No. 22-6690

Steven Vernon Bixby v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness
Latest Conference: 2023-05-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), F-R.A.P. 22(b) and this Court's decisions in Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (2003), Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880 (1993), and its progeny require a certificate of appealability to issue when a three-judge panel of a court of appeals is split as to whether the issue is debatable among jurists of reason.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), F-R.A.P. 22(b) and this Court's decisions in Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (2003), Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880 (1993), and its progeny require a certificate of appealability to issue when a three-judge panel of a court of appeals is split as to whether the issue is debatable among jurists of reason

Docket Entries

2023-05-15
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
2023-04-05
Brief of respondents Bryan Stirling, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-02-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 5, 2023.
2023-02-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 6, 2023 to April 5, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2023)
2022-11-22
Application (22A451) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 28, 2023.
2022-11-14
Application (22A451) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 29, 2022 to January 28, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Bryan Stirling, et al.
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Steven Vernon Bixby
David Charles WeissCapital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit, Petitioner