No. 18-8201

Robert Edward Butler v. Howard W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-28
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-appeal due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review procedural-default retroactivity state-post-conviction-proceedings statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Supreme Court decisions in Buck v. Davis, Martinez v. Ryan, and Trevino v. Thaler permit federal habeas review of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claims that were procedurally defaulted in state post-conviction proceedings

Question Presented (from Petition)

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Docket Entries

2019-04-15
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-15
Waiver of right of respondent Clarke, Dir., VA DOC to respond filed.
2018-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Clarke, Dir., VA DOC
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Robert Edward Butler
Robert Edward Butler — Petitioner
Robert Edward Butler — Petitioner