No. 20-548

Jessie Eugene Shelton v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 5th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process improper-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-filing prosecutorial-misconduct
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a pro se filing by petitioner in 2012 to the District Court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and an invalid plea would deny a second filing by the petitioner, by counsel; Alleging prosecutorial mis-conduct in the allotment procedure, filing the matter in the improper jurisdiction and wonton ineffective assistance of counsel and denial of a full hearing on these allegations in the 22nd District Court, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. In contradiction of due process under the 5th and 6th Amendments applicable to the States under the "Due Process" clause of the 13th and 14th Amendments.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pro se filing by petitioner in 2012 to the District Court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and an invalid plea would deny a second filing by the petitioner, by counsel

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-04
Waiver of right of respondent Robert Tanner to respond filed.
2020-09-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2020)

Attorneys

Jessie Shelton
Robert J Stamps — Petitioner
Robert Tanner
Matthew CaplanDistrict Attorney, 22nd Judicial, State of Louisiana, Respondent