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Thomas E. Clardy v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5676 · judgment January 27, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In a case that hinges primarily on eyewitness identification, does a criminal defense attorney perform deficiently under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), when the attorney fails to present expert testimony about the well-documented reliability problems of eyewitness identifications, or neglects even to request funding for such testimony from the court?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Angela Lee Bergman
Bass, Berry & Sims
For respondent
John Henry Bledsoe III
Office of Tennessee Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 02 2025Petition DENIED.
- May 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
- May 05 2025Waiver of right of respondent Nelsen, Warden to respond filed.
- Apr 28 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2025)