| 25-6844 |
Shannon Simpson v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2026-02-18 |
Pending |
IFP |
due-process-clause fourteenth-amendment impeachment-silence right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment witness-disclosure |
Under the U.S. Constitution Amendment VI's right to a fair trial and the due process clause of U.S. Constitution Amendment XIV, can a conviction rest:… |
| 24A216 |
Lance Shockley v. David Vandergriff, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-08-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ineffective-assistance juror-bias jury-misconduct right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment voir-dire |
1. This case presents an important question dividing the circuits regarding when a certificate of appealability must issue, so that a state prisoner d… |
| 23-5707 |
Edward James Steiner v. Washington |
Washington |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering insufficient-evidence judicial-process jury-instructions legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial |
(1) Was there prosecutor misconduct?
(2) Was there tampering of evidence?
(3) Was the Indictment not guilty?
(4) Is there witness tampering?
(5) W… |
| 22-7699 |
Michael Tisius v. David Vandergriff, Warden |
Missouri |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process illiteracy juror-qualification juror-qualifications jury-selection missouri-law right-to-fair-trial voir-dire |
Michael Tisius was sentenced by a Missouri jury that included an individual who was not qualified to serve under Missouri law. This juror was, and is … |
| 22-5560 |
Tyrone Learone McCurdy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-disclosure brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process perjury prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial witness-tampering witness-testimony |
I. IF THE PROSECUTOR MAKES A PRETRIAL OFFER OF LENIENCY TO A WITNESS
IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT WITNESSES' TESTIMONY AGAINST THE DEFENDANT,
AND THE WITNESS… |
| 22-5296 |
Ryan T. Carleton v. Maine |
Maine |
2022-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure agency-documents civil-rights disclosure-requirements due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel internal-communications prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial staff-communications |
Question not identified. |
| 21-7856 |
William Garrido v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct read-back-testimony right-to-fair-trial witness-testimony |
1. Whether a trial court violates a criminal defendant's constitutional right to due process of law by permitting a prosecutor to introduce previous u… |
| 21-7647 |
Lloyd Brice v. California |
California |
2022-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-interest due-process fair-trial first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial |
1. Did the Supreme Court err in failing to rule that the denial of the
Motion for New Trial due to trial counsel's conflict of interest
violated Petit… |
| 21-6801 |
In re Johnny McMahon |
|
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing extrinsic-fraud fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial |
Petitioner, Johnny E. McMahon, has been collaterally attacking subject-matter jurisdiction since 2011. However, this is the first time this Honorable … |
| 21-6475 |
Mark Hollingsworth v. Maryland |
Maryland |
2021-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation closing-argument criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony jury-argument napue-v-illinois napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial |
Did the Maryland State Courts err in finding that the Prosecutor did not violate Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959) when the Prosecutor argued to … |
| 20-7586 |
Phillip Blough v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-conduct due-process judicial-error jury jury-instructions legal-prejudice right-to-fair-trial trial-by-jury trial-procedure |
A common-sense extension of the right to a trial by jury is the right to a jury informed of relevant and non-confusing jury instructions. Here, the tr… |
| 20-6268 |
Bryan Keith Roberts v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-trial criminal-trial-prejudice due-process jury-charge law-enforcement law-enforcement-presence prejudice right-to-fair-trial spectators statutory-interpretation |
Is the presence of a large number of uniformed, under cover, and armed spectators identifiable as law enforcement on the final day of the guilt-innoce… |
| 19-8706 |
Lester Thomas Butcher v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial texas trial-fairness |
Question 1.
WILL THIS SUPREME COURT PERMIT TEXAS PROSECUTORS ' CLAIMS
OF "MISTAKE AND INADVERTENCE ", MADE BY PROSECUTORS
BENEFITING FROM SUCH CLAIMS,… |
| 19-8607 |
Derrick Thompson v. Patrick Griffin, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2020-06-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
confrontation-clause fair-trial forensic-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements |
Does the Confrontation Clause permit the prosecution to introduce testimonial identification statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst through t… |
| 19-8197 |
Fred Furnish v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2020-04-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus hearing-impairment impartial-jury juror-bias juror-impartiality jury-selection right-to-fair-trial |
When a juror realizes that he has been in an identical situation vis-à-vis the defendant as the victims of the defendant's crimes, is that juror unqua… |
| 19-7826 |
Marlon R. Miller v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure document-sealing due-process first-amendment judicial-transparency law-enforcement-misconduct public-access public-access-to-courts right-to-fair-trial sealed-records |
Whether the district court correctly sealed an entire category of information from public access, including preventing Mr. Miller from having meaningf… |
| 19-7827 |
Terry O'Nell Hall v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
co-defendant confrontation-clause criminal-trial cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process evidentiary-inconsistency fundamental-fairness inconsistent-testimony right-to-fair-trial sentencing-disparity victim-testimony witness-testimony |
DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DECIDE PETITIONER'S RIGHT TD DUE P WAS NOT VIOLATED, WHERE THE VICTIM TESTIFIED ONE WAY DURING HIS TRIAL AND THEN TEST… |
| 19-7541 |
Richard Hurles v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics recusal right-to-fair-trial |
1. Are the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments violated where a judge who has personally litigated against a defendant in the same case presides over his… |
| 19-7039 |
Kevin Lee Beam v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence brady-violation constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fetal-dna miranda-rights right-to-fair-trial self-incrimination sentencing-statute |
Does the misguided destruction of exculpatory fetal DNA tissue evidence belonging to the victim by the Respondent constitute a "Brady Violation" where… |
| 19-6856 |
James W. Riley v. Delaware |
Delaware |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
capital-punishment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-considerations fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial sentencing sentencing-discretion |
Should this court extend Its Hurst v. Florida ruling to the pre-trial and trial stages of capital murder case where it is shown that the Judge's sente… |
| 19-6180 |
Dannie Joe Farnum v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-competency confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial hearsay prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial |
1. Whether the trial court violated a defendant's right to due process by admitting the prior statements of a 4 year old child without any inquiry int… |
| 19-5994 |
Benjamin Justin Brownlee v. California |
California |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-code-section-352 jury-instructions prior-acts-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial robbery-charges sixth-amendment standing |
True the felony had to be independest of the illing,was
Prejudicial and sequses Reversal of The Special.
C'rcunstance Finding
Code Section 1los stad … |
| 19-5840 |
Andre Kenneth Stuckey v. California |
California |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
california-supreme-court civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial sentencing supreme-court-review |
WHETHER MR. STUCKEY IS ENTITLED TO HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF WHEN ATTACKING HIS CONVICTION AND SENTENCING ON GROUNDS OF TITLE II A.D.A. AND A.D.A.A.A. VIOL… |
| 19-5369 |
Willie Chambers v. Phil Hall, Warden |
Georgia |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure multiplicitous-indictment post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt right-to-fair-trial right-to-life-and-liberty state-court-review vindictive-prosecution |
DID PETITIONER ASSERT A VALID CLAIM OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL WHERE COUNSEL'S ACTIONS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY TEST THE PROSECUTION'S CASE AND … |
| 18A1234 |
Jackie Duncan v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-procedure evidence-rule fourth-amendment prior-bad-acts right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 18-9405 |
John Willie Mack, Jr. v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial |
(I) INEFFELTIVE OF TLIAL COUNSE/: COUNSEL FAILEO TO SECURE AN OBSECTION TO SWABS BEING AOMITTEO IWTO EVIDENCE WHEN THE STATE DED NOT PAODUCE TANGIBLE … |
| 18-1079 |
Javier Flores Gaytan v. Michael Hardee |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
|
actual-innocence constitutional-standard criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial summary-witness wire-recording |
May a State, consistent with due process, obtain a criminal conviction and 37-year prison sentence against a criminal defendant where the primary evid… |
| 18-8004 |
Henry Lee Craig v. Jody Bradley, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct judicial-oath prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial |
Did the trial court err - violate the petitioner Henry lee Crag # 26383 United States 14th Constitutional Amendment Equal Protection And Due Process t… |
| 18-7546 |
Sherman Vickers v. Marina del Rey Marina, LLC |
California |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-dismissal appellate-procedure automatic-stay civil-procedure clerk-error court-dismissal designation-of-records due-process fair-hearing record-perfection right-to-fair-hearing right-to-fair-trial |
IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS AN AUTOMATIC
STAY FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS;
CAN THE COURT DISMISS THE APPEAL BEFORE THE
PERFECTION OF RECORD ON APPEAL HAS… |
| 18-7512 |
Ronald Jackson v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-ruling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment state-court subjective-intent |
as Iweffective and to resolve dis agreements about the Spe cific Legal question
D0 Attempt murder oN A Polide officer Carry A mandatory Ferearmerhanc… |
| 18-6651 |
Antonio Cobb v. Florida |
Florida |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness right-to-fair-trial statement-against-interest trial-procedure |
WHETHER FLORIDA ERRONEOUSLY DECIDED
THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE DID NOT DENY
PETITIONER A TRIAL IN ACCORD WITH
FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS OF DUE
PROCESS, GUARANTE… |
| 18-6295 |
Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-appeal right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial |
A probable cause to hold hearing without counsel?
May the state force a lawyer upon the accused when he insists that he wants to conduct his own defe… |
| 18-5660 |
Todd Jesse Garton v. California |
California |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-attire due-process guilt-determination meaningful-defense penalty-phase presumption-of-innocence right-to-fair-trial right-to-present-defense right-to-reliable-verdict right-to-wear-civilian-attire |
Whether refus ing to permit an in-cus tody def endant ch arged with murder ing
his wife and unborn child to wear his wedding ring during trial vio lat… |
| 18-5320 |
James MacDonald v. Martin Dori Singer, et al. |
California |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-rules attorney-misconduct civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court free-speech organized-crime professional-conduct right-to-fair-trial right-to-petition slapp slapp-law standing unequal-protection |
California's SLAPP Law, was written to protect LAWFUL petitioning activities. However, it is now protecting UNLAWFUL petitioning activities. In this c… |