Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Date: 10-15-2025

Case Number: 03-CV-1192

Judge: Solomon Oliver, Jr.

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Cuyahoga County)

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Defendant's Attorney: Ohio Attorney General's office

Description: Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, “vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the writ. The district court then converted this conditional writ to an nconditional writ. The unconditional writ ordered the state “to vacate the death sentence imposed by the Ashtabula County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas . . . and unconditionally release Jones from custody no later than five business days from the date of entry of” the order entered on February 29, 2024. Jones v. Bradshaw, No. 1:03 CV 1192, 2024 WL 895153, at *11 (N.D. Ohio Feb. 29, 2024). The state did not fully comply with the unconditional writ until May 29, 2024, roughly ninety days after the unconditional writ was entered. In response, Allah-U-Akbar filed a motion for relief from the unconditional writ, and sought as a sanction for noncompliance an order barring the state from reprosecuting the death penalty

See: The State of Ohio v. Odraye G. Jones

Outcome:
The district court denied this request on the merits.

For the reasons that follow, although the Circuit Court agreed with Allah-U-Akbar that it has jurisdiction over this appeal, it nevertheless AFFIRMED the judgment of the district court

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