Does the Fourth Circuit's Local Rule 34(b) and Preliminary Briefing Order, which require COA applicants to file a brief that will become the merits-brief if a COA is issued, contradict this Court's holding in Buck and demand a too-high standard of COA applicants?

Does the McDonnell decision exclude the specific conduct Petitioner Miserendino agreed he committed and thereby invalidate his bribery conviction, and how could any reasonable jurist not disagree with the District Court's resolution of the constitutional issue?

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted