substitute-counsel

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6774 Alberto Rivera v. Tim Thomas, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-of-choice critical-stage law-enforcement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitute-counsel Can law enforcement officials refuse to honor a defendant's request for the presence of their retained counsel at a 'critical stage' without a counter…
23-815 Laurie Ann McRay, et al. v. Dow Golub Remels & Gilbreath PLLC Texas 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-client-relationship attorney-fees counterclaims due-process judicial-fairness legal-ethics legal-malpractice prosecutorial-fees substitute-counsel summary-judgment trial-procedure When a law firm sues its own clients, are the clients' Due Process rights violated?
21-7797 Michael G. Peters v. Texas Medical Board Fifth Circuit 2022-05-06 Dismissed IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action breakdown-of-communication criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substitute-counsel Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires courts to appoint substitute counsel when a defendant demonstrates a com…
21-5482 Michael Deshon Matthews v. John Davids, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights court-costs due-process restitution right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial substitute-counsel Did trial court err in denying defendant's motion for substitute counsel?
20-7139 Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado Colorado 2021-02-12 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel substitute-counsel Whether the trial Court abused its discretion in denying Mr. Anderson's request for the appointment of substitute counsel and defense counsel's motion…
20-6687 William James Jonas, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-appointed-counsel due-process fifth-circuit pro-se right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-hearing sixth-amendment substitute-counsel Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the district court did not violate Petitioner William James Jonas, III's right to cou…
19-5014 Ricardo Donate-Cardona v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP affidavit appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review court-filing defendant-dissatisfaction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-redress poverty-affidavit sixth-amendment standing substitute-counsel Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint substitute counsel when a defendant expresses dissati…
18-5689 George Bridgette v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-requirements right-to-counsel substitute-counsel Whether the district court violated petitioner's constitutional rights by failing to appoint substitute counsel to continue representing him in the ha…