No. 20-644

Terrence Pendergrass v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
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
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 TinTin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent