No. 18-6492

Pascual Rentas v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability clearly-established-law due-process eleventh-circuit giglio giglio-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review strickland strickland-standard supreme-court-law supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

I
SHOULD THE DENIAL OF MR. RENTAS' COA BE REVERSED AND
RECONSIDERED DUE TO THE RECENT RULING BY THIS COURT IN
MARION WILSON V. ERIC SELLERS, WARDEN 584 U.S. (2018); THE
CASE BY WHICH MR. RENTAS' CLAIM ONE, TWO AND FOUR OF HIS
HABEAS PETITION WERE REVIEWED AND DENIED BY THE FEDERAL
DISTRICT COURT AND COA DENIED BY THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS?

II
DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH
CIRCUIT ERR WHEN IT CONCLUDED THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S
ASSESSMENT OF GROUND ONE WAS NOT DEBATABLE OR THAT THE
STATE COURT'S DECISION WAS NOT CONTRARY TO OR AN
UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF THE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED
SUPREME COURT LAW ANNOUNCED IN GIGLIO WHEN RULING ON
PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 28
U.S.C. 2253 (c) (2)?

IH
DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH
CIRCUIT ERR WHEN IT CONCLUDED THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S
ASSESSMENT OF GROUND TWO AND FOUR WERE NOT DEBATABLE
OR THAT THE STATE COURT'S DECISION WAS NOT CONTRARY TO OR
AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF THE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED
SUPREME COURT LAW ANNOUNCED IN STRICKLAND WHEN RULING
ON PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY 28 U.S.C. 2253 (c) (2)

Lv
DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH
CIRCUIT DEPART FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WHEN IT FAILED TO STATE THE REASONS
WHY A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHOULD NOT ISSUE AS
REQUIRED BY FED.R.APP.P. 22(B)

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the denial of Mr. Rentas' COA be reversed and reconsidered due to the recent ruling by this Court in Marion Wilson v. Eric Sellers, Warden 584 USS. (2018)

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-21
Waiver of right of respondent Julie L. Jones to respond filed.
2018-10-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2018)

Attorneys

Julie L. Jones
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Pascual Rentas
Pascual Rentas — Petitioner