No. 21-1558

John Curtis Dewberry v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Divisions

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: aedpa certificate-of-appealability death-penalty district-court evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel minor-sentencing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Texas erred in denying Petitioner Dewberry a Certificate of Appealability

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Texas erred in denying Petitioner Dewberry a Certificate of Appealability when it found that Petitioner Dewberry’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims lacked merit? Whether the United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Texas erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability when it found that Petitioner Dewberry failed to satisfy the burden of persuasion for his ineffective assistance of counsel under the AEDPA? Whether the United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Texas erred in sentencing Petitioner Dewberry to death when he was a minor? Whether the United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Texas erred in denying Petitioner Dewberry an evidentiary hearing for his claims? Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying Petitioner Dewberry a Certificate of Appealability when it affirmed the District Court’s recommendation?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-05-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2022)

Attorneys

John Dewberry
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner