No. 19-5464

Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: effective-assistance-of-counsel honest-services-mail-fraud ineffective-assistance jury-instructions mail-fraud mcdonnell-v-united-states official-act procedural-default statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel as a result of the deprivation of a viable statute of limitations defense with respect to the honest services mail fraud counts?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I Whether Petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel as a result of the deprivation of a viable statute of limitations defense with respect to the honest services mail fraud counts? IL. Whether Petitioner established cause and actual prejudice to overcome procedural default as to the claim that the trial court’s jury instructions were inconsistent with this Court’s decision in McDonnell v. United States, and further established that the jury instructions were erroneous and prejudicial? -i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr.
Jennifer Philpott WilsonPhilpott Wilson LLP, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent