Whether a capital defendant's appointed counsel's flat-fee contract constitutes an actual conflict of interest that warrants a presumption of prejudice under the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel

No question identified. : IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES BRIAN DORSEY ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. ) DAVID VANDERGRIFF, ) THIS IS A CAPITAL CASE Warden, Potosi ) Correctional Center, ) Pending Execution Date: ) April 9, 2024 @ 6:00 PM CDT Respondent. ) TO: The Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Circuit Justice for the Eighth Circuit APPLICATION FOR STAY OF EXECUTION PENDING DISPOSITION OF PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI Petitioner Brian Dorsey, currently incarcerated on Missouri’s death row, respectfully requests a stay of his execution, which is scheduled for April 9, 2020, at 6:00 PM CDT. Mr. Dorsey asks this Court to stay his execution to preserve the Court’s jurisdiction to review his petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri, which is simultaneously filed with this Application. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rules 23.1 and 23.2 and under the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 2101(f), the stay may lawfully be granted. In support of this application, petitioner states the following grounds.