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Norman Seabrook v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 22-841 · judgment November 13, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Did the District Court’s sua sponte denial of Pet it ioner ’s habe a s p et it ion a l leg i ng ineffectiveness of trial counsel filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255 violate habeas procedural law when it dismissed the proceeding without prior notice (and without a hearing) to the Petitioner, where no opposition was filed, and by failing to review the facts in the light most favorable to Petitioner?
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Was Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel to seek the trial judge’s recusal at his retrial after the District Judge disclosed a close personal relationship with a former employee of the hedge fund which defrauded the municipal labor union which Petitioner led denied?
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Did the District Court err in denying Petitioner’s Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 33 motion without a hearing?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Roger Bennet Adler
Roger Bennet Adler, P.C.
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 15 2024Petition DENIED.
- Mar 27 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
- Mar 21 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Mar 13 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2024)