No. 25A368

Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections v. Justin Michael Wolfe

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-30
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: actual-innocence circuit-split gateway-claim habeas-corpus procedural-default schlup-standard
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 'new evidence' under the Schlup actual innocence standard requires newly discovered evidence unavailable at trial or encompasses all evidence not previously presented to the factfinder

Docket Entries

2025-10-01
Application (25A368) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 4, 2025.
2025-09-26
Application (25A368) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 5, 2025 to December 4, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
Kevin Michael GallagherVirginia Office of the Attorney General, Petitioner