No. 23-234
Nicholas Crystal v. Calvin Johnson, Warden, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-deficiency ninth-circuit post-conviction
Latest Conference:
2023-11-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the Ninth Circuit, in a post-conviction appeal by a sentenced Nevada State prisoner, commit reversible error in its pro forma, non-reasoned blanket denial of a Certificate of Appealability to a mentally deficient Appellant pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Ninth Circuit commit reversible error in denying a Certificate of Appealability to a mentally deficient appellant?
Docket Entries
2023-11-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
2023-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent Calvin Johnson, Warden, et al. to respond filed.
2023-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
Attorneys
Calvin Johnson, Warden, et al.
Matthew S. Johnson — Nevada Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Nicholas Crystal
Donald J. Green — Law Offices of Donald J Green, Petitioner