Whatley v. Warden
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on April 19, 2021.
Issue
Whether a state court unreasonably applies federal law when, in determining whether a person suffered prejudice as a result of ineffective assistance of counsel, it disregards the Supreme Court"s case law recognizing that shackling is inherently prejudicial.
Sep 8, 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2020)Oct 15, 2020Brief of respondents Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in opposition filed.Oct 19, 2020Brief amicus curiae of The National Association for Public Defense filed.Oct 28, 2020Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from November 4, 2020 to November 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 29, 2020Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until November 10, 2020 granted.
Nov 9, 2020Reply of petitioner Frederick R. Whatley filed. (Distributed)Nov 10, 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Dec 1, 2020Rescheduled.
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Apr 19, 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Recommended Citation: Whatley v. Warden, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/whatley-v-warden/