No. 20-26

Wesley Ira Purkey v. United States, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: capital-punishment collateral-review federal-capital-prisoners federal-prisoners ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan post-conviction procedural-default trevino-v-thaler trial-counsel
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether and by what procedural mechanism federal capital prisoners who are in the analogous position of the state prisoners in Martinez and Trevino—i.e., whose substantial claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel were defaulted by ineffective § 2255 counsel—may seek review of such claims.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal capital prisoners whose substantial claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel were defaulted by ineffective § 2255 counsel may seek review of such claims

Docket Entries

2020-07-16
Application (20A12) referred to the Court.
2020-07-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
Application (20A12) denied by the Court.
2020-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2020)
2020-07-15
Application (20A12) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
2020-07-15
Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.

Attorneys

Warden of USP Terra Haute, United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Wesley Ira Purkey
Alan Evan SchoenfeldWilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, Petitioner