No. 19-8072

Saul Cervantes v. M. D. Biter, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus meaningful-review schlup-standard
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether it was at least debatable among jurists of reasons that petitioner established actual innocence, or at least warranted an evidentiary hearing on the claim, to overcome the untimeliness of his habeas corpus petition, for purposes of granting a certificate of appealability.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision to deny a certificate of appealability without any analysis or explanation for its decision at all was so arbitrary and capricious that it deprived Petitioner of his right to due process under the Fifth Amendment or of his right to meaningful review in this Court.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner established actual innocence to overcome the untimeliness of his habeas corpus petition

Docket Entries

2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-30
Waiver of right of respondent M.D. Biter, Warden to respond filed.
2020-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2020)

Attorneys

M.D. Biter, Warden
Rama Ronald MalineState of CA-Dept. of Justice, Office of AG, Respondent
Saul Cervantes
Jonathan David LibbyOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner