agency-principles
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6679 | Chance Blackman v. Theresa Cisneros, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2025-02-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-principles circuit-split equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-assistance mental-disability | Under agency principles, petitioners are held responsible for the mistakes of their lawyers, including the late filing of a federal petition. How do t… |
| 21-5531 | Garlin Raymond Farris v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-principles appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process excusable-neglect indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pioneer-investment-services procedural-hurdles sixth-amendment | The question presented, on which the federal appellate courts are currently divided, is whether appointed counsel's misconduct can serve as excusable … |
| 18-5727 | Andre K. Clarke v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | agency-principles attorney-error buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability circuit-split equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus limitations-period miller-el-v-cockrell | I. Whether Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. 266 (2012) requires importation of agency principles into the equitable tolling context, such that it alters thi… |