constructive-denial

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5076 Shomari Legghette v. Illinois Illinois 2025-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-representation constructive-denial criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether defense Counsel's absence at a critical stage constructively denied representation as guaranteed by the sixth amendment
24A458 Corey Dequan Broome v. James R. Scheibner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-11-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-right constructive-denial ineffective-assistance legal-assistance pro-se sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a finding of constructive denial of counsel when an indigent defendant is denied meaningful legal assistance duri…
22-5236 George E. McFarland v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied IFP adversarial-proceedings constructive-denial cronic-violation ineffective-assistance lineup-identification prosecutorial-awareness right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires inquiry into surrounding circumstances for a constructive denial of counsel claim
21-5977 In Re Rigoberto Melero Aguirre 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constructive-denial counsel-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings miscarriage-of-justice plain-error-standard standard-of-review Whether the constructive denial of counsel during Melero Aguirre's judicial proceedings, coupled with the wholesale adoption by the Fifth Circuit, of …
20-7616 Deshun Thomas v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied IFP constructive-denial cronic cronic-standard effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions sentencing sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy Is a defendant constructively denied the assistance of counsel under United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984), when trial counsel tells the jury t…
20-6880 Victor Esquivel, aka Youngster v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-brief constructive-denial criminal-procedure direct-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel no-merit-brief preserved-objections right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel Whether Esquivel's Right to Counsel Was Constructively Denied
19-6096 Jerry Simmons v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biased-judge constructive-denial constructive-denial-of-assistance-of-counsel criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-bias right-to-counsel right-to-present-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation sixth-amendment structural-error structural-error-doctrine Whether the decision by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals contrary to, or involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established F…
18-9015 Diego Rodrigo Perea v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause constructive-denial criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was the State Court's rejection of the Petitioner's claim that he was constructively denied the assistance of counsel
18-7208 Nicholas Maslonka v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constructive-denial critical-stage cronic-standard cronic-v-united-states habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-action Is there a requirement that state action contribute to counsel's absence from a critical stage of the proceedings in order for there to be a construct…