No. 20-1121

James Saylor v. Taggart Boyd, Interim Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: actual-innocence aedpa civil-procedure due-process gateway-claim habeas-corpus standing summary-judgment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether summary judgment may be utilized to dispose of a federal habeas petition

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether summary judgment may be utilized to dispose of a federal habeas petition in light of AEDPA. 2. Whether a State’s failure to address a gateway actual innocence claim constitutes deliberate waiver. 3. Whether a gateway actual innocence claim may be made if new evidence makes it “more likely than not any reasonable juror would have reasonable doubt.” House v. Bell, 547 U.S. 518, 538 (2006). i

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-19
Waiver of right of respondent Taggart Boyd to respond filed.
2021-01-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 18, 2021)

Attorneys

James Saylor
Brandon Creighton SampleBrandon Sample PLLC, Petitioner
Brandon Creighton SampleBrandon Sample PLLC, Petitioner
Taggart Boyd
James A. CampbellNebraska Attorney General's Office, Respondent
James A. CampbellNebraska Attorney General's Office, Respondent