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Bruce Anderson v. Kenneth Lizotte, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 23-1533 · judgment May 28, 2025
Question presented
Whether Petitioner Bruce Anderson’s new federal habeas petition, in which he claims to have received ineffective assistance from the court-appointed defense attorney who represented him at his first-degree murder trial in state court, on direct appeal, and in his prior federal habeas petition, is a “second or successive petition,” such that it must satisfy the gatekeeping provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b), for Mr. Anderson to obtain meaningful federal review of his constitutional claim?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Nathan Marx
Fick & Marx LLP
For respondent
Jennifer Kay Zalnasky
Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 04 2025Reply of petitioner Bruce Anderson filed.
- Nov 21 2025Brief of respondent Kenneth Lizotte in opposition filed.
- Sep 26 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 21, 2025.
- Sep 25 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2025 to November 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 08 2025Response Requested. (Due October 8, 2025)
- Sep 04 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 29 2025Waiver of right of respondent Kenneth Lizotte to respond filed.
- Aug 25 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 26, 2025)