No. 18-1087

Javier Chavez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: access-to-courts attorney-abandonment attorney-death certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-access due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline legal-malpractice pro-se
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the Fifth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability on equitable tolling when Petitioner's retained lawyer died and no one could find the file to get the Petition for Review filed on time?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED: 1. Should the Fifth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability on equitable tolling when Petitioner’s retained lawyer died and no one could find the file to get the Petition for Review filed on time?

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Javier Chavez
Larry Logan Warner Sr.Law Office of Larry Warner, Petitioner
Larry Logan Warner Sr.Law Office of Larry Warner, Petitioner