No. 18-6492

Pascual Rentas v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability clearly-established-law due-process eleventh-circuit giglio giglio-standard habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review strickland strickland-standard supreme-court-law supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the denial of Mr. Rentas' COA be reversed and reconsidered due to the recent ruling by this Court in Marion Wilson v. Eric Sellers, Warden 584 USS. (2018)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1 SHOULD THE DENIAL OF MR. RENTAS’ COA BE REVERSED AND RECONSIDERED DUE TO THE RECENT RULING BY THIS COURT IN MARION WILSON V. ERIC SELLERS, WARDEN 584 USS. (2018); THE CASE BY WHICH MR. RENTAS’ CLAIM ONE, TWO AND FOUR OF HIS HABEAS PETITION WERE REVIEWED AND DENIED BY THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT AND COA DENIED BY THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS? Ul DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERR WHEN IT CONCLUDED THAT THE DISTRICT COURT’S ASSESSMENT OF GROUND ONE WAS NOT DEBATABLE OR THAT THE STATE COURT’S DECISION WAS NOT CONTRARY TO OR AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF THE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED SUPREME COURT LAW ANNOUNCED IN G/GLIO WHEN RULING ON PETITIONER’S APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 28 U.S.C. 2253 (c) (2)? WI , DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERR WHEN IT CONCLUDED THAT THE DISTRICT COURT’S ASSESSMENT OF GROUND TWO AND FOUR WERE NOT DEBATABLE OR THAT THE STATE COURT’S DECISION WAS NOT CONTRARY TO OR AN UNREASONABLE APPLICATION OF THE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED SUPREME COURT LAW ANNOUNCED IN STRICKLAND WHEN RULING ON PETITIONER’S APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 28 U.S.C. 2253 (c) (2) IV DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT DEPART FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WHEN IT FAILED TO STATE THE REASONS . WHY A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY SHOULD NOT ISSUE AS REQUIRED BY FED.R.APP.P. 22 (B) . ii

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-21
Waiver of right of respondent Julie L. Jones to respond filed.
2018-10-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2018)

Attorneys

Julie L. Jones
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Pascual Rentas
Pascual Rentas — Petitioner
Pascual Rentas — Petitioner