No. 23-5037

Patrick L. Martinez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-prisoners ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment texas-criminal-procedure
Latest Conference: 2023-12-08 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Do Texas procedures for postconviction habeas corpus violate the Sixth Amendment and deny indigent prisoners equal protection and due process of law by foreclosing to them any meaningful opportunity to litigate their ineffective assistance of counsel claims?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do Texas procedures for postconviction habeas corpus violate the Sixth Amendment and deny indigent prisoners equal protection and due process of law by foreclosing to them any meaningful opportunity to litigate their ineffective assistance of counsel claims?

Docket Entries

2023-12-11
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-12-01
Rescheduled.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-10-26
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 4, 2023)
2023-03-06
Application (22A781) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 2, 2023.
2023-02-23
Application (22A781) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 3, 2023 to July 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Patrick Martinez
Nicholas Chris VitoloEl Paso County Public Defender, Petitioner