No. 25A187

Simon Hessler v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-15
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether the circumstances present in
this case present an extraordinary circumstances sufficient to extend the
limitations period for the filing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether Simon Hessler is actually
innocent of the crime of production of child pornography, justifying grant of a
certificate of appealability.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the actual innocence standard permits equitable tolling of the statute of limitations for a federal habeas petition based on a credible claim of innocence

Docket Entries

2025-08-21
Application (25A187) denied by Justice Sotomayor.
2025-08-12
Application (25A187) for a certificate of appealability, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Simon Hessler
Stephen BergsteinBergstein & Ulrrich, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent