No. 24-6492

Rufus Young v. Florida

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: de-novo-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mandamus-petition probable-cause
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a district court abuse its discretion when it denies a habeas petitioner an evidentiary hearing where the state record remains undeveloped, where the petitioner bears no fault for the failure to develop the record, and where the petitioner states a colorable claim for relief based on the totality of the record?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a district court abuse its discretion when it denies a habeas petitioner an evidentiary hearing where the state record remains undeveloped, where the petitioner bears no fault for the failure to develop the record, and where the petitioner states a colorable claim for relief based on the totality of the record?

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-17
Waiver of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-17
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2025-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 10, 2025)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Rufus Young
Andrew Brooks Greenlee — Petitioner