No. 25-304
Kevin J. Koelemij v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights fair-trial judicial-misconduct state-trial-court
Latest Conference:
2025-10-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 claim that he was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial as a result of the state trial court rebuking the Petitioner and then defense counsel in the presence of the jury.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 claim that he was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial as a result of the state trial court rebuking the Petitioner and then defense counsel in the presence of the jury
Docket Entries
2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-09-18
Waiver of Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-18
Waiver of right of respondent Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections to respond filed.
2025-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2025)
2025-07-21
Application (25A79) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 9, 2025.
2025-07-10
Application (25A79) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 10, 2025 to September 11, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Kevin Koelemij
Michael Robert Ufferman — Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Sonya Roebuck Horbelt — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent