witness-tampering

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25A730 Bina Islam v. Patrick R. Bodnar Oklahoma 2025-12-22 Application 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 OR. tteARb me EVER. 8§Ft V41THCUT habbas Corpus )(3^JUSST<6M 3 KANGAROO CSURT Ktspr JUR.y OUT OP TRtlAL <»ouRTROCi/n FbR ftNTiRlT TRiAL— JUR.y NevgR …
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 /r U GaPiTaL CaSL J. f fh*. 5+ah, ofXaoSc^ all outlet J~aSp<sr CoonTif bij fr Acktd-earhne^ multiple (^eruern mvirfhaA 'e^'/feS ~to P id via.f> me gr…
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 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. 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 hJofy^rb &oho /W" )/ybU) T)oes /$S%a)hffh Jha-f-kz 6JaiT aryy? an i Can J%£ ££&'zCknt&JfJi dvz/j&d' a)/% /a&y)&7kf & Cvoyesrisn&Ct h),
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 I. Didhe prosctiinteninalandepead oa wie ah ht mail cnaattonio o tialta tn t e I. Didcunses filuto prsentvidenc Petitner's milliondoll I-Phone case …
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 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 -The FourthCircuit First opinion Appendx Findingin Maessis Favor s r Confct ith th econonAppend overlooKing so much of the evidence that was held in t…
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…