No. 21-5651
Taniko C. Smith v. Brian E. Williams, Sr., Warden, et al.
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-deference jurisprudence ninth-circuit state-court state-law supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
Under the principle that federal courts must defer to state courts on questions of state law, if a state court arbitrarily fails to follow its own law, does a federal habeas court owe deference to the state's wider jurisprudence instead of the state court's articulation of state law in the instant case?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a federal habeas court owe deference to a state's wider jurisprudence when a state court arbitrarily fails to follow its own law?
Docket Entries
2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 13, 2021)
Attorneys
Taniko Smith
Emma Smith — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner