No. 21-7458

Derek Williamson v. Jason Clendenion, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split due-process jury-trial-rights lenient-standard self-defense summary-remand
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-04-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the failure to give a self-defense jury instruction contradict, or is an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law regarding a defendant's due-process, jury-trial-rights, self-defense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Does the failure to give a self-defense jury instruction contradict, or is an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law regarding a defendant’s due process and jury trial rights when self-defense was the crux of the defendant’s case and the defendant introduced evidence to support the defense? II. Should the Court summarily remand because the Sixth Circuit applied the lenient standard for certifying an appeal far too stringently? ii

Docket Entries

2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-03-29
Waiver of right of respondent Jason Clendenion to respond filed.
2022-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Derek Williamson
Michael Clark HolleyOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Jason Clendenion
John Henry Bledsoe IIIOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent