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John Myers v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-3158 · judgment August 4, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with at least four other courts of appeals, that to establish prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a criminal defendant must show that if the evidence tainted by the deficient performance of his defense counsel is ignored, then there would not be substantial evidence to support a conviction.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Clifford Warren Berlow
Jenner & Block LLP
For respondent
Stephen Richard Creason
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 05 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Mar 16 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
- Mar 10 2021Waiver of right of respondent Neal, Supt., IN to respond filed.
- Feb 12 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 22, 2021)