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Noble U. Ezukanma v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-10329 · judgment August 17, 2023


Certiorari denied · December 11, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

How do the standards for judging ineffective assistance of counsel apply to the question of what advice defense counsel gives to a defendant concerning whether he should testify at trial?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gary Alan Udashen
Udashen Anton

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 11 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 21 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
  3. Nov 16 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 10 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 14, 2023)