No. 21-6836

Daniel Locus v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: credibility criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-courts judicial-review state-court-review state-courts wrongful-conviction wrongful-convictions
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the District Court's ruling consistent with the holdings in Neil v. Biggers

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED : | 1. Did the District Court’s ruling consistent with the holdings in Neil v. Biggers, 423 U.S. 98, 114, 53 L.Ed.2d 140, 97 S.Ct. 2243 (1977)? 2. If the Circuit Court's are only now determining . misidentification is one of the single greatest source of wrongful convictions in the United States why wouldn’t the District Courts take more precautions in their decision to look at the credibility of the State’s views to people on drugs more credibility especially, when they are actually trying to get out of confinement settings? 3. How .does State and Federal Courts assure wrongful convictions do not happen if they are relying so heavily on eyewitness identifications which conflict with one another? | PARTIES The petitioner is Daniel Locus a prisoner at New Jersey ; | State Prison, P.O. Box 861, Trenton, New Jersey. The Respondents | is the New Jersey Attorney General at Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, P.O. Box 112, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625. | ' 3 | | |

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent Steven Johnson, et al. to respond filed.
2022-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2022)

Attorneys

Daniel Locus
Daniel Locus — Petitioner
Daniel Locus — Petitioner
Steven Johnson, et al.
Jason MagidCamden County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Jason MagidCamden County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent