No. 20-628
Samuel Anstey v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: actual-innocence aedpa arson-investigation due-process fire-science habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief summary-judgment
Latest Conference:
2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a petitioner whose conviction was based substantially on discredited arson investigation techniques can survive summary judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 on a theory that changes in fire investigation science constitute newly discovered evidence.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a petitioner whose conviction was based substantially on discredited arson investigation techniques can survive summary judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 on a theory that changes in fire investigation science constitute newly discovered evidence
Docket Entries
2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-13
Waiver of right of respondent Ralph Terry to respond filed.
2020-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)
Attorneys
Ralph Terry
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Samuel Anstey
Devon Thomas Unger — West Virginia Innocence Project, Petitioner