Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Can federal courts award habeas relief based on
errors in state-postconviction proceedings?
2. If errors in state-postconviction proceedings
sometimes provide a basis for habeas relief, can a habeas petitioner win relief based on such errors even if
he did not diligently pursue the proceedings in which
the errors occurred?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Can federal courts award habeas relief based on errors in state proceedings?
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-07
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed.
2020-12-07
Reply of petitioner Lyneal Wainwright, Warden filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-03
Brief of respondent Jason Sexton in opposition filed.
2020-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2020)
Attorneys
Jason Sexton
Jay Randall Carson — Wegman Hessler, Respondent
Lyneal Wainwright, Warden
Benjamin Michael Flowers — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Petitioner