No. 18-6984

Benjamin Tillman v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 collateral-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcfadden-case mcfadden-v-us retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER PETITIONER WAS ENTITLED TO FILE AN APPLI-' CATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS UNDER 28 U.S.C. §2241 AND/OR 28 U..S.C. 2255(e) IN LIGHT OF McFADDEN v. U.S. 135 S.Ct. 2298(2015). UNDER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS"SAVIN.GS CLAUSE TEST" IN REYESREQUENA V. U.S. 24.3 F.3d, 893, 904(5th Cir. 2001), WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT (SOLE BASIS) WAS McFADDEN "WAS NOT" RETROACTIVE ON COLLATERAL REVIEW, BUT THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS OVERLOOKED AND FAIL TO.ADDRESS WHETHER McFADDEN WAS IN FACT RETROACTIVE ON COLLATERAL REVIEW BY (SIDE-STEPPING) THE MATTER AND MAKING A (MERIT-DETERMINATION). SEE TILLMAN V. BARNHART 728 Fed. ADDX. 361(5th Cir. 2018); AND BUCK V. DAVIS 137 S.Ct. 759, 773 (2017)?

WHETHER THIS HONORABLE COURT WILL (INTERVENE) IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AND OTHER COURTS FAILURE TO ESTABLISH THE RETROACTIVITY dF1 McFADDEN V. U.S. 135 S.Ct. 2298(2015) ON COLLATERAL REVIEW, BUT HAS DONE SO FROM THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN BURRAGE V. U.S. 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 715 (2014). SEE SANTILLANA V. UPTON 846 F.3d 779, 78384(5th Cir. 2017); HARRINGTON V. ORMOND 2018 U.S. APP. LEXIS 22335(6th Cir. 2018) AND KRIEGER V. U.S. 842 F.3d 490, 499-500(7th Cir. 2016) WHEN (BOTH) McFADDEN AND BURRAGE ARE "STATUTORY INTERPRETATIONS" ANNOUNCED BY THIS HONORABLE COURT REFLECTING 21 USC §841?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner was entitled to file an application for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §2241 and/or 28 U.S.C. 2255(e) in light of McFadden v. U.S.

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent J. A. Barnhart, Warden to respond filed.
2018-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 10, 2019)

Attorneys

Benjamin Tillman
Benjamin Tillman — Petitioner
J. A. Barnhart, Warden
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent