Isaiah Stacy Alstad v. United States
HabeasCorpus
Whether the district court and Eighth Circuit abused their discretion by summarily dismissing claims of conflict of interest, ineffective assistance of counsel, and sentencing phase ineffectiveness in violation of Supreme Court precedent
QUESTON NUMBER ONE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground One, Conflict of Interest claim and did the Eighth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court's decision as such claim was not wholly frivolous did this violate the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957); and Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 80-82 (1977) ? QUESTION NUMBER TWO: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground Two, as his ex-lawyer provided him with ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to raise within his pre-trial Motion to Dismiss several defects in his Superseding Indictment, and did the Eighth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court's decision as such claim is not wholly frivolous did this violate the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957); and Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 80-82 (1977) ? QUESTION NUMBER THREE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground Three sentencing phase ineffectiveness claim and did the Eighth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court's decision as such claim is not wholly frivolous did this violate the U.S. Supreme Court Rulings in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957); and Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 80-82 (1977) ?