No. 25A534

Roderick Leshun Rankin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-07
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: arkansas constitutional-review death-penalty eighth-circuit habeas-corpus standard-of-review
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit applied the correct standard of review in denying habeas corpus relief for a death-row inmate challenging the constitutionality of his conviction and sentence

Docket Entries

2025-11-07
Application (25A534) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 23, 2026.
2025-11-03
Application (25A534) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 24, 2025 to January 23, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Roderick Rankin
Joseph W. LubyFederal Community Defender Office, E.D. Pa., Petitioner