No. 18-744

Mark Unger v. David Bergh, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel junk-science sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel is violated when counsel fails to expose junk science that sends his client to prison for the rest of his life.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel is violated when counsel fails to expose junk science that sends his client to prison for the rest of his life

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2018-12-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 10, 2019)
2018-09-27
Application (18A323) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 7, 2018.
2018-09-25
Application (18A323) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 8, 2018 to December 7, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Mark Unger
Paul D. HudsonMiller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Petitioner