circuit-justice

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-8104 Robert William Frazier v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-screening due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-analysis procedural-standard standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent Under 28 U.S.C. §2253 (c)(2), a habeas petitioner can request a circuit justice or judge to grant him or her a certificate of appealability ("COA"), b…
18-7531 John Paul Galbraith v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 18-usc-3006a 28-usc-2254-rule-8 appeal appointment-of-counsel circuit-justice criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-of-1964 due-process evidentiary-hearing indigent-prisoner right-to-counsel The following questions effect prisoner's nationally: Whether, after an indigent prisoner is granted appeal, a circuit justice has the descretion to…