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Michael David Goodwin v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-10706 · judgment July 30, 2019
Certiorari denied · March 2, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether an attorney’s presence as local counsel, for a criminal defendant’s re-arraignment and change of plea, yet having no attorney-client relationship with the defendant and refusing to advocate for the defendant, violates the criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carrie Frances Castro
Law Office of Carrie Castro LLC
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Mar 02 2020Petition DENIED.
- Feb 12 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
- Feb 05 2020Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 27 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 2, 2020)
- Oct 21 2019Application (19A435) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 27, 2019.
- Oct 15 2019Application (19A435) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 28, 2019 to December 27, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.