No. 18-7374
David Mejia v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aedpa counsel-performance fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-hoc-rationalization sixth-amendment strickland-test strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith
Latest Conference:
2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Has the Fifth Circuit erred in holding, that in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under AEDPA, a court may indulge "post hoc rationalization" for counsel's decision making that contradicts the available evidence of counsel's actions?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a court may indulge 'post hoc rationalization' for counsel's decision making that contradicts the available evidence of counsel's actions in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under AEDPA
Docket Entries
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-18
Waiver of right of respondent Lorie Davis, Director, TDCJ, Correctional Institutions Division to respond filed.
2019-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)
Attorneys
David Mejia
Nelson Starbranch Ebaugh — Nelson S. Ebaugh, P.C., Petitioner
Lorie Davis, Director, TDCJ, Correctional Institutions Division
Kyle Douglas Hawkins — Texas Attorney General's Office, Respondent