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Brett Alan James Talmadge v. Superintendent, Goose Creek Correctional Center

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-3898 · judgment August 18, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026

Question presented

I. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court for the District of Alaska’s dismissal of Mr. Talmadge’s 28 USC 2241 claim on abstention grounds where Mr. Talmadge has been incarcerated awaiting trial since 2019, Mr. Talmadge’s courtappointed attorney(s) repeatedly continued his case in direct opposition to Mr. Talmadge’s insistence on a speedy trial, and Mr. Talmadge did not have the opportunity to insist on a speedy trial because for years he was not transported to many of the state court’s hearings, he was not provided with the opportunity to appear by video or telephone, and his pro se pleadings were rejected by the state court (due to the fact that he had court-appointed counsel)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Quinlan Steiner
Steiner Law, LLC

For respondent
Tamara Eve DeLucia
State of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 11 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Dec 04 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Earl Houser to respond filed.
  4. Nov 04 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2025)