No. 19-8313

Thomas M. Tully v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence constitutional-claim habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default statutory-provisions successive-writ supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari
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Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the lower courts err in determining Petitioner's reliance on McQuiggin v. Perkins

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED © : . In McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383, 393 (2013), the United States Supreme Court ruled: "a prisoner otherwise subject to defenses of abuse or successive use of the writ [of habeas corpus] may have his federal constitutional claim considered on the merits if he makes a proper showing of actual innocence." Id. Did the lower courts err in determining Petitioner's reliance on McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S.. (2013) actual innocence (under the miscarriage of justice exception) is misplaced in Petitioner's ability to file a successive writ of habeas corpus petition? ; i.

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-04-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Thomas M. Tully
Thomas M. Tully — Petitioner
Thomas M. Tully — Petitioner