No. 19-5570

Walter Barton v. William Stange, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split dissent double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus issue-being-raised judicial-review
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-11-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit has imposed an improper and unduly burdensome standard for granting a certificate of appealability in Mr. Barton's federal habeas corpus case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Question One As to the violation of Mr. Barton’s right to be free from double jeopardy whether the Eighth Circuit has imposed upon Mr. Barton an improper and unduly burdensome standard for the granting of a certificate of appealability in his Federal habeas corpus case e when debatability among reasonable jurists upon the issue is established by the fact that, at the time the issue was considered on direct appeal, three dissenting state Judges would have granted relief upon the issue, e when the Second, Sixth and Seventh Circuits have held that such a direct appeal dissent should warrant issuance of a habeas corpus case certificate of appealability as a matter of “routine”, e when one Eighth Circuit Judge registered a dissent against the Eighth Circuit’s adverse determination, and e when the dictates of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253(c)(1) and the practice by the Third, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits is to grant a certificate of appealability anytime that one Circuit Judge is in favor. Question Two As to the issue concerning dismissal of Mr. Barton’s amended Petition whether the Eighth Circuit has imposed upon Mr. Barton an improper and unduly burdensome standard for the granting of a certificate of appealability in his Federal habeas corpus case e when debatability among reasonable jurists upon the issue is established by the fact that the District Court conceded that its decision ran counter to Eighth Circuit precedent on the matter, e when one Eighth Circuit Judge registered a dissent against the Eighth Circuit determination, and e when the dictates of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253(c)(1) and the practice by the Third, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits is to grant a certificate of appealability anytime that one Circuit Judge is in favor. 1

Docket Entries

2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-11
Reply of petitioner Walter Barton filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-10-15
Brief of respondent William Stange, Warden in opposition filed.
2019-09-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2019.
2019-08-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 13, 2019 to October 15, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 13, 2019)
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
William Stange, Warden
Caroline Marie CoulterMissouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Caroline Marie CoulterMissouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent