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Nicholas Paul Godsey v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-60192 · judgment December 9, 2025
Pending
Question presented
Petitioner presents the following question for review: Where a criminal defendant provides competent evidence that counsel failed to investigate matters which, if true, would have made a lower sentence reasonably probable, does § 2255 require an evidentiary hearing?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Nicholas Paul Godsey
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Linked docket
25A957
Proceedings
- May 07 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2026)
- Feb 27 2026Application (25A957) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 8, 2026.
- Feb 23 2026Application (25A957) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 9, 2026 to May 8, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.