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Wisdom Jeffery v. Nathan Brooks, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-14347 · judgment June 3, 2020


Certiorari denied · January 11, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a state court’s decision concerning a constitutional error, such as a claim of ineffectiveassistance-of-appellate-counsel, should receive deference under AEDPA’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) within the context of demonstrating cause to excuse a procedural default especially where there is significant evidence of prejudice in the form of actual innocence.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Adam Marshall Hames
The Hames Law Firm LLC

For respondent
Andrew Alan Pinson
Office of the Georgia Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Dec 01 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Nathan Brooks, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Oct 30 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)