No. 18-8775

Samuel William Maines v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel remand summary-denial
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Should the Fifth Circuit's unreasoned summary denial of a Certificate of Appealability be remanded for further consideration?

Can an implied waiver of the attorney-client privilege allow admission of privileged testimony even after the claims forming the basis of the waiver have been denied with prejudice?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the Fifth Circuit's unreasoned summary denial of a Certificate of Appealability be remanded for further consideration?

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 10, 2019)

Attorneys

Samuel Maines
Samuel William Maines — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent