No. 21-6874

Joshua Britt v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 blackledge-v-allison counsel-misadvice dilang-dat-v-united-states due-process eighth-circuit-review evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief section-2255-motion
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred in Affirming the conviction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; . Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred in Affirming the conviction, where : the District Court, without an evidentiary hearing , Denied the Defendant's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255; Although, the defendant produced Affidavits from alleged co-defendants and family members attesting to the “affirmative misadvice" given by counsel, and a lack of foreknowledge regarding the crime of conviction, contrary to precedent . established in Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 75, 76 (1977); and, Dilang Dat_v. United States, 920 F. 3d, 1192, 1195, 1196 (8th Cir. 2019). | ; |

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Joshua Britt
Joshua Britt — Petitioner
Joshua Britt — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent