No. 23-5193

Bradley Ross Fairbourn v. Neicole Morden, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus impliedly-biased-juror juror-bias strickland-standard strickland-v-washington structural-error weaver-v-massachusetts
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Strickland actual-prejudice standard applies to a structural error in the form of an impliedly-biased juror

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, in light of this Court’s decision in Weaver v. Massachusetts, __ U.S. __, 187 S. Ct. 1899, 198 L. Ed. 2d 420 (2017), the actual-prejudice standard set out in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) applies to a structural error in the form of an impliedly-biased juror that rendered a criminal trial fundamentally unfair.

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent Neicole Morden, et al. to respond filed.
2023-07-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2023)

Attorneys

Bradley Fairbourn
Gregory William StevensThe Law Office of Gregory W. Stevens, Petitioner
Gregory William StevensThe Law Office of Gregory W. Stevens, Petitioner
Neicole Morden, et al.
Kristen Reeves JonesOffice of the Wyoming Attorney General, Respondent
Kristen Reeves JonesOffice of the Wyoming Attorney General, Respondent