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Timothy James Thompson v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-35777 · judgment March 5, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Question presented

Whether when assessing prejudice to determine if the default of an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim should be excused under Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), the idiosyncrasies of the trial judge may be considered?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Oliver Loewy
Federal Public Defender

For respondent
Benjamin Noah Gutman
Oregon Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 17 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 14 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Premo to respond filed.
  4. Jun 04 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)