No. 24-6542

William Michael Dennis v. Chance Andes, Acting Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process ineffective-assistance insanity-defense mental-state strickland-standard trial-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals incorrectly found trial counsel ineffective when failing to present a mental state and insanity defense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the Court of Appeals decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court by finding trial counseleffective when he failed to present a mental state and insanity defense. See e.g. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). i

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-19
Waiver of Chance Andes of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-18
Waiver of right of respondent Chance Andes to respond filed.
2025-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2025)
2024-12-10
Application (24A565) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 8, 2025.
2024-11-29
Application (24A565) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 10, 2024 to February 8, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Chance Andes
Jeffrey M. K. LaurenceCA Attorney General's Office, Respondent
William Michael Dennis
James S. ThomsonJames Thomson, Attorney and Counselor at Law , Petitioner