No. 21-5959

Darwin J. Fifield, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights coerced-statement counsel-ineffectiveness due-process excessive-force fifth-amendment fourth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement self-representation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later statement and all evidence secured from the questioning when they occur in a single continuous episode?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

questions presented are: I Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later statement and all evidence secured from the questioning when they occur in a single continuous episode? Il. Whether a Petitioner's Sixth Amendment Right to represent himself during trial was involuntary when his appointed counsel refused to perform the reasonable actions Petitioner wanted him to complete prior to trial? Il. Whether counsel's failure to abide by his principal's interim instructions regarding pretrial investigations terminates his agent status ii

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-09-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Darwin J. Fifield
Darwin Fifield — Petitioner