No. 25A156

Thomas Bartholomew Simpson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-06
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right evidentiary-error habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a prisoner seeking federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 must demonstrate that reasonable jurists could find debatable a district court's rejection of claims based on alleged evidentiary errors and ineffective assistance of counsel, or whether incarceration resulting from a state court's procedural default or alleged constitutional error in adopting a pre-drafted dismissal order provides an independent basis for appellate review absent such a showing

Docket Entries

2025-08-06
Application (25A156) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 22, 2025.
2025-06-20
Application (25A156) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 23, 2025 to August 22, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Thomas Bartholomew Simpson
Thomas Bartholomew Simpson — Petitioner