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29 results for “Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections”

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Tags	Question Presented
25-6809	Michael Wayne Keller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2026-02-13	Pending	commonwealth-instruction heat-of-passion jury-instruction legal-standard malice-definition trial-court-error	1) Was the definition of malice given to the jury a proper Virginia model jury instruction defining heat of passion? 2) Did counsel for appellant req…
25-6417	Phillip Michael Giles v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-12-23	Pending	None	/-w/alh C/mut C&aA Appeals bo 1-0 CL XSA-U^zt're 0£ Z^tyjfid^ih-ly. <3 -Vo dl&ims X c\A H CiX oi A-bbo/ie/b-s Xsezlwn ^25^ U zi j XnJ2, S&nc&on&J …
25A705	Charles Albert Massey v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-12-17	Application	confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination hearsay-evidence preliminary-hearing sixth-amendment	Question not identified.
25-664	Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections v. Justin Michael Wolfe	Fourth Circuit	2025-12-08	Pending	actual-innocence factfinder-standard habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence schlup-standard trial-evidence	Whether the "new" evidence required to make an actual-innocence claim under Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298 (1995), includes only newly discovered eviden…
25A649	Denzel Chandler v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-12-03	Application	constitutional-right equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance habeas-corpus mental-health statute-of-limitations	Question not identified.
25-6080	Warren Ellwood Shelton, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Virginia	2025-11-12	Denied	appeals-process constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing	/\JVQU &Jt\| %4rk O'D'^fS llLOl <1-1 e. OtoLuUltj ® \AJkkcj is \(v^0LiAcuie Clu&m nz4 bdrvj z\^pl?W 4o jaW£M j^ iw& pjnadr&& 1^-k) Leuv k\| Aftz. Q^&c…
25A368	Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections v. Justin Michael Wolfe	Fourth Circuit	2025-09-30	Presumed Complete	actual-innocence circuit-split gateway-claim habeas-corpus procedural-default schlup-standard	Whether 'new evidence' under the Schlup actual innocence standard requires newly discovered evidence unavailable at trial or encompasses all evidence …
25A320	Phillip Michael Giles v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-09-19	Presumed Complete	constitutional-rights effective-assistance legal-research prison-access sixth-amendment speedy-trial	Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and speedy trial was violated when the petitioner was denied adequate access to l…
25-5340	Jeffrey J. Mitchell v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Virginia	2025-08-13	Denied	None	Question not identified.
25A156	Thomas Bartholomew Simpson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-08-06	Presumed Complete	None
25-5198	Corey Lee Butts v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-07-25	Denied	None	X [± do no+ urtderstondj Common La(/U O'u<i 'S>d< 3. Trn nc>4- Sure I unckrshand ooWV nocan y TF cyM ^UCS-hions like. AS FolkiA>S ( Then hem orc Q^e-…
24-7295	Riley Dyson Biro v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2025-05-28	Denied	certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court habeas-corpus procedural-bar state-court-rule	Did the Court of Appeals err by denying a certificate of appealability when the district court's findings were debatable and multiple constitutional r…
24-6689	Tarun Kumar Vyas v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Virginia	2025-03-04	Denied	None	Question not identified.
24A642	William White, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-12-30	Presumed Complete	certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus prison-mail pro-se supreme-court-rule time-extension	Whether a pro se prisoner's delayed receipt of a Court of Appeals order due to prison mail procedures constitutes good cause for an extension of time …
24-6169	Deandre Johnson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-12-18	Denied	civil-rights constitutional-claim first-amendment free-exercise prisoner-rights religious-accommodation	Whether a Virginia prisoner's First Amendment free exercise claim was improperly dismissed by lower courts when he was denied religious accommodations
24-6144	Michael Roy Fuller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-12-13	Denied	constitutional-rights criminal-appeal habeas-corpus malice self-defense vehicle-shooting	Whether self-defense justifies shooting into a vehicle's dashboard when fearing for one's life and pleading to be released
24-6078	Michael Andrew Peterson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-12-05	Denied	constitutional-provisions extraordinary-circumstances jurisdiction legal-opinion petition supreme-court	Question not identified.
24-5892	Toccara Yvonne Puller v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-11-05	Denied	appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-review	Question not identified.
24-5695	Deandre Johnson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-10-03	Denied	appellate-review constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus sentencing	Whether the Supreme Court should review the lower court's opinion regarding constitutional claims related to sentencing and criminal procedure
24-5677	Kelly Daniel Bass v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-10-01	Denied	constitutional-rights courtroom-closure criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel speedy-trial	Whether criminal defendants are required to prove prejudice for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim where counsel is absent during a critical s…
24-295	Donald Herrington v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-09-16	Denied	circuit-split criminal-procedure fifth-amendment right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-counsel	Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that a criminal defendant can waive counsel without being fully informed of the charges, potential defense…
23-7813	John Ragin v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al.	Fourth Circuit	2024-06-27	Dismissed	administrative-law brady-violation constitutional-law due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure precedent prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial statutory-interpretation	Question not identified
23-7777	Robert King Via, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-06-21	Denied	6th-amendment accomplice-testimony constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence witness-testimony	Does the uncorroborated testimony of alleged accomplices outweigh a defendant's 6th Amendment right to present evidence in his favor?
23-7665	Kenneth Oteng Duodu v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-06-07	Denied	article-vi confrontation-clause constitutional-rights consular-notification criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus international-obligations vienna-convention	Whether the failure of the Fairfax County Police Department to notify the Consulate of Ghana in contravention of the petitioner's established consular…
23-1036	Robert John Dodd v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-03-19	Denied	constitutional-violation criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel	Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object on Double Jeopardy grounds to nine identical carbon copy indictments
23-7019	Quindell Montrae Kirby v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-03-19	Denied	civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-disclosure exculpatory-evidence fair-trial jurisdiction venue	Whether the Court of the County of Chesterfield, Commonwealth of Virginia was allowed to prosecute this case when precedent supports the Petitioner's …
23-6999	Ronald Monique Best v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-03-15	Denied	constitutional-rights counsel-effectiveness criminal-procedure defendant-representation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-strategy	Is it permissible for counsel to unilaterally concede the actual charge act of the offense when guilt and punishment is the sole issue for the jury?
23-6581	Eric Adam Grueninger v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Fourth Circuit	2024-01-25	Denied	assets-liabilities child-support disability employment-history financial-disclosure income-sources prisoner-filing retirement spouse-employment support-expenses unemployment	What legal issues are being raised?
23-652	Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections v. Berman Justus, Jr.	Fourth Circuit	2023-12-15	Denied	civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-60(b)(6) habeas habeas-corpus mental-illness statute-of-limitations	Whether a habeas petitioner can show that a mental illness constitutes an 'extraordinary circumstance' that warrants reopening a final judgment under …