No. 18-7677

Charles Geeter v. Dan Lesatz, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: court-reporters-act federal-proceedings habeas-corpus jencks-act state-proceedings truth-determining-process
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-06-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Jencks Act and the Court Reporters Act apply to State proceedings as well as Federal proceedings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED |, Whether the Jencks Act 19 UcS.C, § 3500, applies te State. proceed (ng aswell as Federa( proceed sags f (L.whather The Court Repd( ters Act, 23 45.0. $753 A), q pplres te State proceedings aswell as Federal proceed ig 5 & EP, Whether the Acts of Congress apply to State proceedings as well as federal proceeding se LV, Whether q State court's violation of State law is q_ valid basts for a State criminal defendant to pursue federal habeas celiet ¢ V, Whether State cetminal delendants are protected by the principles and merits of fhe Jenelcy Act aud the Court Reporters Act even if the Jenctes dat and the Court Reporters Ach werea's specitically designed foc State preceedi ngs? qnd iv not, what other safeguards ane available te erstect the \ntegrity of the truth determining | process at trial \a a State proceeding tor petitioner and gp thers stwrlarly sttuated c

Docket Entries

2019-06-10
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-04-05
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-11
Waiver of right of respondent Dan Lesatz, Warden to respond filed.
2018-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Charles Geeter
Charles Geeter — Petitioner
Dan Lesatz, Warden
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent