No. 19-6954
Jerry Scott Camp, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: coa department-of-corrections disability due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus medical-condition medical-disability procedural-barriers sec-2254 section-2254 statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference:
2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should an inmate be entitled to equitable tolling due to extraordinary circumstances?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Should an inmate, who has shown that he was prevented by the Departement of Corrections (the State) from timely filing his Sec. 2254 petition, and has shown evidence that he suffers from a dibilitating medical that prevents his from writing, be entitled to equitable tolling due to these extraordinary circumstances? 2. Under the circumstances and the facts of the situation, should the Fifth ciretit court of appeals have granted the petitioner's COA?
Docket Entries
2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 15, 2020)
Attorneys
Jerry Scott Camp
Jerry Scott Camp — Petitioner