Case Name: Andre WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carl ANDERSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-10-28
Citations: 619 F. App'x 509
Docket Number: Nos. 03-3626, 12-4269
Parties: Andre WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carl ANDERSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: BEFORE: MOORE, GIBBONS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 619
Pages: 509–510

Head Matter:
Andre WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carl ANDERSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Nos. 03-3626, 12-4269.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Oct. 28, 2015.
BEFORE: MOORE, GIBBONS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
On July 7, 2015, we vacated the district court's denial of Andre Williams's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and remanded to the district court for the grant of a conditional writ of habeas corpus "unless the State reassesses Williams's Atkins [v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002)] petition consistent with this opinion." Williams v. Mitchell, 792 F.3d 606, 624 (6th Cir.2015). Ten days later, Williams filed a motion with our court requesting that the attorneys who represented him in connection with his federal habeas petition be appointed to represent him in any state Atkins proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3599.
There are two components to a successful claim for appointment of counsel: (1) the petitioner must seek to be represented by counsel in "judicial proceedings transpiring 'subsequent' to her appointment," Harbison v. Bell, 556 U.S. 180, 188, 129 S.Ct. 1481, 173 L.Ed.2d 347 (2009); and (2) the petitioner must be "unable to obtain adequate representation," id. at 189, 129 S.Ct. 1481. Williams argues that any state Atkins proceeding will be "subsequent" to the federal habeas proceedings in which his counsel has already been appointed, and that state-funded counsel is unavailable to him.
We find it appropriate that the district court rule on Williams's motion in the first instance and find any facts that may be necessary to do so. We therefore DENY Williams's motion, without prejudice to its being renewed.
every subsequent stage of available judicial proceedings, including pretrial proceedings, trial, sentencing, motions for new trial, appeals, applications for writ of certiora-ri to the Supreme Court of the United States, and all available post-conviction process, together with applications for stays of execution and other appropriate motions and procedures, and . such competency proceedings and proceedings for executive or other clemency as may be available to the defendant.
. 18 U.S.C. § 3599(e) details the scope of representation permitted for federally appointed counsel, which extends to