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Steven Ingalls, Jr. v. Keith Vinardi, Warden
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-1293 · judgment November 26, 2025
Question presented
I. Did the federal courts sow conflict in the ‘debatability’ standard for a habeas corpus petitioner to appeal, where the bases for denying relief plainly contradicted specific landmark rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court concerning jury instructions which confer unlawful mandatory conclusive presumptions?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Steven Ingalls Jr.
For respondent
James Allen Barta
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 30, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent Keith Vinardi to respond filed.
- Feb 10 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 2, 2026)