No. 18-7578

Jeffrey T. Howard v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence circuit-court-procedure civil-rights coa constitutional-challenge due-process due-process,civil-procedure,standing,habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue manifest-injustice venue writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the law applicable in COA proceedings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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?

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-02-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-04-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 27, 2019)

Attorneys

Jeffrey T. Howard
Jeffrey T. Howard — Petitioner
Jeffrey T. Howard — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent