No. 19-8345

In Re Steven Ciotta

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2020-04-23
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule procedural-default retroactive-application retroactivity right-to-counsel
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether review should be granted to correct a U.S. Constitution violation when inferior federal courts have failed to acknowledge a claim alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and lack of appointed counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . 1 (QUESTION One). 2 : ; . " ; ” 3 Yielding to a ends of justice inquire in regards to a 4 federal application for writ of habeas corpus, should review 5 be granted in the’ spirit of correcting a U.S. Constitution 6 violation in the Ist magnitude, when inferior federal courts . ; 7 have (failed) to acknowledge a claim alleging there isa , , 8 cause, and prejudice for untimely filing of 28 U.S.C.2254,do ; 9 to ineffective assist. of counsel at trial level, and (no) 10 counsel appointed as of (right), : Mt Whether remand, or recall of mandate is necessasary in a light ef New bedrock procedural rule announce in Martinez v. *8 Ryan[2012-U.S.-1; Holding; ; " Courts are now obligated to address a (I.A.C.) claim at . trial level,or NO counsel as of right (DISPITE)’ A.E.D.P.A., : 17 MEANING A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM OF THIS NATURE excuses any pro1s cedural default (noting that (NO) C.O.A. HAS BEEN ISSUED HERE 19 WHERE A CLEAR U.S. v. Cronic[1984-U.S.-} claim is present.) 20 See Dowd v. U.S. ex rel. Cook#{1951-U.S.-] U.S. Supreme 21 court (predecessor) recalling this courts mandate issued _ 22 ‘several yrs. earlier, to now allow a new appeal in . : 23 accordance to equal protection clause in U.S.CA. HL 24 | " ° . . ; or cr tC INNOCENCE FACTS ON L2G LM 2a 26 . ‘ . . 27 |b : 28 ||7 : . . . ‘ teg. } th ; (QUESTION TWO); . . In event petitioner prevails on structural error in question #1. Sihould court instead, Order a New trial on the bases that do to the states arbitrary refusal to : appoint counsel as of right, it has resulted in the , distruction of all records required to be developed by the appointed appellant counsel that was aval; at that jumture in time having either a positive,or negative impact on appeal claims. ; : Recognizing that reversal hergonly requires sufficient : facts, and trial counsel to acknowledge incompetence at. . a evid. hearing. . : . Petitioner now {cannot ) recieve a (TRUE) adequate : evid. review on counsels (clear) memory to : : . recall events in relevance to a significant amount in (pasage of time)has occured here, counsel can (NOT) : be expected to recall events occuring over 25 yrs. ago. The holding that on such claim,it is presumed unreliable (favors) remedy here,compare case Rodriquez v.U.S.11969] 395 U.S. 327, Remanded by this court 6yrs. after conviction date to resolve I.A.C. t® reinstate . . direct appeal. — ‘ 4 : i : (QUESTION THREE); ; Upon new trial remedy should order included. exclusion of evidence obtained in violation . , the U.S.Const evid. as . alleged in statement of case,an federal habeas, “1{V-. ; ; (QUESTION FOUR): Is Granting . . warranted to resolve and ESTABLISH U.S. PRECEDENT addressing whether ; RETROACTIVE application. applys to the NEW BEDROCK : : RULE announced in Martinez v. Ryan [2012-U.S.-], (EXCEPTION to address merits of certain claims DISPITE A.E.D.P.A. ; time-barr), BASED on Principles of BEDROCK PROCEDURES C Established in Gideon v. and : ; : Evitts v. Lucy [1984-U.s.-], applying under Teague v. Lane : ~. £1989~-U.S.-] (SECOND EXCEPTION), Howps-. Retroas true ~applt.. . . : “ ~pe ff ry “ ° . . . . ; 7 an ' cafien pecmits..a_sew role that implicates fondamenta) : Co. fairness, mandating, central to. accucate. detecmination of 9lt or ; innocence and APPLYS RETROACTIVELY to cases that where FINAL, .. uo soe . : oo oo 1 Based on 1a feciae' Federal courts (wea.ecr) to address allege tion._to timely filea_mofior te. Mitigale in + a oo . . . de eee . | bco:pec-(ceheving. ted. appointed habeascomzel) under . tamate nal bor cole, 5G. R,29:2,.Cs. graahag. | Ceuew ia interes? of fesraess Mhect,, to” &emany . . . ri 7 . and cexolve limekness and chi Jignificant vg le a . a Wacate Dc. habeas final ordee? é (Notug ia_pro-per, a Sfereat ovtcone will result) 2. evi! .

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed. See Rule 39.8. As the petitioner has repeatedly abused this Court's process, the Clerk is directed not to accept any further petitions in noncriminal matters from petitioner unless the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) is paid and the petition is submitted in compliance with Rule 33.1. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam).
2020-04-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-02-25
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.

Attorneys

Steven Ciotta
Steven Ciotta — Petitioner