No. 20-8123

Verlan Perez, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal precedential-ruling
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can an appeals court deny a certificate of appealability to a petitioner who has shown that the district court ignored precedential rulings from this court regarding ineffective assistance of counsel where the counsel refused to file notice of appeal and consult with their client?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED CAN AN APPEALS COURT DENY A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO A PETITIONER WHO HAS SHOWN THAT THE DISTRICT COURT IGNORED PRECIDENTIAL RULINGS FROM THIS COURT REGARDING INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHERE THE COUNSEL REFUSED TO FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL AND CONSULT WITH THEIR CLIENT? . Iv ; . . LA : LHE CONVZRT BELN2ED WW LITE WOLIC= Gb VHBMVT Vs COLZArL Aidk LHEIK CPICHLS GAPING? EKO LHI2 CONBL BESVBOINE IMELEFULIAD ve2I2ishCe Ok CONE AHEBE — bELELIGWES RHO HV2 HOP LEVG LHe DL2LEICL COATL LCLUSEO HBECTDEMLIVE CVM YA Webeyre CONWL DEWA Y CESLIBIGVLE Ut WRbeyrWPIPidaé LOW.

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 24, 2021)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Verlan Perez
Verlan Perez — Petitioner