No. 18-5511

Michael John Tarvin v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2018-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2244 civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process evidence false-imprisonment innocence-claim standing successive-petition
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's application, when the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the petitioner's motion for authorization to file a successive petition under 28 U.S.C. 2244(b), despite new DNA evidence that exonerates the petitioner and establishes his innocence and false imprisonment claim

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2018-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 7, 2018)

Attorneys

Michael John Tarvin
Michael Tarvin — Petitioner
Michael Tarvin — Petitioner
Mississippi
Joseph Scott HemlebenOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent
Joseph Scott HemlebenOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent