No. 19-7675

Alonzo Lamar Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus incarcerated incarcerated-petitioner plain-error pro-se pro-se-litigant section-2255-motion standing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the US Court of Appeals for the Third circuit improperly denied Petitioner's request for a Certificate of Appealability

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED * WHETHER the US Court of Appeals for the Third circuit improperly denied Petitioner's request for a Certificate of Appealability by failing to grant his submissions the Liberal construction owed to incarcerated pro se litigants. * WHETHER the US District court for the western District of. Pennsylvania committed plain error by failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing ; on petitioner's motion to Vacate pursuant to 28 USC §2255 when it had difficulty comprehending his submissions. :

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Alonzo Johnson
Alonzo Lamar Johnson — Petitioner
Alonzo Lamar Johnson — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent