Neal v. Cain

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JARRELL NEAL CIVIL ACTION VERSUS CASE NO. 15-5390 DARREL VANNOY, WARDEN SECTION: “G”(3) ORDER AND REASONS On May 20, 2022, this Court granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Petitioner Jarrell Neal (“Petitioner”) based on the denial of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel, pursuant to an exhausted claim and, alternatively, pursuant to a procedurally barred claim excused by post-conviction counsel’s ineffective assistance under the Supreme Court’s holding in Martinez v. Ryan.1…