No. 20-7504

Ray A. Gough v. Daniel Q. Sullivan, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2254 due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sexually-dangerous-persons-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-determination-of-facts
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether proceedings under the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act are 'criminal prosecutions' under the Sixth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether proceedings under the Ilinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, which may result in incarceration for an indeterminate and possibly lifelong term, are “criminal prosecutions”, within the meaning of . the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a speedy trial. | (2) Whether, in a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. §2254, the requirement of a Supreme Court precedent incorporated in §2254(d)(1) for decisions contrary to clearly established Federal law, applies likewise to §2254(d)(2) for decisions based on an unreasonable determination of the facts, despite the clear language of the statute to the contrary. i.

Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2020-10-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Ray A. Gough
Ray A. Gough — Petitioner
Ray A. Gough — Petitioner