No. 23A978

Chuong Duong Tong v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-02
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: death-penalty habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rhines-stay voir-dire wiggins-claim
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a death row inmate can obtain a Rhines stay to return to state court and exhaust a procedurally defaulted ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim based on alleged failure to present mitigating evidence

Docket Entries

2024-05-07
Application (23A978) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 11, 2024.
2024-04-30
Application (23A978) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 12, 2024 to June 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Chuong Duong Tong
Jonathan David LandersJonathan Landers, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Jonathan David LandersJonathan Landers, Attorney at Law, Petitioner