No. 18-8592

Wendell Arden Grissom v. Mike Carpenter, Interim Warden

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: accuracy-of-factfinding aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act capital-proceedings federal-court-deference heightened-standard-of-reliability procedural-fairness
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

To what extent, if any, should a federal court defer to prior state court factfinding and adjudication under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in the absence of an evidentiary hearing or other appropriate opportunity to develop facts?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

To what extent, if any, should a federal court defer to prior state court factfinding and adjudication under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in the absence of an evidentiary hearing or other appropriate opportunity to develop facts?

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-19
Reply of petitioner Wendell Grissom filed.
2019-04-09
Brief of respondent Mike Carpenter in opposition filed.
2019-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 26, 2019)
2019-01-10
Application (18A714) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 25, 2019.
2019-01-08
Application (18A714) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 24, 2019 to March 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Mike Carpenter
Jennifer L. CrabbOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Wendell Grissom
Thomas David HirdFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner