No. 22-5837

Micah S. Matthews v. Iowa

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2022-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions post-conviction-relief state-appellate-court successive-petition summary-judgment unmitigated-claim
Latest Conference: 2022-11-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Is a state appellate court's refusal to allow a
petitioner to file a successive petition for PostConviction Relief on an unmitigated, meritorious claim
an unconstitutional denial of Due Process under the 14th
Amendment?

(2) If PCR counsel is ineffective in presenting the claim
of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, is the
underlying constitutional entitlement to effective
counsel at trial a nullity and lie unenforced?

(3) Do defective jury instructions constitute a material
fact sufficient to preclude Summary Judgement on
Petition for 2.4 Post-Conviction Relief?

(4) Is granting Summary Judgement for the state, a
violation of the Due> Process Clause of the 14th
Amendment, where the record establishes triable claims
that have not been addressed?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a state appellate court's refusal to allow a petitioner to file a successive petition for Post-Conviction Relief on an unmitigated, meritorious claim an unconstitutional denial of Due Process under the 14th Amendment?

Docket Entries

2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-26
Waiver of right of respondent Iowa to respond filed.
2022-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Iowa
Darrel MullinsIowa Dept. of Justice, Respondent
Micah Matthews
Micah S. Matthews — Petitioner