No. 20-6793

Curtis Parks v. Willis Chapman, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus post-conviction procedural-default structural-error
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) After Weaver, can a petitioner in post-conviction proceedings asserting a procedurally defaulted structural error demonstrate prejudice by showing that the error rendered their trials fundamentally unfair?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a petitioner in post-conviction proceedings asserting a procedurally defaulted structural error can demonstrate prejudice by showing that the error rendered their trials fundamentally unfair

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-19
Waiver of right of respondent Willis Chapman, Warden to respond filed.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2020-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Curtis Parks
Colleen P FitzharrisFederal Community Defender, Eastern District of Michigan, Petitioner
Willis Chapman, Warden
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent