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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7338 Justin Panus v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied IFP aedpa-review certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-findings substantive-claims 1. Whether Petitioner was entitled to a Certificate of Appealability on the grounds that the lower court failed to conduct an "Unreasonable Determinat…
18-7748 James Freeman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability COA due-process Eleventh-Circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits procedural-claims section-2255 sentencing substantive-claims underlying-2255-claims Question #1 - Did the Eleventh Circuit exceed the limited scope of 28 USC §2253, the Certificate of Appealability (COA) statute, by deciding Petitione…