No. 18-6872

Seifullah Abdul-Salaam v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aedpa brady-rule brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process exculpatory-evidence exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review litigation-conduct nonexhaustion-defense state-post-conviction suppression-of-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a nonexhaustion defense be deemed expressly waived based on a party's litigation conduct?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Post-AEDPA, can a nonexhaustion defense be deemed expressly waived based on a party’s litigation conduct, where the Commonwealth suppressed arguably exculpatory, material evidence at trial and throughout initial state post-conviction proceedings? 2. Did the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability, where the state court’s decision was at least debatably an unreasonable application of this Court’s Brady jurisprudence? i

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2018-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-06
Waiver of right of respondents John E. Wetzel, et al. to respond filed.
2018-10-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 31, 2018)

Attorneys

John E. Wetzel, et al.
Courtney Ellen HairCumberland County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Courtney Ellen HairCumberland County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Seifullah Abdul-Salaam
David Lee ZuckermanFederal Community Defender Office, Petitioner
David Lee ZuckermanFederal Community Defender Office, Petitioner