Jeffrey T. Howard v. United States
HabeasCorpus
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the law applicable in COA proceedings
QUESTIONS PRESENTED oe ; (1) Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the law applicable in COA proceedings such as would represent ‘deviation from the directives of the Supreme Court and the holdings of other Circuit Courts of Appeals? (2) Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals should, under Clisby, Slack, and Miller-El, have granted a COA upon the facts of this case? (3) Whether the case below represented a correctable injustice based on the identified jurisdictional and constitutional issues? (4) Whether the case below presented a manifest miscarriage of justice in light of the actual innocence of Petitioner as charged? ; (5) Whether in any event this Court must act as the judgment below is actually and manifestly void due to improper venue?