No. 25-6073

Brett Alan James Talmadge v. Superintendent, Goose Creek Correctional Center

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abstention-doctrine court-appointed-counsel habeas-corpus incarceration pro-se-pleading speedy-trial
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court for the District of Alaska's dismissal of Mr. Talmadge's 28 USC 2241 claim on abstention grounds where Mr. Talmadge has been incarcerated awaiting trial since 2019, Mr. Talmadge's court appointed attorney(s) repeatedly continued his case in direct opposition to Mr. Talmadge's insistence on a speedy trial, and Mr. Talmadge did not have the opportunity to insist on a speedy trial because for years he was not transported to many of the state court's hearings, he was not provided with the opportunity to appear by video or telephone, and his pro se pleadings were rejected by the state court (due to the fact that he had court-appointed counsel)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's dismissal of a habeas petition on abstention grounds where the petitioner was incarcerated awaiting trial since 2019 and denied opportunities to insist on a speedy trial

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-04
Waiver of Earl Houser of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-04
Waiver of right of respondent Earl Houser to respond filed.
2025-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2025)

Attorneys

Brett Talmadge
Jane B MartinezLaw Office of Jane B. Martinez, LLC, Petitioner
Quinlan SteinerSteiner Law, LLC, Petitioner
Earl Houser
Tamara Eve DeLuciaState of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals, Respondent