No. 18-5871

Samuel Posa v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process eleventh-circuit self-representation tharpe-v-sellers
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED . . . 1. ) Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability relying on incorrect facts offered by the government stating that Petitioner did not clearly request to exercise his right . . : to represent himself, when it clearly shows in the record Petitioner did invoke the right to represent himself. If . the record was provided to reasonable jurists they would : more than likely disagree with the District Courts assessment . of the Petitioner's Constitutional claim. Now in light of Buck V. Davis, and Tharpe V. Sellers should the Petitioner be : : granted a Certificate of Appealability. See

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2018)

Attorneys

Samuel Posa
Samuel K. Posa — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent