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