No. 25-726

Alan Lane Hicks v. Jonathan Frame, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-19
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived
Tags: aedpa federal-petition habeas-corpus ineffective-process judicial-delay state-court-exhaustion
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(B)(ii)'s exception to the exhaustion requirement for "circumstances" that render state proceedings "ineffective" can apply when a state court reanimates inordinately delayed proceedings after a petitioner files in federal court.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(B)(ii)'s exception to the exhaustion requirement for 'circumstances' that render state proceedings 'ineffective' can apply when a state court reanimates inordinately delayed proceedings after a petitioner files in federal court

Docket Entries

2026-02-06
Amicus brief of Innocence Network and The Midwest Innocence Project submitted.
2026-02-06
Brief amici curiae of Innocence Network, et al. filed.
2026-01-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 6, 2026.
2026-01-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 6, 2026 to March 6, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-01-07
Response Requested. (Due February 6, 2026)
2025-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-26
Waiver of Jonathan Frame of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-26
Waiver of right of respondent Jonathan Frame to respond filed.
2025-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

Alan Lane Hicks
Steven James AlagnaWashington University School of Law, Petitioner
Innocence Network and The Midwest Innocence Project
Matthew James StanfordBryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Amicus
Jonathan Frame
Michael Ray WilliamsOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent