No. 19-5222

James Arthur Meeks v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure-bar-rule civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief post-conviction-review procedural-bar standing trial-counsel
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

DID THE STATE OF TEYAS PROPERLY APPLY THE PROCEDURAL BAR (STATUE OF LIMITATIONS iN WRITNO. W89-85S62T (C-D) PURSUANT TO ART. 11.O7(4 OFTHE CODE OFCRiM. PROC. WHEN EXTRAORDINARY CIRWUMSTANCES EXIST TO HAVE TRIGGURED EQUITABLE TOLLONG?

2. VIOLATING PETIDONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGNTS AT POST -TEIAL JUROQ'S HEARING WHERE ONLY 9 OFTHE IZ JUROR'S WERE CAULED UPON TO ANSWER TO THE TRUSTWORTHIUESS OF TMEIR VERDICCT?

3. INFORMATION OF PETITIONER'S PENDING CMARGES CAPITAL MURDER 6 AGGSAUATED ROBERY) TO BE POSTED TO THE PUbLIC WhICH JNFECTED THE EUTIRE JURY PAWEL PRE-TRIAL - ANERROR NEUEN BROUGHT TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION UNTEL AFTER TRAL. WAS PETITIONER'S SIXTM AMENOMAENT RIGMT TO EFFECTILE TREAL COUNSEL VIELATEO IN AN ACCUMULATION OF TNIAL COUNSEL ERROR'S?

B WAS APPELATE COUNSEL JOHN D. NATION DOLLAS, TK.) INEFFECTIVE BY FILING ONLY ONE(1DERRON IU MEEKS V. STATE NO. O5-GD-DOS53-CR(TEXAPP. - DALLAS MAR. 14TM I991, PEt.REfd)?

S. SHOUD EQUITABLE TOLLDNG HAVE BEEN TRIGGCRED BY EITHER JHE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS WHEN IN LOI6 PETITIONER FOOND OUT THAT HIS COURT APPOINTED APPELATE ATTORNEY LIED TO HIM BACK INS /99O CONCERNIDNG THE FACT THAT A RECORD OF THE POST -TRIAL JUROR'S TESTOMONY DOES IN FACT EXEST WHICH IS A BASIS FOR MANY CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS INCLUDING: JUCOR MISCOUOUCT - JUQY BIAS, INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL ANO

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the procedural bar statute was properly applied

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)

Attorneys

James A. Meeks
James Arthur Meeks — Petitioner