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25A497 Arthur Torlucci v. California Ninth Circuit 2025-10-30 Application certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-petition habeas-corpus procedural-grounds section-2254 Question not identified.
25-5931 Caleb Campbell v. Officer Terry Pruitt, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-10-22 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process procedural-grounds state-court I.Wh^v -Pv^Ul'M h\s SubsWiWe tiiAe. Process uAiev-e 0 < um.M tAvvM Wl ^4 feuwo( oh A-33^^kd Hee,^ AUekMpUj -k E-luiAc A PoWoPficcv- pv-t0V. 4c, -P4;lz…
24-1316 Wendy Downs v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus procedural-grounds statute-of-limitations 1. Was the Ninth Circuit too demanding under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) in assessing the district court's disposition of the habeas petition? (a) Whether re…
24-7454 William Demont White, Jr. v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
24-7394 Edwin D. Calligan v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-disqualification procedural-grounds sixth-amendment 1. ) Whether jurists of reason would find it debatable that a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") should have been issued under Slack v. McDaniel , …
24A1038 Dominique Ashley Childs v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2025-04-28 Presumed Complete 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right district-court-review habeas-corpus procedural-grounds Question not identified.
24-6515 Joseph T. Shine-Johnson v. Shelbie Smith, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review habeas-corpus judicial-finality merits-review procedural-grounds rule-60b 1. Can a petitioner use the 60(b) Rule to gain Relief of Judgment from a legal error that precluded a merits review, when habeas relief was denied by …
24-5984 Jason Keith-David Manners v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge court-relief criminal-defendant organizational-rights procedural-grounds In Mckaskle v. Wiggins, 05 U.S. 16% C1934), this Honorable Court held that [the prose _defendadt must be. allowed to control. the organi zation _ond_c…
24-5835 Jaylin Godbolt v. California California 2024-10-28 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-grounds Question not identified.
23-7340 Kelton Vondre Yates v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court-jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal procedural-grounds standing statute-of-limitations WHgTKiRThe Petitioner ih^ Statute df LimrrATidNSENTtfU 0 To tGMWbie TolUtic, IH ILUiSdhlxuQtiQ 1? WHETHER 1ME 57H CiKCaiT HA5 THEREfty, QSCiOirfG Ai…
23-682 Alabama v. Marcus Bernard Williams Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-26 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) AEDPA-deference habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits merits-review procedural-grounds state-court-adjudication While Melanie Rowell and her two toddlers slept, Marcus Williams broke into her house, crept up the stairs, climbed into Melanie's bed, strangled her …
23-5197 Marshall Ray Partain v. Jason Hallmark, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP appeal-dismissal civil-procedure court-of-appeals deadlines due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure filing-deadline judicial-process legal-timeliness mental-illness procedural-grounds standing Q. (jLts4io vJ&J_ ,* ZJZfi (b vad fiufin'cfi fi <Lctifrh> cl A/fii'cjb apAppea.fi omA AfftlUuH Q-youvAs fioY Appealf omA -fhb o ppofitcj p)acfpj fin …
22-7789 Douglas Manning v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied IFP case-merits civil-rights defendant-justification due-process harmful-consequences ineffective-assistance legal-excuses legal-malpractice plaintiff-claims procedural-grounds professional-responsibility standing I] bcfe'idan '] $o $,t\ck<2k\c> The harmful consequence +e>~he PjatViiifF+W't Wt 5h&uld be h^M flQ6w(l5 1h 2 fof if ?9 II] i^o5-f)^efe any 6rpiwd orl…
22-1153 Hector Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus procedural-grounds right-to-hearing statutory-rights a) Does a district court deny a federal prisoner the constitutional or statutory "right to be heard" by completely misreading or ignoring the "files a…
21-973 John Colangelo, et al. v. Nicole Chase Second Circuit 2022-01-06 Dismissed Response Requested civil-rights criminal-charges due-process false-statement malicious-prosecution police-investigation procedural-grounds qualified-immunity section-1983 Canton police officers investigated a complaint of alleged sexual misconduct wherein the complainant provided various versions of the incident and, af…
21-6619 Jeremiah Y. Nation v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-process legal-review procedural-grounds procedural-review state-court state-court-petition Should a Certificate of Appedability be issued on a Fourth Amendment claim in a Habeas Corpus petition if there Las a dispute in the l.s. District Cou…
20-7982 Eugene Jacobs, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-grounds slack-standard statute-of-limitations 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit err in its reading of Slack, in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability, …
20-7962 Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims covid-19 dna-evidence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-grounds a. Should courts Procedurally time-bar a pro se inmetes habeas Corpus then a priser official with a sericus health illness, such as COVTD ~ 19, is Tes…
20-6658 Michael Brent Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied IFP death-penalty district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-petition fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prisoner-rights procedural-grounds statute-of-limitations Petirénep wishes te challeuge the ARisiows of the united States Court of Ampenls far the Fifth circuit m caus€ no. 19-4o72XO And the united sty tes pi…
20-6039 Earl McBride v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process due-process-clause equitable-tolling evidentiary-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition parole parole-board postal-service-form procedural-grounds Does United States Postal Service Form 3811 Domestic Certified Returned Receipts demonstrating properly and timely filing of State and Federal Habeas …
20-5964 Marlow Shelton McDonald v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
20-5946 Roberto Antoine Darden v. Barbara Von Blanckensee, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disciplinary-notice district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus liberty-interest prisoner-rights procedural-grounds qualified-immunity I. May a personal locker be a disciplinary notice wrote in fact if nothing wrote links the sulprit to it? II. May a tribunal limit its review of a pr…
20-5160 Keith Henderson v. Eddie Miles, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
19-8835 Billy Joe Wardlow v. Texas Texas 2020-06-26 Denied IFP capital-murder constitutional-rights federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice procedural-default procedural-grounds state-court state-habeas-corpus wiggins-claim Mr. Wardlow's initial state habeas proceeding was essentially a sham, in which the trial court wholly allowed the prosecutor to determine the course o…
19-8664 Charles T. Kirvin v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenges legal-standing petition-denial procedural-grounds standing THE NINTH CIRCUIT ARBITRARINY ERRONEDUS/Y DENIED APPEllanT CERtiFiCAtE oF APpEAlAbilitY StatinG,"PEtitiOn fail to state any federal Constitutional Cla…
19-7602 Joshua Neil Harrell v. Michelle Belyea, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process eminent-domain jurisdiction legal-opinion procedural-grounds property-rights reasons-for-writ regulatory-takings statement-of-case takings I. Is lacked not or delived i firs hin 0 when the wo ua neget ras the day? e a Riht to Poredurad dhe Process? Pfectias Pettioners We ai d the atif Fo…
19-7505 Lamar James Crump v. Tracy Beltz, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
19-6532 Pedro J. Amaro v. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-grounds Involues: "Caprtal Offence" cases; Class Action HabeasCorpus; lack ofjuvisdiction claim Injudiclously predicated by the lower courts' striking refusal…
19-6399 Carmen A. Zammiello v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis jones-v-bock jurisdictional-grounds procedural-grounds WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RENDERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED IN COPPEDGE -V-…
19-5036 Craig Alan Toaz v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentencing criminal-conduct criminal-procedure federal-convictions habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review procedural-grounds sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-5g1.3 I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS ERRONEOUSLY DISMISSED PETITIONER'S HABEAS PETITION UNDER PROCEDURAL GROUNDS, AND IF SO THEN; II. WHETHER T…
18-9823 Freddie Lee Morris v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied IFP coerced-confession criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus informant involuntary-plea manifest-injustice paid-informant procedural-grounds right-to-counsel sixth-amendment WHETHER THE STATE OF FLORIDA VIOLATED PETITIONER'S SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, WHEN POLICE INSERTED A PAID INFORMANT IN PETITI…
18-9187 Jason Brooks v. Matthew Hanson, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied IFP adequate-appellate-review appellate-court appellate-review due-process exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-appellate-court federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition judicial-precedent prior-judgment procedural-grounds state-procedural-rules (1) Whether a federal appellate court can substantially change its prior judgment to intentionally sabotage a petitioner being able to file a subseque…
18-1325 Dieter Charles Vogt v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court-order due-process habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurist right-to-counsel standard-of-review summary-denial Should the order of the court of appeals denying a certificate of appealability be reversed and remanded, because it is manifestly incorrect to sugges…
18-8904 Octavius Matthews v. Terry Ratliff (TR Motors) Alabama 2019-04-18 Denied IFP appeal appeal-procedure appeals civil-procedure court-dismissal down-payment due-process jurisdiction legal-timeliness plaintiff-claim procedural-grounds standing statute-of-limitations timeliness Why did the courts find that the Appeal was improper, because the plaintiff did not do it right. Why has the case been erroneous as of it being over …
18-8798 Brent Lynch v. Eddie Miles, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
18-8695 Deontray Vershon Tate v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
18-8017 Jacoby Kindred v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied IFP barefoot-standard barefoot-v-estelle certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-courts habeas habeas-corpus procedural-default procedural-grounds slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review In cases where a federal district court dismisses a habeas petition based on procedural grounds and is determining whether to issue a certificate of a…