No. 20-8299

In Re Michael Skillern

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2021-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent mandamus scotus writ-of-certiorari writ-of-mandamus
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

DOES THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S RULE ENUNCIATED CRUTCHFIELD v. WAINWRIGHT, 803 F.3d 1103 (11th Cir. 1986) ABROGATE OR MODIFY THE SUPREME COURT DECISION AS STATED IN GEDERS v UNITED STATES, 425 U.S. 80 (1976), AND IF NOT IS PETITIONER ENTITLED TO HAVE THIS COURT ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE BARBARA LAGOA, TO REVERSE HER DECISION DENYING PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR COA, AND GRANT PETITIONER'S APPLICATION COA FOR THE ISSUES REQUESTED.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Eleventh Circuit's rule in Crutchfield v. Wainwright abrogate or modify the Supreme Court decision in Geders v. United States?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-14
Petition for a writ of mandamus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Skillern
Michael Skillern — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent