No. 25-6175

Luis Fernando Puente v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-counsel fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance reasonable-expectation-privacy state-law supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit and U.S.D.C. misinterpreted state law and Supreme Court precedent regarding ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and reasonable expectation of privacy

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT AND THE U.S.D.C’S DECISION THAT A MANDATORY REQUIRED PIECE OF THE REPORTER'S RECORD THAT IS MISSING IS AN ISSUE OF STATE LAW AND IS UNREVIEWABLE BY THE COURTS, OVERLOOKS THE ACTUAL GROUND IN INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL AND IS MISINTERPRETED REQUIRING THIS COURT'S ATTENTION. 2. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT AND U.S.D.C.'S DECISION AND AGREEING UPON THAT "IT IS WELL SETTLED THAT A NON-OVERNIGHT GUEST, SUCH AS PUENTE, HAS NO REASONABLE EX PECTATION OF PRIVACY IN A RESIDENCE THAT HE DOES NOT OWN OR HAVE A POSSESSORY INTEREST" OVERREACH AND MISAPPLY ACTUAL SUPREME COURT AUTHORITY REQUIRING THIS COURT'S ATTENTION.

Docket Entries

2026-01-26
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
2025-05-06
Application (24A1069) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 2, 2025.
2025-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)
2024-11-05
Application (24A1069) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 4, 2024 to February 2, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Luis Fernando Puente
Luis Fernando Puente — Petitioner
Luis Fernando Puente — Petitioner