No. 21-5375

Douglas Coley v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: collateral-review counsel-abandonment death-penalty death-row-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review right-to-counsel trial-court-duty trial-court-management
Latest Conference: 2021-11-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can a state provide a rational basis to deny a death row prisoner his right to the state's first collateral, conviction, review process, where the prisoner wanted, and diligently pursued, his right to such collateral review, but he was denied collateral review due to counsel's abandonement, and the trial court's failure to manage its docket?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state provide a rational basis to deny a death row prisoner his right to the state's first collateral, conviction, review process, where the prisoner wanted, and diligently pursued, his right to such collateral review, but he was denied collateral review due to counsel's abandonement, and the trial court's failure to manage its docket?

Docket Entries

2021-11-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
2021-10-12
Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
2021-08-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 12, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
2021-08-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 13, 2021 to October 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 13, 2021)

Attorneys

Douglas Coley
Joseph Edmond WilhelmOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Ohio
Brenda J. Skinkiss MajdalaniJulia R. Bates, Lucas County Prosecutor, Respondent