No. 24-7306

William Thomas Hill v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: counsel-failure district-court evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance motion-to-suppress supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court abused its discretion by summarily denying ineffective assistance of counsel claims without conducting an evidentiary hearing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTON NUMBER ONE; Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Denying Ground One as to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel claim, thus, failure to investigate and file a Motion to Suppress Evidence without conducting an Evidentiary Hearing ? QUESTION NUMBER TWO: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Denying Ground Three as to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel by his ex-lawyer's failure to review Jenacks Act material and Discovery material with him and failing to request his consent and without his knowledge entered two Stipulations required further factual development through prompt an Evidentiary Hearing, see Schiro v. Landrigan, 550 U.S. 465, 474 (2007) ? QUESTION NUMBER THREE: Petitioner Hill, states that did the district court abuse its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground Four and Ground Six as it conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedents in Conley v. United States, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957), and Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 80-83 (1977)?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-10
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-27
Motion Granted.
2025-05-27
Motion (24M88) Granted.
2025-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2024-12-31
Motion of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2024-12-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 30, 2025)
2024-12-31
Motion (24M88) of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.

Attorneys

United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent
William T. Hill
William Thomas Hill — Petitioner
William Thomas Hill — Petitioner