No. 18-7814

William E. Brown v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights drug-quantity due-process eighth-circuit equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining standing strickland-standard takings
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. (i) WHETHER COUNSEL. RENDERED INEFFECTIVENESS FOR FAILING TO OBJECT
TO THE DRUG QUANTITY CALCULATION IN THE PSR, USED THREATS TO CORCE
PETITIONER TO PIFAD GUILTY; (ii) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT DECISION
CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN
STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, &0 L.Ed.2d
674 (1984); AND THE PENAL DECISION DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION
IN MILLER-EL V. COCKREIL, 537 U.S.
322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 1.54
L.Ed.2d 931 (2003), WHEN THF EIGHIH CIRCUIT FAILED T0 ISSUE A
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY WHERE THE RECORDS AND FILES SUPPORT IT?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
William E. Brown
William E. Brown — Petitioner