No. 22-6061

Kyle Watkins v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights cumulative-effect due-process first-degree-murder habeas habeas-corpus law-enforcement law-enforcement-practices prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a Court can construe Brady's prejudice prong so strictly that it becomes, in effect, an automatic means of excusing unconstitutional law enforcement practices

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In a habeas case involving a first degree murder conviction, whether a Court can construe Brady's prejudice prong so strictly that it becomes, in effect, an automatic means of excusing unconstitutional law enforcement practices.

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-15
Waiver of right of respondent Sean Medeiros to respond filed.
2022-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2022)
2022-10-27
Application (22A347) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until November 14, 2022.
2022-10-24
Application (22A347) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 2, 2022 to November 14, 2022, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Kyle Watkins
Janet Hetherwick PumphreyLaw Offices of Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey, Petitioner
Sean Medeiros
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent