| 25-848 |
Alabama v. Michael Anthony Powell |
Alabama |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
|
constitutional-procedure context-analysis griffin-error prejudice-standard prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination |
1. Whether courts must reverse for Griffin error without examining a prosecutor's comment in context and without finding prejudice.
Or the Court shou… |
| 25-580 |
Gary Richard Whitton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Pending |
Amici (2) |
appellate-review constitutional-error giglio-violation habeas-corpus prejudice-standard trial-evidence |
1. Whether in determining whether a constitutional error had a prejudicial effect on the outcome of a trial a court must consider only that evidence t… |
| 25-99 |
William Thomas Hudson, III v. Michael Meisner, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ineffective-assistance investigation-deficiency prejudice-standard right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-test |
Whether a court evaluating an ineffective assistance of counsel claim may rely on the testimony of counsel who has failed to conduct an adequate inves… |
| 24-6134 |
Joshua Idlefonso Villalobos v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-review expert-evidence forensic-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard |
Petitioner Joshua Villalobos was convicted largely on the unchallenged testimony of a medical examiner, Dr. Alex Zhang, who concluded that the victim … |
| 24-6052 |
Terius Thomas, aka Terius Brown, aka Terry Brown v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict judicial-review plain-error prejudice-standard sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit has created a new exception to Molina-Martinez's plain error prejudice standard which conflicts with the general rule tha… |
| 24-5483 |
Spyros Panos v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-ethics conflict-of-interest constitutional-law criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard |
In Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), this Court held that a defendant alleging ineffective assistance of counsel based on a lawyer's conflict o… |
| 24-5405 |
Michael Edwin Harding v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining prejudice-standard sentencing-guidelines |
Whether contrary to Lee v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 1958 (2017), the district court applied the incorrect prejudice standard to support its decision t… |
| 24-5189 |
Brandon Alexander v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof direct-appeal evidence-admission harmless-error inadmissible-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard sixth-amendment |
When a defendant asserts IAC on direct appeal in Ohio for failing to object to inadmissible evidence and is able to demonstrate deficient performance,… |
| 23-6809 |
Warren Lee Mackey v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence harmless-error judicial-precedent prejudice prejudice-standard trial-testimony witness-bolstering witness-testimony |
Circuits are applying different tests to gauge prejudice resulting from testimony that improperly bolsters or vouches for the testimony of another wit… |
| 23-6559 |
Marcus Johnson v. Randy Irwin, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-deference confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony expert-witness judicial-review prejudice prejudice-standard self-defense sixth-amendment testimonial-statements |
1. Did the Third Circuit err in deferring to the District Court's finding that Mr. Johnson suffered no prejudice from the Confrontation violation that… |
| 23-6099 |
Carlos Noe Gallegos v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split citizenship-denaturalization denaturalization guilty-plea habeas-corpus immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel naturalized-citizenship padilla-standard padilla-v-kentucky prejudice-standard |
1. Should the Court resolve the circuit split regarding whether Padilla applies to denaturalization consequences flowing from a guilty plea?
2. Did t… |
| 23-5964 |
William Glenn Rogers v. Zac Pounds, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-phase prejudice-standard prejudice-test strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Is application of a prejudice standard that requires a
habeas petitioner to "eliminate or completely discredit" the prosecution's
trial evidence in… |
| 23-5959 |
Jason Claude Edwards v. Tristan Lemon, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
counsel-advice ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye ninth-circuit plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit majority unreasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court law by approving as reasonable a state court prejudice an… |
| 23-5660 |
Taberon Dave Honie v. Robert Powell, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP |
capital-sentencing constitutional-rights federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-waiver prejudice-standard state-statutory-right waiver |
After misadvisin g Petitioner Taberon Honie to waive his right to capital sentencing by a jury, Mr. Honie's counsel later erroneously told him that it… |
| 22-7482 |
Ralph Leroy Menzies v. Robert Powell, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
adequate-appeal appellate-review capital-case due-process prejudice prejudice-standard transcript transcript-reconstruction voir-dire |
1. Does the petitioner's Due Process right to an adequate and effective appeal in a capital case require a new trial where critical portions of the pr… |
| 22-6811 |
A. B. v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 conflict-of-interest criminal-justice-system cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington successive-conflict successive-representation |
Where a defendant's lawyer owed conflicting duties to her and a former client, should she receive a new trial if the actual conflict adversely affecte… |
| 22-6399 |
Kerry Simpson v. Tom Watson, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process judicial-reasoning legal-standard manifest-weight prejudice prejudice-standard standard-of-review |
1. Did the Federal Appellate Court Apply the Correct Standard in the Determination of Prejudice?
2. Manifest Weight of the Evidence.
3. Can a "Juris… |
| 22-587 |
Maurice Andrews v. District Attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-12-27 |
Denied |
|
due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions prejudice-standard sixth-amendment structural-error trial-counsel |
Whether, in the context of habeas proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the failure of trial counsel to object to a jury instruction which does not cont… |
| 22-469 |
Cooperative Educational Service Agency #5 v. Sarah Simon |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-rights equitable-relief federal-family-medical-leave-act fmla-violation monetary-damages prejudice-standard ragsdale-v-wolverine-world-wide seventh-circuit-interpretation standing |
1. Does an employee's subjective loss of status that cannot be remedied by monetary damages or appropriate equitable relief constitute prejudice that … |
| 22-5791 |
Erin Carter v. St. Tammany Parish School Board, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure employer-discretion employment-discrimination fmla-rights incomplete-discovery incomplete-record judicial-review jury-trial prejudice-standard standard-of-review summary-judgment |
The district court in this case held that petitioner had no FMLA rights because her migraines were not a serious health condition, could not prove dis… |
| 22-5662 |
Sergio Trevino v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights counsel-deficiency criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudice-inquiry prejudice-standard probation-misadvice reasonable-probability reject-plea-offer waive-right-to-trial |
In an ineffective assistance of counsel claim alleging probation misadvice, to what degree (if any) should the possibility of a conviction have on the… |
| 22-5109 |
Teddy Brian Sanchez v. Ronald Broomfield, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-error brain-dysfunction capital-sentencing capital-trial circuit-split cumulative-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit penalty-phase prejudice-standard |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit err when it found that Petitioner's "organic" brain dysfunction was not enough of a red flag to trigger a duty for trial coun… |
| 21-7794 |
Paul C. Bolin v. Ron Broomfield, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-factors capital-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-discretion mitigation mitigation-evidence prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
This capital case, in which defense counsel's investigation and preparation for the penalty phase was grossly deficient, presents two questions concer… |
| 21-7771 |
James Lamar Strickland v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-disclosure criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the court of appeals improperly applied the prejudice standard articulated by this Court in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), to … |
| 21-1359 |
Robert Corliss v. Crossroads Financing, LLC, et al. |
California |
2022-04-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-waiver california-state-court contract-law contractual-rights court-inconsistency equal-treatment equal-treatment-principle litigation-conduct prejudice prejudice-standard waiver |
1. WHETHER "PREJUDICE" TO THE PARTY
OPPOSING ARBITRATION IS EVEN A FACTOR,
LET ALONE THE DETERMINATIVE FACTOR, A
CALIFORNIA STATE COURT OR ANY STATE O… |
| 21-1157 |
Dennis Spencer v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
attorney-performance conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation multiple-clients personal-conflicts prejudice prejudice-standard |
In Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), this Court held that a defendant alleging ineffective assistance of counsel based on a lawyer's conflict o… |
| 21-7171 |
Robin Lee Sherwood v. George A. Neotti, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
competency competency-to-plead-guilty guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
In evaluating the prejudice prong of habeas petitioner Robin Sherwood's ineffective assistance of counsel claim concerning his competency to plead gui… |
| 21-6822 |
James Edward Barber v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-evidence capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions mental-health-evidence mitigation-evidence prejudice prejudice-standard split-verdict |
This case concerns the prejudice resulting from ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of a capital case. For petitioner James Bar… |
| 21-6727 |
Zane Dickinson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deficient-performance direct-appeal habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-preservation prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-probability trial-counsel |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner whose trial counsel performed deficiently by failing to preserve a meritorious issue for appeal satisfies the prej… |
| 20-8270 |
Maurice A. Jackson v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-of-appeals criminal-procedure dna-testing evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-standard standard-of-review trial-counsel witness-impeachment |
1. Did the third circuit court err in deferring to the Court of Common Pleas finding that Mr. Jackson was not prejudiced by trial counsel not having k… |
| 20-8252 |
Timothy James Thompson v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
default habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion martinez-v-ryan prejudice prejudice-standard trial-counsel trial-judge |
Whether when assessing prejudice to determine if the default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim should be excused under Martinez v. R… |
| 20-1440 |
David Abram Anaya v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-deficiency due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-probability |
Whether this Court's decisions clearly establish that a defendant can show he was prejudiced by his counsel's deficient performance causing him to rej… |
| 20-7709 |
Alvin Henry v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-material brady-v-maryland due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel giglio-disclosure giglio-v-united-states prejudice-standard reasonable-probability third-circuit trial-counsel trial-procedure |
Whether the Third Circuit's focus on trial counsel's effective use of Brady/Giglio material at trial is consistent with this Court's uniform precedent… |
| 20-1295 |
United States v. Timothy Zachary Green |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession plain-error-review prejudice-standard statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction for possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 … |
| 20-6703 |
Roberto Antoine Darden, aka Dizz-e, aka Javon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-court factual-dispute fourth-circuit government-breach hill-v-lockhart legal-interpretation plea-bargain plea-contract prejudice prejudice-standard |
If the government refused to dispute the factual manifestations of the I.
Petitioner's government breach daim because clause three of the plea
contrac… |
| 20-6079 |
In Re Dale McKenzie |
|
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard sentencing sentencing-error trial-court-discretion unconstitutional-law void-conviction |
GROUND ONE
1. Has prejudice been shown where the trial court overruled
the defendant's motion for continuance to show that his prior
Georgia convict… |
| 20-5651 |
Christopher R. Gish v. Randall Hepp, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure hill-v-lockhart immigration immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states plea-bargaining prejudice-standard |
In Lee v. United States , __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1958, 1965 (2017), this Court held that in assessing whether a defense attorney's deficient advice th… |
| 20-119 |
Louis Ruggiero v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure evidentiary-hearing federal-charges ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-standard section-2255 |
Should the court of appeals have granted a certificate of appealability on whether a district court may deny a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 evidentiary hearing on… |
| 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… |
| 19-1473 |
Phillip Hartsfield v. Stepanie Dorethy, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-certification contemporaneous-assertion contemporaneous-objection federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard right-to-testify state-court-requirement strickland-standard strickland-v-washington witness-testimony |
1. Whether th e lower court err ed by holding that th e preju dice standard
applying to ineffective assi stance of counsel claims under Strickland v. … |
| 19-8866 |
Yara Chum v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections |
First Circuit |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-analysis prejudice-standard sixth-amendment state-court-review state-law-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Did the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit err in holding that a state court decision was not contrary to federal law when, in deciding a Sixth Am… |
| 19-7883 |
Tyrone Harris, Sr. v. Arkansas |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing criminal-statute-conflict due-process habitual-offender judicial-review prejudice prejudice-standard sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Mr. Harris alleges an obvious conflict between the criminal 16-93-609(b), and the habitual offender statute 5-4-501(d)(2), that prohibits the two from… |
| 19-7223 |
Erik Bilal Khan v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arraignment counsel-duty criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance lesser-crimes plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-probability right-to-counsel |
Does the right of a defendant to the effective assistance of counsel at every critical stage of a criminal proceeding, including arraignment, encompas… |
| 19-6880 |
Gregory Bartunek v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-relief constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exceptional-circumstances habeas-corpus prejudice prejudice-standard speedy-trial |
IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEMONSTRATION OF PREJUDICE TO THE ACCUSED'S ABILITY TO DEFEND HIMSELF ESSENTIAL TO PROVE THE DENIAL OF HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL?
… |
| 19-6351 |
Geoffrey Elkington v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-standard state-court-deference trial-counsel |
Did the Third Circuit err in deferring to the State Court finding that Petitioner was not prejudiced by Petitioner's trial attorney failing to enter i… |
| 19-5918 |
Brandon Kyle Thomas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§-2255-motion appellate-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal idaho-v-garza ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-rule prejudice-standard presumption-of-prejudice roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
After trial and again after sentencing, Brandon Thomas requested that his attorney appeal the criminal judgment. Counsel's advice consisted of "if you… |
| 19-5465 |
Isela Alejandra Campos v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court district-court-error guideline-range guidelines molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
When the district court fails to calculate the Guideline range at sentencing, whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to sh… |
| 19-5332 |
Todd J. Tibbs v. Randy Grounds, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa appellate-review factual-determination factual-determinations federal-court-review federal-habeas habeas-corpus prejudice-standard some-evidence standard state-court-deference |
1. Does federal habeas law allow the application of a "some evidence" standard in upholding state court factual determinations?
2. Is it correct to m… |
| 18-9666 |
Jose Hernandez v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment prejudice-standard prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct witness-impeachment |
1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated where, in reviewing a defendant's a Fourteenth Amendment Due Process violati… |
| 18-8855 |
Eric A. Hicks v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-error criminal-procedure guidelines molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard molina-martinez-v-united-states prejudice prejudice-standard procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the court of appeals' decision conflicts with this Court's decision in Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338 (2016), in concluding… |
| 18-1156 |
Morgenthau Venture Partners, LLC, et al. v. Robert A. Kimmel |
Florida |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review arbitration blanket-order circuit-split federal-arbitration-act kpmg-llp-v-cocchi motion-to-compel prejudice prejudice-standard standing waiver waiver-defense |
1) Whether the Florida court of appeal's one-word refusal to compel arbitration disregards this Court's decision in KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 565 U.S. 18 (2… |
| 18-7693 |
Dustin Dressner v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
brain-damage ineffective-assistance-of-counsel organic-brain-damage penalty-phase prejudice-standard sears-v-upton sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether it violates the Sixth Amendment and this Court's precedent in Strickland v. Washington 466 U.S. 668, 104 S. Ct 2052 (1984) and Sears v. Upton,… |
| 18-7011 |
John S. Myzer v. George W. Bush, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure final-order personal-jurisdiction prejudice-standard service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
May a district court dismiss a case with prejudice that has not begun?
Should a delay of many years between the dismissal of a case and a Fed.R.Civ.P… |
| 18-6635 |
Eddie Hampton v. California |
California |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error felony-murder first-degree-murder jury-instruction jury-instructions murder natural-and-probable-consequence natural-probable-consequence prejudice-standard premeditated-murder standard-of-prejudice |
Ft] he jury was rroneousiy insLrjted on (a) Murder as a ui :ural and p:5able consq:ience per pe0p.e VS enLu SY al 4 Lb 5 172 caL Rptr 3d 438 325 P .3d… |
| 18-5982 |
Todd F. Britton-Harr v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lee-v-united-states prejudice prejudice-standard reasonable-person sixth-amendment |
Does the Court's decision in Lee v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 1958 (2017) allow lower courts to require a showing that a "reasonable person" would have… |
| 18-5289 |
Stephen Dale Barbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
client-autonomy ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana post-conviction prejudice prejudice-standard sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington structural-error |
1. Did the Fifth Circuit impose an improper ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard, which required him to show prejudice, to Barbee's claim that h… |