Tanner Lance King v. United States
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?
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