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Lee Goston v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-3198 · judgment February 4, 2021
Question presented
i ; Did the U.S. District Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals error by denying petitioner’s 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 Writ of Habeas Corpus Petition as being “Time Barred” and discarding Appealability? Was the Petitioner entitled to “Equitable Tolling” , II | Did the Appellate Attorney err by providing ineffective assistance of counsel? Is it true or not that the appointed attorney should have raised the issue of mental incompetency in the appeal? i 111! Did the Trial Judge err by allowing the petitioner to stand trial while being mentally incompetent.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lee Goston
For respondent
Michael Anthony Cantrell
Office of the Arkansas Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Orders
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Order list, February 22, 2022 · Rehearing denied
Proceedings
- Feb 22 2022Rehearing DENIED.
- Feb 02 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
- Oct 23 2021Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 13 2021Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne to respond filed.
- Apr 10 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)