No. 24-5936

Samuel Lee Jones, Jr. v. Michael Wheeler

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: access-to-courts constitutional-violation habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default rule-60b6
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the District Court and Fifth Circuit's ruling conflict with Supreme Court precedents regarding ineffective assistance of counsel claims, appointment of counsel, and access to courts?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED: DOES THE DISTRICT COURT AND FIFTH CIRCUIT'S RULING CONFLICT WITH Casey v. Lewis, 518 U.S. 343 n.3 (1996), WHEN HOLDING THAT PETITIONER COULD NOT PRESENT A NONFRIVOLOUS ARGUABLE . 7 CLAIM TO THE’ STATE:HABEAS::COURT TO APPOINT HIM COUNSELPER Trevino ve Thaler, 569 U.S. 413 (2013), TO PROPERLY PRESENT HIS SUBSTANTIAL INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL (IATC) CLAIM(S) OR EXCUSE HIS PROCEDURAL ERROR? . . SECOND QUESTION PRESENTED: DOES THE DISTRICT COURT AND FIFTH CIRCUIT'S RULING CONFLICT WITH Trevino, WHEN HOLDING THAT TREVINO IS INAPPLICABLE TO PETITIONER'S CASE? THIRD QUESTION PRESENTED: DOES THE DISTRICT COURT AND FIFTH CIRCUIT'S RULING CONFLICT WITH BUGK v. Davis, 580 U.S. 100 (2017), WHEN HOLDING THAT THE RULE 60(b)(6) COURT DID NOT HAVE TO REVIEW THE MERITS OF PETITIONER'S SUBSTANTIAL IATC CLAIMS BECAUSE Buck IS INAPPLICABLE TO PETITIONER'S CASE? . FOURTH QUESTION PRESENTED: DOES THE DISTRICT COURT AND FIFTH CIRCUIT'S RULING CONFLICT WITH Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 (1977); and Lewis, 518 U.S. 342 (1996), WHEN HOLDING THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRISON LAW LIBRARY RULES AND POLICIES WHICH PROHIBITS: i PRISONERS TO TALK AND HELP EACH OTHER PREPARE HABEAS PETITIONS AND THERE BEING NO PERSON TRAINED IN LAW WORKING IN THE LAW LIBRARY, SUCH DEFICLENCIES DID NOT DENY PETITIONER ACCESS TO THE COURTS? i a, ie

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-09
Waiver of right of respondent Michael Wheeler to respond filed.
2024-10-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 9, 2024)
2024-09-09
Application (24A246) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 9, 2024.
2024-08-27
Application (24A246) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 10, 2024 to November 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Michael Wheeler
Christopher Lee LindseyAttorney General of Texas, Respondent
Samuel Lee Jones, Jr.
Samuel Lee Jones Jr. — Petitioner