No. 21-5863

Jack Anthony Chatman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief texas texas-law
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

trial counsel claims on Drrect Appead where the Only Cpportunity of A Garrantee of Cunsel
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abvious troth is that lawyers are necessifies ot Luurs. cearly. The people in states
e Texas areDenied thi Necessity Leaving the "Gourontee to Counse A Theoretial Concep
rather than A Constitutional Gourantee-so shouldnt those peaple Get Coonsel in U.S.
District Court to prepare and present ineffective Assiotance of trial Counsel and
Directly Pelated clainms?

Should federal rule a54:Apply in Nt allowing inefective Assistanef
voting Sco Tus in Exparte Gardia 48lo s. 3d Sles

The U.S. District Court Called my Habeas Corpus A "l8"civilsuit- The
Sthcircuit ct. Calledit A Htakeas Corpus -Should the Court have called ny Habeas
Lorpus A la8s in Order to Deny the Relief Kaowing it was At Habeas Corpus
and that this would make the sthCircvit Deny Rehief as well?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred in denying petitioners effective assistance of trial counsel claims in cases like Texas, in light of the Supreme Court Ruling in Trevino v. Thaler

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Jack Chatman
Jack Anthony Chatman — Petitioner