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Michael Kellywood v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-15778 · judgment December 20, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether the denial of Mr. Kellywood’s writ of habeas corpus regarding ineffective representation of trial counsel when failing to sufficiently research and support the motion to compel production of medical and counseling records violates the Due Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.
For respondent
Tanja K. Kelly
Office of the Arizona Attorney General's
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, May 20, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- May 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Apr 30 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
- Apr 10 2024Waiver of right of respondent Ryan Thornell to respond filed.
- Mar 19 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2024)