No. 19-8128

Bobby Joe Buckner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit implied-bias standard-of-review
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-05-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in it's application of the implied bias
doctrine by stating that this case is outside the "extreme genre
of cases" to warrant implied bias?

2. Did the Fifth Circuit err by not ordering an Evidentiary Hearing
to expand the record?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Fifth Circuit err in its application of the implied bias doctrine by stating that this case is outside the 'extreme genre of cases' to warrant implied bias?

Docket Entries

2020-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
2020-03-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Bobby Joe Buckner
Bobby Joe Buckner — Petitioner