No. 21-6198

Billy Dean Smith v. Lynnie Einerson, Acting Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-protections death-penalty disadvantaged-groups due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-review prisoner-rights standing state-prisoners state-procedure
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent Marianna Miranda to respond filed.
2021-08-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Billy Dean Smith
Billy Dean Smith — Petitioner
Marianna Miranda
Eric Alan RingsmuthState of Alaska, Department of Law, Office of Criminal Appeals, Respondent