No. 20-7419

Kamil Johnson v. W. E. Mackelburg, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8-usc-2254 constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance iowa-supreme-court juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama post-conviction-relief
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is whether the Iowa Court of Appeals abused its discretion in denying the habeas corpus petition based upon ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment because of the failure to apply the correct legal standard under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984)?

Whether the petition should be granted because of fundamental error and application of an incorrect legal standard?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower courts acted unconstitutionally in denying the habeas corpus petition

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-17
Waiver of right of respondent Mackelburg, W.E. to respond filed.
2021-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Kamil Johnson
Kamil Johnson — Petitioner
Mackelburg, W.E.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent