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