No. 18-7053

Kevin Scott Varner v. John Christiansen, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus state-court state-court-litigation state-court-review stone-v-powell
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

What constitutes "an opportunity for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim" in state court?

Does Stone v. Powell apply when a case is not set to utilize the exclusionary rule and in which guilt or innocence is predicated on whether or not a Fourth Amendment violation occurred?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

What constitutes an opportunity for full and fair litigation of a Fourth Amendment claim in state court?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Kevin Scott Varner
Kevin Scott Varner — Petitioner