No. 18-8155
Benjamin E. Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence constitutional-right constitutional-rights courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-scholars standing state-prisoner
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a state and/or federal prisoner have a constitutional right to raise a freestanding claim of actual innocence, in a federal habeas corpus proceeding?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does a state and/or federal prisoner have a constitutional right to raise a freestanding claim of actual innocence, in a federal habeas corpus proceeding? i
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-21
Waiver of right of respondents Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida to respond filed.
2019-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 29, 2019)
Attorneys
Benjamin Smith
Rachael Elizabeth Reese — O'Brien Hatfield, P.A., Petitioner
Rachael Elizabeth Reese — O'Brien Hatfield, P.A., Petitioner
Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida
Wesley Heidt — Respondent
Wesley Heidt — Respondent