No. 18-8976

Wilfred Warren Sheppard v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process exhaustion-requirement ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-code legal-review standing writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court has the power to issue a Writ of Certiorari to review the action of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED (1.) Whether this Court has the power to issue a Writ of Certiorari to review the action of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in declining to allow an appeal to it, under 262 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C. 377. In re 620 Church St, Corp., 299 U.S. 24, 299 US. 26, and cases sited; Holiday v. Johnston, 313 U.S, 342, 313 U.S. 348, note 2; Wells v. United States, 318 U.S, 257; Steffler v. United States, 319 U.S, 38. (2.) Ifit has, whether it may review the merits of the decision of the Court. (3.) Whether the Circuit Court erred in not issuing COA to it.

Docket Entries

2019-08-05
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED.
2019-07-01
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-04-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 24, 2019)

Attorneys

Wilfred Warren Sheppard
Wilfred Warren Sheppard — Petitioner
Wilfred Warren Sheppard — Petitioner