No. 19-5944

Jerry D. Scott v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment 8th-circuit appeal certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-justice criminal-procedure domestic-assault due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus legal-standard missouri-robbery sentencing violent-crime
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in not granting a certificate of appealability

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED a [1] WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN NOT. GRANTING A “CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY" WHEN EVEN AFTER UNITED STATES v. SWOPES, 892 F.3d 961 (8th Cir. 2018), THERE IS STILL DEBATABILITY OVER WHETHER AN OFFENSE LIKE MISSOURI ROBBERY SECOND DEGREE IS NECESSARILY A CRIME OF VIOLENCE? [2] WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF. APPEALS ERRED IN MAKING : . THE ORIGINAL UPON ORIGINAL FINDINGS OF FACT REGARDING MR. SCOTT'S PRIOR DOMESTICE ASSAULT CONVICTIONS? . ; . . .

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Jerry D. Scott
Jerry Scott — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent