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Calvin Shaw v. United States

IFP petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 23-CO-0332 · judgment September 26, 2024


Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025

Questions presented

I- DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DID NOT FIND TRIAL COUNSELS REPRESENTATION OF MR. SHAW INEFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO CALL ALIBI WITNESSESS ON MR. SHAW'S BEHALF? 2i- DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR WHEN IT DID NOT FIND TRIAL COUNSEL'S REPRESENTATION OF MR. SHAW INEFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS FAILURE TO IMPEACH ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT WITNESSES?

  1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN FINDING TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO CALL ALIBI WITNESSES OR IMPEACH GOVERNMENT WITNESSES PRUDENT TRIAL STRATEGY?

  2. PETITIONER REQUEST IN LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT RULING'S IN GLOSSIP V. OKLAHOMA AND ANDREW V. WHITE TO GVR AS THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY NOT EVEN ADDRESSING NAPUE V. ILLINOIS VIOLATION WHEN EVIDENCE STEMMED FROM PERJURED TESTIMONY.

  3. PETITIONER REQUEST IN LIGHT OF SUPREME COURT RULING'S IN GLOSSIP V. OKLAHOMA AND ANDREW V. WHITE TO GVR AS THE LOWER COURT OF APPEALS DID NOT ADDRESS TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE OR THE EXCEEDING IT'S AUTHORITY DOWN BELOW AT ALL THAT WAS ABUSE OF DISCRETION.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Calvin Shaw

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 08 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 19 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  3. Nov 12 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 09 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)