No. 18-5629

Jermaine Dewitt Chaney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-district-court fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2254 standard-of-review standards
Latest Conference: 2018-10-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question No. 1: Dud the fifth Circuit Court of appeals err by reaching the merits of the case and denying certificate of appealibility ?

Question No. 2: Did the Federal District court misapply the standards established by the US Supreme Court for actual innocence claims in denying petitioners sec. 2254 application.?

Question No. 3: Did petitioner receive the effective assistance of counsel by failing to properly claims that another individual had confessed to the crime for which petitioner is currently incarcerated ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err by reaching the merits of the case and denying certificate of appealability?

Docket Entries

2018-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-03-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 17, 2018)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Jermaine Dewitt Chaney
Jermaine Dewitt Chaney — Petitioner