No. 21-5394

Michael Nathaniel Boyd v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure search-warrant
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the Circuit's ruling, and remand for further consideration in light of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), for Mr. Boyd's counsel's fail to jet to disibl evidenc Te search Warrant and Supporting Affidavit)?

II. Should this Court grant certiorari vacate the Circuit's ruling, and remand for further Consideration in light of Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959), which announced that conviction obtained through the use of False evidence known to be such by representatives of the State must fall under the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court should grant certiorari, vacate the circuit's ruling, and demand further consideration in light of Strickland v. Washington and Napue v. Illinois

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Nathaniel Boyd
Michael Nathaniel Boyd — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent