No. 18-6045

Corey Levon Beckham v. Darrell Miller, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: drug-abuse equal-protection fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-illness sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington unprofessional-conduct
Key Terms:
ERISA FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-11-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that the District Court failed to accept the showing of the two-prong test in Strickland v. Washington on counsel having a mental illness and unprofessional conduct, which amounted to a violation of the Sixth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the Fourth Circuit erred in holding District Court decision for failing to accept the showing of the two (2). prong test in Strickland v. Washington, on counsel having a mental illness, and his unprofessional conduct using illegal drugs and alcohol with prescrition medication. Does this deem him "0... "deficient" and counsel amitting to just defending part of the case and not. the whole is showing "prejudice" Is this not a violation of the sixth amendment ? 2. Did the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that the District Court not accepting authorization for second. habeas in a court order, stating it unnecessary, also a rule of the Ninth Circuit stating that: you do not need to obtain Ninth Circuit permission if your prior Federal petition was dismissed (without prejudice) does this apply to the Fourth Circuit as well ? 3. Did the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that a Petitioner: has the right to obtain Federal habeas relief, when showing his Fourth amendment was violated, also to grant relief to U.S. v. Jones ,132 S.Ct.(2012) under the Fourth amendment and do the same for U.S. v. Juan Pineda-Mereno,688 F.3d 1087( 2012) under Jones decision for illegal use of a GPS violate equal protection under the Fourteenth amendment,does this apply to all U.S. citizens ?

Docket Entries

2018-11-19
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 19, 2018)

Attorneys

Corey Levon Beckham
Corey Levon Beckham — Petitioner
Corey Levon Beckham — Petitioner