No. 19-5755

Billy Jack Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 60b-motion change-in-law civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure finality habeas-corpus rule-60b statutory-representation statutory-right-to-counsel structural-defect
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court can consider a change in the law as one of many factors in determining extraordinary circumstances warranting relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether in ruling on a 60(b) motion for relief from judgment, a court can consider "a change in the law" as one of many wide-range of factors, in determining whether extraordinary circumstances are present, warranting relief from the judgment IL. Whether an allegation that an indigent, death-sentenced habeas applicant has been deprived of his statutory right to representation in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 federal habeas corpus proceeding is an allegation that there existed a structural defect in the integrity of the proceeding, and whether an applicant can challenge that structural defect in a Motion for Relief From the Judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)

Docket Entries

2019-09-04
Reply of petitioner Billy J. Crutsinger filed.
2019-09-04
Application (19A237) referred to the Court.
2019-09-04
Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/19-5755_o7jp.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2019-09-04
Application (19A237) denied by the Court.
2019-09-03
Brief of respondent Lorie Davis in opposition filed.
2019-09-03
Response to application from respondent Lorie Davis filed.
2019-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2019)
2019-08-29
Application (19A237) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Billy Jack Crutsinger
Lydia M.V. BrandtThe Brandt Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
Lydia M.V. BrandtThe Brandt Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Dept of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Travis Golden BraggOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
Travis Golden BraggOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent