No. 19-8382

Christopher Ewing, aka Alex Christopher Ewing v. Nevada

Lower Court: Nevada
Docketed: 2020-04-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process extradition extradition-hearing fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-05-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act's guarantee of the right to 'demand and procure counsel' requires state courts to appoint counsel for indigent defendants at extradition hearings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act’s guarantee that defendants have the right to “demand and procure counsel” requires state courts to appoint counsel for indigent defendants at extradition hearings where refusal to do so would violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States? @

Docket Entries

2020-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-05-04
Waiver of right of respondent Nevada to respond filed.
2020-04-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 1, 2020)

Attorneys

Christopher Ewing, aka Alex Christopher Ewing
Jeffrey T. GreenSidley Austin, Petitioner
Jeffrey T. GreenSidley Austin, Petitioner
Nevada
Heather Diane Procter — Respondent
Heather Diane Procter — Respondent