counsel-substitution

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6294 Christopher Lloyd Burnell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split counsel-substitution court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defendant-rights sixth-amendment What standard governs a criminal defendant's motion to substitute retained with court-appointed counsel?
22-6714 Wilson Laboriel v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-substitution due-process effective-assistance federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standard-of-review trial-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals can sanction the district court's recharacterization of a petitioner's claim after such claim has been libe…
21-7850 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-05-12 Dismissed IFP ada-disability appeal appellate-jurisdiction clerk-error constitutional-rights counsel-substitution habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-to-substitute-counsel pro-se pro-se-motions Question not identified
21-6156 Vilasini Ganesh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP calendar-management conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict counsel-substitution criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process sixth-amendment substitution trial-court-discretion Do Sixth Amendment safeguards require trial courts to inquire into existing conflicts between counsel and the defendant before a trial court may deny …
20-6417 Edwin Omar Almonte-Nunez v. United States First Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2112 abuse-of-discretion counsel-substitution crime-of-violence double-jeopardy due-process party-presentation resentencing sentencing-review Did the district court adequately vet Mr. Almonte-Nufiez's dissatisfaction with his counsel?
18-9331 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeals appellate-review capital-counsel capital-habeas civil-rights collateral-review counsel-substitution due-process habeas-corpus judicial-proceedings mandamus right-to-counsel statutory-interpretation statutory-right Whether the Court of Appeals failed to apply the existing basis of (a) Potential, (b) Pendent, (c) 28 U.S.C.S. § 1651(a) review by Mandamus, (d) 28 US…