No. 20-644
Terrence Pendergrass v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate second-circuit summary-dismissal
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Second Circuit err in denying Petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability where the district court conducted a merits analysis in summarily dismissing petitioner's motion to vacate sentence?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW L. Contrary to the holding in Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 759 (2017), did the Second Circuit err in denying Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of appealability where the district court conducted a merits analysis in summarily dismissing petitioner’s motion to vacate sentence? i
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)
Attorneys
Terrence Pendergrass
Noell Peter Tin — Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Petitioner
Noell Peter Tin — Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent