No. 18-7053

Kevin Scott Varner v. John Christiansen, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus state-court state-court-litigation state-court-review stone-v-powell
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

What constitutes an opportunity for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim in state court?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED In 1976, the "mited States Supreme Court prohibited federal courts from reviewing state prisoners’ Fourth Amendment. exclusionary rule claims if the state prisoner was "nrovified an opportunity for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim" in state court. Stone v. Powell, 428 U.6. 465 19763, The vetitioner wish the Court to raview the Following questions: what constitutes “an opoertuntty for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim" in state nourt? Does Stone ve Powell apply avan to cases that do not saat to utilize tha exclusionary rule and in which guilt or innocence is predicated? on whether or not a Fourth Amendment violation occurre4? [ | Yes :

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Kevin Scott Varner
Kevin Scott Varner — Petitioner
Kevin Scott Varner — Petitioner