No. 25-5705

Jua Smith v. Delta Barometre, Superintendent, Otisville Correctional Facility

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-counsel counsel-disclosure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default writ-authorization
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner is entitled to have his habeas corpus petition disregarded if habeas counsel was not acting on behalf of the petitioner and failed to disclose his hiring by appellate attorney, and ineffective assistance of appellate counsel was the only viable habeas claim not raised

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

a. Whether petitioner is entitled to have his habeas corpus petition disregarded if habeas counsel was not acting on behalf of the petitioner; and failed to disclose that he was hired by the appellate attorney to file the petition; and, ineffective assistance of appellate counsel was the only viable habeas claim, but was not raised by habeas counsel. b. The standard for informed authorization of a federal habeas corpus petition; where habeas counsel is hired by appellate counsel, and files a procedurally defaulted petition, before ever revealing his existence to the petitioner; never requesting the petitioner ’s authorization after it was filed; nor, the risk that claims might be barred as abuse of writ; the appropriateness of having other counsel file the petition in light of his connection to appellate counsel; and petitioner never communicated with counsel, in any way. PARTIES The petitioner is Jua Smith, a convict of New York State. The respondent is Denisha Goodman, the superintendent at Greene Correctional Facility, where Smith was confined when the petition was filed.

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2025)

Attorneys

Jua Smith
Jua Smith — Petitioner
Jua Smith — Petitioner