No. 18-8661

Eddie Lee Jackson v. Sandy McCain, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-medical-condition counsel-misconduct due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation misconduct procedural-error right-to-counsel suspension
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Petitioner was denied the right to assistance of counsel when the counsel representing Petitioner throughout the proceedings was in fact suspended from the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for misconduct?

Whether the Petitioner was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel when counsel performed his duties under ill medical condition causing his performance to fall well below the standard guaranteed by the 611 and 14th Amendments?

Whether the court erred by failing to appoint the Petitioner new counsel after his counsel passed away at a critical juncture in the proceedings?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Petitioner was denied the right to assistance of counsel

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Eddie Jackson
Eddie Lee Jackson — Petitioner