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Edgar Dale Dillon v. Westmoreland Department of Social Services

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 230735 · judgment October 11, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 21, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Virginia Supreme Court correctly applied due process rights of Lassister to the Habeas Petition relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in a child removal proceeding?

  2. Does a parent have a Due Process right to counsel in situations where state action severely interferes with the parental child relationship but is less than full termination of parental rights?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Vitow Anderson
ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES, PC

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 21 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
  3. Nov 18 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2024)