No. 18-5511

Michael John Tarvin v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2018-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2244 civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence false-imprisonment innocence-claim standing successive-petition
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

INtRodUCtION Of The
Mississiapi CRime Lab,
ShaRt OfINAResutS
FiRMed
,
JON
INCONCUSIVE RESUtS IN. The
ple SsG- Female Rectal Swab
PN
eRolcoicalCxamiNation
Negative
That lested
he
JRal NuNar And Vaginal Swabs
Absolutely
PROVE'S PeKItIONER INNOCENCE
0
ANd False
IMpRisoNMeNt Ciaim.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's application, when the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the petitioner's motion for authorization to file a successive petition under 28 U.S.C. 2244(b), despite new DNA evidence that exonerates the petitioner and establishes his innocence and false imprisonment claim

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2018-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 7, 2018)

Attorneys

Michael John Tarvin
Michael Tarvin — Petitioner
Mississippi
Joseph Scott HemlebenOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent