No. 25-6336

Joshua J. Lewandowski v. Jefferey Perkins, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-11
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights effective-assistance-counsel fetal-alcohol-syndrome guilty-plea mental-disability sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Sixth Amendment require defense counsel to ensure a mentally disabled defendant's guilty plea is knowing and voluntary, especially with fetal alcohol syndrome and alleged coercion?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2026-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent Jefferey Perkins, Superintendent to respond filed.
2025-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)

Attorneys

Jefferey Perkins, Superintendent
Peter Benjamin GonickAttorney General of Washington, Respondent
Peter Benjamin GonickAttorney General of Washington, Respondent
Joshua J. Lewandowski
Joshua J. Lewandowski — Petitioner
Joshua J. Lewandowski — Petitioner