE PRIOR TO SENTENCING?
24-5168 Edward Nicholas Reeder v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability court-order final-order habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure motion-disposition motion-to-withdraw-plea plea-withdrawal trial-counsel voluntary-dismissal 1. Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to object and request that the lower court to address the disposition of Reeder's motion to withdraw plea…
24A37 Hussein Kadhim Abood Khalaf v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-12 Presumed Complete deportation-risk guilty-plea immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance padilla-standard plea-withdrawal Question not identified.
23-7683 Keon Lamont Lee v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sixth-circuit Should a district court grant a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw a guilty plea if that plea was made without full knowledge of its consequences?
23-6422 Raymond J. Kraynak v. United States Third Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure due-process fair-and-just-reason guilty-plea judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing trial-court-discretion withdrawal-of-plea I. Whether Petitioner has sufficiently shown a fair and just reason for requesting withdrawal of his guilty plea such that the trial court shall grant…
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…
23-5514 Rodger William Dillard v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-09-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion alford-plea appeal court-rules criminal-procedure due-process judicial-abuse judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentence-correction sentencing 1. Did the District in and for Natrona County 7th Judicial Abuse its power when it accepted the Petitioner alford plea because the the statue reads as…
23-5016 Jonathan Limbrick v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure fair-and-just-reason fifth-circuit guilty-plea kercheval-v-united-states plea-withdrawal rule-11 DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ERR BY FINDING THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION TO DENY MR. LIMBRI CK'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA DID NOT CONSTITUTE …
22-7459 Joseph Church v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit guilty-plea involuntary-plea notice plea-withdrawal sentencing I. Whether it is harmless error when a guilty plea is obtained in violation of due process of law when a judgment of conviction is entered without pro…
22-1043 Joshua Louis Rupp v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split due-process government-inducement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-guidelines Whether the Sixth Circuit split with the Second, and erroneously departed from this Court's jurisprudence, when it refused to honor the spirit of the …
22-7300 James D. Sullivan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability counsel-abandonment counsel-misconduct federal-bench habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct miscarriage-of-justice plea-withdrawal pro-se pro-se-representation standing 1. Will this Court remand with a certificate of appealability in a case where a district court perverted the habeas corpus process by ignoring specifi…
22-7084 Christopher Daniel Lutker v. Michigan Michigan 2023-03-23 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea involuntary-confession knowingly-voluntarily mental-competency plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing trial-court-discretion x, £>lP C-HHT^TOpHEM DAHTTT ZHTHE& KNOWTMZZYj I NTT/LLX&TNTIy AND YOIUNTARILYMADE WHEN H E WAS 5J3aK AND SOJU-TN&HIMEJTLF ANDPZMZEP A fiESrACOM uMTL…
22-812 Isaac D. Koch v. Nebraska Nebraska 2023-02-28 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal protection-order standing statutory-interpretation What is the government's interpretation of an order against all contact and communication and presence? If the Court agrees that the power of the peo…
22-6556 Lawrence Anderson Fonseca, fka Lawrence Anderson Fonseca-Garcia v. United States First Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure foreign-national guilty-plea innocence new-evidence plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether Fonseca should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in light of new evidence supporting his claim of innocence. 2. Whether the district …
22-537 Ramy Eid Zaki Hakim v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response Waived due-process evidentiary-hearing government-inducement government-promise guilty-plea immigration-status judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal When Can a Defendant, Induced to Enter a Guilty Plea by the Government's Promise to Assist the Defendant with His Immigration Status, Move to Withdraw…
22-5746 Chrystal Clues-Alexander v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-waiver criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea jury-unanimity plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal ramos-retroactivity retroactivity right-to-jury-trial unanimous-jury Whether this Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), provides grounds for a defendant to withdraw her pre-Ramos plea of guilty be…
22-5711 Joshua Austin Kramer, aka Benjamin Franklin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-resources legal-innocence plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal prejudice withdrawal-of-plea Whether the district court erred by denying Petitioner's motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
21-8045 Marcellus Overton v. United States Second Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea materiality materiality-standard plea-withdrawal reasonable-defendant rule-11 united-states-v-dominguez-benitez 1. When a defendant seeks to withdraw his or her guilty plea based upon the Government's failure to timely disclose exculpatory evidence, is the "mate…
21-8007 In Re Michael David Hower 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 aedpa criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massaro-v-united-states plea-withdrawal Has AEDPA created an unconstitutional barrier that has rendered the petitioners remedy under 28 U.S.C. §2255 inadequate or ineffective to test the leg…
21-7906 Ruben Sanchez v. Illinois Illinois 2022-05-18 Denied IFP adequate-representation due-process judicial-consideration legal-representation plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal pro-se public-defender withdrawal 1. Does a Pro Se plaintiff have a due process right to the adequate performance of counsel when represented by a public defender for the purpose of wi…
21-7798 Francisco Manuel Padilla v. California California 2022-05-06 Denied IFP constitutional-rights counsel-appointment criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal right-to-counsel standard-of-review 1. DID THE COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION, AND THEREBY VIOLATE APPELLANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, WHEN IT DENIED HIS MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS PLEAS? 2. DID…
21-6955 Erica Umbay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interstate-commerce plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-guidelines Whether a Criminal Defendant Can Withdraw a Plea Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(3) if the Plea Lacked an Adequate Factual Basis? Whet…
21-6912 Jamar Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review cell-phone-data constitutional-rights counsel-performance criminal-procedure fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence ineffective-assistance plea-withdrawal privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure liE TItetZ ntElZE E)(1 sr A- SLIFF x cr-c-ry T E577.1SLtsli P8 - 7ri n on/ PLEA oF Gu I . L Ptiaulinrr m caw -r ON& (*I Che-rded vio La,.1-7 o Ai Cam-…
21-6886 Roberto Martinez-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fair-and-just-reason plea-withdrawal presumption-of-innocence rule-11 Whether a defendant who enters a plea of guilty, but moves to withdraw such plea prior to sentencing, while at the same time properly articulating a p…
21-6806 Armin Wand, III v. Gary Boughton, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability coerced-confession confession-suppression constitutional-provisions due-process manifest-injustice newly-discovered-evidence plea-withdrawal stay-of-proceedings unreliable-confession 1. SHOULD ARMIN WAND, III S SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 STATEMENT HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED? 2. DOES THE COERCED UNRELIABLE CONFESSION PROVIDE A MANIFEST INJUSTICE …
21-6784 Brian James Talbot v. Virginia Virginia 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-consistency legal-precedent plea-withdrawal precedent Can the decision in the present case and the prior decision of the Court of Appeals of Virginia in Williams v. Commonwealth and its progeny, be reconc…
21-5783 Brian D. Smith v. Montana Montana 2021-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction procedural-default right-to-counsel sentencing Is a motion to withdraw guilty plea considered a "critical Stage" requiring the assistance of counsel for a person "too poor" to hire one at the follo…
21-5430 Percy Allen Stucks v. Florida Florida 2021-08-24 Denied IFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process florida-law judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal pre-trial-motion right-to-trial withdrawal-of-plea Does a Florida defendant have the right to withdraw plea before trial?
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…
21-122 Davin Seth Waters v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mutual-mistake plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal voluntariness 1) Does the doctrine of mutual mistake provide a cognizable basis to find a guilty plea involuntary?
20-8221 Terrence Lavaron Thomas v. Michigan Michigan 2021-06-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance plea-withdrawal right-to-counsel right-to-speedy-trial sentencing sentencing-error speedy-trial Was Defense counsel ineffective in failing to contest the sufficiency of evidence against Mr. Thomas, as he was charged with assault with a dangerous …
20-8122 Andi Mustafa v. Michigan Michigan 2021-05-25 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process factual-basis ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel no-contest-plea plea-bargaining plea-colloquy plea-withdrawal search-and-seizure search-warrant Is Plaintiff entitled to withdraw his no contest plea when he was not interrogated by the judge to determine the factual basis for his plea and the Ju…
20-7764 Jamil Stefon Carter v. O'Bell T. Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection motion-to-suppress plea-withdrawal right-to-appeal Ground Ona: DUE PROCESS REQUIRES PLEA WITHDRAWAL WHERE PETITIONER DID NOT KNOW HIS GUILTY PLEA WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL THE DENIAL OF THE PRE-TRIAL…
20-7545 Tyrone Robinson v. Christopher Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP evidentiary-hearing fact-reduction hearing-standard legal-standing plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief procedural-rule sentencing standard-of-review standing state-court-jurisdiction SEn+edno,, J)oes+hE nesdd? ptaJe <x reeepnahiE P/Miti-ty of ac^(ii'HL c>r Joe& he orShE (We fo pr&Ve a rsagpncibLE © hEafifig) -for -fad-f redA^'i^c^…
20-7161 Tyrell E. Artis v. Ohio Ohio 2021-02-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal res-judicata sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment CAN A PLEA DEAL CONSISTING OF TWO (2) MISDEMEANOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES BE WITHDREW POST SENTENCE, WHEN; (1 ) NO DIRECT APPEAL WAS TAKEN; (2) SAID…
20-6982 Misty R. Weed v. Florida Florida 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-laws constitutional-rights district-court-conflict due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-discretion I. DID THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CREATE A MANIFEST INJUSTICE WHEN IT EXPRESSLY AND DIRECTLY RULED IN CONFLICT WITH DECISIONS OF FELLOW DISTRI…
20-6567 Kedrio Lekeis Summerville v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief The counsel conceded dtiring sentencing that "it was his fault that Mr. Summerville was faced with the increased penalty because he failed to investi…
20-752 Gavin B. Davis v. California California 2020-12-01 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing totality-of-circumstances (1) Did the 4th Dist., Div. 1, Court of Appeal, California, err in its (a) inquiry and (b) application of Boykin / Tahl 1 analysis under its (c) "tota…
20-5824 Trenard Caldwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit fourth-circuit guilty-plea plea-withdrawal rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation structural-error Where a defendant pled guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) prior to Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2029), and it is undisputed that …
20-5148 Robert James Ossawa Wood v. California California 2020-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony no-contest-plea plea-withdrawal standing unlawful-evidence unlawfully-obtained-evidence I WAS PETITIONER HELD TO ANSWER FOR TRIAL BASED ON FALSE TESTIMONY AND UNLAWFULLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE ? II WAS PETITIONER PROVIDENTLY ADVISED FEDERA…
20-5005 Archie Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error plea-withdrawal substantial-rights Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the district court's denial of the Petitioner's motion to withdraw his plea and was it was it an abuse of di…
19-8635 Kenneth Brown v. Kentucky Kentucky 2020-06-08 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington 1. Should a court be allowed to deny the withdrawl of a defendant's guilty plea,- when it is clear that the plea was not entered voluntarily, and wi…
19-7890 Kevin Michael-Ferdinand Richards v. Michigan Michigan 2020-03-06 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-coercion plea-understanding plea-withdrawal trial-court-discretion I. Did The TriAl Court Abuse It's Discretion When It Denied Pla WithdrAwal Under MCR 6.3IOcB); Mr. RicHaRds HAs A Due Process Right To PleA Withdrawal…
19-7271 Eric Hall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute burglary-statutes categorical-approach conviction conviction-requirements criminal-plea entry entry-element firearm-possession generic-crime generic-crimes instrument plea-withdrawal rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of…
19-6551 Neil Timothy Aho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure discovery guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-guidelines withdrawal-of-plea Issue 1: Whether the appellate court erred in not finding that the district court abused its discretion by denying Petitioner's motion to withdraw his…
19-6321 Michael J. Prance v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-withdrawal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether there is a Sixth Amendment right to counsel during plea withdrawal proceedings?
19-6048 Franklin Pillier v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process government-intrusion motion-to-withdraw-plea plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal probation probation-condition probation-conditions strict-scrutiny withdrawal-of-plea I. WHETHER, WHEN THE COURT ASKS A DEFENDANT IF HE IS GUILTY THIRTY-FIVE TIMES BEFORE INFORMING HIM OF THE RIGHTS HE IS FORFEITING AND THE CONSEQUENCES…
19-5690 Seth DiSanto v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP campbell-v-state constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-withdrawal rule-3.172(g) strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred by ruling DiSanto's lawyer was not ineffective by failing to bring to the attention of the trial c…
19-5362 Kasine Deleston v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP and Ultimately Breached if it Contains an Unfulfi ambiguity breach-of-contract criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process government-breach government-misconduct plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-stipulation withdrawal-of-plea Whether a Plea Can be Ambiguous, and Ultimately Breached if it Contains an Unfulfillable Sentencing Stipulation and the Government Fails to Offer the …
18-9748 George Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-procedure discovery due-process fair-trial guilty-plea informant plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-disclosure withdrawal-of-plea GIVEN GOVERNMENT DISCOVERY DISCLOSURE PRACTICES RELATING TO ITS USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS, DOES THE "FAIR AND JUST REASON" STANDARD FOR WITHDRAWA…
18A1333 Alfredo Beltran Leyva v. United States District of Columbia 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence-sufficiency guilty-plea plea-withdrawal sentencing Question not identified.
18-8707 Wallace G. Carlyle v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied IFP constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment history-of-abuse ineffective-assistance mental-retardation plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal right-to-jury-trial sixth-amendment DID TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY CONSIDER MR. CARLYLE'S MENTAL RETARDATION AND HISTORY OF ABUSE, AND OTHER VARIOUS ACTS, DEPRIVE DEFENDANT OF…
18-8649 Bradley Cobbler, aka B-Rad v. United States District of Columbia 2019-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing withdrawal-of-plea Whether the District Court erred by partially denying Mr. Cobbler's Amended Motion to Withdraw Plea of Guilty?
18-8630 Joseph Christopher Birdtail v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal section-2255 Is it error for a district court to deny either discovery proceedings or an evidentiary hearing under the Federal Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceed…
18-8364 James D. Sullivan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure evidence-rule-414 evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-evidence grand-jury plea-agreement plea-withdrawal prosecutorial-discretion rule-104 rule-414 In a prosecution of a child pornography case under Title 18 U.S.C., Chapter 110, the government may seek to admit evidence of prior similar acts under…
18-8198 Brandon Lisi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure curcio-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-challenge Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit committed reversible error by denying Petitioner's timely filed Petition for Reheari…
18-8168 Billy Long v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus hearing-requirement ineffective-assistance-of-counsel material-fact plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief procedural-error withdrawal-of-plea WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD VACATE AND REMAND FOR A HEARING WHERE THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING MR. LONG'S AMENDED PCRA PETITION WITHOUT A HEARING…
18-7035 Eminiano A. Reodica v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea motion-to-withdraw plea-withdrawal rule-11 Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(d) governing motions to withdraw a guilty plea establishes a liberal standard which precludes the distri…
18-6704 Aaron Jonathon Zemke v. Michigan Michigan 2018-11-14 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion bias criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-discretion motion-to-withdraw plea-bargain plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal prejudice prosecutorial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Mr. Zemke received ineffective assistance under the Sixth Amendment when counsel misrepresented Mr. Zemke's case to induce a plea bargain, prejudiced …
18-6699 James Tyrell Drane v. Michigan Michigan 2018-11-14 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sixth-amendment I. DOES PETITIONER DRANE HAVE A DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO PLEA WITHDRAWAL OR AT MINIMUM A GINTHER HEARING WHERE HIS PLEA WAS UNKNOWING AND INVOLUNTARY, RES…
18-5256 Brandon Wade Moragne-El v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-07-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection guilty-plea judicial-precedent pennsylvania plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal precedent sentencing supreme-court 1. Does the denial of the Petitioner's Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea contradict Precedent case law from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the S…