No. 21-5411
Jerome Skee Smith v. Timothy Hooper, Warden
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence aedpa due-process equitable-tolling fifth-circuit habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations successive-petition
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it dismissed Jerome Smith's successive §2254 petition as untimely without considering his McQuiggin actual innocence exception to the AEDPA time bar?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it dismissed Jerome Smith’s successive §2254 petition as untimely without considering his McQuiggin actual innocence exception to the AEDPA time bar? i
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-03
Brief of respondent Timothy Hooper, Warden in opposition filed.
2021-10-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2022.
2021-10-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 17, 2021 to January 3, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-30
Motion for Stay of Petition for Writ of Certiorari Filed in this Court Pending Action from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from petitioner submitted.
2021-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 17, 2021)
Attorneys
Jerome Smith
Rachel I Conner — Law Office of Rachel I. Conner, Petitioner
Timothy Hooper, Warden
G. Ben Cohen — The Orleans Parish District Attorney's OFfice, Respondent