No. 24-566
Edgar Dale Dillon v. Westmoreland Department of Social Services
Tags: child-removal due-process habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parental-rights state-action
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Immigration
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Immigration
Latest Conference:
2025-01-17
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Virginia Supreme Court correctly
applied due process rights of Lassiter to the
Habeas Petition relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in a child removal
proceeding?
2. Does a parent have a Due Process right to counsel
in situations where state action severely interferes
with the parental child relationship but is less
than full termination of parental rights?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Virginia Supreme Court correctly applied due process rights in a child removal proceeding involving ineffective assistance of counsel and parental rights
Docket Entries
2025-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
2024-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2024)
Attorneys
Edgar Dillon
Timothy Vitow Anderson — ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES, PC, Petitioner