No. 18-5006

Steven William Deuman, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-06-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: dna-evidence due-process indian-major-crimes-act ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review strickland strickland-v-washington tribal-enrollment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was counsel's decision to forego utilizing a DNA expert defense witness and agreeing to the government's stipulation of Tribal Enrollment a reasonable exercise of professional judgment under Strickland?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1.) Was counsel's decision to forego utilizing a DNA expert defense witness and agreeing to the government's stipulation of Tribal Enrollment a reasonable exercise of professional : judgment under Strickland? ; : ; ; 2.) Are the government's stipulations of Tribal Enrollment " gufficient to sustain a conviction under the Indian Major Crimes Act? . 3.) Is the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal's decision contrary to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal's precedent-setting ; decision in United States v. Bruce or the United States : Supreme Court's 172-year-old decision in United States v. Rogers? . oo 4.) Does the Court of Appeals err in failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability and/or order an evidentiary . hearing on a Petitioner's claims of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and a Due Process violation where the government has ; failed to prove all elements under the Indian Major Crimes Act and Petitioner has DNA evidence supporting his claim of actual innocence? . ‘ :

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)

Attorneys

Steven Deuman
Steven William Deuman Jr. — Petitioner
Steven William Deuman Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent