Court Opinion

ID: 4054644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-09-29 05:45:49.732153+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:31:24.863697
License: Public Domain

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         TEXAS                                          *

                                      EQUITABLE TOLLING AFFIDAVIT
                           TO PERMIT LATE FILING OF FEDERAL APPLICATION FOR
                                        WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

               Jade Meeker, being first duly sworn under oath, swears that the following
        facts are true and correct, to the best of her knowledge, which she makes with
        personal knowledge:

               Mr. Marcel Nwagwu was convicted of indecency with a child by contact on
        August 20, 2009. The Third Court of Appeals reversed a second conviction, but
        affirmed the indecency conviction in an unpublished opinion on October 21,
        2010. Nwagwu v. State, No. 03-09-00536CR, delivered October 21,2010,
        unpublished, no pet.

              Mr. Nwagwu filed an application for habeas corpus under Article 11.07, of
        the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, on Jan. 5, 2012. The Texas Court of
        Criminal Appeals denied the application without written order on July 25, 2012.

                Under federal law, Mr. Nwagwu would have had one year from October
        £1,__20 J_Q. ioJile hi$ f~_~eralyvrirappllcation... Thus:·his. ted.eral. applfcatlo.n wo~·ia
        have been due November 10, 2011.                                                          ·
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                In this affidavit for equitable tolling, I direct the Court to two factors to
        consider in Mr. Nwagwu's favor toward allowing him to file an application for
        federal writ of habeas corpus. First, Mr. Nwagwu asked me to obtain a copy of
        the trial record for him so that he could review it to determine whether a federal
        writ would be appropriate. Given the age of the case, the clerk had to order the
        record from the "warehouse," and told me she would call when the record
        arrived. I waited several weeks to hear back from the clerk regarding the arrival
        of the record and left messages asking for a return call. I finally went to the ·
        clerk's office and found that the record had in fact arrived but no one had called
        me to pick it up. Thus, through no fault of his own, Mr. Nwagwu did not have the
        record to review for at least six weeks after he originally requested that I get him
        a copy. This Court should allow equitable tolling of the time period so that Mr.
        Nwagwu may file his writ application.

                Second, and more importantly, Mr. Nwagwu fell victim to the insidious
        racism which still troubles this part of the country. When the prosecutor inquired
        as to the nation of Mr. Nwagwu's origin, which was wholly irrelevant to the
        proceeding, the defense attorney failed to object. When the jury learned that Mr.
        Nwagwu was not an American citizen, the prosecutor's only goal was to
        associate Mr. Nwagwu with other, nefarious people from his country. The
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     defense attorney should have objected and obtained a limiting instruction at a
     minimum. [It could not be argued that objecting would call more attention to the
     situation: the prosecutor clearly exceeded the bounds of relevance to Mr.
     Nwagwu's detriment]. Because his federal rights were violated, this Court should
     equitably toll the time periods to allow filing the federal application.

             Mr. Nwagwu's conviction was based upon the statement of one witness,
     whose testimony he contradicted. He had never before been convicted or
     charged with such an offense, and the complaining witness had a clear motive to
     testify against him.

              Because the case is so close, and because the passage of time is not
     wholly Mr. Nwagwu's fault and important issues such as ineffective assistance of
     counsel, who allowed racial overtones to invade the jury panel, this Court should
     allow the equitable tolling of the time requirements so that Mr. Nwagwu may file
     his federal application for writ of habeas corpus.

           Sworn to on this, the 3rd day of July, 2013.

                                                     Jade~~
           Attested to before:                        9~-___J
           Notary Public
           Travis County, Texas

           July 3, 2013

                                                                    EIPu~ILY       MILLER
                                                                        l\J,::.i-~ry   Public
                                                                     _~1/1:':2 OF TEXAS
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                                                                                            TERRENCE W. KIRK
                                                                                                    ATTORNEY AT LAW
                                                                                                    1504 WEST A VENUE
                                                                                                   AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701
                                                                                                       (512) 236-8511
                                                                                                      (FAX) 476-5346
      BOARD CERTIFIEQ CRIMINAL LAW
                                                                                                                                                                                E-MAIL ADDRRESS:
      TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION
                                                                                                                                                                              tkirk@defenselawyer.net

                                                                                                December 22, 2014

                       State Bar of Texas
                       Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel
                       Attn: Mr. Chad Childers
                       1414 Colorado, Ste. 200
                       Austin, Texas 78701

                                        RE: . 201405538- Marcel Nwagwu- Jade Marie Meeker

                       Dear Sirs:

                       By and through her undersigned counsel, Jade Marie Meeker submits this response                                                                                        .;-.   ~·

                       to the grievance filed against her by Mr. Marcel Nwagwu.

                                                                                                         Complaint

                                        Mr. Nwagwu alleges that Ms. Meeker violated Rule 1.01(b)(1) of the Rules

                       of Professional Conduct because she failed to file a writ of habeas corpus. "in                                                                                a
                       timely manner." According to Mr.                                                 Nwagw~,              the writ was "due on November 20,

                       2011," but Ms. Meeker did not file it until January 5, 2012. As a result of the

                       delay, Mr. Nwagwu says, his writ of habeas corpus in federal court was time-

                       barred .

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                                                                                                                Short Answer

                                                Ms: Meeker agreed to file a state writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Artic.!e

                                11.07 of the .Code of Criminal Procedure. She did not agree to file it by a date

                              . certain, and it was not due                                          on} November 20,                  2011 because there is no statute of

                                limitations for an 11.07 writ. Ms. Meeker did not agree to file afederal writ and no

                                such writ                  ~Nas         ever mentioned until 2013, vvhen Ms. Meeker agreed to give an

                                affidavit in support of Mr. Nwagwu's argument for equitable tolling of the federal

                                statute of limitations. Accordingly, there
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                                                                           was no !breach of contract here, and thus                             I

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                                no professional misconduct.

                                                                                                             Response inFull

                                                Ms. Meeker was appointed to represent Mr. Nwagwu on appeal from two

                                convictions for indecency with a child in Cause No. D-1-DC-07-904098; 2991h

                                Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas. On October 21, 2010, the Third

                                Courtof Appeals vacated one ofthe convictions, agreeing with Ms. Meeker that

                               the Double JeopardY: Clause barred two convictions for one act of indecency with a

                               child. Nwagwu v .. State, No. 03-09-00535-CR (Tex. App.-,- Austin 2010).

                                                On. September 14, 2010, as Mr. NwagVYu alleges, 1\ris. Meeker signed a

                               contract with Mr. Nwagwu to file "an application for writ of habeas corpus in

                               client's Cause No. D-1-DC-07-904098." See contract submitted b_v Mr. Nwaf5-r!m.

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                         Ms. J'vieeker agreed to begin work on the writ "immediately" but pointed out that

                         no writ could be filed until Mr. Nwagwu' s appeal had been concluded. The

                         contract did not           specify~that          Ms. Meeker file the writ by any particular date, and

                         Mr. Nwagwu never complained about any delay in filing the writ. Ms. Meeker

                         visited l'v1r. Nwagwu in prison to discuss the state writ, but again no federal writ

                         was contemplated.

                               J'v1s. Meeker fiied the writ on January 5, 2012. In the writ she argued that

                         trial counsel was ineffective for not objecting to the indictment, which allowed the

                         State to argue that Mr. Nwagwu was guilty of two offenses, not just one. The Court

                         of Criminal Appeals denied relief on July 25, 20 12·. ·

                               On March 27, 2014, Mr. Nwagwu requested his                                                cas~      file pursuant to Rule

                         1.15(d). See attached copy of letter. The letter specifically refers to "Application

                         for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Tex. Code Crirn. Proc. art. 11.07.-" Mr. Nwagwu

                         correctly noted that Ms. Meeker "no longerrepresented                                            [him],~'     entitling him to his

                         file. Ms. Meeker complied with his request, sending Mr. Nwagwu her entire :6le.

                         See enclosed copies of correspondence.

                               On March 20, 2013, Mr. Nwagwu filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus

                         in Case No. A-13-CA-283-SS, United States District Court, Western District of

                         Texas. Recognizing that his petition .was time-barred because it was not filed

                         within the one-year statute of limitations, !'vir. NwagVvu had a friend request that

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Ms. Meeker file an affidavit to support his argument that the district court should

invoke the doctrine of "equitable tolling.''

      Ms. Meeker agreed to help Mr. Nwagwu, and executed an affidavit for him.

In the affidavit, Ms. Meeker n0ted that Mr. Nwagwu had asked her "obtain a copy

of the trial record for him so that he could revi?w it   to detennine 1-vhethe,~ a federal
writ would be appropriate. " See copy of affidavit submitted by Mr. Nwagwu

{Emphasis added). She pointed out that because of a delay in obtaining the record ·

from the district court clerk, "Mr. Nwagwu did not have the record· to review for at

least six weeks': after he originally requested her to get the record. Jd. (Emphasis

added). She also asked the district court to allow late filing because Mr. Nwag\\'U

had been the victim of racism and was in fact innocent. Despite her affidavit, the

district court denied relief on October 11, 2013.

                                      Conclusion

      On these facts, 11s. Meeker is not guilty of the professional misconduct that

Mr. Nwagwu alleges. Contrary to his claim, his state writ was not "due" by

November 20, 2011; Article 11.07 does not mention any statute of limitations; and

the contract specified that the writ was· a state writ, not a federal writ. Ms. Meeker

never agreed to file any federal writ, and her affidavit reflects that she did not lean1

of Mr. Nwagwu ~s potential desire to go to federal court until sometime in the

summer of 2013.
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                            Unfo1tunately, by then Mr. Nwagwu was time-barred,. but not because tv1s.

                 Meeker breached any contractual duty, as alleged in the grievance. As shown in

                 her affidavit, ·Ms. Meeker has the utmost sympathy for Mr. Nwagwu, but· he is

                 mistaken in blaming her for his plight. Accordingly, l\t1s. Meeker asks that the

                 Ot1ice reject his complaint.

                                                                                    ·Respectfully submitted,

                 cc: Mr. 1v1arcel Nwagwu
                     #1593238
                     C.T. Terrell Unit
                     1300 F.M. 655
                     Rosharon, Texas 77583

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