Hill v. Keaton

The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus to Petitioner, an inmate, to the extent it required Judge Edwin A. Keaton to rule on an outstanding pleading for postconviction relief but denied the request to direct Judge Keaton on how to rule on Petitioner’s claims. Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder. Petitioner later filed a pleading seeking three separate avenues for postconviction relief. Judge Keaton did not rule on the claims. The Supreme Court granted Petitioner’s request for a ruling on his claims for postconvicton relief but denied the request to compel Judge Keaton to grant the relief sought in Petitioner’s pleading, as “a motion or case should [not] be delayed beyond a time reasonably necessary to dispose of it.” View "Hill v. Keaton" on Justia Law