No. 20-7471

Christian Joseph Perez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-review standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

-Can the Court of Appeals deny Petitioner's application for Certificate of Appedlability ("coA") withoct any analysis of whether the District Courts decision was debatable or wrong?

-Should the Court of Appeals have granted Pefitioner a COA considering the persuasive arguments that the District Courts decision is wrong in many ways and the rest is debatable?

- Is the District Court's interpretation of 18 Usc. $24z2cb) ("242icb)") correct even though it Conflicts with the previous interpretations of the Circuit and all of the other Circuits?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's application for a Certificate of Appealability without any analysis of whether the District Court's decision was debatable or wrong

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Christian J. Perez
Christian Joseph Perez — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent