No. 22-7888

Desean Lamont Thomas, nka Pharaoh El-Forever Left-I Amen El v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2023-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: due-process economic-barrier expert-testimony expert-witness indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se strickland-standard
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1.Q) If a state conditions satisfying Strickland's first prong, on the testimony of two privately funded expert witnesses against a indigent pro se prisoner, whom cant afford the experts opinion; has the state created a custom, statute, practice or other form of economic discrimination...???

3.Q) Does Minnesota common law which holds pro se litigants to the same standard as lawyers, when accessing the reports of other prosecuting a cause or defending against another's cause, conflict with the due process principle of liberally construing pro se maneuvers and specific complaints regarding previous agents... ???

Question Presented (AI Summary)

If a state conditions satisfying Strickland's first prong, on the testimony of two privately funded expert witnesses against a indigent pro se prisoner, whom can't afford the experts opinion; has the state created a custom, statute, practice or other form of economic barrier

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2023-10-27
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 28, 2023)
2023-03-23
Application (22A837) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 16, 2023.
2023-03-14
Application (22A837) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 17, 2023 to June 16, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Desean Lamont Thomas
Desean Lamont Thomas — Petitioner