saving-clause
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 23-6011 | Jacques H. Telcy v. Michael Breckon, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2023-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255e armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus legal-innocence saving-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | To the exception to the rule termed in 28 U.S.C. §2255(e), the "escape hatch" or "saving clause" - does it permit a federal prisoner to "file a habeas… |
| 21-347 | Michael Jackson v. Donald Hudson, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2021-09-03 | Dismissed | circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum saving-clause section-2255 statutory-maximum | Whether a federal prisoner is entitled to bring a habeas claim under the saving clause of Section 2255(e) to challenge the unlawful application of a m… | |
| 20-8448 | Henry Paul Richardson v. Christopher Gomez, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-court-interpretation circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus procedural-opportunity saving-clause statutory-interpretation | Does The Saving Clause Under Section 28 U.S.C. 2255(e), permit A Federal prisoner To Proceed in a Habeas petition Pursuant to Section 28 U.S.C. 2241, … |
| 20-7333 | Nolberto Martinez v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Low | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights habeas-corpus right-of-redress saving-clause statutory-interpretation | Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals holding in McCarthan v. Dir. of Goodwill Indus.-Suncoast, Inc., 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017)(en banc),… |
| 20-911 | Michael Jackson v. Don Hudson, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2021-01-08 | Denied | Amici (1) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent federal-custody habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective overruled post-conviction-motion saving-clause section-2255 | Whether Section 2255 is "inadequate or ineffective" when, at the time of petitioner's initial Section 2255 motion, circuit precedent foreclosed a pote… |
| 20-343 | Estate of David Maurice, et al. v. Life Insurance Company of North America | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-15 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split erisa-preemption health-plans insurance-policy-interpretation ninth-circuit proximate-cause saving-clause | Whether the court below erred by refusing to apply Kentucky Ass'n of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller, 538 U.S. 329 (2003) to determine whether the Califo… |
| 19-1066 | Comcast Corporation, et al. v. Charles E. Tillage, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-28 | Denied | bilateral-arbitration bilateralism consumer-disputes contract-revocation federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunctive-relief saving-clause | 1. Whether the McGill rule falls outside the FAA's saving clause because it is not a ground that "exist[s] at law or in equity" for the "revocation" o… | |
| 19-7247 | Mark Linnear Hays v. Randy L. Tews, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause second-or-successive second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation | A federal prisoner who seeks to challenge the legality of his conviction or sentence usually must do so in a motion under 28 U.S.C. §2255. Under the s… |
| 19-683 | Jermaine Lenard Moss v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2019-11-27 | Denied | retroactive change in the statutory rule that ori 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review conviction-challenge federal-prisoner federal-prisoners federal-prisoners-collateral-review inadequate-or-ineffective-remedy retroactive-effect retroactive-statutory-changes saving-clause statutory-rule | Federal prisoners generally may challenge their convictions and sentences only by filing a direct appeal and, if unsuccessful there, one petition for … | |
| 19-401 | Lamont Dejuan Higgs v. Warden Wilson | Fifth Circuit | 2019-09-25 | Denied | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appeal appellate-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus saving-clause sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation | Whether the saving clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) allows defendants to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the grounds that a subsequent statutory in… | |
| 19-5911 | Paul R. Butts v. Eric D. Wilson, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2019-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence congressional-intent congressional-interpretation federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause statutory-interpretation | Does the "saving clause" of 28 U.S.C. §2255 provide an avenue of judicial review for a federal prisoner to claim his actual innocence due to a Congres… |
| 19-5589 | Marlon Leroy Porch v. T. Watson, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure fundamental-defect maximum-sentence saving-clause sentence-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | I. WHETHER A FUNDAMENTAL DEFECT IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE SAVING CLAUSE WHERE PETITIONER ERRONEOUS ENHANCE SENTENCE FELL BENEATH THE STATUTORY MAXI… |
| 19-5549 | Anthony Dion Collins v. Francisco Lara, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-defect habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause sentencing sentencing-error statutory-maximum | I. WHETHER A FUNDAMENTAL DEFECT IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE SAVING CLAUSE WHERE PETITIONER ERRONEOUS SENTENCE FELL BENEATH THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM? |
| 19-5241 | Zack Zafer Dyab v. Nicole English, Warden | Tenth Circuit | 2019-07-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 2241-petition 2255-motion 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-discretion circuit-split detention-challenge foreclosure habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause section-2241 section-2255 united-states-v-wheeler | Does the Petitioner have to test the legality of his detention in the initial 2255 motion, even though the argument would have been rejected on the me… |
| 18-9842 | Alpidio Gonzalez v. Ralph Hanson, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2241 2241-petition 2255 2255-motion habeas-corpus judicial-review mathis-v-united-states prior-conviction saving-clause savings-clause sentence-enhancement | 1. How can a person show that a Writ of Habeas Corpus 2241 is the proper way to demostrate he is entitled relief when the lower courts Deny a motion… |
| 18-9197 | Earl Moore v. Stephen Kallis, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender crime-of-violence descamps-v-united-states due-process due-process-clause mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause section-2241 stash-house-robbery statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states | Earl Moore Found himself in the sights of what has become known as a sting operation. That is, Moore was sitting at home in great need of resources to… |
| 18-8489 | Danny R. Moore v. Gene Beasley, Warden | Eighth Circuit | 2019-03-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-precedent mathis-decision retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) should apply. Whether the Saving Clause Of § 2255 Applies to claim |
| 18-8110 | In Re LaShawn Anderson | 2019-02-22 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-18-usc-924-e categorical-approach circuit-split constitutional-review descamps-v-united-states divisibility fundamental-defect habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause sentencing-enhancement | This petition presents two important issues concerning the proper interpretation of the Saving Clause, 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e); and the appropriate applic… | |
| 18-7681 | In Re Erasmo Aguinaga | 2019-01-30 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ manifest-miscarriage-of-justice procedural-framework saving-clause | Has the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals effectively suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus, without authorization, where the Court… | |
| 18-7444 | Chad Talada v. David V. Cole, Sheriff, Steuben County Jail | Second Circuit | 2019-01-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence administrative-procedure binding-precedent collateral-review criminal-procedure district-court habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective retroactivity saving-clause | Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, a prisoner seeking to collaterally attack the legality of his sentence is required to do so in the district where the prisoner… |
| 18-7260 | In Re Vernon Shawn Daniels, Jr. | 2019-01-07 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 11th-circuit 4th-circuit actual-innocence due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause writ-of-certiorari | Has the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals effectively suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus, without authorization, where the Court… | |
| 18-7022 | Ryan Lee Zater v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-12-13 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence circuit-split federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus saving-clause sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation | What is the scope of the §2255(e) saving clause? And is it permissible for Zater to proceed thereunder? |
| 18-420 | United States v. Gerald Adrian Wheeler | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-04 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum | The question presented is whether a prisoner whose Section 2255 motion challenging the applicability of a statutory minimum was denied based on circui… |
| 18-5785 | In Re Clifford Winkles | 2018-08-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition saving-clause standing | WHETHER FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 22 IS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL PRISONERS WHO ARE PROCEEDING UNDER STATUTES 28 U.S.C. § 2241 AND 28 U.S.C. § … |