No. 24-5310

Paul Wagner v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conflict-of-interest criminal-investigation due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-attorney
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a trial attorney's knowledge of a concurrent federal criminal investigation constitutes a disqualifying conflict of interest under the Sixth Amendment right to counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether it gave rise to disqualifying conflict of interest, in violation of Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel, that his trial attorney knew he was under federal criminal investigation during and in the same district as Petitioner’s prosecution? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-20
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Paul Wagner
Jay Andrew NelsonLaw Office of Jay A. Nelson, Petitioner
Jay Andrew NelsonLaw Office of Jay A. Nelson, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent