No. 18-6685

Bruce Merryman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice right-to-be-present standing statute-of-limitations trial-in-absentia trial-rights
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an individual can overcome the one-year statute of limitations under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 by showing he was denied his constitutional right to be present at his own trial due to being very sick and hospitalized, where he did not voluntarily absent himself from the trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

estion Presentect en Unter the Autitecvorism aud Edfective Death Ponulty Het of 1476 , One year Sta teta of Lemitatioa s laa aued indivichual Overcome thes lutte Horr , Uaceu the Miscaredage of Tustree Exception, By Showeng he was Denied his Constitatiouel Right to be preseat at WS Own tveale Due to the Foct, The individual wes Very Sick and hospitel/ared aud the tral cout auc seth ont hes preseace, The ladividual det not Voluntarily abseat hemself trom the treal. i . ; | bist of

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 17, 2018)

Attorneys

Bruce Merryman
Bruce Merryman — Petitioner
Bruce Merryman — Petitioner