No. 20-588

Lyneal Wainwright, Warden v. Jason S. Sexton

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: aedpa circuit-split due-process federal-courts habeas state-proceedings
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can federal courts award habeas relief based on errors in state proceedings?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Can federal courts award habeas relief based on errors in proceedings? 2. If errors in 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?

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 CarsonWegman Hessler, Respondent
Jay Randall CarsonWegman Hessler, Respondent
Lyneal Wainwright, Warden
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Petitioner
Benjamin Michael FlowersOhio Attorney General Dave Yost, Petitioner