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Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Shawn Emmons, Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-10387 · judgment June 11, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 14, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a federal court must apply the deferential review provisions of AEDPA to the state court’s adjudication of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim when deciding whether that claim constitutes cause and prejudice to overcome a procedural default.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lindsey B. Mann
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
For respondent
Clint Christopher Malcolm
Georgia Department of Law
Argument & decision
Decided October 14, 2025.
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
- Oct 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 22 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jun 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
- Jun 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
- Jun 16 2025Rescheduled.
- Jun 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
- Jun 09 2025Rescheduled.
- Jun 02 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
- Jun 02 2025Rescheduled.
- May 20 2025Rescheduled.
- May 15 2025Electronic record received from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- May 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
- May 09 2025Electronic record received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
- May 05 2025Record Requested.
- Apr 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
- Apr 21 2025Reply of petitioner Stacey Ian Humphreys filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 07 2025Brief of respondent Shawn Emmons, Warden in opposition filed.
- Feb 07 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 7, 2025.
- Feb 06 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 6, 2025 to April 7, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 31 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2025)
- Dec 13 2024Application (24A582) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2025.
- Dec 11 2024Application (24A582) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2025 to March 2, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.