No. 20-5150

Ernest R. Jenkins v. Daniel Clarke, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review jurisdiction standing state-prosecution
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Was the Circuit Court's denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of apealability (COA) erroneous?

2. Does the petitioner have a fundamental right to be prosecuted in the state where an offense is committed?

3. Is an individual's constitutional right to be prosecuted in the state where an offense was committed amendable to harmless error?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the Circuit Court's denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of apealability (COA) erroneous?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Ernest Jenkins
Ernest R. Jenkins — Petitioner