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Jake Paul Heiney v. Ashley Richardson, Director, Lucas County Adult Probation Department, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-3135 · judgment August 13, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether a district court must review evidence in the state-court record when the habeas petitioner alleges it demonstrates that the state court unreasonably determined there was sufficient evidence supporting a conviction.

  2. Whether a federal court errs if it denies a habeas petitioner a certificate of appealability by explaining how the habeas claim lacks merit instead of explaining why reasonable jurists could not debate the petitioner’s claim.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Steven James Alagna
Washington University School of Law

For respondent
Evy Michale Jarrett
Lucas County Prosecutor's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Dec 16 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Donna Moore, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 08 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2026)