Edward Eugene Whiddon v. Richard L. Dugger and Robert A. Butterworth

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• holding that “poor advice by inmate law clerks” and lack of “legal assistance in preparing [] collateral petition” do not establish cause
• holding that poor advice from inmate law clerks during collateral proceedings will not establish petitioner’s claim of cause for a procedural default as there is no right to legal counsel in such proceedings
• holding a petitioner’s pro se status and poor advice by inmate law clerks did not establish cause for purposes of overcoming procedural default
• holding a petitioner’s pro se status and poor advice by inmate law clerks did not establish cause for purposes of overcoming procedural default
• rejecting habeas petitioner’s argument for cause based “on his nonlawyer status, on what he sees as poor advice by inmate law clerks, and on a contention that he ought to have had legal assistance in preparing his collateral petition”
• misadvice from inmate law clerks during collateral proceedings does not establish cause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).