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Jessie Eugene Shelton v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-30664 · judgment June 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · December 7, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a pro se filing by petitioner in 2012 to the District Court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and an invalid plea would deny a second filing by the petitioner, by counsel; Alleging prosecutorial mis-conduct in the allotment procedure, filing the matter in the improper jurisdiction and wonton ineffective assistance of counsel and denial of a full hearing on these allegations in the 22nd District Court, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. In contradiction of due process under the 5th and 6th Amendments applicable to the States under the “Due Process” clause of the 13th and 14th Amendments.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert J Stamps

For respondent
Matthew Caplan
District Attorney, 22nd Judicial District

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 07 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 10 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  3. Nov 04 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Robert Tanner to respond filed.
  4. Sep 05 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2020)