No. 18-5640

Fredrick A. Laux v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process dysfunctional-childhood ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment strickland-standard Strickland-v-Washington
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Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Indiana Court of Appeals, the United States Southern District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unreasonably apply, or reach a decision contrary to Strickland-v-Washington

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Did the Indiana Court of Appeals, the United States Southern District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unreasonably apply, or reach a decision contrary to Strickland v. . Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) and its progeny, when it rejected Fred's claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel where (a) Fred's counsel failed to reasonably investigate and present readily available mitigating evidence about Fred's highly dysfunctional childhood and (b) that evidence was Fred's only meaningful chance for a different sentence? ii .

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent Dushan Zatecky to respond filed.
2018-08-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2018)

Attorneys

Dushan Zatecky
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Fredrick Laux
Fredrick A. Laux — Petitioner