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Isaiah Stacy Alstad v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 25-1553 · judgment May 8, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 24, 2025

Question presented

QUESTON NUMBER ONE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground One, Conflict of Interest claim and did the Eighth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court's decision as such claim was not wholly frivolous did this violate the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957); and Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 80-82 (1977) ? QUESTION NUMBER TWO: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground Two, as his ex-lawyer provided him with ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to raise within his pre-trial Motion to Dismiss several defects in his Superseding Indictment, and did the Eighth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court's decision as such claim is not wholly frivolous did this violate the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957); and Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 80-82 (1977) ? QUESTION NUMBER THREE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by Summarily Dismissing Ground Three sentencing phase ineffectiveness claim and did the Eighth Circuit abuse its discretion by the affirmation of the district court's decision as such claim is not wholly frivolous did this

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Isaiah Stacy Alstad

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  3. Oct 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 03 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2025)