No. 19-231

Wes Perkins v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 5th-amendment 5th-circuit actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process electronic-filing fifth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus judicial-procedure parties-to-proceeding pro-se-petition standing state-respondent
Latest Conference: 2019-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Was DAVIS improperly included? (5th.Cir.)

2. Was PAXTON improperly dismissed? (W.D.Tex.)

3. Did PITMAN abuse discretion in disallowing Perkins's electronic filing?

4. Is Perkins "actually innocent?"

5. Did the Fifth Cir. abuse discretion denying the Certificate?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was DAVIS improperly included?

Docket Entries

2019-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-05-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Wesley Perkins
Wesley E. Perkins — Petitioner