No. 21-6813

Ronald Charles Washington v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equitable-tolling habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60(b) rule-60b standing
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question #1: Did U.S. District Court and/or Fifth Circuit err by misconstru
ing Rule 60(b) as a federal habeas and time-barring petition
without allowing equitable tolling and/or Certificate of Appeal-
ability (COA) upon newly discovered suppressed evidence/infor
mation impeding postconviction-relief proceeding on unlitigated,
meritorious claim(s) and unconstitutional denial of 5th Amend
ment abd denial of Due Process under the 14th Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution?

Question #2: Was retained attorney ineffective for failure to object to forged
invalid charging instrument that had no signature from Grand
Jury Foreman?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did U.S. District Court and/or Fifth Circuit err by misconstruing Rule 60(b) as a federal habeas and time-barring petition without allowing equitable tolling and/or Certificate of Appealability (COA) upon newly discovered suppressed impeding proceeding on unlitigated, meritorious claim(s) and unconstitutional denial of 5th Amendment abd denial of Due Process under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2021-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2022)
2021-09-08
Application (21A36) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 20, 2021.
2021-08-23
Application (21A36) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 21, 2021 to December 20, 2021, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Ronald Washington
Ronald Charles Washington — Petitioner