No. 23-5945

Dana Jovan Johnson v. District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether inadequate assistance of counsel at initial-review collateral proceedings may establish cause for a prisoner's procedural default of a claim of ineffective assistance at trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief, where he raised a claim of actual innocence, and numerous claims of ineffectiveness of trial counsel, in which his post-conviction counsel caused to be procedurally defaulted; in which the Third Circuit stated "cannot be excused pursuant to Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S 1 2012)" The case thus presents the following questions; 1. SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT THE WRIT TO RESOLVE A : CONFLICT BETWEEN THE COURTS OF APPEALS REGARDING AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT THIS COURT EXPLICITLY RESERVED IN MARTINEZ V. RYAN, 132 S.Ct. 1309 (2012) WHETHER INADEQUATE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AT INITIAL-REVIEW COLLATERAL PROCEEDINGS MAY ESTABLISH CAUSE FOR A PRISONER'S PROCEDURAL DEFAULT OF A CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE AT TRIAL. II. THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT THE WRIT TO SOLVE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL REGARDING AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT THIS COURT EXPLICITLY POINTED OUT IN MARTINEZ V. RYAN, 132 S.CT. 1309 WHETHER PETITIONER CAN ESTABLISH CAUSE FOR A PROCEDURAL DEFAULT THAT OCCURRED DURING STATE COLLATERAL POST-CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS UNDER §2254(i) III. THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT THE WRIT TO DECIDE WHETHER THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURT DEPRIVE PETITIONER OF HIS PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS WHEN IT DETERMINED THAT HIS NUMEROUS CLAIMS MERITLESS WITHOUT AFFORDING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS CLAIMS AT AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING. i

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 4, 2023)
2023-06-16
Application (22A1082) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 18, 2023.
2023-06-02
Application (22A1082) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 19, 2023 to August 18, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Dana Johnson
Dana Jovan Johnson — Petitioner
Dana Jovan Johnson — Petitioner