| 23A577 |
Tyler Gonzales, fka Tyler A. Montour v. Cheryl Eplett, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Presumed Complete |
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attorney-performance constitutional-performance ineffective-assistance professional-norms sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Whether a reviewing court must assess an attorney's performance under the Sixth Amendment's ineffective assistance of counsel standard by objectively … |
| 21-1157 |
Dennis Spencer v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
attorney-performance conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation multiple-clients personal-conflicts prejudice prejudice-standard |
Does Sullivan's standard apply only when a defense lawyer represents multiple clients with conflicting interests, or does Sullivan apply to other conf… |
| 21-6441 |
Sonny Scott v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment attorney-performance constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure strickland-standard strickland-v-washington warrantless-search |
Was counsel's refusal to file a meritorious, dispositive motion to suppress the fruits of a warrantless search unreasonable under Strickland v. Washin… |
| 20-7828 |
Kevin Norris Mitchell v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 attorney-death attorney-performance civil-procedure constitutional-rights equitable-tolling federal-tolling ineffective-assistance judicial-opinions legal-procedure post-conviction post-conviction-relief |
Whether the death of a petitioner's retained attorney during post-conviction relief proceedings establishes equitable tolling for not securing federal… |
| 20-5498 |
John Silvia, Jr. v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-performance client-representation criminal-procedure discovery evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence expert-consultation expert-witness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel subpoena witness-interview |
Whether an attorney provided effective assistance of counsel |
| 19-5290 |
Ryan Keith Mason v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review attorney-performance credibility credibility-determination criminal-procedure deference deference-standard deference-to-trial-court evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-sufficiency plea-bargaining plea-offer standard-of-review |
Whether a court of appeals erred in finding that deference to a trial court's factual finding on an attorney's provision of a favorable plea offer was… |
| 18-7877 |
Lester Roger Decker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-performance constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Was defendant's attorney's role to fulfill his advisory position to his client ineffective, thus violating client's right to Due Process? |
| 18-5479 |
Tadareous Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-performance due-process evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-standard federal-court-review findings-of-fact habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-deference legal-findings procedural-fairness state-court-findings state-court-proceedings trial-court-duty |
Whether a state court's failure to make findings on controverted and unresolved issues requires a federal court to find counsel ineffective without fi… |