No. 19-1023
Donnie Morgan, Warden v. Vincent D. White, Jr.
Tags: actual-prejudice cause-and-prejudice circuit-split federal-court-review habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default state-postconviction-counsel
Latest Conference:
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Related Cases:
19-8117
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Question Presented (from Petition)
If a petitioner defaults an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with "some merit," does Martinez v. Ryan allow a federal court to excuse the procedural default without requiring any further showing of prejudice?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal court may excuse a procedural default of an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim with 'some merit' under Martinez v. Ryan without requiring any further showing of prejudice
Docket Entries
2020-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-05-05
Letter waiving 14-day waiting period pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by counsel for petitioner.
2020-05-05
Reply of petitioner Donnie Morgan, Warden filed.
2020-05-04
Response to petition from respondent Vincent White filed.
2020-05-04
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Vincent White.
2020-04-29
Response Requested. (Due May 29, 2020)
2020-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
2020-03-19
Brief amici curiae of State of Indiana, et al. filed.
2020-03-06
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Vincent D. White, Jr.
2020-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2020)
Attorneys
State of Indiana
Thomas M. Fisher — Amicus
Vincent White
Charles Mark Pickrell — Respondent
Warden, Ross Correctional Institution
Benjamin Michael Flowers — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Petitioner