No. 20-6509

Milas Antwon Grant, III v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: collateral-review criminal-defendant due-process eleventh-circuit fundamental-fairness meaningful-review panel-order second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255-motion truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
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. Grant’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

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Milas Antwon Grant
Mackenzie S LundFederal Defenders- Middle District of Alabama, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent