| 25-5951 |
Ronald Tai Young Moon, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus prejudicial-evidence sealed-transcripts |
1. Whether denying access to sealed ex parte transcripts, essential for proving
actual innocence through alibi witnesses and third-party perpetrator … |
| 24-7243 |
Dieudruch Emmanuel v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances marital-privilege prejudicial-evidence probative-value witness-testimony |
WHETHER THE MARITAL PRIVILEGE WARRANTS LIMITING THE WIFE'S TESTIMONY UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN FAILURE TO DO SO WILL ALLOW HIGHLY PREJUDI… |
| 23-1186 |
Rodney Thomas Ternovsky v. Florida |
Florida |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
consent due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment irrelevant-evidence jury-prejudice prejudicial-evidence trial-procedure |
Whether the Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair trial was violated when the trial court allowed the State to inform the jury… |
| 23-6983 |
Christopher James Michelotti v. Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment brady-v-maryland civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance jury-trial prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment |
Within the case the district court abused its discretion by admitting evidence that the defendant is affiliated with a gang. Discredit by denying defe… |
| 23-6271 |
Tyrone Maddox v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2023-12-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent intent-element judicial-discretion narcotics-charge prejudice prejudicial-evidence prior-conviction prior-convictions probative-value |
The trial court should not have allowed the introduction of Tyrone Maddox's 20 year old prior Indiana Conviction for delivery of Narcotics on the issu… |
| 23-5806 |
Jason Wayne Oien v. Chad Pringle, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-instructions marijuana prejudicial-evidence retroactivity sentencing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5391 |
Walter Raul Maguina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidence extrinsic-evidence harmless-error judicial-procedure prejudice prejudicial-evidence remand |
Whether a district court's failure to address the prejudicial nature of extrinsic evidence requires remand. |
| 21-7048 |
Christopher Gerken v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights courtroom-procedure due-process emotional-display fair-trial free-press motion-in-limine prejudicial-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony |
Was Christphe Gecens constituhina right to a Fair tral Wehhd wha a oro read 0 Pewspaper achek. contariog infeemadion thot wos barred From bung hearel … |
| 21-6065 |
Michael Belcher v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-murder due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment post-mortem-photographs prejudice-analysis prejudicial-evidence |
In a capital case, does the admission, without an analysis of the risk of prejudice, of over 40 gruesome photographs of the victim's body, depicting p… |
| 21-5668 |
Freddy Angel Trujillo v. Raymond Madden, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang-evidence joinder joinder-of-charges prejudicial-evidence summary-reversal |
Trujillo's trial was rendered fundamentally unfair due to the joint trial of unrelated charges and the admission of highly prejudicial gang evidence r… |
| 21-5489 |
Jerris M. Blanks v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-conflict criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence good-cause judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudicial-evidence pretrial-motion |
1. Whether, in direct conflict with decisions of other circuits, the Eighth Circuit correctly held that under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(c), a defendant who … |
| 20-367 |
Anna Baran v. ASRC Federal Mission Solutions, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-09-23 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals defamation discovery-rule dismissal due-process equitable-tolling prejudicial-evidence statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming the District Court's Order Dismissing Ms. Baran's Defamation Claim on the Grounds that it was Time-Bar… |
| 19-8800 |
Justice Jerrell Knight v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2020-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-prejudice prejudicial-evidence racial-bias sentencing |
In a capital case in which the defendant's jury observes him in shackles and jail clothing, and multiple members of the jury expressed the belief that… |
| 19-8425 |
Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2020-05-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process fair-trial jailhouse-informant jury-trial prejudicial-evidence |
I. whether the district court erred when it improperly limited the scope of cross-examination of the jail house informant, thereby denying Mr. Anderso… |
| 19-7960 |
Reginald Edward Green v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment prejudicial-evidence prison-garb shackles |
Is displaying a picture of a defendant shackled, handcuffed, in prison garb and being held by prison staff, over objection, still more prejudicial tha… |
| 19-7345 |
Roberto Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-status judicial-conflict legal-interpretation precedent prejudice prejudicial-evidence procedural-review |
DID THE FIFTH CIRUIT*S OPINION CONFLICT WITH IT'S OWN PRECEDENT
IN ROJAS V. RICHARDSON REGARDING THE PREJUDICICAL NATURE OF A
PARTY'S IMMIGRATION STAT… |
| 19-620 |
Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine v. Kevin C. Doyle, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure common-law copyright criminal-conviction damages prejudice prejudicial-evidence prior-criminal-conviction state-common-law statutory-damages visual-artists-rights-act |
Is a plaintiff prevented from collecting statutory damages under the Visual Artists Rights Act as well as under state common-law for damages to the sa… |
| 19-6456 |
Geoffrey Baggett v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights confession-suppression custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-rights police-interrogation police-tactics prejudicial-error prejudicial-evidence right-to-counsel self-incrimination |
PETITIONERS CONFESSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM EVIDENCE BECAUSE PETITIONER WAS THE VICTIM. OF MISLEADING TACTICS LEADING UP TO BEING ADVISED OF… |
| 19-5065 |
Chester Ray Crank v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alibi-defense confrontation confrontation-clause conviction criminal-procedure due-process illegal-recordings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence intoxication police-misconduct prejudicial-evidence |
IS A PETITIONER PROVIDED DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN HE IS CONVICTED ON EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION WHEN SAID EVIDENCE WAS WHOLLY BASED … |
| 18-9579 |
James D. Tench v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-06-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-circumstances capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty' 'When a reviewing court independen due-process evidence-admission guilty-verdict hurst-v-florida jury jury-verdict mitigating-factors prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment |
1. Does the admission of improper and prejudicial evidence violate a capital defendant's right to due process where the record indicates that the jury… |
| 18-1491 |
Kaitlyn Nguyen v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility evidence-admission fifth-amendment inflammatory-evidence medical-clinic patient-deaths prejudicial-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether petitioner's right to due process of law under the 5th Amendment, U.S. Constitution was violated by the prosecution's introduction of highly i… |
| 18-8728 |
Joseph Christen Thoresen v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
corroborating-testimony credibility credibility-of-witnesses criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process-jury-instructions-d criminal-procedure-jury-instructions drug-addiction due-process forensic-evidence jury-instruction jury-instructions methamphetamine prejudicial-evidence prejudicial-information witness-credibility |
Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with the decisions of two circuits, that a special jury instruction was not warranted when consi… |
| 18-7525 |
Delexsia Harris v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure evidence evidence-suppression federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion old-chief-v-united-states prejudicial-evidence prejudicial-information prior-bad-acts rule-403 |
Should the analysis utilized in, Old Chief v. United States, 519 US 172, 179; 117 S.ct 644, 651 (1997), for supression of prior bad acts in relation t… |
| 18-574 |
Joseph Rachal v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
6th-amendment bifurcated-trial bifurcation criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prejudicial-evidence |
No one can legitimately deny that a felony conviction is exceedingly prejudicial. That is why evidence of a felony conviction is normally admissible o… |
| 18-6466 |
Wilson C. Ortega v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assault criminal-enhancement criminal-street-gang criminal-threats false-imprisonment gang-evidence gang-related ineffective-assistance-of-counsel predicate-offenses prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment trial-procedure |
In California, evidence of other gang members' commission of qualifying predicate offenses is relevant to prove criminal street gang enhancements, but… |
| 18-6265 |
Samuel Silva v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidence-prejudice federal-firearms federal-rule-403 federal-rules-of-evidence felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-possession jury-instruction jury-instructions prejudice prejudicial-evidence probative-value rule-403 |
Whether the practice of telling juries in a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1) prosecution that the defendant is a previously -convicted felon, as is routine ly d… |
| 18-5726 |
Ruben Cazares v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
accomplice-statements bruton-error bruton-evidence bruton-v-united-states confrontation-clause crawford crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility harmless-error prejudice prejudicial-evidence separate-trials special-prejudice trial-procedure |
Fifty years ago, this Court began the Bruton era by making two points perfectly clear. One, Bruton evidence is "devastating" to the accused. Bruton v.… |
| 18-5714 |
Jose A. Rivera-Quinones v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment prejudicial-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Under Our United States Constitution, Amendment VI., Can A Trial Court Posess Subject Matter . Jurisdiction On A Criminal Offense Not Charged Within. … |
| 18-5558 |
Joseph William Atwell v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudicial-evidence sixth-amendment |
WHETHER THE STATE DEPRIVED PETITIONER OF HIS GUARANTEED RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL WHEN IT PERMITTED THE PROSECUTION TO INTRODUCE TO THE TRIAL JURY A BUNCH… |
| 18-5491 |
Glen Hughie Lovin, Jr. v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudicial-evidence sentencing |
(1) Ground 1: The evidence was not sufficient to prove the State charged the offense of an irrelevant and constitutionality of the conviction, duly as… |