No. 20-597
Wisdom Jeffery v. Nathan Brooks, Warden
Response Waived
Tags: actual-innocence aedpa constitutional-error deference federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-default
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a state court's decision concerning a constitutional error, such as a claim of ineffective- should receive deference under AEDPA's 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) within the context of demonstrating c ause to excuse a procedural default especially where there is significant evidence of prejudice in the form of actual innocence.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state court's decision concerning a constitutional error should receive deference under AEDPA's 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) within the context of demonstrating cause to excuse a procedural default especially where there is significant evidence of prejudice in the form of actual innocence
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent Nathan Brooks, Warden to respond filed.
2020-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)
Attorneys
Nathan Brooks, Warden
Andrew Alan Pinson — Office of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Wisdom Jeffery
Adam Marshall Hames — The Hames Law Firm LLC, Petitioner