No. 18-8429

Tracy Lane Beatty v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b6-martinez-v-ryan-conflict-amon federal-courts federal-habeas martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing timeliness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve a conflict among the federal courts of appeals as to whether petitioners may ever prevail on a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion premised, in part, on Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (Capital Case) This case presents the following questions worthy of the Court’s review: 1. Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve a conflict among the federal courts of appeals as to whether petitioners may ever prevail on a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion premised, in part, on Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012). 2. Whether the Court should grant certiorari to bring the Fifth Circuit’s rigid approach to assessing timeliness under Rule 60(c)(1) into line with other courts of appeals. 3. Whether the Court should grant certiorari and provide guidance to the courts of appeals regarding the scope of the 18 U.S.C. § 3599 right to adequate representation post-Martinez and Trevino, and in particular whether federal habeas petitioners are entitled to conflict-free counsel to investigate all available claims and respond to the State’s procedural arguments. i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-24
Reply of petitioner Tracy Beatty filed. (Distributed)
2019-07-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-14
Brief of respondent Lorie Davis in opposition filed.
2019-05-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 14, 2019.
2019-05-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 15, 2019 to June 14, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-04-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 15, 2019.
2019-04-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 15, 2019 to May 15, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-03-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 15, 2019)
2019-01-14
Application (18A721) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 11, 2019.
2019-01-07
Application (18A721) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 10, 2019 to March 11, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Lorie Davis
Jennifer Wren MorrisTexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Jennifer Wren MorrisTexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Tracy Beatty
Thomas Scott Smith — Petitioner
Thomas Scott Smith — Petitioner