adequate-representation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7906 Ruben Sanchez v. Illinois Illinois 2022-05-18 Denied IFP adequate-representation due-process judicial-consideration legal-representation plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal pro-se public-defender withdrawal Does a Pro Se plaintiff have a due process right to the adequate performance of counsel when represented by a public defender for the purpose of withd…
21-248 Philip E. Berger, et al. v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-08-23 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response WaivedRelisted (2) adequate-representation civil-procedure civil-rights discretionary-standard intervention intervention-as-of-right judicial-review litigation-intervention standard-of-review standing state-agent state-sovereignty Whether a state agent authorized by state law to defend the State's interest in litigation must overcome a presumption of adequate representation to i…
21-84 Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. v. Victim Rights Law Center, et al. First Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-litigation governmental-litigant intervention intervention-as-of-right presumption-of-adequacy presumption-of-adequate-representation standing title-ix Whether a movant who seeks to intervene as of right on the same side as a governmental litigant must overcome a presumption of adequate representation
20-492 Charles D. Gonzalez, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response Waived adequate-representation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inadequate-representation intra-class-conflict release rule-23 settlement settlement-approval Whether the district court and the court of appeals improperly applied obsolete standards for approval of settlement class actions under prior caselaw…
19-427 Durant Brockett, et al. v. Matthew E. Orso, as Receiver for REX Venture Group, LLC, dba ZeekRewards.com Fourth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived absent-defendants adequate-representation circuit-court civil-procedure class-action defendant-class due-process error-correction fifth-amendment hansberry-v-lee Is the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment violated by the entry of a final judgment against a class of absent defendants, if the absent defenda…
19-5390 In Re Francisco Narvaez 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-representation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel legal-representation procedural-error professional-conduct sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated due to his attorneys' failure to file a motion to suppr…
18-8429 Tracy Lane Beatty v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied IFP adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b6-martinez-v-ryan-conflict-amon federal-courts federal-habeas martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing timeliness Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve a conflict among the federal courts of appeals as to whether petitioners may ever prevail on a Fe…