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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
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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?
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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
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 21 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 31 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
- Nov 18 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2024)