public-defender

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24-7185 Wayne Johnson v. First District Appellate Project, et al. California 2025-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-fiduciary-duty confidential-communications criminal-defendant fourteenth-amendment public-defender sixth-amendment Whether an attorney appointed at public expense has a fiduciary duty to a criminal defendant to not disclose confidential communications in an environ…
24-5066 Lynual McElroy v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-07-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel constitutional-amendment constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender speedy-trial 1- Does l8 U-S.C.A. § 3161, [speedy trial], apply to all state(s) within the Union, through the United States Constitution, Article III, cl. 2, § 3 an…
23-5695 Stephen Michael Michuda v. Minnesota Minnesota 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendants indigent-rights ineffective-assistance procedural-bar public-defender public-defenders time-bar 1. Is it unconstitutional for the State of Minnesota to block all avenues for indigent against public defenders? 2. Is it unconstitutional for the St…
23-5418 Billy Noel Catherwood v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-circuit national-emergency public-defender standing state-corrections time-extension victim-impact Question not identified.
22-6571 Marcus Wayne Covington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond-hearing civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender sentencing-guidelines sentencing-report standing 1. Was Public Defender Robert Brodsky ineffective by assisting defendant to enter a plea without using improperly calculated Sentencing Guidelines pol…
22-5099 Erwin Whitter v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisal-statute burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process legal-rights public-defender right-to-counsel sixth-amendment (1) The right to be granted extended time to secure counsel. (2) The Right to Obtain Burden of Proof. (i) The Right to the Sixth Amendment (Advisal …
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…
21-7022 Patrick Nilo Gil v. Virginia Virginia 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction public-defender sentencing suppression-hearing video-evidence Vehicle seized EASTERN Shore of VA comack CouNty Sheriff's chris Hargis offic IN the couNty of NOrthamPtON VA EASTERN Store him authority in having NO…
21-6169 Donald Stephen Yaag v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender 1) Whether Material exculpatory evidence against Petitioner his in LA California Prison at the time those allegations were lodged against him reflects…
20-8248 Richard W. Williams v. Sherie Korneman, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance fourteenth-amendment further-proceedings ineffective-assistance public-defender sixth-amendment 1) TOir S™ r?„!SK 'ed'JUr0 SS °3 a ^ P31"51' one °f-«Mch stated during d^nse ' Sixth 'ancHFourteent^Amendment 2)Does being deprived of conflict-free …
20-7584 In Re Terril Lee Graham 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-threats due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech public-defender 1. Is California Penal Code 422, Criminal Threats, an invalid statute, prohibiting the exercise of 1% Amendment free speech rights? (In re Robbins : (…
20-6731 Kevin Francis v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-12-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-screening court-procedure criminal-procedure indigent-defendants judicial-error legal-waiver precedent public-defender sixth-amendment waiver Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court erred when it held that a public defender case screener who did not represent the defendant waived th…
20-346 D. Ashley Pennington v. Beattie I. Butler Fourth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-termination first-amendment fourth-circuit public-defender qualified-immunity scott-v-harris standing 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit, consistent with this Court's decision in Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), should have exercised jurisdiction and c…
20-5519 Richard Wanke v. Illinois Illinois 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arrest arrest-initiation conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process prosecution prosecutorial-delay public-defender speedy-trial APPELLATE DISTRICT COURTS IN ILLINOIS ARE SPLIT ON HOW AN ARREST INITIATES PROSECUTION OR WHETHER IT DOES AT ALL. ARE THERE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A PERS…
19-8903 William Clyde Gibson, III v. Indiana Indiana 2020-07-06 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-claim criminal-appeal culyer-v-sullivan due-process ineffective-assistance-counsel post-conviction-proceedings public-defender strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in determining Gibson's conflict of interest claim should be analyzed under Strickland v. Washington rather th…
19-8736 Linda Renae Clark v. Washington Washington 2020-06-17 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-testing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-evidence public-defender recusal sixth-amendment 1. Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment rights are violated when a public defender fails to independently investigate the criminal charges a…
19-7840 Victor Dewayne Jones v. Joe Errington Fifth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance judicial-review mental-competency mental-evaluation post-conviction psychiatric-evaluation public-defender sentencing sentencing-petition trial-counsel whather Petitioner was denied his right to bue Process of Law where the pike counts Circuit court convicted Petitioner with out a Mental Evaluation an…
19-1068 Keith Inchierchiere v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response Waived attorney-misconduct criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender retained-attorney sentencing-exposure seventy-year-term trial-rights 1. Does a defendant receive ineffective assistance of counsel where his retained attorney fails to appear on the first day of trial, and, after receiv…
19-7601 Craig K. Garrett v. Joseph Madder, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure digital-privacy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct public-defender right-to-counsel search-and-seizure state-attorney Question not identified.
19-6585 Gelu Topa v. Almonte Kerbs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct probable-cause public-defender subpoena video-evidence Why in ARREST/NOTICE TO APPEAR page nr. 1 they do not have a video with me if I committed an offense on location Fowler/Colonial Ave Ft. Myers, FL 33…
19-5968 Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez v. Mike Carpenter, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied IFP capital-case capital-defendants direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-bar public-defender trevino-v-thaler 1. By operation of Oklahoma law, indigent defendants in Tulsa and Oklahoma Counties (the State's two most populous counties) are required to be repres…
19-5514 In Re Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa 2019-08-08 Dismissed IFP civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction public-defender wrongful-conviction 1. Whother this Entine Cake hat resulted in a Wongu Lack of Knci ledge and underAanding g The Law, facts, Meles and Aatute constitute a centigy questi…
18-8484 Gregory Donzell Bailey v. Ricky Foxwell, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied IFP 6th-amendment caseload caseload-management civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance public-defender public-defenders right-to-counsel In Maryland Courts for Indigent Inmates with Felony Cases, using the office of the Public Defenders; Should the Defendant's representation and resourc…
18-7021 Juan Thomas v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-charge martinez-v-ryan notice-of-appeal public-defender Whether the Circuit Court erred in failing to appropriately consider the "Equitable Tolling" in conjunction with Ineffective Assistance of the Public …
18-6696 Octavio Torres Ortega v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal motion-to-suppress public-defender speedy-trial trial-counsel witness-credibility QUESTION ONE DID THE TRIAL COURT ERR IN DENYING A JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL QUESTION TWO WAS APPELLATE COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN THE APPEAL PROCESS QUE…
18-6688 Stephen D. Leonard v. Florida Florida 2018-11-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dade-county due-process public-defender public-leader restitution right-to-counsel standing universal-declaration-of-human-rights 1. Did the State Court Violate the Court Ordered Rehearing on January 29, 2018? 2. Did the State Court Presiding Judge Violate the Court Order allowi…
18-5910 Curtis Dee Packard v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation public-defender right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-court withdrawal-of-counsel Whether both the trial court and the State's Public Defender's Office invited error and erroneously denied the Petitioner his 6th Amendment rights to …