No. 19-8850

Billy Joe Wardlow v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar rule-60(b) successive-petition
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a Rule 60(b) motion arguing that a procedural defect affected the district court's determination of the merits of the claims in a federal habeas petition is a proper 60(b) motion or an improper successive habeas petition?

2. Whether the conflicting answers given to this question by the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits require resolution by this Court?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a Rule 60(b) motion arguing that a procedural defect affected the district court's determination of the merits of the claims in a federal habeas petition is a proper 60(b) motion or an improper successive habeas petition?

Docket Entries

2020-07-08
Brief of respondent Lorie Davis in opposition filed.
2020-07-08
Application (19A1069) referred to the Court.
2020-07-08
Application (19A1069) denied by the Court.
2020-07-08
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-08
Reply of petitioner Billy Joe Wardlow filed.
2020-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 6, 2020)
2020-07-07
Application (19A1069) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Billy Joe Wardlow
Richard H. Burr IIIBurr and Welch, PC, Petitioner
Lorie Davis
Gwendolyn Suzanne VindellTexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent