No. 20-5878

Renard Cortez Murray v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness judicial-review meaningful-review panel-order precedent second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255 truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successive § 2255 motion and decided in a truncated time frame without adversarial testing—as binding precedent in all subsequent appellate and collateral proceedings deprive inmates and criminal defendants of their right to due process, fundamental fairness, and meaningful review of the claims presented in their § 2255 motions and direct appeals?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In the Eleventh Circuit, law established in a published, three-judge panel order issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) in the context of an application for leave to file second or successive § 2255 motion constitutes binding precedent for a// subsequent Eleventh Circuit panels, including those reviewing a direct appeal or initial § 2255 motion. These published panel orders are decided on an emergency 30-day basis, without counseled briefing from either party, and without the opportunity for further review in this Court or the Eleventh Circuit. In Mr. Murray’s case, both the district court and the Eleventh Circuit determined that his initia/ 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion was due to be denied based on the precedent announced in several of these orders. The question presented is: Does the Eleventh Circuit’s practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successive § 2255 motion and decided in a truncated time frame without adversarial testing—as binding precedent in a// subsequent appellate and collateral proceedings deprive inmates and criminal defendants of their right to due process, fundamental fairness, and meaningful review of the claims presented in their § 2255 motions and direct appeals? ii

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, respecting the denial of certiorari: I concur for the reasons set out in <i>St. Hubert</i> v. <i>United States</i>, 590 U. S. ___ (2020) (Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari).
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Renard Cortez Murray
Mackenzie S LundFederal Defenders- Middle District of Alabama, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent