No. 22-7744

Gregory Bartunek v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Court of Appeals abuse its discretion, violationg Bartunek's due process rights, by failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability for constitutional claims that were supported by facts and law, and therefore, deserved v further consideration?

And by doing so, did the appeallate court sanction, the District Court's departure from the usual course of judicial procedure —to hold a hearing and appoint counsel, when Bartunek's § 2255 motion survived inital review?

And, if so, did this violate the law and Bartunek's due process rights and right to counsel guaranteed by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the United States Constitution?

Is a § 2255 proceeding a critical stage in the petitioner's criminal prosecution, requiring the appointment of counsel, and therefore, when the District Court failed to appoint counsel, it deprived Bartunek of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel?

Is Rule 4(a) governing § 2255 proceedings, requiring a Judge to rule on his own errors, abuses of discretion, misconduct and/or vindictiveness, unconstitutional, or unconstitutional as applied to Bartunek's case?

WHETHER DELAYS CAUSED BY COUNSELOR FAILURES/ A PRO SE DEFENDANT WHO DIDN'T CHOOSE SELF —REPRESENTATION/ THE PROSECUTOR/ AND THE COURT ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE STATE PURSUANT TO THE SPEEDY TRIAL ANALYSIS IN BARKER V. W3NGO/' 407 US 514, 530 (1972), RESULTING IN VIOLATION OF BARTUNEK 'S SPEEDY TRIAL RIGHTS UNDER THE SIXTH AMENDMENTI.

WHETHER FAILURE TO APPOINT ALTERNATE COUNSEL DEPRIVED BARTUNEK OF THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING CRITICAL STAGES OF HIS CASEII.

WHETHER, UNDER THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES, BARTUNEK 'S TRIAL WAS UNFAIR, VIOLATING HIS DUE PROCESS RIGHTSIII.

WHETHER COUNSEL FAILED TO SUBJECT THE PROSECUTOR 'S CASE TO ANY MEANINGUL ADVERSARIAL TESTINGIV.

WHETHER ALLOWING COUNSEL TO SIT AT A TABLE BEHIND BARTUNEK, AND THUS PREVENTING BARTUNEK FROM CONFURRING WITH HIM DURING TRIAL, DENIED BARTUNEK"S RIGHT TO COUNSELV.

WHETHER COUNSEL 'S FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE AND PRESENT AN ALIBI DEFENSE, WHEN BARTUNEK SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM TO DO SO, CONSTITUTES INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSELVI.

WHETHER ADMITTING THE NCMEC EVIDENCE VIOLATED BARTUNEK*S RIGHT TO CONFRONTATION , AND FAILURE OF HIS COUNSEL TO OBJECT TO ITS ADMITTANCE VIOLATED HIS RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSELVII.

WHETHER BARTUNEK 'S SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND/OR CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATESVIII.

WHETHER DUE PROCESS AND THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE COURT IMPOSED A SENTENCE THAT, BUT FOR JUDGE FOUND FACTS, RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIVELY UNREASONABLE AND THUS ILLEGAL SENTENCEIX.

WHETHER BARTUNEK 'S SENTENCE WAS VINDICTIVELY IMPOSED BECAUSE HE EXERCISED HIS RIGHT TO TRIAL INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING A PLEA

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals abuse its discretion, violating Bartunek's due-process rights, by failing to issue a Certificate of Appealability?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 10, 2023)

Attorneys

Gregory Bartunek
Gregory Bartunek — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent