No. 19-6106

Alexander William Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process fifth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus judicial-review summary-denial summary-order
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a 1½-page order that su mmarily denies a certificate of appealability
without any analysis of the facts and the law in a murder case satisfies the requirement
of Buck v. Davis , ___U.S.___, 137 S.Ct. 759, 197 L.Ed.2d 1 (2017) that the cour t of
appeals determine if "jurists of reason could disagree with the district court's
resolution of [the applicant' s] constitutional claims or . . . could conclude the issues
presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed furt her" in a habeas case?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a 1'4-page order that summarily denies a certificate of appealability satisfies the requirement of Buck v. Davis

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-09-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2019)

Attorneys

Alexander Johnson
Michael Clark GrossGross & Esparza, PLLC, Petitioner