New evidence in conviction challenges
Anthony Shawnn Ewell v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Anthony Shawnn Ewell asks the Supreme Court to review whether the Eleventh Circuit may add requirements to the law governing a second request to challenge a federal conviction, and whether alleged suppressed police misconduct could satisfy that law.
- Who it affects
- Ewell will not get Supreme Court review in this case, and the Court did not resolve the legal questions he raised.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
He points to an unlawful investigation, First Amendment retaliation, and material omissions in a warrant request, following the Court’s decision in Bowe.
Ewell’s petition concerned § 2255(h)(1), the law governing a second request to challenge a federal conviction, after the Court’s decision in Bowe.
Question presented
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, post this Court's decision in Bowe v. United States , 146 S. Ct. 447, 223 L.Ed. 2d 311 (2026) concerning § 2255(H)(1), can apply requirements not in the statute. 2. Whether suppressed, flagrant police misconduct such as: unlawful investigation; First Amendment retaliatory actions; and material omissions to obtain warrant sufficient to grant a § 2255(H)(1) motion?
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