No. 19-7014

Geoffrey Scott Gaffney v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeals constitutional-provisions district-court due-process eighth-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus procunier-v-atchley stare-decisis
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should this court grant this petition to address the obvious failure of the eighth circuit court of appeals to require a district court to conduct an evidentiary hearing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED ' SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT THIS PETITION TO ADDRESS THE OBVIOUS FAILURE OF THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO REQUIRE A DISTRICT COURT TO CONDUCT AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING WHERE EVIDENCE AND FACTS BY THIS COURT’S STARE DECISIS MANDATING AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING UNDER PROCUNIER V. ATCHLEY, 400 U.S. 446 (1971)? i

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Geoffrey Scott Gaffney
Geoffrey Scott Gaffney — Petitioner
Geoffrey Scott Gaffney — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent