No. 21-6187

James E. Lyons v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2021-12-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHETHER THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SHOULD HEAR AND RULE UPON PETITIONER'S CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY THAT WAS DENIED AND ALLEGED THAT TRIAL COUNSEL AND POSTCONVICTION COUNSEL WERE BOTH INEFFECTIVE AND GROSSLY NEGLIGENT.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the circuit court of appeals should hear and rule upon petitioner's certificate of appealability that was denied and alleged that trial counsel and postconviction counsel were both ineffective and grossly negligent

Docket Entries

2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent Ricky D. Dixon, et al. to respond filed.
2021-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent Mark Inch, et al. to respond filed.
2021-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 6, 2021)

Attorneys

James Lyons
James E. Lyons — Petitioner
Ricky D. Dixon, et al.
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent