No. 18-8036

Edmund Boyle v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review perjury prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court of appeals should remand a habeas action where the lower court fails to fully adjudicate the underlying habeas claims on the merits and renders a decision irreconcilable with the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2255

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. WHETHER .A COURT OF APPEALS SHOULD REMAND A HABEAS ACTION WHERE THE LOWER COURT FAILS TO FULLY ADJUDICATE THE UNDERLYING HABEAS CLAIMS ON THE MERITS AND RENDERS A DECISION IRRECONCILABLE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 28 U.S.C. § 2255 THAT PROPER FACT-FINDING MUST BE CONDUCTED BY A REVIEWING COURT BEFORE A PLAUSIBLE CLAIM FOR RELIEF IS DISSMISSED; AND 2. WHETHER A COURT OF APPEALS SHOULD ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY . AND GRANT REVIEW OF A CASE IN WHICH THE LOWER COURT DENIED HABEAS ‘RELIEF DESPITE PETITIONER'S PRESENTATION OF UNCONTROVERTED EVIDENCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSED MATERIAL IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE CONCERNING A KEY WITNESS AND PERMITTED SUCH WITNESS TO FALSELY TESTIFY REGARDING THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH PROSECUTORS. -1

Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 22, 2019)
2018-04-18
Application (17A1127) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 28, 2018.
2018-04-10
Application (17A1127) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 29, 2018 to June 28, 2018, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Attorneys

Edmund Boyle
Edmund Boyle — Petitioner
Edmund Boyle — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent