Stephen P. Brown v. United States
Should this Court vacate and remand the Februar y 12, 2020 Order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying a certificate of appealability because that Order conflicted di rectly with this Court's controlling authority concerning when a certificate of appealability should be issued and t he plain language of 28 U.S.C. § 2255 – that is, did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit wrongly conclude that no reasonable ju rist could disagree with the district court order herein denying petitioner Stephen P. Brown's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 moti on?
Whether the Second Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability on petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and due process violations at sentencing