No. 19-7835

Miguel Rodriguez v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-authorization constitutional-law constitutional-suspension due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing
Key Terms:
ERISA HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision in
McCarthan v. Dir. Goodwill Indus. Suncoast-Inc , 851
F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017), is in violation of the
United States Constitution Art. I §9, suspending
the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus ?

2. Whether pre-AEDPA authorization to file a
§ 2255 out of Circuit is warranted based on the
prisoners actual innocent claim. Specifically,
where the prisoner was sentenced to life without
the possibility of parole for uncharged conduct
pursuant to § 2A1.1 (First Degree Murder), under
"circumstances that constitute first degree murder"
all under the preponderance of the evidence ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision in McCarthan v. Dir. Goodwill Indus. Suncoast-Inc, 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017), is in violation of the United States Constitution Art. I §9, suspending the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus

Docket Entries

2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2020-03-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Miguel Rodriguez
Miguel Rodriguez — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent