No. 20-7787

Lee Charles Millsap v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2021-04-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-error fair-opportunity federal-habeas federal-review full-and-fair-litigation habeas-corpus post-conviction-process post-conviction-review procedural-fairness state-court-jurisdiction state-court-ruling
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

Jurisdiction for federal habeas?

Why Appellant Constitutional error should be cognizable in a petition for Habeas Corpus?

Whether errors by courts in the state post-conviction process are cognizable in Federal Habeas Corpus?

Whether Appellant had an opportunity for full and fair litigation of the claim had been afforded?

Whether the petitioner was provided a fair opportunity to raise and have adjudicated the question in state courts?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

state-court-jurisdiction,federal-habeas,constitutional-error,post-conviction-process,full-and-fair-litigation,fair-opportunity

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-14
Waiver of right of respondent Payne, Dir., AR DOC to respond filed.
2021-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Lee C. Millsap
Lee Charles Millsap — Petitioner
Payne, Dir., AR DOC
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent