counsel-deprivation
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5079 | Leon Carter v. Bradley Mlodzik, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2025-07-10 | Denied | IFP | counsel-deprivation ex-parte-communication fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jury-instruction sixth-amendment | Whether a writ of habeas corpus should issue when a bailiff ex parte reinstructed the jury in a criminal trial, depriving the defendant of counsel at … |
| 20-7551 | Dennis Roger Bolze v. Warden, FCI Coleman | Sixth Circuit | 2021-03-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice right-to-counsel state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction | When a State intentionally abandons State law and deprives an individual of counsel during a critical stage in the criminal proceedings, does the stat… |
| 20-1218 | Demetrius William Edwards, et al. v. Sherry Burt, Warden, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2021-03-03 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | is entitled to habeas relief thereby giving rise to a presumption of prejudice counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | Whether a criminal defendant who was deprived of counsel during a critical stage of his trial, thereby giving rise to a presumption of prejudice, is e… |
| 18-8889 | Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-error counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process initial-appearance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic | Whether an initial appearance can be a critical stage |