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25A705 Charles Albert Massey v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2025-12-17 Application confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination hearsay-evidence preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment Question not identified.
25-5777 In Re Tyrone Moore 2025-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct preliminary-hearing 1. Why did the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), Clark County District Court, District Attorney's office and Prosecutors office violat…
24-7156 Michael S. Main v. Illinois Illinois 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP defendant-rights ineffective-assistance judicial-recusal post-conviction preliminary-hearing procedural-due-process Nantel rs rereed va G Caw, what-73. thedeahp oo thetcourt may j vest cohe..7 to. the claim———done veda mitsal of Heclajme)——_ LL Rs there Some bent oo…
24A718 Kai D. Ingram v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, et al. Third Circuit 2025-01-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus parole-revocation preliminary-hearing Question not identified.
24-5960 Christopher Patrick McGowan v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment grand-jury preliminary-hearing probable-cause 1. DID THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS VIOLATE THE PETITIONER'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY FAILING TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE BY REFUSING T…
24A366 Angela Dubose v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied discovery-stay due-process injunction judicial-procedure preliminary-hearing vexatious-litigant Question not identified.
23-7271 Arthur Lomax v. Colorado Colorado 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial felony-prosecution grand-jury indictment preliminary-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction When a states "Bill of Rights", calls for the prosecution of felonies *only by indictment whether prosecution by any other method conforms with the st…
23A526 Jacob Smith v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-right criminal-procedure faretta-right preliminary-hearing self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified.
23-5885 Donald Lee Kissner v. Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding-hearing judicial-discretion parole-revocation preliminary-hearing procedural-error I. DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT CLAIMED MR. BISSNER'S APPEAL WAS FRIVOLOUS? II. DID THE WESTERN …
22-7335 Enrique Holguin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards expert-testimony judicial-discretion law-enforcement preliminary-hearing preliminary-proceedings trial-procedure Whether district courts should be required to hold some type of preliminary proceedings before allowing experienced-based law enforcement experts to t…
22-6661 Brent Allen Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-02-01 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-of-charges assault-and-battery due-process intent-to-kill jury-instructions preliminary-hearing Is Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to notice and an opportunity to defend violated when the State changed the alleged crime from "As…
22-450 Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an "adequate opportunity" for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause?
21-8081 Moses Clark v. California California 2022-06-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus plea-agreement preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Review should be granted, beause the state court failed to bring the defendant before the magistrate within 48-hours after arrest, violating The Fo…
21-7165 Bernard Middleton v. Brittany Greene, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violations article-1-section constitutional-violations dismissal-without-prejudice dismissals-without-notification due-process federal-courts preliminary-hearing QUESTION PRESENTED: DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS /NO PRELIMINARY HEARING AND DISMISSALS WITHOUT NOTIFICATIONS - WHY DID THE FEDERAL COURT CHANGE THE NARRATI…
21-6689 Daniel Lawrence McGarry v. California California 2021-12-21 Denied IFP criminal-procedure preliminary-hearing probable-cause sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-criminal-proceeding Is California's current definition of probable cause as used at preliminary hearings deficient under U.S. Supreme Court precedent, and does it thus vi…
21-6541 Jesus Corona v. James Hill, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing presumption-of-vindictiveness prima-facie-case procedural-default prosecutorial-discretion sentencing vindictive-prosecution 1. Does a criminal defendant state a prima facie case of vindictive prosecution, trigging a presumption of vindictiveness, when the day after he succe…
21-5238 Deyaa Khalill v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment Whether the admission of preliminary hearing testimony violates a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when the preliminary hea…
20-1649 Ronald Jeremy Hyatt v. California California 2021-05-26 Denied confrontation-clause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment witness-disclosure Whether the prosecution may refuse to disclose the names and address of the 23 victims and additional witnesses it intends to call at petitioner's pre…
20-6397 Douglas Cornejo v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-evidence confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-present-defense witness-testimony 1. Should a COA Have Been Granted to Decide If the Prosecutor's Failure to Disclose Brady Evidence Deprived Cornejo of His Right to Confront and Cross…
19-7513 Omar Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2020-02-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure trial-severance virginia-supreme-court witness-testimony Did the Virginia Supreme Court err in deciding that counsel's failure to file a motion for a Bill of Particulars so that Petitioner could clearly unde…
19-6924 William D. Thomas v. Mark McCullick, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail civil-procedure confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification identification indictment officer-activity police-conduct preliminary-hearing warrant-inquiry whether a state's failure to meet the reciprocal r a one on one Confrontation during a preliminary hearng tanted by prior police activity is Sufficient to warrant a Caurt's reliability inquiry. II. Wh…
19-6031 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-intent due-process habeas-corpus judicial-recusal montana-constitution preliminary-hearing recusal stare-decisis state-constitution unlawful-conviction In the Montana Constitution it clearly states that the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall never be suspended; the Convention Notes of the Great Writ shall th…
19-5650 James Michael Williams v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violations certificate-of-appealability due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing prosecutorial-misconduct second-jury-trial 1.) Whether the Minth Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals erred in denying Certificate of Appealability to Petitioner, on the Ground Of Error concerning t…
18-9239 Dale Shoop v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing right-to-testify sixth-amendment victim-testimony witness-impeachment witness-presence witness-testimony 1. Was the Petitioner's Constitutional Sixth Amendment Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel violated when Counsel; (1) Failed to Admit the Victim'…
18-9093 James M. Ferguson v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied IFP amendment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indictment notice preliminary-hearing right-to-notice-of-charges right-to-prepare-defense C Cout Appoint pue cefender, ak fr continace FOR Client. After client inform AtorNey he Would Not sign Wavier of preliminaly, Because he wanted to vav…
18-7528 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment adversarial-hearing constitutional-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-by-information information-document intent-of-delegates judicial-procedure montana-constitution preliminary-examination preliminary-hearing void-proceedings A. Re: The State District Court Judge Did the district court judge violate my right to Due Process of Law, factually loose jurisdiction, and create v…
18-492 David Souza v. California California 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived berger-standard berger-v-united-states constitutional-rights due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment napue-v-illinois napue-violation preliminary-hearing pretrial-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct Does it violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the holding in Berger v. United States, 295 U.S.…
18-6060 James Chavez v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay-exception preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-unavailability Whether, pursuant to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), a Prosecution can Admit Prior Testimonial Statements, Including a Video-taped Intervi…
18-5783 Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process issue-preclusion judicial-immunity jury-trial manuel-v-city-of-joliet ninth-circuit preliminary-hearing qualified-immunity self-defense Was the Ninth Circuit in conflict with now, the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits, and the California Court of Appeal, First an…
18-5143 Robert Graham v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied IFP admissibility batson-vs-kentucky criminal-procedure due-process fingerprinting fingerprinting-expert identification identification-testimony preliminary-hearing reliability trial-evidence witness-credibility QUESTION ONE: IS AN IN COURT IDENTIFICATION OF THE DEFENDANT AS THE ROBBER -ADMISSIBLE AT TRIAL IN THE ABSENCE OF A DUE PROCESS HEARING -TO FIRST D…