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Anthony Shawnn Ewell v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-10271 · judgment July 29, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026

Questions presented

  1. May a district court force/reinstate pre-trial, a public defender who had been discharged and replaced by movant with new counsel due to her doing no investigation, no interviewing and/or hiring of an expert, and her personal conflict of interest during the same case?

  2. May this Court’s decision in U.S, v. Gonzalez-Lopez and Christeson v. Roper govern petitioner’s facts as to what constitutes denial of counsel of choice?

  3. May this Court's decision in Cuyler v. Sullivan, Holloway v. Arkansas, and Mickens v. Taylor constitute ineffective assistance of counsel due to counsel's actions of no investigation, personal conflict of interest (due to medical condition stated on record), no expert, and misrepresentation of viewing of evidence?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony Shawnn Ewell

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  3. Mar 24 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jan 02 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2026)