No. 18A1289

Walter Barton v. Cynthia Griffith, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-11
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights death-penalty eighth-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability in a death penalty habeas corpus case violated the petitioner's constitutional right to meaningful federal review of his conviction

Docket Entries

2019-06-11
Application (18A1289) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 16, 2019.
2019-06-05
Application (18A1289) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 18, 2019 to August 16, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Walter Barton
Frederick Allwyn Duchardt Jr. — Petitioner
Frederick Allwyn Duchardt Jr. — Petitioner