No. 18-5832

William Dixon v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion open-file-discovery procedural-stay state-court-claims stay-and-abeyance
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court and Upon Completion Arbitrarily Exclude those Claims to Render Decision?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court and Upon Completion Arbitrarily Exclude those Claims to Render Decision? Whether the Court in Determining What Constitutes the Substantial showing Apply Reasonable, Fair and Obtainable Standards to Indigent and Pro Se Applicants? Whether Open-File Discovery Restrains Defense Motion Practice and Mandate the Court to Resolve All Incidents and Matters of Relief? Whether an Undisclosed Conflict of Interest in Representation is Automatically Removed Upon Recusal Without the Prospects of Any Prejudicial Effects?

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-24
Waiver of right of respondent William Lee, Warden to respond filed.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 28, 2018)

Attorneys

William Dixon
William Dixon — Petitioner
William Dixon — Petitioner
William Lee, Warden
Leonard JobloveKings County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Leonard JobloveKings County District Attorney's Office, Respondent