No. 18-5887

Cecil L. Morton v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-component procedural-standard supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a Criminal Defendant Entitled to a Certificate of Appealability When; (1) it is Demonstrated that a Substantial Showing of the Denial of a Constitutional Right Has Occurred; (2) the District Court's Procedural Ruling is at Least Debatable?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Rehearing DENIED.
2018-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-15
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-10-02
Waiver of right of respondent Margaret Gilbert to respond filed.
2018-06-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2018)

Attorneys

Cecil L. Morton
Cecil L. Morton — Petitioner
Margaret Gilbert
Paul Douglas WeisserWashington State Attorney General's Office, Corrections Division, Respondent