No. 18-7937

Jaques J. Sullivan v. Scott Lewis, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dementia due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice sixth-amendment standing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the lower courts err in dismissing the petitioner's claim of actual conflict of interest due to trial counsel's dementia, which resulted in ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Thai the Lower courts erred in judgment by dismissing Petitioner “actual Conflict in when trial counsel's dementia was cause for such ineffective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth amendment of the United States constitution. 2

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-06
Waiver of right of respondent Scott Lewis to respond filed.
2019-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Jaques J, Sullivan
Jaques J. Sullivan — Petitioner
Jaques J. Sullivan — Petitioner
Scott Lewis
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent