No. 18-5785
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition saving-clause standing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 22 IS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL PRISONERS WHO ARE PROCEEDING UNDER STATUTES 28 U.S.C. § 2241 AND 28 U.S.C. § 1651
WHETHER FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 22 IS AMBIGUOUS AS TO WHO IT PROHIBITS FOR PETITIONING A CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR RELIEF UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2241
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Petitioner Clifford Winkles was improperly denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to procedural barriers, despite demonstrating actual innocence
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-09-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-13
Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 27, 2018)
Attorneys
In Re Clifford Winkles
Clifford Winkles — Petitioner
UNITED STATES
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent