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…