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24A1167 Richard Rynn, et al. v. UHS of Phoenix, LLC, et al. Arizona 2025-05-30 Application constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-court judicial-review procedural-bar rule-60(b) 1. Whether a state court's refusal to adjudicate a Rule 60(b) motion on the merits, based on procedural grounds, violates due process where the motion…
24A1144 Robert S. Pierce v. Demetric Godfrey, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-27 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim district-court-discretion habeas-corpus rule-60(b) section-2254 Question not identified.
24-7236 Benjamin Ritchie v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest counsel-replacement habeas-corpus rule-60(b) substantial-likelihood time-limitation "Were we to adopt the district court's logic, Rule 60(b) would never be available to petitioners with conflicted counsel, so long as the conflict last…
23-7750 James Eric Moore v. Jason Koenigsfeld, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-misconduct due-process judicial-bias jurisdictional-requirement mandate-recall recusal rule-60(b) (1) Did the Eighth Circuit abuse it's discretion in failing to recall the mandate of the panel decision affirming the district court without a final d…
23-7110 Ileen Cain v. Mercy University, fka Mercy College, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-exclusion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality first-amendment frcp-60b judgement judgment-finality pro-se-pleading rule-60(b) standing 1. Which juncture of federal civil proceedings constitute Judgement entered establishes the finality of a civil complaint, Pursuant to Federal Rule Ci…
23-971 Gary Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure courts-of-appeals final-judgment rule-41 rule-60(b) rule-60b voluntary-dismissal Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) empowers district courts, on just terms and under circumstances specified in that Rule, to "relieve a party or i…
23A689 Tremane Wood v. Christe Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction federal-courts final-judgment habeas-corpus rule-60(b) statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6504 Tormu E. Prall v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-error denial-of-counsel due-process habeas-corpus inequitable judicial-review lower-federal-courts rule-60(b) rule-60b 1. Is it a grievous wrong when the lower federal courts demonstrably misread and reshape a habeas corpus claim? 2. Is it time for the U.S. Supreme Co…
23-5811 Valery LaTouche v. Harold D. Graham, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied IFP due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) rule-60b self-incrimination WHETHER, TO NEW YORK C.P.L 440.10(2)(C) STATUTES BEING AMENDED PURSUANT RULE 60(b)(5)(6) RECONSIDERATION IS WARRANTED AS TO THE LOWER COURT ERROR IN D…
23-323 Joseph Gamboa v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-09-28 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (10) abandonment aedpa gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus indigent-representation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel rule-60(b) second-or-successive-petition Whether a Rule 60(b) motion claiming that habeas counsel's abandonment prevented the consideration of a petitioner's claims should always be recharact…
23-5637 Daniel Lee Reed v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-petition successive-petitions Question #1: Did the fifth Circuit err by denying a COA for failure to properly consider the F.R.C.P.60(b)(6)under the framework in which successive p…
23-5283 Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. Cal Trahune, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa appellate-review exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus nunc-pro-tunc procedural-review rule-60(b) rule-60b standard-of-review 1. WHETHER DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE OF FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PREMATURELY FILED IN ORDER TO EXAUST ALL AVAILABLE STATE REMEDIES COM7$ AS A FIRST …
23-5008 Michael Bien v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court covid-19-tolling district-court extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus hearing new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b Whether a United States District Court's ruling to deny a §2254 Certificate of Appealability should be vacated by the Circuit Court when Rule 60(b) ne…
22-6505 In Re Rosalind Holmes 2023-01-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure detainer-action discretionary-ruling due-process equal-protection forcible-entry forcible-entry-and-detainer rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Whether the Butler County Area III Court, West Chester Ohio, clearly and indisputably abused its' discretion when it ordered a forcible entry and deta…
22-6416 Nicholas Lee Blair v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b time-bar Whether a Petitioner can utilize a motion under Rule 60(b) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or similar vehicle, to overcome a dismissal without preju…
22-5539 Sean David Pickett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 1. Does the Eleventh Circuit have jurisdiction to deny a certificate of appealability based on the Eleventh Circuit's determination that the petitione…
22-5415 Delano Marco Medina v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-site-location-information certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lost-evidence mandamus mandamus-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b speedy-trial Did the Tenth Circuit err in not granting a COA and refusing to remand back to the district court or to properly consider Medina's Rule 60(b) motion? …
22-94 Robert Alan Fratta v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Relisted (2) appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure habeas habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-grounds procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b 1) Must a habeas petitioner obtain a certificate of appealability ("COA") to appeal the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion on jurisdictional grounds? 2)…
22-5173 Derrick Lamar Cheeks v. Alford Joyner Fourth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa brecht certificate-of-appealability collateral-review federal-habeas habeas-corpus prejudice-determination rule-60(b) state-court-prejudice This petition presents two important issues concerning a state court's prejudice determination on direct review, 28 U.S.C. §2254(d); and the appropria…
21-7262 Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied IFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process federal-habeas-proceeding federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus rule-60(b) Davis / 1: Whether this Court's decision in Buck v. QUESTION No. 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017) foreclosed the Petitioner's argument that a COA is not required…
21-6813 Ronald Charles Washington v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equitable-tolling habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Question #1: Did U.S. District Court and/or Fifth Circuit err by misconstru ing Rule 60(b) as a federal habeas and time-barring petition without all…
21-681 Andy Altahawi v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied Response Waived capital-gains-tax civil-procedure consent-judgment restitution rule-60 rule-60(b) sec second-circuit tax-implications Whether the Second Circuit erred when it upheld the district court's denial of Altahawi's motion pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5) and (6) to make …
21-5895 In Re David Angel Sifuentes 2021-10-05 Denied IFP appellate-procedure banister-v-davis case-precedent constitutional-provisions judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition rule-21 rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion sixth-circuit-jurisdiction I. Is Sixth Circuit required to docket Petitioner 's Wirt of Mandamus filed around August 10, 2021 and the Rules of Appellate Produce Rule 21 require…
21-5857 Justin P. Stahmer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-rights due-process miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) Question not identified.
21-5190 Nicholas Stewart Hines v. Tim Reisch, Interim Secretary, South Dakota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-order district-court-screening final-order judicial-review motion-for-reconsideration rule-59(e) rule-59e rule-60(b) standing 1.) WHETHER JURISTS OF REASON WOULD FIND THAT THE APPELLATE COURT ERRED, WIEN IT DISMISSED THE PETITIONER'S APPEAL FOR A LACK OF JURISDICTION. 2.) WH…
21-79 Jonathon Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly decided Petitioner's Motion for a Certificate of Appealability on the merits of his § 2255 petition rather than e…
20-1669 Robert Gene Will, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Relisted (2) discovery fair-trial federal-habeas federal-law gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus judicial-procedure merits procedural-default rule-60(b) 1. In the federal habeas context, Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524 (2005), held that a post-judgment motion for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Pro…
20-1563 Amin A. Rashid v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process fifth-amendment final-judgment notice notice-and-opportunity rule-60(b) rule-60b4 1. Whether The Court Of Appeals Denies A Petitioner Due Process By Its Recharacterization Of The Final Judgment Entered By. The District Court Denying…
20-1538 Angela W. DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied bad-faith burden-of-proof civil-procedure independent-action judicial-fraud res-judicata rule-60 rule-60(b) rule-60(d) 1. Whether a Rule 60(d) Independent Action to Attack a Final Judgment is a continuation or re-litigation of the prior case, barred by the doctrine of …
20-7635 Lisa Biron v. United States First Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-statute federal-habeas fundamental-defect gonzalez-v-crosby intent-element procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 state-prisoner When the Warden Court's understanding of the mental intent element of a federal criminal statute becomes apparent in a Conclusion feed date in its den…
20-5965 Vito A. Pelino v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-reopening civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-courts judicial-discretion rule-60(b) rule-60b state-courts substantive-claim Whether jurists of reason can debate that repeated decisions to ignore (not dismiss or deny) a substantive claim constitutes sufficiently "extraordina…
20-80 Diane S. Blodgett, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights contract-rights due-process federal-trade-commission fifth-amendment ftc-act pleading-stage rule-60(b) standing takings takings-clause I. Did the court of appeals err in this FTC Act Sect. 13(b) case in failing to apply Rule 60(b) at the pleading stage, by not analyzing the Motion and…
19-8850 Billy Joe Wardlow v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied IFP circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar rule-60(b) successive-petition 1. Whether a Rule 60(b) motion arguing that a procedural defect affected the district court's determination of the merits of the claims in a federal h…
19-8484 Ali Mehdipour v. City of Midwest City, Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process final-order jurisdiction rule-60(b) standing Question not identified.
19-8093 Jose Passalacqua v. Mike McDonald, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jury-misconduct motion-standard ninth-circuit rule-60(b) rule-60b scope-of-hearing successive-petition Did the Ninth Circuit Erred In Holding That Petitioner's Rule 60(b) Motion, Was the Equivalent to an Unauthorized Second or Successive 28 U.S.C. § 225…
19-7874 Jackie Dewayne Andrews v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction federal-proceedings habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings integrity-of-proceedings judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b DOES THE DISTRICT COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER A RULE 60 (b) MOTION IN HABEAS PROCEEDINGS SO LONG AS THE MOTION ATTACKS NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF TH…
19-7283 Fairly W. Earls v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion Fairly Earls case raises a pressing issue of National Importance: Whether and to what extent did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Ci…
19-7222 Timothy Richardson v. Edward Thomas, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied IFP atkins-v-virginia death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law Timothy Richardson's death penalty case raises a significant issue of national importance: whether our criminal justice system tolerates the execution…
19-6925 Sulaiman Taalibdin v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure district-court due-process final-decision habeas-corpus motion-timeliness rule-60(b) rule-60b standing third-circuit Pursuant to U.S.C.S. § 1291 did the Circuit Court possess appellate jurisdiction when the district court ruled petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion untimely…
19-727 Keepers, Inc. v. City of Milford, Connecticut Second Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights content-based content-based-speech first-amendment free-speech reed-v-gilbert reed-v-town-of-gilbert rule-60(b) rule-60b strict-scrutiny summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in refusing to grant Petitioner relief from summary judgment based on the Supreme Court's superseding decision in Ree…
19-470 Darin Jones v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2019-10-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-procedure-time-limits civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-circuit federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board mixed-cases rule-60(b) time-bar 5 U.S.C. § 7702(e)(1)(B) states that an employee may file a civil action in district court 120 days after filing an appeal with the Merit Systems Prot…
19-5381 Charles Quatrine, Jr. v. Mary Berghuis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rules circuit-court circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-law federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-mandate final-opinion judicial-impediments mandate mandate-review procedural-due-process rule-60(b) rule-60b I Did the Circuit Court issue a final mandate that was a conflict of law, established by its own court? II Did the Circuit Court err when declined to…
19-5258 Ernest Morris v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP 60(b)(6) change-in-decisional-law change-in-law civil-procedure constitutional-relief decisional-law due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus relief rule-60(b) search-and-seizure sixth-amendment standing Should relief under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6) be made available to habeas corpus petitioners when a change in decisional law occurs? II. Is Rule 60(b) re…
18-9577 Jose Pena v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion opportunity-to-appeal procedural-remedy relief-from-judgment rule-60(b) standing SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT CERTIORARI TO DETERMINE WHETHER FEDERAL CIVIL RULE 6O(b) MAY BE USED TO RESTORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL?
18-9576 Alvin Weekly v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence blockburger-v-united-states cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy eighth-amendment extraordinary-circumstances rule-60(b) rule-60b sentencing-review 1. Does the Court of Appeals commit clear error when declining to hear a defendant's claim of serving an unlawful sentence in violation of the Constit…
18-9265 Juan Ramon Meza Segundo v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied IFP aedpa capital-case circuit-split extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas federal-habeas-proceedings federal-procedure gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus merits-review procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b section-3599 1. Does a district court's denial of Section 3599 representation services under the wrong legal standard constitute a defect in the integrity of the p…
18-8888 Nexis Rene Gomez v. Ken Clark, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-diligence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) sixth-amendment Did the Ninth Circuit erred in finding that petitioner did not showed that jurist of reason would find it debatable whether the district court abused …
18-8924 William Weaver v. Michael Bowersox, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-standard batson-claim certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eighth-amendment eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-review habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b 1. Does this Court's decision in Gonzalez v. Crosby completely foreclose a habeas petitioner from obtaining Rule 60(b) relief arising from a demonstra…
18-8680 George Rahsaan Brooks v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township Third Circuit 2019-04-03 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactive-precedent retroactivity rule-60(b) rule-60b subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER THE DECISION OF MCOUIGGIN V. PERKINS, 133 S.Ct. 1924 (2013) APPLIES RETROACTIVELY BECAUSE IT CHANGED DECISIONAL LAW AND WHETHER THE DECISION I…
18-1222 Christopher Andre Vialva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied capital-case certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-proceedings federal-procedure habeas-corpus integrity-of-proceedings judicial-misconduct rule-60(b) rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b successive-habeas-petition successive-petition After the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit resolved Petitioner's motion under § 2255 seeking habeas relief from his death sentence…
18-8440 Travis Trevino Runnels v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court counsel-misconduct equitable-relief habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b standard-of-review WHETHER CERTIORARI SHOULD BE GRANTED WHEN THE CIRCUIT COURT IMPROPERLY APPLIED AN "OVERLY RIGID PER SE APPROACH" IN DENYING COA ON PETITIONER'S MOTION…
18-7688 Vincent Johnson v. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Sixth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP appeal-proceedings appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure coa-process due-process federal-appeals integrity-of-proceedings integrity-of-process judicial-review procedural-motion rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Whether a R. 60 (b) motion can be first presented at the Federal Appeals level to attack a defect in the integrity of the COA process of the appeal pr…
18-7261 Keith Stuart Cumbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appealability appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court habeas habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction merits motion-to-reconsider procedural-error rule-60(b) Since denial of the prejudgment Rule 60(b) motion in habeas did not address merits of attorney dishonesty (fraud-on-the--court) did lower court clearl…
18-7045 Chris G. Gilkers v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-proceedings fifth-circuit gonzalez-v-crosby habeas habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-habeas successive-habeas-petition This petition concerns the proper standard for evaluating whether a Rule 60(b) motion "alleges" a proper claim for relief from a habeas judgment, and …
18-6812 Jack Ferranti v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-sentencing federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines good-time-credits life-expectancy post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b sentencing WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A DEF'AC']X) LIFE SENTENCE THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE STATUTE OF CONVICTION BY CALCULATING THE DEFENDANT'S LIFE…
18-6494 Terrance Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discretionary-review district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-to-reopen post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review In 2013, the district court applied an incorrect legal standard when denying Terrance Johnson's §2255. In 2016, Mr. Johnson sought to reopen the §2255…
18-6471 Anthony Cardell Haynes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances fifth-circuit-review finality gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez merits-review rule-60(b) rule-60b strickland substantiality trevino-standard 1. Did the Fifth Circuit majority err in finding that there were no "extraordinary circumstances" and that the claim was not sufficiently "substantial…
18-6400 Tarvares James Watson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law state-law-procedural-principles state-procedural-law WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN OVERLOOKING THE RELEVANT STATE LAW PROCEDURAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL …
18-5769 Edward Smith v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit-of-indigence anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-proceed rule-60(b) sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standard-of-review standing When a district court denies a state inmate's petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, the inmate may appeal only if the district or…
18-5356 Joaquin H. Ciria v. California Ninth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-procedure,fraud,rule-60(b),actual-innocence, fraud fraud-upon-court procedural-mechanism rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-petition timeliness IF A FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULE 60(b) MOTION ("Rule 60(b)") IS THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR RAISING CLAIMS OF FRAUD COMMITTED UPON THE COURT?…
18-5125 Kenneth Lee Foster v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-remedy procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60(b) Whether Petitioner was deprived of a fair opportunity to seek relief through 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and whether Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro…