No. 19-6460

Daniel Paul Copple v. Pelicia Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-standards discovery discovery-limitations dismissal-standards due-process evidence-preservation evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus institutional-mental-health-records judicial-discretion mental-competency pro-se-defendant state-records
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant claiming mental incompetency should have the state court records reviewed prior to denying equitable tolling

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-02
Waiver of right of respondent Pelicia Hall to respond filed.
2019-10-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 2, 2019)

Attorneys

Daniel Paul Copple
Daniel Paul Copple — Petitioner
Daniel Paul Copple — Petitioner
Pelicia Hall
Jerrolyn Martin OwensMississippi Attorney General's, Respondent
Jerrolyn Martin OwensMississippi Attorney General's, Respondent