No. 19-8698

Neal Scott Stone v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability circuit-split drug-trafficking due-process entrapment-defense habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel police-informant sixth-circuit
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-the-sixth-circuit's-amended-order-conflicts-with-lozada-v-deeds

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . : t i. Boés the Sixth Circuit's Amended Order, in which it ; . denied Stone's COA Motion; conflict with Lozada v.Deeds, 498 . pe U.S, 430 (1991)(per curiam) and progeny, when case laws , ‘establish that Stone's ineffective assistance of counsel . i so claim is debatable among jurists of reason? , : i : 2. Is an entrapment defensé viable asthe Seventh and / _ D.C. Circuits held, when a police informant persistently o " induces’a defendant with a drug. trafficking record to engage . : in a fake cocaine ‘transaction after the defendant expressed : 7 : his reluctance. to.do 30} or does a drug trafficking record : _ along with some unrelated drug trafficking charges outweigh ; an-informant's improper :inducements and, a defendant's . reluctance as the Sixth Circuit held? ° i a ‘ . . ; . : . . an n _ ‘ . ers ; Pee) wt, ae % _ 2. ‘ = _ : : “ :

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2020)

Attorneys

Neal Scott Stone
Neal Scott Stone — Petitioner
Neal Scott Stone — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent