No. 20-1620

Joy McShan Edwards v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 18-usc-1513 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of
appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) was unreasonable, where Petitioner has
demonstrated a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right regarding whether 18
U.S.C. § 1513(e) is overbroad in violation of the First Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability was unreasonable, where Petitioner has demonstrated a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right regarding whether 18 U.S.C. § 1513(e) is overbroad in violation of the First Amendment

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2021)

Attorneys

Joy Edwards
Jeremy Benjamin CooperBlackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent