No. 20-644
Terrence Pendergrass v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate second-circuit summary-dismissal
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Contrary to the holding in Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 759 (2017), did the Second Circuit err in denying Petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability where the district court conducted a merits analysis in summarily dismissing petitioner's motion to vacate sentence?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Second Circuit err in denying Petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability where the district court conducted a merits analysis in summarily dismissing petitioner's motion to vacate sentence?
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)
Attorneys
Terrence Pendergrass
Noell Peter Tin — Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent