| 25A730 |
Bina Islam v. Patrick R. Bodnar |
Oklahoma |
2025-12-22 |
Application |
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due-process estate-fraud national-security obstruction-of-justice probate-proceedings witness-tampering |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6408 |
Lynette Cooper v. City of Baltimore, Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-19 |
Pending |
IFP |
chemical-battery civil-rico due-process judicial-review pro-se-litigant witness-tampering |
1. Did the Court of Appeals violate the Petitioner's Due Process rights by affirming the District Court's sua sponte dismissal of a detailed civil RIC… |
| 25-6013 |
Kimberly Lee Kessler v. Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest due-process habeas-corpus kangaroo-court prosecutorial-misconduct witness-tampering |
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| 24-6763 |
Jonetta L. Grieme v. Shawn Collie, Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
color-of-law due-process fraudulent-concealment sexual-misconduct statute-of-limitations witness-tampering |
1. Was the petitioner, Jonetta Grieme 's Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution violated by the Missouri federal courts?
2. Did the West… |
| 23-7723 |
Barbara Martin v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
change-of-venue civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity standing witness-tampering |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7668 |
Roylee Richardson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering |
This Court has held that the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant "contemplate [d] a[] particular of… |
| 23-6413 |
Donald Bill Smith v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1512 burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-conspiracy mens-rea official-proceeding witness-tampering |
1. Whether the witness tampering resulting in death statute, 18 U.S.C. §§1512(a)(1)(A) and (k), requires the Government to prove beyond a reasonable d… |
| 23-685 |
Devaughn Dorsey v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering |
A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tamperi… |
| 23-5814 |
Justin Andre Lamoureux v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5596 |
Edward James Steiner v. Washington |
Washington |
2023-09-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
citizenship civil-liberties constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction legal-standing prosecutorial-misconduct standing witness-tampering |
Was there prosecutorial misconduct?
Was tape of evidence?
Is this in state jail?
Will this case and others bring like the first U.S. Citizens?
Wil… |
| 23-5572 |
Joseph W. Fischer v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-09-13 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (12)Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split congressional-inquiry congressional-investigations criminal-procedure mens-rea obstruction-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering |
Did the D.C. Circuit err in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) ("Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering"), which prohibits obstruction of congressional i… |
| 23-5216 |
Kinley MacDonald v. Michael A. Duddy, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
child-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction foster-care hearsay interstate-crime jurisdiction parental-rights standing witness-tampering |
Before a Court in a matter involving unabused Children trafficked into Foster Care, by hearsay, Causing irreparable harm. The mother suffered expected… |
| 22-1223 |
Gwendolyn D. Gabriel, et al. v. Merry Outlaw, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process obstruction-of-justice predicate-acts public-corruption qualified-immunity racketeering rico-statute witness-tampering |
After a Defendant/Respondent committed Fraud and Obstruction of Justice by Perjury, the other (comprised of both Defendant's Attorneys, Plaintiffs' At… |
| 22-7763 |
Michael Aaron Stuker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force witness-tampering |
Whether witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(2)(A) is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where no eleme… |
| 22-6763 |
Cecil Wallace Williamson, Jr. v. Mike Heinricy, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
capital-case civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process false-confession habeas-corpus organized-crime prosecutorial-misconduct racketeering witness-tampering |
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| 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… |
| 22-5530 |
Joseph Ray Jordan v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affirmative-defense brady-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief right-to-testify section-2255 strickland-standard witness-tampering |
Each of the following four pages presents one primary question regarding IAC claims that survived Section 2255(b) screening, but were ultimately rejec… |
| 22-5202 |
In Re Tavon Dameon Davis |
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2022-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct mandamus prosecutorial-misconduct witness-tampering |
Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals (Fourth Circuit) to remand this case to the district court without delay to hol… |
| 21-7868 |
Lee Michael Pederson v. Phillip Frost, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
calder-v-jones civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction intentional-interference personal-jurisdiction venue-transfer witness-tampering |
Does Minnesota have the power to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over
Respondents/Defendants Phillip Frost and CoCrystal Pharma, Inc. under Co… |
| 21-7530 |
Paul M. Weadick v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1512 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent statutory-interpretation witness-tampering |
The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent[s] the communication by any person to a [Fe… |
| 21-6614 |
Mario Martell Spencer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law fifth-amendment hobbs-act interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-tampering |
1. For intrastate robberies that do not otherwise affect "commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction," 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(3), does the Hob… |
| 20-1736 |
Katrina L. Webster v. Thomas W. Harker, Acting Secretary of the Navy, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights deposition-misconduct due-process eeoc eeoc-procedure employment-discrimination evidence-tampering legal-ethics summary-judgment witness-tampering |
Defendant's Counsel stopping a deposition to direct a deponent [CAPT Patrick Croley] to change his testimony to hide discrimination, should be suffici… |
| 20-8001 |
In Re Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. |
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2021-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
and the presentation of false testimony denying s constitutes a violation of Brady and Napue warran brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression extraordinary-writ false-testimony habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct napue-v-illinois napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct witness-tampering |
1. As noted by Justice Betty Fletcher in her dissenting opinion, "[w]hen faced with the corruption of our legal system, we must start over. The first … |
| 20-1404 |
Kenyon J. Garrett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cumulative-error-doctrine due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure fraud misconduct witness-tampering |
1. Whether the Respondent/Defendant can use direct evidence of threats, intimidation, coercion, fraud, and witness tampering to deprive a petitioner o… |
| 20-7458 |
Promila Rajput v. Tiffany Terrell, et al. |
Virginia |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-misconduct due-process injunctive-order judicial-discretion misconduct procedural-abuse secured-rights standing witness-tampering |
If the system does not provide adequate measures to address culpability, the injunctive rulings as to why; how: 'when entered ' manifest improper purp… |
| 20-7418 |
Javon Joshua Jennings v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-witness obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering |
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| 20-6484 |
Willie Tyler v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-1512 communication-prevention criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent witness-tampering |
The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent [s] the communication by any person to a [F… |
| 20-6321 |
Alexander Cameron v. John F. Walrath, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence false-forensic-evidence habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct witness-fabrication witness-tampering |
Can the State convict an innocent defendant for crime against a person that do not exist?
Can the State Convict an innocent through the Prosecutarial… |
| 19-8909 |
Grant Ruffin Haze v. Katy Poole, Administrator, Scotland Correctional Institution |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-presentation exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel witness-tampering |
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| 19-8172 |
Adam Carson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction perjury statutory-interpretation witness-credibility witness-tampering |
Can a conviction for witness tampering be upheld when a Defendant did not ask a witness to lie for him? and; can a Court of Appeals change the interpr… |
| 19-7866 |
Farid Popal v. Stephen Brown |
Second Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus witness-tampering |
WHETHER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PROTECTS WITNESSES FROM BEING TAMPERED
WITH WHEN DETECTIVE WAS WHISPERING INTO HIS EARS DURING LIVE SKYPE
TESTIMONY IN… |
| 19-7861 |
Sean P. Reilly v. Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence constitutional-claims federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus in-custody in-custody-requirement lackawanna-county-v-cross schlup-v-delo witness-tampering |
Whether the "actual innocence" gateway to federal habeas review applied in Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 115 S. Ct. 851, 130 L. Ed. 2d 808 (1995), and… |
| 19-7539 |
Shamir Kane v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-indictment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hobbs-act joinder severance witness-tampering |
1. Did the Court of Appeals err in upholding the District Court's joinder, under Fed. R. Crim. P. 8, of counts in an indictment related to one Hobbs A… |
| 19-7015 |
In Re Michael F. Harris |
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2019-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury state-actors witness-tampering |
(1). Whether, in fairness to judicial proceedings, can an attorney of record brazenly ignore his client's instructions during the Direct Appeal proces… |
| 19-6251 |
In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi |
|
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-fraud fraudulent-conviction habeas-corpus impeaching-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suborned-testimony witness-tampering wrongful-conviction |
Concealed impeaching evidence, 1" In Light oF ihe neuuly discovered Fraudulently exposing many Suborn Fraudulent" testimon admithd that Jurors wouldha… |
| 19-5947 |
Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement perception-of-guilt substantial-guilt trial-defense witness-tampering |
If defense counsel omits the necessary trial defense and thereby sustains a perception of substantial guilt so that the substantial guilt mas dependen… |
| 19-5344 |
Felix Adriano Chujoy, aka Felix Chujoy Alvarado v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
corrupt-intent criminal-procedure false-testimony grand-jury human-trafficking immigration-violations intent plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation witness-tampering witness-tampering-18-usc-1512(b)(1) |
Whether the evidence was sufficient to convict the Petitioner for witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1) and two interrelated charge… |
| 18-9600 |
Patricia Diane Smith Sledge v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidence-rules evidentiary-ruling federal-rules-of-evidence procedural-error sufficiency-of-evidence summary-evidence witness-tampering |
Did the district court prejudicially err when admitting Exhibit 1 as a summary pursuant to Fed Rules of Evidence, rule 1006?
Was the evidence suffici… |
| 18-9536 |
Shawn J. Gieswein v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel resentencing second-amendment sentencing-guidelines upward-variance witness-tampering |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit erroneously denied Certificate of Appealability in Mr. Gieswein's case.
Was Mr. Gies… |
| 18-8564 |
Kelvin Wayne Heath v. Melinda K. Braman, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
automatic-reversal compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct uniform-act-on-production-of-out-of-state-witnesse witness-tampering |
Did trial court abuse discretion by allowing text messages that's erased?
Was Trial Counsel ineffective?
Was 6th Amendment violated specifically Con… |
| 18-8118 |
Alvin Davis, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment witness-tampering |
Was the Petitioner, Alvin Davis, Jr. denied a fair trial, by violations and conflict of state and federal law, Batson v Kentucky, Brady v Maryland, an… |
| 18-7302 |
Angel Bartlett v. Stephen Gorsalitz, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights court-misconduct criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process false-allegations hate-crime judicial-abuse peonage retaliation witness-tampering |
Was it illegal or wrongful for Stephen Gorsalitz and the Kalamazoo Courts to frame, Set up and destroy Angel Bartlett when she first had her kids? 18 … |
| 18-6363 |
Calvin Bernhardt v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1512 arthur-andersen circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering |
1. A person can be guilty under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) if he "corruptly persuades" someone else to withhold testimony or an object from an official proce… |
| 18-6182 |
Randolph Moore v. Nevada, et al. |
Nevada |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-v-maryland capital-murder capital-punishment crucial-evidence due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus outcome-of-trial prosecutorial-misconduct withheld-evidence witness-tampering |
While prosecuting Randolph Moore for capital murder, the prosecutors in this case relied heavily on testimony from Angela Saldana —the only State witn… |
| 18-5478 |
Ryan Jennings v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. |
Missouri |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy conspiracy criminal-law due-process due-process-violation foreclosure fraud mortgage-assignment obstruction-of-justice real-estate-fraud witness-tampering |
Dees this case involve one or more parties that have premeditated
the act of intentially violating the appélants civil rights, due
process of law and … |
| 18-5327 |
Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi v. Lieutenant Fields, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference deliberate-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression excessive-force federal-courts fourth-circuit judicial-conflict retaliation standing takings witness-tampering |
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| 18-5113 |
Solomon V. Hester v. Kevin Sprayberry |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 brady-claim brady-violation direct-appeal due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-misconduct witness-intimidation witness-tampering |
THE HALL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONTACTED THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (HEREIN AFTER G.B.I.) AND TOLD THEM NOT TO RELEASE MITIGATION… |
| 18-5028 |
Carolyn J. Edlind v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1512 corrupt-persuasion criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-administration-of-justice due-process obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subversion-of-justice sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-tampering |
Appellant was indicted for witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1), which states someone is guilty if they "knowingly use intimidation, threate… |