Whether Louisiana's denial of Shupp's request to file an out-of-time application for writ of certiorari to the Louisiana Supreme Court, despite the ineffective assistance of his lawyer, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, contrary to the holding of Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 400 (1985).

Whether Louisiana's denial of Shupp's request to file an out-of-time application for writ of certiorari to the Louisiana Supreme Court, despite the ineffective assistance of his lawyer, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, contrary to the holding of Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 400 (1985)