No. 20-5032

Daniel Lewis Lee v. T. J. Watson, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 brady-claim due-diligence federal-inmates habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel savings-clause sixth-amendment structural-bar
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) is available where the circuit having § 2255 venue imposes a categorical structural bar on federal inmates seeking redress for a meritorious Sixth Amendment violation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED: 1. The savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) provides a residual habeas forum for federal inmates in cases in which a § 2255 motion is “inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of . . . [their] detention.” Did the court of appeals below err in holding that this “savings clause” is unavailable where the circuit having § 2255 venue imposes a categorical structural bar on federal inmates seeking redress for a meritorious Sixth Amendment violation? 2. Whether a defendant advancing a Brady claim due to the prosecution’s long concealment of evidence deemed material must also demonstrate that he or she could not have uncovered some part of the suppressed evidence through the exercise of due diligence? i

Docket Entries

2020-07-14
Application (20A7) referred to the Court.
2020-07-14
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-14
Application (20A7) denied by the Court.
2020-07-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 12, 2020)
2020-07-13
Application (20A7) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
2020-07-13
Brief of respondents T. J. Watson, Warden, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-07-13
Reply of petitioner Daniel Lewis Lee filed.

Attorneys

Daniel Lee
Morris H. MoonFederal Capital Habeas Project, Petitioner
Morris H. MoonFederal Capital Habeas Project, Petitioner
T.J Watson
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent