No. 18-7840

Tommie H. Telfair v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: dismissal-without-merits due-process miranda-v-arizona right-to-remain-silent wiggins-v-smith certificate-of-appealability due-process fundamental-rights judicial-discretion merits-review miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona right-to-remain-silent right-to-silence wiggins-v-smith
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED IT'S DISCRETION
IN DENYING PETITIONER A CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY (COA) WHERE JURIST OF REASON COULD
DISAGREE WITH THE LOWER COURT'S RESOLUTION
OF PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?
MIRANDA V. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct.
1602, 16 L. Ed. 2d. 694, (1966)?
WIGGINS V. SMITH, 539 U.S. 510, 523 2 538,
156 L. Ed. 2d. 471 (2003):

WHETHER THE COURT IN DISMISSING PETITIONER'S
CLAIMS WITHOUT REACHING THE MERITS, DEPRIVE
PETITIONER OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
TO DUE PROCESS?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower courts abused their discretion in denying petitioner a certificate of appealability

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Tommie H. Telfair
Tommie H. Telfair — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent