No. 24-6815

Tanner Lance King v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: §2255-claim appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-error ineffective-assistance plea-negotiation
Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by denying Mr. King's §2255 claim that counsel was constitutionally ineffective during the plea negotiation stage - because the record did not conclusively negate the factual predicates for the claim, and because no evidentiary hearing was held - is irreconcilable with controlling precedent, such that this Court should remand to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with instructions to issue a certificate of appealability?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability for a §2255 claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations was irreconcilable with controlling precedent

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-25
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Tanner L. King
Tanner Lance King — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent